Dear Author, please consider the following points before submitting your article:
Obtaining an ORCID Code
Dear authors, please obtain an ORCID code (Researcher ID) before submitting your article. It is mandatory to include this code during registration and article submission. To obtain the code, visit ORCID.
Guide to Accessing the System and Submitting an Article
- To access the system, completing the registration form is mandatory.
- First, click on the journal link.
- Click on the registration option and carefully complete the form.
- Completing the fields marked with an asterisk is mandatory.
- Enter your complete information, except for the username and password, in both Persian and English.
- Carefully enter your email address, as all future communications will be through this email.
- After completing and submitting the registration form, your username and password will be sent to your email address.
- To continue, log in to the system using your username and password, then change your password.
- If you forget your password, enter your email address in the relevant section, and a new password will be sent to your email.
- Please change your password after logging into the system.
- Author's Dedicated Page
- All correspondence will be with the corresponding author (the article submitter).
- The corresponding author is responsible for following up on all matters related to the review stages, revisions, acceptance, and publication of the article.
- The journal office is not responsible for responding to other co-authors of the article.
- It is necessary to accurately and separately register the details of all authors (corresponding author and all co-authors) on the authors' dedicated page.
- The names of the authors will be printed and published in the order provided in the commitment form and cannot be changed.
- It is essential that the order of the authors' names and the corresponding author be consistent in the commitment form, the authors' details file, and any other requested forms.
- Acknowledgment of the sponsor or funder of the research (if any) must be included in the article; for example: "This project was supported by the National Research Fund under project number ............ in .........".
- Submitting an Article
- Select the type of article (research article, review, short communication, case study, methodology, applied, viewpoint, technical, and promotional).
- Enter the title; a short title should also be entered in the relevant section.
- Add author information; the names and surnames of the authors must be entered accurately.
- Enter the article abstract; the abstract should be between 150 to 250 words.
- Add keywords; keywords should be between 4 to 7 and separated by a semicolon or comma.
- Upload the necessary files; uploading the starred files and those mentioned in this guide is mandatory during article submission.
- Complete the article submission; after completing all the information and uploading the files, click on the link to complete the article submission. Note that you can edit the information until the submission is fully completed.
- Check the latest status of the article; to check the latest status of your article, click on the author's personal page. If your article has been fully submitted, it will appear in the "Submitted/Final" section. If your article has been accepted and requires revision, it will appear in the "Revisable" section. Articles under revision can also be viewed in this section.
Note: It is mandatory to include the contact number and address of the corresponding author along with the other authors.
Necessary Files for Journal Article Submission
Commitment Form for Observing Publication Ethics and Transfer of Publication Rights
- Authors' Details File:
- This file should include the article title, names, and surnames of the authors in order of priority.
- The order of the authors' names depends on their contribution to the scientific work and is an agreement among the article's creators. If all contributors have equal involvement, their names can be listed alphabetically.
- Avoid using titles such as Dr., Professor, Engineer, etc.
- Include the authors' details and positions along with their email addresses in the footnote.
- Add the phrase "corresponding author" at the end of the relevant person's details and before their email address in the footnote.
- Repeat these details accurately on the next page of the same file in English (article title, names, and surnames of the authors in order of priority, details and academic rank, specifying the corresponding author, and email address in the footnote).
- Authors' Commitment Form:
- This commitment form is specifically prepared for this journal and must match the order of the authors' names and the corresponding author with their details in other sections.
- All authors must sign this commitment form.
- Conflict of Interest Form:
- The corresponding author must complete and sign the conflict of interest form.
- Uploading this form is mandatory during article submission.
- Original Article File:
- The original article file, which is uploaded in Word format and labeled as the original article.
- The original article file must not contain any names or addresses of the authors.
- The article should not be a translation.
- The original article file must be prepared and formatted according to the journal's guidelines.
- The article should include the title, Persian abstract, keywords, introduction, research background, theoretical framework, research method, research findings, discussion and conclusion, suggestions, references, and English abstract in order. Each of these sections will be explained in the next section.
Article Formatting Guide (Article Structure)
- Article Title:
- The article title should be a maximum of 15 words, precise, clear, short, and contain the main idea of the article.
- If the article is extracted from a thesis or research project, the title does not need to be exactly the same as the thesis or research project title.
- Authors:
- The method of entering their information has been previously explained. Please refer to the published articles on the website for examples.
- Abstract:
- The article abstract should be in a single paragraph of up to 250 words and include an introduction, research question or objective, research method, research findings, and conclusion.
- Most of the abstract should be dedicated to the research findings, but it is not necessary to include all findings; just enough to encourage the reader to read the full article.
- Keywords:
- The article's keywords should be 4 to 7 words that represent the main concepts of the research. The order of the keywords can be from general to specific or alphabetical.
Article Text Structure
- The first page of each article includes the title, abstract, and keywords.
- Introduction:
- The introduction content, based on the latest guidelines and international standards, includes preliminary explanations, problem statement, main objective, questions, or hypotheses.
- All these elements should be arranged so that the reader has a comprehensive overview of all the article's information after finishing this section.
- Research Background:
- This section first presents introductory information about the research topic, followed by a review of previous research.
- Then, a logical conclusion from the review of previous research is drawn, showing the existing research gaps.
- The best review method is analytical or analytical-critical, where previous research is grouped based on similarities in approach, regardless of the time and place of their conduct, and the researcher's perspective on them is presented.
- Theoretical Framework:
- This section briefly mentions the theories used by the researcher(s) in their article.
- The theories mentioned in this section should be analyzed, explained, and interpreted by the researcher based on the research findings in the results section.
- Research Method (Methodology):
- This section includes the research design, method or approach (with a detailed description of the general method and specific implementation), research population, data collection tools, and data analysis method.
- The researcher(s) should first explain the research method and design, whether quantitative or qualitative, so that the reader has a clear picture of what was done during the research. Therefore, providing detailed and clear explanations of the process leading to the research findings is essential.
- The researcher(s) should specify the target population so that the reader knows who the research is about and their characteristics. Then, the participants or subjects in the research should be identified, which essentially determines the research sample.
- In case of case studies, the method of selecting the sample and the type of subjects differ from other research samples.
- Next, the research tools (data collection tools) are introduced. If a known tool is used, a detailed explanation is not necessary, and only mentioning the test or research tool name with a brief explanation of its reliability and validity is sufficient.
- However, if the research tool is designed by the researcher(s), a complete explanation of how its reliability and validity were assessed should be provided. Then, the data analysis method should be described, and the statistical procedures performed should be mentioned.
- Research Findings:
- The analysis and presentation of collected data in quantitative, qualitative, or mixed formats, along with limited interpretation of the data, are done in this section.
- It is worth noting that using one of the tools such as charts, figures, and tables is sufficient to explain and present these data.
- If the research has questions, the answers should be clearly and unambiguously explained.
- If the research has hypotheses, the tests should be described in detail, and the accepted or rejected hypotheses should be
