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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, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

PUBLICATION ETHICS

Authors should observe high standards with respect to publication ethics as set out by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Committee of the Editorial Board of IJSPS. Falsification or fabrication of data, plagiarism, including duplicate publication of the authors’ own work without proper citation, and misappropriation of the work are all unacceptable practices. Any cases of ethical misconduct are treated very seriously and will be dealt with in accordance with the COPE guidelines.

 

Authorship

All authors listed on the manuscript should have contributed significantly to the experimental design, its implementation, or analysis and interpretation of the data. All authors should have been involved in the writing of the manuscript at draft and any revision stages, and have read and approved the final version. Anyone who made major contributions to the writing of the manuscript should be listed as an author (e.g. “ghost writing” is prohibited by the Journal). Any other individuals who made less substantive contributions to the experiment or the writing of the manuscript should be listed in the acknowledgement section. Any change in authorship (including author order) after the initial manuscript submission must be approved in writing by all authors.

Originality

By submitting your manuscript to the journal it is understood that this it is an original manuscript and is unpublished work and is not under consideration elsewhere. Plagiarism, including duplicate publication of the author’s own work, in whole or in part without proper citation is not tolerated by the journal. Manuscripts submitted to the journal may be checked for originality using anti-plagiarism software.

Conflicts of Interest

At the point of submission, each author should reveal any financial interests or connections, direct or indirect, or other situations that might raise the question of bias in the work reported or the conclusions, implications, or opinions stated – including pertinent commercial or other sources of funding for the individual author(s) or for the associated department(s) or organization(s), personal relationships, or direct academic competition. When considering whether you should declare a conflicting interest or connection please consider the conflict of interest test: Is there any arrangement that would embarrass you or any of your co-authors if it was to emerge after publication and you had not declared it?

If the manuscript is published, relevant Conflict of Interest information will be communicated in a statement in the published paper.

PEER REVIEW PROCESS

All submissions to the journal are initially reviewed by the Editor and his Associates. At this stage manuscripts may be rejected without peer review if it is felt that they are not of high enough priority or not relevant to the journal. This fast rejection process means that authors are given a quick decision and do not need to wait for the review process.

Manuscripts that are not instantly rejected are sent out for peer review, usually to two independent reviewers. Based on the feedback from these reviewers and the Editors’ judgment a decision is given on the manuscript. Manuscripts may also be sent out for statistical review.

MATERIAL DISCLAIMER

The opinions expressed in the Journal are those of the authors and contributors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the members of the Editorial Board, publisher and the organization to which the authors are affiliated.

SUBMISSIONS

All manuscripts must be written in text format only (Microsoft Word) and submitted via email to ijsps@ism.gov.my.

Correspondence/Inquiries should be directed to:

SOCIAL INSTITUTE OF MALAYSIA (ISM)

Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development

Lot PT 13856, KM6 Lebuhraya Kuala Lumpur-Seremban

Sungai Besi

57100 Kuala Lumpur

MALAYSIA

Tel: (+603) 79853333

Fax: (+603) 79853300

Email: info@ism.gov.my
Website: www.ism.gov.my

COPYRIGHT

Manuscripts that are submitted should not be published elsewhere and should not be under consideration by any other publisher. The authors are responsible in ensuring the authenticity of the manuscripts.

ISM owns the rights to republish manuscript in whole or in part for personal or classroom use without fee, provided that correct attribution and citations are made and this copyright statement (Copyright © 2019 Institut Sosial Malaysia, Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat, Malaysia. Re-printed with permission) is produced. Any other usage is prohibited without the permission of ISM.

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