Submission Declaration
Submission
to the Journal is based on the understanding that the article has not been
previously published in any other form and is not considered for publication
elsewhere.
Conflict of Interest & Cover
Letter
The
University of Ha’il Journal of Science requires that all authors involved in writing
the manuscript should submit a consent form (available at: http://www.uoh.edu.sa/Scientific-Journals/Sciences-Journal/Pages/default.aspx ) confirming that the
work is approved by all authors, and declaring any potential sources of
conflict of interest.
An
“author agreement form” is available on the Journal’s website (http://www.uoh.edu.sa/Scientific-Journals/Sciences-Journal/Pages/default.aspx). Submission of this
form is mandatory in order to complete the submission process. The
corresponding author is requested to download, print, and sign the form at the
appropriate places provided. A scanned copy of the signed author agreement form
should be uploaded simultaneously with the submission of the manuscript.
It
is the sole responsibility of the corresponding author to review this form with
all authors. All relevant commercial, sponsorship and other relationships
should be collectively stated in the annexed cover letter and in the
manuscript (under the Acknowledgment section).
The
cover letter should also declare the individual contribution of each of the
authors to the manuscript, and to describe the material participation and roles
of the author(s) in the research and/or manuscript preparation.
Submission of Manuscripts
Manuscripts
should be submitted only online using the email ( uohjs@uoh.edu.sa ).
Instructions
and support on the process of preparing the manuscript and uploading the files are
available online from the submission site.
The
manuscript should be submitted as Microsoft Office Word file, and NOT as a PDF
file.
The
covering letter, and/or any comments to the editor, should also be submitted online,
when prompted.
Manuscripts
should be prepared within the 3500 words limit, exclusive of tables,
figures and references.
Grammar & Spelling
Authors
must ensure that grammar and spelling are correct throughout the manuscript.
Particular
attention should be assigned to correct scientific names and author citations.
Manuscripts
failing to adopt correct grammar and spelling will be returned to the authors.
Reviewers Suggestions
Authors
are encouraged to suggest 2-3 competent potential reviewers who would be
willing to review the manuscript, so as to accelerate the reviewing process.
The
editor has the exclusive right to decide whether or not the suggested potential
reviewers are assigned to the manuscript.
Previous
UHJS authors would also be regularly asked to review manuscripts.
All
reviewers are expected to reply promptly with useful and constructive comments
and remarks.
Preparation of Manuscripts
Authors
are required to ensure the following:
The
manuscript is expected to conform exactly to the University of Ha’il Journal of
Science's house-style.
Authors
should ensure that all reference citations in the text match those in the “References”,
and all tables, and figures are cited within the text.
Manuscripts
failing to conform to the above will be returned to authors for further
revision.
The
manuscript should be prepared according to the following sequence, with each
section beginning on a separate sheet:
1.
Title Page: this should contain:
- Title;
- Names
of author(s);
- Full
postal address(es);
- Email
address(es);
- Six
keywords for indexing purposes (full papers only);
- Name
of corresponding author, to whom proofs will be sent;
- Running
title of no more than 45 characters.
2.
Abstract: of not more than 200 words;
3.
Introduction;
4.
Materials and Methods;
5.
Results;
6.
Discussion;
7.
Acknowledgements;
8.
References;
9.
Tables;
10.
Figures.
Tables
and figures should be limited to six.
Journal Conventions:
Colloquial
names should be stated in lower case and accompanied by the scientific names in
italics on first mention.
The
authority responsible for the name should also be included.
Foreign
words, if used, should be italicized.
International
Systems of Units (SI units) are preferred.
Measurements
should be given in figures (digits), except when mentioned at the beginning of a
sentence.
Any
number used between “0” and “10”, and which is not a unit of measurement, should
be spelled out, otherwise stated as digits.
Figures/Illustrations:
Following
the acceptance of the manuscript, Colour prints will be acceptable only at the
authors’ expense. A copy of the colour work agreement form, including
the charges for colour printing, is available from (http://www.uoh.edu.sa/Scientific-Journals/Sciences-Journal/Pages/default.aspx), must be included
with all manuscripts containing coloured images/illustrations.
Authors
are encouraged to submit illustrations for the “cover image, alongside the
manuscript at the time of submission. If the image is chosen, the charges for
coloured work will be waived.
References:
UHJS
recommends the use of citations tools, such as EndNote, for reference
management and formatting.
Use
of extensive references should be avoided and only essential citations should
be included.
References
should follow those of the Harvard system and should be stated in the text by the
name of the author(s) with year of publication e.g. Adams (2012) mentioned...'
or '...was collaborated in the analysis (Smith, 2002; Adams and Brown, 2011)...'.
When
citing references with more than two authors, use et al., excluding
references having three authors, when all names should be given when first
mentioned and et al. used subsequently.
Several
references by the same author(s) in the same year should be appended with ‘a,
b, c etc.’ after the date.
References
should be listed in alphabetical order according to the following examples.
Journal
titles should be abbreviated according to the latest (4th) edition
of the World List of Scientific Periodicals.
SCOTT,
G. (2005) Essential Animal Behavior. Blackwell Science.
MORET-BAILLY,
J. (2004) Merging quantum theory into classical physics. In: Developments in
Quantum Physics (Ed. F. Coloumbus and V. Krasnoholovets). Nova Science
Publishers, Inc, New York.
ROTHSCHILD, M., VON EUW, J., REICHSTEIN, D., SMITH,
D. & PIERRE, J. (1975) Cardenolide Storage in Danaus chrysippus (L.)
with Additional Notes on D. plexippus (L.). Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B Biol.
Sci. 190, 1-31.
Accessibility of Data
All
data that is integral to the manuscript must be presented in a clear and
explicit manner so as to enable interested readers to replicate, verify and
build upon the results and conclusions stated in the manuscript.
All
such data may be included within the main manuscript, wherever applicable.
UHJS
recommends all data relevant to the available public repositories (such as
GenBank – genetic sequence database), and that are accessible to everyone, should
be deposited in such a repository prior to publication.
The
relevant linking details including the identifier(s) should then be specified
in the manuscript, so as to facilitate linking between the journal article and
the data.
If
no relevant repository exists, then the data should be included as supporting/supplementary
information to the published manuscript, or otherwise the authors should agree
to provide their data upon reasonable request.
Supporting/ Supplementary Information
Supporting/supplementary
information provides a useful way for authors to include additional important
ancillary information and/or material, with the online or hard-copy versions of
their manuscript.
Supplementary
information may include supporting applications, high-resolution images,
additional tables, datasets, audio clips and any other related nonessential
multimedia files.
All
supporting information should be cited within the manuscript’s text, accompanied
by a descriptive legend.
Proofs
An
e-mail alert will be sent to the corresponding author, which will contain a
link to a website where authors can download the proof (PDF – portable document
format) file.
Acrobat
Reader will be required to read this file. This software can be downloaded from
the following website: (http://get.adobe.com/reader/).
Further
instructions about the corrections will be sent with the proof.
Proofs
must be returned to the Editorial Office within three days of receipt.
Proof
corrections should be clearly marked using use the PDF annotations function or,
if correcting a printout of the proof, recognized symbols should be used.
Specific details of such symbols will be included in the instructions file.
All
corrections and comments should be returned, either by e-mail.
Significant
changes to the manuscript at this stage will only be accepted for publication
with permission from the Editor.
Reprints and Offprints
The
corresponding author will be emailed a PDF copy of the final version of the
manuscript, at no charge.
Additional
paper offprints may be ordered online, or by emailing the Editorial Office.