Authors Guide
A: The Method of Article Preparation
Articles submitted for publication in a journal must have scientific content, be the outcome of the author's ownself studies and research, and have not been previously published elsewhere.
In A4 sized Journal and In terms of quantity and appearance, the article should not exceed 25 A4 pages and the abstract should be typed in both Persian and English in a maximum range of 200 words which should be attached to the article.
The article should have a scientific structure (based on the structure of the Journal of Religious Thought).
References should be cited numerically at the end of the article as follows:
Book: Surname, Author Name, (Date), Title, Place of Publication: Publisher.
In the case of refering to the editor, translator and non-first edition:
Hajviri, Ali, (1999), Kashf al-Mahjoub, edited by Zhukovsky, Ch 6, Tehran: Tahouri Library.
Pepper, Margaret, (1996), Macmillan Dictionary of Religion, New York: Macmillan Press.
Article: Surname, Author Name, (Date), "Article Title", Journal Name, Volume , Issue, Pages.
Pepper, Margaret, (1996), Macmillan Dictionary of Religion, New York: Macmillan Press
In-text references should be cited by mentioning the author's last name, date, volume, page or pages. Example: (Ibn Sina, 1991AD, vol. 4, p. 86).
If the publication date of several works belongs to the same author, they should be distinguished from each other by letters.
Notes should be offered at the end of the article and before the references through mentioning the related number within the text.
Dear authors should keep in mind that in case of financial support from a specific organization, institution or a particular person, they must send a letter of appreciation and thanks to the sponsor attached to the article.
If the article is accepted, the text of appreciation should be included in the final writing of the article and as the first note.
(Dear authors should submit new articles with this instruction. Note that the in-text citation method of this quarterly has been the previous format until the end of 2019, and from 2020 onward articles with new writing format will be accepted ).
B. Review and Print of the Articles
Articles must be submitted through the website.
In order to accelerate the review of articles, it is necessary for the dear authors to send their e-mail address along with a separate written review request, name, surname, postal code and address, landline and mobile phone number.
Letter or file related to the result of Samim Noor Plagiarism Detector should also be attached to the article.
The responsible author must also attach the quarterly letter of commitment asseverating not to submit the article to other journals at the same time.
Any information about the identity of the authors should not be included in the original article and all its pages and If this type of information is entered, the article will be removed from review procedure.
The submitted articles will first be reviewed by the editorial board and in the case of appropriateness, will be sent to three qualified judges for final evaluation.
The editorial board is free to reject, accept and modify all received articles.
The author is totally responsible for the content of each article.
The right of publication is reserved for the journal after acceptance and any printing and reproduction of the journal is allowed only with the editor issued written permission .
In the case of need to modify the article, dear authors can specify the corrections in two ways: 1. Through a separate letter to the editor; 2. Having highlighted the cases in the body of article.
C. Cost of Review and Print
Hereby, We would like to inform you that since beginning of March 2018, this quarterly will receive 2,000,000 Rials for each received article to be judged and another 3,000,000 Rials for publication in the case of acceptance (it should be noted that if the article is rejected by the respect judges the initial amount of 2,000,000 Rials will not be returned to the author).
Note: The amount of (2,000,000 Rials) will be received after the initial approval of the article by dear editorial board and the specialized secretary.
Account number 5724042998 Tejarat Bank, Shiraz University branch, signatory of the account is Shiraz University with ID 13000000012.
Important Note: Dear authors should note that after submitting the article and determining the responsible author, the number of authors, academic position, e-mail, place of service, etc., any related changes will not be accepted. The consequences of mistakes in these parts will be on the part of the author himself.