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Home > Guide for Authors
General
Manuscripts submitted to Jurnal Tribologi must be original work that has not been published or under consideration for publication elsewhere. The journal submissions must be written in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these) and should be no more than 20 pages in length inclusive of tables, figures and illustrations. All submissions will be blind peer reviewed. Each submission must include a short cover letter that clearly states the significance of the work presented in their manuscript. The abstract and conclusions section must also highlight what is new and/or novel in the paper. The example of Microsoft Word template is available to help in the preparation of the manuscript [click here]. Along with the manuscript file, the authors must provide the Manuscript Title Page [click here] separately.
Types of Paper
The following types of manuscripts on all topics within the scope of the journal (see separate list) are welcomed:
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Full Articles, containing original research work.
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Short Communications giving a complete description of a limited investigation. They should be as completely documented, both by reference to the literature and by description of the experimental procedures employed, as a full article.
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Reviews, full articles describes innovative research investigation, conducted in considerable depth, with critical analysis and discussion of the results, while drawing on relevant literature in the field.
Conflict of Interest
All authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential
conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other
relationships with other people or organizations within three years
of beginning the submitted work that could inappropriately
influence, or be perceived to influence, their work.
Referees
Please submit, with the manuscript, the names, addresses and e-mail
addresses of three potential referees. Note that the editor retains
the sole right to decide whether or not the suggested reviewers are
used.
Research Articles
Research Articles presents original research that is expected to
present a major advancement and contribution to the body of
knowledge or the particular area. Research Articles follows the
format provided in the guide to authors. The content includes an
abstract, an introduction, materials and methods, results and
discussion and conclusion. The supplementary materials that support
the paper's conclusions are welcomed.
Style
As far as possible, manuscripts should consist of the following
sections: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and
Discussion, and Conclusion. Each section and sub-section should be
numbered using the Arabic numerals. Please use S1 Units for all
scientific and laboratory data.
Subdivision - Numbered Sections
Divide your
article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections
should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, ...), 1.2, etc. (the
abstract is not included in section numbering). Use this numbering
also for internal cross-referencing: do not just refer to 'the
text'. Any subsection may be given a brief heading. Each heading
should appear on its own separate line.
Title
Manuscripts should be headed by a concise title. Please include the
full name(s) of the author(s), complete mailing address, telephone
and fax numbers as well as e-mail address. In case of multiple
authorship, please indicate the main author to whom all
correspondence concerning the paper should be directed.
Author
Names and Affiliations
Where the
family name may be ambiguous (e.g., a double name), please indicate
this clearly. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the
actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations
with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's
name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full
postal address of each affiliation, including the country name and,
if available, the e-mail address of each author.
Corresponding
Author
Clearly
indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing
and publication, also post-publication.
Ensure
that phone numbers (with country and area code) are provided in
addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address.
Contact details must be kept up to date by the corresponding author.
Define abbreviations that are not standard in this field in a
footnote to be placed on the first page of the article. Such
abbreviations that are unavoidable in the abstract must be defined
at their first mention there, as well as in the footnote. Ensure
consistency of abbreviations throughout the article.
Abstract
Abstracts should not more than 200 words and written in English. The
abstract should not only indicate the subject and scope of the paper
but also summarize the
principal results and major
conclusion along with at least five (5) keywords that could be
useful for information - retrieval purposes.
References should be avoided, but if essential, they must be cited
in full, without reference to the reference list. Also, non-standard
or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they
must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.
Graphical Abstract
A graphical abstract (5 × 13 cm) is optional and should summarize
the contents of the article in a concise, pictorial form designed to
capture the attention of a wide readership online. Authors must
provide images that clearly represent the work described in the
article
Introduction
State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background,
avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.
Methods and Protocols
Methods and Protocols are proposal of new or an overviews of recent
technical and methodological developments. Articles should present a
new experimental, engineering, scientific or computational method,
test or procedure. The method described may either be completely
new, or may offer a better version of an existing method. Methods
must be proven by its validation, its application to an important
research question and results illustrating its performance in
comparison to existing approaches. Articles should possess thorough
assessments of methodological performance and comprehensive
technical descriptions that facilitate immediate application by
researchers in the field.
Tables
All tables should be kept simple and clear, and should be referred
to in the text. They should be numbered, titled, and typed using
double spacing on separate pages in the order of which they are
referred to in the text.
Place footnotes to tables below the table body and indicate them
with superscript lowercase letters.
Caption for table is as follow:
Table 1: Experimental data for four-ball tribotester.
Illustrations
Illustrations including diagrams and graphs should be sharp, noise
free and of good contrast. They should accompany the manuscript on
separate sheets and numbered consecutively in the same order as they
are referred to in the text. Line drawings should be in black ink on
a white background and lettering size must be large enough to permit
legible reduction whenever necessary. All photographs submitted must
be of good quality and printed on glossy paper. The author’s name,
short title of the paper and figure number must be written on the
reverse side of each illustration submitted.
Caption for Figure is as follow:
Figure 1: Schematic sketch for the four-ball
tribotester.
Mathematical Notation and Equations
All equations must be clearly typed, tripled-space and should be
identified or numbered accordingly.
Present simple formulae in the line of normal text where possible
and use the solidus (/) instead of a horizontal line for small
fractional terms. In principle, variables are to be presented in
italics. Powers of e are often more conveniently denoted by exp.
Number consecutively any equations that have to be displayed
separately from the text (if referred to explicitly in the text).
Results
Results should be clear and concise.
Discussion
This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not
repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often
appropriate. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published
literature.
Conclusions
The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short
Conclusions section, which may stand alone or form a subsection of a
Discussion or Results and Discussion section.
Reference Style
Text:
Indicate
only first author’s name with year in a brackets in line with the
text.
(John, 2000)
(Fadzli and Ali, 2009)
(Koay et al., 2014)
Reference list
(APA style):
Reference
to a journal publication:
Ghani, J. A., Kian, Y. S., & Harun, C. H. C. (2015). Performance of
commercial and palm oil lubricants in turning FCD700 ductile cast
iron using carbide tools. Jurnal Tribologi, 7, 1-9.
Reference to a conference proceeding:
Zahid, R., Masjuki, H., Varman, M., Mufti, R., Kalam, M. A., Gulzar, M., & Yunus, R. (2015). Comparison of tribological performance of zinc dialkyldithiophosphate (ZDDP) in poly-alpha-olefin (PAO) and palm oil-based trimethylopropane (TMP) ester. In Proceedings of Malaysian International Tribology Conference, pp. 201-202.
Reference to a book:
Stachowiak, G., & Batchelor, A. W. (2013). Engineering tribology. Butterworth-Heinemann.
Acknowledgements
A brief acknowledgment should be included at the end of the
manuscripts, before the list of references.
List here those individuals who provided help during the research
(e.g., providing language help, writing assistance or proof reading
the article, etc.).
Appendices
If there is more than one appendix, they should be identified as A,
B, etc. Formulae and equations in appendices should be given
separate numbering: Eq. (A.1), Eq. (A.2), etc.; in a subsequent
appendix, Eq. (B.1) and so on. Similarly for tables and figures:
Table A.1; Fig. A.1, etc.
Color artwork
Please make sure that artwork files are in an acceptable format
(TIFF (or JPEG), EPS (or PDF), or MS Office files) and with the
correct resolution.
Figure Captions
Ensure that each illustration has a caption. Supply captions
separately, not attached to the figure. A caption should comprise a
brief title (not
on the figure itself) and a description of the illustration. Keep
text in the illustrations themselves to a minimum but explain all
symbols and abbreviations used.
Submission Checklist
The following list will be useful during the final checking of an
article prior to sending it to the journal for review. Please
consult this Guide for Authors for further details of any item.
Ensure that the following items are present:
(1) Cover letter
• Clearly states the significance of the work presented in the manuscript
(2) Manuscript Title Page
• [click here]
(3) Copyrights Transfer Form
• [click here]
(4)
One author has been designated as the corresponding author with
contact details:
• E-mail address
• Full postal address
• Phone numbers
(5) All necessary files have been uploaded, and contain:
• Keywords
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All figures
and captions
• All tables (including title, description, footnotes)
(6) Further considerations
• Manuscript has been 'spell-checked' and 'grammar-checked'
• References are in the correct format for this journal
• All references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the
text, and vice versa
• Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from
other sources
• Color figures are clearly marked as being intended for color
reproduction on the Web
Open Acccess
Copyrights
If article has been accepted for publications, corresponding author must sign a Copyright Transfer Agreement Form and send the signed form, in electronic format, to the Editor. This enable us (The Journal) to have the rights to the paper in order to ensure copyright protection against infringerment, and to disseminate your article, and our journal, as wide as possible.