Publication Procedures

Publication Procedures for the University of Sirte Scientific Journal (SUSJ)

Manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the online submission system at https://journal.su.edu.ly/index.php/susj/issue/view/198 or sent via email to susj@su.edu.ly.

  • Authors are required to complete the journal's publication application form and a publishing agreement. This agreement confirms that the submitted work is original, has not been plagiarized from any existing publication (book, thesis, etc.), and has not been previously published or submitted for publication elsewhere.
  • The editorial office will register the manuscript in its official records. The author will then receive an acknowledgment of receipt from the Editor-in-Chief.
  • All submissions undergo an initial editorial review to verify their compliance with the journal's scope and submission guidelines, determining their suitability for further processing.
  • A plagiarism check is conducted to uphold academic integrity. Manuscripts with a similarity index exceeding 30% will be rejected.
  • Manuscripts that pass the initial screening are sent for double-blind peer review to at least two independent experts in the relevant field. Reviewers assess the manuscript using a standard evaluation form, providing a recommendation (accept, revise, reject) and detailed feedback on both substantive and formal aspects. The identities of the authors and reviewers remain confidential throughout this process.
  • Reviewers are typically given a two-week period to complete their assessment. Failure to meet this deadline may result in the review assignment being revoked.
  • The editorial board receives and reviews the reviewers' reports and recommendations. All manuscripts and related reviewer comments are treated with strict confidentiality.
  • If the reviewers' assessments significantly conflict, the manuscript will be referred to a third reviewer to make a final decision regarding its acceptability.
  • The author is notified of the editorial decision. If revisions are required, the anonymized reviewer comments are forwarded to the author for action.
  • The author is expected to address all points raised in the reviewers' reports and submit a revised version of the manuscript to the journal within two weeks of notification. Failure to resubmit within this period, barring exceptional circumstances approved by the Editor-in-Chief, will result in the manuscript being withdrawn from the publication process.
  • If requested by the editorial board, the revised manuscript may be sent back to the original reviewer(s) to verify that all required revisions have been adequately addressed and to receive a final recommendation.
  • A final decision to publish is made by the editorial board based on the reviewers' positive recommendations and confirmation that all necessary revisions have been completed.
  • The editorial board reserves the right to make minor stylistic or formatting edits to the accepted manuscript to align it with the journal's publication standards, without altering the core academic content.
  • The author is formally notified of the final acceptance or rejection of their manuscript for publication.
  • Upon acceptance, the author receives a formal confirmation letter specifying the issue, volume, and number in which the manuscript will appear.
  • If an author wishes to withdraw a submitted manuscript, they must formally request this using the manuscript withdrawal form. The withdrawal will only be processed after the author has provided a justified reason via the official form sent to their email.
  • Following the formal acceptance notification, the copyright of the manuscript is transferred to the journal. The author may not republish the accepted work in another journal, conference proceedings, or in any other form.
  • The published manuscript becomes the property of the journal. Therefore, the author is prohibited from republishing the work, in any format or language, elsewhere.
  • A single author may not have more than one manuscript published in any given issue of the journal.