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    Ethical principles of article publication

    1- It is mandatory to complete the commitment letter of the quarterly magazine by all the authors of the article.
    2- The author and people active in the publication (director, editor-in-chief, members of the editorial board, specialized secretary, internal manager, editor and publisher) must accept the rules and ethical code of the publication and have reached an agreement on it.

    Publication and printing decisions

    3- The rules of copyright and adaptation of other literary works must be observed by the publication and the rights of individuals are reserved during publication.


    Fair decision making about essays

    4- Decisions about articles should be made at any stage regardless of the race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnicity, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.


    Confidentiality of information

    5- The personal information of the authors of the articles must be completely confidential for all the people who have access to it, such as the editor-in-chief, members of the editorial board, and the internal and executive director of the publication, and other active agents (other than the corresponding author) such as referees, consultants, editors, and trusted publishers. and be protected at all times.

    Respecting the interests of individuals

    6- The possibility of using the results of other people's research should be done with reference and express written permission from the author.


    Duties of referees

    1-Assisting in editorial decision-making

    The referees help the editor of the journal in the quality, content and scientific review of the articles, or help to improve the quality and content of the articles through the communication of the editorial members with the respected author.


    2- Speed of action

    After the initial review, the selected referees should immediately inform the editor of the publication about the result, which includes:

    The non-judgment of the article is due to the lack of time or...

    Arbitration is accompanied by delay due to busy time, lack of access to sufficient facilities, etc.


    3- Confidentiality of information

    All the information in the articles should be considered confidential for the referee and the referee should try to keep it.


    4- Arbitration by providing scientific and transparent documentation and arguments

    Judging of articles should be based on scientific documentation and sufficient reasoning, clearly and clearly stated, and these documents should be presented to publications and authors, and refrain from expressing taste, personal, racial, religious, etc. opinion in the judging of articles.


    5- Attention to the sources used in the article

    Paying attention to the sources used in the article is another duty of the referees. All the researches, subjects and quotations used in the article must be accompanied by full references in the bibliography.


    6- Non-judgment of articles with personal purposes

    The referees should not accept the articles in which the interests of certain individuals, institutions and companies are obtained or personal relationships are observed in it.

     


    Duties of authors

    1- Presentation of scientific and standard articles

    Authors of articles should prepare scientifically and coherently, according to the standards of publications. The method used in the article is done accurately and objectively and the data is reported correctly. Respect the rights of other people in the article through complete referencing. Refrain from expressing sensitive and unethical, taste and personal, racial and religious issues and fake and incorrect information and translation of other people's works without mentioning the title in the article.


    2- Providing raw data if needed

    If needed, the author is asked to present and introduce raw data, interviews or questionnaires and other tools used in the research. Public access to this information (compliant with the ALPSP-STM statement) helps to improve the work of articles.


    3- Originality of the presented article

    The articles presented by the authors should be the author's own work and any use of other people's research should be cited in the article.


    4- Failure to simultaneously publish an article or an accepted and printed article

    Simultaneous submission of an article to several publications or published or accepted articles to other publications is against the rules.


    5- Mention of proper referencing

    Referencing includes mentioning all the books, publications and websites and other researches of individuals in the bibliography.


    6-Mentioning the responsible person and colleagues in the article and being careful in the absence of unrelated names

    The person in charge of the article is the person who has made a major contribution in the preparation, preparation, design and implementation of the article, and other authors are also mentioned as collaborators in the article, and the main author of the article should be responsible for the existence of the names and information of all authors and The absence of names other than the authors of the article ensures that all the authors have read the article and agreed on its submission.


    7- Mention of financial support

    Authors should also introduce all the financial supporters of their article.


    8-Declaring the existence of fundamental errors in the articles

    Whenever the author notices any error or carelessness in his article, he informs the publication about it, takes action to correct it or withdraw the article.