ASME Journals Digital Submission Tool
Initial Submission

Step 3: Adding Authors and Assigning Roles and Publication Order

This next step involves providing information about the other authors of the work. It also involves assigning the appropriate author roles and the order of publication.

The following information will be requested. Those sections containing an asterisk (*) are required:

• E-mail address*

• Password*

• Title* (e.g., Mr., Prof., Dr., etc.)

• First Name and Middle Initial* (or first and middle initials)

• Last Name* (including Jr., or III, etc.)

• ASME Member Affiliation

• Job Title* (e.g., President, Associate Professor, Manager, etc.)

• Company of University Name*

• Mailing Address 1* (e.g., Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, street address)

• Mailing Address 2 (suite, mail stop, street address)

• City*

• Country*

• State or Province* (see note below)

• Zip or Postal Code*

• Phone*

• Fax

• Biography (short biographical description, 8000 characters, text only)

NOTE: The state/province field is required to be completed if the country is the USA. If not, you may complete, as applicable and appropriate for your country.

You will need to complete this on-line form for each author. The site will allow up to 12 co-authors. Click Next to add additional authors. You will receive a confirmation message each time you add an author.

When you have finished adding authors, you will be asked to identity the role of each of the authors in the work:

• Co-Author

• Lead Author

You will also be asked to assign the order in which their names should appear in the journal publication. Once you have made the appropriate selections, finish this process by clicking Assign Lead Author and Publication Order. You will receive a confirming message and a full confirmation screen.