As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
Author Guidelines
Guidelines for publishing research articles in the Afghanistan Research Journal-Natural Science (Herat University)
Introduction
Types of accepted articles for the publication in this journal:
Scientific research articles
Promotional articles
Articles and case studies
Short scientific reports
All submitted articles should be according to the APA 7th edition. Here are some guidelines to the authors need to consider when writing and submitting their manuscripts:
The submitted manuscripts to this journal must not be published elsewhere or accepted for publication.
The article’s length ranges from 5000 to 8000 words (including references).
The abstract must not exceed more than 250 words, including keywords at the end.
The font requirement is Times New Romans, 12 font size, single-spaced, and 1-inch
margins on the left and right sides.
Additional formatting guidelines are as follows:
Headings
Level 1: Centered, Boldface, Uppercase, and Lowercase Headings
Level 2: Left-aligned, Boldface, Uppercase, and Lowercase Heading
Level 3: Indented, boldface, lowercase heading with a period. Begin body text after the period.
Level 4: Indented, boldface, italicized, lowercase heading with a period. Begin body text after the period.
The title of article should not exceed 12 words. In the continuation of the title, the authors' names, field of study, position, and respective organization should be mentioned
in detail.
The main text of the article should be arranged in the order of the following titles:
Introduction (Includes problem statement, background, and purpose of the research);
Hypothesis (quantitative approach) and research question(s);
Research methodology
Findings
Conclusion
References
The submitted file should be in Microsoft Office Word or Open Office.
Tables should be submitted separately to the journal in a separate file with its title. All tables must be numbered clearly, and their numbers should be mentioned in the original text. Details and data descriptions of a table should be clearly written at the end of the table.
Figures also should be submitted separately in separate files The descriptions of each of them should be written in detail at the below of them in double-spaced form.
Reference section is written in alphabetical order and should follow APA 7th edition.
The privacy regulations and copyright policies should be observed by the authors and ARJ is not responsible for any items taken by authors illegally from somewhere else.
