About the Proceedings

The Persidangan Antarabangsa Memartabatkan Bahasa Melayu (PAMBM) conference proceedings peer review policy ensures that Persidangan Antarabangsa Memartabatkan Bahasa Melayu (PAMBM) publications attain a high standard. This policy ensures that these publications have an increased objectivity. All manuscripts entered into the conference proceedings are peer reviewed using the following procedures. All peer review is under the management of the Editor in Chief, that is, the EIC.

Initial Evaluation 

The Editor first evaluates all manuscripts. It is rare, but it is possible for an exceptional manuscript to be accepted at this stage. Manuscripts rejected at this stage are insufficiently original, have serious scientific flaws, have poor grammar or English language, or are outside the aims and scope of the journal. Those that meet the minimum criteria are normally passed on to at least two experts for review. 

Peer Review Type 

The peer review system is always (at least) double blind, placing both referee/reviewer and author as anonymous to each other. 

Referee Selection 

The Persidangan Antarabangsa Memartabatkan Bahasa Melayu (PAMBM) attempts to match the paper with reviewers who have expertise with the paper under review. We have a large database of reviewers which we draw from for the process. 

Referee Criteria 

The criteria for review are as follows: 

·         Originality

·         Methodological rigor

·         Ethical rigor

·         Systematicity and logicality in writing

·         Appropriate referencing 

Duration 

The duration for the review process is predicated on several factors, such as reviewer feedback, reviewer corrections, author corrections, author submissions, and formatting. AT times, we seek the opinions of other experts and academics in the field as the decision is conflicting or as the reviewer feels that they need more expertise. As such, reviews for the proceedings book usually take up to six months. 

Notification 

Authors will receive notifications of acceptance or rejection in due course, and these will include all comments by authors. 

Contestation 

Authors are able to contact the Editor in Chief (EIC) who is responsible for the final decision, should they feel that there has been an unjust decision, and this will be considered, once. After one re-review, the EIC’s decision is final and cannot be changed. 

Submission Criteria 

The Persidangan Antarabangsa Memartabatkan Bahasa Melayu (PAMBM) conference proceedings will at no point accept financial exchange for acceptance and publishing of work. All proceedings publications move forward on the grounds that they have academic worth and merit, and for which, the Persidangan Antarabangsa Memartabatkan Bahasa Melayu (PAMBM) provides ample assistance, and will stringently work with authors to increase the likelihood that the submissions will pass the blind peer review processes. 

Following on from the above, only papers from authors who have participated in the conferences, and have hence passed the conference review processes, are eligible for consideration for the conference proceedings books. The Persidangan Antarabangsa Memartabatkan Bahasa Melayu (PAMBM) will not at any point accept financial contributions for consideration, and similarly, from those scholars who have not participated in Persidangan Antarabangsa Memartabatkan Bahasa Melayu (PAMBM) events.