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Authors Guidelines

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About the Journal

Journal of Applied Sciences and Nanotechnology (JASN) is an open-access, international, peer-reviewed journal publishing high-quality original research in applied sciences and nanotechnology. Please see the journal’s Aims and Scope for detailed information about its focus and peer-review policy.

Open access means that accepted articles are made freely and permanently available online immediately upon publication, so that anyone can read, download, share, and cite the work without subscription barriers, subject to the applicable Creative Commons license.

Please note that this journal only publishes manuscripts in English.

JASN accepts the following types of articles: original research articles and review articles.

Language

Manuscripts must be written in English in a clear and concise manner. Authors who are not fluent in idiomatic English are strongly encouraged to obtain assistance with language editing prior to submission. Reviewers are not expected to correct grammatical or stylistic errors, and deficiencies in language quality may detract from the scientific content of the paper and result in delays in processing or rejection of the manuscript.

Types of Articles

The journal publishes two types of contributions:

  • Original research articles: Full-length articles that present in-depth, original experimental and/or theoretical research in fields relevant to applied sciences and nanotechnology. Manuscripts should clearly describe the objectives, methodology, results, and scientific significance of the work.
  • Review articles: Comprehensive, critical overviews of recent developments in a specific area covered by the journal’s scope. Review articles should normally comprise fewer than 10,000 words, include an unstructured abstract, and provide up-to-date and well-selected references. Meta-analyses are considered as review articles. Review articles should help readers understand the state of the art and clearly organize and summarize recent advances in the field.

Before Submission

Before submitting your manuscript to JASN, please ensure that:

  • The manuscript is original and has not been published or submitted elsewhere (including conferences with full proceedings).
  • The study complies with research ethics; if human or animal subjects are involved, include a separate “Ethics Approval” statement.
  • The English is clear and reasonably free of grammatical and spelling errors.
  • No specific formatting is required for initial submission; however, if accepted, the final version must be prepared using the JASN Manuscript Template.
  • Figures are of acceptable quality (sufficient resolution) and, where requested, uploaded as separate files.
  • References are complete, consistently formatted, and numbered in the order of appearance in the text.
  • The work fits the journal’s aims and scope and meets basic scientific quality standards.

Manuscripts that do not meet these basic requirements may be returned to the authors or rejected without external peer review.

Preparation of Manuscripts

For JASN, detailed writing and formatting requirements apply to the final accepted version of the manuscript. Authors are encouraged, but not required, to follow these guidelines already at initial submission.

  • Manuscripts should be prepared according to JASN’s Writing and Formatting guidelines and the official JASN Manuscript Template available on the journal website. In brief:
  • Submit manuscripts as editable source files (Microsoft Word .doc / .docx or LaTeX), with all text, tables, and equations in the source file.
  • Use a clear, readable font (e.g., Times New Roman), single-column layout, and justified margins.
  • Number all pages and use continuous line numbering throughout the text.
  • Prepare equations with the built-in equation editor or MathType, and create tables using the table function (not as images).
  • Use a decimal heading system with no more than three levels (e.g., 1., 2., 2.1, 2.1.1).
  • Authors should also consult the JASN Writing and Formatting section (file format, title page, abstract, keywords, figures, supplementary material, etc.) to ensure that the final version complies fully with journal requirements.

Online Submission

Manuscripts should be submitted by one of the authors through JASN’s online submission system, which is accessible via the journal website. Editable source files (e.g. Microsoft Word .doc/.docx or LaTeX) are accepted, and there is no page limit at initial submission. Submissions by anyone other than one of the authors will not be processed, and the submitting author is responsible for all correspondence during peer review.

If, for technical reasons, online submission is not possible, authors should contact the editorial office via the contact form on the JASN website for assistance.

Initial Evaluation

All submitted manuscripts are first checked by the Editorial Office to ensure that they are complete, properly prepared, and compliant with the journal’s ethical and publication policies. As part of this process, manuscripts are screened for originality using iThenticate plagiarism-detection software. Manuscripts that do not meet ethical standards, fall outside the scope of the journal, or clearly fail to meet minimum scientific or formal quality requirements may be rejected before external peer review or returned to the authors for correction.

After these checks, the Editor-in-Chief or a designated handling editor assesses whether the manuscript fits the aims and scope of JASN and whether it is scientifically sound and of sufficient priority for publication. Manuscripts with low priority, inadequate methodology, or poor presentation (including inadequate English) may be rejected at this stage.

Submission Declaration & Verification

Submission of a manuscript to JASN implies that:

  • The work is original, has not been published previously (other than as an abstract, thesis, or lecture), and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
  • All authors have read and approved the submitted version and agree to its submission, and all required institutional and ethical approvals have been obtained.
  • The manuscript does not infringe any copyright or other rights, and does not contain unlawful, defamatory, or confidential material.
  • If accepted, the article will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or any other language, without written permission from the copyright holder.

To verify originality, all manuscripts submitted to JASN are checked for similarity and potential plagiarism using iThenticate plagiarism-detection software.

Article Structure

Manuscripts submitted to JASN should generally be organized in the following order:

  • Title page
  • Abstract
  • Keywords
  • Introduction
  • Materials and Methods
  • Results and Discussion
  • Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
  • Author contributions
  • Data availability statement
  • Conflicts of interest
  • References
  • Supplementary material (if any) — submitted as separate file(s) and cited in the main text.

Title page

The title page should be provided in English and should include:

  1. Article title: A brief, clear, and informative title that reflects the main content of the work. Avoid references, chemical formulae that are not essential, non-standard abbreviations, and internal compound codes.
  2. Authors and affiliations: List each author’s full name (given name and family name) and institutional affiliation. Use superscript numbers or letters to link authors to their affiliations. Each affiliation should include: department (if applicable), institution, city, and country. If an author has moved to a different institution, the current address may be added as a footnote.
  3. Corresponding author: Clearly indicate the corresponding author with an asterisk (*). Provide full contact details, including institutional address and e-mail. Providing the ORCID iD of the corresponding author is strongly encouraged.

Abstract

The abstract should be self-contained, citation-free, and between 150 and 250 words in length. It must briefly state the purpose of the study, the main methods or approach, the key results, and the primary conclusions. Non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be defined at first mention in the abstract. The abstract should be written as a single paragraph and should not contain tables, figures, or references.

Keywords

Authors should provide 4–6 keywords, separated by semicolons. Keywords should be specific, representative of the main topics of the article, and consistent with terms used in the manuscript title and abstract.

Introduction

The Introduction should be concise and without subheadings. It should present the scientific background and context of the work, identify the knowledge gap or problem being addressed, and clearly state the aim and significance of the study and its relevance to JASN. Background information should be limited to material directly related to the objectives of the study.

Material and methods (Experimental or Methodology)

This section should provide enough detail to allow the work to be reproduced. Methods may be divided into subsections if several techniques or procedures are described. Experimental descriptions should be clear and as concise as possible, but must include all essential information required for reproducibility. Previously published methods should be cited with an appropriate reference, and only relevant modifications need to be described. For all key materials (e.g., chemicals, reagents, instruments, and equipment), the vendor details (company, city, and country) should be specified. Statistical methods should be described briefly, including the tests used and the chosen significance level (e.g., p < 0.05).

Results and Discussion

The Results and Discussion are normally combined in a single section. Results should be presented clearly and concisely, in a logical sequence, with only those tables and figures that are essential to the main findings. The discussion should interpret and explain the results rather than repeat them, highlight their scientific significance, compare them with relevant published work, address limitations of the study, and, where appropriate, outline implications and directions for future research.

Conclusion(s)

The Conclusions section should briefly and clearly summarize the main findings of the study and how they address the stated aims. It should highlight the significance and potential impact of the results without repeating detailed data. When appropriate, authors may suggest well-grounded hypotheses and provide recommendations or directions for future research.

Acknowledgment(s)

Acknowledgments (if any) should be placed at the end of the manuscript, before the References. Individuals, institutions, or funding agencies who contributed to the research or manuscript but do not meet the criteria for authorship may be acknowledged here, with their permission. Authors should also state any relevant grant numbers or project codes, where applicable.

References

In the text, cite references using Arabic numerals in square brackets in the order in which they appear (IEEE style), for example: [4] or [7–10, 13, 15].

If you refer to authors in the text, always include the corresponding reference number(s), e.g., “As reported by Smith et al. [4]…”. In the reference list, number the entries consecutively according to their first citation in the text and ensure that all references are complete and consistent in style.

Figures & Tables

Figures

Figures should normally be included within the manuscript file at appropriate positions in the text, and all figures must be cited in numerical order (Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Figs. 3–5, etc.). Each figure should have a concise caption and, where applicable, clearly labeled axes, units, and symbols.

If the article is accepted, authors may be asked to provide separate, high-quality figure files. Vector formats (e.g., EPS, AI, WMF, PowerPoint, Excel) or high-resolution bitmap formats (e.g., TIFF, JPEG) are recommended; bitmap images should generally be at least 300 dpi. Multi-part figures should use lowercase letters to label parts (a, b, c, …).

Authors must also follow JASN’s policy on the use of generative AI in images and artwork, as outlined in the journal’s AI policy.

Tables

Embed tables directly in the manuscript as editable objects, not as images, and cite them in the text in numerical order (Table 1, Table 2, …). Every table should have a clear, descriptive title placed above the table. If numerical measurements are given, units should be specified in the column headings. Vertical rules should be avoided; use horizontal rules sparingly. Footnotes may be used to clarify abbreviations or special conditions.

Nomenclature & Units

All measurements and quantitative data should be reported in SI units wherever possible. If non-SI units must be used, the SI equivalent should be provided in parentheses at first mention. Figures and tables should use conventional units, with any necessary conversion factors or explanations given in legends or footnotes. Scientific names, symbols, and abbreviations should follow international conventions and be used consistently throughout the manuscript.

Statements & Declarations

The following statements must be included in every manuscript under the heading “Statements and Declarations”, placed before the References. Manuscripts that do not contain the required statements will be considered incomplete and may be returned to the authors before peer review.

Funding Statement

Starting from Volume 6, Issue 1 (2026), all submitted manuscripts must include a Funding Statement disclosing any financial support received for the research, including the names of funding bodies and grant numbers (where applicable). Authors must also describe the role of the funder(s) in the study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, manuscript preparation, and the decision to submit for publication. If the funder had no role, this must be stated explicitly. If no external funding was received, this must be stated.

The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that the Funding Statement is complete and accurate.

Examples of Funding Statements:

  • No funding: “This research received no external funding.”
  • Funding with no sponsor role: “This work was supported by the [Funding Agency Name] under Grant No. [XXXX]. The funder had no role in the study design; data collection, analysis, or interpretation; manuscript preparation; or the decision to submit for publication.”
  • Funding with sponsor involvement: “This work was supported by the [Funding Agency Name] under Grant No. [XXXX]. The funder contributed to the study design and supported data collection but had no role in data analysis, manuscript preparation, or the decision to submit for publication.”
  • Multiple funding sources: “This work was supported by the [Funding Agency Name 1] under Grant No. [XXXX] and the [Funding Agency Name 2] under Grant No. [YYYY]. The funders had no role in the study design, data analysis, or the decision to submit for publication.”

Conflicts of Interest

Authors are required to disclose all financial and non-financial interests that are directly or indirectly related to the work submitted for publication. As a guideline, interests within the last 3 years of conducting the research and preparing the manuscript should be reported; older interests should also be disclosed if they could reasonably be perceived as influencing the submitted work.

Example statements:

  • “Author A and Author B declare that they have no financial interests. Author C has received speaker and consulting honoraria from Company M. Non-financial interests: Author D is a member of the advisory board of Company N.”
  • “The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.”

For further details, please also see the Conflicts of Interest section of ">Editorial Policies

Author Contributions (CRediT)

Starting from Volume 6, Issue 1 (2026), authors must include an Author Contributions statement specifying the role of each author in the research and manuscript preparation.

Example statement:

“All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by [full name], [full name], and [full name]. The first draft of the manuscript was written by [full name], and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.”

Data Availability

JASN encourages authors to include a Data Availability statement in their manuscript. This statement should indicate where the data supporting the results can be found and, where applicable, provide persistent links to publicly archived datasets generated or analyzed in the study. If data are not publicly available, authors should state whether they can be obtained from the corresponding author on reasonable request, or indicate that no additional data are available.

Example statements:

  • “The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are available in the [NAME] repository, [PERSISTENT LINK TO DATASETS].”
  • “The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.”
  • “No additional data are available.”

In addition to the above, manuscripts that report the results of studies involving humans and/or animals should include the following declarations:

Ethics Approval

For manuscripts reporting studies involving human participants, human data, or animals, authors must include an Ethics approval statement in the manuscript (under “Statements and Declarations”). This statement should confirm that the study was approved (or exempted) by the appropriate institutional and/or national ethics committee, and should include the name of the committee and the approval/reference number where available. For research involving animals, authors must also briefly describe the ethical treatment and housing/handling of animals.

If the study was exempt from ethics review or did not require formal approval under local regulations, this should be explicitly stated and justified.

Example statements:

  • “This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethics approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee of [Institution name] ([approval number]).”
  • “This observational study did not require formal ethics approval according to [name of committee or regulation]. The [XYZ] Research Ethics Committee confirmed that no approval was required.”

Consent to Participate

For research involving human subjects, authors must confirm that freely given, informed consent to participate was obtained from all participants. For minors or individuals unable to provide consent, consent must be obtained from a parent or legal guardian, and this should be stated.

Example statements:

  • “Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.”
  • “Written informed consent was obtained from the parents or legal guardians of all participants under 16 years of age.”

Consent to publish

If the manuscript includes any identifiable individual data (e.g., images, case details, videos, or any information that could lead to identification of a participant), authors must also confirm that specific consent for publication was obtained from the individual(s) concerned, or from their parent/legal guardian in the case of minors.

Example statement:

“The authors affirm that human research participants provided informed consent for publication of the data and images included in this manuscript.”

These declarations should be included where applicable; if they are not relevant to the work (e.g., purely in vitro or computational studies), authors may state “Not applicable.”

Research Data Policy and Data Availability Guidelines for Authors

Research Data Policy

JASN encourages the sharing of research data to promote transparency, reproducibility, and the advancement of knowledge. Wherever feasible, authors should make the data underlying their findings available to other researchers, while respecting ethical, legal, and confidentiality constraints.

Data should be shared in a form that allows others to understand, verify, and where appropriate, reuse the results reported in the article.

Data Sharing Expectations

Authors are encouraged to:

  • Deposit research data in trusted, discipline-appropriate repositories when possible.
  • Ensure that shared data are sufficiently documented (metadata, codebooks, readme files) to enable reuse.
  • Respect privacy, confidentiality, intellectual property, and contractual or legal restrictions when deciding what data can be shared.

Data Availability Statements

Authors are strongly encouraged to include a Data Availability Statement in their manuscript. This statement should clearly indicate:

  • Where the data supporting the findings can be accessed (including repository name and persistent link), or
  • Under what conditions the data can be obtained (e.g., on reasonable request), or
  • That no additional datasets were generated or analyzed, where applicable.

Example statements:

  • Data available in a public repository: “The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are available in the [NAME] repository, [PERSISTENT LINK TO DATASETS].”
  • Data available on request: “The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.”
  • No data available: “No datasets were generated or analyzed during the current study.”

Proofs

Page proofs of the accepted article (in PDF format) will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author. Proofs are provided solely for checking typesetting, editing, completeness, and the correctness of text, tables, and figures; substantial changes to the content are not permitted at this stage. All corrections should be returned in a single communication, normally within 48 hours of receipt. The accuracy of the final published version is the responsibility of the authors. If no response is received within the specified timeframe, the editorial office may proceed with publication based on the existing proofs.

Revised manuscripts

Revised manuscripts should normally be submitted within one month of receiving the editorial decision, using the same online submission system as the original manuscript. A revision does not guarantee acceptance; revised submissions may be sent for further peer review.

When submitting a revision, authors should upload: (1) a revised version of the manuscript with all changes clearly indicated (e.g., using “Track Changes” in Word or colored/underlined text); and (2) a separate response to reviewers document that reproduces each reviewer comment and provides a point-by-point reply, indicating where changes have been made in the manuscript. If the authors disagree with a comment or suggestion, this should be briefly and clearly justified..

After acceptance

After your manuscript is accepted, it will be transferred to production for typesetting and formatting according to the JASN style. Once typesetting is completed, the corresponding author will receive page proofs (PDF) for final checking of accuracy and completeness before online publication.

Peer Review

All manuscripts submitted to JASN undergo a rigorous double-blind peer-review process, in which the identities of authors and reviewers are concealed from each other to ensure objectivity and fairness. After the initial editorial screening for scope, originality, and basic quality, suitable experts in the field are invited to provide critical evaluations of the scientific quality, clarity, and significance of the work. Each submission is normally assessed by at least two independent reviewers.

Based on the reviewers’ reports, the handling editor (in consultation with the Editor-in-Chief or Editorial Board, where appropriate) will make a decision to accept, request revision, or reject the manuscript. Even where one report is positive, substantial concerns raised by another reviewer or by the editor may lead to rejection. In cases involving complex ethical, methodological, or integrity issues, additional expert opinions may be sought before a final decision is made.

Supplementary materials

Authors may submit supplementary material (e.g., additional figures, tables, datasets, videos, or spreadsheets) to be published online alongside the article. Each supplementary file should clearly indicate the article title, journal name, authors’ names, affiliations, and the e-mail address of the corresponding author.

Supplementary items should be cited in the main text and labeled consistently, for example:

  • Figure S1: [title]
  • Table S1: [title]
  • Video S1: [title]

Supplementary files are typically published as provided by the authors, without substantial editing or reformatting, so authors should ensure that all content is accurate, clearly readable, and self-explanatory.

Article Publishing Charge

Journal of Applied Sciences and Nanotechnology (JASN) is an open-access journal; all published articles are freely available to readers. To cover publication costs, an Article Processing Charge (APC) is applied only to accepted articles and is payable by the submitting author.

  • There are no submission charges, page charges, or color charges; the APC is the only fee.
  • Authors within Iraq: USD 50 (or equivalent in IQD) per accepted article.
  • Authors outside Iraq: No APC; publication is completely free.

Payment can be made by Mastercard or via manual receipt after acceptance.

The APC covers editorial management, peer review coordination, plagiarism screening, copyediting, typesetting, digital hosting, indexing support, and permanent open-access archiving under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Authors who are unable to pay the APC may request a waiver before submission. Waiver requests are considered on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the editorial office, with the aim of ensuring that financial barriers do not prevent the publication of valuable scientific research.