Author Guidelines

All manuscript submitted to e-Bangi Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities has not been published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. 


What type of research does e-Bangi publish?

  • The scope: e-Bangi publishes research spanning social and behavioral sciences, and the humanities. We do not publish engineering, chemistry, physics, biology, or medical research.
  • Articles types: e-Bangi publishes original findings or empirical articles (qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods), literature reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, theoretical articles, and methodological articles. E-Bangi does not consider the following types of articles: brief reports, essays, case studies, and book reviews


What Ethical Standards must e-Bangi manuscripts meet?

e-Bangi recommends that authors follow the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Authorship guidelines. Please read the guidelines and note that manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned.

Authors must also adhere to ethical standards in the way they conduct their research and report their findings. Authors are encouraged to follow the general principles and code of conduct APA. 
 

Language Quality

e-Bangi welcomes manuscripts written either in English language or Bahasa Malaysia. When writing for e-Bangi, please write clearly and concisely. Avoid passive voice, run-on sentences, and unnecessary jargon or idioms. Use active voice, appropriate transitions, and parallel construction where possible. 

To prepare manuscripts in English, authors may refer APA Style and Grammar. Consider using website such as Grammarly to help you improve and edit your writing. 


Manuscript Preparation

For the preparation of the manuscript, authors are required to use the style template. Authors are required to follow the guideline in the style template and format the manuscript accordingly before submission. Please note that note that manuscripts not conforming to this template may be returned:

  • Manuscripts should be written in either English or Malay languages.
  • Manuscripts should be around 4000 at minimum and 6000 at maximum.
  • Manuscripts should comprise 3 main sections as follow:
    1. Front: Title, Author list, Affiliation, Correspondent Author’s e-mail, Abstract, Keywords
    2. Body: Introduction, Methods and Instruments, Results, Discussion and Conclusion
    3. Closing: Acknowledgement, Conflicts of Interest, References and Supplementary Materials.
  • All these sections should appear in all manuscript types
  • There is a specific Microsoft Word style template to follow when submitting your manuscript in Word

Microsoft Word Template guidelines

  • Authors are advised to follow the style template to prepare the manuscripts.
  • Authors are encouraged to follow exactly the styles and details prepared in the template, including:
    1. Paper Size and Margins: Manuscripts must be prepared in a size A4 (i.e. 210 x 297 mm) with 1cm margins on all four sides.
    2. Font Size and Type: 16-pt Times New Roman for the title, and 12-pt Times New Roman for author list, abstract, keywords, email, body and closing sections.
    3. Line Spacing: single spacing throughout the paper. Add space before new subtitle or section heading. No space between paragraphs
    4. Paragraph Indentation: the first paragraph after a subtitle or section heading is not indented. Every succeeding paragraph should be indented.
    5. Pagination: The page number appears on top right of the page. Do not change.
    6. Header and Footer: Do not change.


Manuscript criteria

Introduction

  1. Is the research questions clearly stated?
  2. Is a coherent case made for why the research question is important?
  3. Are the most relevant pieces work cited?

Method

  1. Have the methods been describes clearly enough to allow others to repeat them?
  2. Are they most appropriate way to answer teh research question?
  3. If humasn or animal were involved, is ethis approval reported and in your opinion is the research ethical? is infomred consent neccesary and reported? 

Results

  1. Are results reported for all experiments/analyse described in the methods?
  2. Are any results reported for which methods have not been described?
  3. Are they presented clearly and consistently (e.g. do the figures and text match up?)

Discussions

  1. Does the interpretation reasonably reflect the results or have the authors 'gone beyond the data'?
  2. Are the potential limitations presented? if not, point them out.
  3. Do the results conflict with those of other researchers and have potential explanations been proposed?
  4. Has the research question been answered?
Title and abstract
  1. Doe sthe title accurately reflect the researcg question and study type?
  2. Does the abstract contain the aim and the most methodological details?
  3. are the findings reported in teh abstract a faithful representation of those reported in the main text?
  4. is anything presented in the summary that was not described in the main paper?
  5. Is the conclusion justified by the data presented?
 

Submission Guidelines

  1. Authors have to register first before submitting a manuscript here. 
  2. Authors MUST submit their manuscripts by using the online submission system. To submit a manuscript please click here. 
  3. The submission file is in Microsoft Word file format. A4 page layout is used. DO NOT upload a PDF file.
  4. For futher step by step submission guidelines, please click here.


Plagiarism 

All manuscripts submitted to e-Bangi Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities will go through plagiarism check immediately after the submission if the manuscript is within the scope of the journal.

A similarity score of below 15% would probably indicate that plagiarism has not occurred.


After submission

Manuscripts that passed plagiarism check will go through an internal review and if they within the scope of the journal and meet the basic requirements, they are sent out for double blind review from experts in the field, either from the editorial board or identified reviewers.

Comments from the external reviewers are sent to the authors and they are notified of the journal’s decision (accept, accept with revisions, reject).

The journal relies on effective peer review processes to uphold not only the quality and validity of individual articles, but also the overall integrity of the journal. Based on current practice, the integrant is due to the double-blind review system. All reviewers from various expertise are on voluntary basic.


Processing time

This entire review process will take anywhere between 2 – 4 months after the submission of the article. The editor’s decision is final.