Publishing Guidelines and Instructions

These guidelines contain two sections: conditions for publication، organizing the manuscript، as follows:

Publication conditions

The International Science and Technology Journal is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal concerned with publishing research and studies in the field of engineering and applied sciences. It is a journal published under the supervision of the Libyan Society for Scientific Research and Studies.

In order to publish scientific manuscripts in this journal, the author must follow the following rules:

• The research submitted to the journal must be original and contribute to adding cognitive and theoretical value to the specialty, which enriches objective scientific discussions.
• The research must not have been previously published. It must not have been submitted to other journals for consideration for publication or previously published in a different language.
• Quotation from other manuscripts must not exceed 25%, and inaccurate presentation of facts or misleading information will not be accepted.
• The journal accepts publication of research submitted in Arabic or English, The number of pages must not exceed 20 pages of the journal's page size.

Organization of the manuscript

The manuscript must contain the following sections:

1. Main title.
2. Names of authors, their affiliations and email addresses.
3. Abstract.
4. Keywords.
5. Introduction.
6. Methodology (tests, tools and equipments used).
7. The main text.
8. Conclusions.
9. Acknowledgements (if any).
10. References.

• Submitted research must be written in Microsoft Word, with single line spacing and font size as shown in the following table:

The first and second pages:

The author must write the following parts in Arabic and English, both on a separate page:

• Title of the paper.
• Name(s) of the author(s), arranged in order of precedence.
• The name of the entity to which the author/authors belong, and they are arranged in the order of the authors.
• Abstract.
• Keywords.

A. The Main Title

It should be in the middle of the top line, and the title should include a short and focused description. It should not be more than 12 words long. Abbreviations and formulas should be avoided whenever possible.

B. Name(s) of author(s)

To be written under the main title.

C. Name of the affiliated entity of the author(s)

It is the institution in which or for which the author works. Only the name of the main institution and its subsidiary must be mentioned, without mentioning the departments.

D. An active email address of the responsible author

Or a 16-digit ORCID researcher page link for the author(s).

E. Abstract

The abstract must contain a simple introduction (two or three lines) to introduce the topic, then the research method and the processes that took place in it are discussed (three lines or more), then the results reached by the study are discussed (four lines or less), then some recommendations. About future studies (one or two lines).

F. Keywords

The author must provide 4 to 6 keywords that can be used for indexing and searching purposes.

 

The third page:

The narration of the parts of the manuscript begins on the third page, which includes:

1. Introduction

This section should be brief, in which the author explains the importance and objectives of the research, describes the theoretical background of the research topic and what the research is about. Talking about results should be avoided.

The introduction must also include a presentation of the results of previous studies that dealt with this topic and briefly explain the method and results of each previous study. Finally, a section should be placed at the end of the introduction in which it explains what the author’s research covered and the difference between previous research and studies, with some brevity and not exceeding three lines

2. Methodology (tests, tools and equipments used)

This section should contain detailed information about the procedures and steps followed in the study, the devices and equipment used. This part of the manuscript can be divided into subsections, the author explains the equipment used, the measurement method, the applied mathematical equations, and other matters related to the experiments and tests carried out by the author.

3. Results and discussion

This section initially contains the results obtained by the author during the research activities. That is, what the author found in a simple and objective way, where the results of the research are initially presented as a whole without speculating on why these results were found. Then the discussion explains the meaning of the results, puts them in their context, and explains why they are important.

Discussions are presented systematically from general to specific. Data can be presented in tables or figures, if available, with the need to refer to it, describe it, and explain what it contains before placing it in the text. Results and discussions should relate to the theory used. Avoid excessive use of citations (Quotation) and discussion of published literature. The tables and figures must be organized in the middle of the page, and the table titles (caption) must be written at the top of the table in the type of font shown in the upper table, and they must be numbered sequentially, such as:

However, for the figures, drawings, and pictures, their title is placed underneath them and the font size is as shown in the upper table regarding font types. for example:

4. Conclusions

The author must clearly explain the important conclusions of the research, highlighting their importance and their close/direct relevance to the topic. The size of the abstract should not exceed half a page of the journal.

5. Acknowledgements

 

6. References

Where the reference is mentioned within the text at the point of quotation from it in the following manner (mentioning the name of the author and year of publication), as shown in the following example:

The references are arranged in the reference list in alphabetical order (according to the letters of the alphabet), so that Arabic references are placed first, then English references or any other language) as shown in the following example: