Submissions

Author Guidelines

Submission Instructions

The Iraqi Journal of Industrial Research welcomes papers in English only. Your manuscript should adhere to the following structure. Use additional subtitles sparingly, only for special cases. Theoretical papers may replace the 'Experimental Part' with a 'Theoretical Part'. The maximum length is 30 pages.

Formatting and Structure Guidelines:

1. General Formatting:

Font: Times New Roman

Size: 11 points for body text, 17 points bold for the title.

Alignment: Justified.

Spacing: Single-spaced throughout the manuscript.

2. Margins:

First Page: Top margin: 1.5 cm; bottom, left, and right margins: 2 cm.

Subsequent Pages: Top, bottom, left, and right margins: 2 cm.

3. Title Page:

Title: Bold, capitalize the first letter of each major word, 17-point font.

Author Information: Numbered affiliations, with the full name, institution, and country. The corresponding author should be indicated with an asterisk (*) and provide an email address.

4. Abstract:

Format: Double-column layout with the left column width set to 5.2 cm, the right column width to 11.12 cm, and a spacing of 1.27 cm between columns, see the manuscript template.

Length: 200-250 words.

Format: Single paragraph, 11-point font, justified.

Content: Purpose, design, major findings, and conclusions of the study. No citations allowed.

5. Keywords: 3 to 5 keywords in alphabetical order.

6. Main Sections:

Introduction: Summarizes existing knowledge, motivations, and objectives.

Theoretical Part (if applicable): Includes extensive theoretical derivations.

Experimental Procedure: Describes methods concisely for reproducibility.

Results and Discussion: Logical placement of figures and tables.

Conclusions: Highlights principal findings and significance.

7. Figures and Tables:

Figures: High resolution, at least 300 dpi. Captions in the same font and size as the text.

Tables: Simple grid format, clear headings, consistent lettering no smaller than 6 points.

8. Equations: Centered, bold, and numbered consecutively. Explain symbols upon first use.

9. References: IEEE style, numbered in the order of appearance. Include all relevant details as per IEEE guidelines.  For further instructions, please refer to the section at the bottom of this page.

10. Optional Section:

Acknowledgments: Brief acknowledgments.

11. Conflict of Interest Statement:

Authors must declare any potential conflicts of interest that could influence the research or interpretation of the results. Conflicts may include financial, personal, or professional relationships with individuals or organizations that could be perceived as influencing the work. If no conflicts exist, authors must use the standard conflict of interest statement provided in the manuscript template.

Animal Welfare:

Researchers conducting experiments involving animals must obtain approval from an appropriate institutional review board prior to beginning their work. Authors are required to submit an Animal Welfare Compliance Form along with their manuscript. In addition, the manuscript must include an ethical statement titled "Ethical Approval" as the first paragraph in the methodology section, which must also include the institutional review board approval number. Please visit our Animal Welfare Statement for more details.

Please download and complete our Animal Welfare Compliance Form by clicking here.

In Vitro Research Involving Human-Derived Materials

The IJOIR mandates that all in vitro studies involving human-derived materials adhere to ethical standards set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Authors must obtain a secure informed consent from donors or their legal representatives. Donor privacy should be protected through anonymization and secure data handling. IJOIR accepts only in vitro research and does not publish studies involving in vivo testing on human subjects. Authors are required to include an ethical statement in the "Experiment" or "Methodology" section of their manuscript, detailing the ethical standards followed and consent obtained.

Editorial Transparency in Self-Publication

Editors of the Iraqi Journal of Industrial Research who publish in the journal are committed to maintaining transparency and ethical integrity. When an editor is an author or co-author of a submitted manuscript, the submission is handled by another editorial team member to ensure an unbiased review process, with the editor having no role in selecting reviewers or making editorial decisions. The editor's role as an author will be clearly indicated in the published article, as the last section before the references to uphold fairness and maintain the trust of our readers and authors.

Manuscript Submission:

Your submission implies the work is original and unpublished elsewhere (excluding academic dissertations or theses by the same author), and not under consideration by other periodicals. An ethics declaration form, available on our website, must be signed upon submission.

We utilize Turnitin for conducting plagiarism checks, ensuring the originality of submitted manuscripts. Our standards dictate that the similarity index remains below 20% for both conventional content and content created with AI tools. Manuscripts falling below this benchmark undergo thorough review to ascertain their originality and integrity. If AI has been incorporated as a component of the work, it should be acknowledged and referenced accordingly.

Submission Process:

Submissions should be carried out through our website from “Make a Submission” icon. You are required to submit two files: (i) The manuscript in Microsoft Word format that is laid out according to our Template; and (ii) Signed Declaration Form in JPG or PDF format. The forms can be found in our website. If you’ve had any problems with submission process, please contact the journal through:

info@ijoir.gov.iq

or

support@ijoir.gov.iq

Reference Format:

Please use IEEE style for your references. We highly recommend using reference management softwares (such as: Mendeley, EndNote, RefWorks) to avoid errors. Here are some examples for IEEE style:

1. Journal Paper

Article with one author:

[1] A. Altun, “Understanding hypertext in the context of reading on the web: Language learners’ experience,” Journal of Applied Materials, vol. 6, no. 12, pp. 7-12, 2005.

Article with two authors:

[2] W. C. Gan and W. H. A. Majid, “Effect of TiO2 on Enhanced Pyroelectric Activity of PVDF Composite,” Smart Materials and Structures, vol. 23, p. 045026, 2014.

Article with more than two authors:

[3] M. Arbatti, X. Shan, and Z. Y. Cheng, “Ceramic–Polymer Composites with High Dielectric Constant,” Advanced Materials, vol. 19, pp. 1369-1372, 2007.

Article with too many authors:

[4] P. Li, J. Zhai, B. Shen, S. Zhang, X. Li, F. Zhu, et al., “Ultrahigh Piezoelectric Properties in Textured (K,Na)NbO3-Based Lead-Free Ceramics,” Advanced Materials, vol. 30, p. 1705171, 2018.

2. Book

[5] L. Bass, P. Clements, and R. Kazman, “Software Architecture in Practice,” 2nd ed., Addison Wesley, 2003.

3. Internet Source

[6] J. Geralds, “Sega Ends Production of Dreamcast,” vnunet.com, para. 2, Jan. 31, 2007. [Online]. Available: http://nli.vnunet.com/news/1116995. [Accessed Sept. 12, 2007].

4. Thesis

[7] R. Dittmer, “Lead-Free Piezoceramics – Ergodic and Nonergodic Relaxor Ferroelectrics Based on Bismuth Sodium Titanate,” PhD, School of Applied Science, University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq, 2013.

5. Conference Paper

[8] S. Weng, D. Jiang, X. Zhang, M. Wang, J. Sun, H. Zhao, et al., “A New Organic-Inorganic MgZnO/Au/PEDOT:PSS Hybrid Heterojunction Photodetector Fabrication,” Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 1907, p. 012001, 01/05/2021.

For more details on IEEE style, please click on the following link to direct you to IEEE extended information:

https://ieee-dataport.org/sites/default/files/analysis/27/IEEE%20Citation%20Guidelines.pdf

Review Process

Once a manuscript passes the initial checks (plagiarism check and associate editor primary check), it will be assigned to at least two independent experts for peer-review. A single-blind review is applied, where authors' identities are known to reviewers. However, a double-blind review will be applied if the authors are the editors of the journal. Peer review comments are confidential and will only be discussed with authors.

Reviewers may also include Editorial Board Members of the journal. Reviewers should not have published with any of the co-authors during the past five years and should not currently work or collaborate with any of the institutions of the co-authors of the submitted manuscript.