Guidelines for Authors
The Journal of King Saud University
This periodical is a publication of the Academic publishing and Press Directorate for scholars to publish their original research. The Editorial board, through division Editorial Boards, will consider manuscripts from all fields of knowledge. A manuscript may be submitted in either Arabic or English, and , if accepted for publication, it may not be published elsewhere without the written permission of the Editor- Chief.
The following is the manuscript type classification used by the Editorial board:
(1 Article: An account of an author's work in a particular field. It should contribute new knowledge to the field in which the research was conducted.
(2 Review Article: A critical synthesis of the current literature field during an explicit period of time.
(3 Brief Article: A short article (note) having the same characteristics as an article.
(4 Forum : Letters to the editor. Comments and responses, preliminary results or findings. And miscellany.
(5 Book Reviews
General Instructions
Submission for manuscripts for publication:
Papers must be presented in final page format. Along with a magnetic disk containing the contribution executed on an IBM compatible PC using Word 6 or any updated version of it. Pages are to be numbered consecutively and are to include all illustrative material. Such as tables and figures, in their appropriate places in the text.
Abstracts: Manuscripts for articles, review articles, and brief articles require that both Arabic and abstracts, using not more than 200 words in each version.
Tables and other illustrations: Tables, figures, charts. Graphs and plates should be planned to fit he Journal's page size (12.6 cm x19cm inct. Running heads). Line drawings are to be presented on high quality tracing paper using black India ink. Copies are not permitted for use as originals. Line quality is required to be uniform, distinct, and in proportion to the illustration. Photographs may be submitted on glossy print paper in either black and white, or color. Tables and other illustrative material must include headings or titles. As well as credit lines wherever the material in not original.
Abbreviations: the names of periodicals should be abbreviated in accordance with The World List of Scientific periodicals. E.g.. et al. , J. of Food Sci.
For weights and measurements, and where appropriate, abbreviations rather than words are to be used, e.g.,cm. mm, m . km. cc. ml. g. mg. kg,. min% Fig. etc.
References: In general, reference citations in the text are to be identified sequentially unethically. Under the "References" heading at the end of the manuscript all references are be presented sequentially in the following fashion.
a) Periodical citations in the text are to be enclosed in on-line brackets. E.g.(7) . periodical references are to be presented in the following form: reference number (in-line brackets [ ] ) author's summate followed by a given name and/ or initials, the title of the article, title or the periodical (italicized). Volume, number, year of publication (in parentheses).and pages.
Example:
[7] Hicks. Granville. "Literary Horizons: Gestations of a brain child. " Saturday Review, . 45, No. 62(1962)2-23.
b) Book citations in the page(s) , e.g., [ 8, p. 16] Book references are to include the following:
reference number (in-line brackets [ ] ) author's surname followed by a given name and / or initials, title of the book (italicized) place of publication publisher, and year of publication.
Example ;
[ 8 ] Daiches, David . critical Approaches to Literature. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: prentice-Hall, Inc. , 1956
When a citation in the text is used to refer to a previously cited reference, use the same reference number and include the appropriate page numbers (s) in on-line brackets.
Latin abbreviations such as: op. cit. , loc. Cit. ibid. are to be avoided.
Content Note : A content note is a note from the author to the reader providing clarifying information.
A content note is indicated in the text by using a half-space superscript number (e.g…..books are…..).
Content notes are to be sequentially numbered throughout the text. A reference number (in-line brackets [ ]) in the same way they are used in the text. If a reference citation in the text follows a content note citation, and if the daid content note has a reference citation contained within it, then the text reference citation contained within it, then the text reference citation number used in the text follows the reference number used in content note.
Content notes are to be presented below a solid line separating the from the text. Use the same half-space superscript number assigned the content note(s) in the text to precede the content note itself.
Proofs: No changes, additions or deletions will be allowed in the proof stage.
Opinions: Manuscripts submitted to the journal for publication contain the author's conclusions and opinions and., if published, do not constitute a conclusion or opinion of the Editorial Board.
Offprints: Authors will be provided twenty-five offprints without charge.
Correspondence:
Division Editor
The Journal of King Saud University
(Languages and Translation)
P. O Box 87907, Riyadh 11652
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Frequency : Annual.
Price per issue: SR 10.
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