Reviewer Guidelines

Papers submitted to Al-Daulah are reviewed and selected by an Editorial Team upon the suitability of the research fields, the predetermined template, and the writing guidelines of Al-Daulah. Eligible papers will be returned to the writers to be revised. The revised papers will then be sent to the reviewer.

Presentation
Does the paper present a cohesive argument? Are the ideas presented?
 
Writing
Does the title characterize the manuscript? Is the writing concise and easy to follow?
 
Length
What portions of the paper should be expanded? Removed? Condensed? Summarized? Combined?
 
Title
Does the title concisely, omit implicit terms, and, where possible, be a statement of the main result or conclusion presented in the manuscript? Abbreviations should be avoided within the title.
 
Abstract
Does the abstract consist of 1) research objective, 2) research methodology, 3) results, 4) findings and Implications, 5) conclusions, 6) contributions, 7)  limitations, and suggestions
 
Introduction
Clearly describing and respectively:
  • The background of the study;
  • State-of-the-art, relevant research to justify the novelty of the manuscript;
  • Gap analysis, novelty statement;
  • Hypothesis or problem statement (optional);
  • Approach to resolve the problem;
  • The method is written clearly so that other researchers can replicate the experiment or research with the same result.
  • Not only describe the definition of terms, but it also describes how to conduct the research;
    Describe the location, participant, research instrument, and data analysis.
  • The aim of the study.
Result and discussion
  • The data presented has been processed (not raw data) into a table or figure and given a supportive description which easy to follow.
  • The result is related to the original questions or objectives outlined in the Introduction section.
  • The author describes the result of the study as consistent with what other investigators have reported or are there any differences?
  • The author provides an interpretation for each of the results or findings presented.
  • The author describes the implications of the research.
  • The author describes the limitations of the research, or drawbacks to the method or position.
  • The author describes further needs/areas for research or expansion of ideas.
Conclusion
Consists of:
  • Answer the objectives of the research.
  • Implication or recommendation (optional);
  • Written in a paragraph, not in bullet/numbering.

 The review output will be one of the following decisions

  1. Accept Submission
  2. Revisions Required
  3. Resubmit for Review
  4. Resubmit Elsewhere
  5. Decline Submission
  6. See Comments