This track is for peer-reviewed scientific research originally published in another language, whose author has prepared a complete Arabic version and made it available in accordance with copyright requirements.
Who can participate?
The work must be submitted by its sole author, or by the first author when there are multiple authors. A translation prepared by someone who is neither the original research author nor its first author is not eligible.
Requirements for the original research
- It must be a scholarly article published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.
- Its publication details and peer review must be verifiable.
- The applicant must be the sole author or the first author.
- A DOI or the official publication link must be provided.
- Its publication date must fall within the period set by the cycle when applications open.
Requirements for the Arabic version
- It must be a complete translation of the submitted work.
- It must preserve the scientific meaning, data, tables, figures, equations and references.
- It must use accurate Arabic terminology appropriate to the field.
- It must undergo a complete human scientific and language review.
- It must clearly identify itself as an Arabic version of the original research and link to the original DOI or record.
- It must be publicly deposited in an accepted scholarly repository before final submission.
Machine translation
Translation tools may be used during preparation, but the final version must undergo a complete human review. An unedited machine translation, or a version containing substantial language, terminology or scientific errors, is not accepted.
Copyright
The original research license must permit a translation to be created and published, or the applicant must provide explicit permission from the rights holder.
Licenses that prohibit derivative works, such as CC BY-ND and CC BY-NC-ND, are not sufficient to publish a translation without additional permission.
Where should the Arabic version be published?
Stable scholarly repositories such as Zenodo and Figshare are accepted. A suitable institutional repository or an approved preprint service may also be used when its scope accepts the work.
What is recorded at submission?
- The Arabic version's URL or DOI.
- The original research details.
- Evidence of the right to publish the translation.
- The Arabic version uploaded to the application.
- The applicant's declaration that they have reviewed it and accept responsibility for its content.