Authors’ Guidelines

General Conditions

• All articles must be prepared and submitted in Persian.
• Only original research articles not previously published will be accepted.
• The journal reserves the right to accept, reject, or edit submissions. Final acceptance is at the discretion of the editorial board.
• Submit the manuscript in both WORD 2007 and PDF formats with a cover letter, through the journal’s online submission system.
• All review and follow-up processes are performed via the journal’s website.
• Submitted articles will not be returned.

Article Formatting

• Length: Minimum 7, maximum 14 pages (excluding the extended English abstract); maximum 6000 words.
• Persian font: B Mitra 12; English: Times New Roman 11
• Line spacing: 1 cm
• Margins: Top 3 cm, Bottom 2 cm, Left/Right 2.5 cm
• Single column, all headings bold.

Article Sections

1. Title Page:

   • Title (clear and precise)
   • Abstract (400 - 500 words): including statement of problem, research significance, main objective/question, methodology, main findings, and conclusion (no references)
   • 4–6 keywords

   (Title, abstract, and keywords each on a separate page)

2. Main Body:

   • Introduction: Presents the topic, problem statement, significance, objectives, and innovation
   • Research Questions or Hypotheses: One main and 2–3 sub-questions/hypotheses (qualitative: questions, quantitative: hypotheses recommended)
   • Literature Review: Review of previous related studies
   • Methodology: Includes quantitative or qualitative nature, type (fundamental/applied), data collection and analysis methods
   • Theoretical Framework: Related theories
   • Discussion and Findings: Analytical results
   • Conclusion: Final interpretation, results, answer to questions/hypotheses (no references)
   • Acknowledgements (optional)
   • Footnotes: Numbered and placed before the reference list
   • References: First in Persian, then English, only those cited in the text, alphabetically ordered

• Images: Minimum 300 dpi, images and tables numbered separately; table captions above, figure captions below; references cited below each.

• English Section: Contains title, author(s), extended abstract (~500 words), keywords—all in one page with Times New Roman 11.

In-Text Citation Style (Examples):

• One author: (Author, Year: Page)
• Two authors: (Author and Author, Year: Page)
• More than two authors: (Author et al., Year: Page)
• No year: (Author, n.d.: Page)
• No known author: (“Title,” Date: Page)
• Recurrent citations: (Ibid) or (Ibid: pp)
• Electronic resources: (Author, Year)

Persian Reference Style examples:

• Book: Surname, First name (Year). Book Title. Edition, Place: Publisher.
• Article: Surname, First name (Year). Article title. Journal Title, Volume(Issue), Page numbers.
• Thesis: Surname, First name (Year). “Thesis Title.” PhD dissertation/Master’s thesis. University, City.

Templates:

Main Article (Persian)

English Abstract

Letter to the Editor