Submission:

Electronic submission of manuscripts as Microsoft’s Word document via DJISI Electronic Editorial Submission System is a must. DJISI Electronic Editorial Submission System is a management system that automates the paper submission and the whole reviewing process. It can be accessed via the website at http://djis.journals.ekb.eg/contacts?_action=loginForm. Any questions regarding the submission or the reviewing process should be directed to the Editor-in-Chief at  DJISI@cis.dmu.edu.eg. Work submitted for publication must not be published previously or under consideration for publication elsewhere and, if accepted, it should not then be published elsewhere in the same form.

Authors should note that the submitted manuscript must be formatted correctly using the instructions presented at the Preparation of the Manuscript Section (below). Manuscript submissions which are not formatted correctly will be returned to authors.

Plagiarism Policy:

Research Policy and DJISI adhere to the highest standards with regard to research integrity and in particular the avoidance of plagiarism. Every manuscript submitted for publication to DJISI journal is checked for plagiarism after submission and before being sent to an editor for editorial review.

Preparation of the Manuscript:

1- Your paper must be written in English.

2- Your paper must be carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling.

3- The text should be prepared on A4 or an equivalent size. To format your manuscript correctly, see the Page Layout Guideline for the A4 (21 cm x 29.7 cm) paper size.

4- All parts of the manuscript should be in two-column format, except the first part of the paper which includes the title, the complete list of authors, the abstract, and the list of keywords.

5- The paper length should not exceed 10 single-spaced double column pages, including figures and tables. Margins of 15 mm should be left around the left, right, and bottom sides of the text. The top margin should be 23 mm. 

6- The paper should include: 

• Author’s name(s), affiliation, and country. 
• Abstract (maximum 250 words). 
• Keywords (maximum of six): should not simply be taken from the title of the paper, but should be representative of the content of the whole paper and characteristic of the terminology used within the particular field of study.
• The introduction of the paper must be clearly written and should explain the nature of the problem, previous work, purpose and the contribution of the paper. The introduction is assigned number “1”, and the following sections are assigned numbers as needed.
• A conclusion section must be included and should indicate the advantages, limitations, and possible applications.
• A reference section (see below). 

7- References: this section is not assigned a number. Only published articles or reports readily accessible in the general literature should be cited. The references should be numbered in alphabetical order by the first author’s last name. Internationally accepted abbreviations of journal titles may be used.

We follow IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) reference style, Citations in the text should be by number and enclosed in square brackets, e.g. [1]. Where there are more than three contributing authors, please list only one and use et al. The following format for references should be followed:

A- Journal papers: authors; paper title (between double quotation marks); title of journal (in Italics); volume and number;  inclusive pages; and year; for example:

• [1] Galton A., “Logic as a Formal Method,” Computer Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 431-440, 1992.

B- Conference papers: authors; paper title (between double quotation marks); title of proceedings (in Italics); location; inclusive pages; and year; for example:

• [2] Downey A., “Predicting Queue Times on Space Sharing Computers,” Proc. 11th International Parallel Processing Symposium, Geneva, Switzerland, pp. 209-218, 1997.

C- Books: authors; title (in Italics); publisher; location; and year; for example:   

• [3] Hogger C., Essentials of Logic Programming, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1990.

8- Figures should be presented in the text of the paper. All figures should be formatted to fit into or be reduced to, a single (85 mm) or double (178 mm) column width. Line illustration or camera-ready text must be of sufficient quality for publication as submitted i.e. clear, clean, sharp, and of an even density. Any lettering or text should be in proportion to the rest of the figure. Halftones (photographs) should be of sufficient quality for detail, contras,t and fineness of grain to withstand the unavoidable loss of contrast inherent in the printing process. 

9- Authors of accepted papers should provide a photo and a brief biography of each author.  

Font Times New Roman.   

Manuscript Title:

• Font size is 23 points.
• Title case.
• Font style is bold.
• Alignment is centered.

Author Information:

• Font size is 12 points.
• Title case for Author’s name(s), affiliation,  and country.
• Font style is regular.
• Alignment is centered under the title.

Abstract Information:

• Font size is 10 points.
• Title case for the word Abstract and font style is bold.
• Font style is Italic for other text.
• Alignment is justified under the author information.

Keywords Information:

• Font size is 10 points.
• Title case for the word Keywords and font style is bold.
• Font style is Italic for other text.
• Alignment is justified under the abstract information.

Headings:

• Font size is 13 points.
• Title case.
• Font style is bold.
• Alignment is left.

Sub Headings:

• Font size is 12 points.
• Title case.
• Font style is bold.
• Alignment is left.

Sub Sub Headings:

• Font size is 11 points.
• Title case.
• Font style is bold.
• Alignment is left.

Body Text:

• Font size is 11 points.
• Upper and Lower case.
• Font style is regular.
• Alignment is justified in a two-column format.

Illustrations and Graphs:

• Font size is 9 points.
• Lower case.
• Font style is regular.
• Alignment is center under the graph.

Note: you can download a sample paper in Microsoft Word format that is already prepared according to the above instructions.

Article Processing Charge:

The journal is published in both print and online versions and all articles published in DJISI journal are fully open-access and freely available online, immediately upon publication. Publication Fee is free of charge.