Publication Ethics

The journal is committed to upholding the integrity, transparency, and academic quality to be the paramount principles that we expect our employees, authors, reviewers, and editors. The Journal adheres to the ethics and guidelines set forth by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

 

We follow the COPE authorship guidelines regarding any disputes over authorship. These issues may include:

 

• Ghost authorship – exclusion of a contributor from the list of authors.
• Gift/guest authorship – Inclusion of someone who hasn’t contributed to the work, or who has chosen not to be associated with the research.
• Disputes over the order of the authors and the level of contribution made by each author.

 

To be considered an author, someone need to have:

• Made substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the obtaining/gathering, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work;
• Contributed to drafting of the work or revised it critically for important intellectual content;
• Given consent of the version to be published;
• Agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

 

Obtaining a grant to complete the work does not constitute authorship. These people can be included in the acknowledgements.

 

If and when needed, any authors listed should be able to identify each co-author’s contribution and have full confidence in the integrity of their work.

 

Regarding authorship disputes, our aim is to try to reach an agreement between the parties. If the authorship disputes can’t be resolved in such fashion, we may refer it to the authors’ institutions.

 

In some cases, the journal's editorial board refers the received manuscripts to the Research Ethics Committee at Qassim University for evaluation and approval whenever necessary.

 

-Conflicts of interest

 

Authors, reviewers, and editors must report potential conflicts of interest when submitting work, ensuring that any potential influence could affect the review process or publication.

 

Conflicts in research can arise from financial or personal interests, undisclosed support, or a prior relationship between the author and editor.

 

To submit work, a note must be provided detailing any financial support from third parties and any potential conflicts of interest.

 

Authors should inform publishers of potential conflicts of interest with editors or reviewers, adhering to COPE guidelines to address such issues.

 

You may appeal a decision if your paper has been rejected and you think there are good reasons to do so, such as providing new information or a reviewer's misinterpretation of your article, you can send an email to the editor at: ahseditor@qu.edu.sa. We aim to consider such complaints and resolve within two months. Decisions made here are final and cannot be appealed.

 

Scientific Publishing and Translation Center handles all misconduct fairly, objectively, and carefully. Resolving ethical issues entails gathering all relevant information within reasonable bound and notifying all relevant parties of the decision. We follow the Committee on Publication Ethics in determining the processes. We reserve the right to withdraw and revoke any acceptance should a case of ethical misconduct be discovered prior to publication.

 

-Language used in the journal

 

The journal accepts articles written in either Arabic or English in the fields of Arabic Language and Literature, English Language and Translation, History, Geography and Sociology & Social Services. The articles written in any accepted languages must be well-written and checked grammatically. The journal accepts American or British English, but it is not acceptable to use a mixture of both of them.

 

-Copyright Policy

Copyrights for manuscripts are retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the Journal of Arabic Sciences and Humanities. Author has to sign on Authorship and Copyright Agreement right after receiving the decision of acceptance.

 

All articles published in the Journal of Arabic Sciences and Humanities are under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial International (CC BY-NC) license. Anyone is permitted to copy, redistribute, reformat, transmit and adapt the work, provided the original work is cited.

 

-Authors’ Rights

 

-Author (employer or organization) gains certain rights for reusing the published paper.

 

-The Journal is committed to protecting authors’ work and reputation and defending their rights. It takes allegations of infringement, plagiarism, and disputes regarding publishing ethics very seriously.

 

-The journal gives the authors the full right to share their accepted manuscripts via social media accounts to increase the reach of their manuscripts.

 

-Multiple – Simultaneous Submission

 

The journal of Arabic Sciences and Humanities only accepts original works that have not been previously published. It is unethical for authors to submit a manuscript to the Journal of Arabic Sciences and Humanities and at the same time, submit the same manuscript to another journal or any other publisher. This includes the submission of manuscripts derived from the same data in such a manner that there are no substantial differences in the manuscripts. Duplicate submission also includes the submission of the same/similar manuscript in different languages to different journals or even duplication by paraphrasing.

 

If authors use their own previously published work, or any research currently under review, as the basis for a new submitted research work, and reuse of data, graphics, or some parts from another work may require obtaining prior permission from the editor-in-chief.

The journal also accepts extended articles published in scientific conference proceedings provided that this is clarified to the editor at the time of submission, as well as the original version is clearly cited and there is new content and additions in the new submitted version.

 

-Fabrication and Forgery

 

 In case of proven fabrication or any suspicion of forgery in the research results, including manipulation of graphs, the editorial board must take all appropriate procedures to deal with this behavior and this may lead to the withdrawal of the manuscript.

 

-Penalties

In the case of any information received by the journal showing that there are any violations including violations of the publishing ethics policies, the following penalties may be applied:

- Rejecting the manuscript and not accepting any future other works submitted by the author/ authors;

- Not allowed to apply to the journal for a period ranging between one and three years;

- Preventing the author(s) from working as an editor or reviewer for the journal.