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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

Guidelines for Authors

Submission of articles on subjects with relevance (multidisciplinary) to the journal is welcomed but not limited to the six issues per year (January, April, July and October).  Upon request to the editorial team members, the journal may publish issues that will complement the six issues each year. The submission should adhere to our guidelines in the template. The manuscripts are preferably written in English but when written in another language (Eg: Malay), provision of the English title, abstract and keywords are compulsory. Kindly place all submissions online. Manuscripts are accepted on the understanding that they have not been and will not be published elsewhere.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. Accepted manuscripts become the copyright of the journal. In 2019, the journal published all manuscripts with an eISSN number.

Preparation of Manuscripts

UMTJUR accepts research/original articles, short communication, letter to editors, monograph and review articles. All articles should adhere to the scope and policy of UMT JUR and should relate to social sustainability and management.

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, monograph or commentary is about 2,000 to 3,000 words, letter to editor is less than 2,000 words,  and 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): Sustainability (must include this word), 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

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Publication Ethics

PUBLICATION ETHICS AND MALPRACTICE STATEMENT

UMT Journal of Undergraduate Research (UMT JUR) is dedicated to following the best practices on ethical matters, errors, and retractions. The prevention of publication malpractice is one of the important responsibilities of the editorial board. Any kind of unethical behaviour is not acceptable, and the Editorial Board of this journal does not tolerate plagiarism in any form. Authors submitting articles to the JMSI affirm that manuscript contents are original.

The following duties outlined for the editors, reviewers, and authors are based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) codes of conduct.


DUTIES OF EDITORS/ASSOCIATE EDITORS

  1. The Editors/Associate Editors are responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published;
  2. The Editors/Associate Editors may discuss with other editors or reviewers in making a decision;
  3. The Editors/Associate Editors evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors;
  4. The Editors/Associate Editors must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate;
  5. The Editors/Associate Editors should ensure a fair and appropriate peer review process;
  6. Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used by anyone who has a view of the manuscript in his or her own research without the express written consent of the author;
  7. The Editors/Associate Editors should guard the integrity of the published record by issuing corrections and retractions when needed and pursuing suspected or alleged research and publication misconduct.

 

DUTIES OF REVIEWERS

  1. Information regarding manuscripts submitted by authors should be kept confidential and be treated as privileged information;
  2. Reviews should be conducted objectively. There shall be no personal criticism of the author. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments;
  3. Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that had been previously reported elsewhere should be accompanied by the relevant citation;
  4. Reviewers should request to the Editors attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge;
  5. In case, any reviewer feels that it is not possible for him/her to complete review of manuscript within stipulated time then the same must be communicated to the editors, so that the same could be sent to any other reviewer;
  6. Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

 

DUTIES OF AUTHORS

  1. The Authors should submit papers only on work that has been conducted in an ethical and responsible manner and that complies with all relevant legislation;
  2. The authors present their results clearly, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation;
  3. The Authors should endeavour to describe their methods clearly and unambiguously so that their findings can be confirmed by others;
  4. The Authors should adhere to publication requirements that submitted work is original, is not plagiarized, and has not been published elsewhere;
  5. The Authors must certify that the manuscript is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere;
  6. The Authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others this must be appropriately cited;
  7. The Authors should take collective responsibility for submitted and published work;
  8. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Duplicitous or expressively inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.
  9. Proper acknowledgements of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work;
  10. The Authors should ensure that the authorship accurately reflects individuals’ contributions to the work and its reporting; and where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged;
  11. The Authors should disclose relevant funding sources and any existing or potential conflicts of interest. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed;

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editors and the editor to retract or correct the paper.