Rules and Procedurals Publishing

General Rules and Publication Procedures

First: General Rules

-        The manuscript must be original and make a new contribution to knowledge.

-        The manuscript must be scientifically documented with relevant references, sources, and supporting documents.

-        The manuscript must comply with the principles of academic integrity and research ethics.

-        The manuscript must be linguistically sound and use punctuation correctly.

-        The manuscript must not have been previously published.

-        Manuscripts submitted to the journal will not be returned, whether published or not.

-        The number of authors must not exceed four for a research article.

-        Authors must use the journal's official template, whether Arabic or English, and may not alter it.

-        Research produced using artificial intelligence is not accepted, as it is deemed inconsistent with academic integrity and is not considered the researcher's own work.

-        Authors must proofread their manuscripts for linguistic, spelling, and typographical errors.

-        Once accepted for publication, the journal reserves the right to publish the article on its website, the university website, or other university-affiliated electronic publication platforms.

-        Correspondence shall be conducted through the journal website or official email. The Editorial Board reserves the right to determine publication priority in accordance with the journal's regulations.

-        After an article has been approved for publication in the Journal of Administrative and Economic Sciences, it may not be published elsewhere without prior written permission from the Editor-in-Chief.

Second: Manuscript Preparation Requirements

-        The manuscript title, author's name, professional title, academic rank, department, faculty, university, country, and email address must be provided in both Arabic and English.

-        The author must provide an abstract in Arabic and another in English, each not exceeding 200 words, together with four to six keywords for each abstract.

-        The manuscript must contain the sections listed below:

§  Introduction: presents the research problem and integrates the theoretical background and previous studies.

§  Research questions and objectives and/or hypotheses.

§  Significance and limitations of the study.

§  Research procedures: research methodology, population and sample, research instruments, operational definitions, instrument validity and reliability, study procedures, and method of data analysis.

§  Results: presentation, description, and commentary on the study findings.

§  Discussion: interpretation and discussion of the findings in light of previous studies.

§  Conclusion.

§  Reference list.

 

 

Third: Manuscript Submission Specifications

-        Arabic manuscripts must use Simplified Arabic, 12 pt. Main headings must be 13 pt bold; footnotes and abstracts, 12 pt; table and figure content, 10 pt; and table and figure titles, 12 pt.

-        English manuscripts must use Times New Roman, 12 pt, with headings in bold. Footnotes and abstracts must be 10 pt, while tables and figures must use 9 pt bold.

-        Charts and illustrations must be inserted in the text, numbered consecutively, and accompanied by titles and explanatory notes placed beneath them.

-        Tables must be inserted in the text and numbered consecutively. Table titles must appear above the tables, while explanatory notes must appear below them.

-        Page margins must be 2 cm on all sides (top, bottom, right, and left), with single-line spacing.

-        Review and publication fees are YER 40,000 for authors affiliated with Taiz University, YER 50,000 for authors outside Taiz University, and USD 100 for authors outside Yemen.

-        A manuscript must not exceed 30 pages in the journal template, including Arabic and English abstracts, tables, footnotes, sources, and references. If this limit is exceeded, the author must shorten the manuscript or pay YER 3,000 for each additional page.

Fourth: Publication Procedures

1.      Manuscripts shall be submitted through the journal website or sent to the journal's email address. All correspondence shall be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief.

2. The Editorial Secretary receives manuscripts and records their dates of receipt, then submits them to the Editorial Board for preliminary screening and determination of their suitability for peer review. Eligible manuscripts are sent confidentially to two reviewers with relevant specialization and expertise, using the journal's evaluation form.
3. If one reviewer recommends rejection and the other recommends acceptance, the manuscript is referred to a third reviewer, whose assessment serves as the deciding review.
4. When reviewers recommend acceptance subject to revisions, the manuscript is returned to the author to address all comments and required amendments. Upon resubmission, the Managing Editor reviews the revised manuscript and returns it to the reviewers to verify that the revisions have been satisfactorily completed.
5. An acceptance letter is issued after all required revisions have been completed and the review and publication fees have been paid.
6. If the Editorial Board or the reviewers reject a manuscript, the author is notified of the decision and the reasons for rejection.
7. If a review report is not received by the specified deadline, the Editorial Secretary submits the matter to the Editorial Board to decide whether to follow up with or replace the reviewer.
8. Each published article must clearly state the date of receipt and the date of publication.
9. Once manuscripts are ready for publication, they are sent for formatting and language editing in Arabic or English, as applicable, together with any accompanying notes.
10. After final formatting, but before pagination and compilation of the issue, proofs are sent to authors for review, completion of any missing information, and submission of final comments.
11. The language editor and Editorial Secretary review all articles in the issue to ensure that they are free from errors before the issue is approved by the Editor-in-Chief.
12. Articles are paginated, separate electronic offprints are prepared for each author, and the full issue is compiled electronically. The issue is then uploaded simultaneously to the journal and university websites. Each author receives the final electronic article and full issue, after which the issue is sent for print publication.

Fifth: Citation and Referencing Requirements

-        The journal adopts the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), Seventh Edition.

-        When citing the Holy Qur'an, authors must state the name of the surah and the verse number. When citing Prophetic hadiths, authors must provide the source and publication details.

-        In-text citations must state the author's family name and the year of publication. For a narrative citation, for example: Al-Sufi, Mohammed (2021). For a parenthetical citation, for example: (Mohammed, 2021). Direct quotations must also include the relevant page number or page range, for example: (Mohammed, 2021, pp. 21–25).

-        References must be arranged alphabetically at the end of the manuscript as described below.

§  Book: Author's family name, first name. (Year of publication). Title of book, edition. Publisher: Place of publication.

§  Journal article: Author's family name, first name. (Year of publication). Title of article. Journal name, issue number, page range, place of publication.

§  Conference or symposium paper: Author's family name, first name. (Year held). Title of paper. Title of conference or symposium, place and date.

§  Online source: Author's family name, first name. Title of article/research paper. Website, date accessed.

§  Foreign terms appearing in an Arabic manuscript must be written in Arabic and followed by the Latin-script term in parentheses. The term must be written in full on first use.

Journal Policy

-        Authors must submit manuscripts by email, complete the relevant forms through the journal website, and attach a letter addressed to the Editor-in-Chief requesting publication in the journal.

-        Authors must submit a written declaration, using the form available on the journal website, confirming that the manuscript has not been published previously and is not under consideration by another journal.

-        The Editorial Secretary receives all manuscripts and assigns numbers according to the date of submission.

-        The author is notified when the manuscript is received.

-        Manuscripts are submitted to the Editorial Board to determine their suitability for peer review and nominate reviewers.

-        Research papers and studies submitted to the journal are reviewed by at least two reviewers.

-        When reviewers' recommendations differ, the manuscript is referred to a third, deciding reviewer pursuant to a signed directive from the editorial leadership after consideration of the review comments.

-        The author is notified of the peer-review outcome and required revisions through a letter signed by the Editor-in-Chief.

-        Revised manuscripts must be returned through the journal's email address.

-        When a manuscript is accepted, the author receives an acceptance-for-publication letter from the Editor-in-Chief. When a manuscript is rejected, the author receives a letter of regret accompanied by the review comments.

-        The Editorial Board has the right to conduct an initial screening and determine whether a manuscript is eligible for peer review or should be rejected.

-        Upon publication, the journal sends the author confirmation that the article has been published.

-        The Managing Editor sends each author an electronic copy of the journal and an electronic offprint of the article, as well as one printed copy of the journal and two printed offprints.

-        Authors bear sole responsibility for the content of their articles. Published articles express the views of their authors and not those of the journal.

-        The journal has the right to publish accepted articles in print or electronic form without requiring further permission from the author and may authorize third parties to include its articles in various databases, with or without charge.

-        Manuscript files received by the journal will not be returned, whether published or not.

Rules Governing Scientific Peer Review

-        All manuscripts submitted for publication are referred to subject specialists for scientific peer review. Final acceptance is granted after the author completes the revisions requested by the reviewers.

-        The author must complete the required revisions and return the manuscript to the journal within no more than one month, accompanied by a table explaining how each requested revision was addressed.

-        Reviewers are requested to complete their evaluations within no more than two weeks from the date of receiving the manuscript.

-        Care should be taken to ensure that a reviewer's academic rank is higher than that of the author.

-        The Editor-in-Chief may appoint a third reviewer when one reviewer recommends rejection. The author is notified that the manuscript cannot be published when it is rejected by the reviewers.

-        An article may not be published in another scientific journal after its publication has been approved by the Journal of Administrative and Economic Sciences.

-        An author may republish an article published in the journal as part of the author's book after three years from its publication, provided that prior permission is obtained from the journal and the original source is acknowledged.

-        If the author fails to make the revisions required by the reviewers and the journal, or withdraws the manuscript before publication, the author remains liable for the peer-review fees.

Research Ethics

-        Academic integrity in quotation, citation, and the use of sources and references.

-        Objectivity, scholarly humility, and respect for others.

-        Protection of the confidentiality of information and data obtained from companies, institutions, or members of the community.

-        Honesty and transparency in reporting research findings.

-        Reviewers must not use any information or data obtained through a manuscript under review for personal benefit.

-        Reviewer names and data must be stored in a secure database that complies with data security and protection standards.

-        The author bears full responsibility if the manuscript is found to contain an impermissibly high level of material derived from the work of others, if the author impersonates another researcher, submits or publishes the work in more than one journal, or republishes it without an acceptable scientific and legal justification.

Rights and Similarity

Authors bear full legal and ethical responsibility for their articles published in the journal and must comply with all standards and principles of scientific research ethics.

Open Access Policy

All articles published by the Journal of Administrative and Economic Sciences are made freely and permanently available online immediately upon publication, without subscription fees or prior permission from the journal.