International Shipbuilding Progress

Marine Technology Periodical

Impact Factor
2023
0.8
CiteScore
2023
2.6

Volume

70, 2 issues

Latest issue

70:2 online 22 December 2023

Next issue

71:1 scheduled for June 2024

Back volumes

From volume 1, 1954

ISSN print

0020-868X

ISSN online

1566-2829

Aims & Scope

Publications submitted to International Shipbuilding Progress (ISP) should describe scientific work of high international standards, advancing subjects related to the field of Maritime Technology, such as:

  • Concept development
  • General design of ships and offshore objects
  • Ship and offshore structural design
  • Hydro-mechanics and -dynamics
  • Maritime engineering and machinery systems
  • Production processes of all types of ships and other objects intended for marine use
  • Production technology and material science
  • Shipping science, economics, and all directly related subjects
  • Ship operations
  • Offshore and ocean engineering in relation to the marine environment
  • Marine safety
  • Efficiency, lifecycle, and  environment
  • Ice-related aspects for ships and offshore objects.

The contents of the papers may be of a fundamental or of an applied scientific nature and must be of the highest novelty and rigor.

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Dr. ir. Peter R. Wellens 
TU Delft, Faculty 3ME, Ships Hydromechanics Section, Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 15 27 88251 
E-mail: p.r.wellens@tudelft.nl
(Hydrodynamics: Wave Loads on Offshore Constructions and Low Speed Vessels)

Editorial Board

Ir. Hotze Boonstra
Delft University of Technology
Delft, The Netherlands
(Strength of Ships and Offshore-Constructions)

Gabriele Bulian, PhD
University of Trieste
Trieste, Italy

Pasqualino Corigliano, PhD
University of Messina
Messina, Italy
(Ship Stability, Dynamics and Safety)

Dr. ir.​ Ed van Daalen
MARIN
Wageningen, The Netherlands
(Seakeeping, Motion Control, Simulations)

Ir. Sander Dragt
TNO
Delft, The Netherlands
(Strength of Ships, Ice, Materials)

Dr. ir. Martin van der Eijk
Deltares, Delft
The Netherlands
(Numerical Ship Hydrodynamics, Wave Impacts)

Jeffrey Falzarano, PhD
Texas A&M University
College Station, USA
(Sea Keeping, Ocean Engineering)

Prof. ir. Hans J. Hopman
Delft University of Technology
Delft, The Netherlands
(Ship design)

Prof. (em.) dr. ir. Rene H.M. Huijsmans
Delft University of Technology
Delft, The Netherlands
(Sea Keeping and Ocean Engineering)

Dr. ir. Pepijn de Jong
MARIN
Wageningen, The Netherlands
(Hydrodynamics, Seakeeping and Stabiity)

Dr. Austin A. Kana
Delft University of Technology
Delft, The Netherlands
(Ship Design)

Stefan Krüger, PhD
Technische Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
(Ship Design, Hydrodynamics)

Ir. Do Ligtelijn
MARIN (ret.)
Wageningen, The Netherlands
(Ship Propulsion and Cavitation)

Giulia Palomba, PhD
University of Messina
Messina, Italy

Cesare M. Rizzo, PhD
University of Genoa
Genoa, Italy
(Ship Strength, Fatigue, Fluid-Structure Interaction, Stability)
    
Giles Thomas, PhD
University College London
London, UK
(Fluid-Structure Interaction, Hydrodynamics, Full Scale Measurement, Model Testing and Design)

Dr. ir. Serge Toxopeus
MARIN
Wageningen, The Netherlands
(Hydrodynamics, Manoeuvring, CFD)

Dr. ir. Christian Veldhuis
MARIN
Wageningen, The Netherlands
(Hydrodynamics, Ship Powering, CFD, Optimisation)

Ir. Klaas Visser
Delft University of Technology
Delft, The Netherlands
(Marine Engineering)

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Organization of the paper and style of presentation
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Abstract
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Acknowledgments

Funding
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Conflict of Interest
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Author Contributions
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REFERENCES

Authors are requested to use the Vancouver citation style.

Place citations as numbers in square brackets in the text. All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references at the end of the manuscript. List the references in the order in which they appear in the text. Only articles published or accepted for publication should be listed in the reference list. Submitted articles can be listed as (author(s), unpublished data). If an article has a DOI, this should be provided after the page number details. The number is added after the letters 'doi'. Manuscripts will not be considered if they do not conform to the Vancouver citation guidelines.

References must be listed in Vancouver style:

[1] Rose ME, Huerbin MB, Melick J, Marion DW, Palmer AM, Schiding JK, et al. Regulation of interstitial excitatory amino acid concentrations after cortical contusion injury. Brain Res. 2002; 935(12): 406.
[2] Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2002.
[3] Berkow R, Fletcher AJ, editors. The Merck manual of diagnosis and therapy. 16th ed. Rahway (NJ): Merck Research Laboratories; 1992.
[4] Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, editors. The genetic basis of human cancer. New York: McGrawHill; 2002. p. 93113.
[5] Canadian Cancer Society [homepage on the Internet]. Toronto: The Society; 2006 [updated 2006 May 12; cited 2006 Oct 17]. Available from: www.cancer.ca/.

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  • If used, they should be numbered in the text, indicated by superscript numbers and kept as short as possible.

Figures
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Peer Review

ISP adheres to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) code of conduct for editors and reviewers. Our guidelines should be read in conjunction with this broader guidance. All studies must be conducted to a high ethical standard and must adhere to local regulations and standards for gaining scrutiny and approval.

ISP is committed to peer review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. Articles submitted to the journal undergo a single blind peer review process. This means that the identity of the authors is known to the reviewers but the identity of the reviewers is not communicated to the authors. Please visit our reviewer guidelines for further information about how to conduct a review.

After automatic plagiarism screening through iThenticate, all submissions to the Journal are screened for suitability by the Editor-in-Chief, and, if considered to be of interest to the readership of ISP and of sufficient quality, are sent for review by at least two anonymous reviewers. Decisions on whether a manuscript is accepted, accepted with revisions, or not suitable for publication in its present form, will be made by the Editor-in-Chief after considering the peer reviews. The Editor in-Chief has the ultimate responsibility for what is published in the journal. Authors may appeal decisions by contacting the Editor-in-Chief (at editorial@iospress.nl). Authors will be informed in writing of the result of their appeal.

Reviewers are asked to judge a paper on at least:

  • Significance to field
  • Relevance to journal
  • Methodology
  • Data analysis
  • Literature review
  • Writing style/clarity

Based on the received reviews the handling editor will propose to the Editor-in-Chief a recommendation:

  1. Accept
  2. Minor revisions required
  3. Major revisions required
  4. Reject

They mean the following:

  1. The manuscript is suitable for publication and only requires minor polishing; thus, no further reviews are requested.
  2. The authors are required to make moderate changes to their manuscript. The manuscript becomes acceptable for publication if the changes proposed by the reviewers and editors have been addressed satisfactorily. The revised manuscript will be examined by the Editor in Chief and possibly sent back to all (or a selection of) reviewers for a second round of reviews. Authors are requested to provide a letter to the reviewers detailing the improvements made for the resubmission.
  3. The manuscript cannot be accepted for publication in its current form. However, a major revision addressing all issues raised by the reviewers may be acceptable for publication. The revised manuscript will undergo a full second round of review. Authors are requested to provide a letter to the reviewers detailing the improvements made for the resubmission.
  4. The manuscript is rejected as it is deemed to be out of scope, not relevant, or not meeting the journal’s quality standards in terms of significance, novelty, and/or presentation.

Authors are notified by the Editor-in-Chief, whose decision is final.

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