Journal Writing Workshop - with Prof KJ

The workshop will begin on 15th Jan 2010 till 17th Jan 2010. Thus, class on Sunday 17th Jan will be postponed.

Prof KJ - Hj Kamaruzaman Jusoff (UPM)
Citation index from http://code.google.com/p/citations-gadget/
Citations for 'K jusoff' : 158
Cited Publications: 62
H-Index: 5

During the session, I searched for ISI conference and found by google at http://academic-conferences.org/conferences.htm.

Malaysia conferences - http://www.conferencealerts.com/malaysia.htm

International conferences - http://www.ourglocal.com/?c=15,my

Computer science and IT - http://www.iacsit.org/

IACSIT Conference (ISI) - http://www.iacsit.org/conference.htm

IEEE Computer Society - http://www.computer.org/portal/web/guest/home

Prof KJ shared a guideline to write a proper journal as following :

Title

- <12 words

- brief phrase describing the contents of the paper

- avoid abbreviations and formula

Abstract

- informative

- passive verbs

- she/he should not be used

- briefly present the topic, state the scope of the experiments, indicate significant data, point out major findings and conclusions

- no literature cited

- no abbreviations

- standard nomenclature

Keywords

-<5-10 words

- provide indexing references

Intro.

- <1 page

- clear statement of the problem, the relevant literature on the subject, proposed approach/solution

- should be understandable to colleagues from a broad range of scientific disciplines

- at least 8-10 references cited with most current literatures (2007-2009)

- objectives appear in the last paragraphs

Methods & Materials

- completed enough to allow experiments to be reproduced- only truly new procedures should be described in detail, previously published procedures should be cited, important modifications of published procedures should be mentioned briefly

- capitalize trade names and include the manufacturer's name and address (if applicable)

- subheadings

- methods in general use need not to be described in detail

Results & Discussion

- must be in line/in order with methodology

- explain and discuss why you get such results - may cite previous references for comparisons

- better illustrated with charts/graphics/tables

- clarity and precision

- past tense => describing findings

- present tense => previously published findings

- results should be explained, but largely without referring to the literature

- subheadings

Conclusion

- must fulfil the study objectives (Eg. 2 conclusions for 2 objectives)

- refers to only work done in the study

- should not be more than 1/3 of a page

- may also include study implications/recommendations or future works

Thank's a lot Prof KJ for sharing. Soon, I'll submit my journal to you once I completed my research. Insya Allah.