Peer review mode:

SISJ uses double-blind peer review, which means the identity of both the reviewers and author are kept unknown to each other throughout the review process.

Review Criteria:

The paper submitted for publication has not been published before or is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. The submitting author (corresponding author) is responsible for ensuring that the article’s publication has been approved by all the other coauthors and after  the publication of the paper author-dispute related issues will not be considered. Articles emanating from a particular institution are submitted with the approval of the necessary institution.

Publication should be permitted by all authors and after being accepted for publication it will not be submitted for publication anywhere else., in English or in any other language without the written approval of the copyright holder.

Manuscripts are evaluated according to the following criteria:

• The material is original and timely.
• The manuscript is written clearly and under the guidelines for authors.
• Appropriate research methods have been used.
• The data are valid.
• The conclusions are reasonable and well supported by the data.
• The information contained in the manuscript is important, topical, and relevant.
• The research must meet all applicable standards for the ethics of experimentation and research integrity.
• Language quality in submitted articles (Arabic or English) must be clear, correct, and unambiguous.
• No material submitted as part of a manuscript infringes existing copyright or the rights of a third party.
• If a submitted study replicates part or is very similar to previous work, authors must provide a sound scientific rationale for the submitted work and reference and discuss the existing literature.

Agreement for Authorships:

Submission of a paper to this journal indicates that the author(s) have agreed on the content of the paper. One author should be indicated as the corresponding author for all communications.

Peer Review Mechanism:

Double-blinded review policy is followed to ensure neutral evaluation. During the review process, identity of both the authors and reviewers are kept hidden to ensure unbiased evaluation.

Authors should anonymize their submission by omitting identifies both in the body of their manuscript and in the data of their manuscript file.

Review process flow:

Each manuscript is assessed by the editors, and if approved for further review, sent to at least two reviewers. All commissioned manuscripts are thoroughly reviewed by the editors in consultation with the editorial team. Acceptance is conditional on revisions made by the author(s) at the editors’ request. Authors of accepted manuscripts will be consulted and be given a chance to approve typeset proofs before final publication.

The editors of SISJ are solely responsible for deciding which of the manuscripts submitted to the journal will be published. The editors’ decisions are fully independent of SU, which has no role in the review process or the editorial decisions.

The Editor(s)-in-chief makes a decision on the manuscript, for which there are four options: accept, minor revision, major revision, or reject.

The editors are guided by the reports of reviewers (referees), but they are not bound by them when making their decisions. The editors are guided by the journal’s policies regarding submissions, peer review, and publication ethics, and are constrained by legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, plagiarism, and research misconduct.

Reviewer Selection:

Guided by criteria of proof of expertise in terms of published papers in the same area in a reputed journal, affiliation, and reputation.  The editors may exclude reviewers whom they consider unsuitable or may have an obvious competing interest, and try to avoid reviewers who are slow, careless, or do not provide sufficient justification for their decision.

Reviewer Guidelines:

Each reviewer is asked to provide comment on the following:

• Content: original, relevant, and rigorous.
• Structure and argument: Accurate, structured, coherent.
• Formatting adheres to the general author guidelines
• Citation and references are formatted to the journal style.
• Language is well written Figures/tables are adequate

The need to Establish Editorial Policies for:

• Plagiarism and duplicate publication
• Acknowledgments
• Clinical research
• Submission turnaround time
• Publication Ethics
• Errata Policy
• Peer review for papers submitted by the journal’s editorial team members.