Guide for Authors

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Author Instructions

Introduction (BTitr 12 Bold)

The paragraph below the title should not be indented. The first line of the second paragraph should be indented by half a centimeter.

Numerical or bullet lists (empty balls) are indented half a centimeter before the text, and the second line is also indented.

To type a semispace, use the keys (CTRL+Shift+2) in Persian keyboard mode or define a standard semispace (Shift+Space) from the symbol menu.

The main text of the article should be prepared in single column with a 13-point BMitra font, and a 11-point Times New Roman English font, with a single spacing. The title of all sections should be typed with BTitr font and size 12 points, and the titles of subsections should be typed with a 11-point BTitr font. The title of each section or subsection should be typed with a blank line from the end of the text of the previous section.

(Please install the provided fonts first before starting.)

The order of the article titles should include these titles:

Introduction,

Research background,

Research Methodology

Research Findings

Discussion

Conclusion and Recommendations

Acknowledgement

Conflict of Interest

References (BTitr 11 Bold)

Note:

1. In the introduction, research question, goals and necessities of the research must be elaborated (in the introduction, it should be stated what question is answered in this study and why it is being conducted).
2. In the background section, the following main subsections should be described: Theoretical background (existing theories, views and approaches about the subject), empirical background (previous research and their methods on the problem, conceptual model (if the research is quantitative and has a model).
3. Avoid including items such as appendices, annexes, and questionnaires when compiling the article. The objectives, questions and hypotheses of the research should be explained at the end of the issue statement.

Maximum number of article pages

The number of pages of the article (including all parts of the article: English and Persian abstracts, references, etc.) should not exceed 20 pages in the same format when prepared in adherence to the editing guidelines.

Foreign words in Persian text

For foreign words and names, as far as possible, use Persian equivalents. In the case of essential and uncommon foreign names or non-Persian equivalents, the Latin equivalent must be written as a subtitle at the bottom of the same page (only in the first reference and immediately after the word).

Footnote

If it is necessary to insert subtitles, all Persian items are written in right-align with 10-point BMitra font[1] and Latin subtitles are written in left-align 9-point Times New Roman font[2]. In the footnote, a dot is inserted after the number, then a space and finally the Persian or English equivalent is typed.

 Introduction of signs and variables in the text

Any type of variable or symbol used in the body of the article should be introduced in the first reference of the article itself.

Figures

Each figure, including a diagram, chart, map, etc., must have a number and explanation. None of these items has a separate number, but they are typed centered numbered from 1 with 10-point BMitra font.

Charts can be in color or black and white. Diagrams and figures should be included in the text and where they are referred to.

It is mandatory to express the unit of quantities in the diagrams. All diagrams must be referenced in the text of the article.

In the preparation of the diagrams, it should be noted that the size of the numbers, words, quantities and the guide of the curves (Legend) should be large enough so that they are completely clear and legible after being inserted in the article. If the diagram inside the article is in the form of an image (software output), it must be fully clear. It is better to put the main file of the diagrams in the text of the article. Before and after each diagram, there is a distance as one line from the preceding and following paragraph.

It should be noted that the diagrams themselves, like the tables, should be placed in the centered position of the fold compared to the two sides of the paper.

Each table must have a number and a title (explanation) which is typed centered with 10-point BMitra font and numbered in order from 1. Tables should be inserted within the text and after the place where they are mentioned. The titles of the columns should be centered (BMitra 10 points) and all the texts inside the table must be typed, in the right –aligned or centered depending on the amount of text in the table. The text is 10-point thin BMitra if in Persian, and is left-aligned 9-point Times New Roman if in English.

All the numbers in the tables must be typed in Persian and centered. It is mandatory to state the unit of quantities in the table. Each table should be placed with a blank line from the text before and after, and if the tables are taken from a reference, it should be referred to in the APA method at the end of the table title (this method is explained below).

Table 1 is prepared according to the above guidelines. In this table, the types and sizes of the font required for compiling Persian articles are summarized (note that the table itself must be centered in relation to the two sides of the paper).

Table 1. Summary of type and size of fonts required for editing Persian articles

Title

Size

font style

Size

The title of the sections

B Titr

14

Bold

first name and last name

B Mitra

11

Bold

Organizational address of the authors

B Mitra

10

thin

E-mail address of the authors

Times New Roman

8

Thin, blue

The title of the sections

B Titr

12

Bold

The title of the sub-sections

B Titr

11

Bold

Abstract text

B Mitra

11

thin

Keyword

B Mitra

9

bold italics

main text

B Mitra

13

thin

Persian subtitle

B Mitra

10

thin

Latin subtitles

Times New Roman

9

thin

 Title of tables and graphs

B Mitra

10

Bold

Titles of the columns of the tables

B Mitra

10

Bold

Persian texts inside the tables

B Mitra

10

thin

Latin texts inside the tables

Times New Roman

8

thin

Persian references

B Mitra

12

thin

Latin references

Times New Roman

11

thin

Table 2 is also prepared according to the above guidelines. It is reminded that the tables should be placed in the first possible place after the first indication in the text, while inside the tables, Persian numbers and titles should be used, and if punctuation is used, using slash instead of decimal points must be avoided. For example, for number 0.5, first write number 5, type the comma, and then write the number zero (0.5).

Formulas

To display equations and mathematical formulas, use the two column table with invisible lines according to the example below. In the right column of this table, write the number of the equation and in the left column, write the equation (using Microsoft Equation in writing the formulas is mandatory). If the formulas are prepared in the 2007 Word environment, the submitted file must be saved with the *.docx extension to prevent the formulas from being converted into photos. All equations should be numbered from 1 and the number of each equation is separated by parentheses. Links should be 11-point Times New Roman.

Subject literature and research background should be examined in the following two areas:

1) Internal studies

2) Foreign studies

Figures

The title of the figure or the so-called description of the figure should not be inside the figure and should be inserted outside it so that the font of the journal can be written on it. The source of the figure must be specified (either research findings, research calculations or the sources obtained by mentioning the year and inserting it in the references list).

Conclusion

The summary and conclusion section is mandatory after the main text of the article. If you have suggestions, you can put them at the end of the conclusion. It is better to separate the conclusion from the discussion.

References

The citation method of the American Psychological Association (APA 7) should be used for referencing. You can use WORD, Mendeley or EndNote software to increase productivity and convenience in this work.

In the list of English sources, all Persian references must be translated into English and written in 11-point Times New Roman font. The books’ and the journal’s titles must be italicized.

Important tips on managing references

1. In Table 3, the method of citing books and articles is stated. In case of using other sources of information such as thesis, research report, statistics of governmental organizations, unpublished pamphlets, websites, audio and video files, etc., APA style should be used. All the things that can be seen in table 3 for example (the journal number in parentheses, the journal’s, thesis’ or book’s title in italics, etc.) must be observed.
2. References must be written in full (not abbreviated). In the case of journals, all features must be written in this order: the name of the journal both in Persian and English (italicized), issue (journal number in parentheses), the beginning and end pages of the article with a hyphen between (Table 3).
3. Books, both Persian and English, must be written according to the publication and place of publication (Table 3).

Curwen, B., Palmer, S., & Ruddell, P. (2000). Brief cognitive behavior therapy (Brief Therapies Series). London: Sage. Article or chapter in an edited book Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year). Title of chapter or entry. In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pp. xxx-xxx). Location: Publisher.

4. The university and city should be mentioned for the doctoral theses or dissertations.

Murray, B. P. (2008). Prior knowledge, two teaching approaches for metacognition: Main idea and summarization strategies in reading (Doctoral dissertation, Fordham University, New York). Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses. (AAT 3302116)

5. In citing seminars, conferences, etc., writing the exact date and location is mandatory.

Liu, C., Wu, D., Fan, J., & Nauta, M. M. (2008, November). Does job complexity predict job strains? Paper presented at the 8th Biannual Conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, Valencia, Spain.

6. Use new sources, especially those published in the last decade.

Important tips on managing Persian references

Do not use the words “others” and “colleagues” for in-text citation and write all the authors’ and researchers’ names unless there are 3 or more people.

Persian references should also be written in Persian on the references list (Last name of the first author, first letter of the same author’s name, and family name of the second author, first letter of the same author’s name. (Year of publication). Title of the article. Kournal title, issue (number), the beginning page-the ending page.

Example : Taqwa, Muhammad; Mansouri, Ali; Faizi, Karim and Akhgar, Spring (2015). Detecting fraud in bank card transactions using parallel processing of anomalies in big data. Information Technology Management, 8(3), 477-498.

Important points about the list of English references

At the end of the text, in the “References” section, in addition to English sources, Persian sources should also be translated into English.

To translate Persian sources, please refer to the original source. The Google translate program does not give a proper answer.

At the end of references that are Persian and have been translated into English,  the phrase “In Persian” must be added in parenthesis.

References should be arranged in alphabetical order.

Referral Tips

1) If two or more different authors have two or more references and the  publication year of their work is the same, arrange entries in alphabetical order by the surname of the first author followed by the initials of the author’s given name(s) (Babaei, B., 2007), (Babaei, M., 2007).

2) If two or more works of the same author are referred to and the publication date of all of them is the same, they should be distinguished by alphabetical letters: (Abadi, 2006a), (Abadi, 2006b).

3) It is not necessary to repeat the author’s name in parentheses, whenever it appears in the text:

According to Diani (2006), it should be...

4) If the same previous source is referred immediately and after a maximum of three pages, “ibid” is used instead of the author’s name. If the source is the same but the page number is different, the page number is written after “ibid”.

5) If an article is referred to two or more references, each is separated from the other with a semicolon: (Diani, 1998; Hosni, 1999; Rasouli, 1999).

6) The order of the references list should be arranged in alphabetical order of the authors’ surnames.

If an author has a work and after that, they wrote another work with one or more collaborators, first the work of one author (if there were two or more works, based on the year of publication, and if the year of publications are the same, based on the alphabetical letters of the title), after that, the other works are written according to the alphabetical order of the second and third authors surnames.

On the references list, Persian sources are written first, then Arabic sources and then Latin sources.

In authored works, Persian references must be written in Persian and English references must be written in the same original language; but in translated works, method of referencing in the original book should be maintained. Meanwhile, bibliographic information is not translated; unless it is used in the text and in the sentence:

Abrams (2009) In the Dictionary of Literary Terms, in the definition of metaphor, says:

1) Abrams

2) A Glossary of Literary Terms

In the references list and also in the text, the name of the book is italicized.

On the Latin references list, and should not be used between the authors’ names and “&” should be written instead.

English Title of the Article with English Font (14-point Times New Roman) Bold & Italic, a line distance (Times New Roman 11)

English abstract

The English abstract should be written in an extended form by extending the Persian abstract (Complying with all the Persian abstract writing instructions is also mandatory in this section), and should be written in Times New Roman font. The number of abstract words ought to fall within the range of 450 words minimum to 750 words maximum. Also, the English abstract should be structured and include the research goals, research methods, the results and conclusions of research. It is reminded that all these sections are written in separate paragraphs.

Keywords: The number of Persian keywords and the exact translation of the same words, with the difference that the order is based on English alphabetical order (9-point bold Times New Roman, hanging by 2 cm).

Some important editorial tips

1. Numbers and dots should be used for numbering; like the numbering of this part.
2. There is no need for a space before dots, commas, semicolons, colons, question marks, exclamation marks, etc.; but there should be a space after these marks.
3. When using parentheses, use a space before the opening parenthesis and after the closing parenthesis, the word inside the parenthesis will stick to the parenthesis without a space.
4. To write Persian compound words use a semi-space. To insert a semi-space in the WORD software, press ctrl, shift, & 2 at the same time.
5. Instead of using the sign (%) in the text, use the word percent, such as 25 percent.

Important tips to consider

1. Avoid using titles such as scientific rank (professor, associate professor, student), engineer, doctor, etc., next to the names.
2. Articles sent by students and professors of universities and research institutions should be sent with their organizational or academic email and their Orchid ID.
3. It is mandatory to include the phone number and email address of all the authors (the phone number and email address should be on call); if they are not available and do not respond to calls and correspondence, the article will be rejected.
4. The order of inserting the authors’ names into the website must be exactly based on the order of the authors’ names in the authors’ profile file.
5. The academic rank of the authors in the website must be exactly based on the academic rank of the authors in the authors’ profile file.
6. An article with a single author is accepted if it is derived from a research project. Therefore, it is necessary for the author to send the project approval form through the website.
7. Before sending the article, the corresponding author should compare it with one of the appropriate software, so that it does not show more than two percent similarity with another sources.
8. Authors can propose five referees who are not co-authors and who do not have joint articles with the authors in the previous five years. Finally, the referees will be selected by the editorial board of the journal.

Example of references section

References

 Surname, name (year). Title. Italic magazine title, issue(number), page.

Rezaei, Ahmad and Mohammadi, Ali (1400). Title. International Political Economy, 5(1), 10-20.

 Shahabi, Shahreh; Shahbazi, Razia and Mohammadi, Mahnaz (1400). Title. Economic Research, 9 (1),

Other tips

Fluency and following the guides is assessed in reviewing process.

Latin equivalent of important names and concepts must be written on the footnotes of each page.

The publication of the article in this journal is subject to the approval of the referees, and the journal is free to edit the contents.

If the article is submitted to any other journal, the publication procedure will be stopped in this journal.

The name and surname along with the authors’ affiliations must be included in the authors’ details file in both Persian and Latin languages.

The author(s) are responsible for content of the article.

Note: If your article has a funder or provider of research credit, it is mandatory to mention its information as thanks and appreciation on the first page. Also, if the article is taken from a research project or thesis or dissertation, it should be mentioned in Persian and English in the footnote and also it must be included in the authors’ file.