The Islamic University Journal of
Applied Sciences (IUJAS) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access,
online & print publication of scholarly articles. IUJAS aims invite authors
from the corners of the world and provides a publication venue suitable for the
21st Century. IUJAS targets to be timely in broadcasting cutting-edge knowledge
to engineers, scientists, researchers, and academics whose interest is in the
emerging developments includes all aspects of Engineering, Science and
Computing with emphasis on algorithms, architectures, design methodologies,
processes, testing, tools and technologies and related areas of research. There
is NO publication fees to publish in this journal.
The Islamic University Journal of
Applied Sciences (IUJAS) is a high-quality open access peer reviewed
interdisciplinary research journal with no publication fee. IUJAS is providing
a platform for researchers, academicians, professional, practitioners and
students to impart and share knowledge in the form of high quality empirical
and theoretical research papers, case studies, literature reviews and book
reviews. We would like to invite you to contribute a Research Paper for
publication in IUJAS. The interdisciplinary journal covers all areas of
Computer Science, Information Technology, all disciplines of Engineering, basic
sciences, and all other streams of applied science. The journal publishes
original research articles, review articles and technical notes.
All articles will be blind
peer-reviewed. Submitted papers should not exceed 20 pages and should
not be less than 8 pages. The Islamic University Journal of Applied
Sciences (IUJAS), is published by the Islamic University of Madinah and
endeavors to serve as a platform for academics, researchers, scientists and
practitioners to exchange innovative ideas and sharing experiences to bridge
the gap between the Engineering, Science and Computing theory and its
application to solve the most current problems and challenges faced by 21st
century organizations.
In
line with the mission of the Islamic University of Madinah, the IUJAS aims to
promote and circulate knowledge and support of its scientific publications.
Within the framework of this mandate, the university press assumes an
impartial, unbiased, and highly ethical viewpoint on the subject matter in its
publications.
Open Access
There
are "No Article Processing Fees" to publish articles in the IUJAS.
Articles are free to access via the IUJAS web portal.
Publisher
The
Islamic University of Madinah is the publisher of the IUJAS.
Publishing Ethics for IUJAS Editors
Editorial Responsibilities
Editorial Responsibilities: The IUJAS
is served by the international editorial board and international editorial
advisory board. Editors are responsible for the timely publication of the
manuscripts as per the publication schedule and are published in the journal.
This includes measures to assess the quality of the scientific material that is
considered for the journal. Editors must be fair-minded and sensible in the
execution of their duties, without any kind of bias or discrimination. Editors
should state clearly to authors and reviewers on everything that is expected of
them.
Confidentiality
The
editor and the editorial team may not pass on information about a submitted
manuscript to anyone other than the author, reviewer, potential reviewer, any
other editorial consultant.
Peer review
It is the journal''''s policy to conduct
at least two blind peer reviews of each submission of the articles it receives.
Based on the originality, research rigor, quality of scientific methodology,
article presentations, and suitability of the contents of the articles for the IUJAS,
without the intervention of the peer review process, the editors must decide
which articles should be published. An explanation of the peer review processes
is described via the IUJAS web portal. Editors are responsible to justify any
deviations from the peer review processes as articulated. Editors can further
invite alternate review in case it is deemed necessary to uphold the quality of
the review process. Editors should treat submissions impartially, fairly, and
appropriately and treat all manuscripts confidentially so that the manuscripts
can only be passed on to others for peer review. IUJAS Editors maintain a
system to ensure that the identity of peer reviewers, authors, are protected
and conflict of interests are not compromised. In case of misconduct, including
plagiarism, or if doubtful authorships are suspected, editors are guided by
IUJAS''''s international editorial board via publication ethics guidelines and committee
decisions. Editors, via the IUJAS web portal, provides guidelines on IUJAS
publication policies and keep all members informed of the new guidelines,
announcements, and future developments.
Conflicts of interest
Editors
maintain a system to manage any conflicts of interest, of the authors,
reviewers, and editors.
Publishing Ethics for IUJAS authors
Plagiarism statement for Ethical Guidelines
It is the responsibility of the
author(s) to ensure that the manuscript submitted is original and does not contain
plagiarized material. Plagiarism involves passing on the work of someone else
other than the author(s), that is, reusing text, results, or creative
expression without expressly acknowledging or referring to the original author
or publication. Authors should be aware that the self-plagiarism, defined as
the re-use of substantial portions of the author''''s work or published work
without attribution to the source (see the IUJAS website). Examples of
plagiarism are verbatim copying of published articles; text copy of published
articles, such as figures, tables, and equations. The author must obtain
appropriate permission and properly cite or cite non-original material to the
sources. In this context, "citing" is defined as reusing other works
with appropriate credit. An appropriate quotation is given as to whether the
material was written by another author or by the author previously. Publication
ethics prohibit duplicate publication as well. Plagiarism, which skews ideas,
words, computer code, or other creative expressions such as the author''''s own,
is an obvious violation of the ethical principles. Plagiarism includes a
variety of forms, including literal copying, quasi-literal copying, or
deliberately paraphrasing parts of another author''''s article. Copy items from
another author''''s article, such as well-known equations or figures, or
intentionally copy or paraphrase sentences without citing the source.
Self-plagiarism is disallowed in IUJAS. The journal defines self-plagiarism as
the literal or literal re- use of substantial parts of a copyrighted work
without citing the source. Other types of unethical and data manipulation
include tempering data in ways that deceive others and that violate both core
values and professional standards. This involves misrepresenting research -
using selective or fraudulent data to support a hypothesis or claim. Duplicate
publication or submission of research results and failure to review the article
or submit it to the IUJAS is fundamentally unethical.
Responsibilities of the Author
Authors should declare that all work
in their submitted piece is original and they should appropriately cite the
content of the manuscript from other sources to avoid plagiarism. Authors
should ensure that their contribution is free from any defamatory material and
recognize the copyrights or other intellectual property rights or patents or
any other third-party rights. The list of authors included in the manuscript
should exactly list who executed the research and who penned the article, and
the order of the author should be cooperatively determined by all authors to
avoid any future conflicts. The IUJAS provides monetary rewards to the
corresponding author only upon publication of the manuscript, as articulated in
the IUJAS web portal. All authors are notified of their article''''s submission to
the IUJAS via web portal and authors should ensure that their submitted
manuscript is not reviewed or accepted for publication elsewhere. If the
similarity content of the submitted manuscript, exceeds a threshold limit of
overlap as described by the IUJAS web portal, the manuscript will be declined
for publication. Authors must provide consent to reproduce content from
third-party sources, such as texts, images, equations, illustrations, etc. If
the article under consideration, received a research fund, the author(s) must
acknowledge such source of funding as a part of research ethics. The
responsibility falls on the author(s).
Disclosure and conflicts of interest
The authors should indicate potential
conflicts of interest for the submitted manuscript for publication
consideration. Unpublished material that has been published in a manuscript may
not be used as the author''''s research without the unambiguous written consent of
the author with justification expressing why such repetition is necessary. The
IUJAS maintains a similarity policy as described in the journal web. The
authors should provide a detailed report of a collaborative work that is
completed. The original data should be complete in the document. The manuscript
should contain sufficient features and references for others to reproduce the
work. Deceitful or knowingly incorporating erroneous statements characterize
unethical conduct. Authors are urged to provide the raw data in conjunction
with an editorial review process of the article and should be prepared to
provide public access to this data in case it may be necessary. Authors should
notify the Editor in Chief of any possible errors in their published work in
methods, material, results, and conclusions, to publish an erratum or addendum,
or revocation, as the case may be. Authors are can appeal editorial decisions
via the IUJAS web portal and email contact.
Publishing Ethics for IUJAS Reviewers
Responsibilities of Reviewers
The task of reviewers is to
contribute to editorial decisions. The peer review supports the editor in
editorial decisions and can also help the author(s) to improve the article
through editorial communication with the author. The IUJAS selects reviewers
who have the proper knowledge in the field and follows best practices to avoid
choosing fraudulent peer reviewers. The IUJAS Editorial Board initially
evaluates manuscripts on their intellectual content, regardless of race, sexual
orientation, gender, ethnicity, religious belief, citizenship, or philosophy of
the authors before they are sent to the peer-review process. IUJAS uses an
electronic distribution system for all communication. Reviewers should help
improve the quality of a submitted article by reviewing the manuscript promptly
with care, consideration, feedback, and objectivity. An evaluation form is
provided to the reviewers to identify the strength and weaknesses of a
manuscript under review.
The reviewer''''s evaluation is
categorized as (1) recommend to accept the paper as it is or (2) recommend to
reject the paper or (3) suggest major revisions and restructuring of the
manuscript for 2nd round review or (4) suggest minor revisions. Reviewers
should inform the IUJAS editorial board of any published or submitted content
that is similar to the material to be reviewed, or suspected of plagiarism.
Reviewers should identify potential conflicts of interest associated with a
particular article or author. Reviewers should respect the confidentiality of
any information or material provided during the review process.
The criteria for publication of scientific papers are that they:
For IU to publish and disseminate research articles, the authors must transfer copyright to the publisher as part of a journal publishing agreement. IU is granted to the following rights:
Submitted articles should contain the following items:
NOTE: For non-Arabic speakers, the journal will provide a translation of the abstracts of accepted articles. This service is free.
The paper should follow the format as given by the template (both LaTeX and MS-Word templates are provided - Please check the Call for Papers)
Authors are required to follow the IEEE citation style. Some examples are provided below.
List: Number the references (numbers in square brackets) in the list in the order in which they appear in the text.
Example:[1] G. Liu, K. Y. Lee, and H. F. Jordan, "TDM and TWDM de Bruijn networks and shufflenets for optical communications," IEEE Trans. Comp., vol. 46, pp. 695-701, June 1997.
[2] U. J. Gelinas, Jr., S. G. Sutton, and J. Fedorowicz, Business Processes and Information Technology. Cincinnati: South-Western/Thomson Learning, 2004.
[3] O. B. R. Strimpel, "Computer graphics," in McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 8th ed., Vol. 4. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997, pp. 279-283.
[4] J. Geralds, "Sega Ends Production of Dreamcast," vnunet.com, para. 2, Jan. 31, 2001. [Online]. Available: http://nl1.vnunet.com/news/1116995. [Accessed: Sept. 12, 2004].
[5] M. Oguro, S. Imahiro, S. Saito, T. Nakashizuka, Mortality data for Japanese oak wilt disease and surrounding forest compositions, Mendeley Data, v1, 2015. https://doi.org/10.17632/xwj98nb39r.1
Areas for the call for papers:
This call includes but not restricted to the following areas:
We invite submissions in, but not limited to, the following areas:
1. Computing Topics
2. Engineering Topics
3. Science Topics
IUJAS: Journal Article Evaluation Form
Title:
1=Inadequate/Insignificant,
2=Poor, 3= Fair, 4=Good, 5=Excellent
#
Characteristics 1 2 3 4 5
1
Originality
2
Title and keywords are relevant to the content
3
Technical and Theoretical Contents are appropriate (Problem or research issue
is significant?)
4
Relationship of the problem to previous research is made clear
5
Presentation quality (Article is clearly-written, logically organized)
6
Theory and Methodology appropriate
7
Experimentation, Data Collection, Sampling Appropriate, and Data Analysis are
scientific
8
Results and Analysis are presented clearly
9
Conclusions are clearly stated
10
References are appropriate, current, relevant and properly cited in the article
11
Overall rating of the Article
12
Recommendations:
·
Accept the Manuscript
as it is
·
Revisions Required
·
Major revisions and
restructuring of Manuscript are required
·
Reject the manuscript
13
Required: Comments to the Author. (attach extra papers/spaces if need be)
14
Required: State what was original about this article. (attach extra
papers/spaces if need be)
Professor, Faculty of Science, Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia. Orcid: https://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-2527-8741
Professor, Computer science, Islamic University of Madinah. Saudi Arabia Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6168-3552
Professor, Mathematics, Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi Arabia Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7412-4773
Professor, Biology, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6472-5666
Professor, Chemistry, Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3073-5449
Professor, Computer science and engineering, Islamic University of Madinah. Saudi Arabia Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0096-3435
Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering, Taif University, Saudi Arabia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8667-0042
Professor, Industrial Engineering, The Faculty of Computer and Information Systems Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
Professor, Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Islamic University of Madinah. Saudi Arabia
Professor in Computer Science, � Human Computer Interaction, Faculty of Computers, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia
Associate Professor, Computer and information systems, Islamic University of Madinah. Saudi Arabia Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5031-3388