Al-Nahrain Journal of Science: Scopus, Scope, Metrics & Submission Guide

Quick Answer: What Is Al-Nahrain Journal of Science?

ANJS is a multidisciplinary science journal of Al-Nahrain University’s College of Science. The official history states that the publication began in 1997 as the Journal of Saddam University, became Journal of Al-Nahrain University – Science from 2003 to 2018, and adopted the current title in December 2018.

The journal publishes four issues each year, normally in March, June, September and December. Its official identifiers are print ISSN 2663-5453 and e-ISSN 2663-5461. Accepted articles receive DOI identifiers and are made available through the journal’s open-access website.

Researchers in the journal’s named disciplines may consider ANJS when their manuscript is original research, scientifically structured and consistent with work appearing in recent issues. Scopus coverage is useful for institutional visibility, but indexing should not replace a careful assessment of scope, methodology and readership.

Key Takeaways

• Publisher: College of Science, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq.
• Frequency: quarterly, with issues normally in March, June, September and December.
• Scope: physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science and biology in pure and applied science.
• Scopus Source ID supplied for the journal: 21101272608.
• Peer review: double-blind, with a multi-reviewer decision process.
• Open access: yes; the journal currently states an APC of 500,000 IQD and no editorial processing fee.
• Submission requires the journal template, cover letter and conflict-of-interest documentation.
• No official acceptance rate was found on the journal pages reviewed.

Journal Information at a Glance

The citation metrics above are explicitly dated to 2024 and are reproduced by an institutional university library journal guide. They should be rechecked in the current Scopus record if a fresh quartile or score matters to your institution.

What This Page Covers

• Journal history, identifiers, publisher and frequency
• Aims, scope and recent research themes
• Scopus status and dated citation metrics
• Open access and publication charges
• Manuscript structure and formatting
• Submission files and declarations
• Double-blind peer review
• Research ethics and similarity screening
• Practical journal-fit checks
• Ethical Contentxprtz publication-readiness support

Methodology and Sources

This profile was prepared from the official ANJS website, including its About, Aim and Scope, Submissions, Peer Review, Editorial Team, Publishing Ethics and Appeals pages; the supplied Scopus source record; the Iraqi Academic Scientific Journals portal; and an institutional university library page displaying dated Scopus metrics. Recent ANJS issues were reviewed to understand the journal’s current publication mix.

Fees, metrics, indexing, editorial appointments and templates can change. For that reason, time-sensitive information is qualified by reporting year or described as current only where the journal’s own site presently states it.

What Does ANJS Aim to Publish?

The official scope places ANJS across five core basic-science disciplines: physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science and biology. It explicitly welcomes both pure and applied science and describes the journal as a forum for peer-reviewed research results from researchers around the world.

That broad remit can suit interdisciplinary work, but “multidisciplinary” should not be interpreted as “any subject.” The scientific contribution needs to sit clearly within, or meaningfully connect to, the journal’s named disciplines. A paper whose central contribution is in business, law, literature or another unrelated field would not become suitable simply because it uses data or quantitative analysis.

What recent issues suggest about the journal’s research mix

Recent issues include work on clinical and biochemical indicators, nanomaterials, environmental and analytical chemistry, corrosion, radiation, synthesis and characterization, and other applied scientific problems. This helps illustrate the journal’s practical breadth: it is not confined to purely theoretical science, but its applied work still retains a clear scientific foundation.

A prospective author should compare several current papers closest to the manuscript’s method and field. Similarity of topic alone is not enough; the study design, depth of analysis, style of discussion and scientific audience should also look compatible.

Who Should Consider Submitting?

ANJS may be relevant to PhD scholars, faculty, early-career researchers and research teams in its named science fields, including interdisciplinary areas such as bioinformatics, materials science, environmental science, computational methods or biomedical science where the work remains anchored in basic or applied scientific research.

Institutional eligibility should be checked separately. Some universities accept any active Scopus source; others require a particular quartile, subject category, publication year, indexing date or additional database coverage. The journal’s suitability for a degree requirement therefore depends both on the manuscript and on the author’s institutional rules.

Understanding Scopus Coverage and Metrics

The supplied journal record gives Scopus Source ID 21101272608, and the Iraqi Academic Scientific Journals platform lists the journal as indexed in Scopus. This makes ANJS relevant to researchers whose institutions explicitly recognize Scopus-indexed publications, subject to current-status verification.

An institutional university library guide reports the journal’s 2024 Scopus metrics as CiteScore 1.0, SJR 0.136 and SNIP 0.393, with Q3 placement in the Multidisciplinary CiteScore category. These values help describe citation visibility in a specific reporting year; they do not predict acceptance, publication speed or the future citation performance of an individual article.

A current Clarivate Journal Impact Factor was not verified from an official Clarivate record during this review. Authors should not treat third-party “impact scores” or CiteScore values as interchangeable with the Journal Impact Factor.

Open Access, Copyright and Fees

ANJS describes itself as an open-access journal. Its official About page states that authors retain copyright while granting the journal publication rights through its publishing agreement.

The current Information for Authors page states that no editorial processing fee applies and that the APC is 500,000 IQD. It also states that manuscripts including international authors receive a 50% discount on all fees once annually. Because the exact interpretation of eligibility can matter, authors should verify the current fee and discount terms directly before making a payment.

The existence of an APC should never be read as an indication of acceptance. Review and editorial decisions remain separate from payment.

Preparing a Manuscript for ANJS

The author instructions require use of the journal’s Word template and clear, grammatically correct English. Non-compliant manuscripts may be returned, making technical preparation an important part of submission readiness.

Manuscript sequence

The journal lists the manuscript sequence as title, abstract, introduction, theoretical background or materials and methods, theory and formula or experimental work, results and discussion, conclusions, acknowledgement, funding statement, conflict of interest, references and appendices where applicable.

Title, abstract and keywords

• Title: maximum 20 words and no abbreviations.
• At least four keywords are required.
• The detailed instructions say the abstract should not exceed 300 words.
• The submission checklist on the same page says the abstract is limited to 200 words.

Because those two official statements conflict, authors should use the latest downloadable template and live checklist as their operational reference. If the discrepancy remains, confirm it with the journal. A 200-word abstract is a conservative practical choice because it stays within both published limits, but it is not an official resolution of the inconsistency.

Formatting, figures and tables

The checklist specifies a Word or OpenOffice-compatible file, 10-point Century font and single spacing. Figures and tables should appear in the relevant positions in the text. Figure captions go below figures; table titles go above tables. Photographic figures should be at least 300 dpi and supplied in TIF or JPEG format.

References

References are numbered, cited in square brackets and formatted to the journal’s style. The instructions ask authors to include issue numbers and DOI information where available. For references with more than seven authors, the first seven are listed followed by “et al.” The journal also provides a Mendeley style link.

Submission Files and Author Declarations

The official submissions page requires a cover letter from the corresponding author, the manuscript file prepared in the journal template and a Conflict of Interest Form. After acceptance, the corresponding author must complete and return a Publishing Agreement Form.

The journal also requires appropriate authorship, affiliation, funding and contribution information. Submission implies that the manuscript is not published or under consideration elsewhere and that co-authors have approved the submission.

Preparing these materials before opening the submission system can prevent avoidable administrative delays.

What Happens After Submission?

ANJS states that it uses double-blind peer review, so author and reviewer identities are concealed from each other during the process. Out-of-scope manuscripts are not sent for review, which makes scope alignment one of the earliest practical filters.

The peer-review policy says three reviewers are assigned to each manuscript. The decision uses the first two agreeing recommendations; if those recommendations conflict, the third becomes decisive for the first review round. Editors may request additional reviews when necessary.

Reviewers are expected to complete reviews within three weeks and may request a one-week extension. This is a reviewer deadline, not a guaranteed author-facing first-decision or publication time. A complete official average from submission to publication was not found.

The journal does not publicly state an acceptance rate on the official pages reviewed, so no percentage should be inferred or estimated.

Editorial Leadership

The official Editorial Team page currently lists Dr. Ahmed A. Al-Tabbakh as Chief Editor and Dr. Farah Aqeel Rashid as Managing Editor, supported by topical editors from relevant scientific disciplines. The peer-review policy assigns editorial recommendations to topical editors and final publication decisions jointly to the Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor.

For authors, the main implication is that manuscripts are intended to be handled through discipline-relevant editorial oversight, with declared conflict-of-interest safeguards.

Research Ethics and Similarity Screening

ANJS states that it follows publication-ethics principles acknowledged by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Its policies address plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, duplicate submission, authorship, conflicts of interest, citation manipulation, data sharing, corrections, retractions, complaints and appeals.

The journal says submissions are screened using iThenticate. Its current pages state that similarity should not exceed 5% from a single source and the overall score should not exceed 15%. These thresholds should not be treated as permission to copy text; proper attribution and original scholarly writing remain necessary regardless of similarity percentage.

For research involving human samples, the journal references the Declaration of Helsinki, informed consent and institutional ethical approval, and asks for an ethical code or approval number in the methods section. Animal research should likewise follow appropriate institutional or recognized guidelines.

Is This Journal a Good Match for Your Manuscript?

A sensible journal-selection decision combines subject fit, article type, recent publication patterns and institutional eligibility. ANJS may be a strong candidate when the manuscript has a clear science contribution, follows an original-research structure and resembles work appearing in the journal’s recent issues.

• The central question belongs directly to a named ANJS discipline or a clear interdisciplinary extension.
• The paper has a defensible scientific method, results and interpretation.
• Recent issues contain comparable methods or scientific framing.
• You can comply with the template, declarations, English requirements and reference style.
• Your institution recognizes the journal’s current indexing/category for your purpose.

• The manuscript is outside basic/applied science.
• The paper is primarily commentary rather than original research.
• A much narrower specialist journal would better reach the intended audience.
• Your institution requires a different quartile or indexing condition.
• Required ethics approvals, declarations or formatting cannot be met.

Pre-Submission Checklist

1. Confirm the current aims and scope.
2. Read several recent ANJS papers closest to your method.
3. Verify the live Scopus record and your university’s eligibility rules.
4. Download the latest ANJS Word template.
5. Resolve the current abstract-length requirement.
6. Check title length, keywords, section order and English clarity.
7. Verify figure quality and table placement.
8. Apply the journal’s numbered reference style and add DOIs where available.
9. Prepare the cover letter and conflict-of-interest form.
10. Confirm authorship, funding and ethical declarations.
11. Review similarity for attribution problems, not merely percentage reduction.
12. Submit only when the paper is not under consideration elsewhere.

How Contentxprtz Can Support Publication Readiness

Researchers preparing for ANJS may need help with academic editing, proofreading, journal-format alignment, reference consistency, cover-letter editing, reviewer-response editing or a final publication-readiness review. Contentxprtz can support those communication and preparation tasks while preserving the researcher’s data, analysis, interpretation and authorship responsibility.

Professional support cannot determine the journal’s editorial decision, acceptance outcome, peer-review result, publication timing or future indexing status.

Summary

Al-Nahrain Journal of Science is a quarterly open-access journal of the College of Science, Al-Nahrain University, covering core basic and applied science disciplines. Its supplied Scopus identifier is Source ID 21101272608, and dated 2024 metrics place it in Q3 for the Multidisciplinary CiteScore category. The journal uses double-blind review, publishes detailed author instructions and currently lists a 500,000 IQD APC.

A strong submission decision should combine current indexing verification with real scope fit, recent-issue comparison, correct use of the journal template, complete declarations, ethical compliance and careful language and reference preparation. Contentxprtz may assist with those preparation steps, but authors remain responsible for the research and final submission.