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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 manuscript has not been previously published elsewhere, and is not being submitted to other journals simultaneously.
  • The  journal's Manuscript Template has been used to prepare the manuscript.
  • All illustrations, figures, and tables must be labelled and supplied on pages separate from the text. The desired placement in the text should be clearly indicated.
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format.
  • The authors understand that the submitted manuscript will be subjected to similarity checks using the appropriate software.
  • The authors agree to pay the publication charge if the paper is accepted for publication.
  • Please provide names, affiliations and institution email address of THREE (3) potential reviewers outside the authors' institutions that would be able to give a fair judgement on the manuscript in the COMMENTS FOR THE EDITOR below.

Author Guidelines

SCOPE

Sains Malaysiana is a refereed journal committed to the advancement of scholarly knowledge and research findings of the several branches of science and technology. It contains articles on Earth Sciences, Health Sciences, Life Sciences, Mathematical Sciences and Physical Sciences. The journal publishes articles, reviews, and research notes whose content and approach are of interest to a wide range of scholars.

Sains Malaysiana is published by the UKM Press an its autonomous Editorial Board are drawn from the Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. In addition, distinguished scholars from local and foreign universities are appointed to serve as advisory board members and referees.

 SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

The Journal publishes manuscripts written in the Malay and English language.  Manuscript submitted to the journal for publication should be original contribution and must not have been previously published or is under consideration simultaneously by any other publication.

 The manuscript should be typed with double spacing, single column and font size 12 on A4 paper not exceeding 25 pages, not more than 6 figures and 6 tables and should be submitted using the online submission system at Online Submissison System. Starting 1 January 2013 all submissions must be made through this online system.

 FORMAT AND STYLE

The title of a manuscript should be concise, descriptive and preferably not exceeding 15 words. The manuscript must include an abstract, describing its main points within 150 - 250 words in the Malay and English language. For authors who are unable to provide the Malay version of the abstract, the editor will provide assistance.

 In general, the contents should comprise of Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgement and References.   The manuscript should be supplied with 3-5 keywords.

 All illustrations including figures, charts and graphs, must be labelled and supplied on pages separate from the text. The desired placement in the text should be clearly indicated. These illustrations should be referred to and numbered serial, as figures. All illustrations should be clearly drawn in permanent ink or photographed in sharp black and white and reproduced in the form of high - contrast glossy prints or digital images and provided in camera ready form.

 References in the text should be denoted by giving the name(s) of the author(s).  All alphabetically ordered references list should be included at the end of the manuscript.  All references cited in the text must appear in the reference list. Authors are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of all information in the reference. Manuscripts must conform to the references in Penerbit UKM style or the Chicago Manual of Style (University of Chicago Press). The references style adopted should be consistent throughout the manuscript.

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