Focus and Scope

Malikussaleh Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology is applying double-blind peer-review process for the publication. Both the reviewer and author are anonymous. Each article is at least reviewed by two reviewers, which has high competency in the field of Engineering

MJMST calls for papers that cover the following fields:

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

All manuscripts are subject to peer review and are expected to meet standards of academic excellence. If approved by the editor, submissions will be considered by double-blind peer-reviewers, whose identities will remain anonymous to the authors.

The peer review at MJMST proceeds in 9 steps with description as follows:

1. Submission of Paper

The corresponding or submitting author submits the paper to the journal. This is carried out via an online system supported by the Open Journal System (OJS). But in order to facilitate authors, MJMST temporarily also accepts paper submissions by email.

2. Editorial Office Assessment

The submitted paper is first assessed by the MJMST editor. The editor checks whether it is suitable with MJML’s focus and scope. The paper’s composition and arrangement are evaluated against the journal’s Author Guidelines to make sure it includes the required sections and stylizations. In addition, an assessment of the minimum required quality of the paper for publication begins at this step, including one that assesses whether there is a major methodological flaw. Every submitted paper which pass this step will be checked by TurnitIn to identify any plagiarism before being reviewed by reviewers.

3. Appraisal by the Editor-in-Chief (EIC)

The Editor-in-Chief (EIC) checks if the paper is appropriate for the journal, sufficiently original, interesting, and significant for publication. If not, the paper may be rejected without being reviewed any further

4. Invitation to Reviewers

The handling editor sends invitations to individuals who he or she believes would be appropriate reviewers (also known as referees) based on expertise, closeness of research interest, and no  conflict of interest consideration. The peer review process at MJMST involves a community of experts in a narrowly defined field of biomedical sciences, clinical medicine, community medicine, social medicine, and medical education, who are qualified and able to perform reasonably impartial review.  The impartiality is also maintained by the double blind peer review employed in this journal. That said, the reviewer does not know the author’s identity, conversely the author does not know the reviewer’s identity.  The paper is sent to two reviewers anonymously.

5. Response to Invitations

Potential reviewers consider the invitation against their own expertise, conflicts of interest, and availability. They then decide to accept or decline. In the invitation letter, the editor may ask the potential reviewer for suggestion of alternative reviewers, when he or she declines to review.

6. Review is Conducted

The reviewer allocates time to read the paper several times. The first read is used to form an initial impression of the work. If major problems are found at this stage, the reviewer may feel comfortable rejecting the paper without further work. Otherwise they will read the paper several more times, taking notes so as to build a detailed point-by-point review. The review is then submitted to the journal, with a recommendation to accept, or reject it, or else with a request for revision (usually flagged as either major or minor) before it is reconsidered.

7. Journal Evaluates the Reviews

The EIC and handling editor considers all the returned reviews before making an overall decision. If the reviews differ widely between both reviewers, the handling editor may invite an additional reviewer so as to obtain an extra opinion before making a decision.

8. The Decision is Communicated

The editor sends a decision email to the author including any relevant reviewer comments. Reviewers' comment are sent anonymously to corresponding author to take the necessary actions and responses. At this point, reviewers are also be sent an email or letter letting them know the outcome of their review.

9. Final Steps

If accepted, the paper is sent to production. If the article is rejected or sent back to the author for either major or minor revision, the handling editor will include constructive comments from the reviewers to help the author improve the article. The author should make corrections and revise the paper per the reviewers’ comments and instructions.

After revision has been made, the author should resubmit the revised paper to the editor supplemented with a cover page containing a check list that declares points of correction and revision that have been made.

If the paper was sent back for revision, the reviewers should expect to receive the revised version, unless they have opted out of further participation. However, where only minor changes were requested this follow-up review might be done by the handling editor.

If the editor is happy with the revised paper, it is considered to be accepted. The accepted papers will be published online and all are freely available as downloadable pdf files.

Notes for the Conference Paper Base

If your article is based on a conference article which may have been published elsewhere, it is important that you observe the following:

The submitted article must have been substantially revised, expanded and rewritten so that it is significantly different from the conference paper or presentation on which it is based. The article must be sufficiently different to make it a new, original work. As a guide, you should aim to have more than 50% new material. This is a matter of judgment and will be based on a comparison of the submitted article with the original conference paper.

The original conference article should be supplied by the author of the expanded article for the purpose of comparison. All such articles will be subject to the same review process as any other submitted article. Please include the statement 'This article is a revised and expanded version of an article entitled [title] presented at [name location and date of conference]' in the online system when you submit your article, using the "Notes for the Editor" field.

If the original conference article on which the extended article is based has been published elsewhere, or the copyright has been assigned to the conference organizers or another party, authors should ensure that they have cleared any necessary permissions with the copyright owners. Articles will not be accepted, post-review, for publication unless such written permissions have been provided along with author copyright forms.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

About MJMST

MJMST (Malikussaleh Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology) is a national research journal and invites contributions of original research articles as well as review articles in several areas of mechanical and material science.

Published by Department Mechanical engineering, Faculty of engineering, Malikussaleh University, MJMST has been register as journal publication with ISSN number for printed version 2337-6945 and online ISSN 2828-2922.

The journal aims to publish refereed, high-quality research papers with significant novelty and short communications in all branches of mechanical science. Manuscripts which describe the novel theory and its application to practice are welcome, as are those which illustrate the transfer of techniques from other disciplines.

Malikussaleh Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology is applying double-blind peer-review process for the publication. Both the reviewer and author are anonymous. Each article is at least reviewed by two reviewers, which has high competency in the field of chemistry.

MJMST calls for papers that cover the following fields:

• Materials & Mechanics
• Materials & Processing
• Fluids Engineering
• Thermal Engineering
• Engine Systems
• Power & Energy Systems
• Dynamics, Measurement & Control
• Robotics & Mechatronics
• Micro-Nano Science & Technology
• Computational Mechanics
• Machine Design & Tribology
• Design & Systems
• Manufacturing & Machine Tool
• Manufacturing Systems
• Information, Communication & Dissemination
• Bioengineering and Biomechanics
• Sports Engineering and Human Dynamics
• Environmental Engineering
• Industrial/Society Health & Safety
• Transportation, Structure & Hydro-engineering
• Space Engineering
• Technology & Society
• Law & Technology

Editorial Members

Editorial Board

Editor in Chief:
Asnawi, Mechanical Engineering Department, Malikussaleh University

Managing Editor:
Ahmad Nayan - Mechanical Engineering Department, Malikussaleh University

Editorial Board Members:
Faisal - Mechanical Engineering Department, Malikussaleh University
Abubakar - Mechanical Engineering Department, Malikussaleh University
Muhammad Yusuf - Mechanical Engineering Department, Malikussaleh University
Adi Setiawan – Renewable Energy Engineering Department, Malikussaleh University
Muhammad - Material Engineering Department, Malikussaleh University
Reza Putra - Material Engineering Department, Malikussaleh University
Nurul Islami – Material Engineering Department, Malikussaleh University
Muhammad Rizal - Mechanical Engineering Department, Syiah Kuala University
Syarizal Fonna - Mechanical Engineering Department, Syiah Kuala University
Rudi Kurniawan - Mechanical Engineering Department, Syiah Kuala University
Amir Arifin - Mechanical Engineering Department, Sriwijaya University
Muhammad Said - Chemical Engineering Department, Sriwijaya University
Khairi Suhud - Chemical Science Department, Syiah Kuala University
Eka Safitri - Chemical Science Department, Syiah Kuala University