Manuscripts must represent original work and have been published in any other scientific journal. We accept manuscripts written in English or Arabic (Articles not written in English will be accompanied by a summary in English not more than 200 words in a separate sheet). All text should be typed double-spaced including the summary, the references, as well as table and figure captions.

The text should be divided into Title page, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, conclusions (optional), an acknowledgment (optional) and references. Fused results and discussion are acceptable only for a short article. The text is followed by figure captions, tables, figures. The electronic supplementary material may be uploaded as separate files.

Title of the article:

The title must be informative, attractive, unambiguous and related to the subject of the article.

• The name(s) of the author(s) (complete names)

• A concise and informative title

• The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)

• The e-mail address, telephone, and fax numbers of the corresponding author

Abstract:

Provide an abstract of 200 to 250 words. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references. The Abstract should be informative and completely self-explanatory, briefly, present the topic, state the scope of the experiments, indicate significant data and point out major findings and conclusions. Please remember that the abstract must be usable as a stand-alone document which presents the major results and conclusions of the article, using simple, factual statements.

Keywords:

Not less than 3 or more than 6 keywords, which can be used for indexing purposes

Introduction:

The introduction should state essential background of the work idea, the reason for carrying out the study presented in the article and the questions under consideration.

Materials and methods:

At this section, the authors should provide sufficient details about the methods and techniques were applied to allow replication of all parts of the study. Standard techniques and approaches do not need to be described in detail; use references to previously published methods and techniques instead.

Results:

The results section should state the results in a logical way, drawing attention to important details shown in tables and figures. Please use factual statements and avoid discussing the results in this section.

Discussion:

The discussion section should point out the significance of the results in relation to the questions and hypotheses presented in the introduction, and it should place the new findings in the context of other relevant work.

Conclusions (optional):

In this section, authors may concisely describe the main contribution/ outcome of the research and give a clear explanation of its importance and relevance. The authors may also stat recommendations in this section.

Acknowledgment:

Should state gratitude to funding foundations and institutions as well as persons who made efforts to help you in conducting the experiments or improving the manuscript.

Abbreviations:

Do not use abbreviations in the title or in the summary except for abbreviations for units of measurement. You can use the abbreviations of globally agreed titles.

Figures and photographs:

Figures and Line drawings such as graphs and maps should be submitted as vector graphics such as in Adobe Illustrator, which are clear at all magnifications. Graphs should be saved as EPS or PDF files, not as JPG, TIF, or other pixel-based formats. The output of scientific software programs should also be saved directly as vector graphics whenever possible printed on the glossy article. Photographs, whether color or black-and-white, should be submitted in TIFF or EPS format.

Contributors should present the minimum number of plates consistent with adequate presentation of the subject. The finished size of the plates will be at maximum 11 x 20 cm. Lettering on maps, graphs etc. should be such size that they will not be of less than 2mm high after reduction. Magnifications should correspond to the finished size of the plate and not to the original size as submitted. Photographs are best submitted in the exact size, which is desired to be reproduced. All unnecessary parts should be trimmed away.

The legends to figures and graphs should be typed separately from the illustrations Tables should have serial numbers and bear headings describing their contents and should be comprehensible without reference to the text. The units of data, e.g. percentages, cc, mm, etc, should be given at the top of each column and not repeated on each line of the table.

References:

References are to be verified against original sources and identified in the text by the author’s name and year of publication, examples. Double check that all references in the manuscript text are in the references list and vice-versa and that they agree in spelling and year.

In the text, cite references in chronological order (oldest first); within a given year, order them alphabetically (e.g., Smid and Gorris, 1999) (e.g., Tito et al., 2019; Ramadan, 2016 and Zohri, 2014). Single author: Zohri (2014) or (Zohri, 2014). Two authors: Smid & Gorris (1999) or (Smid & Gorris, 2014). More than two authors: Tito et al. (2019) or (Tito et al., 2019). Manuscripts accepted for publication but not yet published: Ramadan (in press) or (Ramadan, in press).

In the references list, references should be listed alphabetically by authors and chronologically under each author. References by single authors should always precede those by the same authors in combination with others irrespective of the chronological sequence.

Journals citation: The author’s name should start with surname followed by initials, the year of publication, the title of the article, the full name of the periodical (italics), the volume number (Bold) as well as the page numbers as follows:

Hyde, K.D. (1992) Tropical Australian freshwater fungi II. Annulatascus velatispora gen. et sp. nov., Annulatascus bipolaris sp. nov. and Nais aquaticus sp. nov. Australian SystematicBotany, 5: 117–124.

Shearer, C.A., Crane, J.L. (1980). Fungi of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries VIII. Ascomycetes with unfurling appendages. Botanica Marina, 23: 607–615.

Gian, L.C., Fabian, A., Elena, P., Paolo, F., Antonio, G., Anna, S. (2007) Active biomonitoring of heavy metal by rosa ragosa plant. Environmental Pollution, 149: 239-245.

Book and book chapter citation: References should include the author’s name (s) (surname and initials), year of publication, the title of the book, the publisher’s name and place of publication. Review books should include, in addition, the editor (s) name (s) as follows:

Daneil, W. (1977) “Introductory statistics with applications”. Houghton Mifflin company, Boston, USA.

Snedecor, G.W., Cochran, W.G. (1980) “Statistical methods” 7^th Eds. Lowa State University Press, Ames, Lowa, USA.

White, T.J., Bruns, T.D., Lee, S.B., Taylor, J.W. (1990) Amplification and direct sequencing of fungal ribosomal RNA genes for phylogenetics. In: "PCR Protocols: A Guide to Methods and Applications", pp. 315-322, M.A. Innis, D.H. Gelfand, J.J. Sninsky, T.J. White (Eds.), Academic Press, San Diego, California, USA.

Dissertations citation:  Title of the theses should also be in regular with an indication whether its material was published or not.

Emad, T. (2003) Physiological response to heavy metals in some algae isolated from soil at Sohag district. M.Sc. Dissertation, South Valley University, Sohag, Egypt.

Symposium proceedings:

Wiersema, J.H. and Leon, B. (1999) Taxonomic information on cultivated plants in the USDA - ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Proceedings of Second International Symposium on the Taxonomy of Cultivated Plants in Seattle, Washington, USA. Also, at website https://jesj.journals.ekb.eg/.

Websites (no print version)

Shearer, C.A., Raja, H.A., Schmidt, J.P. (2010) Freshwater Ascomycetes and their Anamorphs [Online]. website fungi.life.uiuc.edu [accessed 00 Month Year].

Contributors’ Form 

It must be uploaded upon acceptance for the paper:

(to be modified as applicable and one signed copy attached with the manuscript)

Journal Title: __________________________________________________

Manuscript Title: _______________________________________________

Number: ______________________________________________________

I/we certify that I/we have participated sufficiently in the intellectual content, conception and design of this work or the analysis and interpretation of the data (when applicable), as well as the writing of the manuscript, to take public responsibility for it and have agreed to have my/our name listed as a contributor. I/we believe the manuscript represents valid work. Each author confirms they meet the criteria for authorship as established by the ICMJE. Neither this manuscript nor one with substantially similar content under my/our authorship has been published or is being considered for publication elsewhere, except as described in the covering letter. I/we certify that all the data collected during the study is presented in this manuscript and no data from the study has been or will be published separately. I/we attest that, if requested by the editors, I/we will provide the data/information or will cooperate fully in obtaining and providing the data/information on which the manuscript is based, for examination by the editors or their assignees. Financial interests, direct or indirect, that exist or may be perceived to exist for individual contributors in connection with the content of this paper have been disclosed in the cover letter. Sources of outside support of the project are named in the cover letter.

I/We hereby transfer(s), assign(s), or otherwise, convey(s) all copyright ownership, including all rights incidental thereto, exclusively to the Journal, in the event that such work is published by the Journal. The Journal shall own the work, including 1) copyright; 2) the right to grant permission to republish the article in whole or in part, with or without fee; 3) the right to produce preprints or reprints and translate into languages other than English for sale or free distribution; and 4) the right to republish the work in a collection of articles in any other mechanical or electronic format.

We give the rights to the corresponding author to make necessary changes as per the request of the journal, do the rest of the correspondence on our behalf and he/she will act as the guarantor for the manuscript on our behalf.

 All persons who have made substantial contributions to the work reported in the manuscript, but who are not contributors, are named in the Acknowledgment and have given me/us their written permission to be named. If I/we do not include an Acknowledgment that means I/we have not received substantial contributions from non-contributors and no contributor has been omitted.

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Publication fees:

Upon receiving the final Acceptance for Publication Letter, From Egypt: a sum of 400 Egyptian pounds for 12 pages (10 Egyptian pounds for each extra page) and from outside Egypt: a sum of 100 $ (in addition to paying for value-added services + 5 $ for extra page if any) is to be paid through the following Bank Account:

Community and Environmental Committee Sohag University, POB 82524 Sohag, Egypt.

National Bank of Egypt (Ahly Bank of Egypt)

Sohag University

Account No.: 9/450/80792/2