Guidelines for Authors

The Yarmok Biological, Chemical, and Environmental Journal (YBCEJ) is a scholarly journal published by the Al-Yarmok University College, Diyala, Iraq. It is a mid-year refereed Scientific Journal published twice a year by Al-Yarmok University College, dealing with life sciences. includes (Environmental Science, Biological Sciences, Chemical Science, and Agricultural Science). Published in the last week of each March and September, it is published in English.

 

New Submissions

The YBCEJ journal procedures for submissions are entirely online. Authors submit the manuscript as a single file for the refereeing process. The accepted format is as a Word document. Authors will be asked to submit their manuscripts electronically through the Journal website submission system and to the Editorial Office. The YBCEJ Website will be led stepwise through creating and uploading your files.

 

Preparation of Manuscripts

Manuscripts need to be submitted only in English, written with proper grammar and terminology. Manuscripts should be typed in Times New Roman, 12 pt font, in MS-Word file format, single-spaced, on A4 paper, with (1) space from all sides of the paper, about (2 cm).

 

There should be no line numbers on the manuscript. Manuscript submission must be made only once, while obtaining only one manuscript ID number. Multiple submissions for the same manuscript may disqualify the manuscript from consideration.

The research must be specialized in the scope of the journal. It should also not have any previous publications in any Scientific Journal or Scientific Conference, nor has it any accepted for publication.

 

Formatting requirements

All manuscripts must contain the essential elements needed to convey your manuscript, for example, Manuscript Title, Author's Name, Their Affiliation, Their ORCID Number, Corresponding Author Email, Abstract (150-250 words), Keywords (3- 5 words), Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgement, Conflict of Interest, and References. Please ensure all figures and tables are included in the main manuscript file.

 

References

References need to be formatted in APA style and can be done for this project in the Google Scholar website, but the YBCEJ will only accept manual formatting for MS Word explicitly. For research articles, cite a minimum of 15 to 30 articles. For review articles, 60 to 90 articles.

The references should be documented as follows: In the text, if you are writing it at the beginning of the paragraph, it is necessary to mention the source by mentioning the author’s last name (surname), and then put the year of publication between brackets,

for example: Alaa (2024) mentioned that... At the end of the paragraph, the last name of the author and the year of publication are written between brackets, for example: (Alaa, 2024). If we have more than one reference, we need to place a semi-colon between the two and date of publications arranged by year, for example: (Alaa, 2024; Mohaned, 2025). If we have more than one reference, we need to place a semicolon after one of the authors. The references should be arranged by date (order of publication) (oldest to newest), and if we have more than one reference for the author himself and the same year, we should put a, b, c, for the letter.

Example of References

An article published in a Scientific Journal:

Fahmi, A. H., Jol, H., & Singh, D. (2018). Physical modification of biochar to expose the inner pores and their functional groups to enhance lead adsorption. RSC advances, 8(67), 38270-38280.‏ DOI: 10.1039/C8RA06867D

Book:

Kalra, Y. (Ed.). (1997). Handbook of reference methods for plant analysis. Florida. CRC press.

Chapter from a book:

Gast, R. G. (1977). Surface and Colloid Chemistry. In: Dixon, J. B. et al, (ed.). Minerals in Soil Environments. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Madison, Wisconsin, USA. 25-85 p.

Research from Conference :

Al-Abadi, S. I., Al- Da’amy, M.A. and Kareem, E.T.(2021).” Thermodynamic Study For Removing Of Crystal Violet Dye On Iraqi Porcelanite Rocks Powder”. IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/790/1/012055

M.Sc. Thesis or Ph. D. Dissertation:

Ibrahimi, Nebras Abdul Karim. 2015. Effect of moisture content and soil type on some physiological and biochemical parameters of wheat ) Triticum aestivum L.  Master thesis. College of Education for Pure Sciences - Department of Life Sciences. Karbala University

 

Publication fees

 The Article Processing Charge (APC) after the review process and an accepted article only will be for local authors is 50,000 IQD, and presently, there is no charge for foreign authors. There are no additional fees.

 

Appeals and Complaints

 Complaints Policy

 Complaints, problems, and resolution in research and publication. This policy is relevant for complaints regarding editorial decisions, actions of the YBCEJ journal Editorial staff, the editorial policies or procedures, and appeals will be made by the YBCEJ editors in charge. There may also be complaints about the failure of processes - for instance, long delays in the processing of papers, or complaints concerning an author's belief that their work is rejected when it shouldn't be rejected ( breach of publication ethics.) We welcome complaints as they offer a chance and the encouragement is we are a small team, that we can rectify problems, respond promptly, courteously, and, where necessary, constructively. Please write clearly in your complaint the journal title, vol. no., issue no., paper ID, paper title, and page no. Complaints can be made by email to the Editor in Chief, Dr.zaidon@al-yarmok.edu.iq To have any appeal progressed, the editor requires you to provide full particulars and justification if the appeal is your request. All appeals will be reviewed and discussed at the corresponding Journal Editorial staff meeting and the final recommendation formally responded to the author by email. You can also address it to Al-yarmok University College, Baquba, Diyala, Iraq.