Members or non-members of Engineers Australia can submit technical papers to the Engineers Australia Technical Journals. Basic requirements for manuscripts are set out below:

1. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically via the Engineers Australia Technical Journals online submission system, powered by Editorial Manager (see Instructions on how to submit a paper using Editorial Manager).
2. The desirable maximum length of a paper is 6000 word equivalents, with 4000-5000 words being the norm.
3. There is no template that authors must follow, with only simple formatting required:
   
• Papers should be arranged in the following order: Title; Author(s) (including qualifications, professional memberships and organisation); Summary/Abstract; Keywords; Notation (if any); Introduction; Main text; Conclusions; Acknowledgements (if any); References; Appendices (if any).
• Headings and subheadings should be numbered, eg. 1 Heading, 1.1 Subheading, 1.1.1 Sub-subheading, etc.
• Figures (diagrams and photographs) should be numbered consecutively, eg. Figure 1: caption, Figure 2: caption, etc. Figures can be placed within the text near where they are first referred to or listed at the end of the paper.
• Tables should be numbered consecutively in separate series, eg. Table 1: caption, Table 2: caption, etc. Tables can be placed within the text near where they are first referred to or listed at the end of the paper.
• Appendices should be lettered, eg. Appendix A, Appendix B, etc.
• Equations should be numbered consecutively as they appear in the text and be referred to by their number, eg. equation (1), equation (2), etc.
  
4. Only English (UK) spelling is acceptable.
5. Only SI units are acceptable in text, tables and figures.
6. References should be in the Harvard (author, date) format within the body of the text (eg. Smith, 2000; Smith & Jones, 2005; Smith et al, 2002) and listed by lead author alphabetical order at the end of the paper.

Each technical paper received for publication in the Engineers Australia Technical Journals is reviewed for the journal’s editorial panel by at least two independent peer reviewers. The editorial panel considers the reviews and decides whether or not a paper is to be accepted, revised and resubmitted, or rejected. The names of members of the various editorial panels are listed in the journal issues. If accepted, a copy of the manuscript will be returned to the author together with appropriate comments by reviewers and editors, and instructions for the preparation of the final copy.

Authors are also invited to submit Discussions, Technical Notes, Conference Papers, Research Project Reports and Heritage Papers:

1. Discussion of a paper/technical note is open to anyone who has significant comments or questions regarding its content. Discussion papers will be accepted for a period of four months following the publication of the relevant journal issue. All discussions are to be in the third person, with the discusser being referred to as “the writer” and the author of the original paper as “the author”.
2. Technical Notes provide the opportunity for the dissemination of technical ideas that are not sufficiently developed to warrant a full paper. Such notes should not exceed 1500 words with two diagrams.
3. Papers presented at a recent conference relating to the journal’s subject area may be submitted for publishing consideration as a Conference Paper. The author must inform the journal office which conference the paper was presented at and whether the paper has been published in the conference proceedings. Authors who wish to have their conference paper considered for publishing as a full Technical Paper will need to significantly update and expand on the original paper.
4. Research Project Reports provide the author with the opportunity to inform the journal’s readers about a recent project they were involved in that relates to the journal’s subject area. These reports may not necessarily be peer-reviewed and can be accepted for publication at the editorial panel’s discretion.
5. Heritage Papers present and discuss a project or period of significant engineering heritage value relating to the journal’s subject area. These papers may not necessarily be peer-reviewed and can be accepted for publication at the editorial panel’s discretion.

Unless informed by the author to the contrary, Engineers Australia will assume that a paper submitted has not been published or offered elsewhere, and is not the property of any other person or body. The author must assign the copyright of the paper to Engineers Australia prior to publication. It is the author's responsibility to obtain any necessary permission from his/her organisation, or from any other person or body, for the publication of a paper or any material in it. Such permission does not require acknowledgment in the paper. A copy of the Transfer of Copyright form is available here.