Ccc Journal Guides

CCC Journal Guides & Automated Manuscript Adaptation Standards

This skill provides verified, publication-grade Guides for Authors, an Automated Manuscript Adaptation Protocol, and Engineering-First Writing Standards for premier academic journals in Intelligent Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Building Materials & Concrete, and Advanced Materials & Manufacturing/Inspection.

When authoring, revising, or re-targeting an academic paper (LaTeX or Markdown), this skill enables the agent to automatically reconfigure the manuscript to comply with the exact editorial philosophy, length budgets, citation style, front/back-matter declarations, and rigorous engineering narrative standards of the target journal.

1. Master Journal Specification Matrix

2. Directory Structure of Official Author Guides

Full-text, detailed guides covering specific editorial red lines, reviewer expectations, and submission instructions are indexed in guides/:

• Core Writing & Narrative Standards:
  • guides/engineering-narrative-standards.md (The Three Iron Rules: plain language, problem-serving formulas, reviewer-friendly navigation)
• Intelligent Construction:
  • guides/automation-in-construction.md
  • guides/computer-aided-civil-and-infrastructure-engineering.md
  • guides/advanced-engineering-informatics.md
  • guides/asce-journal-of-computing-in-civil-engineering.md
• Civil & Structural Engineering:
  • guides/engineering-structures.md
  • guides/structures.md
  • guides/asce-journal-of-structural-engineering.md
  • guides/thin-walled-structures.md
• Building Materials & Cement/Concrete:
  • guides/construction-and-building-materials.md
  • guides/cement-and-concrete-composites.md
  • guides/cement-and-concrete-research.md
  • guides/journal-of-building-engineering.md
• Materials, Manufacturing & Defect Metrology:
  • guides/materials-and-design.md
  • guides/journal-of-materials-processing-technology.md
  • guides/engineering-applications-of-artificial-intelligence.md
  • guides/ndt-and-e-international.md

3. Seven-Stage Automated Manuscript Adaptation Protocol

When adapting a manuscript to a specified target journal, execute the following systematic procedure:

Stage 1: Narrative Angle & Scope Realignment

• If target is Automation in Construction: Emphasize the IT/computational/robotic contribution (FastWeld-YOLO algorithm, directional attention, real-time edge latency, ISO compliance engine). De-emphasize purely passive material testing.
• If target is Construction and Building Materials: Highlight the physical material system (structural steel grades, weld bead microstructure, heat-affected zone ripples) and practical construction quality assurance.
• If target is Engineering Structures or Structures: Emphasize the effect of detected weld defects on structural load-carrying capacity, joint fatigue performance, and design standards (Eurocode 3, AISC).
• If target is Materials & Design: Frame the visual detection output as an input for design tolerance decisions and structural integrity evaluation.
• If target is NDT & E International: Highlight calibrated physical metrology (mm/pixel accuracy, skeletonization length, hydraulic diameter) and non-destructive optical inspection physics.

Stage 2: Document Class & Typography Reconfiguration

• Elsevier Journals (AUTCON, CBM, ENGSTRUCT, EAAI, CCC, etc.):

  \documentclass[review,12pt]{elsarticle} % Initial submission
  % or
  \documentclass[5p,times,twocolumn]{elsarticle} % Final layout
  

• Wiley Journals (CACAIE):
  • Single-column, double-spaced with continuous line numbers (\linenumbers).
• ASCE Journals (JCCE, JSE):

  \documentclass[Journal]{ascelike-new}
  

  • Remove all section numbers (ASCE strictly uses unnumbered section headings).

Stage 3: Title & Abstract Precision

• Ensure abstract word count strictly respects the journal's upper threshold (typically 250 words; 200 words for ASCE).
• Remove any undefined acronyms, equations, or citations from the abstract.
• Write in a single continuous scholarly paragraph (no bullet points).

Stage 4: Highlights Generation (The Strict 85-Character Law)

• For all Elsevier journals requiring Highlights, generate exactly 3 to 5 bullet points.
• Every single bullet must be $\le 85$ characters (including spaces and punctuation).
• Store highlights in highlights.txt or highlights.md for one-click submission.

Stage 5: Equations, Tables & Figures Standardization

• Tables must strictly follow the three-line booktabs format (\toprule, \midrule, \bottomrule) with zero vertical rules.
• Figure dimensions: single-column ($90\text{ mm}$), $1.5$-column ($140\text{ mm}$), or double-column ($190\text{ mm}$).
• Ensure vector graphics (TikZ/EPS/PDF) are used for architectures and plots; $\ge 300\text{ dpi}$ for photographic halftones.

Stage 6: Citation & Reference Re-styling

• Numbered Style (Elsevier journals):
  • In-text: [1], [2,3], [4--6].
  • LaTeX BibTeX: \bibliographystyle{elsarticle-num}.
• Author-Date Style (ASCE, Wiley CACAIE):
  • In-text: (Li and Wang 2024).
  • LaTeX BibTeX: \bibliographystyle{ascelike-new} or \bibliographystyle{apacite}.

Stage 7: Mandatory Back Matter & Declarations

Inject the mandatory declarations before references:

1. \section*{CRediT Authorship Contribution Statement} (standardized 14 CRediT roles).
2. \section*{Declaration of Competing Interest} (mandatory statement).
3. \section*{Data Availability} (explicit repository/access statement).
4. \section*{Declaration of Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies} (Elsevier standard AI disclosure).

4. Automated Compliance Inspection Tool

The skill includes a dedicated command-line verification script: skills/ccc-journal-guides/scripts/journal_compliance_checker.py

Usage Example:

# Audit a paper for Automation in Construction
python scripts/journal_compliance_checker.py path/to/main.tex --journal autcon

# Audit for Construction and Building Materials
python scripts/journal_compliance_checker.py path/to/main.tex --journal cbm

# Audit for Engineering Structures
python scripts/journal_compliance_checker.py path/to/main.tex --journal engstruct

The script automatically:

• Computes abstract word count and flags deviations.
• Verifies character lengths of each bullet in highlights.txt against the 85-character limit.
• Checks for presence of all mandatory declarations (CRediT, Data Availability, Competing Interests).
• Validates document class and citation style.
• Outputs the journal's core editorial red lines to prevent desk rejection.

5. Engineering-First Academic Narrative Standards (土木与工程顶刊写作三大铁律)

[!IMPORTANT] 三条不可动摇的写作标准（所有 AI 自动化生成/润色/修改论文时必须无条件执行）：

1. 概念能用普通话讲清就不造术语 (Plain Language over Pretentious Jargon)：

   • 严禁硬造浮夸复合词（如滥用 gradient stiffness diagnosis, conflict-aware bounded allocation, spatiotemporal manifold harmonization 等）。
   • 正文主线与摘要必须用质朴、精准的工程语言直接讲透本质。
   • 主线范例：“训练前先判断各损失项对参数更新的影响，再在限定范围内确定固定权重。” (Prior to training, the impact of individual loss terms on parameter updates is evaluated to determine fixed weights within a bounded range.)
   • 算法生造词仅可降级作为局部方法细节的小括号注释，绝不能作为文章主线、摘要与标题的主语。

2. 公式只服务于问题，不为了“显得高级”堆符号 (Formulas Serve Problems, Not Pretentious Symbol-Stacking)：

   • 每个数学公式必须严格对应具体的力学约束、物理定律或明确可执行的计算步骤。
   • 坚决杜绝无推导增量、纯粹堆砌冗余下标、花体符号与多层套娃式的伪形式化表达。
   • 每一个变量第一次出现时必须紧跟明确的物理单位与工程定义。

3. 章节标题、图题与摘要尽量让土木和工程审稿人一眼看懂 (Civil & Engineering Reviewer-Friendly Navigation)：

   • 论文是面向土木、结构与材料工程领域的审稿人。
   • 主标题：直奔“工程对象 + 解决什么物理问题 + 核心技术”，不堆砌黑话。
   • 摘要：直球交代“工程痛点 $\rightarrow$ 直观方法 $\rightarrow$ 物理机制 $\rightarrow$ 量化结论”。
   • 章节名：采用具象直白的工程与方法分类（如“2.3 损失权重边界确定方法”而非“2.3 基于梯度刚度诊断的时空约束优化架构”）。
   • 图题/表题：第一句话必须给出结论性或清晰直观的描述，让审稿人扫一眼即明了物理含义。

6. Absolute Writing Quality Rule (Strict Zero-Listicle Policy)

[!CAUTION] STRICT ACADEMIC PROSE RULE (严禁“AI味”机械列点)

• In all journals covered by this skill, the main body (Introduction, Methodology, Results, Discussion, Conclusion) must consist of fluent, continuous academic paragraphs.
• Never overuse bullet points (itemize) or numbered lists (enumerate) to describe contributions, bottlenecks, or experimental observations. Such listicle patterns are perceived by editors as superficial AI-generated text and lead to immediate rejection.