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Author Guidelines

The authors should submit only papers that have been carefully proofread and polished. Manuscripts are accepted with the understanding that they are original or extended versions of previously published papers in conferences and/or journals and that, if the work received an official sponsorship, it has been duly released for open publication. Before submission please make sure that your paper is prepared using the journal paper template.

The authors must refer to Journal of Integrated and Advanced Engineering (JIAE) format and style based Author Guidelines Template. The authors should send a Cover Letter as a Supplement File in the submission step as well. This will ensure fast processing and publication. 

 

The journal writing format, explained as follows:

The title of the manuscript should be no more than 12 words, accurately describe the content

Authors (and co-authors) names are written below the title of the manuscript, without including their titles or degrees

Authors’ affiliations are written below the names; email of the corresponding author is written below the affiliations

The abstract consists of 200-250 words written in a single paragraph. It should be clear, informative, descriptive, and provide a clear statement of the problem, the proposed approach or solution, and point out major findings and conclusions

Keywords consist of words or phrases which are important, specific or representative to the article.

The introduction should provide a clear background, a clear statement of the problem, the relevant literature on the subject, the proposed approach or solution, the new value of research, and end with the purpose of the study.

The method includes research chronological, including research design, research procedures, instruments, and analysis techniques used in solving problems.

Results and Discussion should be an objective description of the results and should be in relation to the purposes of research.

References should at least consist of 25 most pertinent and up-to-date sources. 80% of the references must be from reputable international journals published in less than 5 years.

Any papers not fulfilling the requirements based on the guideline to authors will not be processed. 

 

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.

  1. 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).
  2. The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  3. The text is single-spaced 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 Template.
  4. IEEE references style is used as a reference in citation and references. Every article should have at least 25 newest primary references.
  5. International Journal of Biosciences and Applications (IJoBA) has a policy of screening for plagiarism using Turnitin that the similarity is should be less than 20 persent.
  6. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
 

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The copyright to this article is transferred to ASASI if and when the article is accepted for publication. The undersigned hereby transfers any and all rights in and to the paper including without limitation all copyrights to UMB. The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the paper is original and that he/she is the author of the paper, except for material that is clearly identified as to its original source, with permission notices from the copyright owners where required. The undersigned represents that he/she has the power and authority to make and execute this assignment. The Copyright Transfer Agreement (CTA) Form is able to download in CTA Form 

We declare that:

1. This paper has not been published in the same form elsewhere.

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