Guide for Authors

The Mansoura Engineering Journal is the official journal of the Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Egypt. It is a peer-reviewed journal. The Journal has a Print ISSN: 1110-0923  and an Online ISSN. 2735-4202.  The journal is also published online, and it is open access.

The Mansoura Engineering Journal publishes four issues, one volume per year of peer-reviewed scientific research articles in the fields of Mathematics and Engineering Physics, Architectural Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Systems, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Production Engineering and Mechanical Design, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Power Engineering, Textile Engineering, Civil Engineering, Infrastructure and Public Works Engineering, Irrigation and Hydraulics Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Management & Technology,  Industrial Engineering, and all interdisciplinary fields of Engineering Sciences such as (but not limited to) Mechatronics, Biomedical Engineering, Photonics, Renewable energy, and Nanotechnology Applications in all field of Engineering. The journal publishes original and unpublished research articles, case studies, and state of the art papers. It seeks original research efforts based on theoretical or experimental work that fills the gap in current knowledge.

Language

Manuscripts must be submitted in the English language, except Architecture Engineering can be submitted in either Arabic (with English abstract) or English.

Article Types

The Bulletin of Faculty of Engineering Journal accepts and publishes the following article types: Review Articles, Original Research Articles, and Case Studies.

Review Articles:

A review article is an article that summarizes the current state of understanding on a topic comprehensively. It analyzes or discusses research previously published by others.

Original Research Articles:

An original Research Article is an article that produces new knowledge based on novel research. 

Case Studies:

Case Studies present specific illustrations of specific case or cases.

Peer Review Process

The Bulletin of Faculty of Engineering Journal is devoted to peer-review integrity with the highest standards of review. Each received manuscript is initially evaluated for suitability to the journal by the editor. Then it is double-blind peer-reviewed by independent, anonymous reviewers. All papers are evaluated by at least two referees, who are experts in their fields. 

Article Preparation

Article Structure

Your article should be compiled in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion; acknowledgments; references; appendices (if applicable); table(s) and figure(s).

Title Page

The title page should have the article title, author names and affiliations, and the corresponding author. Title: should be informative as well as concise. Abbreviations should be avoided in the titles.

Author names and affiliations: should be provided in the title page with the right order of the authors according to their contribution in the article. Present the authors' affiliation addresses in a footnote . Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name, and the e-mail address of each author.

Corresponding author:It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to handle all correspondence during refereeing, publication as well as after-publication. E-mail address, the complete postal address, and telephone number of the corresponding author should be provided.  

Present/permanent address: If an author has moved since the work presented in the article was done, or was visiting at the time, a "Present address" (or "Permanent address") may be indicated as a footnote to that author's name. The address at which the author actually did the work must be retained as the main, affiliation address.

Abstract

The abstract must be structured to briefly describe the research objective, research methods, main results and the main finding conclusions. Please avoid citing references and minimize the use of abbreviations in the abstract. The length should not be more than 250 words for Review and Original Articles and not more than 150 words for Case Studies.

Keywords:

The authors must provide between three and six keywords, which must not be part of the title of the paper.

Introduction

State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.

Materials and Methods

Provide enough details that allow other researchers to reproduce the research work. Any already published methods should be referenced. Only relevant modifications should be described.

Results

The results of the research article should be presented in a clear and concise manner.

Discussion

This part should present the significance of the results of the research work, not repeat them. The results and discussion sections may also be combined in one section.

 Conclusions

The main conclusions of the study are presented in a concise manner and can be accompanied by a short summary of the conducted research. A section that provides the study limitations may also be presented.

Appendices

 If there is more than one appendix, they should be identified as A, B, etc. Formulae and equations in appendices should be given separate numbering: Eq. (A.1), Eq. (A.2), etc.; in a subsequent appendix, Eq. (B.1) and so on.

Acknowledgments

Dedicate a separate part for acknowledgments at the end of the article before the references to acknowledge any persons or agencies who provided help during the research. 

Paper contribution"

We encourage authors to submit an author statement outlining their individual contributions to the paper using the relevant roles :

1. Study Conception or design of the work. 

2. Visualization

3. Data collection and tools

4. Data analysis and interpretation.

5. Funding acquisition

6. Investigation

7. Methodology

8. Project administration

9. Resources

10. Statistical analysis

11. Software

12. Supervision

13. Drafting the article

14. Critical revision of the article.

15. Final approval of the version to be published.

The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that the descriptions are accurate and agreed by all authors. 

References 

''Use the IEEE Reference style. Every reference cited in the text should appear in the reference list and vice versa.The IEEE article template is attached here.''  

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Use of EndNote, the reference management software, is highly recommended for easy management and formatting of citations and reference lists, the following link is the direct link of Endnote (https://endnote.com/). Please download the following tutorials and English and Arabic to guide you on how to deal with this software, and unify your reference according to the above-selected style.  

How to deal with Endnote- English language 

How to deal with Endnote- Arabic language

Figures. Figures should be of high quality. Ensure that each figure has a caption (a brief title).

Tables. Tables should present new information rather than duplicating what is in the text or figures. It is important that the data in the table are easily understood without reference to the text. Place footnotes to tables below the table body and indicate them with superscript lowercase letters, if needed. Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text.

Equations. All equations should be editable.

Units. Please use the (SI) International System of Units.

Word Limits

There are no word limits for papers in this journal, except for the abstract as indicated before.

Formatting and Templates

Papers may be submitted in Word formats. To assist you in preparing your paper, a word template is provided. Your manuscript should be free of grammatical and spelling mistakes

Publication Fees

The publication fees for each article is as follows:

  • 500 EGP for teaching staff member of the Faculty Engineering, Mansoura University.
  • 800 EGP for other researchers
  • An equivalent amount of $100 for Internationals and Egyptians living outside Egypt.

Manuscript Template: 

You can download the IEEE template from here.