Submission of articles implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), or it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language. We also accept manuscripts in Malay language . However, it should have a title and an abstract in English.

The template of Manuscript can be downloaded here. 

The template of Manuscript (with instruction) can be downloaded here

Steps of Submission 

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.

1. Please try to adhere to the following format:
2. a) Title, authors(s), address(es) – Please provide full name of the authors, full address and email address of corresponding authors.

Example:

Mohd Mustafizur Rahman*, Ahmad Kamal Arifin, Nordin Jamaluddin & Che Hasan Che Haron

Department of Mechanical & Material Engineering,

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia,

43600 UKM Bangi, Malaysia

Corresponding author : mustafiz@ukm.edu.my

1. b) Abstract – The abstract should be clear, descriptive and should provide brief information to the problem. This should generally be followed by a statement regarding the methodology and a brief summary of result. The abstract should end with a comment on the significance of the result or a brief conclusion. Abstract are written preferably from 200 to 250 words. For articles submitted from Malaysia or Indonesia, the abstracts need to be written in both Bahasa Malaysia and English, whereas for articles submitted from other countries, the abstracts must be written in English.

Keywords: Maximum of five(5) relevant keywords.

1. c) Introduction – Please provide a statement of the problems. Outline of the paper and important findings.
2. d) Experimental/ methodology.
3. e) Results & Discussion.
4. f) Conclusion.
5. g) Acknowledgement.

1. h) References – All publications cited in the text should be included in the reference list. References should be listed in alphabetical order according to the UKM styles format. Examples of references appear in the text (as appeared in the article).

1. i) Tables – Number of tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Please use Arabic numerals and supply a heading. Tables and their captions should be centered on the page. Place footnotes to the table below the table body and indicate them with superscript lowercase letters. Avoid vertical and horizontal rules (refer eg. below). Be sparing in the use of the tables and ensure that the data presented in the table do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article.

1. j) Figures – Figures are sequentially numbered commencing at Figure 1. and followed by their caption and are placed at the bottom of the figure. Ensure that figures are clear and legible with typed lettering.

1. k) Nomenclature, symbols and abbreviation – Only widely used accepted symbols and forms of abbreviations should be used, but always give full expression followed by the abbreviation the first time it appears in the text. Abbreviations and symbols used in the tables and figures should be explained in the legend. The use of symbols in the text should be avoided as much as possible as they disrupt the flow of the sentences as well as the appearance of the typeset page. In no case should a combination of symbols and words be used.

2. Proofs and reprints

The accepted article will be regarded as final and the files will be processed as such. Proofs are for checking typesetting /editing: only printer errors may be corrected. No changes in, or addition to the edited manuscript will be accepted.