Submissions

Author Guidelines

Authors should submit their manuscripts electronically through the Journal website submission system to the Editorial Office. JALL Website:  https://journal.uokufa.edu.iq/index.php/jall.

1- PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS:

Manuscripts must be submitted in Arabic and written according to proper grammar and terminology. Manuscripts should be typed in Simplified Arabic of 14 pt. font. and MS Word format in one column using letter paper size; the marginal space from up and the downside is 2.98 cm, from the left side 2 cm, while from the right side 1.61. No line number should be applied to the manuscript. Manuscript submission must be applied once to obtain only one submission ID number. More than one submission for a single manuscript can lose the chance of manuscript consideration.

2- NEW SUBMISSIONS:

Submission to the  JALL  journal proceeds online, and authors will be guided stepwise through creating and uploading the manuscript files. As part of the manuscript, authors may submit the manuscript as a single file to be used in the refereeing process. This can be a Word document (*.docx) used by referees to evaluate the manuscript. All figures and tables should be embedded and included in the main manuscript file in the result section; separating these items at the end of the manuscript will increase the chance of manuscript rejection.

3- REFERENCES:

- References list must be provided according to the format of the JALL  references in a consistent style. The method of documenting sources and references is according to the (APA) system (American Psychological Association). Where applicable, it should be formatted as follows,

- Documentation of the book shall be as follows: Author’s last name, first name (year of publication). Title of the book in italics. I (if any, provided that the first edition is not mentioned). The publisher. If the book has more than one author, the two authors should be separated by a comma (,).

An example of the method of documenting the book:

 Abdul Latif, Emad (2020). Analysis of political discourse: rhetoric, power, resistance.  2nd Edition.  Darkonoz Almarefa.

- Documentation of research or article published in a journal in the following form: author’s last name, first name (publication year), title of article or research, journal name, volume number (in italics) (issue number), starting page number - ending page number.

An example of the method of documenting the article or research:

Khalaf, Ali Gatea ( 2011). Husseini Rituals between religion and theatrical art. Journal of Kufa Studies Center. 1 (21), 35-52.

- Conference documentation is as follows: author's last name, first author's name (year, month, day), title of the research paper (in italics), organizing body, city, country.

- Documenting master's theses and doctoral dissertations in the following form:

Author's last name, first author's name (year). Thesis or thesis title (in italics) [Unpublished Master's/PhD thesis]. University name.

An example of documenting a master's thesis or a doctoral thesis:

Al-Khafaji, Ahmed kadhim (2013). Phonetic values of the Qur’anic vocabulary in the Meccan surah's [unpublished doctoral thesis] . University of Kufa.

Please note that don't print your references using Mendeley or Endnote software or any other reference citation software; using manual print using MS Word is the only method that is acceptable by JALL; otherwise, a state of rejection will be chosen. In addition, the DOI is obligatory to be embedded at the end of each reference; if this ID is not available, the reference URL can be used; failure to conduct these minimal requirements for reference format and style will increase the chance of manuscript rejection.

To download APA style documentation in PDF format, please click here.

4- REVISED SUBMISSIONS:

Regardless of the file format of the original submission, at revision, the authors are instructed to submit their Manuscript in JALL format in a Word document with extension *.docx only. Keep the layout of the text as simple as possible. To avoid unnecessary errors, the authors are strongly advised to use 'spell-check' and 'grammar-check for the submitted manuscript. At this stage, the author(s) name, affiliation, emails, and ORCID should be inserted in the main manuscript file.

5- MANUSCRIPT STRUCTURE:

Manuscript literature and tenses must be structured as Title in Arabic; Abstract in Arabic; Keywords; Article Highlights; Introduction; The text; Results and; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; and References submitted in a file with limited size. Also  The title, The summary, And keywords (functions) are also must be written in English.

6- MANUSCRIPT TITLE:

The title words should not contain abbreviations. Avoid complicated and technical expressions, and do not use vague expressions.

7- ABSTRACT:

An abstract of 150 to 250 words that sketches the purpose of the study; basic procedures; main findings;  and principal conclusions, should not contain any undefined abbreviations or references. 

8- KEYWORD:

Provide 3 to 5 keywords that can be used for indexing purposes. Keywords should not repeat the words of the manuscript title or contain abbreviations and should be written in alphabetical order as separated by a semicolon.  

9- HIGHLIGHTS: 

Highlights are mandatory for the JALL journal. A highlight is a concise, short phrase conveying the core findings of your research. The approximate length of a highlighted item will be between 3 to 5 points only.

- Introduction:

Describes the background of the investigation with updated information briefly and state the aim of the study.

- Results:

This section should highlight the major firm discoveries and state the added value of the main finding without literature references.

- Acknowledgments:

Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc., should be placed in a separate section before the reference list. The names of funding organizations should be written in full. Financial support affiliation of the study, if it exists, must be mentioned in this section. Thereby, the Grant number of financial support must be included.

- Conflict of Interest:

A conflict of interest statement must be placed in the manuscript below: "The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the publication and/or funding of this manuscript."

- References:

Please note that don't print your references using Mendeley or Endnote software or any other reference format software; using manual print only by using MS Word is the only method that is acceptable by JALL. Personal communications or unpublished data should not be mentioned in the text or list of references.

- TABLES:

Do not submit tables as a photograph. Tables should be set within the text and have a clear and rational structure and consecutive numerical order. All tables should be numbered (1, 2, 3, etc.). Give enough information in subtitles so that each table is understandable without reference to the text. For each table, please supply a table caption (title) explaining the components of the table. Identify any previously published material by referencing the source at the end of the table caption.

10- SUBMISSION OF FINAL CHECKLIST:

1. Read the Journal's Guide for Authors and make sure that the manuscript (text, tables, and figures) meets Journal requirements.
2. The manuscript contains the main sections outlined in the Journal's Guide for Authors.
3. Spell-check the Manuscript.
4. All authors must read the Ethics in publishing, Plagiarism prevention, Violation of publication ethics, and Handling misconduct cases before being submitted to the JALL.
5. The manuscript has been read and approved by all listed authors.
6. The Corresponding Author and the contributors of the manuscript are advised to be registered at the journal website to keep their names in the manuscript bio-sketches.