Thank you for choosing to submit your paper to the Economic Modeling. Please take the time to read and follow the manuscript submission guidelines and to make sure that your paper is formatted according to Economic Modeling’s requirements. The authors are required to provide a Username/Password for the Economic Modeling. The authors should kindly note that manuscripts should be submitted through our online submission system. Please do not send your manuscripts by e-mail unless specifically requested. The receipt of the manuscript will be acknowledged by the journal’s e-mail. Failure to follow the manuscript preparation and submission guidelines will lead to delays in the processing of the manuscript.
Manuscripts are reviewed only if they
- are original
- are not under consideration by any other journals or publisher
- have not been previously published in whole or in part
- have not been previously accepted for publication
- Will not be submitted elsewhere until a decision is reached regarding their publication.
Completion of necessary forms. The author(s) must complete the following forms:
- Authors Profile File.
- The Main File of the Article. This is the original file of the article without names and any details of the authors. In no page should there be any description of the author(s) or any explanation such as "This article is derived from a dissertation or a research project and..." that would damage the preview process.
- Commitment of Compliance with Copyright Laws and Transfer
- Conflict of Interest Form
- If at any stage of the preview or even after the publication of the article, it is determined that the article includes plagiarism, or the copyright is not respected, or there is an obvious violation in the authors' profile, the publication will immediately remove the article from the website and follow up, legally. In addition, in order to cross check, this publication uses Hamtajo similarity system to monitor plagiarism. The maximum similarity of this journal is 20%.
- Initial payment 2 million Rials. Non-Iranian authors are free of mentioned charge.
The structure of submitted article should be as following
The title of article shouldn't be more than one line and if the article is based on a thesis or dissertation, this should be mentioned on footnote.
The acknowledgment of those who supported or supplied the validity of the research should be noted in the article.
Abstract
The purpose of the study, methodology, period of the time, the place of the study, conclusions and key findings shouldn't be more than 300 words in abstract.
In a separated line JEL classification should be noted in 5 codes.
Keywords should be written in other line (maximum 5 words).
Introduction is including the summary of the subject, Statement of the problem, the purpose of the study, questions, hypotheses, and the article's structure.
Literature Review
This part contains related views, conceptual models and previous studies (arranged in new to the past), innovation of the study in related to the previous articles.
Methodology
Statistics data and data collection resources, model specification contains the introduction of the variables, the relationship between variables, indexes measurement and model estimation.
Conclusion and suggestions
Key findings of the article about accepting or denying the hypotheses and suitable suggestions in related to the findings.
Citations and References
Journal follows the APA Style Reference Citations
All the references should be cited throughout the manuscript text as well as in the Reference section organized in accordance with the APA reference style. Groups of references should be listed in English language.
To format the reference list use the (APA) method, as follows:
Article with 1 author
Fukugawa, N. (2022). Effects of the quality of science on the initial public offering of university spinoffs: evidence from Japan. Scientometrics, 127(8), 4439-4455.
Article with 2 authors
Haunschild, R., & Bornmann, L. (2022). Relevance of document types in the scores’ calculation of a specific field-normalized indicator: Are the scores strongly dependent on or nearly independent of the document type handling?. Scientometrics, 127(8), 4419-4438.
Article with 3 authors
Vakkari, P., Chang, Y. W., & Järvelin, K. (2022). Largest contribution to LIS by external disciplines as measured by the characteristics of research articles. Scientometrics, 127(8), 4499-4522.
Article with more than 3 authors
Wheeler, J., Pham, N. M., Arlitsch, K., & Shanks, J. D. (2022). Impact factions: assessing the citation impact of different types of open access repositories. Scientometrics, 127(8), 4977-5003.
.Font style and size of the title page
Document size: A4 paper size
Article Title: Times New Roman 13 pt. for the English title and B Lotus 16 for Persian title, bold
Author name (s): Times New Roman 12 pt. for English words and B Lotus 12 for Persian words.
Affiliation and official email address: Times New Roman 9 pt. for English words and B Lotus 9 for Persian words.
Margins: With 1 line space, top 5cm, bottom 5cm, left 4.5 cm and right 4.5 cm in Word 2010 format.
Tables need to be as close to the main text as possible and curves, figures, diagrams, etc. to be clear and they should be written in 12 pages.
If accepted, the article should be prepared in the attached format.
Processing Fee
Initial payment: two million Rials.
After acceptance: ten million Rials.
Account number 0105584933000 (Card number 6037997599123180) in Bank Melli Iran.