All authors should have made substantial contributions to all the following: (1) the conception and design of the study, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data, (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, (3) final approval of the version to be submitted.
Changes to authorship:
Authors are expected to carefully consider the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the definitive list of authors at the time of the original submission. Any addition, deletion, or rearrangement of author names in the authorship list should be made only before the manuscript has been accepted and only if approved by the journal Editor. To request such a change, the Editor must receive the following from the corresponding author: (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 the 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.
Role of the funding source:
You are requested to identify who provided financial support for the conduct of the research and/or preparation of the article and to briefly describe the role of the sponsor(s), if any, in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the article for publication. If the funding source(s) had no such involvement, then this should be stated.
Please write your text in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these). Authors who feel their English language manuscript may require editing to eliminate possible grammatical or spelling errors and to conform to correct scientific English.
Manuscripts Preparation:
Manuscripts must represent original work and must be written in English. All text should be typed double-spaced including the summary, the references, as well as table and figure captions. The text should be divided into a Title page, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, conclusions, acknowledgment, Conflicts of interest, Authors’ contributions, Ethics approval and references. Fused results and discussion are acceptable only for a short article. The text is followed by figure captions, tables, and figures. The electronic supplementary material may be uploaded as separate files.
Title of the article:
Make the title brief, informative, attractive, unambiguous and related to the subject of the article.
The name(s) of the author(s).
A concise and informative title.
The affiliation(s) and address (es) of the author(s).
The e-mail address, telephone, and fax numbers of the corresponding author.
Abstract:
Provide an abstract of 200 to 250 words. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references. The Abstract should be informative and completely self-explanatory, briefly, present the topic, state the scope of the experiments, indicate significant data and point out major findings and conclusions. Please remember that the abstract must be usable as a stand-alone document which presents the major results and conclusions of the article, using simple, factual statements.
Keywords: Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.
Introduction:
The introduction should state the reason for carrying out the study presented in the article, the questions under consideration, and it should outline the essential background.
Materials and methods:
The materials and methods section should provide sufficient details about the applied methods and techniques to allow replication of all parts of the study. Standard techniques and approaches do not need to be described in detail; use references to previously published methods and techniques instead.
Results:
The results section should logically state the results, drawing attention to important details shown in tables and figures. Please use factual statements and avoid discussing the results in this section.
Discussion:
The discussion section should point out the significance of the results in relation to the questions and hypotheses presented in the introduction, and it should place the new findings in the context of other relevant work.
Conclusions:
In this section, authors may concisely describe the main contribution/ outcome of the research and give a clear explanation of its importance and relevance.
Acknowledgment:
Should state gratitude to funding foundations and institutions as well as persons who made efforts to help you in conducting the experiments or improving the manuscript.
Figures and photographs:
Figures and Line drawings such as graphs and maps should be submitted as vector graphics, which are clear at all magnifications. Graphs should be saved as EPS or PDF files, not as JPG, TIF, or other pixel-based formats. Maps should be made using vector graphics such as in Adobe Illustrator. The output of scientific software programs should also be saved directly as vector graphics whenever possible printed on the glossy article. Photographs, whether color or black-and-white, should be submitted in TIFF or EPS format.
Contributors should present the minimum number of plates consistent with adequate presentation of the subject. The finished size of the plates will be at maximum 11 x 20 cm. Lettering on maps, graphs etc. should be such size that they will not be of less than 2mm high after reduction. Magnifications should correspond to the finished size of the plate and not to the original size as submitted. Photographs are best submitted in the exact size, which is desired to be reproduced. All unnecessary parts should be trimmed away.
The legends to figures and graphs should be typed separately from the illustrations Tables should have serial numbers and bear headings describing their contents and should be comprehensible without reference to the text. The units of data, e.g. percentages, cc, mm, etc, should be given at the top of each column and not repeated on each line of the table.
References:
References are to be verified against original sources and identified in the text by the author’s name and year of publication, examples. Double check that all references in the manuscript text are in the references list and vice-versa and that they agree in spelling and year.
Our policy now requires a listing of the title of a cited article. :-
Where applicable, author(s) name(s), journal title/book title, chapter title/article title, year of publication, volume number/book chapter and the pagination must be present. Use of DOI is highly encouraged. The reference style used by the journal will be applied to the accepted article by Elsevier at the proof stage. Note that missing data will be highlighted at the proof stage for the author to correct. If you do wish to format the references yourself they should be arranged according to the following examples:
Reference style:
Text: Indicate references by number(s) in square brackets in line with the text. The actual authors can be referred to, but the reference number(s) must always be given. Example: '..... as demonstrated [3,6]. Barnaby and Jones [8] obtained a different result ....'
List: Number the references (numbers in square brackets) in the list in the order in which they appear in the text.
Examples: Reference to a journal publication: [1] J. van der Geer, J.A.J. Hanraads, R.A. Lupton, The art of writing a scientific article, J. Sci. Commun. 163 (2010) 51–59. Reference to a book: [2] W. Strunk Jr., E.B. White, The Elements of Style, fourth ed., Longman, New York, 2000. Reference to a chapter in an edited book: [3] G.R. Mettam, L.B. Adams, how to prepare an electronic version of your article, in: B.S. Jones, R.Z. Smith (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age, E-Publishing Inc., New York, 2009, pp. 281–304.
Cover Letter
A letter must accompany the manuscript, and it must contain the following elements in the order listed below: -
· Manuscript title.
· Name of the corresponding author.
· Names of all other co-authors.
· Type of manuscript (research article, review article, short communication).
· A paragraph explaining why your manuscript is appropriate for Benha Journal of Applied Science (BJAS).
· The names and contact information, including e-mail addresses, of three possible reviewers.
· A statement confirming the manuscript, or its contents in some other form, has not been published previously by any of the authors and/or is not under consideration for publication in another journal at the time of submission.
Free access:
Every peer-reviewed article appearing in this journal will be published open access. This means that the article is universally and freely accessible via the internet in perpetuity, in an easily readable format immediately after publication. The author does not have to pay any publication charges for open access. The Egyptian Knowledge Bank will pay to make the article open access. However, the authors are required to pay handling charges or equivalent in USD. The journal strongly discourages authors from exceeding the page limits (12 printed pages).
Notes for Payment:
Upon Receiving the final Acceptance for the Publication Letter, From Egypt: a sum of 2000 EGP and From outside Egypt: a sum of 200 $ (in addition to paying for value-added services + extra pages fees if any) is to be paid through the following Bank Account: