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Mu'tah
Lil-Buhuth wad-Dirasat
A refereed and indexed research
Journal
Published by Dar Mu’tah University
A volume of the Journal with various
issues is published annually.
The journal publishes original works in
humanities and social 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 academics specialized in their fields and in accordance with
the academic regulations adopted by the journal.
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 35 pages in
length (around 1000 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:
Bandura, A. (1982). Self-referent
thoughts: A developmental Analysis of Self-Efficacy. In J.F. Flavell.
And Ross (ed.), Social Cognitive
Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
-Books:
Sekaran, U. (1984). Research Methods for
Managers: A Skill-building Approach, First Edition, John Wiley and Sons,
New York.
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:
Prof. Diab Al-Badaayneh
Editor-in-Chief
MJR
Mu’tah Lil-Buhuth wad-Dirast
Deanship of Academic Research
P.O. Box (19)
Mu’tah University, Mu’tah (61710),
Karak, Jordan.
Tel: (03-2372380) (4041)
Fax.
++962-3-2370706
Email:
darmutah@mutah.edu.jo
or
darmutah@yahoo.com
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