PUBLICATION GUIDELINES FOR POSTGRADUATE CANDIDATES (RESEARCH MODE)
IN FULFILMENT OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
Publication(s) produced by postgraduate candidates (research mode) in fulfilment of
graduation requirements must comply with the following criteria:
(1) Publications accepted must be:
a. full length articles in journals and proceedings, with impact
factor, which are listed in ISI Web of Science (WoS) or
Category A* or Category B* recognized by the faculty; or
b. *books or book chapters published by publishers listed in
the ISI Web of Science (WoS) Master Book List, Thomson
Reuters or University of Malaya Press or Dewan Bahasa
dan Pustaka or any publishers recognized by the Faculty.
c. One (1) publication is equivalent to one (1) book or two (2)
book chapters of different books.
*Note: Publications in Category A or Category B refereed
journals or books or book chapters are only applicable to
candidates pursuing programmes in the field of Social
Sciences.
(2) Authorship Publications accepted must be published with the
supervisor(s).
The candidate must be the first author, or either the second or
subsequent author after the supervisor(s), or the first student
author. In the event, two or more candidates co-author in an
article, only one candidate is allowed to use this article to fulfil
his/her graduation requirement.
(3) Timing Publications accepted must be within the candidature of the
candidate.
(4) Topic of publications Publications accepted must be related and conform to the
candidate’s research in his/her thesis/dissertation.
(5) Affiliation Publications accepted must carry the affiliation of the
department and/or faculty where the candidate is registered.
(6) Blacklisted journals Publications in the following journals are NOT accepted:
a. Publications in journals blacklisted by Malaysian Ministry of
Education (MoE)
b. Publications in Probable Predatory Journals according to
Beall's List (http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/)
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