Instructions for Authors

Instructions for Authors

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  • An author has been designated as the Corresponding Author. The e-mail address, full postal address, telephone number and fax number have been provided.
  • Manuscript submitted is in Microsoft Word file (.doc or .docx format) and proofread.
  • Article is in the correct format for DAAM journal as outlined in Guide for Author with a maximum of 20 pages.
  • All references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the text, and vice versa.
  • 4 potential reviewers for this manuscript are suggested in the "Comments for the Editor" text-box. Names, affiliations and email addresses are provided.

Author Guidelines
Please prepare your manuscript using DAAM's template.

Click here to download DAAM's latest template.

Click here to download Author Checklist 

Please ensure that the Final Author Checklist is completed and submitted together with your manuscript. Submissions without the checklist will not be processed.

MANUSCRIPTS PUBLISHED
The journal publishes the following types of manuscripts:

Full Research Article
Full research articles provide significant new findings and conclusions obtained from scientific investigations and processes that fall within the scope of the journal. Case study as well as survey can be considered too.

Review Article
The review articles describe the current state of the knowledge and provide suggestions for potential future research direction in the field. The length of a published review article is from 3000-10000 words.

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
These instructions are written in a form that satisfies all the formatting requirements for the author's manuscript. Please use them as a template in the Author Guideline.

Manuscripts should include:

  • Title
  • Abstract
  • Keywords
  1. Introduction
  2. Methodology
  3. Results and Discussion
  4. Conclusions
  • Acknowledgement
  • Funding
  • Declaration of Competing Interest
  • CRediT Authorship Contribution Statement
  • Availability of the Data and Materials
  • Ethical Declarations
  • Generative Artificial Intelligence Declarations
  • References

Introduction
This section briefly about the issue view in a global and national context, problem statement, purpose of the research, the significance of the study, the structure of the paper and relevant research that has been done. Authors are encouraged to cite the latest and high-impact papers related to the research field. The citation should be presented as a numbering system. For single references, use a single number in square brackets, such as [1]. When citing two or more references simultaneously: use a comma for non-consecutive sources [1, 4] or [1, 3, 20]; for consecutive references, use an en-dash to indicate the range [2–5]. Citations must either:

  • Mention the author’s name with the reference number (e.g., “Ali et al. [5] employed …”), or ( “… as mentioned by Kumar et al. [6].”)
  • Place the reference number at the end of a complete statement (e.g., “The use of hybrid nanofluids enhances thermal conductivity and heat transfer performance [2].”).

All abbreviations must be defined upon their first mention in the text, even if they have already been defined in the abstract. Standard SI units (e.g., m, kg, s) do not require definition. Consecutive abbreviations should not have spaces: write as “D.A.A.M.”, not “D. A. A. M.” Abbreviation need to be declared at first in the respective paragraph before being used. Authors need to ensure that at least three sentences can be considered as a paragraph.

Title
The title is auto-format. The title must be brief and reflect the contents of the manuscript. Do not use abbreviations in the title unless they are unavoidable. The first letter of the title should be capitalized with the rest in lower case except for proper nouns.

Author name
The * represents the corresponding author. The style for the names initials then surname, with a comma after all but the last two names, which are separated by ‘and’. The numbering system is used for the author’s current affiliation. Please ensure that affiliations are as full and complete as possible and include the country.

Keywords
Keywords is auto-format. Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.

Methodology
Authors must provide a concise but sufficiently detailed description of the experimental design, participants, materials, and procedures used to allow other researchers to replicate the study. If a sub-section (Heading 2) is required, it must be preceded by at least one introductory paragraph. Ensure that all statistical methods and equipment are clearly identified.

Results and Discussion
This section contains interpretation data, summary of findings, limitations, implications and suggestions for future research.

Figure
Figures should be self-explanatory and contain a short but adequately detailed caption. Figures should be provided in one of the following formats: PNG, EPS, TIFF, JPEG, BMP. The figure(s) should have a resolution of 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour. All figures must be numbered sequentially in the text in the same order in which they appear (e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2).  Figure 1(a) and Figure 1(b) are examples of multi-part figures in which each component should be labelled.

Table
All tables must be numbered sequentially (e.g., Table 1, Table 2) and placed as close as possible to their first mention in the text. Table captions must be centre-aligned above the table in 10 pt Times New Roman (Sentence case) without a full stop. The internal table text should be 10 pt Times New Roman, single-spaced, with numerical data centre-aligned for clarity. To ensure an academic appearance, authors should use horizontal borders for the top, bottom, and header rows only, strictly avoiding vertical lines. All tables must be explicitly mentioned at least once within the body of the manuscript.

Conclusion
Provide a brief summary highlighting the key findings and main contributions of the study. Don’t replicate your abstract here. Please ensure the maximum number of total pages of the article submitted does not exceed 20, and the final percentage of the Turnitin is acceptable.

Acknowledgement
Authors should use this section to recognize individuals, organizations, or funding agencies that provided significant support, technical assistance, or financial aid during the research process.

Funding
Authors must clearly disclose all sources of financial support for the research conducted. If the research was supported by a grant or a specific project, provide the full name of the funding agency and the associated grant number(s). If the research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors, the author must explicitly state: "This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, private, or not-for-profit sectors."

Declaration of Competing Interest
Authors must disclose any financial or non-financial interests that could be perceived to influence the work reported in this manuscript. These may include political, personal, or professional relationships that could potentially bias the research outcomes. If no potential conflicts exist, the authors should include the following statement: “The authors declare no conflict of interest.”

CRediT Authorship Contribution Statement
Authors must clearly describe their individual contributions to the research. The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all authors agree on the accuracy of these descriptions. Contributions should be listed by authors’ names followed by their specific roles, selected from the following categories: Conceptualisation; Methodology; Validation; Formal analysis; Data curation; Investigation; Resources; Software; Visualization; Writing – original draft; Writing – review & editing; Funding acquisition; Project administration; Supervision.

Availability of the Data and Materials
The data used to support the findings of this study are included within the article.

Ethical Declarations
No artificial intelligence tools were used in the preparation of this manuscript. All content was developed manually by the authors. This study did not involve human participants or animals. Ethical approval was therefore not required.

Generative Artificial Intelligence Declarations
Authors must disclose any use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools or technologies in the preparation of their manuscripts. All authors are required to provide one of the following statements in their manuscript:

Option A
The authors claim that artificially intelligent-assisted technologies, such as generative AI, were not used to generate content, ideas, or theories. We have just utilised AI to enhance readability and refine the language. This was used with extreme human control and oversight. The authors take full responsibility for reviewing and approving the content.

Option B
The authors have not utilised any AI resources or tools in the preparation of this article.

References
To maintain the currency and relevance of the research, at least 80% of the sources in the list of references must be published within the latest 5 years. The list of references should follow the Vancouver style. The following are a few examples of references that are listed in the Vancouver Style:
Coverting reference to Vancouver

Journal References

Six or fewer authors in the reference

  • Hasan MM, Rahman MM, Kadirgama K, Ramasamy D. Numerical study of engine parameters on combustion and performance characteristics in an n-heptane fuelled HCCI engine. Applied Thermal Engineering. 2018 Jan 5;128:1464-75.
  • Hasan MM, Rahman MM. Homogeneous charge compression ignition combustion: Advantages over compression ignition combustion, challenges, and solutions. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2016;57:282-91.

Seven or more authors in the reference

  • Arifin HH, Zardasti L, Lim KS et al. Stress distribution analysis of composite repair with Carbon Nanotubes reinforced putty for damaged steel pipeline. International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping. 2021 Dec 1;194:104537.

Book Reference

  • Juvinall RC, Marshek KM. Fundamentals of machine component design. 5th ed. New York: John Wiley and Sons; 2011.

Book Chapter Reference

  • Yasin MH, Ali MA, Mamat R, Yusop AF, Ali MH. Physical properties and chemical composition of biofuels. In: Basile A, Dalena F Eds. Second and Third Generation of Feedstocks. Chapter 11. 2019 Jan 1; 291-320. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
  • Barky ME, Zhang S. Fatigue spot welds. In: Lee YL, Pan J, Hathaway RB, Barkey ME, editors. Fatigue testing and analysis: Theory and practice.2005;285-311. New York: Butterworth Heinrahmanemann.

Conference Proceedings

  • Jeffry SN, Putra Jaya R, Abdul Hassan N, Mirza J, Mohd Yusak MI. Microstructure and physical properties of nano charcoal ash as binder. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Construction Materials. 2019 Apr;172(2):103-15.
  • Safiei W, Rahman MM, Musfirah AH, Maleque MA, Singh R. Experimental study on dynamic viscosity of aqueous-based nanofluids with an addition of ethylene glycol. In: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 2020 Apr 1; 788(1):012094.
  • Urmi WT, Rahman MM, Kadirgama K, Ramasamy D, Maleque MA. An overview on synthesis, stability, opportunities, and challenges of nanofluids. Materials Today: Proceedings. 2021;41:30- 7.
  • Hasan MM, Islam MS, Bakar SA, Rahman MM, Kabir MN. Applications of Artificial Neural Networks in Engine Cooling System. In: 2021 International Conference on Software Engineering & Computer Systems and 4th International Conference on Computational Science and Information Management (ICSECS-ICOCSIM). 2021 Aug 24; pp. 471-6.

Patents

[11] Choi SUS, Eastman JA. Enhanced heat transfer using nanofluids. US Patent US 6,221,275 B1, 2001.

Thesis

  • Ibrahim TK. Modelling and performance enhancements of a gas turbine combined cycle power plant. PhD Thesis. Malaysia: Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 2012.

Online Materials