Benha Journal of Engineering Science and Technology (BJEST) is dedicated to upholding the highest standards of ethical publication practices, ensuring the dissemination of reliable, valid, and high-quality scientific knowledge. All parties involved in the publication process—editors, reviewers, authors, and the publisher—must strictly adhere to ethical principles as defined by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (https://bjest.journals.ekb.eg/), and other global guidelines. By promoting integrity, transparency, and accountability, the journal seeks to prevent unethical practices such as plagiarism, falsification, fabrication of data, duplicate publication, and conflicts of interest, which could undermine the credibility of published research.
Oversight of Peer Review:
The journal operates a double-blind peer-review process, ensuring that both authors’ and reviewers’ identities remain anonymous to prevent bias.
Reviewers are selected based on expertise, and their evaluations must be constructive, objective, and respectful.
Paper Submission:
Papers should be submitted online through the website in English after registration. The manuscript should be prepared, i.e., abstract, keywords, main text, figures, tables, acknowledgment, references, etc., as given in the MS Word template. Failure to use the given template by the author(s) will result in the initial rejection of the paper.
Manuscript:
1. The maximum length of the paper is 20 pages.
2. Only the abstract, the acknowledgments, the list of references, and the list of symbols if applicable, are to be single-spaced. Other sections are to be 1.5 line spacing.
3. Each paper must start with an Abstract and end with Conclusions, with the main body of the paper arranged in between. Acknowledgments, if provided, shall be placed immediately after the “Conclusions” and before the “References”. Other materials, such as “List of Symbols” and “Appendixes,” are to be placed after the references.
4. An extra blank line is to be provided between the separate sections and subsections.
Paper Title and Authors' Names:
1. The length of the paper title may not exceed 100 characters.
2. The paper title is to be typed in bold with capitalized first letters, size 14, and placed centered.
3. Author(s) name(s) should be typed in plain capital letters, centered, and placed 3 spaces under the paper title with a footnote giving the author(s) title(s) and affiliation(s). Another 3 line spaces are to be provided between the author's name(s) and the title of the abstract.
Footnotes:
Footnotes must not be used in the paper except for the authors' affiliations, which appear at the foot of the first page, typed in Times New Roman font size 10, and separated from the text by a short line.
Abstract:
1. Abstract should be provided at the beginning of the paper immediately before the Introduction with the word A B S T R A C T as heading flush left.
2. It should contain a summary of the highlights of the paper, a statement of the problem, and the nature of the approach, content, and key findings.
Keywords:
Five to ten key words (not more than two lines) must be provided on separate line after the Abstract and preceded by the word “K E Y W O R D S:”
Headings:
1. Major headings are to be boldface, all capital letters, flush left with Arabic numerals starting with “Introduction” (e.g., 1. INTRODUCTION) and ending with the “Conclusions”.
2. Second-level headings are to be boldface, initial capital, italic, and flush left (e.g. 2.2 Analysis of the Results).
3. Third-level headings are to be boldface, with only the first letter of the heading capitalized, italic, and flush left (e.g., 3.1.2 Description of test specimens).
4. An extra blank line should be provided after each heading.
References:
1. References should be cited in the text between square brackets (e.g. [3], [5-8]) and listed at the end of the paper with the word REFERENCES as a heading flush left.
2. The reference list should contain only those references cited in the text, numbered in the order in which they are first cited.
3. Arrangement of the list of references is as in the example given below for: 1. “a paper”, 2. “a report”, 3. “a book”
4. Miller, A.J., “Setting for Fixed-Cycle Traffic Signals”, Operations Research Quarterly, Vol. 14, pp. 373-386, 1963.
5. Duncan, N.C., “Rural Speed/Flow Relations”, TRRL Report LR 651, Transport and Road Research Laboratory, Growthorne, England, 1974.
6. Libsey, R.G., “An Introduction to Positive Economics”, 6th Edition, Weidenfield and Nicolson, London, 1983.
Units:
The International System of Units (SI) should be used. Equivalents in other units may be given in parentheses.
Figures and Tables
The following list is essential:
1. Original figures and photographs must be submitted with the paper.
2. Figures and tables are to be integrated within the text.
3. Captions should be located under the figure and on top of the table. They should be clearly distinguished from the text and the figure or table by providing enough space before and after each caption. They should start with the word “Fig.” or “Table” in plain text, followed by the number and a period (e.g,. Fig. 5. , Table 2. )
4. Words, symbols, and numbers within figures and tables should correspond with those in the text. They should be written with the same font as the letter of the text (i.e., 13pt., not bold) and large enough to maintain readability at 80% reduction.
5. Figures and tables are referred to in the text by their number (e.g., Fig. 2, Figs. 3-5, Table 1, etc.), not in parentheses.
Equations:
1. Equations must be allowed sufficient space to ensure clarity.
2. Equations must be numbered consecutively, with the numbers parenthesized at the end of the corresponding line flush right (1), (2), etc.
3. No portion of any equation is to be hand-written, and all symbols should be in italics.
4. Equations are referred to in the text by their number in parentheses (e.g., Eq. (1), Eqs. (3-7), etc.)
Publication Fees:
For prospective authors residing in Egypt, a non-refundable down payment of EGP 1000 is to be paid upon submission of the paper. In case of acceptance, the remaining fees of EGP 1500 should be paid before enrollment of the paper in the next possible issue. For authors who are non-residents of Egypt, a non-refundable down payment of US$100 is to be paid upon submission of the paper. In case the paper is accepted, an additional fee of US$100 is required before enrollment of the paper in the next possible issue.