Submission Preparation Requirements
As part of the submission process, authors must ensure that their manuscripts comply with all of the following requirements. Submissions that do not meet these requirements may be returned to the authors before editorial screening begins:
- The manuscript falls within the aims and scope of Al-Fateh Journal for Educational and Psychological Research and addresses a topic in education, psychology, or a related discipline.
- The manuscript is original, has not previously been published in an identical or substantially overlapping form, and is not under simultaneous consideration by another journal or publishing body. Any related previous work has been disclosed.
- All authors have approved submission of the manuscript to the journal, the submitted version, the order of authorship, and the designation of the corresponding author.
- The journal’s approved written declaration has been attached and includes confirmation of the manuscript’s originality and the authors’ agreement to comply with the journal’s policies and publication ethics.
- The manuscript file has been prepared in Microsoft Word format using the journal’s official template and in accordance with the author guidelines published on the website.
- The manuscript contains 20 pages or fewer when prepared according to the journal’s template. Additional-page fees apply to each page beyond page 20 in accordance with the published publication fee policy.
- The manuscript includes a clear and accurate title in both Arabic and English.
- The names, institutional affiliations, email addresses, and ORCID identifiers of all authors, where available, have been entered accurately in the submission system.
- The corresponding author has been clearly identified, and a valid email address has been provided.
- The manuscript includes an Arabic abstract and an English abstract, each containing between 200 and 300 words.
- The manuscript includes at least five keywords in each language, Arabic and English.
- The manuscript is organized according to a scientific structure appropriate to its nature and methodology and includes the essential elements necessary to present the research problem, objectives, methodology, results, discussion, conclusions, and references.
- The manuscript is written in clear and accurate academic language and has been linguistically reviewed before submission.
- All tables, figures, and images are numbered consecutively, cited in the text, and placed in their appropriate locations within the manuscript.
- Tables are provided in an editable format, and figures and images are clear and of sufficient resolution for electronic publication.
- The authors have obtained all necessary permissions to use any instruments, scales, images, tables, or other materials protected by copyright.
- All in-text citations and references have been formatted according to the APA Seventh Edition, and every source listed in the references corresponds to a citation in the manuscript.
- A DOI has been included for each reference for which one is available, and the accuracy of all bibliographic information and links has been verified.
- The manuscript is free from plagiarism, duplicate publication, undisclosed self-plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, or manipulation of data.
- Any relationship between the manuscript and a master’s thesis, doctoral dissertation, scientific conference, or related previous work has been disclosed.
- All sources of funding or support and any actual or potential conflicts of interest have been disclosed.
- The required ethical or institutional approval has been provided for research involving participants, personal data, interviews, questionnaires, recordings, or institutional information, where applicable.
- A statement concerning informed consent and the protection of participants’ privacy and data confidentiality has been included, where applicable.
- The use of generative artificial intelligence tools has been disclosed, where applicable, including the name of the tool and the purpose for which it was used. Scientific, ethical, and legal responsibility remains entirely with the authors.
- The authors have read and agreed to comply with the journal’s publication rules, peer-review policy, publication ethics, plagiarism policy, copyright and licensing policy, and publication fee policy.
Author Guidelines
Al-Fateh Journal for Educational and Psychological Research welcomes original scholarly manuscripts in Arabic or English in the fields of education, psychology, and related disciplines.
Manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the journal’s online system and prepared using the official journal template and author guidelines. All submissions undergo an initial editorial screening to verify their conformity with the journal’s scope, completeness of submission requirements, originality, methodological and linguistic quality, and compliance with research and publication ethics.
Manuscripts that pass the initial editorial screening and textual-similarity check are referred for specialized peer review in accordance with the journal’s approved peer-review policy. Editorial decisions to accept, request revision, or reject a manuscript are based on its scientific merit, reviewers’ reports, editorial assessment, and compliance with the journal’s policies.
Submission of a manuscript constitutes confirmation by all authors that the information and documents provided are accurate and that they agree to comply with the journal’s editorial and ethical policies.
Research Articles
The journal publishes original theoretical, applied, and field-based research in education, psychology, and related disciplines.
The journal accepts manuscripts derived from master’s theses and doctoral dissertations, as well as manuscripts related to scientific conferences, provided that their source is disclosed, they are presented as independent and complete research articles, and they do not constitute duplicate publication of previously published work.
All submitted manuscripts are subject to editorial screening, scientific peer review, and the journal’s integrity and publication ethics policies.
Copyright Statement
Authors retain the copyright to their work and grant Al-Fateh Journal for Educational and Psychological Research the right of first publication.
Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This license permits copying, distribution, sharing, reuse, and adaptation for commercial and noncommercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the authors, the article title, the journal title, the publication source, and the article link or DOI.
The detailed provisions of the journal’s published copyright and licensing policy shall apply.
Privacy Statement
The names, email addresses, and data of authors, reviewers, and other users registered in the journal’s system are used for scientific, editorial, administrative, and technical purposes related to manuscript submission, peer review, editing, and publication.
Such data are not sold or used for commercial or advertising purposes and are not disclosed to third parties except to the extent necessary for the operation of the journal, with the consent of the data subject, or where required by law or by an investigation into research-integrity concerns.
The detailed provisions of the journal’s published Privacy Statement shall apply.
