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Author Guidelines

The authors should submit only papers that have been carefully proofread and polished. Manuscripts are accepted with the understanding that they are original or extended versions of previously published papers in conferences and/or journals and that, if the work received an official sponsorship, it has been duly released for open publication. Before submission please make sure that your paper is prepared using the journal paper template.

The authors must refer to IJIMEAM format and style based Author Guidelines Template. The authors should send a Cover Letter as a Supplement File in the submission step as well. This will ensure fast processing and publication. 

The Author is able to track the submission through the editorial process - as well as participate in the copyediting and proofreading of submissions accepted for publication - by logging in, and using the username and password provided.

The journal writing format, explained as follows:

The title of the manuscript should be no more than 12 words, accurately describe the content

Authors (and co-authors) names are written below the title of the manuscript, without including their titles or degrees

Authors’ affiliations are written below the names; email of the corresponding author is written below the abstract

The abstract consists of 200-400 words written in a single paragraph. It should be clear, informative, descriptive, and provide a clear statement of the problem, the proposed approach or solution, and point out major findings and conclusions

Keywords consist of words or phrases which are important, specific, or representative to the article.

The introduction should provide a clear background, a clear statement of the problem, the relevant literature on the subject, the proposed approach or solution, the new value of research, and end with the purpose of the study.

The method includes research chronological, including research design, research procedures, research model, instruments, and analysis techniques used in solving problems.

Results and Discussion should be an objective description of the results and should be in relation to the purposes of research.

References should at least consist of 15 most pertinent and up-to-date sources. 80% of the references must be from reputable international journals published in less than 5 years. We recommend using reference management software such as Mendeley, Zotero, EndNote, or similar tools for efficient reference and bibliography management.

Any papers not fulfilling the requirements based on the guideline to authors will not be processed.

 

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. The Journal publishes manuscripts written in the 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.

  2. The submission file should be in Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX) file format. Authors can utilize the provided Article Template for formatting.

  3. The manuscript should be typed with single spacing, double column for the content (Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgement and References). While the abstract, authors and affiliations is single column. The manuscript will be published in A4 format not exceeding 15 pages. In this format, define 1.9 cm (.75”) wide left and right margins.  The bottom and top margins must be 2.54 cm (1”).  For unit conversion: 1 inch = 2.54 cm.

    Define a two-column layout, with a space of 0.635 cm (0.25”) between columns.  The title/author/affiliation section should be centred above both columns.  NO blank lines between title, authors and institutions.  Adjust the two columns on the last page to equal length, as far as possible.  All paragraphs are to be indented 0.635 cm (0.25”).

    Please use Times New Roman throughout the entire manuscript. The journal publishes with font size of title (12 POINTS, BOLD, ALL CAPITALS), authors (12 points, italic), Affiliations (12 points, regular), Text body (11 points, regular; all paragraphs indented .25),( Figure captions 10 points, italic), Table captions (10 points, italic), and References (11 points, regular, numbered).

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

  5. References in the text should be denoted by giving the numbering in square brackets in line with the. All references list should be included at the end of the manuscript. All references cited in the text must appear in the reference list using APA format. Authors are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of all information in the reference. The actual authors can be referred to, but the reference number(s) must always be given. Number the references (numbers in square brackets) in the list in the order in which they appear in the text. We recommend using reference management software such as Mendeley, Zotero, EndNote, or similar tools for efficient reference and bibliography management.

 

Copyright Notice

An author who publishes in IJIMEAM agrees to the following terms:

  • Author retains the copyright and grants the journal the right of first publication of the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  • Author is able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book) with the acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
  • Author is permitted and encouraged to post his/her work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of the published work (See What is Open Access).

Read more about the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.

 

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