Authors' Guidelines

About the Journal

Baghdad Science Journal is an international, peer-reviewed journal focusing on academic and applied papers dealing with recent topics, scientific concepts, and invited review papers in multidisciplinary science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science); this journal aims to highlight research and development leading to innovative solutions and advancements across various disciplines, stimulating interdisciplinary collaboration, and addressing global challenges. This journal is a member of and subscribes to the Committee on Publication Ethics.

Language

Manuscripts must be written in English clearly and concisely. The journal requests a certification of improving of English language after accepting the manuscript by reviewers.

Types of Articles

The journal seeks to publish five types of contributions: original articles, articles, invited reviews, editorial, and Special Issues.

Before Submission

Please make sure that your manuscript meets the below criteria:

Your manuscript is an original work and has not been published or is currently under review with another journal or Conference Proceedings.
Your work meets all the Research Ethics. The manuscript should contain a separate section of "Ethics Approval" if the work involves human or animal subjects.
The English of the manuscript is acceptable, and it sresearhould be free of grammatical and spelling errors.
The figures included in the manuscript should be of acceptable quality.
References are numbered and cited using superscript as per the Vancouver Citing & Referencing style, for example: (a description regarding the reference¹, a description regarding the reference^1,2, or a description regarding the reference^1-4). See the Reference Writing Guide below for more information.
Only manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet the aims & scope of the journal will be reviewed.
A cover letter from the corresponding author should be prepared, with the full address, email, and phone number of all the authors, with a statement that the manuscript is based on original research and has not been submitted to other journals or sources for publication. The authors should also state that the work described has not been published previously, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere, including electronically, in the same form, in English or in any other language.
Make sure to prepare a Copyright Form to include with the manuscript files.
Make sure that your manuscript is conform to the guidelines of the journal shown below. Submissions that don't adhere to these guidelines will be rejected or returned to the Author prior to the peer review process.

Publishing Guidelines

Manuscript Template Guide
- The manuscript should be written in English only.
- An Arabic abstract (a maximum of 250 words) should be provided, along with Arabic authors' names, affiliations and keywords.
- Prepare text using MS Word 2010 (or later) and Latex for researches with mathematics study field.
- All authors should include their Affiliations, email address and ORCID link.
- Manuscript main titles: (Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, References)
- Keywords are written under the abstract (minimum of five keywords), in order sequence using the English alphabet.
- Use the abbreviation "Fig." as a heading under a figure or what it represents, the same abbreviation should be used anywhere within the text.
- Tables and figures should be placed in the results section in sequence order, not at the end of the manuscript.
- All numbers should be written using the Arabic numerals system (e.g., 1, 2, 3).
- Authors may separate or merge the results with the discussion.
- Line and paragraph spacing should be set to 1.0.
Reference Writing Guide
- References are numbered and cited in the text using superscripts, for example: (a description regarding the reference¹ or a description regarding the reference^1,² or a description regarding the reference^1,⁴). References must appear in sequential order within the text, table, or figure.
- Put the superscript Arabic numerals to cite the reference. For example, number one refers to the first reference used in the manuscript and is listed as the first entry in the reference list at the end of the manuscript.
- References should be written in English and follow the Vancouver Citing & Referencing style.
- 20% of the references should be from journals indexed by Scopus.
- 70% of references should be recent, published within the last 5 years.
- For abbreviating journal names, please use the following guide: NLM Catalog.
- See A Detailed Guide on How to Write a Reference below for a more detailed guide on how to write a reference.

Article Structure

The manuscript should be compiled in the following order:

Title page
Abstract, Keywords
Introduction
Material and methods (Experimental or Methodology or Patients and methods)
Results
Discussion (Results and discussion can be combined in one section)
Conclusion
Acknowledgment(s)
Authors’ Declaration
Authors’ Contribution Statement
References
Arabic (Title, Author’s names, Affiliation, Abstract and Keywords)

Title Page

The title page should include the following:

Title: The title should be brief, concise, and descriptive. It should not contain any literature references or compound numbers or non-standardized abbreviations.
Authors and affiliations: Supply given names, middle initials, and family names for complete identification. They should be mentioned beneath the title. Use superscript lowercase numbers to indicate different affiliations, which should be as detailed as possible and must include department, faculty/college, University, the city and country. The primary affiliation for each author should be the institution where most of their work was done. If an author has subsequently moved, the current address may additionally be stated. Addresses will not be updated after the publication of the article. The corresponding author name should be marked with *.
Email addresses and ORCID: All authors should provide a correct e-mail address alongside an ORCID link, Learn more about ORCID at orcid.org.

Abstract

The abstract should be clear and written in one full paragraph with a maximum of 250 words.

Keywords

Keywords are written under the abstract (minimum of five keywords), in order sequence using the English alphabet.

Manuscript main titles

The author should add a non-numbered (Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, References) as the main titles of your manuscript.

Acknowledgment(s)

The author may include an acknowledgment statement to express their gratitude to those who have helped during their research. Information concerning funding organizations can also be mentioned here.

Authors’ Declaration

Conflicts of Interest: Researchers should reveal financial support, or any other kind of support provided for them. Also, they should reveal any financial conflicts or other issues that affect the results or the interpretations of the research.
I/We hereby confirm:
- All the Figures and Tables in the manuscript are mine/ours. Any Figures and images, that are not mine/ours, have been included with the necessary permission for re-publication, which is attached to the manuscript.
- No animal studies are present in the manuscript (Only if the author did not use laboratory animals in his/her research).
- No human studies are present in the manuscript (Authors who did not present manuscripts reporting studies involving human participants, human data, or human tissue).
- The author has signed an animal welfare statement (Only if the author used laboratory animals in his/her research. The authors will be required to submit an Animal Welfare Statement).
- Authors signed on ethical consideration’s approval (Authors who present manuscripts reporting studies involving human participants, human data, or human tissue are required to sign an Ethics Approval and Consent form).
Ethical Clearance: The project was approved by the local ethical committee at University of [write the name of the university or center of which you received the approval].

Authors’ Contribution Statement

Authors must include a statement that specifies the contribution of every author to the research and preparation of the manuscript.

Example:

A.B., B.C., and C.D. designed the study. A.B., D.E., and E.F. performed the xyz experiments. F.G. and G.H. performed XYZ simulations. I.H. and M.C. expressed and purified all proteins. A.B., H.J., B.C., and C.D. analyzed the data. A.B., B.C., and C.D. wrote the paper with input from all authors.

References

Text: Indicate references by Arabic numerals. References are numbered and cited as they appear in the text using superscript, e.g., Vancouver Citing & Referencing format, for example (a description regarding reference¹ or a description regarding references¹,² or a description regarding references¹-⁴). Please use the following guide to help with writing a reference:

A Detailed Guide on How to Write a Reference

Journal Articles:

Article with 1 to 6 authors:
Author AA, Author BB, Author CC, Author DD. Title of the article. Abbreviated title of the journal. Date of publication YYYY Mon DD; volume number(issue number): page numbers.
Example: Petitti DB, Crooks VC, Buckwalter JG, Chiu V. Blood pressure levels before dementia. Arch Neurol. 2005 Jan;62(1):112-6.
Article with more than 6 authors (list 6 authors only and use et al for the remaining):
Author AA, Author BB, Author CC, Author DD, Author EE, Author FF, et al. Title of the article. Abbreviated title of the journal. Date of publication YYYY Mon DD; volume number(issue number): page numbers.
Example: Hallal AH, Amortegui JD, Jeroukhimov IM, Casillas J, Schulman CI, Manning RJ, et al. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography accurately detects common bile duct stones in resolving gallstone pancreatitis. J Am Coll Surg. 2005 Jun;200(6):869-75.

Electronic Journal Articles:

Author AA, Author BB. Title of the article. Abbreviated title of Journal [Internet]. Date of publication YYYY MM [cited YYYY Mon DD]; volume number(issue number): page numbers. Available from: URL
Example: Stockhausen L, Turale S. An explorative study of Australian nursing scholars and contemporary scholarship. J Nurs Scholarsh [Internet]. 2011 Mar [cited 2013 Feb 19];43(1):89-96. Available from: http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/docview/858241255?accountid=12528

Electronic Journal Article with DOI:

Author AA, Author BB, Author CC, Author DD, Author EE, Author FF. Title of the article. Abbreviated title of Journal [Internet]. Year of publication [cited YYYY Mon DD]; volume number(issue number): page numbers. Available from: URL DOI
Example: Kanneganti P, Harris JD, Brophy RH, Carey JL, Lattermann C, Flanigan DC. The effect of smoking on ligament and cartilage surgery in the knee: a systematic review. Am J Sports Med [Internet]. 2012 Dec [cited 2013 Feb 19];40(12):2872-8. Available from: http://ajs.sagepub.com/content/40/12/2872 DOI: 10.1177/0363546512458223.

Book References:

Print book:
Author AA. Title of the book. # edition [if not first]. Place of Publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Pagination.
Example: Carlson BM. Human embryology and developmental biology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2009. 541 p.
Chapter in a book:
Author AA, Author BB. Title of the book. # edition. Place of Publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Chapter number, Chapter title; p. [page numbers of chapter].
Example: Speroff L, Fritz MA. Clinical gynecologic endocrinology and infertility. 7th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; c2005. Chapter 29, Endometriosis; p. 1103-33.
Electronic book:
Author AA. Title of web page [Internet]. Place of Publication: Sponsor of Website/Publisher; Year published [cited YYYY Mon DD]. The number of pages. Available from: URL DOI: (if available)
Example: Shreeve DF. Reactive attachment disorder: a case-based approach [Internet]. New York: Springer; 2012 [cited 2012 Nov 2]. 85 p. Available from: http://ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1647-0

Thesis References:

Unpublished Thesis:
Author AA. Title of thesis: subtitle. Unpublished thesis type [format]. Location of University: University; Year.
Example: Borkowski MM. Infant sleep and feeding: a telephone survey of Hispanic Americans. PhD [dissertation]. Mount Pleasant (MI): Central Michigan University; 2002.
Published Thesis:
Author AA. Title of thesis: subtitle. Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication.
Example: Gruszczynski L. Regulating health and environmental risks under WTO law: a critical analysis of the SPS agreement. New York: Oxford University Press; 2010.
From a Full-Text Database:
Author AA. Title of thesis: subtitle. Thesis type [format]. Location of University: University; Year. Available from: Database Name.
Example: Gethin, A. Poor suburbs and poor health: exploring the potential of a locational approach to reducing health disadvantage in Australian cities. PhD [dissertation]. Sydney: University of Western Sydney; 2007. Available from: Australasian Digital Theses Program.

For more examples go to http://www.nlm.nih.gov/citingmedicine.

Submissions that don't adhere to these guidelines will be rejected or returned to the Author prior to the peer review process.

Arabic (Title, Author’s names, Affiliation, Abstract and Keywords)

Authors should provide an Arabic title, author’s names, affiliation, abstract and keywords, and should be written in the same order as mentioned in the title page above on a separate page in the same file.

Nomenclature and Units

All measurements and data should be given in SI units where possible, or in other internationally accepted units in parentheses throughout the text. Illustrations and Tables should use conventional units, with conversion factors given in legends or footnotes.

Statements & Declarations

Ensure that all the mentioned declarations are included under your manuscript's "Authors’ Declaration" section, positioned before the references. Manuscripts missing these required statements will be deemed incomplete and returned for revision.

Funding Statement

Please describe any sources of funding that have supported the work. The statement should include details of any grants received (please give the name of the funding agency and grant number).

Example statements:

"This work was supported by […] (Grant numbers […] and […]). Author A.B. has received research support from Company A."
"The authors declare that no funds, grants, or other support were received during the preparation of this manuscript."

Submission Declaration and Verification

By submitting any research article for the purposes of publication by the journal, you must certify and warrant by signing the form which declares that the research is not taken from any previously published work. Therefore, the author(s) is/are responsible for the content and in no way represents the views of the publisher.

Competing Interests

Authors are required to disclose financial or non-financial interests that are directly or indirectly related to the work submitted for publication. Interests within the last 3 years of beginning the work (conducting the research and preparing the work for submission) should be reported. Interests outside the 3-year time frame must be disclosed if they could reasonably be perceived as influencing the submitted work.

Example statements:

Financial interests: Authors A and B declare they have no financial interests. Author C has received speaker and consultant honoraria from Company M. Dr. C has received speaker honorarium and research funding from Company M and Company N. Author D has received travel support from Company O. Non-financial interests: Author D has served on advisory boards for Company M and Company N.
The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.

Data Availability

This journal encourages authors to provide an optional statement of data availability in their article. Data Availability Statements should include information on where data supporting the results reported in the article can be found, including, where applicable, hyperlinks to publicly archived datasets analyzed or generated during the study. Data Availability Statements can also indicate whether data are available on request from the authors and where no data are available, if appropriate.

Example statements:

"The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available in the [Name] repository, [PERSISTENT LINK TO DATASETS]."
"The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request."

Ethics Approval

Authors of research involving humans or animals must include a statement confirming that the study has been approved (or granted an exemption) by the appropriate institutional and/or National Research Ethics Committee. This should include the name of the Ethics Committee and reference number, if any. For research involving animals, their data, or biological material, authors must provide detailed information on the ethical treatment of the animals in their submission. If the study was granted an exemption or does not require ethical approval, this should also be detailed in the manuscript.

Example statements:

"This study was conducted in line with the principles of the Helsinki Declaration. Approval was granted by the university ethics committee B (date…/No….)."
"This is an observational study. The Shiz Research Ethics Committee has confirmed that no ethical approval is required."

Please refer to the "Research involving human participants, their data, or biological material" or "Research involving animals, their data, or biological material" sections for additional details. Research Ethics and Consent

For all research involving human subjects, freely given, informed consent to participate in the study must be obtained from participants (or their parents or legal guardians in the case of children under 16). A statement to this effect should be included in the manuscript.

Example statements:

"Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study."
"Written informed consent was obtained from the parents."

For more information, please refer to the "Informed Consent" section.

Individuals may consent to participate in a study, but they might object to having their data published in a journal article. If your manuscript contains any individual person's data in any form (including any individual details, images, or videos), consent for publication must be obtained from that person or, in the case of children, their parents or legal guardians. This is particularly applicable to case studies. A statement confirming that consent to publish has been received from all participants should be included in the manuscript.

Example statement:
"The authors affirm that human research participants provided informed consent for publication of the images in Figure(s) 1a and 1c."

For additional help with completing this information, please refer to the section on "Informed Consent."

Proofs

One set of page proofs (as PDF files) will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author. Please use this proof only for checking the typesetting, editing, completeness, and correctness of the text, tables, and figures. We will do our best to get your article published quickly and accurately. Therefore, it is important to ensure that all of your corrections are sent back in one communication within 48 hours. Proofreading is solely your responsibility. Note that the publisher may proceed with the publication of an article if no response is received.

Revised Manuscripts

After revising your manuscript (MS), upload the following files:

Revised MS highlighting the changes that you made.
Clean copy of the revised MS.
Response to reviewers' comments using the Author Response to Reviewer form.

After Acceptance

The journal will send the MS to production to complete the typesetting step. Then you will receive the proof.

Peer Review

Baghdad Science Journal operates a (Double–blind peer review) policy involving 2 external reviewers. Authors may suggest potential reviewers if they wish; however, the decision to consider these reviewers is at the editor’s discretion. Authors who wish to suggest peer reviewers can do so in the cover letter and should provide institutional email addresses where possible or information that will help the Editor verify and identify the potential introduced reviewers (for example, an ORCID or Scopus ID). Authors may request the exclusion of individuals as peer reviewers, but they should explain the reasons in their cover letter on submission. Authors should not exclude too many individuals, as this may hinder the peer review process. Please note that the editor may choose to invite excluded peer reviewers. Intentionally falsifying information, for example, suggesting reviewers with a false name or email address, will result in rejection of the manuscript and may lead to further investigation in line with our misconduct policy.

Ethical Guidelines

Any study on human or animal subjects must observe and follow ethical guidelines. For any experiments on humans, all work must be conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (1964). If manuscripts include any experimental work that describes and carries a risk of harm to human subjects, a manuscript must contain a statement that the experiment was conducted with the human subjects’ understanding and consent, as well as a statement that the responsible Ethical Committee has approved the experiments. The authors will be required to submit an Ethics Approval and Consent form. In the case of any animal experiments, the authors must provide a full description of any anesthetic or surgical procedure used, as well as evidence that all possible steps were taken to avoid animal suffering at each stage of the experiment alongside an Animal Welfare Statement.

Supplementary Materials

Any supplementary material published online alongside the manuscript should be included (figure, tables, video, spreadsheets, etc.). Please indicate the name and title of each element as follows: Figure S1: title, Table S1: title, etc.

Article Publishing Charge

Baghdad Science Journal is an open access journal, so there are no subscription fees. The journal charges for a single accepted manuscript. The publication fees are as follows:

Authors residing in Iraq: 350,000 IQD for a maximum of 10 pages after acceptance (if more pages are required, the author should pay 15,000 IQD for each extra page).
Authors residing outside of Iraq: $250 USD for a maximum of 10 pages after acceptance (if more pages are required, the author should pay $10 USD for each extra page), to support publishing service costs. The journal will not charge for the manuscript until it is accepted for publication and will not affect any editorial decisions.

Journal Waiver Policy Statement:

No fees are required for developing countries with low-income status according to the World Bank Country classification by Income level.

Payment methods:

Money transfer services for Iraqi residing authors:

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Tel: +964 783 780 4110
Bank Name: AL-TAIF EXCHANGE
Address: College of Science for Women, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.

Money transfer services for authors residing outside of Iraq (PayPal):

To the following account:
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