Publication Guidelines:

• Publishing requests shall be sent via e-mail: esj@ksu.edu.sa

• Researcher(s) shall carefully read the terms of statement of pledge and attach it after approval and signature.

• The research paper shall be sent in a (Word) format with pages serially numbered, and in its final form, including tables, figures, and pictures within the text.

• Researcher(s) shall not include in the body of the paper what reveals their identities except in the first page (to be separated from the research), where personal information of the researcher and the co-researchers are provided.

• Researcher(s) must adhere to the conditions and specifications of research and ensure, prior to submitting their work, that it is free of linguistic, grammatical, and spelling mistakes.

• After sending the publication request to the Journal, the researcher will receive a note of the arrival of the request.

• The editor-in-chief receives and forwards the application, after review, to the editorial board for initial examination.

• Following the editorial board’s initial approval of the research validity, it is forwarded to peer reviewers specialized in the field addressed by the paper.

• Once the reviewers' responses are submitted, they are reviewed by the editor-in-chief who then makes a decision, in accordance with the peer reviewers’ comments, either by approval of publication, amendments, or rejection of the publication. 

• In the event that there are amendments, the paper shall be submitted, after the researcher makes the necessary amendments, to the editor-in-chief with a file that includes a table to show the researcher's implementation of the reviewers’ comments.

• The editor-in-chief forwards the file to the auditor, who is a member of the editorial board; for comparison and giving a decision over the extent of the researcher's commitment to implement the comments.

• Once the auditor’s response and recommendation are submitted, they are reviewed by the editorial board, and accordingly the researcher is informed by the final decision.

• If the research is approved and validated for publication in the Journal, a letter of approval of publication will be sent to the researcher. If the research is declined for publishing, a letter of apology will be sent.

• In the event that the research is approved for publication, all the publishing rights shall be granted to the Journal, and the approved research may not be republished in any other publishing outlet, paper or electronic, without written permission from the Journal’s editorial board.