scholarly journals INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME 10 : 2012

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alias Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Urban And Regional Planning ◽  
Great Achievement ◽  
Planning Profession ◽  
Hands On ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Knowledge Seeking

This year MIP is celebrating its 40 years old. Although she was in existence for almost half a century with a lot of ‘up and down’ and ‘bitter and sweet’ recalls in championing the novel course of planning profession in the country, the consistency of publication of Planning Malaysia Journal only could be realized since 2003.Started with four editorial board members and difficulties in chasing the articles from the planning fraternities, now in its volume 10lh the Journal is well-received by the members as well as the academic community. This is due to perhaps, the awareness for knowledge seeking and improvement among the members as the articles touch on wide spectrum of our daily planning issues. It is indeed a great achievement to the Institute as we strive to encourage more members and academics to write and share new ideas on planning and urban development.The main objective of this journal is to offer a platform for town planners to share ideas and experiences on urban and regional planning stuffs. Ideas and thoughts may be generated from research, studies undertaken or actual hands-on experiences of planners and academics. MIP hopes the journal can offer a healthier insight to all planners so that their roles as town planners can be eloquently appreciated by the public.We expect to outspread the circulation of this journal to non-planning related organizations and institutions that has indirect role in planning within and outside the country. We hope this issue will serve the purpose and welcome any comment for improvement in the future issue.As a President, I would like to acknowledge and congratulate the authors and the Journal’s Editorial Board Members for their dedication and continuous support to the Institute.Thank you and happy reading.

scholarly journals INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME 9 : 2011

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alias Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Urban And Regional Planning ◽  
The Public ◽  
Great Achievement ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Hands On ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Continuous Support ◽  
Knowledge Seeking

MIP is once again proudly to riposte its ninth volume of Planning Malaysia. Since its inception in 2003, the Journal was well-received by the members as well as the academic fraternity. This is due to perhaps, the awareness for knowledge seeking and improvement among the members as the articles touch on wide spectrum of our daily planning issues. It is indeed a great achievement to the Institute as we strive to encourage more members and academics to write and share new ideas on planning and urban development.As any other professional based publication, one of the main objectives of this journal is to offer a platform for town planners to share ideas and experiences on urban and regional planning matters. These ideas and thoughts may be generated from research, studies undertaken or actual hands-on experiences of planners and academics. MIP hopes the journal can offer a healthier insight to all planners so that their roles as town planners can be meaningfully appreciated by the public and authorities.Apart from the MIP’s contribution to the planning circle, Planning Malaysia is also extended to various planning related organizations, institutions of higher learning as well as to all members of the institute. We anticipate to eventually extending the circulation of this journal to non-planning related organizations and institutions that has an indirect role in planning within and outside the country. We hope this issue will serve the purpose and welcome any feedback for the improvement in the forthcoming issue.As a new preside President, I would like to acknowledge and congratulate the new journal’s Editor-in-Chief, Professor Dato’ Dr. Mansor Ibrahim and his team for the dedication and continuous support to the Institute.Thank you and happy reading.

scholarly journals INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME 13 : 2015

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazri Mohd Noordin
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Urban And Regional Planning ◽  
Great Achievement ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Hands On ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Knowledge Seeking

MIP is once again proudly to riposte its eleventh volume of Planning Malaysia. Since its inception in 2003, the Journal was well-received by the members as well as the academic fraternity. This is due to perhaps, the awareness for knowledge seeking and improvement among the members as the articles touch on wide spectrum of our daily planning issues. It is indeed a great achievement to the Institute as we strive to encourage more members and academics to write and share new ideas on planning and urban development. Urban and Regional Planning is very broad based subject that covers technical and political process concerned with the control of the use of land and design of the urban environment, including transportation networks, to guide and ensure the orderly development of settlement and communities. The wide ranging topics in this issue reflect the various dimensions of sustainable cities and urban planning that is holistic and comprehensive. One of the key objectives of this issue is to provide a platform for town planners to share new ideas and experiences on cities and urban planning. Such new ideas are by research, studies undertaken or actual hands-on experiences of planners. Thus I hope this issue provides a better insight to all readers of the broad dimensions that urban or town planning has and the role of town planners play in growth and development of the nation.Apart from the MIP’s contribution to the planning circle, Planning Malaysia is also extended to various planning related organizations, institutions of higher learning as well as to all members of the institute. We anticipate to eventually extending the circulation of this journal to non-planning related organizations and institutions that has an indirect role in planning within and outside the country. We hope this issue will serve the purpose and welcome any feedback for the improvement in the forthcoming issue.As a new presiding President, I would like to acknowledge and congratulate the new journal’s Editor-in-Chief, Professor Dato’ Dr. Mansor Ibrahim and his team for the dedication and continuous support to the Institute. Thank you and happy reading.

scholarly journals INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME 11 : 2013

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazri Mohd Noordin
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Great Achievement ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Hands On ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Knowledge Seeking

MIP is once again proudly to riposte its eleventh volume of Planning Malaysia. Since its inception in 2003, the Journal was well-received by the members as well as the academic fraternity. This is due to perhaps, the awareness for knowledge seeking and improvement among the members as the articles touch on wide spectrum of our daily planning issues. It isindeed a great achievement to the Institute as we strive to encourage more members and academics to write and share new ideas on planning and urban development.Urban and Regional Planning is very broad based subject that covers technical and political process concerned with the control of the use of land and design of the urban environment, including transportation networks, to guide and ensure the orderly development of settlement and communities. The wide ranging topics in this issue reflect the various dimensions of sustainable cities and urban planning that is holistic and comprehensive. One of the key objectives of this issue is to provide a platform for town planners to share new ideas and experiences on cities and urban planning. Such new ideas are by research, studies undertaken or actual hands-on experiences of planners. Thus I hope this issue provides a better insight to all readers of the broad dimensions that urban or town planning has and the role of town planners play in growth and development of the nation. Apart from the MIP’s contribution to the planning circle, Planning Malaysia is also extended to various planning related organizations, institutions of higher learning as well as to all members of the institute. We anticipate to eventually extending the circulation of this journal to non-planning related organizations and institutions that has an indirect role in planning within and outside the country. We hope this issue will serve the purpose and welcome any feedback for the improvement in the forthcoming issue. As a new preside President, I would like to acknowledge and congratulate the new journal’s Editor-in-Chief, Professor Dato’ Dr. Mansor Ibrahim and his team for the dedication and continuous support to the Institute.Thank you and happy reading.

scholarly journals INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME 12 : 2014

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazri Mohd Noordin
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Great Achievement ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Hands On ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Knowledge Seeking

MIP is once again proudly to riposte its eleventh volume of Planning Malaysia. Since its inception in 2003, the Journal was well-received by the members as well as the academic fraternity. This is due to perhaps, the awareness for knowledge seeking and improvement among the members as the articles touch on wide spectrum of our daily planning issues. It is indeed a great achievement to the Institute as we strive to encourage more members and academics to write and share new ideas on planning and urban development.Urban and Regional Planning is very broad based subject that covers technical and political process concerned with the control of the use of land and design of the urban environment, including transportation networks, to guide and ensure the orderly development of settlement and communities. The wide ranging topics in this issue reflect the various dimensions of sustainable cities and urban planning that is holistic and comprehensive. One of the key objectives of this issue is to provide a platform for town planners to share new ideas and experiences on cities and urban planning. Such new ideas are by research, studies undertaken or actual hands-on experiences of planners. Thus I hope this issue provides a better insight to all readers of the broad dimensions that urban or town planning has and the role of town planners play in growth and development of the nation.Apart from the MIP’s contribution to the planning circle, Planning Malaysia is also extended to various planning related organizations, institutions of higher learning as well as to all members of the institute. We anticipate to eventually extending the circulation of this journal to non-planning related organizations and institutions that has an indirect role in planning within and outside the country. We hope this issue will serve the purpose and welcome any feedback for the improvement in the forthcoming issue. As a new preside President, I would like to acknowledge and congratulate the new journal’s Editor-in-Chief, Professor Dato’ Dr. Mansor Ibrahim and his team for the dedication and continuous support to the Institute. Thank you and happy reading.

scholarly journals INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME 5 : 2007

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norliza Hashim
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Great Achievement ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Hands On ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Continuous Support

MIP is once again proud to produce its fifth volume of Planning Malaysia. It is indeed a great achievement to the Institute as we strive to encourage members to write and share new ideas on planning and urban development.The wide ranging topics in this journal reflect the various dimensions of urban planning that is holistic and comprehensive. One of the key objectives of this journal is to provide a platform for town planners to share new ideas and experiences on urban planning. Such new ideas are by research, studies undertaken or actual hands-on experiences of planners. Thus we hope this journal provides a better insight to all readers of the broad dimensions that urban or town planning has and the role town planners play in growth and development of the nation.Planning Malaysia is Malaysian Institute of Planners gift to the industry and to date we have extended the journal to various planning related organizations, institutions of higher learning as well as to all members of the Institute. We hope to eventually extend the circulation of this journal to non-planning related organisations and institutions that play an indirect role in planning within and outside the country as we hope to share the Malaysian experience with as many others.Congratulations once again to the Editor-in-Chief, Dr Alias Abdullah and his team of Editorial Board for the dedication and continuous support to the InstituteThank you.

scholarly journals Notes from the editor

2002 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 480-480
Keyword(s):  
Political Theory ◽  
Comparative Politics ◽  
Executive Committee ◽  
International Politics ◽  
Editorial Policy ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Editorial Office ◽  
First Line ◽  
New Ideas

The first thing most readers will notice about this issue is the cover, which is colored blue this time and is adorned by a clock to signify “Taking Temporality Seriously,” the first article in the issue. After noting the cover (admiringly, I hope) and browsing through the table of contents, readers are hereby invited to shift their attention briefly to the roster of editorial board members inside the cover. There they will see something new: as previewed in an earlier “Notes from the Editor,” an executive committee of the Review's editorial board is now in operation. The six-member executive committee consists of four representatives of major subfields of the discipline (Darren Davis for American politics, James Morrow for international politics, Kirstie McClure for political theory, and Sven Steinmo for comparative politics) and two “at-large” members (Neta Crawford and Robert Goodin). The members of the executive committee are intended to be the “first among equals” in advising me on matters of editorial policy, serving as an initial sounding board and source of new ideas before issues come to the full editorial board. Pertinent examples of the committee's responsibilities include planning an appropriate commemoration of the Review's centenary and revisiting our procedures for handling “Forum” submissions and responses. Executive committee members also constitute a first line of defense in advising me when issues arise concerning particular manuscripts, though such responsibilities tend to be infrequent and, given the diversity of the manuscripts we consider, are fairly widely dispersed among members of the editorial board rather than confined solely to executive committee members. All editorial board members also share responsibility for “recruiting” promising manuscripts within their areas of expertise, but executive committee members are asked to be especially active in this regard. Finally, it is the executive committee that will, early in 2003, review the performance of our editorial office in general and my performance as editor in particular. With the latter point in mind, I want to emphasize (1) that I selected the executive committee with an eye toward diversity of various sorts (substantive, theoretical, methodological, demographic, and so on), and (2) that the executive committee consists of individuals with whom I have not been associated professionally or personally, apart from my familiarity with their work, and with whom I have no more than a nodding acquaintance, if that.

scholarly journals Message from the Principle/Editor-in-Chief Vol.1(1)

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Madhu Sudan Kayastha
Keyword(s):  
Research Finding ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Research Material ◽  
Research Organizations ◽  
Science Management ◽  
International College ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Continuous Support ◽  
College Of Engineering

 Warm welcome to the first issue of KATHFORD Journal!!! It is my pleasure and great privilege to present this journal "Kathford Journal of Engineering and Management (KJEM), a blind peer-reviewed journal of Kathford International College of Engineering and Management. This journal covers the various field of Engineering, applied science, management and others related fields. It encourages interested professionals, academics and research organizations working in the above field to share new ideas or new perspectives on existing research. I hope that the academicians, researchers and practitioners will make good use of this valuable research material and continue their research finding for the publication in this journal. I also would like to hear the constructive and valuable suggestions on improving our journal further. At last but not least, on the behalf of committee and myself, I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to contributors, editorial board members and looking forward for continuous support.

scholarly journals Methodology, theoretical framework and scholarly significance: An overview of International best practices in legal research

1970 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-241
Author(s):  
Rhuks Ako ◽  
Damiola S. Olawuyi
Keyword(s):  
Journal Article ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
New Ideas

Communicating the results of painstaking legal research efforts is arguably as important as conducting the research itself. Established international publication outlets apply diverse submission guidelines for prospective authors. One common currency, however, is that getting a research paper from conception to publication, as a journal article, book chapter, or forum paper, requires an author to demonstrate a potential contribution to knowledge in the field. This requires a systematic research approach that unpacks contemporary issues in an analytical manner; a clear and concise presentation of ideas with focus on effectiveness; adoption of tested theoretical frameworks to underpin new ideas; and a careful proofreading of manuscript to ensure that a prospective publication meets the expected standards of good quality contribution to theory, practice or policy. This article discusses the indispensable standards and important guidelines that authors should weigh before writing papers for publication, most especially for internationally recognized journals. The authors draw on their experiences as Editorial Board members of national and international journals to unpack key theoretical, methodological and practical issues that legal researchers should consider when developing legal research papers.Keywords: Legal Research, Methodology, Theory, Pedagogy, Legal Training, Scholarship

scholarly journals The Highlander: The Art of Decolonising Publishing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Heneise
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Northeast India ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Great Achievement ◽  
New Space ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Opening Up

In 2015, I embarked on a new project with my former PhD supervisor at Edinburgh: to create a respected area studies journal of Highland Asia that would be both accessible and accountable to the communities where, and with whom, we do our research: Highland Asia! We successfully built up an editorial board of renowned scholars, convinced the Edinburgh University Library to be our publisher, and soon we had our journal online, with a short first issue free to download anywhere. However, we suddenly realised that we had lost something in the process. While we now engage with the global academic community, offering excellent peer-review, and editorial value to authors, we also found we were beginning to replicate a publishing model we were trying to get away from. Like pay-wall journals we were operating in a space at a distance, closed off, and culturally inaccessible to the communities we were eager to engage with. Can Open Access forge new pathways that are different from the pay-wall journals and big publishers? In recent months, we have started to look at our old notes, to see where we might regain our footing, to get back that ‘anarchist’ DIY inspiration! Providing free downloadable PDFs is good, but it is no great achievement anymore. How can we meaningfully bridge the worlds we work in so that knowledge production itself is more open? In our case, we think one approach is to open up the entire publishing process. In addition to indigenous authors and reviewers, we want to engage proof-readers, copyeditors, typesetters, photographers, cover designers, printers and remote college departments and libraries across the Himalayas. We have only started exploring this in 2020, but in the process we have discovered that there is great demand, for example, for printed versions. Easily produced locally, we could set up a basic subscription model, and stock local college libraries, book stores, and coffee shops in Northeast India, Bhutan, Sikkim, and Nepal. By opening up, and engaging in dialogue with local scholars, librarians, designers, and artists we have found all kinds of opportunities that help our journal move in the direction of being truly ‘Open Access’ in every way. In Edinburgh, we have also found a community of PhD students doing research on the Himalayas, excited to learn about publishing. We are forming an editorial collective that is now connecting with our community in Asia, offering additional contacts that can facilitate research exchange. Our journal remains experimental. We have, for example, decided to go with a rolling publishing model instead of distinct issues. I also want to engage my own students in Tromsø, especially in editorial management. I also hope we can develop synergies with the Open Access community in Norway. Beyond library publishing, we see an opportunity to create a new space, instead of combatting an old space dominated by for-profit publishers. Finally, by crossing borders, and truly opening up in this way, we also push this idea of knowledge production towards greater accountability. Indeed we are calling for truly tangible ways in decolonising publishing.

Why Is Safe Science Good Science?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilla Kao ◽  
Che-I Kao ◽  
Russell Furr
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Good Science ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Safety Requirements ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Obvious Benefit ◽  
New Ideas

In science, safety can seem unfashionable. Satisfying safety requirements can slow the pace of research, make it cumbersome, or cost significant amounts of money. The logic of rules can seem unclear. Compliance can feel like a negative incentive. So besides the obvious benefit that safety keeps one safe, why do some scientists preach "safe science is good science"? Understanding the principles that underlie this maxim might help to create a strong positive incentive to incorporate safety into the pursuit of groundbreaking science.<div><br></div><div>This essay explains how safety can enhance the quality of an experiment and promote innovation in one's research. Being safe induces a researcher to have <b>greater control</b> over an experiment, which reduces the <b>uncertainty</b> that characterizes the experiment. Less uncertainty increases both <b>safety</b> and the <b>quality</b> of the experiment, the latter including <b>statistical quality</b> (reproducibility, sensitivity, etc.) and <b>countless other properties</b> (yield, purity, cost, etc.). Like prototyping in design thinking and working under the constraint of creative limitation in the arts, <b>considering safety issues</b> is a hands-on activity that involves <b>decision-making</b>. Making decisions leads to new ideas, which spawns <b>innovation</b>.</div>

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