Mu'tah Lil-Buhuth wad-Dirasat
A refereed and indexed research Journal
Published by Mu’tah University
A volume of the Journal with various issues is published annually.
The journal publishes original scientific works in natural and applied sciences written in Arabic or English providing that the manuscripts have not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere, and the main author must present a written declaration to this effect. A copy of the declaration form can be obtained from the University’s web site. The manuscripts submitted are reviewed by scientists specialized in their fields and in accordance with the academic regulations adopted by the journal.
Instructions for Authors
1-The manuscript should by typed using MS word with double spacing and 2.5 cm margins and on one face of A4 papers. The manuscripts should not exceed 20 pages in length (around 6000 words, font size 14 for English using Times New Roman, font size 16 for Arabic using Traditional Arabic), including figures, drawings, tables, foot- notes and appendices. Three hard copies of the manuscript should be submitted in addition to an electronic copy on a floppy 3.5” disk or on a Cd.
2-The author should employ Arabic numerals and SI units. Abbreviated known scientific terms may be used providing that they appear in full the first time they are mentioned.
3-Two abstracts for the manuscript (150 words each, one in English and one in Arabic) should be submitted on separate pages containing, at the top of each page, the names of the authors, postal and E-mail addresses and academic ranks. Keywords should be placed directly below the abstract containing no more than 5 words that express the precise content of the manuscript.
4-Figures, tables, illustrations, and maps, all supplied with proper headings, should be submitted on separate sheets and numbered consecutively according to their order of appearance in the text.
5-Author(s) should adopt the APA style in referencing as follows:
a-Throughout the text, references are pointed to by placing the family name (surname) of the first author and the year of publication together in parentheses and separated by a comma, for example: (Smith, 1996). If the reference appears at the beginning of a sentence, it should be written as: Smith (1996).
b- For more than one reference pertinent to the same author but have the same year of publication, these should be distinguished by adding an alphabetical letter to follow the year of publication. For example: (Smith, 1996 a), (Smith, 1996 b).
c-A list of references should be placed at the end of the manuscript and arranged in alphabetical order. Examples:
-For an article in a periodical:
Al-Suhail, Q.A., and Al-Mansoury, H.B. (2003). Geochemical Modeling of Dibdibba Sandy Aquifer-Southern Iraq. Dirasat 30(2), 317-329.
-Books:
Waghmare, Y.R. (1996). Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics, 1st ed., Wheeler Publishing, New Delhi.
d-Foot-notes: Including remarks or explanations of less than 10 lines should be placed on a list at the end of the manuscript before the references list and numbered in accordance to their order of appearance in the text.
e- Appendices: These include any necessary remarks, explanations or details that exceed 10 lines. The appendices should be placed at the end of the manuscript, following the Foot- notes, if applicable, and numbered in accordance to their order of appearance in the text.
6-The copies of the manuscript submitted for publication will not be returned back to the author(s) whether or not they have been accepted for publication. The Editorial Board’s decisions concerning the suitability of a manuscript for publication are final and the Board reserves the right not to justify these decisions.
7- The Journal reserves all rights to make any necessary changes (stylistic and/or linguistic) in the article.
8- Author(s) will be granted one copy of the issue in which the manuscript appears, in addition to 20 off- prints for all authors. A charge will be made for any additional off- prints requested.
9-Manuscripts and correspondence should be addressed to:
Editor-in-Chief
Mu’tah Lil-Buhuth wad-Dirast
Deanship of Academic Research
P.O. Box (19)
Mu’tah University, Mu’tah (61710),
Karak, Jordan.