Author Guidelines

Submission Guidelines

Call for Original Submissions

We invite researchers, academicians, and professionals to submit their original and unpublished manuscripts to the Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (MURJET). The journal aims to promote high-quality research in all fields and applications of engineering and technology. Submissions must meet the journal’s rigorous standards for originality, technical quality, and relevance. There is no specific deadline for the submission or acceptance of manuscripts. Each submission undergoes a thorough suitability check followed by a double-blind peer review process before final acceptance. The average time from submission to acceptance varies between six weeks to six months, depending on the timeliness of reviewer responses and the authors' compliance with revision requests.

Before Submission

Authors are encouraged to carefully review the Journal's Scope and Policies of Publication Ethics, Open Access, and Plagiarism before submitting their manuscript to the MURJET. Submissions must meet the following prerequisites.

• Originality: The manuscript must represent original work and should not have been previously published or be under consideration elsewhere.


• Permissions: Authors are responsible for obtaining all necessary permissions for photos, datasets, or other materials included in the manuscript.


• Authorship: All listed authors must consent to be identified as contributors and must approve the final manuscript.


• Ethics Approval: If applicable, research must be approved by an appropriate ethics committee in accordance with the legal requirements of the study's country.


• Declaration Form: All authors must complete and submit the journal’s prescribed Declaration at the time of manuscript submission.

Manuscript Preparation

Manuscripts must follow the structure (in order) of Title, Authors’ Details, Abstract (up to 300 words), Keywords (5-6), Introduction, Main Body (mainly Methodology or Experimental or Materials and Methods, and Results and Discussion), Conclusions, Acknowledgments (if applicable) and References. The manuscripts must also adhere to the following formatting and stylistic requirements.

• The manuscript should be written in good English.


• The first page should include the full title, names and affiliations of all authors, and the email address of the corresponding author. The title should be concise, and the abstract can stand alone as a summary of the work. Also ensure that the authors' names are listed and ordered correctly. No additions or deletions will be allowed after successful suitability check of the submission


• The text should be single-spaced, use a 12-point Times New Roman font, and employ italics rather than underlining (except for URLs).


• Illustrations, figures, and tables must be placed within the text at appropriate points rather than at the end and must be correctly numbered and labelled.


• References must be accurate, complete and cited in the text using numbers in square brackets, and the reference list should follow the IEEE referencing style, arranged in the order they appear in the text.


• Ensuring that the due permissions for all photos, datasets, or other materials have been obtained.

Submit Manuscript

Authors are required to submit their manuscript (prepare as per above guidelines in an editable file format, e.g. Microsoft Word, RTF, OpenOffice) along with a signed Declaration via the journal's online submission system. Registration is required for first-time users. Upon successful registration, authors can upload their submissions directly to the portal.

After Submission:

Suitability Check
All submissions undergo an editorial desk review conducted by one of our editors to evaluate whether they align with the journal's aim, scope, and other outlined requirements. Upon successful completion of the suitability check, authors will be required to fulfill the following prerequisites to proceed to the peer-review stage.

1. Submit the manuscript formatted into the MURJET Article Template.


2. Submit the completed and signed Copyright Agreement.


3. Pay the Processing Fee: A non-refundable processing fee of PKR 20,000/- must be paid via cheque or online transfer. Payment should be made in favour of ‘Publication Officer, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro’ to the following account. Please send original cheque or a scanned copy of the payment receipt (with a transaction ID) as proof of transaction in case of direct transfer.
   
   
   
   • Account Number: 00720165821803
   
   
   • Bank Name: Habib Bank Limited
   
   
   • Branch: MUET Branch, Branch code: 0072
   
   
   • Swift Code: HABBPKKA
   
   
   • IBAN: PK75HABB00
   
   
   
   


4. Submit the names, official email addresses, and affiliations of five potential reviewers in the relevant field of your manuscript. At least two of the proposed reviewers must be from countries other than the authors' residence, ensuring international diversity and expertise.

Peer Review

Following a successful suitability check and completing all prerequisites, the manuscript undergoes a double-blind peer review by experts or scholars in the relevant field of study. In accordance with the journal’s policy, at least one of the peer reviewers must be affiliated with an institution outside the authors’ country/ies of affiliation.

The final decision regarding the manuscript is communicated to the authors based on the peer review evaluations that is formally endorsed by the editorial board. Upon acceptance, the corresponding author receives the copyedited manuscript for proofreading. Once finalized, the manuscript is published in the designated journal issue. Authors may request an official acceptance letter prior to the publication of their manuscript.