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  • An Electronic copy of the manuscript should be submitted. The font used should be Times New Roman using Microsoft Word. The printed area for all pages is restricted (page set up Top 3.5 cm, Bottom 3 cm, Left 2.5 cm and Right 2.5 cm).
  • Typing with font size 11 should be single-spaced, with paragraphs being separated by one space. The first line in each paragraph starts after leaving three spaces.
  • Titles of manuscripts should be center-lined, with font size 14. It should be in bold letters, the first letter in each word should be in capital letters, e.g.

 Studies on the Radiation Lethality of Mammals Using some...

  • The manuscript should include both figures and tables in their proper places inside the text.
  • Manuscript shall be accepted to plagiarism check, papers exceed 20% shall be returned back to the authors.
  • After an empty line the author(s) name(s), without titles, are written, centered, in bold letters, with bold font size 10, e.g.

 E.A. El-Komy, A.I. Helal and H.F. Aly

 In the following line, the name and address of the author's institutions are written, center-lined, with font size 10 in italic letters, e.g.

 Nuclear Physics Department, Nuclear Research Center, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt

  • The e-mail of the corresponding author should be added as a footnote at the end of the first page.
  •  After two empty lines, an abstract should come up to 250 words, with bold font size10, The width of the abstract area is only 14 cm.
  •  An empty line is left, then 3 to 5 keywords, related to the subject of the publication typed in font size 9, the first letter in each word should be in capital letters e.g:

Keywords: Uranium / Extraction / Radioisotope Production.

  Main headings (e.g. Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, and References) should be in bold letters in font size 11.

  • The first letter in the first word in the subtitles should be capital letter.
  • Figures should be carefully drawn with captions below the figure in bold letters with font size 9. In case photographs are included, they should be very clear.
  • Tables should include their captions, written above each table in bold with font size 9. They can be diminished to fit 8 cm or 16.5 cm width (horizontal) and not more than 20 cm length (vertical). All abbreviations should be explained as footnotes directly below the table avoiding shaded areas.
  • Figures and tables' titles should be typed using Microsoft Word program.
  • Equations and reactions should be numbered sequentially and their numbers should appear between brackets to the right of the equation or the reaction.
  • The manuscript should not exceed 15 pages.

References:

  •  References are marked consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals as superscripts between brackets, e.g. Several authors [1-3] have studied this effect...
  • A complete list of references should be given at the end of the manuscript in the same numerical order including the paper title, e.g.

Amr, M.A., Dawood, N.D.A., Helal, A.I. and Russell, B. (2017) Rare Earth Elements and 143Nd/144Nd Isotope Ratio Measurements using Tandem ICPCRC-MS/MS: Characterization of Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.), J. Anal. Spectrom, (6), 265-283.

  • Conference proceedings must be indicated with pages, addresses and date.
  • Citations such as "unpublished work" or "personal communication" should be avoided.

 Processing of Manuscripts:

  • Manuscripts will be examined by two specialized referees, and the referees comments will be communicated to the corresponding author for revision.
  • After final processing, an authorized statement for acceptance, or rejection, is communicated to the corresponding author.
  • In case of final acceptance and after receiving the article processing fees, the manuscript then undergoes language editing, technical editing, proofreading, and finally is published.
  • The paper will be published with an indication of the first date of receipt and date of acceptance.

Article Processing Charge: 

  • 3000 EGP for Egyptian Authors
  • 200 USD for Non-Egyptian.

Time to First Decision: 8 Weeks.