Writing and Publishing Rules

Rules of Publication in the Arab Journal of Arid Environments (AAE), which is published by the Arab Center for the Studies of Arid zones and Dry lands (ACSAD)

ISSN: 2305-5243

AIF: 181/2020 – ARCIF-L20/383

The Arab Journal of Arid Environments (AAE) is a scientific refereed periodical (Twice a year), that is concerned with creative, original researches and studies of biodiversity, desertification, rangeland management, stresses and different agricultural sciences related to arid and semiarid environments. The journal accepts scientific researches and original results put in short application studies. Authors must conform to the following rules of publication:

  1. The material sent for publication must be original, not published before or sent to any another destination for publication.
  2. The languages of publication are either Arabic or English . An abstract of the work submitted for publication (half page, 150 words) should be given to the direction of the journal. The abstract must be written in a language other than that of the work, and every abstract should be followed with key words

Submitting Studies for Publication:

  1. The material to be published should be presented in two copies (the first copy includes the name and addresses of the researcher/researchers, while canceled from the second copy, without any other signs indicating their identities. The articles should be typed in one column, using one side of 210 × 297 mm paper (A4), leaving a 2.5 cm margin on all four sides. The number of research pages does not exceed 15 pages, and the publication material is sent electronically to the journal’s e-mail.
  2. The submitted material should be attached with a handwritten confirmation assures that the study was not published or presented for publication to any other
  3. The Journal’s Editorial Board has the right to return the work for improvements, changes, omissions or additions in line with scientific norms and with the Journal’s rules of publication
  4. The Journal shall notify the author within a maximum of two weeks of receipt of the work. The author will also be notified of the decision to accept or reject the work once the evaluation process is over, within a maximum period of three months.
  5. The submitted work is confidentially sent to three referees specialized in the subject area. The referees notes and comments are conveyed to the corresponding author so that he can respond to them in order to meet the publication rules to be at the required scholarly level.
  6. The paper will not be accepted, if it has been rejected by two referees.

Some Recommendations Regarding the Preparation of Draft:

  1. Title: The title should preferably be brief (not to exceed 15 words) and reflective of the subject of the study.
  2. Researcher’s name, address, designation and the name of the institute he/she works for: A full page should be assigned for this purpose in Arabic and English. When applicable, this may include the financing agency funding the research work, the date of its deposit and an acknowledgement when necessary. The title of the study should be repeated on the abstract page.
  3. Abstract: It should not exceed 150 words, preceded by the title, put in a separate page and to be written in the same language in which the paper was written. The abstract should also be written in another separate page in one of the languages accepted in this journal other than that in which the study was written. The abstract should include the reason behind the study, how it was carried out, why the researcher thinks it is important and the conclusion he/she draws.
  4. The study must follow this order: abstract; introduction; materials and methods; results and discussion, conclusions; and references.
  5. Tables: Regardless of the size, tables should be in its proper position. Tables should have consecutive numbers. Each should have a title written above the table. The signs *, **, *** should be utilized to indicate the level of significance of the statistical analysis at the 0.05 or 0.01 or 0.001 levels in order. These signs shall not be used in the notes. The Journal recommends the use of Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3…) in the tables and in the body of the text when applicable.
  6. Figures, illustrations and maps: The author should avoid the repetition of figures that draw their matter from the data contained in the tables. It would suffice to display digital data in tables or to order them in charts, making sure to prepare these figures, inclined indicators and charts in their final forms and in the appropriate scale at the accuracy rate of 300 spots per inch. Black and white figures and pictures should have sufficient color contrast. The journal would publish color pictures if necessary. In all cases, the journal should be given the unedited, original pictures, not enlarged nor reduced. Each figure, picture or map should have its own title at the bottom, with its serial number, making sure that the Arabic numerals and the letters used in these titles should not be less than 2 mm in size.
  7. References: As far as the body of the text is concerned, the journal prefers that the author’s (writer’s) name be cited, followed by the year of publication, namely the author-year system, from right to left, e.g. It has been found by Fadil and Abdul’alim (1970); It has been mentioned by Baker and Kennedy (1979); as indicated by many studies (Smith, 1999, Hunter and John 2000, Saba’ et al., 2003). There is no need to assign serial numbers to references. But in the list of references, the author’s last name comes first, followed by the first initial of his/her first name. In case the reference is written by more than one researcher, the name of the first author should appear as stated above. Then the full first name followed by the family name of each other authors (Arab references) should be written. In the case of a non-Arabic reference, the initial of the given names come first, followed by the last name and the year of publication, then the full title of the reference or journal (periodical or author, publisher and place of publication), volume, issue number and pages (from to). Punctuation rules should be conformed to, as in the following examples:
  • Al-Awf, ‘Abdulrahman, and Ahmad al-Kuzbari.1999. Biodiversity in al-Bishri Mount. University of Damascus Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 15 (3): 33-45.
  • Smith, J., M.R. Merilan and N.S. 1996. Factors Affecting Milk Production in Awassi Sheep. Animal Production, 12 (3): 35-46.
  • Haj Arif, Mahmoud, Abdel Nabi Bashir, Ghassan Al-Nabulsi, and Saher Al-Bakir. 2013. The Vine Tree. Arab Center for Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD). p. 454.

But these points should be observed:

  • Arabic and foreign references should be arranged (separately) by alphabet (A, B, C orأ، ب، ج ).
  • When an article, book, or chapter has a DOI number, it must be written at the end of the reference in the form https://doi.org/:10.21608.
  • If there is more than one reference by one name, they should be arranged chronologically, the most recent first. And in case the same name is repeated in the same year, the references should be displayed with the addition of an alphabetical letter, a, b, c or , أ، ب، ج g. (1977a), (1977b), …etc.
  • All works cited in the body of the text must be listed, and works not cited must not be added to the list.
  • References not commonly used, personal communications and unpublished works should be only casually mentioned in the body of the text and in brackets.(  ).
  • Citing a paper or a chapter from a text specialized book should include the name(s) of the researcher(s) or author(s), year, number and title of chapter, pages, editor(s), book title, publisher and place of publication. The same applies to the minutes of proceedings, seminars and scientific conferences.
  • The researcher should adhere to the ethics of scientific publication and the rights of intellectual property.

Terminology and Measuring Units:

  1. Authors should use Latin binomial or trinomial names of plants, crops, trees, insects, animals, microorganisms and soil, in both the abstract and the body of the text. It is preferable to write them in italics.
  2. The Editorial Board recommends the use of international measuring (SI) units. Equivalents from other systems may be used as synonyms in brackets ( ) only once for more clarity, if the researcher wishes.
  3. The Board recommends the use of common Arabic scientific terminology approved by specialized scientific dictionaries written by Arabic language councils and the Permanent Bureau for Coordinating Translation, which is affiliated with the Arab Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
  4. The Journal recommends the use of diacritical marks to clarify Arabic or translated uncommon terms in order to avoid ambiguity. The English equivalents of these terms should be used, even once, to achieve accuracy and make things easy to understand by the referees and down to specialized readers.

Manuscript’s Number of Pages:

Refereed and approved studies are published, as long as he/she adheres to the conditions pertaining to the length of the paper, which should not exceed 15 pages with the above-mentioned format and margins, including diagrams, tables and references.

Revising and Editing Papers:

Researcher(s) is (are) given a maximum of one month to revise and edit according to the referees’ recommendations. If the manuscript is not returned within this period of time, or if the researcher does not respond to these recommendations, the study will not be approved for publication. The researcher may, however, submit the study again to the journal. But it would be treated like a new study subject to referees’ scrutiny for the second and last time.

Financial terms:

  • Peer-reviewed research that is accepted for publication incurs an acceptance fee of 35,000 (thirty-five thousand Syrian pounds) in exchange for approval to publish the doctoral research or individual or group research, and an acceptance fee of 25,000 Syrian pounds (twenty-five thousand Syrian pounds) in exchange for Approval for publishing the master’s research, for research coming from the country of residence.
  • As for research coming from outside Syria, the fee is 100 US dollars (one hundred US dollars). Research related to the results of the Arab Center / ACSAD is excluded from the previous two items.
  • The magazine pays symbolic rewards to the reviewers.

General Remarks:

  • All studies published in this journal reflect the views of their authors. Even though these studies have already been refereed and evaluated, they do not necessarily express the views of the Editorial Board.
  • The arrangements of studies in the Journal’s issues are subject the journal’s own technical and scientific norms.
  • Studies not approved for publication will not be returned to authors.

Subscription:

Readers, specialists and students, may subscribe to the journal on an individual basis or as representatives of organizations by contacting the journal’s administration via e-mail.

Publishing in the journal:

Materials to be published have to be sent to the journal’s e-mail.

acsad.jae@gmail.com

journalAE@acsad.org

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