Submission templates and required files
AUTHOR RESOURCES
Prepare your submission
Three separate files are required: an anonymous review manuscript, an author title page, and a cover letter with declarations. Choose the manuscript language; complete either the Arabic or English section in bilingual forms and remove the other.
Preview the publication layout (PDF)
The Word template is prepared for anonymous submission. Publication metadata, DOI and acceptance dates are added by the editorial office after acceptance, not invented by the author.
Three required files
- Anonymous manuscript: an editable Word file without names, affiliations or identifying acknowledgements. Remove comments, tracked changes and author metadata from file properties.
- Author title page: names, affiliations, corresponding author, author order, contributions and identifying disclosures in a separate file.
- Cover letter and declarations: originality and journal fit, author approval, exclusive submission, funding, conflicts, AI use and ethics where applicable.
Select the correct component type for each upload. Uploading all three as “Anonymous manuscript” is insufficient: final submission requires a file in each required category. Add permissions, instruments, data or reviewer responses only when applicable. Download templates.
Enter the title, abstract and keywords in these fields, even when they also appear in the file. The abstract is normally 250–300 words, with 5–7 keywords. Arabic submissions also require English title, abstract and keywords. For English submissions, provide Arabic equivalents where possible or as directed by the editors. Use the language tabs in multilingual fields.