The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (AJSE) is a research journal covering Science and Engineering subjects published since 1975. It is owned by King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia and published by the prestigious international publisher, Springer-Nature, Germany. Based on the feedbacks from authors, reviewers, editors and other sources, the AJSE seems to be the best multi-disciplinary journal in the region.
The high number of new submissions and the high Impact Factor (IF) are the key performance indicators of the AJSE. The AJSE Editorial Board members are working hard to maintain the good image of the Journal and of KFUPM in all aspects.
The year 2017 was the most successful year in the history of journal. The AJSE has achieved its highest Impact Factor (1.092), which was announced in June 2018.
It is important to note that the number of new submissions received from researchers worldwide during the year 2017 was 5295 as compared to 3132 submissions in 2013.
The acceptance rate of the AJSE papers was approximately 10% of the total number of papers submitted in the academic year 2017.
In 2017, AJSE published 422 high quality science and engineering papers in 12 issues and it is expected to publish 628 papers in 2018.
Dr. Bassam Mohammad El Ali, Managing Editor (Editor-in-Chief) of the AJSE, mentioned that the Impact Factor (IF) has reached 1.092 in 2017 as compared to 0.865 in 2016 and 0.224 in 2010. He added that, due to the significant increase in the number of submissions in all subjects and remarkable responses from the authors worldwide, the number of editors at the AJSE Editorial Board has increased to include active editors to cover all subjects. At present time, the AJSE Editorial Board consists of 41 active and distinguished editors selected from KFUPM and from international reputed universities. These editors are experts in their subjects and are highly recognized scientists in the scientific community worldwide.
AJSE publishes 12 issues per year of rigorous and original contributions in the Science disciplines of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, and Physics, and in the Engineering disciplines that include Civil, Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical, Petroleum Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Systems Engineering, and along with Thematic / Special Issues on specific topics.
The promotion of the AJSE and the distribution of the issues have been handled professionally by Springer-Nature publisher. The AJSE is distributed to universities, libraries, research centers, government agencies and other participants around the globe.
AJSE is following very strict guidelines. All good quality manuscripts are peer-reviewed prior to its publication by at least two referees, who are experts and known scholars in their fields. All manuscripts are considered for review and for publication subject to the author(s) written undertaking that the papers have not been published nor submitted elsewhere in any format, and that there are no ethical concerns with the contents of the manuscripts or data collection.
AJSE considers the submission through its online system available at the link, http://www.editorialmanager.com/ajse/.
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