General Principles

Journal of Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JMEST) publishes original articles on all aspects of marine and earth. Manuscripts that are submitted should have never been published previously. JMEST doesn't accept the manuscript, which is also sent to another journal to be published to avoid plagiarism.

All of the manuscripts which are sent to JMEST will be reviewed by experts in related disciplines (peer review) and the editorial team. Authors may be required to revise their manuscripts for reasons of any aspect. Manuscripts with excessive errors in any aspect may be returned to authors for retyping or may be rejected. The published manuscript must be approved by an ethics committee or consider the ethical aspects of research that can be accounted for. Moreover, for clinical research with humans as the subjects, the certificate of approval from the ethics committee must be attached.

Manuscripts must be typed with single space on paper 210 x 297 mm (paper A4) with a maximum number of pages is 20.

Writings Rules

• Title: Times New Roman 18, Uppercase, bold, dark blue, single space.
• Author’s identity: Arial 12, Capitalize each word, bold, single space.
• Correspondence: Calibri 11, Underline, single space.
• Abstract: Calibri 11, single space.
• Subtitle: Arial 14, bold, black, single space.
• Contents: Calibri 11, single space.
• Quotation: Calibri 11, single space.
• References: Calibri 11, single space.

Language: Manuscripts should be written in English.

Author's Data: Author's full name (no abbreviation) and author's full address. For the corresponding author, add the E-mail address.

Abstract: It is a concise description (not more than 300 words) of the purpose, methods, results, and conclusions required. Keywords (not more than 10) should be provided below the abstract, the first keyword is the most important.

The equality: The main body of the paper should be in consecutive order as (1) Background, (2) Method of Research, (3) Result and Discussion, and (4) Conclusions.

Tables: They must be typed with Calibri 11, single space, and or customized. The table's numbers are sorted in order of mention in the text. The legend is written briefly in Calibri 11 with a single space and should be placed above the table. Apply the line only for the top and bottom border. Explanations of Non- standard abbreviations in the tables are placed in the footnotes.

Figures: They must be professionally produced and photographed. They must be prepared as HD image files and numbered in accordance with the appearance of the text. Moreover, the graphs and diagrams are considered a figure. The graph is displayed in 2D form.

Conclusion: It is written with sentences in paragraphs or sequences using points or numbers.

References: It is written according to IEEE format, numbered in accordance with the order of references in the research, and in accordance with the sequence number in the bibliography. Authors are recommended to use reference management software, such as: Mendeley or Zotero.

Example references style for journal

[1]  N. Ahmad, R. Abdul Rahman, M. Othman, U.F. Ungku Zainal Abidin, Critical success factors affecting the implementation of halal food management systems: Perspective of halal executives, consultants and auditors, Food Control. 74 (2017) 70–78. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2016.11.031.

[2]  El-Gohary, Halal tourism, is it really Halal?, Tour. Manag. Perspect. 19, Part B (2016) 124–130. Available from:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287817553_Halal_Tourism_Is_It_Really_Halal

Example references style for conference

[3]  M. Tieman, M.C. Ghazali, Halal Control Activities and Assurance Activities in Halal Food Logistics, Procedia - Soc. Behav. Sci. 121 (2014) 44–57. DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.01.1107.

Example references style for patent

[4] Microcapsules and emulsions containing low bloom gelatin and methods of making and using thereof, 2005. https://patents.google.com/patent/US6969530B1/en (accessed March 20, 2017).

Example references style for book

[5]  M.N. Riaz, M.M. Chaudry, Halal Food Production, CRC Press, 2003.