About the journal

Management and Sustainable Development Studies (MSDS)

• Publisher: Islamic Azad University of Zahedan
  
• Online ISSN: 2783-4395
• Date of First Publication: 2021
• Format: Online
• Frequency: Quarterly
• Journal Ranking: "A⁺" from Islamic Azad University
• Coverage: Management and Sustainable Development
• Type of Journal: Academic / Specialized
• Country: Iran
• Language: Persian (Including Extended English Abstracts, Bibliographies, and References) and English
  
• Indexed & Abstracted: Yes
• Types of articles: Analytical Article; Review Article; Original Article
• Editorial Board: Read the details of the journal's editorial board members here
• Peer-Review Policy: Double Blind Peer Review; at least three reviewers (Read Peer-Review Policy here and Read the guide for authors here)
• Initial review time: maximum 1 week
• Review Time: three to six months approximately (Read peer review process here)
• Article Processing Charges (APCs): There is a fee for authors inside Iran / no fee for authors outside Iran (Read more information here)
• Advance Access: Articles in Press are available
• Contact E-mail: msds.iauzah@gmail.com
• Type of License: CC- BY (Read the journal access license here)
• Type of Access: Open Access (OA) (Read the journal open access statement here)
• Strategy to deal with Plagiarism: Samimnoor Similarity System (Read the strategy of the journal here)
  
• Publication Ethics: Publication Based On the International Ethics Committee's Publication (COPE) (Read publication ethics here)
  
• Article Identifier: Dor & DOI
• Referencing Style: APA
  
• Revenue sources: receiving fees from authors of articles as well as organizational support by Islamic Azad University, Zahedan branch.
  
• Advertising: No advertising that has profit interests will be displayed on the magazine's website or the text of the published articles.
• Self-archiving policies for authors: Authors are permitted to post their work online in institutional/disciplinary repositories or on their own websites (read journal policy here). 
  
• Archiving by Journal: In-house Archiving & Iran's National Library
  

According to the evaluation of this journal in September 2023 by the evaluation system of Islamic Azad University publications, this journal was able to get an "A⁺" rating, and from now on, the articles published in this journal have 3 research points for PhD students and 1 research grade for MA students of Islamic Azad University.

Journal of Management and Sustainable Development Studies is indexed in the DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals.

The Quarterly Journal of Management and Sustainable Development Studies invites all researchers who are researching the subject of "Sustainable Development" as well as other topics related to "Management Science" to submit their scientific articles for publication in this journal.

Please read the authors' guide page, the journal's Aims and Scope, as well as the ethical principles before submitting a manuscript.

The Quarterly Journal of Management and Sustainable Development Studies, with respect to the rules of ethics in publications, is subject to the rules of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and follows the executive regulations of the Law on Prevention and Combating Fraud in Scientific Works.

Articles published in this journal are released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, which allows free use, distribution, and creation of derivatives, so long as the license is unchanged and clearly noted, and the original author is attributed. 

The Quarterly Journal of Management and Sustainable Development Studies is open access. 

Refereeing costs and publication of an article in the Journal of Management and Sustainable Development Studies

• According to the circular number 50260 dated 8/10/2024 of the Director General of Scientific Publications of Islamic Azad University, from the winter issue of 2024, the following refereeing and publication fees will be charged:
  
  The amount of five hundred thousand Tomans (five million Rials) will be charged when the editorial board deems the article suitable for submission to the referees.
  The amount of one million Tomans (ten million Rials) will be charged after the article is approved by the referees and before the article is published.
  

Note: Authors outside Iran will not be charged any fee for refereeing and publishing the article.

Please transfer the costs of refereeing and publication of articles to the account number 0115860821001 of non-tuition income of Islamic Azad University, Zahedan branch, at Saderat Bank.
SHABA Number: IR870190000000115860821001