Guide for Authors

Preparation of manuscripts

  • Authors should submit their manuscripts as word files and send it via the journal e-mail.
  • Manuscripts must be written in clear, concise, English language. With an Arabic summary (not exceeding 2 pages). To ensure the correct spelling of authors’ names to accompany the Arabic abstract, authors should provide their full names in Arabic.
  • The original manuscript should be formatted with single line spacing using the letter type Arial [11 pt for all the manuscripts except title (12pt), abstract, keywords, tables& references (10pt)]. For Arabic summary use the letter type Time of New Roman [12 pt except for title (14pt)], preferably not more than16 pages. The manuscript should be compiled in the following order:
  • Title: should be concise yet informative, preferably not more than 15 words.
  • The authors’ full names in preferred publishing order, with the highest scientific degrees obtained and institutional affiliations in English and Arabic should be provided.
  • Abstract: not exceeding 300 words. It should include aim of the study, subjects and methods (research design, setting, subjects and tools of data collection) results, conclusion and recommendations.
  • Keywords: Authors are asked to provide (4 to 6) keywords, separated with semicolons.
  • Introduction: should be brief &reference on it should be numerical
  • Significance of study
  • Aim of study
  • Research question or hypothesis
  • Subjects and methods: should include: research design, study setting, study subjects, tools of data collection, scoring system, content of validity &reliability, pilot study, fieldwork, administrative and ethical considerations, statistical analysis
  1. Results: Do not duplicate data in graphs and tables
  2. Discussion
  3. Conclusion
  4. Recommendations
  5. Tables & Figures: black & white colors
  6. References: The Vancouver style should be followed. They must be numbered consecutively by their order of appearance in the text.
  7. An Arabic summary: should include title, introduction, aim of the study, subjects and methods (research design, setting, subjects and tools of data collection), results, conclusion & recommendations.