(D) Draft — must be adopted by the editorial board. This text is a model proposed by the journal starter catalog. It is not an effective journal policy until the editorial board has reviewed, adapted and formally adopted it.
Aims and scope
The journal publishes original research, short communications and review articles in physics, chemistry, biological sciences, mathematics and statistics, earth and environmental sciences, agricultural and food sciences, and computer science. It welcomes experimental, theoretical and computational research with a clear scientific contribution, and research addressing environmental issues and local resources. [The editorial board defines the covered fields precisely.]
Article types
- Original Research : double-anonymous peer review, up to 8,000 words, abstract up to 250 words.
- Short Communications : double-anonymous peer review, up to 3,000 words, abstract up to 150 words.
- Review Articles : double-anonymous peer review, up to 9,000 words, abstract up to 250 words.
- Letters to the Editor : assessed by the editorial board, up to 1,000 words.
Preparing the manuscript
- Submit the manuscript as an editable word-processor file in a clear font with 1.5 line spacing and numbered pages and lines.
- Provide two abstracts, in Arabic and in English, within the limit set for each section and regardless of the language of the article, with 3 to 6 keywords in both languages.
- Structure the manuscript logically for its type; empirical studies usually follow Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusion.
- Number tables and figures consecutively, cite them in the text, and give each a title and source.
Data and code availability
- Include a data availability statement giving the open repository and persistent identifier for the raw and processed data, or explaining why access is restricted.
- Make available the code and computational models used for analysis or simulation, stating their versions and the software environment in which they were run.
Materials and methods
- Describe materials and reagents (source and purity), instruments (model and manufacturer) and procedures in enough detail for the work to be repeated.
- State the number of replicates, the statistical treatment and the measures of uncertainty (standard deviation, standard error or confidence intervals), specifying what each represents.
- Give complete mathematical proofs in the text or an appendix, and number equations consecutively.
Units and nomenclature
Use SI units and their standard symbols, and follow internationally recognised nomenclature, such as IUPAC names for chemical compounds and scientific names of organisms in italics, given in full at first mention. Define every symbol and abbreviation at first use.
Safety and ethics
Draw attention to any unusual hazards of materials or procedures, and state the approvals required for research on animals or genetically modified organisms or for sampling in protected sites, following the ARRIVE guidelines for animal research.
Citations and references
The proposed default is a numbered citation system along the lines of the ACS or AIP styles: references are numbered in order of first citation in the text and cited by numbers in square brackets, e.g. [1]; the reference list follows the numerical order and gives the DOI of each reference where available. Cited datasets and software are referenced with their persistent identifiers. [The editorial board adopts the final style.]
Files required at submission
- The full manuscript (article text).
- An anonymised version for review with authors' names, affiliations and any identifying information removed, including from file properties.
- A title page: the title in both languages, the authors' names, institutional affiliations, e-mail addresses and ORCID iDs, and the corresponding author.
- Other files as applicable: cover letter, figures, tables, supplementary data, research-ethics approval.
Declarations
At submission the author confirms that the work is original and not under consideration elsewhere, and discloses funding, competing interests, ethics approvals, data availability and any use of AI tools, according to the journal's published policies.
Fees
[The editorial board sets the journal's fee policy and publishes it here before submissions open.]