About the Journal

Introduction to the Journal
 The Kurdistani Journal of Strategic Studies for Humanitarian Studies is a quarterly journal 
published in the Kurdish, Arabic, Persian and English languages, concerned with publishing the most 
critical research and strategic studies in various fields of human sciences of originality, importance, 
effectiveness, and influence in subspecialties while being keen to adhere to deadlines, facilitate 
scientific communication, and valuable topics and its high outstanding results; It keeps pace with 
current developments and provides everything that meets the aspirations of researchers in terms of 
scientific analyzes and interpretations inside and outside the region.
The journal has main objectives, the first: pioneering strategic research in Kurdistan, creating vast 
areas of scientific analysis of interest to academics and researchers in human studies, and supporting 
the public and private sectors in scientific research, as well as providing them with scientific 
knowledge, academic debate, enlightening thought, and constructive criticism, in all the favorable 
opportunities, in all fields of the human sciences, in politics, economics, management, sociology, 
psychology, media, women rights, violence and terrorism, civil society, philosophy, history, 
geography, democracy, human rights, and others.
The second: Ensuring that knowledge is disseminated and that the results of research and studies 
reach the opinion of the general readers in the Kurdish and Arabic languages wherever they are in 
this world, in a modern way based on achieving what the scientific and research centers aspire to, a 
new in science, culture and civilized knowledge.
 The journal accepts unreported and researched papers that have not been previously published in 
journals, publications and other websites, taking into account the conditions and regulations 
adopted by the KISSR.
 The Kurdistan Journal of Strategic Studies is licensed by the Ministry of Higher Education and 
Scientific Research in the Kurdistan Region and recognized as a refereed academic scientific journal, 
according to the approval letter numbered (6497 on 8/9/2020) issued by the Directorate of Scientific 
Affairs / Department of Research and Development in the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific 
Research /Kurdistan Region. 
First: Instructions for writing, presenting and publishing:
The article is submitted through the Kurdistan Institute for Strategic Studies and Scientific Research 
(KISSR) website, and the researcher must observe the conditions and instructions contained on the 
website in writing and submitting the article by electronic download, as follows:
1- The number of article pages should not exceed (25) twenty-five (A4)
 pages.
2- The article includes:
- Search title.
- Name of the researcher or researchers (scientific department, college,
 university, country), and e-mail.
- Article Summary.
- Keywords.
- Article content.
- Results and conclusion of the article
- Summary of the article and keywords in two languages, other than the article language at the end 
of the article, before the sources and references
-Sources and references.
3- Article Writing Template:
(1)
A- The title of the article is at the top of the first page and in the middle in size (18 bold), size (16) 
bold for subheadings, size (14) for the body, and size (10) for sources, annotations and explanations.
B- The name of the researcher or researchers (scientific department, college, university, country and 
electronic address) should be written in size (?) Under the main title (after leaving a 1 cm space) on 
the right side for the article in Arabic, and on the left side for the article in English.
C- Unikurd Goran and Unikurd Jino are used for an article in the Kurdish and Persian languages, for 
headings and subheadings.
D- For Arabic-language article, the font (Ali-A-Alwand) is used for the text and the line (Ali-A-Samik) 
for the main and subheadings.
E- For article and abstracts in English, the font (Times New Roman) for the text, size (16 bold) for the 
main title, size (14) for the subheadings, size (12) for the text, and size (10) for the sources and 
margins.
F- The space between the paragraphs in the text is (1 cm).
G- Leave a gap (2 cm) on the four sides of each page.
(2) Following the Harvard system for writing sources and references, and 
 references to them within the text.
(3) Writing a summary of the article within (250) two hundred and fifty words in one paragraph only, 
before the text, then leaving a space after it with a space of (1 cm) for the keywords, and the 
keywords consist of (5-7) single words.
(4) The article is presented in two different modes: in the first, the name of the author or authors 
and (scientific department, college, university, country, and e-address) are deleted when uploading 
the article to the electronic system, in order for the review process to run in secret, to maintain fair 
review, away from favoritism and personal whims.
(5) After conducting the review of the article by the reviewers, and the result was an acceptance of 
the article conditional on an amendment and correction, then the editorial board electronically researches the author via his e-mail (personal e-mail), and he has the notes and demands that the 
reviewer wrote, and he asks the author to correct the errors And satisfy the reviewer’s requests for 
clarification and amendment, then re-searches the journal electronically after making the necessary 
amendments and corrections in order for the article to acquire the degree of acceptance by the 
reviewer.
(6) Upon completion of the review of the article by the reviewers, the journal committee shall judge 
the overall results of the review (arbitration) as either the rejection or acceptance and at that time 
the author is informed of the acceptance or rejection of the article.
(7) When submitting the article via (electronic download on the journal's website), publishing costs 
amounting to (250) two hundred and fifty thousand dinars must be paid, according to the 
instructions of the Ministry of Finance for the Kurdistan Region, issue () in (/ / 2020), and the article 
does not take its course in evaluation process without it.
(8) Submission is made electronically, via the journal's website, following the necessary stages for 
that.
Two: Article review
The review process takes place in three stages:
The first stage: Initial (Preliminary) review:
The article is reviewed by the journal's management board in a preliminary (preliminary) assessment 
to find out the availability of the necessary conditions that qualify it for review, and it will be as 
follows:
- reviewing of the article language and may send it to the competent
 linguist, if necessary.
- Checking the writing style used in the journal.
Matching the article’s general content of the article to the publishing instructions and the strategy of 
the Kurdistan Institute for Strategic Studies and Scientific Research (KISSR).
-When there is a deficiency or defect in the article, it may return the article to the author to 
reform or organize it, or May issue a final rejection for its unfit for review.
-- All articles go through a process (a plagiarism checker), and to achieve this, the author 
takes an electronic editorial undertaking in which he/she bears the validity of the article 
content and the information it contains.
The second stage: (scientific review)
After the article passes the preliminary review stage, the article is sent to two (two) reviewers from 
specialized academics, where the article is reviewed accurately, and when the article is rejected by 
one of them, the article is sent to a third reviewer, because the article is only accepted with the 
acceptance of two reviewers.
The third stage: (Approval of the evaluation)
The reviewer chooses one of three options:
1- Rejection: The complete and final rejection of the article.
2- Conditional Acceptance: It is accepted under the condition of reviewing the amendment, repair, 
and clarification, so the article is returned to the author to make the necessary amendments and 
others. It then finally submits to the reviewer himself for scrutiny and final judgment.
3- Accepting the article as it is: The article may be alerted to minor amendments by the journal body 
itself, and the article is not subject to review and scrutiny.