Scientific paper writing

Online Workshop on

HOW TO WRITE A GOOD JOURNAL PAPER

Wednesday 10 December 2025

(via Webex)

(Contact trainer for in-house training)

Absolutely this workshop is well presented and clear. I am satisfied with this workshop with the tips, hint and sample of previous bad and good paper
- Feedback from previous participant (scroll down to see more comments)

Workshop summary:

The publication of good quality journal papers is the backbone of all research and academic institutions. Academics, researchers and postgraduate students are expected to publish their research work in high impact international journals in order to advance in their career or to fulfil the university requirement. Many inexperienced postgraduate students and young academics often find it difficult to draft a good journal manuscript that is acceptable to editors and reviewers.

In this online workshop, the participants will be guided step-by-step into writing a good quality journal manuscript that is acceptable for publication in high impact journals. This is an ideal workshop for those who are new to publishing and would like to know what it takes to writing a manuscript that meets the standard required by the journal.

How will I benefit?

Know why papers are rejected event without a review
Know why papers are rejected after review
Gauge whether your work is sufficient for a journal manuscript
Learn how to select the best journal to submit your work to
Learn how to review past work succinctly and convincingly
Know how to write a convincing problem statement at the end of your literature review
Learn how to select an interesting and good title that reflects the novelty of your work
Identify the six key elements in a good abstract and write an abstract containing these elements
Learn how to write a structured abstract and convert the abstract into paragraph form
Produce a publishable-quality journal manuscript draft that is ready for submission
Write a promising cover letter to the editor highlighting the novelty and contribution of your work
Know how to respond to reviewer comments so that your paper gets accepted after revision

Who should attend:

Postgraduate students, young academics, research officers or anyone who wants to learn how to write an acceptable-quality journal manuscript.

Workshop content:

Morning session

Objective of workshop

Why are journal papers rejected?

Sample comments from reviewers that lead to rejection

Is your work sufficient for publication?

How to select the right journal?

How to write a good and interesting title that reflects the novelty of your work?

Planning your writing

Activity 1 - List five reasons why you must publish

Activity 2 - Search journal database for papers related to your area

Activity 3 - Assess whether your work is sufficient for publication

Activity 4 - Select the most appropriate journal to send your work to

Activity 5 - Write a good title that reflects novelty

Afternoon session

How review past work?

How to formulate a problem statement

Revisiting your title

Writing the contents (Introduction, Methodology, Results & Discussion and Conclusion)

How to write a good Abstract?

Citations and formatting of references

Revising, editing and proofreading the paper

Submitting the paper

Importance of cover letter

What editors look for?

What reviewers look for?

Authorship issues and ethics in publishing

Responding to reviewer comments

Activity 6 - Judge whether the given abstracts are good or bad

Activity 7 - Write a structured abstract for your paper

Activity 8 - Convert structured abstract to paragraph

Activity 9 - Write a convincing cover letter for your paper

Activity 10 - Identify the role of each author

Workshop duration: Six hours (with short breaks in-between!)

Fee: RM30/- only

Important note: Fee can be paid after the workshop. An invoice giving details of payment will be sent via e-mail. A guided journal template and sample letter to editor will be sent to the participant after receipt of payment.

Registration: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Download sample handout (page 1)

Presenter profile

Dr. Mani Maran Ratnam obtained his B.Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Malaya in 1985 and his Ph.D. from Polytechnic of Wales (UK) in 1991. He has published over 150 journal and conference papers, mainly in the areas of optical metrology and machine vision, has served as reviewer for numerous journals, and is an editorial board member of International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. He is currently a retired professor from Universiti Sains Malaysia, after serving for 26 years. He is also a certified trainer under PSMB (Cert. no. TTT/1227), Ministry of Human Resources.

Past workshop

Online Workshop on How to Write a Good journal Paper' (20 January 2022)

Anonymous student feedback:

Good workshop

perkongsian yang sangat baik,sangat berguna untuk kerjaya saya, banyak ilmu dan tips yang berguna, jika ada perkongsian lain selepas ini, mohon prof maklum saya melalui emel.terima kasih banyak Prof.!

It's informative and useful to us for preparing a journal paper

it is useful for me, thank you so much prof

Maybe should details up the steps or tips to publish at least 1 paper a year. since the review process sometimes take time

Absolutely this workshop is well presented and clear. I am satisfied with this workshop with the tips, hint and sample of previous bad and good paper. Thank you and may god bless you,Prof :).

Thanks a lot to Prof Mani for having this workshop, it's really a rewarding and fruitful talk. I understand more after attending this workshop, the explanation from Prof is clear and knowledgeable. Hope to have more chance in attending workshop like this in future.

good effort Dr hope can continue for better understanding

Thank you so much. Very good sharing.

Thank you so much for the all knowledge given.

This workshop is really helpful!

very interesting, thank you prof..

Its very useful if can f2f and discuss in-depth

Good presentation and explanation.

Very interesting workshop with a lot of useful information. This workshop has provided me with numerous ideas.

very clear and very good workshop

Well executed by Prof Mani. Simple to follow along and applicable.