College of Engineering · University of Kirkuk
Kirkuk Journal of Engineering Science
An international platform for rigorous research, technological innovation, and advances across the engineering sciences.
About the Journal
The Kirkuk Journal of Engineering Science (KJES) is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the College of Engineering, University of Kirkuk, Iraq. The journal provides an international platform for publishing and disseminating original, high-quality, and advanced research findings across the engineering sciences.
KJES seeks to connect researchers, academics, engineers, and practitioners by encouraging the exchange of scientific knowledge, innovative methods, theoretical developments, experimental findings, and practical engineering solutions. The journal is managed by a specialized editorial team committed to maintaining sound academic and editorial standards.
The journal was established in 2024 and publishes four issues annually. Manuscripts must be submitted in English. KJES also welcomes proposals for thematic and special issues addressing timely and significant topics within engineering and related technological fields.
Our Mission
To advance engineering knowledge by publishing rigorous research that links scientific theory, experimental investigation, technological development, and real-world engineering applications.
Aims and Scope
KJES covers theoretical, computational, experimental, and applied research across a broad range of engineering disciplines. The journal particularly encourages studies that demonstrate clear scientific significance, methodological soundness, technological relevance, or practical application.
Civil Engineering Chemical Engineering Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Petroleum Engineering Environmental Engineering Materials Engineering Energy Engineering Engineering Technology Interdisciplinary Engineering
Editorial and Review Standards
All submissions undergo an initial editorial assessment followed, where appropriate, by a rigorous double-blind peer-review process involving qualified national and international reviewers. The identities of authors and reviewers are concealed during the review process to support impartiality, fairness, and objective academic evaluation.
Double-Blind Review
Author and reviewer identities remain concealed throughout the peer-review process.
Originality Screening
Submissions are examined through plagiarism and similarity screening before publication.
Scientific Relevance
Manuscripts must demonstrate scientific significance, methodological strength, and engineering relevance.
Scientific Evaluation Principles
Manuscripts based primarily on mathematical concepts should clearly explain their physical significance and provide appropriate engineering interpretations, examples, validation, or applications.
Materials-science studies should extend beyond descriptive observation by including suitable theoretical, analytical, experimental, or quantitative interpretation of the reported findings.
Types of Manuscripts Considered
KJES considers original, high-quality manuscripts that make significant and meaningful contributions to engineering science.
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Research Articles
Full-length original papers presenting new and significant research findings. A research article should normally include an abstract, introduction, theoretical framework and/or experimental methods, results, discussion, conclusions, acknowledgements where applicable, and references. Supporting figures, tables, graphics, images, and diagrams must be submitted in clear, publication-quality formats.
02
Review Articles
Comprehensive and critical evaluations of existing research on a defined engineering topic. Review articles should provide an updated perspective, synthesize the relevant literature, examine recent developments, identify limitations or unresolved questions, and highlight meaningful directions for future research.
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Technical Notes
Concise papers reporting significant technical developments, preliminary findings, new records, practical methods, or scholarly comments on articles previously published by the journal. Technical notes are limited to four printed pages, including figures and tables. An abstract is not required. Technical notes undergo the same peer-review standards as regular articles.
04
Selected Conference Articles
Conference organizers and scientific committees may collaborate with the editorial team to publish selected conference papers in a regular or special issue. All selected papers must satisfy the journal’s scope, submission requirements, originality standards, editorial assessment, and peer-review procedures.
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Errata
An erratum may be published to correct a minor but important error in a previously published article when the error does not alter the study’s principal findings or conclusions. Corrections are linked clearly to the original article to maintain the accuracy and integrity of the scholarly record.
Editorial Discretion
The KJES Editorial Board reserves the right to decline a manuscript without external peer review when it falls outside the journal’s scope, does not satisfy its submission requirements, or does not meet the journal’s minimum standards of quality, originality, or relevance.
Kirkuk Journal of Engineering Science
College of Engineering · University of Kirkuk · Kirkuk, Iraq
Print ISSN 3106-5597 · Online ISSN 3107-0779
