Technical Guidelines for Manuscript Preparation
To qualify for inclusion in leading academic databases, authors must adhere to the following formatting and submission standards:
- All Persian and Latin names in the manuscript must be written in English. Additionally, all Persian-language references must be transliterated into Latin script, followed by “[Persian]” at the end of each citation.
- Foreign terms requiring clarification must be numbered sequentially (1, 2, …) and explained in footnotes at the bottom of the page.
- All submitted files must be named in English. File names in Persian are not accepted. The manuscript file should be saved as “article” with no author names in any filenames.
- Authors must submit only three files:
- The anonymized main article (without author names),
- A separate file with full author information,
- The signed commitment form.
- Maximum page limits:
- Quantitative research: 20 pages
- Qualitative research: 23 pages
- Mixed-method research: 25 pages
- Line spacing: Single (1.0 cm between lines)
- Document format: Word 2013 or later; margins set to 2.54 cm (1 inch) on all sides.
- Indentation: Each paragraph must begin with a 0.5 cm indent.
- Use half-spaces (non-breaking spaces) for compound words or similar expressions.
- Decimal numbers should use a forward slash (e.g., 12/5 instead of 12.5).
- Table titles must be clear and placed above the tables. If a table is adapted from another source, a citation must appear below it.
- Figures and charts must be submitted on separate pages and numbered independently from tables.
- Main headings should be centered and bolded using B Lotus 14-point font.
- Author names should appear centered beneath the title using B Lotus 12-point bold font.
- Section headings such as “Abstract” and “Introduction” must use B Lotus 14-point bold.
- The extended English abstract (800–1000 words) should use Times New Roman, 11-point font, and must include:
- Introduction
- Research Questions
- Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Keywords
Note: The extended English abstract must be professionally edited before submission. The journal takes no responsibility for English language revision.
- The Persian abstract should be written in B Lotus 12-point font with a maximum word count of:
- Quantitative: 200 words
- Qualitative: 250 words
- Mixed-method: 300 words
- Footnotes should be in B Lotus 10-point font.
- Tables and charts must follow APA style formatting and include proper source citations.
- Manuscripts must fully comply with the journal’s official template.
