Time from Submission to Electronic Publication

1. Overview

Aljadid Journal for Humanities follows international publishing standards as outlined by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We adhere to strict timelines to ensure a transparent and efficient peer-review process, allowing authors to easily track the status of their manuscripts through the online submission system.
Timeline Breakdown
The overall publication process goes through several key stages:
- Verification of compliance with journal guidelines.
- Compliance with the citation style: (Chicago Manual of Style) (CMOS).
- Ensuring proper formatting and a structured abstract including objective, methodology/tools, results, and main conclusions.
- Initial check and plagiarism screening (7-10 working days).
- Checking keywords (3-5 terms).
Similarity Check:
Conducted using Ithenticate.
Manuscripts must have a similarity index of ≤20%, with less than 5% from any single source.
Manuscripts exceeding this proportion may be rejected.

2. Peer Review (7-30 working days)

Review process:
- Double-blind peer review by at least two independent experts.
An additional review period (5-14 days) may occur if:
- There are conflicting review reports.
- Ethical concerns arise (e.g., authorship disputes or data fabrication).

3. Ethical Compliance

Authors' confirmation: Must comply with ICMJE standards.
Data availability statement: Must comply with FAIR principles.

4. Revision Period (1-4 weeks)

Types of decisions:
- Accept (with minor or major revisions).
- Reject (with detailed comments from reviewers).
Author obligations:
- Submit a revised manuscript with clear changes and a point-by-point response addressing the comments.
- The maximum time for resubmission is 30 days; extensions require editorial approval.

5. Final Editorial Review (1-3 weeks)

Verification of modifications:
- Done by the Associate Editor (content) and the Copy Editor (language).
- A CrossCheck scan will be conducted on the modified sections to verify text reuse.

6. Publication (7-21 days after acceptance)

Pre-production:
- DOI assignment via Crossref.
- Integration of ORCID for all authors (if available).
- Proofreading (authors receive a publication draft for final approval).
Post-production: Early online publication within 48 hours of approval.
Author services include a notification email with citation details (DOI, issue), a PDF reprint, and a shareable link.

Publication Ethics: This document is based on the Code of Conduct issued by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors, and the Publisher's Code of Conduct.