Establishment And Evolution of Engineering Sciences Journal

							Establishment And Evolution of
 Engineering Sciences Journal


            Dr. Mohammed A. Alhaider
     Electrical Engineering Dept.- College of
                    Engineering
               King Saud University
               alhaider@ksu.edu.sa
           Contents
Introduction and Historical Background
Statistics
Contribution Percentages
Contribution Types
Evaluation Procedure
Future Plan
   Introduction and
Historical Background

The first Journal issue was published in
1395H (1975G) under the name of
Engineering Sciences Journal
biannually.
The Journal’s name was changed in
1408H (1988G) to King Saud University
Journal [Engineering Sciences].
          Statistics

The Journal published 57 issues (53
regular issues + 4 special issues).
6 Editors-in-chief and 26 editors.
                Contribution
                Percentages
    There were 474 contributions published
    during 25 years.   Natural
           Petroleum   Sciences
                         4%          Civil
              9%
                                     25%
Chemical
 15%




     Mechanical                      Electrical
       23%                             24%
  Contribution Types
   Short       Review     Letters to the
Communicatio   Articles       editor
     n           3%            2%
    14%




                                             Original
                                           Contributions
                                               81%
 Evaluation Procedure
Paper submittal and preliminary review
Referee selection and contact
Examining referee responses
Authors are notified with referees comments
in case of paper suitability for publication
Once satisfactory response of authors to the
referees comments is accepted, a letter of
acceptance is issued
           Future Plan
  Developing the Journal’s website
http://www.eng.ksu.edu.sa/journal
  Authors can obtain forms from the site
  Papers are electronically submitted
  All correspondence will be through the
  Internet