Instructions for Authors
The style of the manuscript should confirm to
currently acceptable usage in matters of grammar and syntax.
LANGUAGE
The journal accepts manuscript in English language only.
Every manuscript with the exception of short technical notes and
letters to the editor must be accompanied by an abstract of 200
words or less, stating in short concise manner ,the objectives
of the study, the techniques used and what was accomplished.
TEXTS
Articles should be organized using some or all of the following
headings; Introduction, Experimental, Apparatus, Methods,
Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgement and References.
The text should define the equipment and methods in sufficient
details to permit duplication of the results.
ABBREVIATIONS AND
UNITS
Abbreviations that are accepted and recognized as common
scientific terminology may be used without definition. All
non-standard abbreviations should be defined at the point in the
text where they first appear.
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Submission of a paper to this journal implies that the
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the author have obtained appropriate permission to use data
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author is asked to re-submit the dated revised manuscript
incorporating the suggestions and recommendations of the
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resubmitted as a new manuscript with reference to the previous
submission. The author of an accepted manuscript will be
notified. he or she will receive page proofs (PDF) for proof
reading prior to the publication. Responsibility for accuracy in
the final copy lies with the author. All submissions are subject
to final approval and acceptance for publication by the
Editor-in-Chief.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Authors must explicitly acknowledge all sources of findings and
include this information in Acknowledgement section of the
manuscript. Authors must also state other potential conflicts of
interest including financial and non-financial, in the cover
letter that accompanies the manuscript submission.
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initial editor screening and anonym zed refereeing by at least
two referees.
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only after their article(s) have been accepted. Authors are also
required to apply for partial waiver if they could not meet up
to the processing fee, especially in developing countries such
as Asia, Africa and South America nations.
SUBMISSION
All articles are subjected to a double blind peer-review
process. Manuscript (mini-review) are invited from academicians,
researchers and practitioners for publication considerations in
Merit Research Journals. Each manuscript must include a 200 word
abstract and keyword. All manuscripts are accepted in Microsoft
Word
Types of Articles Accepted by MRJ
Three types of manuscripts may be submitted:
Short Communications
A Short Communication is suitable for recording the results of
complete small investigations or giving details of new models or
hypotheses, innovative methods, techniques or apparatus. The
style of main sections need not conform to that of full-length
papers. Short communications are 2 to 4 printed pages.
Regular articles
These should describe original and carefully confirmed findings,
and experimental procedures should be given in ample detail for
others to verify the work. The length of a full paper should be
the minimum required to describe and interpret the work clearly.
The use of subheadings in the main body of the text is highly
recommended.
Review articles
Submissions of reviews and perspectives covering topics of
current interest are welcome and encouraged. Reviews should be
concise and no longer than 4-6 printed pages. Reviews are also
peer-reviewed.
REVIEW PROCEDURES
All articles are reviewed by an editor and members of the
Editorial Board or capable external reviewers. Decisions will be
made as quickly as possible, and the journal try hard to return
reviewers’ evaluations/comments to authors within 1 - 2 weeks.
MRJ publish accepted manuscripts within one month after
submission.
Regular articles
All portions of the manuscript must be typed double-spaced and
all pages numbered starting from the title page.
The Title should be a brief phrase describing the
contents of the paper. The title page should include the
authors' full names and affiliations, the name of the
corresponding author along with phone, fax and e-mail
information and Institution addresses of author(s).
The Abstract or Summary should be exciting,
revealing and crystal clear. It should briefly describe the
topic, convey the scope of the research, specify significant
data, and point out major findings and conclusions. The abstract
should be 100 to 200 words in length. Well constructed
sentences, active verbs, and the third person should be used,
and the abstract should be written in the past tense. Standard
names should be used and abbreviations should be avoided. No
work should be cited.
Under the abstract, minimum of 5 and maximum of 10 key words
that will provide indexing references should be listed.
A list of non-standard Abbreviations should be added. In
general, non-standard abbreviations should be used only when the
full term is very long and used often. Each abbreviation should
be spelt out and introduced in parentheses the first time it is
used in the text. Only recommended SI units should be used.
The Introduction should provide a clear statement of the
problem, the relevant literature on the subject, and the
proposed approach or solution in such a manner that should be
intelligible to scholars and researchers from a broad range of
scientific disciplines.
Materials and Methods should be complete enough to allow
experiments to be reproduced. However, only truly novel
procedures should be described in detail; earlier published
procedures should be cited, and significant changes of published
procedures should be mentioned briefly. Capitalize trade names
and include the manufacturer's name and address. Subheadings
should be used. Methods in general use need not be described in
detail.
Results should be presented with simplicity, clarity and
precision. The results should be written in the past tense when
describing findings in the authors' experiments. Previously
published findings should be written in the present tense.
Results should be explained, but basically without referring to
the literature. Discussion, speculation and detailed
interpretation of data should not be included in the Results but
should be put into the Discussion section.
The Discussion should interpret the findings in view of the
results obtained in this and in past studies on this topic.
State the conclusions in a few sentences at the end of the
paper. The Results and Discussion sections can include
subheadings, and when appropriate, both sections can be
combined.
The Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc should be
brief and concise.
Tables should be kept to a minimum and be designed to be as
uncomplicated as possible. Tables are to be typed double-spaced
throughout, including headings and footnotes. Each table should
be on a separate page, numbered one after the other in Arabic
numerals and supplied with a heading and a legend. Tables should
be self-explanatory and easy to comprehend without reference to
the text. The details of the methods used in the experiments
should preferably be described in the legend instead of in the
text. The same data should not be presented in both table and
graph form or repeated in the text.
Figure legends should be typed in numerical order on a separate
sheet. Graphics should be prepared using applications capable of
generating high resolution GIF, TIFF, JPEG or PowerPoint before
pasting in the Microsoft Word manuscript file. Tables should be
prepared in Microsoft Word. Use Arabic numerals to designate
figures and upper case letters for their parts (Figure 1). Begin
each legend with a title and include sufficient description so
that the figure is understandable without reading the text of
the manuscript. Information given in legends should not be
repeated in the text.
References, Footnotes and Endnotes: In the text, a reference
identified by means of an author‘s name should be followed by
the date of the reference in parentheses. When there are more
than two authors, only the first author‘s name should be
mentioned, followed by ’et al‘. In the event that an author
cited has had two or more works published during the same year,
the reference, both in the text and in the reference list,
should be identified by a lower case letter like ’a‘ and ’b‘
after the date to distinguish the works. Footnotes and Endnotes
should be properly numbered to ensure uniformity and should be
listed after the references.
There are several possible ways to organize this section. Here
is one commonly used way:
1. In the text, cite the literature in the appropriate places:
Scarlet (1990) thought that the gene was present only in yeast,
but it has since been identified in the platypus (Indigo and
Mauve, 1994) and wombat (Magenta et al., 1995).
2. In the References section list citations in alphabetical
order.
Indigo AC, Mauve BE (1994). Queer place for qwerty: gene
isolation from the platypus. Science 275: 1213-1214.
Magenta ST, Sepia X, Turquoise U (1995). Wombat genetics. In:
Widiculous Wombats, Violet, Q., ed. New York: Columbia
University Press. pp. 123-145.
Scarlet SL (1990). Isolation of qwerty gene from S. cerevisae.
Journal of Unusual Results 36: 26-31.
Martins AC (1999). Isolation of qwerty gene from S. cerevisae.
Journal of Unusual Results 36(2): 26-31.
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