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 author has read the 'Content of a good article' in the 'Submit a manuscript' page.
- The submission has not been published or submitted to another journal for consideration.
- The submission file is in Microsoft Word format and images are of good quality.
- All citations and quotations have been properly referenced in the manuscript and it is free from plagiarism.
- The author has referred to the APA 7th Edition style guide for mechanics of writing, citation and reference format.
- Two documents are to be submitted - 1) Submission manuscript (with author details) 2) Submission manuscript (anonymous)
Author Guidelines
Manuscripts must be prepared according to the MJM guidelines in order to be considered for publication. Authors need to submit their article through http://ejournal.upsi.edu.my/index.php/MJM/home. Submissions should be emailed as a word document with the subject as follows: MJM[authorsname].doc.
The following checklist has been prepared to assist authors meet the submission requirements:
File Type | Only WORD file will be accepted
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Layout and Style | Note: all information is also contained within the template |
Margins |
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Citation Style | APA6th
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Quotes |
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Language |
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Quotation Marks |
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Titles used within article |
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Length |
Article should be between 5000-8000 words in length, including references and endnotes/footnotes. |
Paragraphs |
All paragraphs indented 1.27cm / 0.5 inches. |
Spacing |
Articles should be single-spaced. |
Endnotes |
Use endnotes rather than footnotes, 10 pt, keeping them to a minimum. |
Abstract |
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Keywords |
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Title and Headings | Title: Title Case, bold, centred, 14 pt, single spaced Author 1 First name, middle initial, last name (10 pt, align centre) Affiliation, Country (10 pt, align centre) Email: (10 pt, align centre) Author 2 First name, middle initial, last name (10 pt, align centre) Affiliation, country (10 pt, align centre) Email: (10 pt, align centre) Author 1¹, Author 2², Author 3³ (10 pt, align centre) Affiliation, Country¹, Affiliation, Country², Affiliation, Country³ [if different] (10 pt, align centre)Email¹, Email², Email³ (10 pt, align centre) |
Headings and Subheadings |
Headings are all in 12 point font. Text starts a new paragraph. Heading 2: Flush Left, Boldface, Title Case Heading Text starts a new paragraph. Heading 3: Flush Left, Boldface Italic, Title Case Heading Text starts a new paragraph. Heading 4: Indented, Boldface Title Case Heading Ending With a Period. Paragraph text continues on the same line as the same paragraph. Heading 5: Indented, Boldface Italic, Title Case Heading Ending With a Period. Paragraph text continues on the same line as the same paragraph.APA 6th does not require the first paragraph to be titled, "Introduction", however, there must be a heading to begin the article. |
Tables and Figures |
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Biography |
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Images |
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Copyright |
Copyright for musical examples, images, etc is the responsibility of the author. Proof of permission to reproduce materials must accompany the article. |
Examples of bibliographic References
Books
Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle.
Location: Publisher.
Article or Chapter in an Edited Book
Author, A. A., Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Title of chapter. In A. A. Editor & B. B.
Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pages of chapter). Location: Publisher.
Journals
Author, A. A., Author, B.B., & Author, C.C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical,
volume number (issue number), pages. http://dx.doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyyy
Dissertation
Lastname, F.N. (Year)Title of dissertation(Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Name
of database. (Accession or Order Number)
Conference Proceedings
Jones, J.L., & Peters, E. L. (Eds.). (1988). Proceedings from ICMH '99: The First
International Conference on Musicians' Health and Fitness New York, NY: Smith
Publications.
Recording
Last name, W. W. (Date of copyright). Title of song [Recorded by artist if different from
song writer]. On Title of album [Medium of recording]. Location: Label. (Recording
date if different from copyright date).