International Journal of Mechatronics, Electrical and Computer Technology (IJMEC)

ISSN:     2305-0543 (Online),  ISSN: 2411-6173 (Print) 

Email:  ijmec@aeuso.org 

Sponsored by:    IEEE Consultants Network Nigeria Section

Frequency:         4 issues in a year (Quarterly) from 2011

International Journal of Mechatronics, Electrical and Computer Technology (IJMEC), is a free-of-charge, peer-reviewed, open-access journal, that is Sponsored by IEEE Consultants Network Nigeria Section and its objective is to discuss through papers, new theoretical developments, and techniques and demonstrate the scientific results in the field of Mechatronics, Robotic, Electrical, Computer technology and their application to real-world problems. The journal welcomes manuscripts (previously unpublished) that meet the criteria of significance and scientific for all original papers, review papers, and short communication papers, from the research centers, universities, and industries. All the contents are freely available electronically (free access to the full text) and can be distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC).

WARRANTIES AND COPYRIGHTS:

   By submitting this manuscript, the author(s) warrant that the entire work is original, unpublished, and is not submitted to another journal simultaneously; all text, data, figures, tables, and other illustrations included in this article are completely original. All authors are responsible for the complete contents of this manuscript. The author(s) warrant that the work contains no unlawful or libelous statements and liable materials, do not infringe on any copyrights, intellectual property rights, personal rights, or rights of any kind of others, and does not contain any plagiarized, fraudulent, improperly attributed materials, instructions, procedures, information or ideas that might cause any harm, damage, injury, losses or costs of any kind to person or property. To comply with the U.S. Copyright Law, a Copyright Transfer Form that transfers the copyright of the article to the publisher must be completed by the author(s) before publication of an accepted article in this journal. Authors must submit a signed copy of the Copyright Transfer Agreement with their manuscripts.

ETHICAL ISSUES

   Authors cannot submit a manuscript for publication to other journals simultaneously. It is a waste of valuable resources because editors and referees spend a great deal of time processing submitted manuscripts. Also, it's unethical to republish similar research articles (text/figures/tables) again because journals have limited page space and it most likely violates copyrights that have already been transferred to the first journal. Therefore, all journals require a signed author's copyright transfer agreement stating the originality of the research work submitted through a manuscript. As stated above authors should submit original, new, and unpublished research work to the journal. The ethical issues such as plagiarism, fraudulent and duplicate publication, violation of copyrights, authorship, and conflict of interest are serious issues concerning ethical integrity when submitting a manuscript to a journal for publication.

ACADEMIC STANDARDS

   We follow a stringent peer review policy. Each article is first evaluated by the editor-in-chief for the originality and scientific rigor of its research. If it passes this first test, the editor-in-chief assigns at least two peer reviewers, to determine whether it meets the rigorous scientific standards, whether it requires revisions, or whether it should be rejected. Only original material that meets IJMEC editorial standards will be published.