ONE-DAY SEMINAR

A KEY SUCCESS IN PUBLISHING ARTICLES ON

SCOPUS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

AP DR MELOR MD YUNUS
Faculty of Education, UKM

18 May 2017
Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh
 Today’s talk…
• What to write?
• Format of writing
• Tips for accepting article acceptance
• Problems in writing articles for International
publication journal
• The important aspects reviewed in an article
• Reasons for rejecting the articles
• What to do if the article is rejected?
• My experience
 WHY W & P ??
•Requirement for graduation
•Requirement for promotion
•To get reward/award
•To be recognized
•To disseminate knowledge
WHAT TO WRITE
FORMAT OF WRITING
HOW TO WRITE JOURNAL PAPER
Title
Affiliation
Abstract
Keywords
1.Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results/Findings and Discussion
4. Conclusion/s
Acknowledgements
References
TIPS FOR ARTICLE ACCEPTANCE
 TITLE & AFFILIATIONS
• Less than 12 WORDS
• Brief (short & sharp)
• Concise and informative

• Print authors' full names and affiliations

– Be consistent with your own names for e-search
databases/citation purposes
 ABSTRACT
• Originality/value – Who would benefit from
this and what is new about it?

• Passive verbs
• Past tense
• No literatures be cited
 KEYWORDS
• 5 WORDS
• For indexing/references
• NOT necessarily represent all the words in
your title
 INTRODUCTION
• 1-1.5 PAGE
• Clear statement of the problem
• Lays the overview/groundwork
Provides comprehensive literature review
• Should cite 15-20 REFS with most current
literatures
• Outline how your work adds to knowledge/fills
the gap
• Objective/s must appear in the last paragraph
 METHODS

• Should be complete enough to allow

experiments to be replicated
• Subheadings should be used & consistent with
the order of methodology
• Methods in general use need not be described
in detail
 RESULTS & DISCUSSION
• Clarity & Precision
• In-line/in order with your Methodology (in
past tense)

• Explain & discuss why you get such results

• Be Crisp!
• Compared & discussed with previous
literatures
 CONCLUSION
• Must fulfill the study Objective/s
• What is unique about it
– the contributions or novelty

• Refers to Only Work Done in the study

• Include practical implications that goes beyond

the scope of your work or Malaysia
• Include recommendations or future work
 REFERENCES
• Responsible for the accuracy of bibliographic
citations
• If >= to 3 authors, use et. al. & italicize in the
text but full listing in the References list

– Yunus, MM
– Md Yunus, M
– Melor Md Yunus
 PROBLEMS IN WRITING ARTICLES
FOR INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION
JOURNAL
THE IMPORTANCE ASPECTS
REVIEWED IN AN ARTICLE
REASONS FOR REJECTING THE
ARTICLES
WHAT TO DO IF THE ARTICLE IS
BEEN REJECTED
MY EXPERIENCE
SCOPUS
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