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Philosophy of Mansoura Engineering Journal

For more information, please see Mansoura Engineering Journal Aims and Scope page.

Who Can Submit?

Anyone may submit an original article to be considered for publication in Mansoura Engineering Journal provided he or she owns the copyright to the work being submitted or is authorized by the copyright owner or owners to submit the article. Authors are the initial owners of the copyrights to their works (an exception in the non-academic world to this might exist if the authors have, as a condition of employment, agreed to transfer copyright to their employer).

General Submission Rules

Submitted articles cannot have been previously published, nor be forthcoming in an archival journal or book (print or electronic). Please note: "publication" in a working-paper series does not constitute prior publication. In addition, by submitting material to Mansoura Engineering Journal, the author is stipulating that the material is not currently under review at another journal (electronic or print) and that he or she will not submit the material to another journal (electronic or print) until the completion of the editorial decision process at Mansoura Engineering Journal. If you have concerns about the submission terms for Mansoura Engineering Journal, please contact the editors.

Rights for Authors and Mansoura Engineering Journal

As further described in our submission agreement (the Submission Agreement ), in consideration for publication of the article, the authors assign to Mansoura Engineering Journal all copyright in the article.

Attribution and Usage Policies

Reproduction, posting, transmission or other distribution or use of the article or any material therein, in any medium as permitted by a personal-use exemption or by written agreement of Mansoura Engineering Journal, requires credit to Mansoura Engineering Journal as copyright holder (e.g., Mansoura Engineering Journal © 2026).

People who have questions about use, should contact the editors.

General Terms and Conditions of Use

Users of the Mansoura Engineering Journal website and/or software agree not to misuse the Mansoura Engineering Journal service or software in any way.

The failure of Mansoura Engineering Journal to exercise or enforce any right or provision in the policies or the Submission Agreement does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any term of the Submission Agreement or these policies is found to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Submission Agreement and these policies remain in full force and effect. These policies and the Submission Agreement constitute the entire agreement between Mansoura Engineering Journal and the Author(s) regarding submission of the Article.

Submissions

All authors of research papers submitted to the journal should make a substantial contribution to the process of paper development and will be accountable for the paper in its published form. Authors should define the incremental contribution of the paper by referencing relevant work on which the paper is based. Submitting a paper that is substantially the same as a previously published paper is considered a serious breach of professional ethics and may result in the editor informing officials at the authors' institutions of this breach. Papers that are improved versions of working papers or published in conference proceedings are also considered for review.

Resubmissions

Manuscripts that have been rejected are not eligible for further consideration by the MEJ journal. If a resubmission is allowed, it is explicitly stated as such in the editor's decision.

Concurrent Reviews

An article that is concurrently reviewed in another journal can not be in a review process at MEJ.

Conflict of Interest

The authors and reviewers are required to inform the editors of the conflict of interest. The authors are explicitly requested to declare any conflict of interest at the submission of a revised manuscript. The reviewers are obliged to inform the subject editor or Editor-in-Chief of any conflict of interest as soon as the such situation is manifested. Descriptions of potential situations of conflict of interest are provided in the Ethical policy.

Copyright and Licensing

Upon acceptance of a manuscript for publication, authors transfer copyright in the article to the Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University (the Publisher). In exercising this copyright, the Publisher makes all articles freely and permanently available to readers under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Authors are permitted to post their accepted manuscripts in institutional repositories and on personal academic websites, provided the journal publication is acknowledged with the full citation and DOI.

Full license terms: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Digital Preservation

Mansoura Engineering Journal is committed to the long-term preservation and accessibility of its content. All published articles are archived in CLOCKSS and Portico, two globally recognised digital preservation services.

In the event that the journal ceases publication or is no longer accessible through its primary platform, archived content will remain permanently available through these services. Authors and readers can verify the journal's archiving status through the CLOCKSS and Portico registries.

Corrections, Expressions of Concern, and Retractions

When errors are identified in published articles, Mansoura Engineering Journal takes the following actions:

Correction / Erratum: A correction notice is issued when a minor error does not affect the findings or conclusions of a published article. The correction is permanently linked to the original article page.

Expression of Concern: Issued when there are unresolved questions about the integrity of a published work, pending investigation by the authors' institutions or other relevant bodies.

Retraction: Issued when published findings are substantially flawed or when there is evidence of misconduct (fabrication, falsification, duplicate publication, or undisclosed plagiarism). Retraction notices state the reason for retraction and are permanently linked to the original article.

All correction and retraction notices follow the COPE Retraction Guidelines. Authors requesting a correction should contact .

→ COPE Flowchart: What to do if you suspect a submitted article is a duplicate

→ COPE Flowchart: What to do if you suspect plagiarism in a submitted manuscript

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