STYLE OF MANUSCRIPTS
1-MS should be written in clear, concise and grammatically corrected English and should be presented in the following order: abstract- keywords –introduction - materials and methods – results and / or discussion - acknowledgements and references.
2- Page 1 should contain the article title, name(s) of author(s) and affiliation(s) and the name and complete mailing address (including e-mail address) of the corresponding author at the foot note. The title of the paper should be short, precise and written without any abbreviations.
3-MS must be typed in Time New Roman (Font: 11, Spacing: 1.0 N), except abstract, tables and references (11, 1N). Headings should be UPPER CASE and in bold type. Sub-headings should be lower case and Sub-Subheadings should in lower case and in italics.
4- Abstract must be of 100 -200 words and contains brief data about aim, materials and methods, most important results, a conclusive remark and followed by at least 3-5 indicative key words which are not present in the title.
5-Introduction must be concentrated, including the importance and the aim of the subject under research.
6- In MS, put reference in numbers in [ ] not in ( ) or as superscripts. If a sentence is start with a reference or any preposition (to, by, of, with,… ) proceeds a reference, mention the name of author/s without year, i e :by Arthur [ ], according to Arthur and John[ ] or in agreement with Arthur et al.[23].
7- In Materials and Methods, not mention full details except if it is a recent or modified technique.
8-It is preferred to separate results from discussion, but results and discussion may be sometimes accepted, especially in long papers. It is not allowed to insert references in results.
9-Tables and/or figures must be numbered in order of mentioning and inserted in the relevant parts of the text. Figures must be of high quality and provided with legends. Tables should be in text form not shown as an image.
10-Provide conclusion in a maximum of 3-4 lines after discussion.
11- Reference in MS must come in sequence [1,2,3,4,5…]with no alphabetical trends at the back references list and typed as follow:
-First author: Stevenson, R.A.,
- Other authors: S.I. Sharp,
-Put , between authors not ;
-Put and before the last author
-Put , before year , 2009
Example s
· Journal articles
-Add full name of the journals or the standard registered abbreviation if you know it
- add Vol: page – page, 33: 21 – 38 (OK). Not add volume number 33(1): 21 – 38(X).
1-Stevenson, R.A., S.I. Sharp and S.G. Hopkin, 1997. Retained placenta an imported Friesian cows. Veterinary Medical Journal, 45: 121-127.
· Book :
11-Durbin, R., S.R. Eddy, A. Krogh and G. Mitchison, 1999.B Biological Sequence Analysis: Probabilistic Models of Proteins and Nucleic Acids. Cambridge University Press, pp: xx - xxx.
· A Chapter in a Book
24-Leach, J., 1993. Impacts of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) on water quality and fish spawning reefs of Western Lake Erie. In Zebra mussels: biology, impacts and control, Eds., Nalepa, T. and D. Schloesser. Ann Arbor, MI: Lewis Publishers, pp: 381-397.
· A Report:
34-Makarewicz, J.C., T. Lewis and P. Bertram, 1995. Epilimnetic phytoplankton and zooplankton biomass and species composition in Lake Michigan, 1983-1992. U.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program, Chicago, IL. EPA 905-R-95-009.
· Conference Proceedings:
44-Stock, A., 2004. Signal Transduction in Bacteria. In the Proceedings of the 2004 Markey Scholars Conference, pp: 80-89.
· A Thesis:
52- Strunk, J.L., 1991. The extraction of mercury from sediment and the geochemical partitioning of mercury in sediments from Lake Superior, M. S. thesis, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI.
12-Abbreviations, Units Etc., Authors should follow internationally agreed rules, especially those adopted by the IUPAC-IUB Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature (CBN). The journal will essentially follow the rules defined in the IUPAC Manua1 of symbols and terminology for physico-chemical quantities and units (Butterworths, London), 1970.