The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed journal plays a crucial role in the development of reliable network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of work of the author and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior.

Ethics topics to consider when publishing:

• Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study.

• The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.

• Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review and should be prepared to provide public access to such data.

• The author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication.

• When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, the author must promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Guideline for writing articles

Authors are required to submit papers with the understanding that they have not been previously published elsewhere and are not presently being considered by another publisher. The submitting author holds the responsibility of confirming that all coauthors have consented to the article's publication. Manuscripts ought to be submitted by one of the authors either via the journal's website or through email designated by the journal.

 Manuscripts submitted to the Journal should:

• Contain original work.
• Follows aims and scope of the journal.
• Be clearly and correctly written in English.
• Be delivered in electronic format.
• Follow the provided template of the journal.

Elements of the submitted manuscript.

1. Title page with author name(s) and affiliation(s)
2. Abstract
3. Keywords
4. Introduction
5. Relevant Setting, Material and Methods
6. Results
7. Discussion
8. Conclusion
9. Acknowledgment
10. References
11. Arabic Abstract (optional) 

Each of these elements is detailed below.

1. The title should be short but informative, be centered, typed in Times New Roman 14 point, and in boldface.

      Author Name(s) should list all authors of the paper (initial(s) for first and middle name(s) and full family name), be centered beneath the title and typed in Times New Roman 11-point, non-italic and boldface. Every name is numbered superscript sequentially with a star symbol “*” for the corresponding author.

     Affiliation(s) should be shown below the author name(s) and typed in Times New Roman 10-point, italic, and non-boldface. At least one e-mail address is needed to correspond with the author.

2. The abstract should be a summary of the significant items of the main paper. An abstract should not normally exceed 250 words. All non-standard symbols and abbreviations should be defined. The abstract should be typed in Times New Roman, 9-point, non-italic and non-boldface.
3. Keywords list all keywords in order of importance, separated by commas, and should be typed in Times New Roman, 10-point, non-italic, and non-boldface.

Type the main text in 10-point Times New Roman, single-spaced with single line spacing and fully justified right and left. Do not use double-spacing. The spacing after the paragraph is double. Figure and table captions should be 9-point Times New Roman, boldface and non-italic. Initially capitalize only the first word of the caption. Figure captions are to be below the figures and Table titles are to be fully justified right and left above the table.

       4. Introduction: This section should be succinct, with no subheadings.

5. Relevant Setting, Material, and Methods

If you need to provide additional background on work done by others or that you have previously published to put your work into context, be sure that this background is limited to what is directly relevant to your study and its context and questions. Do not include any of the research results from the current study in this section.

6. Results and Discussion - may be combined or kept separate and may be further divided into subsections. This section should not contain technical details. Abbreviations and acronyms should be used sparingly and consistently. Where they first appear in the text, they should be defined; authors may also explain large numbers of abbreviations and acronyms after the conclusion part.
7. Conclusion: This should clearly explain the main conclusions of the work highlighting its importance and relevance
8. Acknowledgments: All acknowledgments (if any) should be included at the very end of the paper before the references and may include supporting grants, presentations, and so forth.
9. References: Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract must be given in full. Unpublished results and personal communications are not recommended in the reference list but may be mentioned in the text. If the references are included in the reference list, they should follow the standard reference style of the journal. They should include a substitution of the publication date with either 'Unpublished results' or 'Personal communication'. The citation of a reference as 'in press' implies that the item has been accepted for publication.
10. Preparation of Figures

Upon submission of an article, authors are supposed to include all figures and tables in the manuscript Word file. If the article is accepted, authors will be asked to provide the source files of the figures. Each figure should be supplied in a separate electronic file. All figures should be cited in the paper in a consecutive order. Figures should be supplied in either vector art formats (Illustrator, EPS, WMF, FreeHand, CorelDraw, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.) or bitmap formats (Photoshop, TIFF, GIF, JPEG, etc.). Bitmap images should be of 300 dpi resolution at least unless the resolution is intentionally set to a lower level for scientific reasons. If a bitmap image has labels, the image and labels should be embedded in separate layers. 

Financial Transactions for the Journal of the Faculty of Science, Menoufia University:

1. The fees for arbitration and plagiarism detection, amounting to 500 Egyptian pounds for Egyptian researchers and 100 US dollars for non-Egyptians, must be paid in advance upon the initial submission of the research by the author. If two reviewers disagree on the publication of the research, it is sent to a third reviewer to determine the possibility of publication, for an additional fee of 300 Egyptian pounds for the third reviewer’s arbitration.
2. The publication fees are to be paid after the research is accepted by the reviewers and is considered suitable for electronic scientific publication. The fees are 1000 Egyptian pounds for Egyptian researchers and 100 US dollars for non-Egyptians.

The journal template is available here.