The journal welcomes rigorous scholarly research that aligns with its aims and scope and contributes to interdisciplinary knowledge across aviation, training, safety, strategic studies, information science, media and communication, artificial intelligence, modern technologies, leadership, knowledge management, and professional and military education and training. These guidelines help authors prepare their manuscripts to the journal’s scholarly and editorial standards and to facilitate initial screening, peer review, and final production.

Meeting the formal requirements does not mean acceptance for publication. All studies that pass initial screening undergo double-blind peer review, and the final decision rests on scholarly originality, sound methodology, quality of analysis, relevance to the journal’s scope, and adherence to research and publication ethics.

Language of Publication

The journal accepts studies written in Arabic or English, provided the language is correct, clear, academic, and free of substantive linguistic and stylistic errors. Authors must use rigorous scholarly writing and avoid an essayistic, journalistic, or rhetorical style. For an Arabic submission, an English title, abstract, and keywords must be attached; for an English submission, an Arabic title, abstract, and keywords should be attached where possible, or as the editorial board specifies. The journal reserves the right to request specialist language editing before acceptance if the language does not meet the standard for scholarly publication.

Accepted Study Types

The journal does not accept general articles, journalistic reports, descriptive presentations without a scholarly methodology, or material outside its scope.

Originality and No Simultaneous Submission

The study must be original, not previously published in any language, and not submitted simultaneously to another journal, conference, book, or any other publisher. Authors must provide an explicit declaration that the work is original, that all sources are properly documented, and that it contains no form of plagiarism, manipulation, or duplicate publication. All studies undergo a similarity check using the journal’s available tools; the journal does not rely on the numerical similarity percentage alone, but also considers the nature, location, and context of the similarity. The journal may reject a study if plagiarism, undocumented copying, excessive reuse of previously published work, or any publication-ethics violation is found.

Scope and Fit with the Journal

The study should make clear its direct or indirect connection to the journal’s interdisciplinary scope. Priority is given to texts that link two or more of the journal’s areas — such as aviation and safety, training and AI, information science and decision-making, media and crisis communication, strategic studies and air power, or knowledge management and institutional readiness. It is not enough for a topic to be general or close to one of the journal’s broad areas; the author should make clear in the introduction the importance of the topic, the research gap, the scholarly or applied value of the study, and its relation to the journal’s interdisciplinary field.

Manuscript Structure

Original research studies should follow this structure as far as possible:

1. Title.
2. Abstract.
3. Keywords.
4. Introduction.
5. Research problem or gap.
6. Aims and questions or hypotheses, where appropriate.
7. Theoretical or conceptual framework.
8. Review of previous studies.
9. Methodology.
10. Results.
11. Discussion.
12. Conclusion.
13. Recommendations or scholarly and applied implications, where appropriate.
14. Study limitations.
15. Conflict-of-interest statement.
16. Funding statement, if any.
17. Data availability statement, where applicable.
18. References.
19. Appendices, if any.

The structure may differ for theoretical, conceptual, analytical, or case studies, provided the study is clearly organized and includes an introduction, a theoretical or analytical basis, a stated methodology or analytical logic, a discussion, and a conclusion.

Title, Authors, Abstract, and Keywords

Title: precise, clear, and expressive of the topic, avoiding generality or unnecessary length; it should reflect the interdisciplinary field and indicate the main variables, issue, or applied area where possible. Provide the title in the language of the manuscript with a translation in the other language.

Author data (in a file separate from the anonymized manuscript): full name of each author; academic or professional rank; department or academic unit; institution; country; institutional email; ORCID if available; identification of the corresponding author; author order as it should appear at publication; and a contribution statement for multi-author papers. No identifying information may appear in the anonymized review file.

Abstract: a clear, condensed abstract, usually 250–300 words, presenting the topic, aim, methodology, key results, and scholarly or applied value, without references, long quotations, or information not in the body. Arabic papers provide an Arabic and an English abstract; English papers provide an English abstract and preferably an Arabic one as required.

Keywords: provide 5–7 keywords that precisely express the topic and its main areas, aid discovery and indexing, and avoid overly general terms — for example: aviation; aviation safety; flight training; strategic communication; knowledge management; artificial intelligence; interdisciplinary studies.

Methodology

The study should set out its methodology precisely: research design, study population, sample, data-collection tools, analysis procedures, the rationale for the chosen method, and validity and reliability (or trustworthiness and credibility) considerations as appropriate. Quantitative studies should clarify variables, measurement tools, and statistical analysis procedures; qualitative studies should clarify participant-selection strategy, data collection, coding and analysis, and procedures for ensuring trustworthiness; mixed-methods studies should explain how quantitative and qualitative data are integrated. Conceptual, analytical, or strategic studies should clarify the analytical logic, data or document sources, the basis of analysis, and the criteria for selecting the literature, cases, or models studied.

Tables, Figures, Referencing, and Quotation

Tables and figures must be numbered sequentially, each with a clear title and an appropriate source when quoted or adapted; they should be necessary for understanding and analysis, placed appropriately within the text and referred to in the body, of high, readable quality, and used only with the necessary permission for copyrighted material.

The journal uses APA 7th edition for in-text citation and the reference list, unless it announces another style for particular specialties. Every in-text source must appear in the reference list and vice versa. Sources should be recent and directly relevant, drawing on foundational literature where needed; the journal recommends peer-reviewed, reliable sources and discourages over-reliance on non-academic sources or general websites unless directly relevant. Include a DOI whenever available, and verify author names, publication years, article and journal titles, and volume, issue, and page numbers.

All direct and indirect quotations must be accurately documented. When translating text from another language, cite the original source and do not present the translation as the author’s original wording. Avoid long quotations except where scholarly necessary, observing intellectual-property rights.

Cover Letter

Authors must attach a brief cover letter stating: the study title; the study type; the importance and originality of the research; its relation to the journal’s scope; a declaration that it is unpublished and not submitted elsewhere; confirmation that all authors approve the submission; and the corresponding author’s name and contact details.

Processing Stages and Decisions

A study passes through: receipt via the journal platform or approved official email; a check of file completeness and formal requirements; initial screening for fit with the scope; a similarity and originality check; referral to the specialist editor on passing screening; dispatch to specialist reviewers under double-blind review; receipt of review reports; the appropriate editorial decision; communication of the decision to the author; review of the revised version where needed; final acceptance once scholarly and editorial requirements are met; language editing and production; and publication within the annual volume under the continuous-publication model.

Possible decisions are: accept for publication; accept after minor revisions; reconsider after major revisions; reject with the possibility of resubmission as a new manuscript; or reject definitively. A request for revisions does not mean automatic acceptance; the final decision depends on the authors’ response to the reviewers’ and editor’s comments. When revisions are requested, authors must provide a revised version, a separate file with a detailed response to each comment, and highlighted changes if requested; responses should be scholarly, courteous, and clear, with a convincing scholarly justification where a comment is not adopted.