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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 not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

The author should follow these guidelines to prepare articles for submission.

  • For corresponding and submission, the author should register with MATAI before submitting a paper.
  • Articles must be written in English and related to the journal's scope that has not been published elsewhere.
  • The article must be A4-sized, single-spaced, 12-pt Times New Roman Font, and 10-15 pages or between 3500 – 7000 words in length.
  • In the abstract, minimize the use of abbreviations and do not cite references. The abstract should be between 150 and 300 words. The text of the abstract section should be in 11-point standard Times New Roman.
  • Upon receiving the paper, we will send a notification to the author immediately.
  • The process of peer review may take 2-4 months.
  • We will send an acceptance letter via e-mail to the author indicating the acceptance or rejection and publication date.
  • The author must use the template provided and meet the formatting requirements.
  • Research papers should consist of:
    • Title (Times New Roman font size 14-pt, Bold type and centered)
    • The author's full name (s) without title(s), institution, and e-mail address.
    • Abstract (approximately 150-300 words)
    • Keywords (not more than five words/phrases)
    • Introduction (containing background of the study, review of related literature, and research purpose/statement of the problem)
    • Methods
    • Findings and Discussion
    • Conclusions
    • References
  • Non-Research papers should consist of:
    • Title (Times New Roman font size 14-pt, Bold type and centered)
    • Full name of contributor(s) without title(s), institution, and e-mail address
    • Abstract (approximately 150-300 words)
    • Keywords (not more than five words/phrases)
    • Introduction and discussion
    • Suggestions
    • References
  • Articles should use APA Style format.

Copyright Notice

Authors who decide to share their articles with this journal must agree with these requisites:

1. The author, as the copyright owner, gives Matai the right to publish their work 

2. Authors can share their articles, but they have to use Matai's published version by acknowledging Matai as the source. 

3. Authors are encouraged to share their work online in order to let people know about their articles which can lead to more citations of the published work.

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