Author Guidelines

Authors are invited to make a submission to this journal. All submissions will be assessed by an editor to determine whether they meet the aims and scope of this journal. Those considered to be a good fit will be sent for peer review before determining whether they will be accepted or rejected.

Thank you for choosing to submit your manuscript to Derna University Journal of Applied Sciences (DUJAS). The journal is dedicated to publishing original research articles (and occasional invited reviews) in the fields of engineering and applied sciences.
Authors are advised to follow the templates and instructions to prepare the articles. These instructions will ensure that the submitted manuscript can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly. Please take the time to read and follow them as closely as possible, as doing so will ensure your paper matches the journal’s requirements. 

Article Processing Charges (APC)
All articles published in DUJAS are open access and freely available online, immediately upon publication. There are no submission fees, publication fees, or page charges for this journal. The main goal of DUJAS is to provide high quality of global researchers with a free publishing platform.

Language 
The submitted articles in DUJAS should be written in Arabic or English. (American or British usage is accepted). Professional language help may be required to make sure that the manuscript can move smoothly through the peer review and publication process.

Structure of Original Articles
The structure of the original article submitted to the journal should include the following sections:

Title
The title should be concise, informative, descriptive, and as brief as possible. It should include key terms to help make it more discoverable in search engines. Please do not use abbreviations and symbols to avoid confusing the reader. 

Keywords
Four to sex keywords relevant to the research study are required to be submitted with the manuscript. Keywords are used to index the article after publishing and help to make it more discoverable. Hence, some care should be taken to choose the right keywords. Effective keywords include abbreviations or phrases that may not appear in the title or abstract and that link the work to wider field of research.

Abstract
The abstract is an important part and must provide a summary of the article. It gives the main objective of the study, the methodology used, the main results and the conclusion. The abstract should include key terms to increase search engine discoverability. Because the abstract sometimes stands alone, the abstract should be complete in itself; it should not contain undefined abbreviations, table numbers, figure numbers, literature citations or equations. It should normally be less than 300 words. Authors who submit a manuscript with an abstract longer than 300 words may be asked to rewrite and shorten the abstract.

Introduction
The introduction is expected to include the objectives of the study, a summary of the existing literature, and an explanation of why this study was necessary. A good introduction should make a success to link the current research with previous studies and citing relevant references.

Method
This section should contain all elements necessary to make the research reproducible. It should provide sufficient experiment details, simulation, statistical test, or analysis carried out to generate the results, such that the method can be repeated by another researcher and the results reproduced.

Results and Discussion
The results section should report the main findings and outcomes of the study clearly. Tables and figures should be used to improve data presentation and the significance of the study. The discussion should explain the significance of the results and compare them with previous work using relevant references. Extensive citations and discussion of published literature should be avoided.

Conclusion
The conclusion section should be used to highlight the main conclusion and the novelty of the work. Please avoid discussion and literature citation in this section. This section can suggest future scope of the study and provide pointers to further improvement.

Acknowledgements
The section should provide a specific acknowledgment for specific persons, institutions, funds, or projects. If it's a project or fund, the project/funding number should be provided.

References
This section should be used to list all relevant work. Reference citations in the text must be numbered consecutively by Arabic numerals (e.g. [1]). Some examples:
 The primary use of metal coating is to enhance the corrosion and wear resistance of the steel surface [1,2].
 This result has been widely reported [7–9].
The list of references should only include references that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. All references are numbered in order of their appearance in the manuscript.

Before making a submission, authors are responsible for obtaining permission to publish any material included with the submission, such as photos, documents and datasets. All authors identified on the submission must consent to be identified as an author. Where appropriate, research should be approved by an appropriate ethics committee in accordance with the legal requirements of the study's country.

An editor may desk reject a submission if it does not meet minimum standards of quality. Before submitting, please ensure that the study design and research argument are structured and articulated properly. The title should be concise and the abstract should be able to stand on its own. This will increase the likelihood of reviewers agreeing to review the paper. When you're satisfied that your submission meets this standard, please follow the checklist below to prepare your submission.

Examples of references
Journal
[1] M. Tamilselvi, P. Kamaraj, M. Arthanareeswari, and S. Devikala, “Nano zinc phosphate coatings for enhanced corrosion resistance of mild steel”, Appl. Surf. Sci., Vol. 327, 218-225, 2015. 
Book
[2] G. O. Young, “Synthetic structure of industrial plastics,” in Plastics, 2nd ed. vol. 3, J. Peters, Ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964.
[3] Y. Tzeng, M. Yoshikawa, M. Murakawa, and A. Feldman, “Applications of Diamond Films and Related Materials”, Amsterdam, Elsevier, 1991.
Conference proceedings
[4] W.S. Ge, W. He, Y. Peng, J. Wang, H.T. Cheng, B.L. Yi, K. Chen, and J.Q. Yan, “Trail on vanadium recovery process from low vanadium bearing hot metal”, The 7th CSM Annual international conference Proceeding, Beijing, 2009, p. 275.
Dissertations
[5] N. Kawasaki, “Parametric study of thermal and chemical nonequilibrium nozzle flow,” M.S. thesis, Dept. Electron. Eng., Osaka Univ., Osaka, Japan, 1993.
Email Submission
Articles must be submitted by e-mail in MS Word (*.doc) format. By submitting your manuscript to the Website of Derna University Journal of Applied Sciences, you are agreeing to originality checks during the peer-review and production processes. Send your manuscript directly to the journal website submission. 

Suggesting reviewers
Please submit the names, affiliations, and e-mail addresses of two potential reviewers. The suggested reviewers should not be colleagues or co-authored with you during the last two years.

Before you begin

Thank you for submitting to the Derna University Journal of Applied Sciences. You will be asked to upload files, identify co-authors, and provide information such as the title and abstract.

Please read our Submission Guidelines if you have not done so already. When filling out the forms, provide as many details as possible in order to help our editors evaluate your work.

Once you begin, you can save your submission and come back to it later. You will be able to review and correct any information before you submit.

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

• This submission meets the requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
• This submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
• All references have been checked for accuracy and completeness.
• All tables and figures have been numbered and labeled.
• Permission has been obtained to publish all photos, datasets and other material provided with this submission.

Upload Files

Provide any files our editorial team may need to evaluate your submission. In addition to the main work, you may wish to submit data sets, conflict of interest statements, or other supplementary files if these will be helpful for our editors.

Contributors

Add details for all of the contributors to this submission. Contributors added here will be sent an email confirmation of the submission, as well as a copy of all editorial decisions recorded against this submission.

If a contributor can not be contacted by email, because they must remain anonymous or do not have an email account, please do not enter a fake email address. You can add information about this contributor in a message to the editor at a later step in the submission process.

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