Paper Submission and Acceptance Criteria
The peer review is done in a Double Blind way.
- Papers are submitted anonymously and author information is sent in a separate file via the journal website.
- Initial review by expert.
- Submitted papers not meeting authorship requirements will be returned to the authors within a week.
- In the case that journal submission does not correspond with specified subject, the author will be contacted within a week.
- The Editor-in-Chief pre-screens submissions to check that they comply with journal scope and match with the article classifications used by the journal.
- File archive created in system.
- Appointment of reviewer by Editorial Board.
- Paper is archived by name in appropriate file.
- Electronic review form is posted on website.
- Review form and anonymous article are electronically sent to reviewer through the website. In certain cases, hard copy is sent to reviewer.
- Review file created online.
- Weekly meetings to reject submissions that are out of the journal scope or of lower enough quality to not merit review to the Editor-in-Chief.
- Recommendations made by reviewers to the Editor-in-Chief and Director in order to facilitate editorial process.
- Weekly reports to Editor-in-Chief for executive purposes.
- Reviewer comments are forwarded to the authors.
On Acceptance and Publication
- History and document article files created.
- Review record created.
- Certificate of approval to publish awarded to authors by Director.
- Certificate of judgment awarded to reviewers by Editor-in-Chief.
- Final review to make sure paper complies with instructions provided in the guide for authors.
- Paper sent back to authors to make appropriate changes before print.
- Receive revised paper.
- Sort paper.
- Initial page sorting.
- Technical editing.
- Type.
- Article layout.
- Copy and paste on Editor-in-Chief dashboard.
- Alphabetical categorization on dashboard.
- Managerial approval to submit to Editor-in-Chief.
- Review and reassessment by Editor-in-Chief.
- Suggestions and amendments by Editor-in-Chief.
- Paper re-sent to author to address shortcomings.
- Editorial dashboard reset with Farsi and English index.
- Translate abstract to English.
- Technical revisions.
- Pages re-checked.
- Layout and reset characters.
- Prepare final version in PDF format.
- Submit final version of paper to be reviewed by author via journal system.
- Receive final version through system.
- Review and edit PDF version of paper.
- Submit report to editor for preliminary proceedings.
- Permission granted by Editor-in-Chief and Director to publish article on website.
- Upload final version of file on journal website.
- Send electronic files to University Publication Department.
- Final print in series of 50.
- Prepare letters for the following local organizations and agencies:
- Dean of Faculty.
- Scientific Research Center.
- Faculty Library.
- Central Library.
- Directorate of Education.
- Directorate of Research.
- Cultural Affairs Department.