Nadd
Arabic research publishes an image, not a structure.
Nadd is a production architecture for scholarly publishing: it turns an accepted paper from a Word file into a structured record from which every publication format is derived.
The machine reads it as the reader does, and international indexes reach it.
What Nadd is
Structure, not formatting
Nadd does not produce a page for display; it produces a record of the content. It extracts from the paper its logical structure — its sections, authors, abstract, footnotes, and references — and fixes them in a single standard form, from which every display and delivery format is then derived.
The architecture rests on three pillars:
Intake and extraction
It receives the paper file as it left editing, and extracts its logical structure from its visible formatting — without requiring a particular template of the editorial team or the researcher.
The standard record
The extracted structure is fixed in JATS XML, the internationally adopted standard for representing a scholarly article, and is validated for conformance before acceptance.
Derivation
From the single record are generated the publication formats — the web page, the PDF for reading, and the delivery file for indexing — identical in content, different in presentation.
What it enables
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Reaching international indexing
Output that conforms to the standard required by the major databases, lifting from the journal the technical barrier on the submission path, and leaving evaluation to content criteria alone.
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Disciplinary convention
Processing that accounts for how documentation conventions differ by discipline, and that handles the properties of Arabic text: extended footnotes, and quoted passages whose lettering is preserved as received.
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Unity of the issue
All formats of the paper are derived from a single origin, so copies do not diverge and do not differ. Correction is made once and applies to all.
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An archive to build on
Every paper that passes through Nadd enters the archive as a structured record, not a flat image, so the archive becomes an origin that can be retrieved, analysed, and built upon — not a store for reading alone.
Where it sits in the system
The standard is open, and the record belongs to the journal
Nadd produces in an open international standard format, not in a format proprietary to it. The difference is that what comes out of it remains readable, transferable, and able to move to any other system — so the journal owns its record, and is not tied to who produced it.
Who it is for
- Peer-reviewed scholarly journals
- Editorial boards in universities and colleges
- Academic publishers
- Scientific societies and academies
- Publishing units seeking international indexing
Start with a single issue
Work begins with one issue of your journal: it is produced in full through Nadd, and its outputs are examined alongside your current outputs. The decision is then made on a visible result, not on a description.
A first session to review the existing production path and identify the starting issue.