Publication Terms and Fees

The International Journal of Financial, Administrative and Economic Sciences (IJFAES) is committed to maintaining high standards through peer reviewing alongside the adopted ethical policies. Any violations of professional ethical rules, such as plagiarism, fraudulent use of data, and false authorship claims, affect the editors' decision regarding the publication of the research.

There are no restrictions on the type of research that can be published in the International Journal of Financial, Administrative and Economic Sciences (IJFAES), as the journal adopts an expansive publication policy to provide the opportunity for all types of research to be published. Thus, research may be of the following types: literature review, improvement of an existing methodology, innovation of a new methodology, a practical framework, case study, comparative study, analytical study, applied study, etc.

Given the importance of time for all researchers, IJFAES cooperates with a group of distinguished editors and peer reviewers who have sufficient experience, technical skills, and tools to accelerate the review and publication process as much as possible. Often this process takes from one week up to 3 weeks at most.

IJFAES follows the following steps:

1. The research must be submitted as a Word file by one of the researchers (authors) via the journal's email [email protected]
2. The researcher must attach to the email a scan/photo of the researcher's declaration form after filling it out by hand and signing it so that the peer-review procedures can begin. (To obtain the researcher's declaration form … Click here)
3. The editor informs the researcher of receipt of the research. Requests submitted by anyone other than one of the authors will not be accepted.
4. Upon receipt of the research, the editor checks conformity with the journal's template format, completeness of the research elements, that it falls within the journal's specialties, and the absence of plagiarism to make a preliminary decision to accept or reject.
5. In case of preliminary acceptance of the paper by the editorial office, the editor informs the researcher.
6. Two reviewers are then assigned to begin the review process under a double-blind peer review system so that reviewers do not see the name(s) of the researcher(s).
7. Acceptance is granted when the recommendations of both reviewers are positive.
8. If there are reviewers' comments, the author must make the revisions and submit a revised version for re-evaluation.
9. Then publication fees are collected in case of final acceptance for publication. After that, a certificate of acceptance for publication is issued.
10. The research is published in the next issue of the journal.

The International Journal of Financial, Administrative and Economic Sciences (IJFAES) publishes research written in both Arabic and English. It cooperates with editors and reviewers from many universities around the world across various specializations. The researcher should follow the journal template (as much as possible) so that the formatting and content of the submitted research conform to the following conditions:

1. The research must meet the following formatting requirements:
   • Margins on all sides should be 2.5 cm and line spacing should be 1.0.
   • The research title should be written between quotation marks like “……”
   • The title should be in font size 18 and Bold and must accurately reflect the content of the research.
   • For Arabic texts: font size 12 and font type Simplified Arabic.
   • For English texts: font size 10 and font type Times New Roman.
   • Figure and table captions should be in bold.
   • Figures, illustrative charts, photographs, and maps should be clear and easy to read.
   • Pages of the research including figure pages, appendices, tables, and footnotes should be numbered sequentially from the first page to the last page.
   • The total number of pages of the research including figures, charts, and appendices should not exceed (40) pages, except in necessary cases determined by the editorial board.
   • Regarding reference documentation: the journal relies on the American Psychological Association (APA) citation style commonly used in universities and research centers, or any other referencing system, provided that the reference formatting style is consistent throughout the research.
2. Sections that must be covered in research submitted to the International Journal of Financial, Administrative and Economic Sciences (IJFAES)
   • The research title in Arabic then in English.
   • The name of the researcher(s), affiliation, and the researcher's email address.
   • An abstract in Arabic of no more than 350 words.
   • An abstract in English of no more than 350 words.
   • Keywords — no more than 7 expressive keywords, in both Arabic and English.
   • Introduction.
   • Statement of the research problem.
   • Research hypotheses.
   • Research objectives.
   • Significance of the study.
   • Study boundaries/scope.
   • Terms of the study and their definitions.
   • Theoretical framework and previous studies.
   • Methodology of the study.
   • Study instrument (if any).
   • Extracted results and recommendations.
   • References.

The researcher should attempt to comply with these conditions as much as possible. Note that the journal has a specialized team that reviews and corrects formatting errors without affecting the content and objective of the research to help the researcher complete the overall formatting of the research without any additional fees.

The APA referencing method is widely used in scientific research, and we summarize its main guidelines for formatting the reference list as follows:

1. References in the reference list should be arranged sequentially, taking into account alphabetical order by the author's surname.
2. If the reference is an article in a scientific journal, write: author(s) name starting with the family name, “title of the article”, journal name, volume number, issue number, page numbers, year of publication.
3. If the reference is a book, write: author(s) name starting with the family name, book title, publisher, year of publication.
4. If the reference is a Master's or PhD thesis, write: the name of the thesis author starting with the family name, “title of the study”, indicate Master's thesis or PhD dissertation, the university name, year.
5. If the reference is a bulletin or statistical report issued by an official entity, write: name of the entity, title of the report, city, page numbers, year of publication.
6. If the reference is a website, write: author name, title of the topic, year of publication, the web link, date of last visit to the link.
7. If the reference is a conference paper, write: author(s) name starting with the family name, title of the paper, conference name, volume number, page numbers, year of publication.