Submission Preparation Checklist
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 been prepared in accordance with the journal's Instructions for Authors and follows all the journals's policy requirements.
- All authors are listed, each author has participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the content or part of it, and each author has approved the final version of the manuscirpt.
- No part of the manuscript has been, or will be, published elsewhere nor is under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Author Guidelines
IJMLC welcomes author submission of papers concerning any branch of the Machine Learning and Computing and their applications in business, industry and other subjects. Please read the Aims and Scope to gain an overview and assess if your manuscript is suitable for this journal.
Open Journnal System Instruction
IJMLC has adopted the Open Journal System (OJS) with the objective of optimizing the management of the paper reviewing process for the Journal. Paper submissions will no longer be accepted via Email. The OJS assists you with every step of the reviewing process. Authors can also check the status of their papers online and referees will receive automated reminders for their reviews. The instruction for using OJS can be found at https://docs.pkp.sfu.ca/learning-ojs/en/authoring.
Once submiting successfully, you will automatically receive "submission acknowledgement" by email and you will get a manuscirpt ID for your submission. If you have any quesitons after submission, e.g., if you would like to modify the metadata (author information, title, keywords. etc.) or upload a new version, you may add a discussion and leave your comments, see screentshot below. Please note that any questions from email may be deplayed, please only leave your comments here, out editor will reply within two days.
Manuscript Submission Instructions
When submitting papers for potential publication in IJMLC, please submit an original editable word manuscript. All figures, tables, and equations, etc., should be embedded into the original file. Detailed instructions on preparing papers for submission can be found in the IJMLC template.
Please read our ethical publication statement: Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement
About Article Processing Charge (APC)
IJMLC charges nominal publication fee to offset expenses associated with the overall journal operations, publishing and printing, mailing and shipping, website maintenance, etc.
The standard article processing charge is 350 USD. Each paid publication fee is entitled to one published paper, up to 10 pages, including all figures, tables, and references, one printed copy, and online publication on the journal website, additional pages will be charged for 50 USD/page. There are no charges for rejected articles.
If you have reviewed for IJMLC, your will have a special discount and the APC will be 280 USD, please inform the editor about the discount at submission stage. We will send you an email about APC confirmation, and will only further proceed after your confirmation.
Types of Publications
The following article types are applied:
• Article: The journal considers all original research manuscripts provided that the work reports scientifically sound experiments and provides a substantial amount of new information.
• Review: These provide concise and precise updates on the latest progress made in a given area of research.
Data Deposit and Software Source Code
Data Availability
In order to maintain the integrity, transparency and reproducibility of research records, authors are encouraged to provide data availability statement about where data supporting the results reported in this study can be found, including, where applicable, hyperlinks to publicly archived datasets, e.g.,
The datasets generated in this study are available in the [NAME] repository, [weblink].
OR
The datasets generated in this study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Availability of Computer Code, Software and Algorithm
Authors should make available on any unreported custom computer code, software, or algorithm used to generate results that are reported in the study, authors are encouraged to deposit their source code in a recognized, public repository or upload as supplementary information to the publication. The name and version of all software used should be clearly indicated.
About Paper Review
All published journal papers are refereed by the international competent researchers and scientists. Therefore, a full double - blind international refereeing process is used in which:
• Papers are sent to reviewers for their peer review process.
• The reviewers' recommendations determine whether a paper will be accepted / accepted subject to change / subject to resubmission with significant changes / rejected.
For papers which require changes, the same reviewers will be used to ensure that the quality of the revised paper is acceptable.
All papers are refereed, and the Editor-in-Chief reserves the right to refuse any typescript, whether on invitation or otherwise, and to make suggestions and/or modifications before publication.
For more details about peer-review, please refer to Editorial Process.
Copyright Notice
For articles published in IJMLC, copyright will be retained by the authors. Articles are licensed under an open access Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license, which means all papers can be downloaded, shared, and reused without restriction, as long as the original authors are properly cited. These conditions allow for maximum use and exposure of the work, while ensuring that the authors receive proper credit.
In exceptional circumstances articles may be licensed differently. If you have specific condition (such as one linked to funding) that does not allow this license, please mention this to the editorial office of the journal at submission.
Permissions for Reproducing Published Material in Your Work
Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce any published material (figures, schemes, tables or any extract of a text) which does not fall into the public domain, or for which they do not hold the copyright. Permission should be requested by the authors from the copyright holder (usually the Publisher, please refer to the imprint of the individual publications to identify the copyright holder).
The copyright holder may give you instructions on the form of acknowledgement to be followed; otherwise follow the style: "Reproduced with permission from [author], [journal title]; published by [publisher], [year], [reference number].” at the end of the caption of the Table or Figure. In order to avoid unnecessary delays in the publication process, authors should start obtaining permissions as early as possible. When submitting your article, please upload the permission together with the rest of your files.
Privacy Statement
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
