Author Guidelines
Publication Requirements
- The researcher should follow the journal template provided on the website and adhere to the publication conditions mentioned below when formatting their research.
- The researcher should submit the formatted research in a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx) exclusively through the journal’s website ( https://iijas.eventsgate.org/iijas/about/submissions ). To submit research to the journal for the first time, you must register first and then upload the research (https://iijas.eventsgate.org/iijas/user/register).
- The research should be written using the correct language, with a focus on formatting, graphics, and tables numbered according to the journal template.
- The research must be within the journal’s scope and should not be copied from a book, thesis, or dissertation. Once the research is submitted, it will be checked for plagiarism by the journal.
- It is important to have original and significant research in the field of specialization.
- The research should not be less than ten pages or more than twenty pages.
- The researcher must declare that the research has not been previously submitted or published in another journal.
- The research should be written in clear and coherent language, with coherence between the title, introduction, objectives, discussions, results, and references.
- Research articles can be written in both Arabic and English.
- Research articles cannot be withdrawn after acceptance by the journal under any circumstances.
- Within a maximum of three days, the journal will inform the researcher of receiving the research. The evaluation process will take approximately fifteen days from the reviewers receiving the research. The researcher is expected to address the comments and resubmit the research within a maximum of ten days after receiving feedback. An acceptance letter will be sent to the researcher that specifies the publication date.
- If there are any disagreements among the reviewers, a third reviewer will be appointed to arbitrate.
- The researcher is responsible for making the necessary revisions and submitting the revised research to the email address mentioned above.
- The researcher will receive a final acceptance letter after making revisions and receiving approval for publication from the reviewers and editorial board.
- The publication and evaluation fees are available at https://iijas.eventsgate.org/iijas/about/apc .
- Copyright for the publication and dissemination of the research will be transferred to the journal after notifying the author of the acceptance.
- Upon publication, the researcher will be sent a link to the complete issue for downloading their research.
In order to prepare their research, authors must follow the following steps
- The author should include the title of the research, academic title, researcher’s name, affiliation, and email address (in the font size and type specified in the publication template).
- The researcher should write the title of the research, the researcher’s name and academic title, affiliation, abstract, and keywords in both Arabic and English in their researcher’s account on the journal’s platform and in a separate file uploaded with the research. In case the research is written in Arabic, the list of sources must be uploaded in a separate file that is also written in Arabic.
- Single spacing is recommended for the research, with a minimum of ten pages and a maximum of thirty pages.
- Fonts should be bold for the main title and subheadings only, with regular font for the rest of the text. All paragraphs should be written in black font without the use of underlining or any unusual symbols.
- In accordance with the publication template, the subheading should be written on a separate line without any punctuation marks and numbered. It is necessary to have a research abstract that is not less than 150 words or exceed 250 words.
- Use consistent numbers (1., 2., 3.) throughout the research.
- Use consistent tables without colors or shading, with titles for each table or figure that exactly match the examples provided in the publication template.
- There should be 0.26 inch indentation at the beginning of paragraphs. Alignment formatting should be used to align all paragraphs except for the abstract.
- When conducting research in Arabic, follow the same steps and template, with the text direction from right to left.
- As previously mentioned, it is necessary to provide the research abstract in Arabic and English, ensuring that the word count does not exceed 150 or fall below 250. The abstract must contain four elements: problem, objectives, methodology, and results, and the keywords should not exceed 5 words.
Research Elements:
- The author is requested to adhere to the publication template when writing their research.
- As mentioned earlier, the abstract for the study.
- The introduction covers the following topics: Research system: whether it is analytical, descriptive, statistical, etc. – Research problem: Research hypotheses – Research objectives – Research significance – Research limitations – Research plan.
- Previous studies (based on the research’s nature).
- Research methodologies and methods.
- Results.
- Discussion.
- Conclusion.
- Acknowledgments (if any).
- Sources and references.
- Appendices (if any).
- Documenting sources and references in a single list at the end of the research, alphabetically arranged by the last name of the author.
- Arabic references should be written in English (Roman letters).
Writing and organizing references
- APA style is the documentation system issued by the American Psychological Association, which is what you should use when writing. For more information, see ( ).
- Books and international journals are the primary sources of reference. It is important to use the most relevant sources, preferably from journals in Scopus. References should be written in APA style, with at least 12 references to current relevant published research.