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Author Guidelines
Submission of articles for Vol. 8, Issue 1 (January 2022 issue) could be done until 15th Aug 2021. Please e-
mail your manuscripts to: aei.insights@um.edu.my

Scope of Journal: Articles of bi-regional interest covering Ahmad, A & Andi, B. (2014). A brief introduction to history
Asia and Europe which may involve topics related to: of Selangor. In Abdul, A & C. Abu (eds.), Introduction to
ASEAN, ASEM, East Asia, EU, geo-politics, geo-strategies, history of Malaysia (pp.11-21). Kuala Lumpur: UM Press.
global governance, international co-operation, international
organisations, political economy, regional values, d) Article
regionalism, social issues in bio-diversity, and sustainable Author, A. & Author, B. (publication year). Title of article.
development. Title of journal, number of volume, pp-pp.
For example:
Manuscript Style: Authors should format submissions in Ahmad, A & Andi, B. (2014). A brief introduction to history
Times New Roman with a 12-point font size and single- of Malaysia. UM Journal of History, 10:20-31.
spaced. Manuscripts should follow the American
Psychological Association (APA) guidelines. For details of e) Conference proceeding
the APA style, kindly refer to http://www.apastyle.org/ Author, A. & Author, B. (publication year). Title of article.
In Editor, A & B. Editor (eds.), Title of conference
Manuscript Length and Language: Article length should proceeding (pp-pp). Location: Name of publisher.
be 6,000–8,000 words and include a concise abstract of 200– For example:
300 words. Papers must be written using UK English. Ahmad, A & Andi, B. (2014). A brief introduction to history
of Selangor. In Abdul, A & C. Abu (eds.), Proceeding of the
Contents of Manuscript: Manuscript layout: 1. Title page, UM history conference (pp.11-21). Kuala Lumpur: UM
2. Abstract and key words (up to five key words), 3. Main Press.
text, 4. References. Please use footnotes and place tables and
figures at the end of the paper. f) Conference presentation
Author, A. & Author, B. (publication year). Title of
Contents of Title Page: The title page should include the conference presentation. Paper presented at the name of
following information: 1. Title of the manuscript, 2. Name of conference, location.
author(s), 3. Full address of author(s), 4. Telephone and Fax For example:
numbers, 5. Email address. The name of author who will Ahmad, A & Andi, B. (2014). A brief introduction to history
handle correspondence should be mentioned in the title of Perak. Paper presented at the UM history conference,
page. Kuala Lumpur.

Acknowledgement: All sources of research grants g) Thesis
sponsored by an organisation should be acknowledged Author, A. (publication year). Title of thesis
within the manuscript. (Doctorial/Master’s thesis). Name of Department, Name of
University
Reference Style: For example:
Please follow APA Citation Style (Available in Endnote® Ahmad, A. (2014). Economic development and investments
citation manager software) in Penang (Doctorial Thesis). Department of East Asian
a) In-text citation Studies, University of Malaya.
In-text citations should consist of surname(s) of author(s)
and publication year. h) Internet material
For example: Author, A. (publication year). Title of internet material.
Malaysia has suffered from colonial rule (Ahmad, 2014). Retrieved from http://www.aaa, [accessed on data of access].
Ahmad (2014) suggested that Malaysia has suffered from For example:
colonial rule. Ahmad, A. (2014). Introduction to history of Kedah.
Retrieved from http://www.um.edu.my, [accessed on 19
b) Book March 2014].
Author, A. (publication year). Title of book. Location: Name
of publisher.
For example:
Ahmad, A (2014). History of Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: UM
Press.

c) Chapter in Book
Author, A. & Author, B. (publication year). Title of article.
In Editor, A & B. Editor (eds.), Title of book (pp-pp).
Location: Name of publisher.
For example: