1.0    MIJORiTE PROFILE SHEET

1.1      All Reviewers are requested to register themselves by filling up the online MIJORiTE Profile Sheet. Use the URL link below:​https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbxH0ft9ew8byAD-MKrDiUWmMpE7ODN8s6ej1PUneYLQ2xew/viewform

Note: If you have done so, please ignore this.

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1.2     Select “Reviewer” under the Category of Contributor.

 

1.3     Reviewer registration deadline: 12.00 midnight on Sunday 8 December 2019 (Malaysia time).

 

2.0     MIJORiTE 2019 REVIEW PROCESS

2.1     Based on your Profile (see clause 1.1), every effort will be made to send to you papers that are appropriate to your area of expertise and your knowledge of specific area or topic.

 

2.2     For MIJORiTE Volume 2, 2019, assignment of a maximum of three (3) papers per Reviewer.

 

2.3     Paper review deadline: 12.00 midnight on Sunday 8 December 2019 (Malaysia time).

        The review and evaluation process for MIJORiTE Volume 2, 2019 is tentatively fixed as follows:

 

20 Oct 2019:       Author Manuscript submission

21 - 25 Oct:        Editor Blind screening. Technical check

26 Oct - 10 Nov:  Internal Evaluator Blind evaluation. Content and language checks

10 – 17 Nov:        Author Manuscript amendment

18 – 20 Nov:       Evaluator/Editor approve OR reject Author Amended Manuscript

20 Nov - 8 Dec:  Reviewer Double blind peer review

8 – 15 Dec:        Author Paper correction

16 – 22 Dec:       Reviewer/Editor approve OR reject Author Revised Paper 

23 – 29 Dec:      Editor Technical check and DTP works

                                   

4.4     Names of Reviewer and Author are withheld. 

          4.4.1     Each Reviewer is identified by a Reviewer Code.  

                        Example:  RW01AP

          4.4.2     Each paper is given a Paper Code. It appears on the top-left hand corner of every page of the article.

                        Example:  P01-AC01KE-QL07lan

          4.4.3     Both the Paper Code and Reviewer Code are to be used in all (email) correspondences and/or enquiries pertaining to the paper(s) under review. 

                        Example:  P01-AC01KE-QL07lan_RW01TH

 

                       

5.0     REVIEWER REPORT

5.1     BEFORE paper review

          5.1.1     Please access the online Paper Review & Evaluation Form for Reviewers.  Note that this form is named as “Reviewer Report”.

 

          5.1.2     EITHER

                        scan the QR code on the right

 

                       

 

                        OR

                        use the URL link below:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf53H_6O3ADu80ST4MEiM4T8ew8zqkOkJpowA7gfz3FDo8kyg/viewform

 

 

5.2     DURING paper review

          5.2.1     Please refer to "Paper Review & Evaluation Guidelines for Reviewers" to guide you in completing the Paper Review & Evaluation Form. 

 

          5.2.2     You may add comments and suggestions to particular parts of the Author’s manuscript (.docx format) at your own discretion.

 

5.3     AFTER paper review

          5.3.1     When you have completed the review and evaluation, this form becomes your Reviewer Report.

 

          5.3.2     Email the reviewed paper with comments, if any back to The Managing Editor at mijoriteITEPC@gmail.com.

 

 

6.0     DUTIES OF REVIEWERS

6.1     Participation in the peer-review process is essential to the success and reputation of MIJORiTE:

(a)         Review all papers objectively, fairly and professionally

(b)        Should ensure the originality of a paper

(c)         Be alert to any plagiarism and redundant publication.

• Ethics in publishing have been conveyed to Authors.

• Please refer to the attached Publication Ethics Statement

1. Reveal any ethical misconduct encountered while reviewing

2. Disclose any conflict of interest before agreeing to review a paper

3. Can refuse to review any paper due to a conflict of interest or inadequate knowledge

(g)        Adhere to the time allocated for the review process.

(h)         Observe confidentiality and refrain from discussing the content of the papers reviewed with an unrelated party, that is, a person that has no direct or indirect interest in MIJORiTE.

 

6.2      The Reviewer Report containing the Reviewer’s comments, suggestions and recommendations will be conveyed to the Author. 

6.2.1     In cases where the Reviewer has recommended major corrections be done and when the Author has corrected, revised and resubmitted a paper as per the Reviewer’s comments and suggestions, every effort will be made to send the Author Revised Paper together with the Paper Correction Sheet (containing annotations for the corrections made) to the same Reviewer who has reviewed and commented on the original submission for acceptance or rejection. 

 

6.2.2     In cases where two or three Reviewers of the same paper in the double (or triple) blind review process similarly recommend major corrections be done, acceptance of Author Revised Paper or rejection of the reviewed paper without returning it to the Author to revise and resubmit is at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief. 

 

6.2.3     In cases where the Author is requested to perform minor corrections as per Reviewer’s comments, acceptance or rejection of Author Revised Paper may be EITHER the same Reviewer who has reviewed and commented on the original submission OR at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief.

 

 

 

 

6.3      Please inform the Managing Editor in any of the following cases:

           (a)      Change in your email address

           (b)      Change in your affiliation

           (c)      Any extended absences

           (d)      Unavailability to review

           (e)      Request for an extension if you are unable to return a review by the deadline

           (f)      Other concerns

 

 

7.0     CONTACT US  

For general enquiries, feedback, further information and other concerns, please contact:

The Managing Editor via email (mijoriteITEPC@gmail.com), and/or in urgent cases, via WhatsApp message (mobile no.: +6012-4565897).

The Reviewer Code is to be used in all forms of written communication.

 

 

Date:  1 November 2019