Submissions

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

Guideline for Manuscript Submission

Online Submissions

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1.0 General

Manuscripts submitted to Journal of Materials in Life Science must be original work that has not been published or under consideration for publication elsewhere. The journal submissions must be written in English. Manuscripts should be no more than 10 pages in length inclusive of tables, figures and illustrations. Minimum of 20 references required. All submissions will be peer reviewed.

Please use the JOMALISC TEMPLATE provided in this SUBMISSION PACKAGE. Kindly refer to Template Checklist for Guidance.

Each submission must include :

i. Manuscript in JOMALISC Template.

ii. COPYRIGHT TRANSFER AGREEMENT (CTA) as supplementary file.

2.0 Types of Paper

2.1 Research Articles

Research Articles presents original research that is expected to present a major advancement and contribution to the body of knowledge or the particular area. Research Articles follows the format provided in the guide to authors. The content includes an abstract, an introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion and conclusion. The supplementary materials that support the paper's conclusions are welcomed.

2.2 Review Articles

Review articles summarise and describe new developments of interdisciplinary significance as well as proposing new future research directions based on their reviews. Reviews contain an abstract, an introduction that outlines the main theme, subheadings, and the future direction for resolving research questions.

3.0 Title

Manuscripts should be headed by a concise title. Please include the full name(s) of the author(s), complete mailing address, telephone and fax numbers as well as e-mail address. In case of multiple authorship, please indicate the main author to whom all correspondence concerning the paper should be directed.

4.0 Abstract

All manuscripts should be accompanied by two abstracts, of not more than 200 words each, written in English and Bahasa Melayu. Manuscript from outside Malaysia may submit English abstract only. The abstract should not only indicate the subject and scope of the paper but also summarize the author’s conclusion along with at least five (5) keywords that could be useful for information-retrieval purposes. A good abstract should consist of introduction, problem statement, quantitative results & discussion and quantitative conclusion.

5.0 Style

Manuscripts should consist of the following sections: 1.0 INTRODUCTION, 2.0 METHODOLOGY, 3.0 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION, 4.0 CONCLUSION. Each section and sub-section should be numbered using the Arabic numerals. Please use S1 Units for all scientific and laboratory data.

5.1 Tables

All tables should be kept simple and clear, and should be referred to in the text. They should be numbered, and titled in the order of which they are referred to in the text.

5.2 Illustrations

Illustrations including diagrams and graphs should be sharp, noise free and of good contrast. They should accompany the manuscript and numbered consecutively in the same order as they are referred to in the text. Line drawings should be in black ink on a white background and lettering size must be large enough to permit legible reduction whenever necessary. All photographs submitted must be of good quality and printed on glossy paper. The author’s name, short title of the paper and figure number must be written on the reverse side of each illustration submitted.

5.3 Mathematical Notation and Equations

All equations must be clearly typed, tripled-space and should be identified or numbered accordingly.

6.0 Acknowledgements

A brief acknowledgment of not more than 50 words should be included at the end of the manuscripts, before the list of references.

7.0 References

References should appear in a separate Reference section at the end of the manuscripts, typed double-spaced in the order of item referred to in the next, using numerals in square brackets. Style for papers: [Reference number], Authors (last name, followed by first initial for main author, and first initial followed by last name for other authors), year, title, periodical (in italics), volume (issue), inclusive page numbers. Style for books: [Reference number], Authors, title (in italics), year, location, publisher, chapter or page numbers.

For example:

[1] Khalid, M., S. Omatu, and R. Yusof. 1995. Temperature Regulation with Neural Networks and Alternative Control Schemes. IEEE Trans on Neural Networks. 6(3): 572-582.

[2] Satapah, A., T. Kassim, and B. Zubil. 2017. Neuro-Control and Its Applications. London: Springer-Verlag.

We also need you to provide D.O.I. for each references listed in your article to increase citation.

8.0 Submission

Kindly submit your article through our online submission

9.0 Article Screening

Your article will undergo a screening process for template usage, format compliance for research article (1.0 INTRODUCTION, 2.0 METHODOLOGY, 3.0 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION, 4.0 CONCLUSION) and including plagiarism checks.

10.0 Referees

We welcome suggestions for referees (3 names) from the author as EACH SUBMISSION SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY OUR COPYRIGHT TRANSFER AGREEMENT DOCUMENT WHERE NAMING THREE POTENTIAL REVIEWER (minimum pHD level) WITH THEIR OFFICIAL ORGANISATION EMAIL IS A MUST.

11.0 Copyrights

Copyright of articles that appear in Journal of Materials in Life Science belongs exclusively to Penerbit Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. This copyright covers the rights to reproduce the article, including reprints, electronic reproductions or any other reproductions of similar nature.

Submission Preparation Checklist

i. 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).

ii. The submission file is in Microsoft Word 97-2003 (*.doc) or higher document file format. This will be used as the main submission file.

iii. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided. DOI for the references must be given if applicable.

iv. The text is single-spaced; uses a 9-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. All manuscripts must be in a A4 paper size.

v. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.

vi. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

vii. A short cover letter regarding the submission is attached, together with a suggestion of three (3) potential reviewers. This will be uploaded as supplementary file.

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Copyright Notice

Copyright of articles that appear in Journal of Materials in Life Sciences (JOMALISC) belongs exclusively to Penerbit Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (Penerbit UTM Press). This copyright covers the rights to reproduce the article, including reprints, electronic reproductions or any other reproductions of similar nature.

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