General Information

As of 2022, APJEE is published 3 times per year i.e. April (Issue 1), August (Issue 2) and December (Issue 3) as more and more quality papers are received by local and international contributors. Issues 1 and 2 are normal issues, whereby submissions are accepted throughout the year. As for Issue 3, it will be a themed-issue. This themed issue focuses on certain aspects or field of study in education. In particular, we are keen on publishing current works that would address current issues, problems, difficulties and challenges of teaching and learning in the Asia Pacific region. Apart from the above, we also welcome publication of selected conference papers in the form of Special Issue.

Please email the Editor in Chief of APJEE to discuss a possible collaboration to publish a Themed issue or a Special Issue that would benefit the readers of APJEE.

Online Article Submission

Manuscripts must be prepared according to instruction given here and submitted through the online submission and peer review system, ScholarOne Manuscripts™. Authors should first register at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/apjee.

Reviewing Process

Each manuscript undergoes a double-blind peer review process starting with initial review by the Editorial Board members. If found to be of a suitable quality and meets the aims and scope of the journal, it will then be sent to at usually two reviewers. The reviewing process takes up to 4 months from the date of receipt of the article. The detailed processes are:

1) 2-4 weeks for desk review (determining plagiarism and other technical checks)
2) 2-4 weeks for an internal review by an Editorial Board member and;
3) 1-2 months for external review (this 3rd stage is usually beyond our control, but we do send reminders and follow-up emails to the reviewers.)

Hence, it is only fair that you contact us at least 3 months after the date of submission if you need any update or status of your submission. Where manuscript revision is required, authors are urged to ensure that the necessary corrections are made before the manuscript can be accepted for production.

Manuscript Preparation

Manuscript should be written in English (UK) or Bahasa Malaysia and should not be more than 8000 words in length excluding appendices and references. Manuscripts should be prepared using Microsoft Word. Authors will also need to supply a title page separate to the main text of their manuscript. The title page should include the article title, authors’ names and affiliations and corresponding author’s e-mail address.

• Title, Authorship and Affiliation (single page)
  Please give first, middle and last name but omit titles. Give the affiliation of each author and complete mailing address of the institution where the work was conducted. If current address of an author is different, include it in the footnote on the title page. Please denote the corresponding author with an asterisk and provide the email address of the corresponding author.


• Abstract
  
  1. The abstract should be no longer than 300 words.
  2. The abstract should be a concise and factual description of the contents and conclusions as well as an indication of any new findings.


• Keywords
  Keywords are to facilitate the retrieval of articles by search engines and will be used for indexing purposes, therefore do not use general terms. Provide a maximum of 5 keywords. Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible.


• Text
  Text may include all of this following:
  1. Introduction
  2. Literature review
  3. Methodology
  4. Results
  5. Discussion
  6. Conclusion


• Acknowledgements
  Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and do not include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise.
  
  All research articles should have a funding acknowledgement with the funding agency written out in full, followed by the grant number. Multiple grant number should be separated by comma and space.
  
  e.g. This work was supported by World Health Organisation [grant number xxxx].


• Appendices
  If there is more than one appendix, please label each one with a capital letter (eg. Appendix A, Appendix B). Each appendix must have title.


• References
  Authors should pay particular attention to the accuracy and correct presentation of references following the standard American Psychological Association (APA) reference style.
  
  
  Text citation

  Every reference cited in the text must also be in the reference list (and vice versa). References cited in the abstract must be given in full.
  
  Example:

  Single author:
  (Zuckerman, 2000)
  
  Single author with page number:
  (Zuckerman & Kieffer, 2000, p. 322)
  
  Two authors:
  (Zuckerman & Kieffer, 2000)
  
  Three to five authors:
  -First time the reference occur:
  (Haque, Wadud, John & Rahman, 1988)
  
  -Subsequent citation:
  (Haque et al., 1988)
  
  More than five authors:
  (Bruton et al., 2005)

  List of Reference

  Names of authors in the reference list must be given in full and arranged alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters "a", "b", "c", etc., placed after the year of publication.
  
  Example:
  
  

  1. Book:
     Scott, P. (1984). The crisis of the university. London: Croom Helm.
  
  
  2. Article in journal:
     Charge, N. J. and Giblin, K. (1988). Learning English in a video studio. English Language Teaching Journal, 42(4), 282–287.
  
  
  3. Chapter in books:
     Anand, P. B. (1999). Issues of inequality in managing water supply in Asian Cities. In M. Matteingly, J. Davila, A. Atkinson, & E. Fernandes (Eds.), The challenge of an environmental management in urban areas. London: Ashgate.
  
  
  4. PhD/Masters Dissertation:
     Kline, M. W. The relationship between motivational variables, anxiety, exposure to English, and language learning strategies among adult ESL learners. PhD dissertation, University of Southern California.
  
  
  5. Article in press:
     Zuckerman, M., & Kieffer, S. C. (in press). Race differences in face-ism: Does facial prominence imply dominance? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
  
  
  6. Special Issue (for entire issue):
     Ramli Mohamed, & Adnan Hussein. (Eds.). (2006). Media in Malaysia: Aspirations, Choices and Realities [Special issue]. Kajian Malaysia, XXIV (1&2).
  
  
  7. Special Issue (for article in issue)
     Ahmad Murad Merican (2006). Telling tales, print and the extension of media: Malay media studies beginning with Abdullah Munsyi through Syed Shaykh Al-Hady and Mahathir Mohamad. In Ramli Mohamed & Adnan Hussein (Eds). Media in Malaysia: Aspiration, Choices and Realities [Special Issue], Kajian Malaysia, XXIV (1&2), 151–170.
  
  
  8. Conference/proceeding:
     Chow, W. L., & Susela Devi, S. (2001, October). Accounting Disclosure Practices and Firm Characteristics: Evidence From Malaysia Based On Segment Information Disclosure. Paper presented at the 13th Asia Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
  
  
  9. Unpublished dissertation:
     Wilfley, D. E. (1989). Interpersonal analyses of bulimia: Normal weight and obese. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Missouri, Colombia.
  
  
  10. Technical and research report:
      Mazzeo, J., Druesne, B., Raffeld, P.C., Checketts, K.T., &Muhlstein, A. (1991). Comparability of computer and paper-and-pencil scores for two CELP general examinations (College Board Rep. No. 91–95). Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service.
  
  

  Electronic resources:
  
  

  1. Books
     VandenBos, G., Knapp, S., & Doe, J. (2001).Role of reference elements in the selection of resources by psychology undergraduates [Electronic version]. Journal of Bibliographic Research, 5, 117–123.
  
  
  2. Journals
     Delbert, C., Montada, L., & Schmitt, M. (1987). General belief in just world scale. Journal of Management, 10 (2), 1–3. Retrieved 12 December 2001 from http://erzwiss.unihalle.de/gliederung/paed/psych/segbjw.pdf
  
  
  3. Article in an internet-only journal:
     Fredrickson, B. L. (2000, March 7). Cultivating positive emotions to optimize health and well-being. Prevention & Treatment, 3, Article 001a. Retrieved November 20, 2000, from http://journals.apa.org/prevention/volume3/pre0030001a.html
  
  
  4. Multipage document created by private organization, no date:
     Greater New Milford Area Healthy Community 2000.Task Force on Teen and Adolescent Issues.(n.d.). Who has time for a family meal? You do! Retrieved 5 October 2000 from http://www.familymealtime.org
  
  

• use a slanted line (/) to present fractions in the line of text.
  Example: A = [(ab/c)^1/2] ²


• for equation that cannot be set in line of text, display it on a new line, and double space above and below the equation.


• number displayed equations consecutively, with the number in parentheses near the right margin of the page.
  Example:
  

  (1)

• For elements within a paragraph or sentence, identify elements in a series by lowercase letters (not italicized) in parentheses.
  Example: The participant’s three choices were (a) working with another participant, (b) working with a team, and (c) working alone.


• For separate paragraphs in a series, such as itemized conclusions or steps in a procedure, are identified by an Arabic numeral followed by a period but not enclosed in or followed by parentheses.
  Example:

  The human resource development objectives can be summarized as follows:

  1. To enhance organizational performance by institutionalizing an objective and open performance management system.
  
  
  2. To align individual and organizational needs and to develop business leaders by implementing a career development system.
  
  

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