Journal Development

Since its establishment, JMSET has developed as an international, peer-reviewed scholarly journal publishing original research and other academic contributions relevant to its aims and scope.

The journal has progressively strengthened its editorial procedures, double-blind peer-review practices, publication-ethics policies, article metadata, and digital publishing infrastructure.

• Scientific and methodological quality
• Research integrity and ethical publishing
• Editorial independence
• Transparency and confidentiality
• Accurate article-level metadata
• Responsible scholarly communication

Editorial and Institutional Development

Articles submitted to JMSET undergo an initial editorial assessment to determine their relevance to the journal’s aims and scope, originality, scholarly and methodological quality, ethical acceptability, and compliance with submission requirements.

Eligible articles that pass the initial editorial assessment are normally evaluated by at least two independent experts under a double-blind peer-review model .

The publisher supports the journal’s administration, publishing infrastructure, and scholarly communication activities while respecting its editorial independence. Editorial decisions are based on scholarly merit, originality, methodological soundness, ethical compliance, significance, and relevance to the journal’s aims and scope.

Print, Electronic, and Continuous Publishing

JMSET publishes in print and electronic formats and has made its journal information and scholarly content available in Arabic and English since its establishment.

The journal follows a continuous article publishing model within the current issue . Following acceptance, articles complete all required editorial and production stages before being published online as the final Version of Record.

Each published article receives:

• An official online publication date
• A volume and issue number
• A Digital Object Identifier
• A page range or article identifier, as applicable
• Complete citation information and article-level metadata

Open Access Development

As part of its publishing development, JMSET adopted an open-access approach to support the free dissemination and responsible reuse of scholarly knowledge.

The journal currently operates under a Diamond Open Access publishing model. Articles are freely and immediately accessible upon publication, without an embargo period or mandatory registration for reading the full text.

The publication infrastructure and associated costs are supported by the Faculty of Marine Resources, Alasmarya Islamic University , enabling JMSET to operate on a non-profit basis without financial barriers for authors or readers.

Digital Identification and Discoverability

JMSET has strengthened the identification, accessibility, and discoverability of its published content through electronic publishing, structured article metadata, open online access, and persistent identifiers.

The journal distinguishes between:

• Indexing and abstracting services
• Registration and identification organizations
• Scholarly discovery platforms
• Academic presence and research-sharing services

Only services in which JMSET is formally indexed, registered, listed, or discoverable are displayed on the journal website.

Development of the Article Template

Beginning in 2026, JMSET introduced a revised article template following a recommendation from the Libyan Electronic Journals Directory .

The revised template was developed to improve the structure, consistency, completeness, and professional presentation of published articles and to strengthen alignment with international scholarly publishing practices.

The updated template standardizes:

• Article and author information
• Institutional affiliations
• Abstracts and keywords
• Article history and publication dates
• DOI and citation information
• Declarations and statements, where applicable
• References
• Copyright and licensing information