International Journal of Engineering Materials and Manufacture (2016) 1(1) 1-2 https://doi.org/10.26776/ijemm.01.01.2016.01 M. Y. Ali Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering International Islamic University Malaysia PO Box 10, 50728 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia E-mail: mmyali@iium.edu.my Reference: Ali, M. Y. (2016). Editorial. International Journal of Engineering Materials and Manufacture, 1(1), 1-2. Editorial Received: 10 September 2016 Accepted: 11 September 2016 Published Online: 11 September 2016 Publisher: Deer Hill Publications © 2016 The Author(s) Creative Commons: CC BY 4.0 The International Journal of Engineering Materials and Manufacture (IJEMM) is celebrating its first year of online open access publication. On this occasion, I would like to congratulate editorial board, reviewers, authors, readers, and subscribers. IJEMM will be published quarterly. In the first year 2016, we planned for one issues with 5 articles in addition to this editorial. The initiative of this journal was taken in the 2015 and then with several meetings and discussions, finally platform was formed in July 2016 to nurture continuously growing in interest in the area of materials and manufacturing engineering. It was felt that the increasing number of researchers and academicians in the materials and manufacturing engineering community needs a dedicated journal for the publication of their research outputs. We have formed a strong editorial board for timely publication with high quality consistent review and proofreading. The present editorial board is as follows. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Professor Dr. Mohammad Yeakub Ali, International Islamic University Malaysia SECTION EDITORS: Professor Dr. Md. Abdul Maleque, International Islamic University Malaysia Professor Dr. Erry Y. T. Adesta, International Islamic University Malaysia Professor Dr. Safian Sharif, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Professor Dr. Md. Mustafizur Rahman, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia Professor Dr. Mohammed Alauddin, Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh Professor Dr. A. K. M. Sadrul Islam, Islamic Institute of Technology, Bangladesh Professor Dr. P. S. Sreejith, Cochin University of Science & Technology, India Professor Dr. B. Gültekin Çetiner, Marmara University, Turkey Associate Professor Dr. Mohamed Rahman, International Islamic University Malaysia Associate Professor Erik L. J. Bohez, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand Associate Professor Dr. Mohd Amri Lajis, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Associate Professor Dr. Mohammed Baba Ndaliman, Federal University of Technology Minna, Nigeria Dr. Tan Bo, Ryerson University, Canada Dr. Muataz Hazza, International Islamic University Malaysia Dr. Md Abdul Mazid, Macquarie University, Australia LAYOUT EDITORS: Mr. Adebisi Adetayo Abdulmumin, International Islamic University Malaysia Ms. Asfana Banu, International Islamic University Malaysia Editorial 2 As the journal aims for indexing in Scopus, Thomson Reuters, and other indexing authorities, at first we must publish at least several issues with quality relevant articles. We expect passion from authors, readers for indexing with quality articles. I hope that you will join us as authors and reviewers as it is a highly focused journal in the field of materials and manufacturing. It includes material design, processing, characterisation, manufacturing design, development, machining, optimisation, industrial applications, and many other related topics. Please enjoy the reading this journal from anywhere anytime as it is a free and an open access journal based on Public Knowledge Project (PKP) concept. The journal will contain original research papers on the topics listed in Focus and Scope. Submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors. If the manuscript is found to be suitable, it will be sent to two experts for single blind peer review to maintain the quality. Once the paper is accepted it will be published online immediately and later on it will be included in an issue and volume. However, individual items will be published as soon as they are ready, by adding them to the “Current Volume” for faster dissemination of the articles. Later on, articles will be organized in four issues in a year (January, April, July, and October). Under the umbrella of PKP, this journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for preservation and restoration. Copyright of articles that appear in International Journal of Engineering Materials and Manufacture (IJEMM) are belonged to “The Author(s)” under terms and conditions of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC BY 4.0). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. As the journal is open access and full copyright is given to the author(s), it provides immediate access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. There is no subscription charges for this journal. The journal impose an Article Processing Charge (APC). If the paper is accepted for publication, you will be asked to pay an APC. The APCs are to cover the editorial, review, publication, webhosting, database, preservation, and other cost. If you do not have funds to pay APC, you will have an opportunity to pay at a discounted rate or to waive fee. We do not want fees to prevent the publication of worthy work. We hope that the new International Journal of Engineering Materials and Manufacture will serve the community well and this journal will be one of the main vehicles of presenting idea and research work in the areas of materials and manufacturing engineering. Any suggestion on how to improve our activity in order to deliver a better journal to the authors, readers and subscribers will be always very much appreciated. Professor Dr. Mohammad Yeakub Ali MIMechE CEng, MIEAust CPEng, MASME, MEUSPEN, MIEM, FIEB, FBSME PhD. (NTU), MEng (AIT), BSc Eng (BUET) Editor-In-Chief International Journal of Engineering Materials and Manufacture Head Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering Faculty of Engineering International Islamic University Malaysia PO Box 10, 50728 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia E-mail: mmyali@iium.edu.my mmyali@deerhillpublishing.com 10 October 2016 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode