Submission of Manuscript

All manuscripts submitted to the journal must comply with these instructions. Failure to do so will result in a return of the manuscript and possible delay in publication.

Cover letter
All submissions must be accompanied by a cover letter detailing what you are submitting. Papers are accepted for publication in the journal on the understanding that the article is original and the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. This must be stated in the cover letter.

The cover letter must also contain an acknowledgment that all authors have contributed significantly and that all authors are in agreement with the content of the manuscript.

Publication Charge

MJMS publishes all its articles as open access. Authors pay a one-time Article Processing Charge (APC) to cover the costs of administration and management, profesional production of articles in PDF/LaTeX and others. Upon acceptance, a publishing fee will be charged as stated below.

There are no further charges for rejected articles, no submission charges, and no surcharges based on the length of an article, figures or supplementary data. Some items (Corrections, Formatting, Typesetting, Comments, etc.) are free of charge.

Please be informed that articles submitted and accepted for publication in the journal will be charged a fixed fee beginning 7th July 2021. Submission after 1st April 2024 will be RM1200.

The publishing fee imposed for every:

Accepted Paper

      RM1200      

Charged to corresponding author affiliated to an institution in Malaysia.

     USD 300     

Charged to corresponding author affiliated to an institution outside Malaysia.

Peer review
MJMS follows a double-blind peer-review process. Peer reviewers are experts chosen by journal editors to provide a written assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of written research, with the aim of improving the reporting of research and identifying the most appropriate and highest quality material for the journal.

The Journal’s review process
The practice of peer review is to ensure that good paper is published. It is an objective process at the heart of good scholarly publishing and is carried out on all reputable scientific journals.

English language editing
For editors and reviewers to accurately assess the work presented in your manuscript you need to ensure the English language is of sufficient quality to be understood. If you need help with the English language, you should consider:

• Asking a colleague who is a native English speaker to review your manuscript for clarity.
• Visiting the English language tutorial which covers the common mistakes when writing in English.
• Using a professional language editing service where editors will improve the English to ensure that your meaning is clear and identify problems that require your review.

Please note: The language preference can be either British or American English. Please ensure that the use is consistent throughout the submission.

Author material archive policy
Authors who require the return of any submitted material that is rejected for publication in the journal should indicate in the cover letter. If no indication is given, that author's material will not be returned, the Editorial Office will dispose of all hardcopy and electronic material.

Copyright
Authors publishing the Journal will be asked to sign a declaration form. In signing the form, it is assumed that authors have obtained permission to use any copyrighted or previously published material. All authors must read and agree to the conditions outlined in the form and must sign the form or agree that the corresponding author can sign on their behalf. Articles cannot be published until a signed form has been received.

Hardcopies of the Journals and offprints
Under the Journal’s open access initiative, authors can choose to download free material (via PDF link) from any of the journal issues from MJMS’s website.