Passion Scientific Refereed Journal for Human Studies

1. Manuscript Submission and Initial Payment

Authors submit their manuscripts through the journal’s official submission form, in accordance with the journal’s manuscript template, submission guidelines, and published policies.

The submission must include the requirements specified in the journal’s template, including:

  • The complete manuscript in the required format.

  • An Arabic abstract of no more than 250 words.

  • An English abstract of no more than 250 words.

  • Keywords according to the requirements of the journal’s manuscript template.

  • A brief author biography.

  • Any additional information or documents requested by the journal when necessary.

At the time of submission, the author pays an initial amount of USD 20. This payment is an installment toward the total publication fee and is not an additional submission fee.

The initial payment does not guarantee acceptance and does not influence the journal’s scholarly or editorial decision.

2. Initial Editorial Screening

The Editorial Board conducts an initial screening of each submitted manuscript to assess:

  • Its relevance to the journal’s Aims and Scope.

  • Compliance with the basic submission requirements.

  • Compliance with the journal’s manuscript template and formatting requirements.

  • Completeness of the required information and documents.

  • Whether there are any substantive issues that would prevent the manuscript from being sent for peer review.

  • Compliance with principles of academic integrity and publication ethics.

If a manuscript does not meet the basic requirements or falls outside the journal’s scope, the Editorial Board may reject it or return it to the author for completion or correction before peer review.

3. Preparation of the Blinded Manuscript

After the manuscript passes the initial screening and the submission requirements and initial payment have been completed, the Editorial Board prepares a blinded version of the manuscript for peer review.

Author names and other identifying information that could reveal the authors’ identities are removed from the review version.

The Editorial Board retains the complete version containing the authors’ information, while the blinded version is used for peer review under the journal’s:

Double-Blind Peer Review system.

4. Peer Review

The manuscript is assigned to at least two qualified reviewers with appropriate expertise in the subject of the research.

The journal follows a double-blind peer-review system in which:

  • Reviewers do not know the identities of the authors.

  • Authors do not know the identities of the reviewers.

Reviewers evaluate manuscripts objectively and independently and provide scholarly reports and constructive comments to assist the Editorial Board in reaching an appropriate decision and improving the quality of the manuscript.

When there is a substantial disagreement between reviewers’ reports or when necessary, the Editorial Board may seek the opinion of an additional reviewer to assist in reaching an editorial decision.

5. Revision and Re-evaluation

When revisions are required, the author is asked to revise the manuscript in response to the reviewers’ comments and resubmit the revised version according to the procedures specified by the Editorial Board.

Depending on the nature of the requested revisions, the revised manuscript may be returned to the reviewers for further evaluation or reviewed by the Editorial Board.

6. Editorial Decision

After completion of the peer-review process and consideration of the reviewers’ reports and any required revisions, the Editorial Board makes the appropriate editorial decision:

  • Final Acceptance

  • Revision Required

  • Rejection

The author is notified of the decision by email and receives the reviewers’ comments or a summary of the decision in accordance with the journal’s procedures.

7. Final Acceptance and Publication Fees

Following final acceptance, the author receives an official acceptance letter containing information regarding publication procedures, applicable fees, and payment methods.

The total publication fees are:

  • Authors from outside Passion University: USD 100 per accepted article.

  • Faculty members of Passion University: USD 70 per accepted article.

  • Articles covered by an approved college grant: Publication fee exemption, subject to the applicable grant conditions and verification of eligibility.

The USD 20 initial payment is an installment toward the total publication fee and is not an additional submission fee.

Accordingly, the remaining balance after final acceptance is:

  • USD 80 for authors from outside Passion University.

  • USD 50 for Passion University faculty members.

  • USD 0 for articles covered by an approved college grant after verification of the exemption.

Where applicable, the remaining balance must be paid within 14 days of notification of final acceptance.

Financial payments do not influence scholarly or editorial decisions.

8. Payment Confirmation and Financial Verification

After paying the applicable remaining balance, the author completes the journal’s Publication Fee Payment Confirmation Form and submits proof of payment according to the published instructions.

The relevant administrative unit verifies:

  • Payment information.

  • Payment amount.

  • Transaction or transfer details.

  • Payment receipt.

  • The correspondence of the payment with the accepted article.

For articles covered by approved grants, eligibility for the fee exemption is verified according to the applicable procedures.

Once payment has been verified or the applicable exemption has been confirmed, the journal proceeds with the preparation of the accepted manuscript for publication.

9. Final Language and Editorial Review

After acceptance and completion of the required procedures, the accepted manuscript undergoes final language and editorial review by the journal’s qualified language reviewers.

This stage may include:

  • Reviewing grammatical, spelling, and language errors.

  • Improving clarity and linguistic presentation where necessary.

  • Checking editorial consistency throughout the manuscript.

  • Reviewing and formatting references according to the journal’s adopted APA style.

  • Checking the final manuscript against the journal’s formatting and publication requirements.

This review is a final quality-control stage and does not relieve authors of their responsibility to submit a linguistically sound, academically accurate, and well-prepared manuscript.

10. Final Formatting and Production

After completion of the language and editorial review, the final version is prepared for electronic publication.

This stage includes:

  • Final manuscript formatting.

  • Adjustment of fonts, margins, and overall formatting according to the journal’s requirements.

  • Preparation of the final article for online publication.

  • Final checks required before publication.

11. Online Publication and Open Access

After all production procedures have been completed, the article is published on the journal’s official website in accordance with the journal’s Open Access Policy.

Published articles are made freely, immediately, and permanently accessible to readers under the terms of the:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

12. Author Notification

The author is notified by email when the article has been officially published.

The author is provided with:

  • The link to the published article on the journal’s official website.

  • A PDF copy may also be provided in accordance with the journal’s procedures.

13. Confidentiality and Academic Integrity

The journal maintains the confidentiality of manuscripts, author information, and reviewer information throughout the peer-review process and adheres to principles of academic integrity and publication ethics at all stages of manuscript processing.

Corrections, updates, and retractions are handled in accordance with the journal’s published Retraction & Updates Policy.

Any substantive changes to the journal’s publication policies or procedures are formally announced through the journal’s website.

Workflow at a Glance

Manuscript submission + USD 20 initial payment as an installment toward the total publication fee
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Initial editorial screening
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Preparation of the blinded manuscript
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Double-blind peer review
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Revision and re-evaluation when required
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Editorial decision
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Final acceptance and official acceptance letter
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Payment of the applicable remaining balance
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Payment verification or grant exemption verification
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Final language and editorial review
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Final formatting and production
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Online publication and open access
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Author notification