Writers Guide
Dear author, before submitting the article, pay attention to the following points:
Get the ORCID code
Dear authors, please take action to receive the ORCID code (researcher ID) before submitting the article. Entering this code is mandatory at the time of registration and sending the article. Go to https://orcid.org/signin to get the code. Click here to get Orchid ID code.
Guide to entering the system and submitting articles
First, click on the magazine link.
Click on the registration option and fill out the relevant form carefully.
The items marked with an asterisk are required to be completed.
Enter your complete information, except username and password (Farsi and English).
Enter your e-mail address carefully, in this way he will communicate with you through this e-mail.
After completing and submitting the registration form, your username and password will be sent to your email address.
To continue, use the username and password entered, then change the password.
If you forget your password, enter your email address and a new password will be sent to your address.
Please change your password after logging in.
All correspondence should be addressed to the corresponding author (submitting the article).
The follow-up of all matters related to the stages and results of arbitration, corrections, acceptance and printing of the article is done only by the responsible author (link).
The quarterly office is exempted from responding to other co-authors of the article
It is necessary to record the details of all responsible authors and all collaborators on the authors' dedicated page.
Names of individuals are printed and published in the order in which they are submitted and cannot be changed in any way.
It is reminded that the order of the names of the authors and the responsible author must be the same in the program, the authors' profile file, and any application form.
Acknowledgment of the sponsor or credit provider of the research (if any) is required in the article; For example: This project was carried out with the support of the country's researchers and technologists under project number ............ in .........
Note: Download the article structure format file in Word format
Note: It should be noted that it is mandatory to include the contact number and address of the responsible author along with other authors.
Necessary files of the journal to complete the submission of the article
Conflict of interest form
Commitment form for compliance with publication ethics and assignment of publishing rights
This file should include the title of the article, first and last name of the author/s, in order of priority.
The order of placing the names of the authors depends on the extent of their cooperation in the production of the scientific work and is an agreement between the authors of the article. If the activity of all creators is the same, you can write their names in alphabetical order.
Avoid writing titles such as doctor, professor, engineer, etc.
Include the details and positions of the author/s along with their email address in the footnote;
adding the term responsible author, at the end of the profile of the person in question and before his email address in the footnote;
The exact repetition of these items, on the next page of the same file, in English (title of the article, first and last name of the author/s in order of priority, specifications and scientific rank, designation of the responsible author, in English and email address in the footnote).
Authors' commitment file
This letter of commitment has been specially prepared for this quarterly magazine, and the order of the authors' names in it, as well as the author in charge, should be in accordance with their specifications in the rest of the sections.
The signatures of all authors must be recorded in this pledge.
The corresponding author must complete and sign the conflict of interest form.
Uploading this form is required at the time of submitting the article.
The original file of the article, which is uploaded as Word with the tag of the original article.
The original file of the article must not contain any name and address of the author/s.
The article should not be translated.
The original file of the article should be prepared and edited based on the article editing guide and in the format of the publication.
The article should include the title of the article, Farsi abstract, keywords, introduction, research background, research theoretical foundations, research method, research findings, discussion and conclusion, suggestions, sources, English abstract. In the next section, explanations are provided about each of these sections.
Guide to writing an article (structure of articles)
The title of the article should be at most 15 words, precise, clear, short and contain the main idea of the article.
If the article is extracted from the thesis or research project, it is not necessary that the title of the article is completely similar to the title of the thesis or research project.
Previously, the method of entering the information is given, and please refer to the articles published on the site for examples.
The abstract of the article is in the form of a paragraph of maximum 250 words and includes the introduction of the abstract, purpose or research question, research method, research findings and conclusion.
Most of the volume of the abstract is related to the research findings, however, it is not necessary to include all the findings in the abstract; It is enough to encourage the reader to read.
The keywords of the article are 4 to 7 words that show the main concepts of the research. The order of keywords can be from general to detailed or in alphabetical order.
The structure of the text of the article
The content of the introduction, based on the latest guidelines and international standards, includes introductory explanations, statement of the problem, main goal, questions or hypotheses.
o It is necessary to put all these things together so that after finishing this section, the reader has a general picture of all the information of the article.
In this section, firstly, the preliminary materials regarding the research topic are stated, then the research backgrounds are reviewed.
Then a logical conclusion is made from the background review, and the existing research gaps are shown.
Obviously, the best review method is the analytical or analytical-critical method, in which the records are grouped based on similarities in approach, regardless of the time and place of their implementation, and the researcher's opinion is expressed about them.
In this section, the theories that the researchers have used in their article are briefly mentioned.
It should be mentioned that the theories mentioned in this section should be analyzed, explained and interpreted by the researcher in the research results section and based on the research findings.
Research method (research methodology)
This section includes the research design, method or approach (with a detailed description of the general method and the specific method of research implementation), the research community, data collection tools and data analysis methods.
In the first stage, the researcher should explain the research method and the research plan, either quantitative or qualitative, so that the reader can get a clear picture of what happened during the research. Obtaining research findings is essential.
The researcher/s should specify the desired society, so that the reader of the research knows, the subject of this research is about which people with different characteristics. Then it should specify the subjects or participants in the research, which actually determines the research sample.
In case studies, the method of selecting the sample and the type of subject is different from other research samples.
In the next step, the research tool (data collection) is introduced. If a well-known tool is used, there is no need for a detailed and complete explanation, and only mentioning the name of the test or the research tool, along with a brief explanation about its reliability and validity, is sufficient.
If the research tool is designed by the researcher, a complete explanation of how to evaluate reliability and validity should be mentioned. Then the method of data analysis should be described and the statistical steps performed should be mentioned.
The analysis and expression of the collected data in quantitative, qualitative or mixed formats, along with the limited interpretation of the data is done in this section.
It should be mentioned that to explain and express these data, it is enough to use one of the graph, figure and table tools.
In cases where the research has a question, the answer to the question should be explained clearly and unambiguously.
If there is a hypothesis in the research, the tests should be described in detail and the rejected or confirmed hypotheses should be specified.
*** Tables and charts:
** Tables and graphs must be presented clearly and correctly.
** Tables, diagrams must have numbers and titles.
** The titles of the tables should be written above them and the titles of charts, pictures and maps should be written below them.)
The main value of the article and the researcher's final understanding of the research are expressed in this section.
In general, in this section, the detailed interpretation of the data, the researcher's point of view regarding the findings, the comparison of the findings with previous researches and showing the position of the research among similar researches are expressed.
Also, the brief statement of the limitations that existed when conducting the research and the presentation of inferred suggestions/s is in the conclusion section.
Referencing style in the scientific publications of the Ministry of Ataf
In order to improve visibility and increase the accuracy of citation analysis of publications, especially their impact factor, the quality of references is very important. Therefore, it is necessary to adhere to a standard and uniform style in referencing in publications.