① The submitted papers shall not be those already published in the other journals of automotive engineering, and they shall be original, reliable, and complete.

② The papers shall be classified into academic papers and technical papers. The technical papers shall be based on the onsite-acquired information and facts, and they shall be submitted as such by the authors, while the other papers shall be classified as academic papers. However, if the reviewers determine the papers as technical papers, they may classify them as technical papers with the agreement of the authors.

③ The papers that are submitted to workshops, seminars, and symposiums, and held by this Association, Divisions, and Branches shall comply with this guideline if there are no guidelines.

1. The title of the paper shall be written briefly and accurately in both English and Korean. The English title shall be written in a maximum of 10 words with the exception of articles and prepositions.

2. The name of the author shall be written in both Korean and English. In the case of English, the last name must come after the first name. When writing the names of many authors, write the name of the main author at the topmost part and the other names in the order corresponding to the contributions. Also, the name of the Corresponding author must be marked with an asterisk (*) and added with an e-mail address.

3. An abstract shall briefly express the contents and results of a paper, and it shall be written in English with a maximum length of 150 words. The keywords shall comprise of 5 to 6 words, and they shall be written in both Korean and English with the Korean words placed in parentheses.

4. The paper shall be written in the order of Introduction, Discussions, Conclusion, Acknowledgement, and References with a basic length of six pages.

5. The numbers shall use Arabic numbers, and the units shall, in principle, use SI units.

6. Jargons shall, in principle, be used in Korean according to the KSAE Dictionary of Automotive Engineering and, if necessary, the original English or Chinese-character-based terms may be added in parentheses.

7. All the corresponding details, such as figures, tables, and photographs, must be included in the paper without attaching additional materials. Also, general purpose programs must be used while preparing formats, such as figures, tables, and photographs. In case of preparing illustrations and forms using special programs, check with the society in advance for applicability. Regulations of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers

8. The captions of figures and photos shall be placed at the bottom, while the titles of the tables shall be placed at the top, and such indication shall be written in English. Figures, tables, and photographs shall be numbered according to the order, and they shall be prepared in such a way that they can be seen clearly even after a reduced form of printing.

9. The references shall, in principle, be expressed in English, and they shall be specified as follows according to the publications.
- Journals : All authors’ name, Title, Journal name, Volume/Issue/Pages numbers, Year.
- Books : All authors’ name, Title, Publisher, Location of publisher, Pages numbers, Year.
- Conference Proceedings : All authors’ name, Title, Conference title, Pages numbers, Year.
- Thesis : All authors’ name, Title, M.S. or Ph.D, School, Location of School, Year.
- Website : All authors’ name of title, Detailed address, Year.

10. In the case of papers that are published in conference, the poster presentation method shall be separately defined.