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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.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

Author Guidelines

GENERAL INSTRUCTION

  1. Interested author(s) is required to submit his/her manuscripts where the length must not exceed 7,000 words. Author(s) must ensure that he/she have not submitted the manuscripts elsewhere for publication. 
  2. Any manuscript, which does not conform to the required format, may be returned for necessary revision before publication.
  3. Use single spaced text and allow space after each paragraph.
  4. Manuscript Title Section
  • Manuscript Title : Times New Roman, 14 pts, Bold, Title Case, center justify
  • List of Authors : Times New Roman, 12 pts, Bold, Title Case, left justify
  • List of Affiliations : Times New Roman, 10 pts, Title Case, left justify
  • Corresponding author (*) : Full name and email
  1. Abstract Section
  • Abstract : Times New Roman, 11 pts, Bold, Upper Case, center justify
  • Content of Abstract : Times New Roman, 11 pts, Sentence Case, justify, 300 words maximum
  • Keywords : Times New Roman, 11 pts, italic, left justify, 5 keywords maximum arranged in alphabetical order
  • Copyright Statement : Times New Roman, 9 pts, justify text, followed by line _____

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, for non-commercial purposes, provided the original work is properly cited.

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  1. Main Text
  • Main Text : Times New Roman, 11 pts, justify text
  • The following may be used as general sections for the main text (Times New Roman, 11 pts, Bold, Upper case, Center justify

                    INTRODUCTION

                    LITERATURE REVIEW

                    METHODOLOGY

                    FINDINGS & DISCUSSION

                   CONCLUSION

                   ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (if applicable)

                   REFERENCES

                       

  1. Tables and Figures
    • All tables and figures should have a heading and a number such as Table 1, Table 2, Figure 1, Figure 2 etc. as well as the source. All tables and figures must be inserted within the manuscript.
  1. Citation styles & References
    • References should be complete and follow the APA Style, 7th Edition.
    • All references should be arranged alphabetically and then further sorted in reverse chronological order, i.e. the latest first.
  1. Proof reading
    • Authors of manuscripts accepted for the publication in JBK are responsible for checking the final proofs of their submission. 

  2. You are strongly encouraged to follow the template given below:

    Download Manuscript Template

    Download Citation Formatting System

Copyright Notice

  1. Copyright Transfer Statement for Journal

    1) In signing this statement, the author(s) grant UNIMAS Publisher an exclusive license to publish their original research papers. The author(s) also grant UNIMAS Publisher permission to reproduce, recreate, translate, extract or summarize, and to distribute and display in any forms, formats, and media. The author(s) can reuse their papers in their future printed work without first requiring permission from UNIMAS Publisher, provided that the author(s) acknowledge and reference publication in the Journal.

    2) For open access articles, the author(s) agree that their articles published under UNIMAS Publisher are distributed under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, for non-commercial purposes, provided the original work of the author(s) is properly cited.

    3) For subscription articles, the author(s) agree that UNIMAS Publisher holds copyright, or an exclusive license to publish. Readers or users may view, download, print, and copy the content, for academic purposes, subject to the following conditions of use: (a) any reuse of materials is subject to permission from UNIMAS Publisher; (b) archived materials may only be used for academic research; (c) archived materials may not be used for commercial purposes, which include but not limited to monetary compensation by means of sale, resale, license, transfer of copyright, loan, etc.; and (d) archived materials may not be re-published in any part, either in print or online.

    4) The author(s) is/are responsible to ensure his or her or their submitted work is original and does not infringe any existing copyright, trademark, patent, statutory right, or propriety right of others. Corresponding author(s) has (have) obtained permission from all co-authors prior to submission to the journal. Upon submission of the manuscript, the author(s) agree that no similar work has been or will be submitted or published elsewhere in any language. If submitted manuscript includes materials from others, the authors have obtained the permission from the copyright owners.

    5) In signing this statement, the author(s) declare(s) that the researches in which they have conducted are in compliance with the current laws of the respective country and UNIMAS Journal Publication Ethics Policy. Any experimentation or research involving human or the use of animal samples must obtain approval from Human or Animal Ethics Committee in their respective institutions. The author(s) agree and understand that UNIMAS Publisher is not responsible for any compensational claims or failure caused by the author(s) in fulfilling the above-mentioned requirements. The author(s) must accept the responsibility for releasing their materials upon request by Chief Editor or UNIMAS Publisher.

    6) The author(s) should have participated sufficiently in the work and ensured the appropriateness of the content of the article. The author(s) should also agree that he or she has no commercial attachments (e.g. patent or license arrangement, equity interest, consultancies, etc.) that might pose any conflict of interest with the submitted manuscript. The author(s) also agree to make any relevant materials and data available upon request by the editor or UNIMAS Publisher.

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