Information For Authors

Author Instructions

Authors are invited to submit papers for publication using “ONLINE SUBMISSION” section or through email (kubaj@khurasan.edu.af). Submissions are accepted for review with the understanding that the same work has not been submitted for consideration in another journal. Instructions on how to use the online submission tool are available at the home page. Manuscripts submitted to the journal are accepted on the basis of following criteria.

  1. All manuscripts must be in English and in MS Word format.
  2. They have not been published in any other journal.
  3. The e-mail address of corresponding author must be provided.
  4. Authors must provide an abstract on the first page when submitting papers for publication.
  5. The text is single spaced, uses a 12-point font, employs italics rather than underlining (except with URL addresses)
  6. Illustrations, tables and figures should be placed within the text at the appropriate points rather than at the end.
  7. At the end of the manuscript, references/bibliography must be provided
  8. Manuscripts submitted under multiple authors are reviewed on the assumption that all listed authors concur with the submission, and that a copy of the final manuscript has been approved by all authors

Format & Style

Text of manuscript should be arranged in the following order:

The Title of the paper, Authors affiliation and E-mail, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, Author Contributions, Acknowledgement, Conflicts of Interest and References.

Title: Title should be short (not over 20 words) but enough to explain gist of your research work.

Abstract: It should be of not more than 350 words... At the end of the abstract you must provide 3 to 5 keywords.

Introduction: It should provide the background of your work including the objective(s).

Literature review: Should highlight related researches by other authors. This can encompass the method used by other researchers and their findings. The author should tie-up published literature with the aims of the study and clearly states the knowledge gap necessitating the current research. This part can also highlight applicable theories that are be used in the current research. Also included in this section is conceptual framework if applicable.

Methodology: It should be elaborative enough to explain all the procedures, methods, observations and data. Use heading and subheading and references wherever needed.

Result: To explain observed data you can use figures, graphs and tables.

Discussion: It is preferred to discuss all the results in detail.

Conclusion: A conclusion shows the summary of the findings and elaborate on the importance of the work. The author may also make suggestion for further research.

Acknowledgement: Where applicable, acknowledgement will include the acknowledgement to the research team or any entity which has provided help during the work.

Conflict of Interest: All authors are requested to disclose any conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations that can influence their work. If there is no conflict of interest then following statement should be mentioned: The author(s) declares no conflict of interest.

References: It includes all the papers, website, books etc. which is referred by author(s) in the present research work. The author should maintain the same citation/referencing style throughout the document.

Preparation of Manuscripts

Manuscripts must be submitted only in English and should be written according to sound grammar and proper terminology. Manuscript submission must be applied once in order to obtain only one submission ID number. More than one submission for a single manuscript can lose the chance of the manuscript consideration. The manuscript must be accompanied by a Title Page including the title and author(s) name.

English Language Writing

Authors whose first language is not English should make sure their manuscript is written in idiomatic English before submission. Please write your text in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these).

New Submissions

Submission to BAJ-KU proceeds totally online and authors will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of the manuscript files. As part of the manuscript, authors may choose to submit the manuscript as a single file to be used in the refereeing process. This can be a Word document (*.doc or *.docx), that can be used by referees to evaluate the manuscript. All figures, tables and supplementary data should be embedded and included in the main manuscript file.

References

References list must be provided according to the APA references format (See manuscript template). Where applicable, author(s) name(s), year of publication, journal abbreviated title/book title, chapter title/article title, volume number/book chapter and the pagination must be present. Use of DOI is highly encouraged.

 

Formatting requirements

There are no strict formatting requirements but all manuscripts must contain the essential elements needed to convey your manuscript, for example, the Title of the paper, Authors affiliation and E-mail, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, Author Contributions, Acknowledgement, Conflicts of Interest and References.

Manuscript Submission and Verification

Manuscripts are assumed not to be published previously in print or electronic version and are not under consideration by another publication. Copies of related or possibly duplicated materials (including those containing significantly similar content or using same data) that have been published previously or are under consideration for another publication must be provided at the time of online submission.

Manuscript Structure

Manuscript literature and tenses must be structured as Title, Authors affiliation with E-mail, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, Author Contributions, Acknowledgement, Conflicts of Interest and References. Submitted in a file with limited size.

Authorship Criteria

Authorship should be reserved for those, and only those, who have made a significant intellectual contribution to the research. Participation solely in the acquisition of funding or general supervision of the research group is not sufficient for authorship. Honorary authorship is not acceptable.

1) Everyone who is listed as an author should have made a substantial direct academic contribution (i.e. intellectual responsibility and substantive work) to at least two of the four main components of a typical scientific project or paper:

  1. a) Conception or design.
    b) Data collection and processing.
    c) Analysis and interpretation of the data.
    d) Writing substantial sections of the paper (e.g. synthesizing findings in the literature review or the findings/results section).

2) Everyone who is listed as an author should have critically reviewed successive drafts of the paper and should approve the final version.

3) Everyone who is listed as an author should be able to defend the paper as a whole (although not necessarily all the technical details).

Order of Authors

1) The person who has made the major contribution to the paper and/or taken the lead in writing is entitled to be the first author

2) Decisions about who should be an author, the order of authors and those included in the acknowledgements should usually be made by the first author in consultation with other authors.

3) Those who have made a major contribution to analysis or writing (i.e. more than commenting in detail on successive drafts) are entitled to follow the first author immediately; where there is a clear difference in the size of these contributions, this should be reflected in the order of these authors.

4) All others who fulfil the criteria for authorship should complete the list in alphabetical order of their surnames.