Journal of Al-Azhar University Engineering Sector (AUEJ) - Peer Review Process

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  1. When a paper is submitted to JAUES, it is checked by the Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor or Managing Editor, usually within 3 days

  2. If they find that the paper is not in the scope of the journal, plagiarism or clearly less qualify, the paper can be rejected without review.

  3. They send the scanned paper to Section Editors. submission.

  4. The Section Editors assigns the paper to three reviewers, usually within 10 days after the paper submission

  5. The reviewers write detailed technical reviews of the paper and submit it to the journal editors.

  6. The reviewers usually take 1 month to review a submission, but some papers may take longer, e.g., when they are especially complex or are received during the review period of major conferences or need to send to other reviewers.

  7. Possible decisions are Accept, Minor revision, Major revision, and Reject.

  8. Revisions of papers with a "Major revision" decision should be resubmitted within at most four months. Revisions of papers with a "Minor revision" should be resubmitted with one month.

  9. Submissions of revisions of papers should always be accompanied with a statement detailing what revisions were implemented and what actions were taken in response to the reviews.

  10. If the paper needs minor or major revision, the editors will send it again to the reviewers to get the final decision. 

Reviewers Guidelines:

As a reviewer, you have four weeks to complete your review. If for some reason you find out that you are not able to complete your review within the agreed upon period, please contact the Editor who invited you immediately.

In your review, please evaluate as many of the following points as is practical:

  • Language

  • Importance

  • Originality

  • Technical quality

  • Clarity of presentation

  • Discussion

  • Importance in field

  • Organization of materials

  • Quality of tables and figures

  • Abbreviations, Formulae, Units

  • References

  • Grading of Paper

  • Recommendation:

  1. Accept and publish as it is

  2. Publish after minor revision

  3. Major revision required

  4. Reject