Guidelines for Authors

Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences (JE&AS)

A Journal Published By

Majmaah University Center for Publishing and Translation

Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences (JE&AS) (E-ISSN 1658-7073 | ISSN 1658-6638) (An official publication of Majmaah University Center for Publishing and Translation) was established in 2014. The Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences (JE&AS) is a peer-reviewed open-access journal that will publish articles from industry and academia on all aspects of Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences bi-annually (May and November of every year).

E-ISSN 1658-7073 | ISSN 1658-6638

Issues: 2 per year (May and November)

JE&AS publishes articles on Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Biological science, Environmental science, Biotechnology, Biomathematics, applied mathematics, Applied Physics, and Earth Science.

The types of publications considered are research articles, book reviews, letters, reviews, and surveys.

JE&AS accepts articles in Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences.

Engineering areas covered by JE&AS include:

§  Mechanical Engineering

§  Civil Engineering

§  Industrial Engineering

§  Electrical Engineering

§  Environmental Engineering

§  Chemical Engineering

§  Architectural Engineering

Computing areas covered by JE&AS include:

§  Computer Science

§  Information Technology

§  Information Systems

§  Computer Engineering

Applied sciences areas covered by JE&AS include:

§  Biological science

§  Environmental science

§  Biotechnology

§  Biomathematics

§  Applied mathematics.

§  Applied Physics

§  Earth Science

Contact

Dr. Ibrahim M. Alarifi, Editor-in-Chief

i.alarifi@mu.edu.sa

Dr. Ahmed Shahin, Managing Editor

a.shahin@mu.edu.sa

Mailing Address

Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Majmaah University, Post Box 66, Al-Majmaah 11952, KSA

jeas@mu.edu.sa

Dr. Ibrahim M. Alarifi, Editor-in-Chief

We welcome you to the Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences (JE&AS) at Majmaah University. As the editorial team, we are committed to fostering a platform for exchanging innovative ideas and cutting-edge research in the diverse engineering and applied sciences fields. JE&AS is dedicated to publishing high-quality, peer-reviewed articles that advance knowledge in engineering and its applications. We aim to provide a valuable resource for researchers, academicians, and practitioners, fostering a collaborative environment that transcends disciplinary boundaries.

Navigating the landscape of scientific publishing poses numerous challenges for authors. The proliferation of scientific journals, each with its unique scope, review criteria, and publication costs, places authors in the daunting position of deciding where to submit their work. This decision-making process is a pivotal aspect of every author's journey and often involves grappling with various factors.

The dissemination of scientific findings holds significant importance in the lives of researchers. Over time, scientific publishing has transformed into an efficient system that disseminates knowledge and nurtures collaboration among scientists. Science journals have implemented institutionalized procedures to cope with the increasing volume of article submissions. Many journals have strategically defined narrower scopes, serving the dual purpose of managing submissions effectively and promoting outstanding research. With great pride, the editorial board inaugurates the Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences (JE&AS), a new addition to the scientific journals affiliated with Majmaah University. The board is dedicated to ensuring the satisfaction of JE&AS authors and readers by introducing dynamic and vibrant journal management. Our commitment is rooted in the belief that fostering a supportive environment is essential for advancing scientific discourse and collaboration.

In summary, as the scientific community faces the complexities of modern publishing, JE&AS endeavors to provide a platform that meets the evolving needs of authors and contributes to the collective advancement of engineering and applied sciences knowledge.

Dr. Ibrahim M. Alarifi,

Editor-in-Chief

Introduction

Scientific research is considered one of the basic pillars of any excellent education at university. Also, scientific research is one of the most important criteria adopted by the scientific parties in classifying and arranging universities on all scales, local, national, or global. To enable the University of Majmaah to achieve excellence in education, the university has paid much attention since the first day of its inception to developing and activating the mechanisms of scientific research, including the establishment of scientific journals at the university, where each College can participate according to the specialty of each one. We are not exaggerating when we say that engineering sciences are leading global progress towards promising prospects. Hence, the Deanship of Engineering College has given the Journal of Engineering Sciences the greatest attention and urged faculty members to actively participate in its creation at the highest scientific and regulatory requirements levels.

Vision

Achieve leadership in disseminating specialized scientific research at the national, regional, and global levels.

Objectives

§  Disseminate and deepen research and specialized studies in the fields of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the national level and the Arab world as well, which are related to the issues of designing and increasing the quality of production, management, and the overall planning and strategy for engineering projects. In addition to developing the equipment and innovation, and the quality of performance and accreditation on the level of theoretical analysis and practical studies.

§  Encourage scientific research to meet and solve real engineering and scientific problems that contribute to developing theoretical and applied research.

§  Activate scientific communication to exchange scientific expertise and perspectives in Engineering and Applied Sciences in the light of regional and global renewable changes.

Abstracting & Indexing

§  ORCID

§  Crossref

§  Open and Access

§  Creative Commons

Current Editorial Board

It is selected from the distinctive competencies in different journal publishing areas within and outside the Kingdom. The nomination is based on reviewing the CVs of the applicants for vacancies at the Advisory Board, according to the university's announcement.

Areas of Publishing

It is recommended to sign an agreement with the International Publishing Centers, which are specialized in the fields of Engineering and Applied Sciences, to carry on the publishing process, not forgetting to set the conditions and regulations for this mechanism; thus, this will solve a lot of problems and obstacles and give the journal the scientific incentive, seriousness, and importance from the early stages in its inception. In addition, I entered the classifications and the international databases as well. Hence, identifying the areas of publishing relates to each version itself, where special conditions are set for each version, and this means highlighting the area of concentration in the version to avoid distraction and generalization.

" Journal of Engineering and Applied Science " is a periodic scientific journal concerned with disseminating research in Engineering and Applied Sciences and related research. However, the research must be submitted for a new publication and has not been published or accepted for publication by a journal or any other publication party. The authors should acknowledge that by handwriting. Also, the rights to publish the research are transmitted to the journal after acceptance. The areas of publications are as follows:

1.    Electrical Engineering

2.    Civil Engineering

3.    Mechanical Engineering

4.    Applied Sciences

5.    Engineering and Computer Sciences and Networks

Plagiarism Policy

Plagiarism is the unethical act of copying other researchers’ prior ideas, processes, results, or words without explicitly acknowledging the original author and source. Self-plagiarism occurs when an author utilizes a large part of his/her own previously published work without using appropriate references. This can range from getting the same manuscript published in multiple journals to modifying a previously published manuscript with some new data.

1.    All manuscripts submitted for publication to our journal are cross-checked for plagiarism using plagiarism-checking software. Manuscripts found plagiarized during the initial stages of review are rejected and not considered for publication in the journal.

2.    If a manuscript is found to be plagiarized after publication, the Editor-in-Chief will conduct a preliminary investigation, maybe with the help of a suitable committee constituted for the purpose, and suitable action will be initiated based on the committee's recommendations.

3.    If the manuscript is found to be plagiarized beyond the acceptable limits, the journal will contact the author’s Institute / College / University and Funding Agency, if any.

Protection of Research Participants (Statement on Human and Animal Rights)

Statement of Human and Animal Rights in Research Involving Live Subjects

Suppose the scientific project involves human subjects or experimental animals. In that case, authors must state in the manuscript that the protocol has been approved by the institution's Ethics Committee within which the research work was undertaken.

Research Involving Humans

Any manuscript describing a study that used human subjects must include a statement that affirms the experiments were performed with prior informed consent (written or verbal, as appropriate) from each participant.

All personal information must be anonymized before publication unless a record of explicit consent from the involved patient(s) has been provided.

Research Involving Animals

Any manuscript describing a study that used animal subjects must include a statement that affirms all appropriate measures were taken to minimize pain or discomfort. Details of the animals’ care should be provided.

Experimental research on vertebrates or any regulated invertebrates must comply with institutional, national, or international guidelines and, where available, should have been approved by an appropriate ethics committee. A statement detailing compliance with guidelines and ethical approval must be included in the manuscript.

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy describes how we use the personal information that we collect when you use our journal publishing service.

1. Information we collect directly from you the following personal data:

§  Name (first name, last name, etc).

§  Email address or other contact information.

§  Unique scholarly identifiers, like ORCID ID, Google Scholar ID, etc.

§  Physical address or location and institutional affiliation.

§  Username or similar application-specific identifier.

§  The contents of your article/proposal, referee/reviewer reports, or any other documents you upload to our website.

§  Your preferences, including your communication preferences.

Further, we will retain information about the article/proposal you submit to a Journal, about peer-review requests you receive from a Journal, and your subsequent response and activity as they relate to that Journal.

2. Information we collect from other sources:

If an article/proposal you authored is submitted to a Journal by a co-author or agent other than you, then that user might enter your data into the website on your behalf.

We will use this information to:

§  Allow you access to the website.

§  Process or fulfill an order, transaction, or contract.

§  verify your identity and recognize you when you use the website.

§  Establish your professional identity when you submit an article to a Journal or are invited to review.

§  Establish your interest or authority in a subfield/specialty.

§  Contact you on behalf of an editor/staff of a Journal with a request to serve as a referee/reviewer for an article/proposal.

§  Collect and share information relevant to your scientific research or professional activity.

§  Provide statistical data to the publisher or owner of the Journal (but only from data strictly related to that Journal).

§  The data is used for the legitimate interests of the Journals and their owners/publishers, as well as of the scientific community, in having an accurate record of authorship, with safeguards against plagiarism or impersonation, and with correct connections with the wider research literature.

We will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including archiving purposes and satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

3. Information Sharing

We do not sell, share, or transfer personal information except as set out in this policy.

4. Storage and Security

We will store this information and keep it safe against theft, loss, misuse, unauthorized access, or disclosure by using reasonable and appropriate technical and administrative security and backup measures.

5. Your Rights

At any time, you may request access to the personal information about you that we hold in the Service and request corrections or updates. As a security measure, we may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm our identity and ensure your right to access your data.

Copyright Information

For JE&AS to publish and disseminate research articles, we need certain publishing rights from authors, which are determined by a publishing agreement between the author and JE&AS.

For articles published open access, the authors license exclusive rights in their article to JE&AS.

Regardless of how an article is published, JE&AS is committed to protecting and defending authors’ works and reputations. We take plagiarism, ethical disputes, and fraud very seriously.

Self-Archiving Policies

All articles published on the Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences (JE&AS) website are protected by copyright held by eJManager Company. This copyright covers the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article, including in electronic forms, reprints, translations, photographic reproductions, or similar. Except for articles published on an open-access basis, the transfer of copyright to eJManager becomes effective when an article is accepted for publication.

As the author of a journal article, you retain the rights detailed in the following:

Your article's Digital Object Identifier (DOI) can be found on the relevant webpage of The Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences (JE&AS).

After publication on the website, you may post the accepted author manuscript on your website, your institutional or subject repositories of your choice, or as stipulated by the Funding Agency.

Publishing Rules

Identify areas of focus in scientific research to serve the industry and the local community, give privacy to scientific research, and exclude traditional research that is not of interest to industry, society, and modern scientific research.

The scientific material must be submitted according to the following general rules:

§  Research and studies submitted to the journal must be authentic and innovative in the field of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the national level, the Arab world level, and the global one, and be committed to the methodology of scientific research and its recognized steps.

§  Research and studies submitted to the journal must be written in English.

§  Research and studies submitted to the journal must not have been published before or under the judgment of any other scientific party.

All views and conclusions contained in the research and studies submitted to the journal must reflect the opinion of their owners, and the researcher alone bears the responsibility.

Arbitration Rules

§  Research is provided electronically.

§  All provided research is subject to arbitration by experienced and distinguished scientific stature specialists.

§  The journal uses at least two arbitrators for each research, and the editor may choose a third arbitrator in the event of a disagreement between the two arbitrators.

§  The editor notifies the research's author about the research's validity or invalidity for publication as soon as possible.

§  Research is not published unless the required modifications given by the arbitrators have been made and an electronic copy of the final research is sent.

Publishing Controls and Conditions

§  Regarding publishing controls and conditions and instructions for writing research and publishing rules, it is recommended to revert to the rules followed in the International Publishing Centers, not forgetting the suggestion to sign an agreement with them to find a consensus process between the requirements of the university (college) and the publishing rules and conditions of the journal.

§  Hence, it is a must to point out the need that the mechanism for the selection and evaluation of research and versions and arbitrators be turned into a compromise process between the university and the Publishing Centre for mutual benefit in the experiences and leave the rest of the conditions relating to publishing to the Publishing Centre itself. ×

§  The researcher should provide an electronic copy via email.

§  All provided research is subject to arbitration by experienced and distinguished scientific stature specialists.

§  The journal uses at least two arbitrators for each research, and the editor may choose a third arbitrator in the event of a disagreement between the two arbitrators.

§  The journal publishes the recommendations of scientific conferences and symposiums and the outcomes of the scientific dissertations authorized for discussion, in addition to rare books, scientific reports, and translations.

§  Research and studies submitted to the journal are published according to the primacy the journal received after the completion of publication fees.

§  The journal's research and studies arrangement is subject to special regulatory rules and has nothing to do with the research's importance or the researcher's status.

§  Being accepted for publication takes its role in the number sent to it or at the following numbers.

§  Copyrights are reserved for the Unit of Majmaah University Scientific Journal and may quote concerning the source.

§  The journal management is committed to informing the researcher about the validity decision of the research for publication or the scientific judgment committee's rejection of the research for publication. However, the journal is under no obligation to refund the amount of the arbitration fees in the event of a refusal of research.

§  The researcher whose research gets approval to be published in the journal can get one copy of the journal that published the research and five cited articles of the research free of charge.

Guidelines for Authors

Manuscript Submission: Prepare and submit your manuscript per the detailed instructions.

The manuscript should follow the JE&AS format available from this link.

The manuscripts should present original work in the scope of the journal, must be exclusively submitted to this journal, must not have been published before, and must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. The extended and expanded versions of papers published in conference proceedings can also be submitted with detailed descriptions of the additional parts. Three manuscripts are considered: regular, short, and survey/tutorial papers. 

Access And Charges: JE&AS is a broad-based, peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes original research of the most recent scientific importance. JE&AS aims to provide its authors an opportunity for the most rapid review and publication process. On the other hand, the vision of this group of journals is to provide free access to the journals without financial restrictions to readers using the open-access publication model. We strongly hope that both authors and readers throughout the globe will appreciate our goals of disseminating scientific research.

Page Limits: Regular papers are limited to 12 journal pages. Short papers are limited to 4 pages. For surveys/tutorial papers, contact the editor-in-chief in advance.

Highlights: Outlined are the key highlights, limited to 5 bullet points, each containing no more than 80 characters (including spaces). These succinctly encapsulate essential aspects of the work. The provided highlights are slated for a thorough review and subsequent publication.

Graphical Abstract Guidelines: Each article in JE&AS Journals requires a graphical abstract. Authors are requested to submit a single visual representation summarizing their work's main ideas and concepts. The dimensions for the graphical abstract should be 4.5 inches by 3 inches. Importantly, the visual should convey information without the inclusion of any textual description. This visual abstract is a concise and impactful snapshot of the article's key elements.

Conflict of Interest: All authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest or the lack of such.

Author Declaration: The authors declare that the manuscript is original, has not been published before, and is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere. The manuscript has been read and approved by all named authors; no other persons who satisfied the criteria for authorship are listed, and all authors have approved the order of authors listed in the manuscript. Authors must acknowledge the support from any funding agency, and the authors have received permission from the funding agency if required. The corresponding author is the sole contact with the JE&AS editorial board in matters related to the submissions of revisions and final approval of proofs.

Copyright Transfer Agreement: Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to sign the copyright transfer agreement.

Language: The journal is written in English.

Submission: Submission to this journal is accepted only through the eJManager portal. No e-mail submissions are allowed. A manuscript must be prepared and sent in MS Word following the template provided.

Submitted Documents: "Article Format (Rev.2)" document MUST contain all author(s) name(s) and affiliation(s). However, the "Main Article" document does not contain any information about the author(s) or the affiliation(s).

Author's Ban: Authors failing to upload their manuscripts according to our terms and conditions and following our JE&AS template more than once will get their manuscripts rejected and be banned from future uploads. Authors must make every effort to ensure full compliance with JE&AS terms & conditions and template format.

Plagiarism Check: All submitted manuscripts must pass the plagiarism check. Our policy is not to accept manuscripts with more than 25% similarity measure. The plagiarism check is a paid service charged to the author(s) and is conducted before submission. Any fees paid for the plagiarism check are non-refundable.

Use Of Word-Processing Software: The manuscript must be prepared in MS Word and follow the article format as illustrated in the template. All tables and figures must be placed within the manuscript properly. Footnotes are not accepted.

Author Inquiries: For inquiries related to the submission of articles, contact the editors at jeas@mu.edu.sa