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G U I D E L I N E S
T O A U T H O R S
PUBLICATION POLICIES
Articles that can be considered for publication include evaluation reviews of literature, definitive articles on methodology and
procedures, quantitative and qualitative approaches to theory and
empirical articles reporting original research are considered for
publication. New techniques, methods, aspects of practical
implementation, and industrial or technical approaches can also be
considered
for the Journal.
All contributions will be read by at least 3 referees to ensure material
originality, accuracy and relevance. Contributions are subject to
editorial amendment to suit house styles. The Journal does not accept
contributions that have been published elsewhere or submitted elsewhere
for review.
Manuscripts should be prepared according to the following style rules.
Failure to comply these rules will cause delay in publication.
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION
GUIDELINES
NOTE:
Effective August 1, 2009, all new manuscripts are
handled by the new online electronic manuscript processing system called
Manuscript Central at
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jcdc.
See instruction below.
Manuscript
Preparation:
1.
Length:
Full-length article submissions should be approximately 5,000 words.
Manuscript must be written in English.
2.
Citation Style:
The academic citation style used in JCDC follows the Harvard referencing
system. References in the text should include surnames of author
followed by year of publication. References arranged in alphabetical
order should be given at the end of the paper. Where more than one
publication by same author in one year is referred, the year should be
followed by a suffix a, b or c, etc. The same suffix should be quoted in
the reference list. Journal references should give the author’s surname
followed by initials. (Publication year). Title of article. Title of
Journal, volume number and (part number), and the numbers of the first
to the last pages. Book citations should give the surname(s) of the
author(s), Initials, (year of publication). Title of contribution.
Followed by In: Initials. Surname of author or editor of publication
followed by (Ed). Or (Eds). Title of Book. Place of publication:
Publisher, page numbers of contribution. Please note the following
examples:
Luddin, R. A. and Midler, C. (1998). Projects as Arenas for Renewal and
Learning
Processes. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Mead, S. P. (1997). Project-specific intranets for construction teams.
Project
Management Journal, 28 (3): 44-51.
Malpezzi, S. (2002). Hedonic Pricing Models: A Selective and Applied
Review. In
T. O’Sullivan and K. Gibb (eds.) Housing Economics and Public
Policy Essays in Honour
of Duncan Maclennan,
67-85, London: Blackwell.
Chan, J. K., Tam, C. M., Chung, R. K (2005). Engineering, Construction
and Architectural
Management
[online]. 12(2). Available from: fulltext/document109.pdf/
[Accessed 20
February 2005].
3.
Format:
Prepare the manuscript using a Microsoft Word compatible word processing
program. Please save your documents as an order (.doc) file type. The
entire manuscript must be double-spaced using font size 12 with a 1”
margin all over.
Manuscript Submission:
1. Launch your web browser (supported browsers include Internet
Explorer 7.0 or lower, or Firefox 1.0.4; 1.5 or 2.0 and go to the JCDC’s
Manuscript Central homepage
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jcdc.
2. Before accessing the online submission site, you should have the
following ready to upload:
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Manuscript title (limit 15 words)
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Running head (limit 50 characters)
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An abstract (150-200 words)
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Email address(es) and institution(s)
of co-authors, if any
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A cover letter
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The total number of words in the
manuscript, including title, abstract, main document, references and
appendices
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An anonymised version of the
manuscript. Articles will be reviewed in a double-blind fashion,
shielding authors’ and reviewers’ identities wherever possible.
Authors should take care to remove all pointers to their own
identity or to that of their institution. For example, when citing
references to your own (co-) authored work(s) that could identify
you to reviewers, replace your name(s) in the citation(s) with
“Author”, and in the references section, replace your name(s) with
“Author”, delete all but the year of publication and list them under
“A”. Please do Not separate figures and tables out from your
manuscript; position them where you would like them to appear in the
body of the manuscript
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A title page, including author(s)
name(s) and affiliation(s)
3. Log-in or click the "Create Account" option if you are a first-time
user of Manuscript Central.
4.
If you are creating a new account:
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After clicking on "Create
Account" enter your name and e-mail information and click
"Next". Your e-mail information is very important.
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Enter your institution and address
information as prompted then click "Next."
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Enter an user ID and password of
your choice (we recommend using your e-mail address as your user ID)
and then select your area of expertise. Click "Finish" when done.
(Note: The password you select must be at least 8
characters long)
5.
After you have created your account, click “Log-in”. You should
see a welcome screen with two options: Author Center and Reviewer
Center. Select "Author Center" for submission a manuscript.
6.
After you have logged in author dashboard, click the "Submit a new
Manuscript" link in the menu bar.
7.
Enter data and answer questions as prompted
8.
Click on the "Next" button on each screen to save your work and advance
to the next screen.
9.
Your will be prompted to upload your files:
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Click on the "Browse" button and
locate the file on your computer.
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Select the description of the file
in the drop down next to the Browse button.
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When you have selected all files
you wish to upload, click the "Upload" button.
(NOTES: You have a limit of 10 MB combined for all files you upload and
website will not accept Microsoft Vista documents.)
10. Review your submission (in both PDF and HTML formats) before sending
to the Editors. Click the "Submit" button when you are done
reviewing.
11. Acknowledgment of receipt will be sent by email shortly after your
submission is processed by online submission system. Submitted articles
will not be returned. Authors should retain an original copy.
12. For further information on journals published by Universiti Sains
Malaysia Press, please visit our website at
www.penerbit.usm.my/
or e-mail to:
fazlina@notes.usm.my
After submission, you will receive a confirmation via e-mail. You can
also log-on to Manuscript Central any time to check the status of your
manuscript. You will receive an e-mail once a decision has been made on
your manuscript.
JOURNAL CONTACT INFORMATION
For questions about manuscript processing, please contact the Editorial
Officer:
Lai Shuw Wei
Editorial Officer, Journal of Construction in Developing Countries.
lai_shuwwei@yahoo.com or
jcdc.usm@gmail.com
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