1. The author(s) must sign the “Authors Agreement Form” and upload it together with the manuscript to the journal, confirming that the manuscript has not been previously published and has not been submitted for publication to any other publishers until the journal finishes reviewing procedures.

 

1. The Journal accepts manuscripts written in either language (Arabic or English). The length of manuscript including both abstracts, appendices and a list of references must not exceed 12000 words.

 

1. The manuscript must include two abstracts in Arabic and English, and key words (3-5 words), and the number of words for each summary should not exceed 150 words. Checking the grammaticality and appropriate translation is highly recommended and make sure not to use the literal Google translation.

 

1. The percentage of documented citation/similarities (by text or meaning) in the manuscript does not exceed 25% (iThenticate), whether in self-citation or from other works. Any manuscript that exceeds this percentage will be returned. The Qur’anic verses, prophetic traditions and poetic verses are excluded from calculating the quotation percentage above.

 

1. To ensure complete confidentiality in reviewing process, the authors must avoid what reveals their identities or refers to their published work in a way that leads to their identities throughout the entire parts of the manuscript, such as saying, for example: “I discussed / dealt with this in the “researcher title” (2019). Instead, the authors should replace that by saying: (This was discussed in “The researcher’s Title” (2019)), or by using other ways that do not reveal their identities.

 

1. Authors must use the Journal Manuscript Template to prepare their manuscript for submission after following the entire guidelines provided on our website, and then review the manuscript linguistically and grammatically before submitting it to the journal.

 

1. Authors must use the bibliographic and formatting standards set out by Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA).

 

1. Manuscripts written in Arabic should be written in Traditional Arabic font according to the following details:

   - Research Title: Size (18) Bold.

   - Author information including, Author's name, Academic Rank, affiliation (name of Department, College, University, City, and Country), and email: Size (16) Bold.

   - Abstract: Size (14) Bold for title and non-bold for its content.

   - Main sections titles: Size (16) Bold.

   - Subsections' titles: Size (14) Bold.

   - The main body of text: Size (16) non-bold.

   - Tables, Figures, and Appendix: Size (14) non-bold.

   - Line Spacing is: Single.

2.  

   -  Endnotes are written at the end of the manuscript, particularly before the references list, with font size (13) non-bold. The footnote style within the text are indicated by superscript format with serial numbers throughout the manuscript in parentheses. 

 

1. Manuscripts written in English should be written in Times New Roman font according to the following details:

     - Research Title: Size (14) Bold.

   - Author information including, Author's name, Academic Rank, affiliation (name of Department, College, University, City, and Country), and email: Size (12) non-bold.

   - Main sections titles: Size (12) Bold.

   - Subsections' titles: Size (11) Bold.

   - Abstract and Keywords: Size (11) non-bold.

   - The main body of text: Size (12) non-bold.

   - Tables, Figures, and Appendix: Size (11) non-bold.

   - Line Spacing is: Single.

2.  

   Endnotes are written at the end of the manuscript, particularly before the references list, with font size (11) non-bold. The footnote style within the text are indicated by superscript format with serial numbers throughout the manuscript in parentheses. 

 

1. The Authors must add their ORCID ID in their manuscript on the first page of the manuscript, particularly in front of the author’s name. The author’s account and number are hyperlinked to the ORCID website (here the author must register on the ORCID website via this link.

 

1. If the manuscript includes certain abbreviations, they must be explained when it is mentioned for the first time.

 

1. After the list of references, author(s) shall write an author Bio in both Arabic and English, including the basic information, as shown in the research template.

 

1. The authors are committed to using the Arabic numerals (0123456789) in the manuscript, including all other dates mentioned in the manuscript.

 

1. A Corresponding Author must be specified in the footnote at the bottom of the first page, including e-mail. The corresponding author will be the primary and responsible communicator with the journal’s editorial board throughout the period of the publication process. This does not absolve the other authors participating in the manuscript from legal and ethical responsibilities with regard to publishing ethics and malpractice, and any other matters required by the journal’s editorial board from the applicant for publication.

 

1. If the ideas of the manuscript were derived from a master's thesis or a doctoral dissertation, this must be indicated in footnote at the bottom of the first page (title page).

 

1. It is not allowed to resubmit the manuscript or parts of it in another journal or any other publisher after accepting its publication in our journal, except after obtaining written permission from the Editor-in-Chief of the journal or the publisher, if this happened after taking the permission, it is a must refer that in the new publication.

 

1. The authors abide by the laws of intellectual property protection and the ethics of academic scientific publishing.

 

1. The manuscript published in the Journal of Arabic Sciences and Humanities expresses the authors' point of view, and does not necessarily reflect the point of view of the journal or the publisher.

 

Submission Process

 

Preparing the manuscript for submission to the journal online system and the procedures after submission:

 

1. The author must submit/upload the manuscript by using the Journal Manuscript Template, after following the rules of publication. Then, send two copies of the manuscript in Word file format, one of which with no authors’ information, while the second copy is with complete authors’ information.

 

1. The author must also submit/upload the manuscript by using the Journal Manuscript Template with PDF format with a complete authors’ information.

 

 

1. All above files are uploaded by using Journal Online System (Make a Submission icon) on the journal's website Click here for Online Submission.

 

1. In case you haven’t receive a confirmation email of submission within three working days, please check the junk mailbox or contact the journal's editor via e-mail ahseditor@qu.edu.sa

 

1. The author is informed of the final decision of the editorial board to accept or reject the manuscript within two months from the date of submission. You can track the status of the submitted manuscript through the Journal Online System, Click to log in.

 

1. The author can communicate with the journal's editor to inquire about the status of the submitted manuscript after two months from the date of submission.

 

Paper selection and Peer-Review process

 

Initial Review (Editorial Review)

 

The manuscript is reviewed initially by the editor and one or more members of the editorial board who are experts in the field to determine its suitability to the journal’s focus and scope and objectives, as well as to ensure that the manuscript is free of similarities and plagiarism using iThenticate. In addition, ensuring whether the manuscript employs the appropriate research methodology, methods used in the analysis, linguistic integrity, and the way of presenting the results. The identity of the revieweing editors (s) is not disclosed to the author(s). If the manuscript fits that, then it will be sent to reviewers.

 

The editorial board of the journal may resort to returning the manuscript to the authors to resubmit it in another form, and at other times it may resort to rejecting it completely without submitting it to reviewers, especially if the topic does not fall within the journal’s scope and objectives, or the manuscript lacks originality, or there are clear problems in presenting and discussing the results. In case of the manuscript is accepted initially, then, it will be sent to the specialized reviewers.

 

Reviewing Process 

 

Upon the acceptance of the initial review, the editorial board selects objectively three specialized external reviewers (two main reviewers and the third one can be sought in certain controversial cases) belonging to institutions other than author’s institution, to evaluate the manuscript submitted for publication.

 

The manuscript should not include a direct or indirect identification of the author's identity, in order to preserve the confidentiality and impartiality of reviewing process.

 

The manuscript is reviewed by at least two expert blind reviewers of the concerned specialty, to report their opinions on the novelty and originality of the research, contribution to knowledge, soundness of methodology, readability and clarity of the analysis and conclusion. Based on these criteria, the reviewers determine whether or not the manuscript is suitable for publication. Then, the editorial board builds the final decision based on the reviewers’ reports. The editorial board approves the reviewers’ recommendations and then informs author(s) of the final decision, which is as follows:

 

- Accepted for publication as is.

- Accepted for publication with minor revisions.

- Accepted for publication with major revisions and re-submission to the reviewers. (In case both reviewers have this recommendation, then the Editorial board will discuss this and vote for the final decision)

- Rejected.

 

Double-blind peer review Process

 

The Journal of Arabic Sciences and Humanities uses a double-blind system for peer review. The manuscript that passed the initial review is sent to at least two external reviewers with experience in the topics covered by the manuscript. Both reviewers’ and authors’ identities remain anonymous. The reviewers are required to report their opinions on the manuscript according to specific criteria including originality of the topic, contributing to the field, citing from new sources, and applying scientific methodology. At the end of the evaluation, they submit their suggestions and recommendations to the editorial board and report whether or not the manuscript is suitable for publication, or to publish it after making major or minor revisions or reject it.

 

Editorial Decision

 

An editorial board decision is made on the basis of the recommendations of the reviewers, the editorial board decides to accept it as is, or revise it, or reject it. In case of revisions, the final decision on publication is taken by the editorial board after re-evaluation and consideration of the author's response to the recommendations and amendments reported by the reviewers. In case both reviewers asks for major revisitions, then the Editorial board will discuss this and vote for the final decision.

 

Author Review

 

Upon approval of publishing the manuscript, the author is required to address all the comments and suggestions stipulated in the reports of the reviewers, and the author undertakes to make the required amendments and documenting how to revise the manuscript to address all comments, and justifying what has not been modified in the assigned form. Then, the revised version is sent to the journal within a specified deadline by Editorial board.

 

The revised manuscript will be re-presented upon its arrival to the same reviewers who evaluated the first version to ensure the author's response towards the assigned suggestions and comments. In this case, the reviewers may request more amendments. The journal does not allow more than two reviews of the manuscript.

 

Notification of Final Decision

 

Final decision of manuscript acceptance is solely made by Editor-in-Chief according to reviewers’ critical comments. The final decision of manuscript (accept or reject) is solely based on the Editors final review which considering peer-reviewers’ comments (but not solely by Reviewer). If the manuscript is accepted, the Editor-in-Chief informs the corresponding author(s) of the date of obtaining the final version after language proofreading, as well as the number of the issue in which the manuscript will be published.

 

The rejection of the publication is a final decision, and these unacceptable manuscripts are not returned.