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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Submission of articles on subjects of relevance to the journal is welcomed at any time. Authors interested in submitting a paper should send the manuscript using an online submission. The submission should adhere to our guidelines. UMT Publisher currently publishes two issues per year (August and December).

The manuscripts can be in English or if written in Malay, they must include an English title, abstract, and keywords and be submitted online. Articles are accepted on the understanding that they have not been and will not be published elsewhere. All submissions will be peer-reviewed. The editors have the final decision on publication. Papers on acceptance become the copyright of the journal. The journal will be printed in black and white.

 

PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS

JML accepts research/original articles, short communications & reviews articles. All Articles should adhere to the scope and policy of JML and should relate to the scope of this journal.

Manuscripts should be typed [with a wide margin and double spaced, Times New Roman (Font 12)] on one side of A4 (30 x 21 cm) paper. A full-length research paper is between 8,000 to 15,000 words, a review paper may range between 8,000 to 20,000 words, short communication or commentary is about 2,000 to 3,000 words, a letter to the editor is less than 2,000 words and a book review is about 500 to 1,000 words. In the text, scientific names should be italicised; do not underline any words. Avoid excessive use of italics to emphasize text. In general, manuscripts should be organised in the following order.

 

Research/Original Article

Title (should be clear, descriptive, and concise)

Name of authors

Complete postal address of affiliations

E-mail address of the corresponding author

Abstract

Keywords (indexing terms): 3 – 5 items Introduction Material studied, area descriptions, methods, and techniques

Results and discussion

Conclusion

Acknowledgements (additional information concerning research grants)

References

 

Review Article

(It does not have a method or result section, no study to describe & no data to be analysed)

 

Title (should be clear, descriptive and concise)

Introduction (where the topic or problem is introduced & previous research is described)

Discussion (main points are discussed)

Conclusion (article’s strengths & weaknesses)

Reference

Articles

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