Research Guides

 

Bibliography & Citation Tools

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Writing Tools

1. Free Academic Research Tools

2. Free Online Plagiarism Checker

3. Grammarly@EDU (Register & enter access code: fRloeoiShLBD6i2R). Sign-Up Process for Grammarly@edu Users (premium version) | Video Tutorial

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Garis Panduan Penerbitan Jurnal Ilmiah | Submission Guidelines

1. Garis Panduan Penerbitan Jurnal Ilmiah Malaysia

2. Indikator Jurnal Berkualiti 

3. http://thinkchecksubmit.org that helps the researchers to identify trusted journals for publication. It contains a simple checklist researchers can use to assess the credentials of a journal or publisher.

     

6 ways to spot a Predatory Journal:

  1. Always check the website thoroughly
  2. Check if the journal is a member of DOAJ, COPE, OASPA or STM
  3. Check the journal’s contact information
  4. Research the editorial board
  5. Take a look at their peer review process and publication timelines
  6. Read through past issues of the journal      

  Choose a trustworthy journal for your research. Think. Check. Submit. Click Video Guide 

 

Predatory / Blacklisted Journals & Publishers

Here are few useful guides regarding this issue on predatory journals:

1. Tips and tools to spot predatory journal publishers

2. Check out Open Access Journal Quality Indicators

3. Retraction Watch – A blog that reports on retractions of scientific papers

4. Senarai Penerbit Jurnal dan Jurnal yang Tidak Diiktiraf oleh KPT

5. Senarai Penerbit yang Diiktiraf KPT

6. Beall's List of Potential Predatory Journals and Publishers

7. Stop Predatory Journals

8. List of Standalone Journals: Potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access journals

9. Scopus Discontinued List of Journals

10. WoS / JCR Suppression List of Journals

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List of Articles about Predatory Journals

1. Elsevier Response Scopus Predatory Journals

2. Predatory publishing in Scopus: evidence on cross‑country differences

3. Blacklists and Whitelists To Tackle Predatory Publishing: a Cross-Sectional Comparison and Thematic Analysis

4. Predatory journals: no definition, no defence

5. Hundreds of 'predatory' journals indexed on leading scholarly database 

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List of Indexed Journal

Indeks Jurnal

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SCOPUS

• Scopus journal title list 2022 (updated Jan 2022)

• Scopus journal title list 2021 (updated Dec 2021)

 

MALAYSIAN INDEXED JOURNALS

• MYCITE – Malaysian Citation Index Database

• Malaysian Journals in Scopus, WOS & ESCI

 

ERA

• ERA 2015

• ERA 2018

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Writing Tools

Grammarly@EDU (Register & enter access code: fRloeoiShLBD6i2R)

• Sign-Up Process for Grammarly@edu Users (premium version) | Video Tutorial

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Guides | Mendeley

• UniSZA Step-by-step video Tutorial 

• Getting started with Mendeley (pdf format : Desktop / Web / API | Video Tutorial)

• How to import your documents (Video Tutorial)

• How to organize your documents (Video Tutorial)

• How to generate citations (Video Tutorial)

• How to find articles quickly (Video Tutorial)

• How to remove duplicates (Video Tutorial)

• How to merge duplicates (Video Tutorial)

• How to create and use groups (Video Tutorial)

• Mendeley Manual for Librarians 

 

Guides | Zero Draf of Thesis (ZDoT)

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Australian Research Council