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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 following are the Article Processing Charges (APC) charged by the journal for accepted manuscripts: USD 250 /RM 1000 (International Author) or RM800 (Malaysian Author). The payment will be made once the paper is accepted.
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word format based on Journal Template Format. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines. Failure to comply will result in immediate desk rejection. You may also upload at least two prospective reviewers' names (Name, affiliation, e-mail address, and country). Read the submission guidelines https://journals.iium.edu.my/ejournal/index.php/iiumej/about/submissions before initiating the process.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration. The author must upload the Ethical Agreement Form during the submission process. Failure to upload the Ethical Agreement Form will result in immediate desk rejection.
  • All contributing authors' names, affiliations, and countries must be added during the submission process. Failure to add during submission may result in immediate rejection or omission from the accepted paper (if accepted) .
  • Write forwarding comments to the editor regarding the submission.
  • NOTE: Once submitted, the editorial team will generate the similarity report. The similarity percentage for the article must not exceed 20% and the AI similarity percentage must not be more than 30%.

Author Guidelines

General information

 Failure to comply with the format and without the ethical agreement will result in immediate rejection - initial submission.


1. Submission process (Initial Submission)

Manuscripts must be submitted by one of the manuscript's authors and should not be submitted by anyone on their behalf based on the journal template. The submitting author takes responsibility for the article during submission and peer review.

* The submitting author is required to complete, sign and upload the Ethical Agreement form.

 Failure to comply with the format and/or without the ethical agreement will result in immediate rejection.

Authors are required to add all contributing authors' names, affiliations, and countries must be added during the submission process. Failure to add during submission may result in omission from the paper.  Failure to comply will result in immediate rejection.

Authors are required to submit the names, affiliations, and email addresses of two reviewers (on a separate page) related to the subject of the manuscript. Proposed Reviewers Name (During submission of the manuscript, the Authors need to upload two proposed reviewers' names with email, affiliation, and country in a separate document.  

* To facilitate rapid publication and to minimize administrative costs, IIUM Engineering Journal encourages online submission. The website uses a journal management and publishing system that assists with every stage of the refereed publishing process, from submissions through to online publication and indexing. The submission process is compatible with the latest version of Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox, and with most other modern web browsers. It can be used on PC, Mac, or Unix platforms.

* the main manuscript should be submitted in (MSWord *.docx format).

* Other files such as the Ethical Agreement form, and Proposed Reviewer form should be submitted along with the manuscript.

 Failure to comply with the format and without the ethical agreement will result in immediate rejection.

Downloadable Files  (Select the link and Right-click and select "Save link as" / open link in a new tab   to download the file)

  1. Ethical Agreement (EA) form - Authors must submit along with the manuscript submission
  2. Download manuscript template - Authors need to follow the template in preparing their manuscript.)
  3. Proposed Reviewers Name - Authors need to follow the template in to propose reviewers’ names

2. Submission process (Revised manuscript based on reviewers' comments)

* Submitting author should log in to IIUM EJ.

* Upload the revised manuscript as an Article text

 Authors are also required to submit a Reviewer response along with a revised manuscript. 

Replying to reviewers' comments

* Authors are requested to use the Response to reviewers template. downloadable files  (Select the link and Right-click and select "Save link as" / open link in a new tab   to download the file)


3. Article Types and Topics

Please read the descriptions of each of the article types, choose which is appropriate for your article, and structure it accordingly. If in doubt, your manuscript should be classified as a Research Article, the structure for which is described below.

  • Chemical and Biotechnology Engineering
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Electrical, Computer, and Communications Engineering
  • Engineering Mathematics and Applied Science
  • Materials and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Mechatronics and Automation Engineering

NOTE: Any review papers are by invitation only.

Manuscripts for research articles submitted to IIUM EJ should be divided into the following sections:

  • Title page
  • Abstract
  • Background/ Introduction
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • Conclusions
  • Methods
  • Acknowledgements 
  • References (Not more than 20)
  • Figure legends (if any)
  • Tables and captions (if any)

4. References (not more than 20 references)

All references must be numbered consecutively, in square brackets, in the order in which they are cited in the text, followed by any in tables or legends. New Times Roman, font size 11. Each reference must have an individual reference number. Please avoid excessive referencing. If automatic numbering systems are used, the reference numbers must be finalized and the bibliography must be fully formatted before submission. 

Only articles and abstracts that have been published or are in press, or are available through public e-print/preprint servers, may be cited; unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications should not be included in the reference list but may be included in the text. Notes/footnotes are not allowed. Obtaining permission to quote personal communications and unpublished data from the cited author(s) is the responsibility of the author. Citations in the reference list should contain all named authors, regardless of how many there are. There should usually be no more than 20 references per article.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.

Examples (for journal article):

 Soleimani N, Mohabati Mobarez A, Farhangi B. Cloning, expression and purification flagellar sheath adhesion of Helicobacter pylori in Escherichia coli host as a vaccination target. Clin Exp Vaccine Res. 2016 Jan;5(1):19-25. https://doi.org/10.7774/cevr.2016.5.1.19

Author AA,  Author BB (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number: page range. doi:0000000/000000000000 or http://dx.doi.org/10.0000/0000

Author AA,  Author BB (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number: page range. Retrieved from http://www.journalhomepage.com/full/url/

 Article within a journal

1.      Koonin EV, Altschul SF, Bork P. (1996) BRCA1 protein products: functional motifs. Nat Genet., 13:266-267.

 If the issue number is essential to be included, the format shall be vol (issue no): pp

Article within a journal supplement 

2.      Orengo CA, Bray JE, Hubbard T, LoConte L, Sillitoe I. (1999) Analysis and assessment of ab initio three-dimensional prediction, secondary structure, and contacts prediction. Proteins, Suppl 3:149-170.

In press article

 3.      Kharitonov SA, Barnes PJ. (in press). Clinical aspects of exhaled nitric oxide. Eur Respir J.

Published abstract

4.      Zvaifler NJ, Burger JA, Marinova-Mutafchieva L, Taylor P, Maini RN. (1999) Mesenchymal cells, stromal derived factor-1 and rheumatoid arthritis [abstract]. Arthritis Rheum., 42:s250.

Article within conference proceedings 

5.      Jones X. (1996) Zeolites and synthetic mechanisms. In Proceedings of the First National Conference on Porous Sieves: 27-30 June 1996; Baltimore. Edited by Smith Y. Stoneham, Butterworth-Heinemann; pp 16-27.

Book chapter, or article within a book 

6.       Schnepf E. (1993) From prey via endosymbiont to plastids: comparative studies in dinoflagellates. In Origins of Plastids. Volume 2. 2nd edition. Edited by Lewin RA. New York, Chapman and Hall; pp 53-76.

The whole issue of the journal

7.      Ponder B, Johnston S, Chodosh L. (Eds)(1998) Innovative oncology. In Breast Cancer Res., 10:1-72.

Whole conference proceedings

8.      Smith Y (Ed) (1996) Proceedings of the First National Conference on Porous Sieves: 27-30 June 1996; Baltimore. Stoneham, Butterworth-Heinemann.

Complete book

9.      Margulis L. (1970) Origin of Eukaryotic Cells. New Haven, Yale University Press.

Monograph or book in a series

10.    Hunninghake GW, Gadek JE. (1995) The alveolar macrophage. In Cultured Human Cells and Tissues. Edited by Harris TJR. New York, Academic Press; pp 54-56. [Stoner G (Series Editor): Methods and Perspectives in Cell Biology, vol 1.]

Book with institutional author

11.    Advisory Committee on Genetic Modification. (1999) Annual Report. London.

PhD thesis

12.    Kohavi R. (1995) Wrappers for performance enhancement and oblivious decision graphs. PhD thesis. Stanford University, Computer Science Department.

Link / URL

13.    Mouse Tumor Biology Database [http://tumor.informatics.jax.org/cancer_links.html]

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