Instructions for Authors

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice or Microsoft Word according to JIICT Template.
  • Where available, DOI for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 10-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • Authors are strongly advised to ensure the correct author group, corresponding author, and order of authors at submission. Changes in the author group and order of authors are not accepted after acceptance of a manuscript.
  • A similarity report for your submission must have a similarity percentage of less than 25%

Author Guidelines

Read guidelines carefully.

At JIICT, we want to make the process of submitting your manuscript as simple as possible. Please carefully follow our step-by-step process, completing each step before progressing to the next.

The journal adheres to a strict initial screening policy. Manuscripts that do not follow the template or fall outside the scope will be rejected at the screening stage and will not proceed to peer review.

Before you submit

Before you begin the process of submitting your manuscript, you should ensure that you have completed the following:

Check our aims and scope

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Prepare your manuscript

Manuscripts need to be submitted as a single Word file that includes the full title of the article, authors' names, affiliations and addresses, all text, figures, tables, references, and others. Each submitted paper should follow the margins, fonts, captions, and general format indicated in the A4 template (Template for MS Word).

All submissions to the Journal should be in the English language and uploaded to the Journal Manager available at:

http://www.ejmanager.com/my/jiict 

Format of articles

JIICT publishes original research in one format: Article. In most cases, we do not impose strict limits on word count or page number. However, we strongly recommend that you write concisely and stick to the following guidelines:

  • Articles should ideally be no more than 16 typeset pages
  • The main text should be no more than 5,000 words (not including the Abstract, Methods, references, and figure legends)
  • The title should be no more than 20 words
  • The abstract should be no more than 300 words

Copyright Notice

Copyright of articles that appear in JIITC belongs exclusively to it. This copyright covers the rights to reproduce the article, including reprints, electronic reproductions, or any other reproductions of a similar nature.