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Author Guidelines

The Publication Guidelines page includes most of the contents of the Authors' Guide.

The journal (NJF Islamic university Journal/ semiannual scientific journal that aims to publish heritage and thoughts of Ahlu al-Bayt (peace be upon them), publishes scientific research, as it adopts the formal and substantive specifications of international peer-reviewed journals in accordance with the following:

First: The research must not have been published in whole or in part in any media, or published in an electronic or paper journal, inside or outside Iraq.

Secondly: The journal publishes extracts from theses and dissertations that have not been discussed in any scientific university inside or outside Iraq.

Third: The research should include the following basic elements

  1. The title of the research in both Arabic and English, the name of the researcher, the university or scientific institution and the two researches to which he belongs, and his phone number and email address.
  2. Summary of the research between (100-150) words, including the research objectives, tools, methodology, and the most important results reached by the research, as well as the keywords of the research.
  3. Identifying the research issue, its importance, objectives, defining terminology and theoretical framework, and discussing and interpreting the results reached by the research, in accordance with the scientific methodology followed for academic research.
  4. The research should fall within the scope of the journal's objectives and research interests, taking into account the knowledge addition provided by the researcher through study and analysis.
  5. The research should be submitted in two copies, with a disc that includes the electronic research, the two summaries, and a CV of the researcher on a CD, free of linguistic and typographical errors, provided that the CD is in Word format.
  6. The research shall be formatted in print with the font type (Simplified Arabic) and font size (18 ga)

Scientific research, as it depends on the selection of the contents of its issues, the formal and objective specifications of international refereed journals according to the following:

  • First: the research should not be published in whole or in part in any media, or published in an electronic or Paper magazine, inside or outside Iraq.
  • Second: the magazine publishes the results of theses and theses that have not been discussed at any of the scientific universities inside or outside Iraq.
  • Third: the research should include the following basic elements:
    1. The title of the research in Arabic and English, the name of the researcher, the university or scientific and research institution to which he belongs, phone number and e-mail address.
    2. The research summary is between (100 - 150) words, which includes the research objectives, tools and methodology, the most important results of the research, as well as the search keywords (Keyword).
    3. Identifying the research problem, its importance, objectives, defining the terms and theoretical framework and discussing the results and interpretation reached by the research, according to the scientific method followed for academic research.
    4. The research should fall within the scope of the journal's objectives and research interests, taking into account the addition of knowledge provided by the researcher through study and analysis.
    5. The research is submitted in two copies with a CD containing the research electronically, and the two abstracts, with a biography of the researcher on a CD, and it should be free of linguistic and typographical errors, provided that the CD should be in Word system.
    6. The print search is formatted to have the font type (Simplified Arabic) and font size (18) bold for the main title, (15) bold for subheadings, (14) for texts, the space between the line (1), and the numbering of all pages.
    7. The margins should be documented on the last page of the search, and the font size should be (12).
    8. The list of search footnotes is followed by a list of fully documented sources and references, the latest research according to the (MLA) format, as follows: the title of the book, (name of the author (s) or investigator (s), edition, country of publication, publisher, Year of publication) arranged according to alphabetical letters, with individual periodicals, or websites after them.
  • Fourth: Each research is subject to confidential arbitration, which is carried out by two professors (two arbitrators who are strictly specialists in the subject of research, and with scientific experience, according to a specific form, and in case of discrepancy between the reports of the two professors, the research is referred to a third professor, and the journal is committed to provide the researcher with its last decision, publication / publication after making specific amendments / apologies for non-publication, within two months of receiving the research, and the researcher's commitment to the arbitration decision to amend the research and then publish.
  • Fifth: Joint research is accepted from two or more researchers, and the researcher or researchers are notified of the acceptance of the research by an official letter issued by the journal.
  • Sixth: the journal is committed to respecting privacy, confidentiality, objectivity and scientific honesty, and not to disclose to members of the editorial board any information regarding the research referred to them, or to any other professor.
  • Seventh: The journal publishes what is related to the conferences, seminars, scientific research seminars held by its publisher within the specialties and directions of the Journal in special issues of the journal with the facts of those activities in full and not in the form of summaries.
  • Eighth: the order of publication of research is subject to the scientific topics and the relevant sections of the journal, taking into account the sequence of receipt of the research, accompanied by a special book indicating the percentage of withdrawal from research and other studies, as well as conducting observations of scientific experts for research if required.
  • Ninth: provide the researcher with one copy of the journal for free
  • Tenth: all correspondence is addressed exclusively to the magazine's e-mail address.

Valuers Guide:

NJF Islamic University Journal is keen to ensuring the highest degree of efficiency and fairness in the evaluation process. ) is keen to ensure the highest degrees of efficiency and fairness in the evaluation process, as well as ensuring the unification of the evaluation mechanism, agreeing on its stages, and emphasizing the importance of meeting all the criteria for classified and accurate evaluation, so we see that the main task of the scientific evaluator of research is to read the research that falls within his scientific specialization very carefully, and evaluate it According to scientific and academic visions and perspectives that are not subject to his personal opinions, and then he fixes his honest observations about the research sent to him, and before starting the process, the research sent must be within his exact scientific specialization, and the research must be returned to the journal within a period not exceeding fifteen days, and the evaluation is carried out according to the following parameters:

  1. The title and its consistency with the content.
  2. The soundness of the scientific method used with the content.
  3. The extent to which the sources and references are documented and up-to-date.
  4. Originality and added scientific value in the field of knowledge.
  5. Is the research in accordance with the general policy of the journal and its publication rules.
  6. Whether the research is derived from previous studies, the evaluator must indicate these studies to the editor-in-chief of the journal.
  7. Indicate whether the summary of the research clearly describes the content and idea of the research in both Arabic and English.
  8. Is the researcher's interpretation of the results reached during his/her research scientifically based on the theoretical frameworks he/she relied on.
  9. The evaluation process should be confidential, and the author should not be privy to any aspect of it, and the notes should be delivered in writing to the editorial director.
  10. The evaluator's scientific observations and recommendations will be mainly relied upon in the decision to accept the research for publication or not.

1- I declare that the research submitted for publication in your journal has not been previously published and I have not submitted it to any party to publish it in full or as a summary / I declare that the research is derived from a master's thesis or doctoral thesis that has not yet been defended inside or outside Iraq and is in the process of preparation for defense.

2- I undertake to abide by the applicable publishing instructions and ethics and published in the journal, and to proofread the research linguistically, and that the copyright belongs to the journal.

3- If the editorial board agrees to publish it, I agree that I have no right to dispose of the research unless I obtain written approval from the editor-in-chief.

4- I have reviewed the final version of the research and I take legal and ethical responsibility for what may be contained in it, so I have signed below.

First Researcher Name: ........................................

Name of the ministry, university, college or institution where the researcher works .

Names of co-researchers (if any) ........................................................

Signature of the researcher .................................... / / 2023

The written approval of the supervisor of the master's thesis or doctoral thesis shall be attached with his/her signature in case the research is derived from a master's thesis or doctoral thesis.