About Journal

  • Scholarly scientific journals are a key source of up-to-date information in diversified research fields.

  • The Public Policies in Egypt International Journal is an Egyptian scholarly journal issued by the Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC).

  • It is a scholarly periodic journal disseminating specialized research papers for researchers worldwide in the field of public policies to benefit from national, regional, and international experiences.

  • The review process is necessary to ensure the quality of published scientific research and verify the stated information. The journal follows the double-blind review method in reviewing research papers, as it is essential for researchers to create a research base for the progress of public policy fields.

  • The journal is issued four times a year (in January, April, July, and October); its first issue is going to be published in January 2022.

What is special about the Journal:

  • The journal is issued by the Cabinet's IDSC, which is one of the best think tanks in Egypt and the Middle East. This has been accompanied by a regional and international recognition of its essential role as a think tank, which was evident in the results of the “Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania, USA,” announced in February 2021; and the Information and Decision Support Center was chosen to be:
  • One of the best 20 think tanks worldwide in response to the “Covid-19” pandemic of 2020 (there is no specific order for the list).
  • Ranked 21 out of 64 think tanks in the world as having the best idea or a new model it developed during the year 2020, considering that no other Egyptian think tank was ranked according to this criterion.
  • Ranked 14 out of 101 think tanks at the level of Africa and the Middle East for the year 2020.
  • The Journal has an ISSN number which guarantees accurate and immediate identification of the journal. It also enables swift and effective communication between stakeholders of the journal.
  • The journal accepts research papers in English providing the research title, introduction, and abstract in Arabic), and Arabic (providing the research title, introduction, and abstract in English).
  • Ethics of scientific publishing are taken into consideration, whether by the journal or the researcher.
  • The journal follows the double-blind review method in reviewing research papers to achieve transparency.
  • The journal's editorial board is comprised of local and international members to be granted accreditation by international databases in the future.
  • The journal provides the service of publishing research papers with reasonable prices to encourage researchers to scientific publishing.
  • The journal aims to achieve diversity in the specializations to address a wide scale of researchers worldwide.
  • The journal provides detailed guidelines for the scholarly review for authors.
  • The journal joins the Egyptian Knowledge Bank, which provides an electronic system for submission and review.

Copyright policy:

The journal allows the author(s) to hold the copyright, and retain publishing rights without any restrictions.

Open access:

The journal is an open-access journal. Users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles under the following conditions: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Plagiarism:
The journal has a strict policy against plagiarism. All submitted manuscripts are checked for plagiarism using professional plagiarism-checking software. Submitted manuscripts with an unacceptable similarity index resulting from plagiarism are rejected immediately.