Submissions
Guidelines for preparing and submitting manuscripts to the Journal of Multidisciplinary Engineering Technologies.
The Journal of Multidisciplinary Engineering Technologies (JMDET) operates a clear process of manuscript submission with an aim of helping in the production of quality research. All authors are advised to study and familiarize themselves with the policy and guidelines of the journal before making any manuscript submission.
Before Submitting, Authors Should Ensure That
This is an original manuscript that has not been published in any other publication.
The manuscript is not being considered in any other journal at the same time.
All co-authors have read and agreed to the final manuscript.
The research is within the scope of JMDET.
Ethical issues have been considered if applicable.
Any conflicts of interest have been stated.
Sources of all funding for research have been mentioned.
Citations from all sources have been mentioned correctly.
The research results mentioned in the manuscript are original.
Manuscript Preparation Guidelines
It is the authors' responsibility to ensure that their papers are well written and clear. The paper must be well structured, presenting the research findings in a professional manner.
A typical manuscript should include:
General Formatting Recommendations
To facilitate efficient editorial assessment and peer review, authors should ensure that:
- The manuscript is written in a legible font.
- Pages have been numbered consecutively.
- Headings and sub-headings have been consistently formatted.
- Technical terminologies and abbreviations have been clearly explained upon first usage.
- Equations, symbols, and units have been consistently used.
- Graphs, figures, and tables have been numbered and captioned properly.
- Graphs are of appropriate quality and clearly relate to the findings.
- Tables contain appropriate and pertinent information.
- Citations are listed using the required referencing style of the journal.
- All citations mentioned within the text appear in the reference list.
Research and Publication Ethics
JMDET considers it necessary for authors to observe high levels of research integrity at all stages of research and publication. Research integrity involves honest reporting, avoiding research fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, duplication, and manipulating data.
When applicable, manuscripts must cover ethical issues like informed consent, availability of data, conflict of interest, funding sources, among others.
Another responsibility of the authors is to make sure that all individuals who fulfill the criteria of authorship are credited and that the manuscript submitted reflects their contributions.
Submission Process
Prepare the manuscript according to the journal guidelines.
Submit the completed manuscript through the journal's submission system.
The submitted manuscript undergoes an initial editorial assessment.
The manuscript is evaluated through the journal's peer review process.
An editorial decision is made based on the review and assessment.
Authors may be requested to revise the manuscript.
The accepted manuscript proceeds to final production.
The final article is published online.
An author may have to make changes in his/her manuscript following suggestions from the editor or reviewers. Authors should ensure that changes have been made as per the guidelines provided and then resubmit the manuscript before the deadline.
JMDET is dedicated to keeping the publishing process fair, transparent and academically robust for authors to present engineering research to the scientific community at large.