Publication Regulations & Procedures

1- The journal publishes only original research articles (which has never been published) in Arabic or English in the Field of the history of the Arabian Peninsula and its civilization.        

2- Research should be characterized by objective, connected organized, and avoiding use personal pronouns as much as possible.

3- Commitment to the scientific method, originality in writing, Being proficient in language and writing style, and organizing the facts and ideas.

4- Compliance with the origins of scientific research  in presenting the facts and value others' perspectives

5- The manuscript must be free from any sort of plagiarism, patch writing, or intellectual property violations.

6- Placed the picture, maps, document in the research as much as possible.

7- Name and introduce the places' names and the people's names accurately, and referring them to the suitable sources and references.

8- The official citation format system used by the journal is the ABA. ABA should be used both for in-text citations and the reference list.

9- Manuscripts should not exceed a maximum of 10.000 words, including the abstracts (both in Arabic and English), keywords, references, and appendices. 

10- Each manuscript must be accompanied by two versions of the abstract, one in Arabic and one in English. Each should be within 200 words.

11- Each abstract must be preceded by no more than 6 keywords that represent the major topics and the manuscript addresses. 

12- The author(s) must provide the following information both in Arabic and English: name, occupation, specialization, affiliation (e.g., department/center, college, and university), address, email, and phone number).

13- The author's or authors' name(s) or any indication of their identity must not be mentioned implicitly or explicitly anywhere in the body of the manuscript instead.

14- Submitting the manuscript to the journal is to be considered a pledge that the submitted manuscript has not been previously published, is not currently under consideration for publication at another journal, conference proceedings, or similar publication, and will not be submitted elsewhere while it is under consideration at the Journal of Studies in the History and Civilization of Arabia.

15- The editorial board have the right to run an initial review ensuring the manuscript follows publication regulations.

16- All manuscripts considered for publication must undergo a double-blind peer review in which the author's or authors' names are not revealed to the referees/reviewers and vice versa.

17- Each manuscript must be reviewed by no less than two referees. If two
 referees have different recommendations, a third referee will be assigned, and their recommendation will determine the final decision.

18- If the referees recommend that a manuscript be revised, the author(s) will be asked to revise and resubmit no longer than 2 weeks.

19- Once a manuscript is accepted for publication by the Journal of Studies in the History and Civilization of Arabia it cannot be published elsewhere, either electronically or in print, without a written consent from the editor-in-chief.

Language and Style

1- Compliance with the scientific method by avoiding the passion, redundant and concise.

2- Adopting the clarity, accurate and well formed the ideas and concepts are required.

3- The issues should be addressed  in comprehensive approach.

4- Working on achieving the balance and proportion between the elements of the subject.

5- Taking into account the principle of scientific editing (the validity of the language, orthography and punctuation).

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Manuscript style and format

1- Page size: A4

2- Margins: (2.5 cm) at the left and right sides of each page, and (3.5 cm) at the top and bottom sides of each page.

3- Use uniform font for the text (Lotus Linotype, 14 points).

4- Use uniform font for the title (Lotus Linotype, 14 points, bold).

5- Use uniform font for the title of figures, images and tables (Lotus Linotype, 12 points, bold).

6- Use uniform font for the comments (Lotus Linotype, 10 points).

7- Use uniform font in the tables (Lotus Linotype, 10 points).

8- Use uniform font for the English text (Times New Roman, 10 points).

9- Use uniform font for the margins in English (Times New Roman, 8 points).

Submit the Manuscript

* Manuscripts should be submitted to the journal's email (shcajournal@ksu.edu.sa) and ensure that the guidelines, terms and policies for submission and publication of manuscripts is being followed.

* Worktime: The journal receives scientific research throughout the year.

* Publication Language: Manuscripts may be submitted in Arabic or English and will be published in one of these languages. Writing quality and clarity are essential requirements for publication.

Guidelines Submission

* Manuscripts should be submitted in (Word) and (pdf) file format.

* The email should include the following details(documents-elements):

1- A cover letter addressed to Editor-In-Chief and should include the importance of the research and its hypothesis. Also its relating to the journal's goals (aim) and visions.

2- An abstract of the research in Arabic and English, which should not exceed 200 characters with spaces and 5 keywords.

3- The principle author bio and associate author if any. 

4- A declaration form after filling out and sign it. If there is more than one researcher, each researcher fills out the declaration and approves it individually.