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Author Guidelines

(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.]

Submission Preparation Checklist

(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.

  • The article has not been published before and is not under consideration elsewhere.
  • The manuscript is an editable word-processor file prepared according to the author guidelines.
  • An anonymised version for review is attached, with all identifying information removed, including from file properties.
  • A title page with all authors' details, affiliations and ORCID iDs where available is attached.
  • The Arabic and English abstracts are within the limit, with keywords in both languages.
  • References follow the journal's citation style and include DOIs where available.
  • Tables and figures are numbered and cited in the text.
  • The declarations on funding, competing interests, ethics approvals, data availability and use of AI tools are completed.
  • The authors have written permission to reproduce any copyrighted material from other sources.
  • The article includes a data and code availability statement.
  • SI units and standard symbols are used, and symbols and abbreviations are defined at first use.
  • Materials, instruments, procedures and measures of uncertainty are described in enough detail to reproduce the results.

Original Research

Original, previously unpublished research that makes a clear contribution to knowledge or method. Recommended length up to 8,000 words including references, with Arabic and English abstracts of no more than 250 words each. Double-anonymous review by at least two reviewers.

Short Communications

Preliminary or limited-scope findings of sufficient importance to merit rapid publication. Recommended length up to 3,000 words, abstract up to 150 words. Double-anonymous review.

Review Articles

In-depth critical reviews of the literature on a defined topic that analyse trends and identify research gaps, rather than merely describing studies. Recommended length up to 9,000 words, with Arabic and English abstracts of no more than 250 words each. Double-anonymous review.

Letters to the Editor

Brief scholarly comments on material recently published in the journal, or short scholarly observations. Recommended length up to 1,000 words. Assessed by the editorial board and possibly a reviewer; the authors of the original article are offered a right of reply.

Copyright Notice

(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.

Authors retain copyright in their work and grant the journal the right of first publication. Accepted items are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0) [proposal requiring adoption by the journal], which allows others to copy, distribute, adapt and build on the work for any purpose, provided the authors are credited and the original publication in the journal is acknowledged.

Authors may deposit the published version in institutional or subject repositories or on personal websites with full acknowledgement of its original publication in the journal.

Authors are responsible for obtaining written permission to use any third-party material and for acknowledging it in the article.

Privacy Statement

(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.

Names, e-mail addresses and other personal data entered in this journal's system are used only for the journal's stated purposes: managing submission, review and publication and communicating with users. They are not made available to any other party or used for any other purpose.

Data is processed in accordance with applicable personal-data protection legislation and the policies of the journal's publisher. Reviewers' identities are kept confidential in line with the review model in use, and authors' data is published only to the extent needed to publish and cite their work.

Users can view and correct their data in their profile and may request deletion of their account by contacting the journal, subject to what must be retained to preserve the scholarly record of published items.