Author Guidelines

SUBMISSION GUIDELINE

Please prepare your manuscript according to the journal Manuscript Submission Guideline. 

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.

Review Articles 

The review articles are described the current state of the knowledge and provide suggestions for potential future research direction in the field.

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, bottom, left, and right margins shall be 2.54 cm.
  • The text shall have both the left and right margins justified.

The manuscript file should be prepared based on IBEJ manuscript template. The manuscript should be written in English (US) in a clear, direct and active style.

Manuscripts should include:

  • Title Page
  • Abstract
  • Keywords
  • Introduction
  • Literature Review
  • Methodology
  • Results and Discussion
  • Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • Conflict of Interest
  • Author Contribution Statement
  • Data Availability Statement
  • References
  • Appendices

TITLE

Title should be short and precise. Use Title Case for the Title, Times New Roman, 18, Bold

AUTHOR NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS

The name of author(s) should be written by using Times New Roman font 12 and the institutional affiliation(s) with complete postal address(es) including the faculty, university, postcode, and country should be clearly stated for each author.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR

The corresponding author (s) should be designated, and their complete address and email address must be clearly stated. Email address must be provided with an asterisk “*” in front of the corresponding author's name.

ABSTRACT

Abstract should be in ONE paragraph and should not exceed 250 words. Use Times New Roman font 10. 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. Avoid abbreviations, diagrams, and reference to the text in the abstract. 

KEYWORDS

Insert 3 to 5 keywords separated by comma. 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.

SECTION HEADINGS

First order heading should use capital letters, times new roman, bold, font size 12. For, sub-headings should apply Capitalize Each Word format, Times New Roman, font size 12, bold.

INTRODUCTION

This section should provide the necessary background and context for the study, highlighting its significance and relevance to researchers. Avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.

LITERATURE REVIEW

A literature review should summarize key theories and concepts, critically analyse previous studies to identify strengths, weaknesses, and gaps, and place your study within the context of existing research.

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 AND DISCUSSION

The result section should present the findings of the study, typically in a clear and straightforward manner, using data, tables, and figures to illustrate the outcomes without interpretation. The discussion section interprets these results, providing analysis and context while comparing findings with existing literature to draw conclusions.

CONCLUSIONS

State the objectives of the study at the beginning of this section. A brief paragraph summarizing all the significant accomplishments achieved, implication of the study and future research suggestion.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This section should describe the sources of funding that supported the work and the role of the study sponsor(s) (if any) in study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, writing of the paper, and decision to submit it for publication. A separate paragraph should recognize personal assistance, listing individuals who contributed to the work but do not meet the criteria for authorship along with their specific contributions. Ensure that anyone named in the acknowledgments has agreed to be included.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

The phrase "The authors declare no conflicts of interest" should be included if there is no conflict of interest.

AUTHOR CONTRIBUTION STATEMENT

Provide at least one contribution for each author in the manuscript using the CRediT taxonomy to describe their specific roles.

Sample CRediT author statement: (NAME.): Conceptualization, Methodology, Software. (NAME.): Data curation, Writing- Original draft preparation. (NAME.): Visualization, Investigation. (NAME.): Supervision. (NAME.): Software, Validation. (NAME.): Writing- Reviewing and Editing.

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

The author must choose one of the following data availability options:

  1. The data used to support the findings of this study are included within the article
  2. No data was used for the research described in the article
  3. The data that has been used is confidential
  4. The authors do not have permission to share data
  5. Data will be made available on request

REFERENCES

The list of references should be not less than 10 which includes at least two articles from IBEJ. The references should be current sources that published within the last five years. The authors are required to refer the References Guidelines according to APA format. The references should be written in Times New Roman, font 12.

APPENDICES

If there is more than one appendix, they should be labelled with the letters A, B, etc. There should be a different numbering system for formulae and equations in the appendices. For example, the equations for Appendix A are expressed as Eq. (A.1), Eq. (A.2), and so on; in a subsequent appendix, Eq. (B.1) and so on. Similarly, for tables and figures: Table A.1; Fig. A.1, etc.

FIGURES

Figure label should be written in Times New Roman, 12 font size, bold, sentence case and centered below each figure.

TABLES

Tables and figures (illustrations) should be embedded in the text and centered. A short descriptive title should be written in Times New Roman, 12 font size, bold, sentence case and centred above each table. Text in table should be in Times New Roman, font 10.

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.

LANGUAGE

The manuscript should be written in the English (US) 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

A well-established component of the editorial process is plagiarism screening. Turnitin software will be used to verify all submitted manuscripts for plagiarism check. IBEJ only tolerates 24% of similarity index for all articles.

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.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENT

Authors must submit manuscript(s) electronically to the Chief Editor via https://ejournal.upsi.edu.my/index.php/IBEJ/about/submissions