1. Submissions
1.1 Registration
Kindly register on the system to submit your manuscript. Registration is out of charge and no administrative confirmation is required. By the completion of your registration form, you will receive a password on your email. Thus, log into your email account and find the password. Next you are required to register on the system.
1.2. Details of your manuscript and submission
Once you log into your account on the system, you will need to enter the “author” page, and subsequently “submit a new manuscript”. You are supposed to fill in the required fields concerning your paper. Please ensue that your manuscript follows the journal guideline and all relevant files of the manuscript are uploaded. Also
- ensure that you register using only one email address;
- provide the journal with two potential reviewers (including their full name, affiliation, areas of specialization, email address and phone number) for your submission. Do not include reviewers from your institution.
- acknowledge any source of funding, or entity for your research. This should be included in a concluding paragraph – “Acknowledgements” preceding the list of References. If you have carried out research work as a part of a project, you need to mention that in “Acknowledgements”.
- find The Conflict of Interest, The Declaration of Originality and Permissions, fill in the fields to “add documents” on the system. You may upload The Conflict of Interest as The Conflict of Interest, and The Declaration of Originality as Cover Letter. Submit the mentioned files together with your anonymous manuscript, authors’ biography (full name, affiliation, email address, and phone number), and your abstract in both English and Persian.
2. Institutional remarks
2.1. According to the regulations of the University of Isfahan the corresponding author of the article is required to be one of the respected faculty members of universities or research institutions.
2.2 the authors’ online form profile should be completely accurately and online. It is not possible to change the corresponding author, the order or the number of authors, their academic status, and biographies at any stage. Graduate students need to check their institutional regulations prior to any submission.
2.3 the following sequence of names is required for the PhD students who aim to submit their research work as a part of their dissertation:
- Student's name
- Supervisor(s) (corresponding author)
- Advisor (if any)
2.4 the article processing charge is 1000000 Rials. Upon the editorial acceptance of an article, the author(s) will be notified of the surcharge 3500000 Rials.
2.5 there is no possibility to revise data submitted to the journal after the manuscript submission, hence, the author(s) need to coordinate details prior to the final submission.
2.6 affiliations must appear in the following format: Department, Faculty, University (Institution), City, Country
2.7 the journal uses a plagiarism checker before the peer-review process.
2.8 Authors are required not to send their article to another publication until the status of the article hasn't been clarified in the journal. The author or authors will be dealt with as follows, depending on the case – if the ethical principles of publishing are violated, and any kind of scientific violation has occurred, such as simultaneous submission to other publications or copying an article:
- notifying the corresponding author of the article;
- banning the corresponding author from submitting articles to the journal for one year;
- informing scientific violations committed by the corresponding author of the article to the relevant organization.
2.9 All or part of the submitted article must not have been published in any other Journal. It should be announced if the article has already been presented at any scientific conference by mentioning the full details of the relevant conference.
2.10 The author is responsible for the accuracy of the article's contents.
3. Academic requirements of the article
The academic requirements must be met in order for the article to be accepted in the journal. The article must be an original and innovative, derived from the scientific research of the author or authors in which the appropriate research method has been employed, and authentic, original, and up-to-date references have been used.
All kinds of articles including original research, review articles, short articles, case-study, methodology articles, conceptual articles, applied articles, point of view articles, literature reviews, and book reviews are accepted in this journal.
4. Guidelines for writing articles
4.1 The overall structure of the article
4.1.1 The number of words
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- Original research, review articles, case-study, methodology articles, conceptual articles, applied articles, point of view articles, and literature reviews should be between 4000 and 8000 words on average.
- Short articles and book reviews are between 2000 and 3000 words.
4.1.2 Different parts of an article
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- Title of the article
- Names and surnames of the author or authors and their organizational affiliations and authors' e-mail addresses
- Abstract of the article
- Keywords: These terms include 3 to 6 of the most frequent key terms in the article, which are listed in order of importance.
The article structure
- Introduction: This section is about one page long and states the necessity of conducting the research, the research question or questions, and the research objectives.
- Literature Review: In this section, the author refers to the previously conducted studies in a descriptive-analytical manner (preferably arranged in a logical order in terms of the relationship with the article's subject). There is no need to mention literature reviews in review articles.
- Theoretical framework of the research: The theoretical foundations of the research are mentioned in this section to the extent that they would be useful in examining and analyzing the data.
- Discussion: this section shows the data analyzed using quantitative and qualitative methods.
- Conclusion: The findings and results of the research are presented accurately and clearly in this section.
- Acknowledgments: this section acknowledges supporting people and organizations if necessary, and those thesis or research projects are mentioned that are extracted from this research.
- Notes: Footnotes are mentioned at the end of the article before the references section if needed.
- Attachments: If there is an attachment, it is added at the end of the article.
- References: References are listed first according to the journal's APA method (by distinguishing Persian and non-Persian references; there is no need to separate articles from books), where the English translation of references follows. Kindly note:
- The titles of ancient Persian or Arabic books and articles should only be transliterated, without translating them into English.
- The latest works written in Persian which also follow the English titles should be mentioned in English in the references.
- The latest Persian or Arabic books that do not have English titles should only be transliterated into English without translating the title.
- Transliterate the journal titles except for journals which also bear an English title.
The Style
The APA style (6th edition) was used as a basis for citation within the text and the end of the text; the details of this style should be observed as follows:
1. Citation to a Book
A printed book by an author
Last name, first letter of first name. (publication year). Book title in italics. Place of publication: name of the publisher.
Example:
Lloyd Owen, D. A., (2018), Smart water technologies and techniques: Data capture and analysis for sustainable water management, New York: John Wiley & Sons.
(Author's last name, publication year, Page(s))
Example:
(Lloyd Owen, 2019, 2).
A printed book by more than two authors (two to five authors)
First author's last name, first author's first name; last name of the second author, first name of the second author; last name of the third author, first name of the third author; last name of the fourth author, first name of the fourth author; & last name of the fifth author, first name of the fifth author. (publication year). Book title. Place of Publication. Publisher.
Example:
Hosseini, A., Ja'fari, H., Izadi, G., Manani, H., & Makani, J. (1380). Publication Sociology. Tehran, Ghoo.
First Time: (Hosseini, Ja'fari, Izadi, Manani, Makani, 1380) Later Times:
Example:
(Hosseini, et al. 1380)
Note: If a book has six or more authors, we can use the term "et al." in the text, although the first and last names of all authors should be listed in the reference list, respectively.
An edited book
Last name, first letter of first name., (publication year), Book title in italics (Edition number), Place of publication, name of the publisher.
Example:
Moritsugu, J., Wong, F. Y., & Duffy, K. G. (2010). Community psychology (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn.
(Last Name, publication year).
Example:
(Moritsugu, Wong, & Duffy, 2010).
A Translated book
Last name, first letter of first name., (publication year), Book title in italics (First and last names of the translator), Place of publication, Publisher.
Example:
Kuhn, T., (1990), Sociology of scientific knowledge (translated by Hossein Gholami), Tehran, Andayesh
(Author's Last name, publication year)
Example:
(Kuhn, 1990)
2. Articles
Articles published in scientific journals:
Last name, first letter of first name., (publication year), Article title, Journal's title in italics, Volume number (issue number), first page-last page
Example:
Harrison, R. L., & Westwood, M. J. (2009). Preventing vicarious traumatization of mental health therapists: Identifying protective practices. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 46,203-219.
(Last name, first letter of first name., publication year)
Example:
(Harrison & Westwood, 2009)
Articles published on the Internet
Last name, first letter of first name., (publication year), Article title, Journal's title in italics, Volume number (issue number), first page-last page, Retrieved date (year, month, day), from ....
Example:
http://pubj.ricest.ac.ir/ojs/index.php/code13pp/article/view/100/108
Capurro, R. (2013). Go Glocal: Intercultural Comparison of Leadership Ethics. Infopreneurship Journal, 1 (1), pp. 1-9. Retrieved 2013, Dec. 25, from http://infopreneurship.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/GoGlocal-Intercultural-Comparison-of-Leadership-Ethics-InfoJour-11pp.1-91.pdf.
(Last name, publication year)
Example:
(Capurro, 2013).
3. Conference proceeding
Last name, first letter of first name., (publication year), The title of the conference proceeding in which the article is published [in italics], the subtitle of article published according to the title of the conference, venue (article's first page-last page), Place of publication, name of the publisher.
Example:
(Last name, publication year).
Example:
(Jamali, 2011).
3. Theses and treatises
Last name of the researcher/student, first letter of first name., (publication year), The title of the thesis or treatise in italics, thesis for Masters or doctorals, University, faculty, department.
Khosrojerdi, M., (2008), The role of personality and epistemological beliefs in the information-seeking behavior of undergraduate students at Tehran University, thesis for Masters, Tehran University, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Department of Knowledge and Information Science.
(Last name of the researcher, publication year).
Example:
(Khosrojerdi, M., 2008).
See a sample for transliterating the references
- Please submit the manuscript as follows:
- Use Microsoft Office Word 2013 software to write your article.
- Document margins: 3 cm (top and bottom) and 2.5 cm (left and right), and 1 cm space between the lines.
- Text: B Zar, 13 point; Times New Roman, 12 point.
- Articles should be left-alighted (if written in English) and right-aligned (if written in Persian).
- The main and sub-headings in the article should be ranked numerically in such a way that the main numbers are mentioned on the right, and sub-numbers are mentioned on the left (example: 1-1; 1-2; 1-3).
- Tables and figures should be numbered consecutively and centered on the text. A table is an ordered set of data, such as numbers, signs, abbreviations, names, abstracts, summaries, etc., arranged in an ordered fashion and usually related to each other. Tables are used to present quantitative data and show comparative trends. Shapes show tendencies and characteristics. They also highlight relationships between numbers and include maps, charts, photographs, and other images. Each table or figure should stand alone so that the reader can understand it without reading the text. Avoid using the words such as the "following table" or "following figure" when referring to a table or figure within an article, and only refer to the number of the table or figure within the article – g., Figure 1.
- The titles of the tables should be inserted above them, and the titles of the figures should be mentioned below them in Persian and English.
- The English equivalent of names and terms should be mentioned in the footnote only once.
- Use the automatic command of Word software (endnote) if you need to insert footnotes.
- Orthography and linguistic features of an article
- The article should be structurally solid in terms of writing, and the rhetorical principles of Persian and American English should be observed.
- The orthography of the article should be set based on the latest edition of "Persian orthography" (click here to download Persian orthography).
- The language should be polished.
- Punctuation marks (point, comma, colon, question mark, etc.) must also be typed in Persian when typing in Persian. Avoid changing the language input to English to type these signs.
- Only one space should be typed between words. Letters like "to" (the preposition) and "and" are also considered independent words in typing, and they must have a space before and after them.
- Punctuation marks such as periods, colons, commas, semicolons, question marks, exclamation marks, closed quotation marks, and closed parentheses must come immediately after words, and the space key must not be pressed before these marks.
- The punctuation marks like open quotation marks (") and open parenthesis (() are typed with one space after the previous word and are attached to the word after it.
- Half-spaces should be observed when typing words. Use Ctrl+Shift+2 or Ctrl + Space to insert a half-space in words like "three-dimensional" instead of one space between "three" and "dimensional". It is necessary, of course, that the combination of these two keys has already been defined for the half-space on your PC. To do this, proceed as follows: select the Symbol tab on the Insert menu. In the Special Characters, select No-Width Optional Break. After clicking on this option, click on the Shortcut Key. A new page will be opened for you. In the Press New Shortcut Key, press the Ctrl and Space keys simultaneously. Now you should press the Assign key and click on the Close key in this menu as well as the next open menu. Hereinafter, you can use the combination of Ctrl + Space keys for inserting half-spaces.
- Avoid inserting a blank space at the end of sentences.
- Define indentation at the beginning of the paragraphs. The first paragraph and titles do not need to be indented. the space key can't be used to do so. Go to the Home tab, select the paragraph option, and specify the amount of indentation in the special section by selecting the first line option (for example, 0.5 cm).
- Use the combination of Ctrl + Enter keys once instead of pressing multiple Enters if you are going to continue writing at the beginning of the next page.
- The beginning of the words should be capitalized in English when typing specific names such as the names of cities, countries, companies, and people and their addresses (such as Tehran instead of tehran).
- Use the combination of Shift + K and Shift + L keys to type "" symbols.
- Use Shift + I and Shift + O to type [] symbols.
