Thursday, 9 April 2015

Publication: Postgraduate requirements to graduate at University of Malaya

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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