The Journal of Arts ; مجلة الآداب

Journal Overview

To be a pioneering, distinguished journal publishing in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, and to be indexed in the global databases as one of the most famous regional (Arabian) and international publishing platforms.

Mission

To contribute to science by publishing peer-reviewed research in accordance with international and professional standards in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Objectives

1. To be an academic source for researchers in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
2. To meet researchers’ needs for publishing in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
3. To foster knowledge in language, literature, the humanities, and social sciences, and to contribute to the development of  society.

Publication Requirements

1- The paper's submission to the Journal is a pledge that the paper has not been published elsewhere, nor will it be submitted for publication elsewhere, until the Journal's review process is completed.

2- Manuscripts should not exceed a maximum of 10,000 words, including the abstracts (both in Arabic and English), keywords, references, and appendices.

3- The official citation formatting system used by the Journal is the Chicago Formatting Style with a few journal-specific modifications; it should be used for both in-text citations and the reference list. Any manuscript that does not adhere to the Chicago style will be returned to the author(s).

4- The author should only use footnotes, and he should restart numbering in each page.

5- The manuscript must contain two abstracts; one in Arabic and one in English. Each should be no less than 100 words and no more than 200 words.

6- Each abstract must be preceded by no more than six keywords representing the major research topics. The keywords should be placed after the title and before the abstract.

7- The author’s name or any indication of identity must not be mentioned implicitly or explicitly anywhere in the body of the research; instead, the author may use neutral terms such as “the researcher”.

8- The abbreviated titles of periodicals must be used in the form provided by the World List of Scientific Periodicals. Technical abbreviations (e.g., cm, km

Publication Process

The manuscript's submission means that the manuscript has not been previously published, nor submitted / will not be submitted for publication elsewhere until the review process is completed. Any attempt to submit the paper elsewhere during its consideration may lead to an action taken by the Journal that it deems appropriate.

1. The Journal conducts a preliminary review of the paper to decide whether or not it is appropriate to move on to the peer-review step.
2. After obtaining approval from the Editorial Board, all submitted papers undergo a scientific review process in a confidential, double-blind manner, where the reviewers are unaware of the author’s identity, and vice versa.
3. The manuscript will be sent to two reviewers who specialize in the paper’s subject. If their opinions differ regarding the acceptance of the paper, the paper will be sent to a third reviewer, whose opinion will be decisive.
4. The papers will be returned to its authors only one time to make changes based on the reviewers’ suggestions and notes. The author must return the revised paper to the Journal within two weeks. The revised paper will then be sent again to the reviewers to assess if their revisions have been attended to and will either accept or reject the paper based on their assessment.
5. After the paper is accepted, the manuscript cannot be published without official approval from the Journal 's