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Title of paper :

Effect of SiC Particles on Mechanical Properties of Aluminium

ADC12 Composite through Stir Casting Process

1. Address all the concerns/recommendations of the reviewers.

2. All amendments made are to be highlighted in red color in the revised paper.

Reviewer

Final Recommendation (please highlight one)

Accepted without modification

Accepted with minor corrections
Accepted with major modification
Rejected

Addressed
Reviewer's Comments Comment
(Y/N)
GENERAL REVIEW
There are spelling mistakes, typos, and grammatical
errors. Please beware also of using BAHASA
Please see the comments in the
INDONESIA term as it may not proper. You can use Y
tools such as Grammarly or recommendations manuscript
provided by MS Word for language checking.

Manuscript should contain: Introduction,

Literature Review (optional), Methods, Result, and
Conclusion and are written in a separate section. The
use of sub-sections to divide the text of the paper is Y Generally okay
optional and left as a decision for the author BUT
please follow the format style instructions as
carefully as possible.

The equations, formulas and mathematical models The equation needs to be further
are not written using format style
N
explained
The length of the manuscript is between 4 and 6
pages
Y Okay

Authors have not used referencing tools such as

Zotero, Mendeley, or EndNote for reference
management and formatting.
The manuscript MUST used Citation & N
Bibliography feature in Microsoft Word for
handling citation in manuscript. This is to facilitate
the layout editor to finalize the manuscript. Please
use IEEE citation style.

Make sure all information related to the Y The reference format should comply with
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Reviewer's Comments Comment
(Y/N)
reference is written completely (e.g. Who, Where,
and When). Check from the primary source for this
information. Write the name of the journal without
IEEE method
abbreviations. Please include DOI if it's available

The explanation related to previous research

(literature review) is not sufficient. Authors must
cite at least 1 0 related researches where 80% of
which are RECENT papers and another at least 6
non-recent papers that are closely related to the title
N Many references are older than 2014
of the paper and considered as
seminal/reputable/most cited articles in the field.
Recent papers are published 2014 onwards.

The manuscript still used references that come from

non-credible sources. It is suggested, the authors
cited references published in ScienceDirect, IEEE The references are credible. Just they are
Explorer, ACM Digital Library, Springer Link,
N
before 2014
Scopus, Clarivate Analytics, DOAJ, and Indonesian
national accredited journals (SINTA 1/2).
TITLE AND AUTHORS INFORMATION
The title is too long/wording. Please make it
maximal 12 words and each word should be written N The title is okay
in capital on first alphabet except conjunction.

The title is written briefly, describing the

contents and contributions of the manuscript
Y

The title also does not use abbreviations or

acronyms except the standard ones such as HTML, Y
URL

The style for the names is initials then surname, with

a comma after all but the last two names, which are
separated by ‘and’. Initials should not have full stops
Unsure, since the authors name are
—for example A J Smith and not A. J. Smith. If the
authors are at different addresses, numbered deleted
superscripts should be used after each surname to
reference an author to his/her address.
ABSTRACTS AND KEYWORDS
Abstract has not been written in 150 to a maximum of Abstract is already written between 150 to
250 words. No citation
Y
250 words
Abstracts should outline Research Background, Yes but need revision as suggested in the
Objective, Methods, Results, and Conclusion.
Y
manuscript
The number of keywords between 4 and 6. All
keywords must be written/mentioned in the N No key words appears
abstract.

Keywords have not been arranged in alphabetical

order.
INTRODUCTION
The introduction has not explained the context/object
of research and must focus in accordance with the
scope of the title, why this research is important and
N No key words appears
N The introduction should further emphasis
on what is the difference between recent
work and previous works by others
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Reviewer's Comments Comment
(Y/N)
research objectives/contributions explicitly.
If this section included the existing research
(literature) please show the gap on the previous
literature, explain also the unique differences from
this study compared to similar previous studies. You
must cite at least 7 relevant and recent papers
(published 2014 onwards) that are closely related to
the title of the paper.
LITERATURE REVIEW (OPTIONAL)
Authors only describes the definition and conception
or theories. This literature review SHOULD examine
the existing research.

Authors has not showed the Gap in the literature on

what has been known or unknown. How this
research is different compare to previous works and
what insights this paper will offer.

The references used in this manuscript needed to be

improved to include:
Recent related articles published 2014 onwards.
Some references used in this manuscript are not
from credible sources. (ScienceDirect, IEEE
Explorer, ACM Digital Library, Springer Link,
Scopus, Clarivate Analytics, DOAJ, and SINTA
1/2).
METHODS
Authors did not refer particular approach in guiding
the research
There is no explanation on how such method is used
in this article
especially how the research methods/design will help
address the research problem.
The authors did not explain the method It is better that the authors mention the
systematically Y
steps in a proper sequence
The authors did not explain how the results or design
or prototype or system produced in this research is
tested or validated
RESULTS
The authors did not explain the results The authors explained the microstructure
systematically in accordance to the prescribed
step or phased described in the previous Method N results first, while in the experimental the
section authors mentioned mechanical tests first

The authors did not provide explanation on table or

figure used in this results Y Authors explained the table and figures

The authors did not analyze the results, data from the
More elaboration on the trend and
experiments in term of for instance its N
effectiveness, validity, trend, and implication. implication should be there

Data used and results presented in this section are

not relevant and did not match with the aim Y The data are relevant
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Reviewer's Comments Comment
(Y/N)
The authors still used Bahas Indonesia to describe
parameter, variable or figure caption N The authors used English thoroughly
CONCLUSION
The authors did not provide conclusion statement The authors gave conclusion statement
based on the results described in the Result section
Y
based on the results
The authors did not explain how the results of this
research has address the research question or
research problem as stated in Section 1
Y The authors did explain
(Introduction)
The authors did not explicitly state the contribution
arising from this research, novelty that specifically
add to the current body of knowledge. Or The The contribution of this research in the
authors did not compare the results of this research
N
conclusion should be more emphasized
compare to the existing studies as cited in Section 2
(literature review)
The authors did not explain the limitation of this
study from which future research could or should
address The authors suggest the future possible
Y
Or The authors did not suggest what future research continuation of the work
could do in term of method used, algorithm,
resources etc. to yield better results
TABLES AND FIGURES
The authors did not used appropriate table and The authors used appropriate table and
figure style formatting
Y
figures
Figure used in the article has low resolution and not
clear
Y Especially the SEM results and XRD

Figure used has copyright issues, author should

ensure this is free from infringement.
N

Table or figure used in this article should be no

more than 6 for each

(Please add more rows if needed)

Comments / Questions Related to Content

Please revise acoording to the comments in the manuscript