The document provides biographical information about two speakers for an upcoming seminar on publishing in high-quality journals: 1) Alvin K. Mulashani, who has degrees in oil and natural gas engineering from XSYU and CUG and works in the School of Earth Resources at Wuhan University. 2) Ibrahim AL-Wesabi, who has degrees in artificial intelligence from SU and CUG and is pursuing a PhD in artificial intelligence and optimization algorithms for renewable energy resources at Wuhan University. The seminar will be held on September 22nd at the Silk Road Institute campus and discuss topics such as introducing artificial intelligence and bioinspired algorithms, using AI in renewable energy, publishing background,

1. ABOUT
ME
• Alvin K. Mulashani
• School of Earth Resources
• In Wuhan since 2018
• B.Eng., MSc and PhD in oil &
Natural gas Engineering
• XSYU, MSc, 2018
• CUG, Ph.D. 2021
丝路博士论坛
Silk Road Doctor Forum
Place: Silk Road Institute (212)Nanwangshan
Campus, CUG
Date: 2022年09月22日)

2. Dr. Fang Zhijian
Ibrahim AL-Wesabi
Topic: Publishing in a High Quality Journal
Speaker: Ibrahim AL-Wesabi
Supervisor: Professor Fang Zhijian

3. PROFILE
 Ibrahim Alwesabi
 School of Automation
 In Wuhan since 2016
 A PhD in the field of Artificial
Intelligence and Optimization
Algorithms in Renewable
Energy Recourses
 SU, BScs, 2014
 CUG, MSc. 2020

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Contents.
 Introduction of the Artificial Intelligence (AI)
and Nature bioinspired Algorithms
 Artificial Intelligence in Renewable Energy
 Background About Publication
 Types of Papers (in general)
 Writing Quality Papers
 The general review process
 Choosing the appropriate journal
 Submitting your manuscript
CONTENTS

5. What is the Artificial Intelligence?
 Artificial intelligence is a technology that enables
a computer to think or act in a more human way.
 It does this by taking the information from it's
surrounding and deciding its response based on
what it learns or sense
 Increased Efficiency. One of the greatest advantages
of AI systems is that they enable humans to be more
efficient. ...
 Improved Workflows. ...
 Lower Human Error Rates. ...
 Deeper Data Analysis. ...
 More Informed Decision Making. ...
 24 / 7 Availability.
Advantages
of Artificial
Intelligence
 Introduction of the AI and Nature bioinspired Algorithms

6.  Introduction of the AI and Nature bioinspired Algorithms
What is a nature-inspired algorithm?
 Nature-inspired algorithms are a set of novel problem-
solving methodologies and approaches derived from
natural processes.
 Some of the popular examples of nature-inspired
optimization algorithms include:
 genetic algorithm,
 particle swarm optimization,
 cuckoo search algorithm,
 ant colony optimization and so on.

7.  AI and in Nature-inspired Algorithm in Renewable Energy
What is renewable energy and examples?
 Renewable energy sources are energy sources that
are always being replenished. They can never be
depleted. Some examples of renewable energy
sources are solar energy, wind energy,
hydropower, geothermal energy, and biomass
energy.
What are the benefits of using AI in renewable
energy sector?
 AI in renewable energy sector can help: 1. Build
Smart, Centralized Control Centers 2. Improved
Integration of Microgrids 3. Improve Safety and
Reliability 4. Expand the Market 5. Build Smart
Grid with Intelligent Storage
 The power grids generate a large amount of data
and data patterns. Based on this data, energy
companies can make decisions and improve supply
chain management.

8.  Background About Publication
 Facts
Before we start, you must know that
 Your research is worthless unless it is published.
 The value of an article increases when it is being
cited in other research articles.
 The publication is the knowledge sharing
 You “Publish or Perish”

9.  Background About Publication
 Attention
Our focus here will be on the most beneficial publications
types for the graduate students to fulfill the graduation
requirements in their research journeys (Journal and
conference papers)

10.  Background About Publication
 Aims of Publication
Aims of publication are including:
 To build the author's record (CV & reputation) of research
contributions in form of papers.
 To guarantee intellectual property of scientific contributions in
academia and industry.
 To encourage scientists to share knowledge that they might
otherwise have kept secret.
 To create a sense of competition among scientists to be the first
to publish a new scientific finding.
 To have other researchers do further research based on the
published paper.
 To participate in advancing knowledge.

11.  Background About Publication
 Publication Types
 Journal papers
 Proceeding papers (Conferences,
Workshops, and so on.)
 Magazine papers
 Letters
 Patents
 Chapter in a book
 Books

12.  Background About Publication
 Journal papers
 Allow researchers to communicate their researches with their peers.
 Provide a great opportunity to get professional comments about your
work.
 Usually contain the contribution(s) made by the researcher(s).
 Should provide complete information about a particular piece of research.
 High impact journals mostly apply the peer-reviewing process.
 Publishing a journal paper is a time-intensive process.
 To deliver your research to the world faster, try publishing at a conference!

13.  Background About Publication
 Proceedings papers
 Academic articles published based on academic events such as
conferences, workshops, and so on.
 Provide a great opportunity to meet with professional researchers in your
area.
 Usually contain the contribution(s) made by researcher(s) and presented
at an event.
 Awritten record of a research to be presented to fellow researchers.
 In some fields, proceedings papers may be considered gray literature.
 Published faster than Journal papers.
 Many proceedingspublications are peer-reviewed.

14.  Background About Publication
 Why You Should Publish in a High Impact Journal
 Publication in a high impact journal enables you to share with the academic community your novelty ideas,
research findings, and new knowledge gained from the research.
 It can help you get permanent positions, get invited as a speaker in a renowned conference, or even help you
get prestigiousgrants.
 Getting published in a high impact journal can help advance your academic life and career.
 It can also help get your article seen by colleagues in your field and get cited in their own groundbreaking
paper.

15.  Background About Publication
 Why You Should Publish in a High Impact Journal

16.  Types of Papers (in general)
 The common types of Papers
 Original papers (full papers)
 Letters (short papers)
 Review or Survey Papers
 Design papers
 White papers
 Book Review
 And many more.

17.  Types of Papers (in general)
 General structure of research articles
 Introduction
 Methodology
 Results
 Discussion
 Conclusion
 References

18.  Types of Papers (in general)
 Original papers (full papers)
Original papers can be published either in journals or in conferences.
Original research articles must present:
 Detailed studies reporting original research.
 Satisfactory level of novelty.
 The primary literature of the original contribution.
 Critical discussion of related works.
 Detailed explanation of the proposed work(s) using textual and graphical tools.
 Deep discussion and interpretation of the results from all aspects.
 Discussion of possible implications (impact and future directions).
 Limitations, if any.

19.  Types of Papers (in general)
 Structure of original papers
 Title
 Abstract
 Keywords }
 Make these components as easy as you can.
 They must be informative, attractive, and
effective.
 Must be helpful for indexing and searching.
 Introduction
 Related works
 Proposed work(s)
 Results and discussion
}
 Paper space is not boundless and reader's time is
limited.
 The work must be clear (nothing is hidden), correct,
complete, precise, concise, straightforward and
reproducible.
 Must use simple language.
 Conclusion
 Acknowledgement
 References
 Supplementary material
 Must be brief and comprehensive (avoid repeating
sentences).
 Funding information and thanks for people who helped in
this work.
 Must be applicable, accessible, proper and sufficient.
 If any (optional).
}

20.  Writing Quality Papers
 Important criteria for writing scholarly papers
In order to write a high quality scientific paper, you must consider the
following points:
 The Formatting (word count, no of figures, no of tables, referencing)
 The Language
 The Structure
 The Clarity
 The Coherence
 The Completeness
 The Originality and Novelty
 The Significance
 The Plagiarism

21.  Writing Quality Papers
 Choosing the proper editing tool
 MicrosoftWord produces good quality documents.
 Libre Office is a free and open-source.
 However, Latex produces very high-quality documents.
 Changing an article format is easier with Latex (in case of changing journal).
 The best tool is the one compatible with the template of the targeted journaI.

22.  Writing Quality Papers
 Choosing the proper drawing tool
 Pixel-based graphs are ok if they are kept with the original ratio.
 jpg, png and so on.
 Victor-based graphs (eps, epf) are very high quality.
 eps usually used with Latex (not supported in MicrosoftWord).
 epf usually used with MicrosoftWord.
 MicrosoftVisio is a good tool that producesa high-quality diagrams.
 Libre draw is a free tool that produces a high-quality diagrams.
 There are many tools such as:
 Draw.io Diagrams.
 Lucidchart.
 Cacoo Diagram Maker

23.  Writing Quality Papers
 Choose the proper reference management tool
 Endnotes is a excellent tool, but it is not free.
 Mendeley, Zotero, Qiqqa and Bibtex are excellent and free tools.
 If you haveArabic references, better choose Zotero or Qiqqa.
 If you use Latex, you have to use Bibtex.

24.  Writing Quality Papers
 Checking the similarity
 To avoid plagiarism,produce the similarity report.
 There are a lot of tools to check similarity.
 However, the journals' editors mostly use Turnitin.
 Don't play with the filter's settings to reduce similarity.
 Paraphrase the similar parts and re-check withTurnitin.

25.  Writing Quality Papers
 Editing and proofreading
Make sure that:
 The language used in your manuscript is up to the professional level.
 The structure of your manuscript is proper and correct.
 The flow of ideas is correct.
 Make sure that your manuscript is consistent.
 Check consistencyof names.
 Check the abbreviations.
 If you can't do all of these yourself, look for editing and proofreading services
that are: Professional and Official.
 See https:ijwww.elsevier.com/authors/author-services

26.  The general review process
 The Review life cycle: behind the scene

27.  The general review process
 The possible verdicts
 Out of scope (before/after review).
 Reject (before/after review).
 Reject - Resubmission is NOT recommended.
 Reject - Resubmission after amendment is
recommended.
 Minor correction (conditional acceptance).
 Major correction (conditional acceptance).
 Accept.
} be careful both may lead to rejection!

28.  The general review process
 If your paper was rejected - WHAT NEXT?
 Appeal the rejection.
 Appealing a rejection is within your rights as an author.
 Base your appeal on Iogic andnot emotion.
 Outline your points to the editor without belittling the reviewers or being argumentative.
 Appeals based on the scope of the journal are unlikely to succeed.
 Resubmit to the same journal.
 The journal may reject your initial offering but invite you to resubmit later after addressing the
reviewers' concerns.
 Remember, if a journal informed you that they are not interested in accepting any future versions of
the manuscript, you should respect their decision and try a different journal.
 Make changes and submit to a different journal.
 Consider the given comments and improve the manuscript.
 Don't forget to change the format of the manuscript and to modify the cover letter.
 Make no changes and submit to another journal.
 Not a good idea since your manuscript maybe reviewed by some of the same reviewers at the new
journal.

29.  The general review process
 Eight reasons EiC rejected your article
1. It fails the technical screening. (plagiarism or under review in another journal)
2. It's incomprehensible. (The language, structure, or figures are so poor that it can't
be assessed)
3. It does not fall within theAims and Scope.
4. It's incomplete (The article contains observations but is not a full study.)
5. The procedures and/or analysis of the data is seen to be defective or deficient.
6. The conclusions cannotbe justified on the basis of the rest of the paper.
 The arguments are illogical, unstructured or invalid.
 The data does not support the conclusions.
 The conclusions ignore large portions of the literature.
7. Its simply a small extensionof a different paper, often from the same authors.
8. It's boring.

30.  Choosing the appropriate journal
 Important criteria for selection
 Based on disciplinary
 Multidisciplinary journals.
 Interdisciplinary journals.
 Specialized journals
 Based on accessibility
 Open access journals
 Subscription-based journals
 Based on indexing
 Scopus journals
 ISi master journals
 ISi journals
 Based on the review speed
 Rapid publication journals.
 Traditional journals

31.  Choosing the appropriate journal
 Check recent papers published in the selected journal
Go to the website of the candidate journal.
 Read the scope of the journal carefully.
 Download a set of papers related to your topic.
 Check the submission, revision and acceptance dates.
 If you decided to submit to the selected journal:
 Download the journal's template.
 Re-format your manuscript based on the template.

32.  Submitting your manuscript
 Preparing a good cover letter

33.  Submitting your manuscript
 Preparing a list of suggested reviewers (if required)
Dear Editor-in-Chief
For this submission, we respectfully suggest the
following reviewers:
1. Carlo Caini, Professor of telecommunications,
University of Bologna.carlo.caini@unibo.it
2. Sandor Molnar,
telecommunications,
Associate
Budapest
Technology. molnar@tmit.bme.hu
3. Chris Blondia, Professor of mathematics and computer
science, University of Antwerp.
chris.blondia@uantwerpen.be
Your cooperation is highly appreciated.
Thank you so much.
Professor
Universit
y
of
of

34.  Submitting your manuscript
 Preparing a list of conflicted reviewers (if any)
Dear Editor-in-Chief
For this submission, we respectfully would like to inform you that
we have some conflict of interest with the following respectful
names:
1. Xyzl Xyzl, Professor of telecommunications, University of
Xyzl.xyzl@xyz.com
2. Xyz2 Xyz2, Associate Professor of telecommunicati ans, Xyz2
University of Technology. xyz2@xyz.com
Thus, we would be very grateful if these names are avoided.
Your cooperation is highly appreciated. Thank you so
much.

35.  Submitting your manuscript
 Preparing the authors' biography
It must include:
• The name.
• Membership (optional).
• Current academic position (optional).
• The academic Qualifications with dates and
universities.
• The important academic achievements.
• The research interests.
Author Biographies:
l• Mohamed A. Alrshah: (M'13, ) received his BSc degree In Computer Science from
Naser University • Libya, in 2000, and his MSc degree In computer networks In May
2009 and his Ph.D. In communication technology and networks In Feb 2017 from
Unlversltl Put.ra Malaysia. Currently, he Is a senior lecturer at Al Asma,ya University at
the Faculty of I nformatlon Technology, Zllten, Libya. He has published a number of
artlde-s In highImpact factor scientific journals. His research interests areIn the-field
of high-speed TCP protocols, high-speed network, parallel and distributed algorithms,
softwaredefinednet'INOrklng, network de-signandmanagement, wireless networks.
2· Mo med A. AI-Moqrl: received his BSc degree- In Computer Science from
Alm anseriah University, Iraq, In 2000, and his MSc degrtt Incomputer networks In
2 and his Ph.D. in communication technology and networks in 2016 from
IversItI Putra Malaysia. Hehas published a number of articles in highImpact factor
se:hmtlflc Journals. His research interests areIn the field of high-speed TCP protocols,
high-speed netYIIOrk, QoS, scheduling algorithms, admission control and wireless
networks.
3- Mohamed Othman: (M'04) received his PhD rrom the Unh1ersltl Kebangsaan
Malaysia withdistinction (Best PhD Thesis In 2000 awarded by Sime Darby Malaysia
and Malaysian Mathematical Science Society). Now, he Is a Professor In the Faculty of
Computer ScienceandInformation Technology, Unlversltl Putra Malaysia (UPM).He Is
also an associate researcher at the lab of Computational Science and Mathematical
Physics, Institute of Mathematical Research (INSPEM), UPM. He published more than
160Internatlonal journals and 230 proceeding papers. Hlsmainresearch Interests are
In the fields of high speed network, parallel and distributed algorithms, software
defined networking, network design andmanagement, wireless network (MPOU• and
MSDU•Frame aggregation, TCP Performance, MAC layer, resource management, and
trafficmonitoring) andscientific telegraphequation andmodelling.

36.  Submitting your manuscript
 Creating your researcher identity
Use one or more of the internationally recognized platforms:
 ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID)
 Google Citations
 Scopus Author.
 ResearcherlD
orcid.org/
scholar.google.com.my/citations?hl=en
www.scopus.com/
www.researcherid.com/

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