1- Publication Terms:
The journal receives original research that has not been published or submitted for publication before. The researcher submitting the paper is responsible for ensuring that the publication of the research is approved by all other researchers if any. It is also the responsibility of researchers to ensure that the institution approves the research produced by that institution.
Authors present an electronic version of the research as a single Microsoft Word file via the journal’s website Authors will need to anonymize their manuscript before submission by not mentioning the author's name or any proof of his/her identity in the document.
Please note that individual form files above 10MB should be uploaded separately.
Tables and figures with captions should be presented within the main text of the manuscript in a single Microsoft Word file.
2- Language:
The journal welcomes the publication of original scientific research and studies, in English, and foreign languages. However, it is required that all works submitted are accompanied by abstracts. Researcher’s who feel that their English abstract requires linguistic scrutiny to avoid any potential grammatical or spelling errors may be asked to use any English editing service.
3- Refereeing:
All submitted papers are subject to refereeing, where the editorial board makes a preliminary reading of all submitted manuscripts to ensure they meet the criteria for publication in the journal the availability of scientific research and then sends the research to the referee, taking into account the following:
Peer review Policy: The editorial board selects an academic from a different scientific authority to be assigned to refereeing according to their expertise. He/she must be a research specialist and preferably a professor or assistant professor.
Blind peer reviewing: The journal applies the anonymous method of refereeing, in which the scientific work is sent to referees in secrecy without mentioning the name of the author or any indication of his/her identity, together with an evaluation form including a list of the criteria according to which the scientific work is to be evaluated.
Each paper is reviewed by at least two referees, and if they disagree as regards paper acceptance, a third referee is called upon.
Members of the editorial board follow the amendment procedures and ensure that the required amendments are completed before the publication of the scientific work.
Researchers are informed of the decision whether it is accepted for publication or not.
The scientific work is published if it passes refereeing in accordance with the recognized scientific regulations and follows the editorial criteria and guidelines of the journal and failing to meet these criteria and follow the guidelines will lead to manuscript rejection.
Approval of two members of the editorial board is sufficient to publish book reviews, theses, and reports of scientific meetings.
4- Publishing Policies:
The research must include the information in the following order in the research sections:
Title in English or French.
Researcher’s name in English or French.
The abstract in English or French.
Keywords in English or French (five keywords).
Methodological introduction, findings and discussions, references, figures, tables, and appendices.
Registration on the title page includes the research title in the middle, the name of the researcher(s), followed by the institution in which he/she (they) works, and his/her (their) e-mail.
The abstract should be free of citations, abbreviations, and references, and should not exceed 250 words. It should clearly indicate the research objectives, methodology, and most important results.
Keywords mean the main terms mentioned in the body of the research or the sub-sections that were covered.
It must be considered that the introduction should provide adequate background on the study and explain the approach followed, data collection tools, study procedures, statistical analyzes used, if any, and previous studies.
After the methodological introduction, results reached by the researcher are presented, then, a discussion of these results and a discussion of the validity of the study’s hypotheses and the extent to which the results are related to the published studies that dealt with the same topic.
5- Fonts:
Trim size: B5 (JIS) 25.7 cm × 18.2 cm
Font Size: 13
Font Type: Times New Roman
Margins: 2.5 cm
Line Spacing: Single: 1
6- References
Citations in the body of the paper should follow the reference method used by APA.
References are documented according to the American Psychological Association (APA) system, whether they in Arabic or English.
Reference List: References should be arranged first alphabetically and then, if necessary, chronologically. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be specified with the letters A, B, C …etc. placed after the year of publication.
It is preferable to use citation management programs that support citation styles such as Endnote, Mendeley, and Zotero.
7- Refereeing and Publication Fees:
Do not exceed the number of pages of the research in its acceptable form for publication within the limits of 60 pages, including the abstract, in the size of the magazine template b5 within the issue.
Egyptian researchers inside Egypt:
Refereeing:
600 pounds for two referees.
If a third referee is needed, 300 more pounds are added as refereeing fees.
Publication:
45 pounds for each page.
Size of pages B5 (JIS) with the specifications of the journal.
Note:
The researcher bears all costs for color pages and covers.
It is possible to adjust the price according to the paper and printing prices.
Non-Egyptian Researchers:
80 $ for two referees.
If a third referee is needed, 50 $ more are added as refereeing fees.
Publication:
6$ for each page.
Size of pages B5 (JIS) with the specifications of the journal.
Note:
The researcher bears all costs for color pages and covers.
It is possible to adjust the price according to the paper and printing prices.
8- Copyright policy:
Authors retain copyright and transfer the commercial rights only to The Bulletin of the Egyptian Geographical Society. All published articles are licensed under CC-BY-NC Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License.
Plagiarism and scientific thefts are universally recognized as extremely serious academic offenses. It is the duty of the editorial board to assist and support the referees by ensuring in all aspects of publishing ethics that the paper submitted for publication is free from plagiarism.
Authors can use a copy of their article in their research activities, own websites, and institutional and/or funder’s websites by providing a full citation to the version published in The Bulletin of the Egyptian Geographical Society.
Authors have the right to transmit, print and share the first submitted copies with colleagues, professional positions, and career with citing to The Bulletin of the Egyptian Geographical Society publication.