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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.

Author Guidelines

AIMS AND SCOPE

The Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences (BJMS) (eISSN: 2710-7353) is an open-access, peer-reviewed, online academic journal affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) since 2007. BJMS publishes three issues annually – in January, May, and September. At present, there is no Article Processing Charge incurred for publishing of materials with BJMS.   

BJMS aims to provide a platform for researchers and medical practitioners to share theories, views and disseminate valuable and important research information from, but not limited to Borneo. The journal welcomes original research articles, review articles, case reports, editorials, concept papers, short communications and clinical quizzes, concerning basic and clinical research on any medical and health-related issues. 

 

SCHEDULE OF PUBLICATION 

Three issues per year (January, May and September). 

 

SUBMISSION FEE/PROCESSING FEE 

Presently, there is no submission fee/ article processing charge (APC) for any of the manuscripts. 

 

SUBMISSION 

The manuscript should be written in clear and concise British English, adhering to standard English style and usage. If you are a non-native English speaker, it is advisable to seek professional assistance with the language to ensure clarity and correctness. The manuscript should be submitted through the online submission system. 

The manuscript should be submitted online, in MS Word format, Times New Roman, font 11, double-spaced. Headings such as Abstract, Introduction, Methods and materials, Discussion, Conclusion, Conflict of interest, Acknowledgement, and References should be UPPER CASE. 

Manuscripts are considered for publication on the condition that they are exclusively submitted to BJMS and have not been published elsewhere, although they may have been presented at scientific meetings. The manuscript must be accompanied by the BJMS assignment form, signed by all authors. 

 

Initially, the manuscript will be assessed from an editorial perspective. If considered appropriate by the Editor, it will proceed to the peer-review process. The corresponding author will be informed of the evaluation, along with any editorial remarks. The preferred word processing program is Microsoft Word. By submitting a manuscript, the authors agree that if it is accepted for publication, the copyright of the article, including the right to reproduce it in all forms and media, will be transferred to Universiti Malaysia Sabah. 

The manuscript will undergo a plagiarism check after submission and before acceptance. The Journal accepts less than 30% similarity. 

Copyright Notice

 Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences

Copyright transfer and contributions agreement to publish in Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences (BJMS)

 Transfer our author right to Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences (BJMS Publishers) along with title, interest in article without any limitations. The Journal shall own the work, including 1) copyright; 2) the right to grant permission to republish the article in whole or in part, with or without fee; 3) the right to produce preprints or reprints and translate into languages other than English for sale or free distribution; and 4) the right for electronic/visual reproduction, electronic storage and to republish the work in a collection of articles in any other mechanical or electronic format or printed publications.

We, the authors certify to participate sufficiently in the intellectual content, conception and design of this work or the analysis and interpretation of the data (when applicable), as well as the writing of the manuscript, to take public responsibility for it and have agreed to have our name listed as a contributor. We believe the manuscript represents valid work. Neither this manuscript nor one with substantially similar content under our authorship has been published or is being considered for publication elsewhere, except as described in the covering letter. Any such involvement, publishers of BJMS are not responsible and the authors are held for any untoward practices if any. Any other reproduction of the said article requires the permission from the publisher.

Authors also state that, the work is original and is not infringing with the rights of others and copyrights. Author also further declares that, each co-author have contributed significantly and have accepted to be co-authors for their significant contribution for the work.

We certify that all the data collected during the study is presented in this manuscript and no data from the study has been or will be published separately. We attest that, if requested by the editors, we will provide the data/information or will cooperate fully in obtaining and providing the data/information on which the manuscript is based, for examination by the editors or their assignees.

We give the rights to the corresponding author to make necessary changes as per the request of the journal, do the rest of the correspondence on our behalf and he/she will act as the guarantor for the manuscript on our behalf. All persons who have made substantial contributions to the work reported in the manuscript, but who are not contributors, are named in the Acknowledgment and have given us their written permission to be named. If we do not include an Acknowledgment that means we have not received substantial contributions from non-contributors and no contributor has been omitted.

 

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