Writers Guide
Essay writing guide
How to write an article
Considering the nature of specialized magazines of the association and their scientific degree, the emphasis of the content of this section is on the way of organizing and writing research articles. However, other types of articles can be accepted and published by the decision of the editorial board of each journal; Because in addition to research articles, it is possible to publish other types of articles such as review articles, theoretical articles, letters to the editor, etc. .
Obviously, all types of articles have common and different features. These features are generally related to their content and structure. In this section, although due to the importance of research articles compared to other articles, the content and structure of research articles are described, but the common features of other articles are also discussed. In most of the sources that describe and explain the types of articles, as in the approach of the present text, the emphasis is always on research articles. Before submitting an article to the association's journals, it is recommended to consider the following points in writing and editing the article:
General principles of submitting articles
1) The content of the article must be related to the subject of the journal;
2) The bulk of the articles in each issue of a journal is dedicated to research articles that are reports of a specific research;
3) The article has not been sent or published before to any domestic or foreign publication. It should be noted that the authors must refrain from sending the article to another quarterly magazine for four months after sending it to another quarterly magazine, and during this period, they should be aware of the status of the submitted article through the electronic system or the internal manager of the quarterly magazine.
4) Authors are required to send the documentation of their article such as: commitment form, conflict form, author profile file, original article file without authors profile.
- If the original article is submitted with the names of the authors of the article, it will be removed from the review process.
5) The main text of the article includes: introduction, research background, method, findings, discussion and conclusion, conflict of interest, gratitude and sources. Avoid using subtitles and if necessary, express them in a sentence. (Example: the research tool is as follows)
6) The main text of the article should not be more than 6000 words (the number of abstract words is considered separately).
7) Articles with more than 15% similarity will not be accepted.
8) The Latin translation of the Persian sources, according to the standard format of the Latin sources, should be given at the end of the sources, and then the source [In Persian] should be added.
9) All authors must have an ORCID code. To get the ORCID code, you can go to the Orchid website at https://orcid.org/ and after registering there, get your Orchid code for free. Click here to access the guide for receiving the orchid code.
Page spacing: Multiple 0.9.
Use styles for settings.
First paragraph after each heading without indentation
Subsequent paragraphs with 0.5 cm indentation
The numbers in the text should be in Persian script.
Use a comma (/) for decimals.
All titles should be 12 pt from the previous text and 0 pt from the next text.
The structure of the article
Each submitted (research) article must have this general structure: English abstract page (title, names and specifications of authors, abstract, keywords, responsible author's email - preferably organizational, how to cite the article), Farsi abstract page (title, names and specifications) Authors, abstract, keywords, responsible author's email, preferably an organization, extracting the article), main text (at the end of the main text, how to cite the Persian article and the copyright model followed by the publication are stated).
Title
The first page of every article is the title page. On the first page, the title of the article, the name of the author(s) and their organizational affiliation, abstract and keywords should be given. The title of the article should be accurate and as short and interesting as possible to make the reader interested in reading the article. It also shows the main idea of the article and briefly states the variables, the problem and the relationship between them. The number of words used in the title should be between 10 and 15 words (Hassanzadeh, 2012). The title should not be too short or too long. If the title is too short, it will confuse the reader and create ambiguity in him, and if the title is too long, it will cause the reader to ignore it.
It is desirable to avoid using extra words in the title of the article. For example, using words such as "studies about", other than meta-analysis, is not allowed. In the title of the words investigation and study, society and research sample are not written. It is recommended to include the dependent variable or variables as a function of the independent variable or variables. If the title of the article is extracted from the thesis or research project, it is not necessary for the title of the article to be completely similar to the title of the thesis or research project (Hassanzadeh, 2013); But it should be mentioned in the footer of the Persian abstract page as in the pattern below.
* The present article is taken from the doctoral dissertation / master thesis of the field of ................. Association... / the present article is taken from From the research project entitled "................................" with the support of the association/institute..... .......... Is.
Author/authors and affiliated organization/organizations
After the title, the name of the author(s) is written and their organizational affiliation is stated. The e-mail address of the responsible author (preferably an organization) should be mentioned in the form of footnotes so that the audience can contact them. If P