Author Guideline

  1. Policy and Submission of Manuscript

The Journal of Mechanical Science and Engineering (JMSE), is a peer-reviewed journal covering all areas of science and technology, launched in 2013. It is published 2 Issues in a year by the Study Program of Post-Graduate in Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sriwijaya, Indonesia.

Manuscripts should be written in English and be submitted either online at Submission.

Once received, all papers will be subject to peer review by experts in the field. Every manuscript is assessed in a double-blinded review in which the author’s identity is not revealed to the reviewers. We encourage authors to submit the names of five referees suitable to review the work to aid in the peer review process. We aim to review all papers within 4-8 weeks and if accepted the paper will appear in the next available issue of the journal.

  1. Manuscript Preparation

Authors are encouraged to download the JMSE template at TEMPLATE when preparing their manuscript. In the case of traditional submissions, the manuscript should be double-spaced and in Times New Roman, 10 pt with a 3-cm margin around a standard A4 page.

Manuscripts should be arranged as follows:

  • Title page. The title page should include:
  1. A concise and informative title.
  2. Authors’ names.
  3. Names and addresses of the institution of the author.
  4. A running title (an abbreviated form of the title) not longer than 40 letters and spaces.
  5. E-mail address of the corresponding author.
  • Abstract. The abstract must be no more than 250 words and should be concise and include only the most important aspects of the study. Four to six keywords should be given below the abstract.
  • Text. The text should be subdivided into Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, and Conclusions. General points for authors to consider include:
  1. Please ensure that your manuscript has been spell-checked and grammar-checked before submission to remove trivial errors.
  2. Papers should be written in either American or British English but must be consistent throughout the paper-do not use both in the same paper.
  3. Abbreviations and acronyms should be used sparingly and consistently. When they first appear in the text, the complete term should be given, e.g. DMF = dimethylformamide.
  4. Use only symbol and normal text character sets when inserting Greek letters (a), German umlauts (ä), accents (é) etc.
  5. All scientific units must be preceded by a space, for example: ‘... for 2.5 h at 50 °C’ not ‘... for 2.5h at 50°C’.
  6. Use tab stops for indents not the space bar.
  7. Use the table function and not spreadsheets to create tables.
  8. Use the equation editor or an equivalent for equations. For authors using Word 2007 or later use the Microsoft equation editor rather than the default editor.
  • Acknowledgements. Acknowledgements of people, grants, funds etc should be included in a section just before the references. The names of funding agencies, scholarships etc should be written in full.
  • References. References in the text should be cited in the manuscript by Arabic numerals in square brackets and numbered sequentially in order of citation. They should, if applicable, be before punctuation (example: text [1,2].). If multiple citations are used they should appear as follows: [1-3]. Proper abbreviations for all journals must be used. For a complete listing of the standard abbreviations of a journal’s name please see: http://library.caltech.edu/reference/abbreviations.

The style of citation is as follows:

Journals: 

[1] A Rods and R Shephard. The influence of cigarette smoking upon the oxygen cost of breathing in near maximal exercise. Eur. J. Appl. Physiol. 1983; 51, 371-9. Articles with a DOI should be referenced as follows: D Zhu, I Thapa, I Korobkov, S Gambarotta and PHM Budzelaar, Redox-active ligands and organic radical chemistry. Inorg. Chem. 2011, DOI: 10.1021/ic2002145.

Books: 

[2] LI Iverson, SD Iverson and SH Snyder. Handbook of psychopharmacology, Vol II. Plenum Press, New York, 1978, p. 99-115.

Chapters in books:

[3] AL Hecker. Nutrition and physical performance. In: Strauss RH (ed.). Drugs & performance in sport. 2nd ed. WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1987, p. 23-40.

Proceedings: 

[4] S Chumpawadee, K Sommart, T Vongpralub and V Paatarajinda. Effect of synchronizing the rate of dietary energy and nitrogen release on ruminal fermentation, microbal protein synthesis and blood urea nitrogen in beef cattle. New dimensions and challenges for sustainable livestock farming volume III. In: Proceedings of the 11th AAAP Animal Science Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2004, p. 364-6.

Dissertations: 

[5] DJ Harding. 2000, Redox-active group 6 transition metal alkyne complexes. Ph. D. Dissertation. University of Bristol, Bristol, England.

Patents: 

[6] D Williams. 2005, Screw Less Clip Mounted Computer Drive, U.S. Patent 6,885,550.

Internet Websites:

 [7] Walailak Journal of Science and Technology, Available at: http://wjst.wu.ac.th, accessed May 2011.

Note that for books or journals in the Thai language the title of the book or journal and names of authors should be given in English while the year should be reported in the Christian calendar (2011 not 2554 BE). After the title of the book or journal the words in Thai should follow in parenthesis. [8] J Angkathavanich. Garcinia fruit and weight loss (in Thai). J. Food Pharm. 1998; 52, 16-9.

  • Tables. Tables should be typed on separate pages and numbered using Arabic numerals with a caption written in normal text. For example: ‘Table 3 Characterization data for complexes 1-3.’ The table must also be cited in the text. Footnotes to the table should be included where necessary as superscript lower case letters with the text in Times New Roman, 9 pt (example: aAt 298 K). References to previous work presented in the table should also be included in the footnotes.
  • Figures, schemes and illustrations. Graphics such as figures, schemes and illustrations should be placed on separate pages or in the text and numbered using Arabic numerals. As with tables the figure captions must be written in normal text and must be cited in the text. Other points to consider include:
  1. Figure captions should be written Fig. 1. Text.
  2. The graphics must be submitted as *.jpg or *.tif files.
  3. They must have a minimum resolution of 600 dpi for good reproduction.
  4. Images from other authors’ work must be properly referenced.
  5. Figures containing text must have the text embedded in the figure file.
  6. Use simple fonts such as Arial for text in the figure.
  7. Do not use faint lines and check that all fonts are legible at final size.
  8. Try to avoid color graphs, charts and lines as these are often not distinguishable when printed in black and white.

 

 

Open Access Policy

Journal of Mechanical Science and Engineering (JMSE) is an Open Access journal and offers the following author rights and access policies:

  • All Journal content is freely available after publication on the JMSE website.
  • All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution license, full details of which can be found here.
  • Articles can be shared and adapted provided attribution for the work is given.

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

The Journal of Mechanical Science and Engineering is dedicated to following best practices on ethical matters, errors and retractions. The prevention of publication malpractice is one of the important responsibilities of the editorial board. Any kind of unethical behavior is not acceptable, and JMSE does not tolerate plagiarism in any form. Authors submitting articles to JMSE affirm that manuscript contents are original. Furthermore, they warrant that their article has neither been published elsewhere nor is it under review for publication anywhere.

Duties of Editor

  1. Publication Decisions: Based on the review report of the editorial board, the editor can accept, reject, or request modifications to the manuscript.
  2. Review of Manuscripts: Editor must ensure that each manuscript is initially evaluated by the editor for originality, making use of appropriate software to do so. After passing this test, the manuscript is forwarded to two reviewers for double-blind peer review, each of whom will make a recommendation to accept, reject, or modify the manuscript. The review period will be up to 30 days.
  3. Fair Play: The editor must ensure that each manuscript received by the Journal is reviewed for its intellectual content without regard to sex, gender, race, religion, citizenship, etc. of the authors.
  4. Confidentiality: The editor must ensure that information regarding manuscripts submitted by the authors is kept confidential.
  5. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: The editor of the Journal will not use unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript for his own research without written consent of the author.

Duties of Author

  1. Reporting Standards: Authors should present an accurate account of their original research as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Manuscripts will follow the submission guidelines of the journal. (See submission guideline policies)
  2. Originality: Authors must ensure that they have written entirely original work.
  3. Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publications: Authors should not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently. It is also expected that the author will not publish redundant manuscripts or manuscripts describing the same research in more than one journal.
  4. Acknowledgement of Sources: Authors should acknowledge all sources of data used in the research and cite publications that have been influential in the research work.
  5. Authorship of the Paper: Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to conception, design, execution or interpretation of the reported study. Others who have made significant contribution must be listed as co-authors. Authors also ensure that all the authors have seen and agreed to the submitted version of the manuscript and their inclusion of names as co-authors.
  6. Data Access and Retention: Authors should provide raw data related to their manuscript for editorial review and must retain such data.
  7. Fundamental Errors in Published Works: If at any point of time, the author(s) discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in submitted manuscript, then the error or inaccuracy must be reported to the editor.

Duties of Reviewers

  1. Confidentiality: Information regarding manuscripts submitted by authors should be kept confidential and be treated as privileged information.
  2. Acknowledgement of Sources: Manuscript reviewers must ensure that authors have acknowledged all sources of data used in the research. Any kind of similarity or overlap between the manuscripts under consideration or with any other published paper of which reviewer has personal knowledge must be immediately brought to the editor's notice.
  3. Standards of Objectivity: Review of submitted manuscripts must be done objectively and the reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
  4. Promptness: In the event that a reviewer feels it is not possible for him/her to complete review of manuscript within stipulated time then this information must be communicated to the editor, so that the manuscript could be sent to another reviewer.