Submissions

Author Guidelines

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

The journal publishes articles in both Malay and English. Articles submitted to the journal for publication should be original contributions and must not have been previously published or under consideration by any other publications elsewhere at the same time. It must be in a Microsoft Word file and submitted through the online system. The full names, affiliations, phone numbers, current e-mail addresses and a short biographical note of all authors should appear on a separate cover page and submitted as a supplementary file. The corresponding author is the submitter of the article. All co-authors must register with the online system and the submitter needs to fill in the metadata of each co-authors. While an article is under consideration, it is the responsibility of the corresponding author to inform the editor of any change of address. The article ID,, e.g. LJMS-1990-001 should be stated in all correspondence with the editor. 

FORMAT AND STYLE

The length of an article should be between 5,000 and 10,000 words including text, tables, figures and references. The title should be concise, descriptive and not exceeding 15 words. All articles must have a title and abstract in English and Malay. Articles written in English must have been proofread and have a satisfactory command of academic English. An abstract should describe its main points within 200-250 words. The abstract should be followed by 5 keywords (both English and Malay, separated by semi-colon) that identify the article's content for retrieval systems. All illustrations, including figures, charts and graphs, must be labelled and placed within the text at appropriate points, rather than at the end. The desired placement in the text should be indicated. All illustrations should be referred to, numbered systematically, and are camera-ready. LJMS uses the author-date system. References in the text should be denoted by giving the name(s) of the author(s) with the year of publication. All cited references must appear and be ordered alphabetically in the list of references at the end of the manuscripts. A minimum number of 15 and a maximum number of 30 significant references should be cited. About 30% of the references should be journal articles. A few references should be current i.e. within the last 5 years. References must conform to APA Citation Style. If you are using EndNote or other referencing software, the field codes for the references must be removed before submitting the article. Footnoted information and appendices should only be used if they are necessary. The footnote should be appropriately marked in the text and placed after acknowledgement (if there is any) and before the list of references.

With regards to format, style and references, the submitted article must comply with the template provided by LJMS (SUBMISSION TEMPLATE AS OF 24.2.2024)

REVIEW PROCESS

The articles submitted to the LJMS will first be evaluated by the Editor-in-Chief in terms of their merits. The articles considered appropriate will be sent to the peer review process through double anonymous peer review. Decisions regarding the publication of an article will be based on the Editor-in-Chief's evaluations. The article will be evaluated based on its appropriateness for LJMS, contribution to the discipline, cogency of analysis, conceptual breadth, clarity of presentation, and technical adequacy. To ensure that articles are evaluated solely on their merit, the author(s)’ identity is concealed from reviewers during the review process. Articles submitted by members of the journal’s Editorial Board are subjected to the same review process.  All authors are expected to revise their articles promptly after receiving reports from the reviewers. No article will be rejected without taking into consideration its values, its suitability, and its readiness for the Journal, which are based on the reviewer's constructive comments. The decision is broken down into four outcomes: [1] Accept, [2] Accept with minor revision, [3] Accept with major revision, [4] Reject. Responsibility for opinions and accuracy of information in articles published rests solely with the respective authors. 

PUBLICATION FEES

There are no publication fees imposed on the articles published by the authors including submission fees and article processing charges (APCs).

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PUBLICATION ETHICS AND MALPRACTICE STATEMENTS RELATED TO AUTHORS

Duties of Authors:

• Have the responsibility of ensuring onlt new and original work is submitted.
• Must not produce work that has been previously published in other journals.
• Must not submit any articles that are being reviewed or considered by the journal to other journals simultaneously.
• Are only allowed to publish their work elsewhere after receiving a formal rejection from the journal of if their request to withdraw their work is officially accepted by the journal.
• Must inform the Editor-in-Chief or the publisher of any inaccuracy of data in their published work so that correction or retraction of the article can be done.
• Should make significant contributions and be held accountable for any shortcomings in their work.

Originality and Plagiarism

Author should submit only original work that is not plagiarized, and has not been published or being considered elsewhere. TURNITIN [https://www.turnitin.com/login_page.asp] may be used by the editorial office to check for similarities between submitted manuscripts with existing literature. The inclusion of fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements is unacceptable. Work and/or words from other publications must be appropriately cited or quoted.

Reporting Standards

The author should state their results clearly, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation. The methods used in the work should be clearly and unambiguously described so that the findings can be repeated and confirmed by other researchers.

Data Access and Retention

Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data or a reasonable time after publication.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

A statement on conflict of interest must be included in the manuscript if authors receive any support that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Authorship and Collaboration

Name of authors listed in a paper should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the report. Only those who made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the work must be acknowledged or listed as conteributors. It is the duty of the corresponding author to ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper. All co authors must approve the final version of the paper and agree to the version of the paper before submission.

Multiple or Redundant

Authors should not publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research output in more than one journal or primary publication. A similar manuscript should not be submitted to more than one journal concurrently as this constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

Errors in Published Works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author's obligations to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the manuscript.

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