Submission Guidelines

The Malaysian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies (MyJMS) welcomes original, unpublished work across all academic disciplines. Please read these guidelines in full before submitting. Manuscripts that do not follow the format below may be returned without review.

Submission fee
None (No APC)
File format
Single PDF
Review
Double-blind
Referencing
APA 7th

1. Before You Submit

  • The manuscript is original, not published, and not under review elsewhere.
  • All co-authors have approved the submission and meet authorship criteria.
  • The work follows our Publication Ethics and Plagiarism Policy.
  • Any substantive use of generative AI is disclosed (see Section 6).

2. Manuscript Template

Prepare your manuscript using the official MyJMS template — one-column, APA 7th edition. Both formats produce the same layout; choose whichever you are comfortable with, then export to a single PDF for submission.

Download Word Template (.docx) Download LaTeX Template (.tex)

3. Manuscript Structure

Arrange your manuscript in the following order:

  1. Title Page — title, author names, affiliations, ORCID, corresponding author contact
  2. Abstract — 200–250 words, unstructured
  3. Keywords — 4–6 terms
  4. Introduction
  5. Literature Review / Related Work
  6. Methodology
  7. Results
  8. Discussion
  9. Conclusion
  10. Acknowledgements (if any)
  11. Declaration of Generative AI (if used)
  12. References — APA 7th
  13. Appendices (if any)

4. Formatting Requirements

  • Length: 3,000–8,000 words (excluding references).
  • Referencing: APA 7th Edition for all disciplines.
  • Figures & tables: numbered sequentially, cited in-text, with captions and source attribution.
  • Language: English (British or American spelling, used consistently).
  • File: one PDF containing full text, tables, figures, and references.

5. Article Types

Section Description
Articles Original full-length research
Review Articles Literature or systematic reviews
Case Studies Applied / practice-based case reports
Short Communications Brief reports, preliminary findings

6. Declaration of Generative AI

MyJMS permits the responsible use of AI tools. AI cannot be listed as an author, and authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy and originality of their work. Any substantive use must be disclosed in a short statement placed before the reference list. Routine grammar or language checking need not be declared. See the full policy on the Publication Ethics page.

7. Copyright & Licensing

Authors retain copyright and grant MyJMS the right of first publication. All articles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. See the Open Access Policy.

You will need a free author account. First time? Register on the submission page.