Submission checklist:
The authors can use this list to carry out a final check of your submission before you send it to the journal for review. Please check the relevant section in this Guide for Authors for more details.
The following items should be presented:
One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details:
• E-mail address
• Full postal address
All necessary files have been uploaded:
Manuscript:
Essential title page information
• Title. It should be concise and informative. It should be written in 14 pt.Bold for English and 16 pt. Bold for Arabic manuscripts
Abstract:
The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the basic results and major conclusions.
Keywords:
After the abstract provide a maximum of 6 keywords. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.
Acknowledgements:
It should be included in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise.
Endnotes:
Endnotes should be used in the Reference list.
Tables:
Please submit tables as editable text and not as images. Tables can be placed either next to the relevant text in the article, or on separate page(s) at the end. Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text and place any table notes below the table body. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in them do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article. Please avoid using vertical rules and shading in table cells.
References:
Citation in text
Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa).
Web and on line references
As a minimum, the full URL should be given and the date when the reference was last accessed.
Reference list should be included (endnotes reference)
References should be written in APA 6th edition (American Psychological Association) style ;e.g. Boughton, M., & Halliday, L. (2008). A challenge to the menopause stereotype: Young Australian women's reflections of 'being diagnosed' as menopausal. Health & Social Care in the Community, 16(6), 565-572. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2008.00777.x
Vitae
a short bibliographic note is needed from authors of approximately 100 words and no longer than 130 words.
Further considerations:
(a) The reason for the change in author list and (b) written confirmation (e-mail, letter) from all authors that they agree with the addition, removal or rearrangement. In the case of addition or removal of authors, this includes confirmation from the author being added or removed. Only in exceptional circumstances will the Editor consider the addition, deletion or rearrangement of authors after the manuscript has been accepted. While the Editor considers the request, publication of the manuscript will be suspended. If the manuscript has already been published in an online issue, any requests approved by the Editor will result in a corrigendum.
DECLARATION OF INTEREST:
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work.
Examples of potential competing interests include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors must disclose any interests.
Submission declaration and verification:
Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract, a published lecture or academic thesis, which it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.