Kuwait Journal of Science The Academic Publication Council Kuwait University issn : 2307-4108

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ISSN : 2307-4108
Kuwait Journal of Science
Kuwait Journal of Science 
The Academic Publication Council 
Kuwait University 
ISSN : 2307-4108 
An International Refereed Journal 
Corresponding Author: 
Affiliation and Address: ________________________________________________ 
MS Title
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Dear Author, 
Thank you for submitting your manuscript (MS) to Kuwait Journal of Science hereinafter the 
“Journal”. Your MS will be forwarded to the referees for review. You can login to the 
Journal’s website and continue tracking the progress of your submission. For any 
clarification concerning your submission, please contact the Editorial Office via email: 
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COPYRIGHT 
The Academic Publication Council, hereinafter the “Publisher”, University of Kuwait, 
holds the copyright on behalf of the Journal. Please sign the Copyright Transfer Agreement 
below and return it to the Editorial Office. The Editorial Office will send your signed 
Copyright Transfer Agreement to the Publisher. 
Editor in Chief: Prof. Shafiqah Alawadhi

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ISSN : 2307-4108
Kuwait Journal of Science
COPYRIGHT TRANSFER AGREEMENT 
Subject to acceptance of the MS for publication in the Journal: 
1)
The Author hereby agrees to transfer to the Publisher, all copyright of the above-
listed
MS, so as the Publisher to become the sole authority of the MS. The Publisher
has the
right to include the MS on its database and /or republish it on other topical/
special
issues,
and to grant permission to any other concerned organizations and
publications
councils to
reproduce the published MS without the consent of the Author.
2)
The Author agrees that any reproduction, posting, transmission or other distribution
or
use of the MS or any part thereof in any medium permitted hereunder requires that
the
Journal be cited; including title of article, author, journal title, volume/issue.
3)
The Publisher grants in return certain rights:
a.
The Publisher grants back to the Author the right to photocopy,
transmit
electronically, print and distribute to a colleague a copy of the
published MS for
the colleague’s personal or professional use.
b.
The Publisher grants back to the Author the right to republish the MS in a
book
written or edited by the Author.
c.
The Publisher grants back to the Author the right to use selected figures and
tables
and up to 250 words of text (excluding the abstract) from the MS for
inclusion
within another work edited by a third party, for presentation on
computer
network.
d.
The Publisher grants back to the Author the right to use the MS for classroom
use
to be distributed to students free of charge, for storage in electronic
format
for
access by students at your Institution as part of their course work or
training.
4)
The Author warrants that the MS is original. If the MS was prepared jointly, the
Author
agrees to inform the co-authors of the terms of this agreement and to either
obtain their
signatures to the Agreement or their written permission to sign for them.
Further, the
Author warrants:
e.
That the MS has not been published previously and that it is not
submitted
simultaneously for publication elsewhere.
Also, upon submitting the MS
to KJS, the
author is not allowed to send the manuscript to another journal before
reaching a
final decision on its status.
f.
That the Author has obtained written permission from the copyright owners to
use
excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties, that the 
Author
has
shown credit to the sources in the MS, and that the Author has paid 
any
required
fees.
g.
That the MS contains no libelous or unlawful statements and does not infringe
on
the right or privacy of others, or contain material or instructions that might
cause
harm to others.
h.
If the author(s) want to withdraw their MS, after the Editor has assigned the MS
to
referees, the author(s) must reimburse the amount of money, specified by the
Journal, to the Journal.
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