Submission Guidelines

File Author's Commitment

Uploading the Manuscript and Submitting

Note:  According to the new policies of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, this quarterly receives Three million riyals for accepted articles and Three million riyals for preparing the article for publication (a Total of 6 Million Riyals). It should be noted that there is no fee for Reviewing articles.

The instruction to submit the article: The submission of an article should exclusively be done electronically via http://ipom.journals.pnu.ac.ir.

Important and necessary points

Avoid titles such as engineer, doctor, etc. at the beginning of your names,

The maximum number of authors for each article is 4,

The authors should provide their active email address and phone number; if they are not responsive to the calls or correspondence, the article will be rejected,

University email is required for all academic members.

The order of the authors' names in the system should exactly be the same as the order of their names mentioned in the authors' profiles.

The academic rank of the authors in the system should be exactly the same as their academic rank in the authors' profile.

Inserting the ‘acknowledgment’ part is necessary for all articles.

Note: From number 37,  the titles of the tables, graphs, and figures should be inserted bilingually in the articles.

Important point: Using ‘google translate’ for translating the abstracts is not acceptable and the keywords should be translated correctly.

The order of the authors' name and their information: The order and information of the authors at the time of publication should be based on the information provided on the journal website at the time of submission, and any change in the list of authors or their organizational affiliation after submitting the article is considered only after receiving the written request by all authors and mentioning the reasons. So, the authors are required to enter the names of all co-authors with correct organizational affiliation and full information in both Persian and English sections; otherwise, the journal will not be responsible for this issue.

The Conditions of Acceptance

• Submitted articles should be in the specialized field of the journal and have an educational or research aspect or be the result of the research of the author or authors.
• Articles taken from students' dissertations and theses are published under the name of the supervisor, advisors, and students with the approval of the supervisor under his/her responsibilities.
• In addition to being in the journal's specialized domain, the article or part of it should not have been reviewed or published in any journal in the country or abroad, or should not have been submitted to other journals at the same time. Papers presented and published in the form of abstracts in conferences, symposia, and internal or external seminars can be submitted in the form of a full paper.
• The official language of the journal is Persian (however, articles in English will also be reviewed).
• The journal is free to reject, accept, edit, summarize, or modify the accepted articles and is exempt from returning the reviewed articles.
• The responsibility for the accuracy and correctness of the contents of the article, regarding the scientific and legal point of view, and the responsibility for the opinions and comments given to the contents are on the shoulder of the corresponding author. The publication of the article does not mean the approval of all its contents.
• The original rejected or canceled articles will be removed from the journal's archives after six months and the journal will have no responsibility for it.
• The responsibility of each article in terms of science, order of names, and follow-up will be on the accountability of the author. The corresponding author must download the letter of commitment from the site and send it to the secretariat of the journal after the signatures of all authors.
• The number and order of the authors are accepted as specified in the initial edition and the time of submission, and the request to remove or change the order of the authors' names can be considered only before the final examination and with the written request of all authors.
• The articles are evaluated by the editorial board with the cooperation of the examiners’ committee and, if approved, are put in the turn of publication in accordance with the rules of journal. The editorial board and the examiners have full authority to reject, accept, and revise the articles, as well as to review any request of the author (s).
• The certificate of acceptance of the article is issued by the editor of the journal after the completion of examination, editing stages, and the final approval of the editorial board, and will be submitted to the corresponding author.
• After publication, a copy of the journal containing the given article will be sent to the corresponding author for all authors.

The guide for writing the article

Submitted articles must be sent in four files: (authors profile file with abstract, main article file without authors names, conflict of interest form file and authors commitment form file)

Article ID: In the article ID file, the following information should be inserted in both Persian and English:

- Full article title in Persian and English

- Name and surname of the author/authors in the rank of contribution in the article, academic rank, department, organization of employment or study (in Persian and English)

- Full address of the corresponding author in Persian and English (including mail address – phone number, mobile, fax, and e-mail)

• The name of the institution providing the financial expenses (if any)

The document type should follow the below structure:    Document type: Article    Document type: Review

The article structure and its elements (article sections)

• First page: The full title in Persian; the title of the article written in the middle of the first page should be short and concise, expressing the research topic, and should not exceed 20 words. Avoid inserting the name of the authors on the first page of the article.
• Persian abstract: this part contains a brief and comprehensive summary of research with emphasis on the problem statement, objectives, method, results, and conclusions. It should be organized in one paragraph with a minimum of 200 and a maximum of 250 words. This section should be concise and illustrate the research method and the most prominent research results without using undefined acronyms, tables, figures, and sources.
• Keywords: The author should state the key words related to the subject of the article at the end of the abstract. They should not be a repetition of the words used in the title of the article and should be between 4 to 6 words separated by commas. Three to seven keywords should be specified so that they can be used in the index.
• English Abstract and keywords: Full translation of Persian title, text, and keywords.
• Introduction: It should justify the purpose of the research by stating the problem, reviewing the previous research, research methodology, and clearly stating the innovation in the research, particularly.
• Research methodology: In this part, the research design, materials, and instruments used in the study, as well as the research method and statistical population should be completely clarified, and the details of the place, time, and method of testing along with data collection, research procedure, and statistical analysis are provided. Avoid detailed descriptions as much as possible and only present the principles by citing the sources. Describe in detail the innovative methods or special cases used for the first time.
• Findings: Use tables, diagrams, figures, and texts to illustrate the logical and systematic results of the qualitative and quantitative analysis. The results and discussion should be presented together in the form of text, table, figure, and diagram The results of the atrticle should be evaluated and discussed based on the scientific resources related to the research topic, and new scientific results and innovations in research should be presented carefully and with clear explanations. Numerical results must be presented in only one form (figure or table).
• Discussion and conclusion: In this section, the results ofstudy are investigated and discussed according to the purpose of the research and based on the findings of other studies.
• Suggestions
• Acknowledgements (optional): The acknowledgments should be as brief as possible. The Acknowledgements section should be a few sentences at the end, but it is important to recognize those people (organizations and individuals) who made a considerable impact on the research, provided significant help to the author to formulate and complete the experiment, and improved the research at any stage (from providing access to equipment or field sites to editing the manuscript). However, this is an optional section. 

How to submit an article

• Maximum number of pages of any article, including tables and charts, should not exceed 20 pages (6000 words)
• Main titles (B Zar font 12, large)
• A space should be considered before each main title
• Subheadings (Mitra B font 12, large)
• Do not put space before each subheading
• Main and sub-titles should not have any numbering
• For the first paragraph after the title, indentation is not required, but the following paragraphs should be indented 0.5 cm.
• The format of submitted articles should be in two columns on an A4 paper
• The size of each column is 7.12 cm, the space between the columns is 1.25 cm, and the space between the rows is 1 cm.
• The space between the text is 3.5 cm from the top, 2 cm from the bottom, 3 cm from the right, and 2.5 cm from the left.
• The Persian text should be written in B Mitra font 12, and the Latin texts should be written in Times New Roman font 11. B Badr font 12 is used for Arabic texts, with approximately 1 cm space between lines.
• The article should be written in Microsoft Word 2010 (or 2003-2007) version.
• The findings and statistical results should be illustrated in a scientific method. If the statistical calculations at the levels of 5% and 1% have led to a significant difference, they should be marked with one and two stars, respectively, and if the difference is not significant, mark it with ns.
• The punctuation rules must be considered carefully throughout the article. For example, it is not necessary to put a space before the period (.), Comma (,), and the question mark (?), but after them, it is necessary to insert one space.
• Use ‘CTRL + Shift + 2’ to apply a semi-space in the text. It is worth mentioning that your keyboard must be in Persian language mode.

Footnotes

For foreign words and letters, use approved Persian equivalents as much as possible. In the case of a foreign name in the first reference, the Latin equivalent should be subtitled at the bottom of the same page immediately. English footnote font is Times New Roman, 9, thin, and Persian footnote font is B Mitra 10, thin. In the footnote, put a dot after the number, then insert a space, and then the Persian or English equivalent. The numbering of footnotes, except for the first page (the subtitle of the authors' information in Persian and English should be the same) must be started from the beginning on each page throughout the article.

Tables, figures, graphs, and images

-The titles of all figures, graphs, and images in Persian and Latin should be inserted below it. To insert the title of each figure, after the word “Figure” and its number, put a dot and then write its title. The images must be taken in high resolution and JPG or DPI 300 in the article.

-The number of tables (s), figure (s), image (s), and diagram (s) should be provided by the order of presenting the results throughout the article, and their number be located after providing the relevant results in the text.

Each table consists of the number, title, captions, and text. Each table is separated by a horizontal line from the table number and title. The tabletop should be separated from the table text by a horizontal line and a horizontal line is drawn below the table text. Avoid inserting vertical lines inside the tables. The title of each table in both Persian and English should be inserted at the top of the table. To insert the title, put a dot after the word "table" and its number and then write it. Avoid sending tables and graphs in the form of images.

References
The citations of the references in the article texts is done in the parentheses based on APA style, which are mentioned in the reference section alphabetically. Only references used in the text should be provided in the list of references. the references should be documented and valid, and arranged in alphabetical order of the author's family letter (s) with a 0.5 cm indentation for the second and subsequent lines (Hanging). Citation to the sources in the text of the article is done by referring to the author (s) and the year of publication of the source. When several different works by an author are used, these articles should be numbered in the order of the year of publication (old to new). Abbreviations for journals should be listed based on their standard names in the ISSN, which is available via the following link.

The citation of the references

• For references with one or more authors: (author/authors’ surename, year, page)
• For references that have been quoted from others: (quoted from ...., year, page)
• For Internet resources (author’s surname or HTML file name, date or access date by day, month, year)

 How to insert the refences at the end of the article

 (Note: If the name of author, date of publication or publisher is not known, use the terms Bina Bita and Bija)

Book: The author / authors’ Surname, Name, (Year of publication), “Title of the book”. Place of publication: publisher, Editing or printing turn

 A book that has been published under the title of organizations or institutions: Name of organization or institution. (Year of publication). Title of the book. Place of publication: Author. Editing or printing turn.

 A chapter in a book or article from a collection of articles written by different people but compiled and

published by a specific institution or individual: Author / authors’ Name. (Year of publication). Title of the article. The name of the compiler (collector), the name of the collection, (number of pages in which the chapter of the book or article is appeared). Place of publication: Publisher.

A book that does not have a specific author: The title of the book. (Year of publication). Place of publication: Publisher. Editing or printing turn.

Translated book: The author / authors’ Surname, Name. (Year of translation). Title of the book. Name and surname of translator / translators. Place of publication: Publisher.

Thesis: The author’s Surname, Name. (Year). Thesis title, mentioning the source is a thesis. University.

Article: The author / authors’ Surname, Name, (year). Article title, name of the journal. Licensee, Volume/Issue and Number, number of pages in which the article appeared.

Newspaper articles: The author’s Surename, Name, (year, day, month), Article title; Name of Newspaper, page number.

Translated article: The author’s Surename, Name (year). Article title, (Translator’s name and surname with translator’s title), Name of the journal in which the translated article is published. Licensee, year, Issue or number, page number.

Sources that have been translated from Persian to Latin should be specified in the final reference section with the phrase (In Persian) at the end of the source.

Plagiarism

We accept all terms and conditions of COPE about plagiarism and in case, any attempt of plagiarism is brought to our attention accompanied with convincing evidence, we act based on flowcharts and workflows determined in COPE.