Authors’ Guidelines
Duties of Authors
1- Method of conducting the research must be systematic and based on knowledge. The article must be prepared according to the standard formatting of the journal. The author(s) is required to conduct the research objectively and carefully. Associated data should be represented accurately. To ensure other people’s rights, authors must ensure that every outside source is given proper citation. Authors must have a bias free language and avoid unethical, sensitive and controversial issues in the fields such as race and religion. The journal does not tolerate intentional misrepresentation of research data; Also, submitting a translated version of a published paper without mentioning it at the title is not accepted.
2- Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with their research if necessary.
Supporting data such as raw data, interviews, questionnaires and other tools used in the research must be made available if necessary. Authors should be prepared to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases) that may help improve the article.
3- Originality and Plagiarism
The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.
4- Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication
An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
5- Proper Citation and referencing
Authors must provide full citations of books, articles in journals, websites, and other Resources in their reference list.
Carefully considering the list and order of authors and the corresponding author and avoiding any other irrelevant names
A corresponding (responsible) author is the individual who, when working on a paper with multiple authors, takes primary responsibility to provide the intellectual input, planning and formally performing the article. Name of other authors must be mentioned as corporate authors. any other irrelevant names are to be avoided.
Authors must upload the following mandatory files
1- Main text file (Manuscript without author identifiers)
2- Conflict of interest declaration and author agreement statement file
(Sending the manuscript for peer reviewing is only possible after uploading the above mentioned file and providing correct information in the website)
Inform about the possible dangers to humans or other living organisms
Where a study result impact human health or other organisms, this should be stated within the manuscript with a full explanation.
Mention financial support
Authors must declare names of all persons or organizations which sponsor their article.
Reporting major errors in articles
have they noticed any errors (or have been informed of) in their article, authors are expected to request for withdrawal, correct the errors or inform us. Corrections are made at the journal’s discretion.
Guidelines for Article Submission
1- The text of the submitted articles should be in Persian.
2- The Submitted articles should not be previously published elsewhere, totally or partly. Authors may not submit their manuscript elsewhere while it is under consideration.
3- Submitted articles must be research articles, documented and based on research criteria.
4- The length of Original Articles should ideally not exceed 25 printed pages (No more than 7500 words are allowed, with the minimum number of 6000 words).
5- Use A4 paper size with appropriate line spacing and Microsoft word format. Please use Bzar13 font. Word file of the manuscript should be sent to the provided email address of the journal.
6- Authors are required to provide complete list of their name and details in the journal website. Please Note that you have to prepare your files so that any identifying details (author names, affiliations etc.) are in a separate part as directed by the Guide for Authors in the website. Additionally, be sure your file names do not reveal any author name.
7- It is recommended that Authors’ names with a rank lower than assistant professor be attached to titles of assistant professor or higher. Otherwise for authors who rank lower than assistant professor, there are no possibilities to submit the articles alone.
8- articles must include the following: Abstract, Key words, Introduction, discussion, conclusion and reverences page.
9- It is necessary to add the Latin equivalent of nouns and abandoned terms, beside the phrase and in parentheses.
10- For in-text citations please provide author’s last name, year of publication, volume and page number in parenthesis.
11- Please note that we only accept and publish articles written in the law of intellectual property rights in islamic states.
12- The Journal reserves the right to accept, reject or edit the articles. Please note that manuscripts will not be returned upon the request of the authors.
13- submitted manuscripts will be reviewed and published with an authorization from the editor in chief.
14- authors should take responsibility for the content of the articles and the accuracy of the article databases and findings.
Guidelines
In order to facilitate the evaluation, preparation and publication of the future issues, follow this order when typing manuscripts:
a) Title of the article: subject matter should be Concise and informative.
b) Author names and affiliations: Please clearly indicate the given name(s) and last name(s) of each author and university, funding body or research institution the authors are affiliated.
c) Abstract: abstract should be between 100 and 250 words. A concise and factual abstract is required. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions.
d) Keywords: Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 6 keywords. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.
e) Introduction: the research aims and purposes are stated in the introduction. draw on relevant literature in the field and clearly indicate its connections to the subject matter.
f) The main body(discussion):
1- where the writer presents the central idea in greater detail. It should be divided into paragraphs, each of which begins with a topic sentence and then supports that point with specific ideas and evidence.
2- Include Headings and, if necessary, subheadings to organize the content
3- In order to keep the consistency of your research manuscript, please include the appropriate use of headings and subheadings for related subjects.
4- When you quote directly from a source, enclose the quoted section in double quotation marks. Indirect quotations should not be enclosed in quotation marks.
5- Correctly cite the original author when quoting a text.
6- It must be noted that this journal uses an in text citation style as follows: beside the direct or indirect quoted text and in parentheses (author’s last name, year of publication, volume number and page number).
If the authors of multiple references share the same last name but have different initials, include the authors' first names, too.
to cite articles with the same authors and same year, add a lowercase letter immediately after the year of publication.
to cite multiple works by the same author that appear in a compilation, perform the following order:
(author’s last name, year of publication of the first source, page number/year of publication of the second source, page number).
to cite multiple works by the different authors that appear in a compilation, perform the following order:
(author’s last name, year of publication, page number/ author’s last name, year of publication, page number)
If a publication has more than three authors, give only the name of first author followed by "et al.".
g) Conclusion: should average between 100–200 words, including a brief explanation of the significance and implications of the work reported.
h) Reference: the detailed list of references (books, articles, …) cited in authors’ work.
Formatting the Reference List
Reference list should appear at the end of the paper (in Persian, Arabic and Latin respectively) and in alphabetical order (author’s last name), without any distinctions between books, articles, etc. It must begin on a new page separate from the text of the article as follows:
Reference to a book
Author’s last name, Name; Year of publication, Title; Translator(s)/Editor(s); Edition, place of publication: The publisher's name.
Reference to an article
Author’s last name, Name; Year of publication, “Title of the article”, Journal title, Volume of journal.
Reference to a thesis
Author’s last name, Name; Year, “Title”; Level of Thesis, supervisor professor, field of study, faculty, University.
Reference to electronic databases
Author’s last name, Name; “Title”, electronic retrieval information.
Unknown sources
Cite an organizational author if a source is missing a named author. If there is no suitable organizational author either, use the source title instead.
Use the abbreviation “n.d.” if a source has no year of publication.
If the source you are referencing is missing a publisher or place of publication, use the words '[no publisher]' or '[no place]' in your Reference list.
author agreement statement
Certificate of originality of manuscript
I (name of the corresponding author) declare that the paper (correctly write the title of the article) describes original work carried out by me/us.
1- Present manuscript/paper has not been published anywhere in any form of publication (in any language) and not presently under consideration for publication anywhere in form of publication.
2- The manuscript is only submitted to this journal and I/we may not submit this manuscript elsewhere while it is under consideration at this journal.
3- I/We the undersigned declare that this manuscript is original, and any work and/or words of others used here has/have been appropriately cited or quoted.
4- We confirm that the order of authors listed in the manuscript has been approved by all of us.
5- I/We further affirm, if there is evidence that either of the above mentioned statements proved to be invalid in any time, I/We accept the consequences and the journal is allowed to decide in accordance with the regulations on research violations, in which case I/We will not have any claims.
Original signature of author(s):
Date: