Author Guidelines
MANUSCRIPTS PUBLISHED
The journal publishes the following types of manuscripts:
Full Research Articles
Full research articles provide significant new findings and conclusions obtained from scientific investigations and processes that fall within the scope of the journal. These articles should be between 3000-10000 words in length (excluding the abstract, tables, figures, and references), and they should include more than 20 references.
Review Articles
The review articles are described the current state of the knowledge and provide suggestions for potential future research direction in the field. The length of a published review article is from 3000-10000 words (not including abstract, tables, figures, and references) with 30 or more references.
MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
These instructions are written in a form that satisfies all the formatting requirements for the author's manuscript. Authors must take special care to follow these instructions:
- Manuscript shall be formatted for an A4 size page.
- The top 3.05', left 2.54', and right 1.90' margins .
- The bottom margin shall be 2.03'.
- The text shall have both the left and right margins justified.
The manuscript file should be formatted as double-spaced, single-column text without justification. All pages must be numbered sequentially, facilitating the reviewing and editing of the manuscript. Standard fonts are recommended, and the 'symbols’ font should be used for representing Greek characters. The manuscript should be written in English in a clear, direct and active style.
Manuscripts should include:
- Title Page
- Abstract
- Keywords
- Introduction
- Methodology
- Results
- Discussion
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- Conflict of Interest
- Author Contribution Statement
- Data Availability Statement
- References
- Appendices
- Figures/illustrations and tables included in the text
TITLE
The title is concise and informative. In information retrieval systems, titles are often used as search terms. If possible, avoid using abbreviations and formulas in the title.
Author Names and Affiliations
Before submitting the manuscript, please clearly indicate each author's given name(s) and family name(s) and double-check that all names are correctly spelt. Include the affiliation addresses of the authors underneath the list of names. All affiliations should be indicated with a lower-case or roman number as a superscript letter directly after the author's name and in front of the corresponding address. Please provide the complete postal address of each affiliation (with the country name) and the email address of each author.
Corresponding Author
The corresponding author (s) should be designated, and their complete address, business telephone and fax numbers, and email address must be clearly stated to receive correspondence at all stages of the reviewing and publishing processes and after the paper has been published. As part of this duty, he/she will be responsible for responding to any future inquiries about Methodology and Materials. The corresponding author must provide an email address and maintain the contact details up to date. Email address must be provided with an asterisk “*” in front of the corresponding author's name.
ABSTRACT
It is important to write a concise and informative abstract (maximum 250 words). The aim of the study, the brief methodology, the main findings, and the major conclusions should all be included in the abstract. For an abstract to be effective, it must be stand-alone and self-explanatory. References, tables, and figures should not be cited in the abstract. Additionally, non-standard or unusual abbreviations should be avoided; nevertheless, if they are necessary, they must be explained at the time of their first mention in the abstract text.
KEYWORDS
The keywords should be included right after the abstract, three to six keywords must be provided. Use abbreviations carefully; only abbreviations that are well-established in the field could be acceptable. These keywords will be used for the purposes of indexing.
INTRODUCTION
This should provide an adequate background and general context for the work, explaining its significance, and indicating why it should be of interest to researchers. Avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results. State the objectives of the study at the end of this section.
METHODOLOGY
It is recommended that the authors provide adequate information to enable the work to be replicated. Methods that have previously been published should be referenced, and only relevant modifications should be mentioned.
RESULTS
Clear and concise results are required.
DISCUSSION
The significance of the work's findings should be discussed in detail throughout the discussion section. Extensive citations and discussion of already published material should be avoided.
CONCLUSIONS
A brief paragraph summarizing all the significant accomplishments achieved is included.
SECTION HEADINGS
Section headings should be numbered sequentially left aligned and has the first letter capitalized, starting with the introduction. Sub-section headings, however, should be in lower-case and italicized with their initials capitalized.
ABBREVIATIONS
The author (s) should define all abbreviations used when the first time appeared in the text. A list of abbreviations may also be included at the end.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
It should disclose any financial or non-financial interests such as political, personal, or professional relationships that may be interpreted as having influenced the manuscript. The phrase "The authors declare no conflicts of interest" should be included if there is no conflict of interest.
AUTHOR CONTRIBUTION STATEMENT
All listed authors must have made a significant scientific contribution to the research in the manuscript, approved its claims, and agreed to be an author. It is important to list everyone who made a significant scientific contribution. Provide at minimum one contribution for each author in the manuscript and use the CRediT taxonomy to describe each contribution.
Sample CRediT author statement: Che Ghani.: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software. Arman Shah.: Data curation, Writing- Original draft preparation. Ahmad.: Visualization, Investigation. David Cheah.: Supervision. Ali Muthu: Software, Validation. Calvin Line.: Writing- Reviewing and Editing.
DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
The data availability statement is a valuable link between a paper’s results and the supporting evidence. AJATeL data policy is based on transparency, descriptions of what data are available and/or information on how to access data that is not publicly available. Please select the type of data availability:
- No data was used for the research described on the article
- The authors do not have permission to share data
- Data will be made available on request
- The authors are unable or have chosen not to specify which data has been used
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This section should describe sources of funding that have supported the work. Please also describe the role of the study sponsor(s) (if any) in study design; collection, analysis, and interpretation of data writing of the paper and decision to submit it for publication. Recognition of personal assistance should be given as a separate paragraph: people who contributed to the work, but do not fit the criteria for authors should be listed along with their contributions. You must ensure that anyone named in the acknowledgments agrees to being so named.
Formatting of funding sources
List funding sources in this standard way to facilitate compliance to funder's requirements:
Funding
This work was supported by the name of funding sources including the type of grant and reference number [grant numbers xxx]. Detailed descriptions of the programme or grants and awards are not required.
The following statement should be included if there is no funding available for the research:
This study was not supported by any grants from funding bodies in the public, private, or not-for-profit sectors.
REFERENCES STYLE
References can be in any style or format as long as the style is consistent. Where applicable, author(s) name(s), journal title/book title, chapter title/article title, year of publication, volume number/book chapter and the article number or pagination must be present. Use of DOI is highly encouraged. Relevant and up-to-date references must be included in the text. Reference citations should not be included in the title, headers, or abstract of the paper.
APPENDICES
If there is more than one appendix, they should be labelled with the letters A, B, etc.
FIGURES
Figures should be self-explanatory and contain a short but adequately detailed caption. Figures should be provided in one of the following formats: PNG, EPS, TIFF, JPEG, BMP. The figure(s) should have a resolution of 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour. All figures must be numbered sequentially in the text in the same order in which they appear (e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2). Figure 1(a) and Figure 1(b) are examples of multi-part figures in which each component should be labelled. The figure(s) caption should be written in sentence cases and placed underneath the image, centre aligned, with no period at the end of the caption.
TABLES
Tables should be self-explanatory and include a concise yet sufficiently descriptive caption. Tables should be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals and referred to in the text by number. Table legends should follow the main text, each on a separate page. Tables must be submitted as editable text and not as images. Footnotes can be used to explain abbreviations but should not include detailed descriptions of the experiment.
REPRODUCTION PERMISSION
For any illustrations, tables, or figures already published elsewhere, authors are responsible for getting permission from the copyright holders. The publisher of the journal or book in which the Figure or Table first appeared is most often the copyright owner. In this case, a letter from the author(s)/publisher should be included to confirm that permission to reproduce the image has been given.
PEER-REVIEW
All papers are subjected to a preliminary evaluation by an Editor, who may reject an article before it has been submitted for peer review if it falls outside the journal's scope or is of inadequate quality. Following this first screening, manuscripts that seem to be appropriate are submitted to single-blind peer-review by a minimum of two independent reviewers/experts. The authors are requested to nominate at least three individuals who are qualified to evaluate their paper. All recommended reviewers must have their present email addresses provided.
LANGUAGE
The manuscript should be written in the English language clearly and understandably. The manuscript should be proofread for proper spelling and grammar use. We shall promptly return any manuscripts that are not complete or are not in good condition.
PLAGIARISM
AJATeL uses TURNITIN to check for plagiarism of all new manuscripts submitted and revised manuscripts. AJATeL only tolerates 20% of similarity index for all articles.
“ONLINE FIRST” PUBLICATION
Manuscripts ready for publication are uploaded as "Online First" versions as soon as they are completed. When the authors have completed the final proofreading and addressed issues, the manuscripts are deemed ready for publishing. Authors need to understand that once their articles are published online, they cannot be changed.
SELF-CITATIONS
Citation manipulation refers to the excessive citation of an author's study (i.e., self-citation by authors) for the sole purpose of boosting the number of citations of the author's work (COPE, 2019). Smart and Green Materials journal encourage authors to restrict self-citation to a minimum to control citation manipulation. Smart and Green Materials journal highly advises using no more than 5 (including jointly authored publications) or 20 per cent self-citations, whichever is lower, in any given publication.
GALLEY PROOFS
The galley proofs are solely supplied to correct printing mistakes. It is not recommended to utilize the galley proof correction for language or content enhancement purposes. Make sure to proofread and correct any errors as soon as possible. Corrected galley proofs need to be returned within 72 hours or three business days after they are received.
COPYRIGHT
Authors will be requested to sign a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' once their article has been accepted for publication. An email will be forwarded to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript and a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or a link to the online version of this agreement.
COST OF PUBLICATION
The publication of an article in this journal is completely free of charge.
LENGTH OF MANUSCRIPT
There are no restrictions on the length of manuscripts, but only concisely written articles are published. Brief articles are evaluated based on their technical merit.
MANUSCRIPT CHECKLIST
It is hoped that this list will be helpful during the final checking of an article before sending it to the Editor. Ensure that the following items are present:
- One author designated as the corresponding author:
- Email address
- Full postal address
- Telephone and fax numbers
- All necessary files have been uploaded
- Keywords
- All figure captions
- All tables
FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS
- Manuscript has been "spellchecked" and "grammar-checked."
- References are in the correct format for this journal.
- All references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the text, and vice versa.
- Permission has been obtained for the use of copyrighted material from other sources.
Examples of APA format:
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Alternatively, kindly download the article template here: ARTICLE TEMPLATE AJATeL
