Instructions to Authors

Perception, Navigation and Intelligent Devices welcomes original research articles, review articles, technical studies, case studies, simulation-based studies, experimental investigations, system design papers, and application-oriented manuscripts in perception systems, navigation technologies, intelligent devices, robotics, autonomous systems, sensor fusion, computer vision, embedded intelligence, smart sensing, wearable devices, mobile systems, unmanned systems, and intelligent control applications.

Authors must ensure that their manuscripts are original, technically sound, ethically prepared, and not under consideration by another journal at the time of submission. Manuscripts should be written clearly, follow a logical academic structure, and present a meaningful contribution to the subject area of the journal.

Submission Process

Manuscripts must be submitted through the journal’s online submission system. Authors should register or log in to the journal website, select the appropriate submission section, upload the manuscript file, provide complete author details, enter the title and abstract, add keywords, and complete all required submission metadata.

During submission, authors should confirm that the manuscript complies with the journal’s scope, formatting requirements, publication ethics, plagiarism policy, copyright policy, and author declaration requirements.

Manuscript Structure

• Title
• Author names and affiliations
• Corresponding author details
• Abstract
• Keywords
• Introduction
• Literature review or technical background
• Materials and methods, system design, device architecture, model, algorithm, or framework
• Experimental setup, simulation environment, sensor configuration, or implementation details, where applicable
• Results
• Performance evaluation and analysis
• Discussion
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgements, if applicable
• Funding statement, if applicable
• Conflict of interest statement
• Data availability statement, if applicable
• Code availability statement, if applicable
• References

Abstract and Keywords

The abstract should provide a concise summary of the research problem, objective, methodology, system or device used, major findings, performance results, and conclusion. Authors should avoid unnecessary citations, undefined abbreviations, and excessive background information in the abstract.

Keywords should reflect the main subject of the manuscript. Suitable keywords may relate to perception systems, navigation, intelligent devices, robotics, autonomous systems, sensor fusion, computer vision, embedded systems, smart sensors, wearable devices, unmanned systems, mobile systems, and intelligent control.

Formatting Requirements

• The manuscript should be written in clear academic English.
• Text should be typed with consistent formatting and proper spacing.
• Headings and subheadings should be clearly structured.
• Figures, tables, algorithms, device models, system diagrams, and experimental results should be numbered and cited in the text.
• Equations, pseudocode, sensor parameters, performance metrics, and technical notations should be clearly presented and consistently used.
• Abbreviations should be defined at first use.
• References should be complete, accurate, and consistently formatted.

Figures, Tables, Algorithms, and Device Models

Figures, tables, algorithms, perception models, navigation frameworks, device architectures, sensor layouts, robotic platforms, workflow diagrams, simulation results, and experimental outputs should be clear, readable, and relevant to the manuscript. Each item must have a suitable caption and must be referred to in the main text.

Experimental and Technical Clarity

Manuscripts involving prototypes, experiments, simulations, datasets, sensors, or intelligent devices should clearly describe the hardware setup, software tools, sensor configuration, data collection method, evaluation metrics, operating environment, and limitations wherever applicable.

References

Authors are responsible for ensuring that all references are accurate, relevant, and properly cited. References should include sufficient bibliographic details so that readers can identify and locate the cited sources. Authors should avoid irrelevant citations, excessive self-citation, and citation manipulation.

Submission Checklist

• The manuscript matches the focus and scope of the journal.
• The manuscript is original and not submitted elsewhere.
• The title, abstract, keywords, author details, and affiliations are complete.
• All figures, tables, algorithms, device models, experimental results, and references are properly cited.
• Experimental setup, sensors, software tools, datasets, and evaluation methods are clearly described where applicable.
• Conflict of interest, funding, data availability, and code availability statements are included where applicable.
• The manuscript has been checked for grammar, clarity, plagiarism, and technical consistency.
• All authors have approved the submission.