Scientometrics Research Journal

Guide for Authors

Guide for the authors of the Scientometrics Research Journal

(Bi-Quarterly of Shahed University)

Section 1: how to write and submit an article

The scientific journal of " Scientometrics Research" welcomes original and innovative research articles and reviews that are organized according to the structure of the journal authors' guide.
All or part of the submitted article has not been published in any other journal and if the manuscript has already been presented in scientific conferences, it should be announced by mentioning the full details of the relevant conference.
Do not send your manuscript to another publication until the acceptance response is received from the publication.
The official language of the magazine is Persian and the article should be written in fluent Persian.
Avoid using English words or terms that have a comprehensible Persian equivalent. In necessary cases, the Persian form of the word in the text and its English equivalent should be given in the footnote.
The received articles will be reviewed by the editor, the editorial board, and the reviewers and, if approved, will be published after revision (if necessary) and editing in turn.
It is required to attach a letter signed by the author(s) of the manuscript, stating their agreement to publish the article and not send the manuscript to other journals at the same time.
The journal is free to reject, accept, edit, summarize, and modify articles, and submitted articles will not be returned.
The order of insertion of articles is subject to the special rules of the journal and does not depend on the academic degree and qualities of its authors.
The author is responsible for the accuracy and precision of the contents of the article.
If the manuscript is not revised within the deadline given to the authors and is not resubmitted to the journal within the specified period, the journal can remove the article from the agenda. In such cases, it will not be possible to resubmit the article to the journal.
The submitted manuscript should be prepared in A4 paper dimensions with a single line spacing and 3 cm margins on each side in Microsoft Word 2003 or 2007 and the manuscript should not exceed 25 pages.
The main text from the introduction to the reference should be written in a justified column and the right alignment for Persian articles and the space between the lines is 1.15.
The text of the Persian article should be typed with B Lotus 12 and Times New Roman 11, and its titles should be written in Bold.
The font of the article (Persian and English) should be uniform.
The submitted article must have a title page (English and Persian), names of the author(s) in English and Persian, an extended English abstract, a non-extended Persian abstract, and keywords (English and Persian).
Tables and charts are numbered and used in the article in the order of their place in the text and they should be center justified.
The titles of the tables at the top, and the titles of charts at the bottom should be inserted in the center and the descriptions of the tables and charts should be written below them. It is also necessary to mention citations next to the titles of tables and charts.
There should be no line between the tables, only one horizontal line at the top of the table and one horizontal line at the bottom of the table.
In English tables, English numbers, and in Persian tables, Persian numbers should be written.
For the numbers of the figures, tables, and diagrams, use a dot instead of (/).
Symbols and subtitles are written at the bottom of each page and start with the number one on each page.
Do not number the titles in the article.
Appendices and notes should be presented at the end of the article and after the references.
The journal reserves the right to reject or accept articles.
The journal welcomes constructive suggestions and criticisms to improve the quality of article publishing.
Submitting an article is only possible through the journal site to the following address: http://rsci.shahed.ac.ir/ and after registering in it.
Visit the journal website to see the Codes of Ethics: Home - Journal Information - Ethical Principles of Article Publishing
In addition to the current format, the article should be prepared based on the coming format and uploaded to the system. The content of all submissions to the journal (including the early version, the regular no-comment version, and the regular version of the highlighted changes) exactly must be the same in terms of content and structure of the article [the upcoming format is available on the journal homepage].
Complete the Author Commitment Form.
Complete the Conflict-of-Interest Form.
The corresponding author can withdraw the article from review only up to one week after submitting the article to the journal. Once the article has entered the reviewing process, it is not possible to cancel. If the corresponding author wishes to withdraw the article after the specified time, after the approval and acceptance of the editor-in-chief, the corresponding author is obliged to pay the review costs. If the author refuses to pay certain fees, the journal, at its discretion, may publish the article without the author's re-permission respecting the copyright of its authors.
The Journal reserves the right to evaluate the observance of ethical standards and plagiarism. Furthermore, at any stage of the article evaluation process or even after its publication, the journal can blacklist the offending authors and discredit and revoke the articles.

Section 2: Sequence and Details of Headlines and Structure of the Article

Considering the need to observe the punctuation and the structure of journal articles, it is necessary to carefully examine the structure and headlines of the article both in terms of order and in terms of form and manner of writing; after making sure that the article matches all the mentioned cases, it can be submitted to the journal. The internal structure and keywords of the articles are as follows:

Title of the article in English
Names and affiliations in English, and authors' e-mail addresses [Only in the version with names]
Extended English Abstract of the article between 600 to 800 words, including sections: Purpose, Methodology, Findings, Conclusion, Keywords
Title of the article in Persian
Names and affiliations in Persian, and authors' e-mail addresses [Only in the version with names]
Non-extended Persian Abstract between 200 and 300 words, including sections: Purpose, Methodology, Findings, Conclusion, Keywords
Introduction and problem statement [ends with a general question that expresses the research problem]
Research Questions / Research Hypotheses [Questions / Hypotheses should be numbered]
Theoretical Framework
Research Background [Analytical background including domestic and foreign backgrounds and summary of the literature review should be under this heading]
Research Methodology
Research Findings
Answer to the first question of the research. ...
Test the first research hypothesis. ... [if available]
Discussion and conclusion
Research Executive Suggestions [as a list] [if available]
Suggestions for future research [as a list] [if available]
Acknowledgment and Funding: Acknowledgments to sponsors and individuals, including mentioning the point that the article is taken from a dissertation, thesis, or research project, etc., under the heading "Acknowledgment".
References [Alphabetical order]
Appendices [if available]

Section 3: How to Organize the article

On the first page of the article, the English title, and extended English abstract in 600 and 800 words, including (Purpose, Methodology, Findings, Conclusion, and Keywords) are written, and the names and organizational affiliations of the authors in English should be listed on a separate page.
The English and Persian titles of the article should be specific, short, and clear, containing the main variables and the time and place of the research, and should not include formulas and abbreviations.
The title, abstract, names, surnames, and organizational affiliations of the authors are inserted in Persian after the English information of the article.
The name and surname of the author(s) should be included in the footnote of the first page, respectively, the main author, the second author, and the rest, along with their academic rank, relevant organization, and ORCID code. The corresponding author (author responsible for correspondence) must be specified.
The address (postal address and postal code), telephone, fax, and e-mail of the corresponding author, and the date of submission of the article should be specified in the footnote of the first page.
The Persian abstract should be structured in a non-extended form, between 200 and 300 words with keywords, including (purpose, methodology, findings, conclusion, and keywords).
Introduction and problem statement: A brief description of the research topic or issue should be provided in this section. The research issue should be mentioned in the problem statement section. It is necessary to state the three issues of importance of the subject [with citation], the current state of progress made in this field [with citation], and finally, the issue and concern that forced the researcher to do this research [without citation and based on the author's analysis, creativity, and concern, drawing on previous content. The final issue of the research should be a general question.
Research Questions / Research Hypotheses: Research questions or hypotheses (or both) should be presented under their heading and after the problem statement.
Theoretical framework: A brief theoretical framework should be added after the research questions and before the research background, in which the relationship between the topic of the article and Scientometrics should be explained more clearly.
Research background: The research background, including domestic and foreign backgrounds and a summary of the background review, should be written analytically and presented under this title.
Research Methodology: related items should be mentioned in this section, such as type of research, research method, how to conduct research, description of materials and methods used, including sampling methods, statistical methods used, population and statistical sample, collection tools Data, validity, and reliability, how to analyze data and tools for analyzing findings. In this way, the content of the steps and the population that are related to the methodology should be presented under the heading of "Research Methodology" and after the background. In this section, the correct method used in the research and the way of analyzing information should also be mentioned in the methodology.
Analysis of the findings: The findings of the research and the expression of the findings should be completely scientific in a precise and clear manner in the form of descriptions, tables, and graphs. In the Analysis of Findings section, before presenting the analysis related to each question, it is necessary to present each question and then the tables, diagrams, and analyses related to the relevant question. Note that in the findings analysis section, each table or chart is given first, followed by a description of that table and chart.
Discussion and Conclusion: Discussion includes interpreting the presented results, the reason or reasons for the occurrence of such a phenomenon, comparing research findings with previous research, mentioning possible reasons for agreement or disagreement between the results, and providing limitations, and scientific and practical suggestions.
Research executive proposals: After concluding the research proposals, they should be listed under the independent heading "Research Executive Suggestion". Suggestions should be based on research and related to research findings.
Suggestions for future research: In this section, the researcher introduces suggestions for future research. These suggestions should list some of the research topics arising from this research to other researchers.
Acknowledgment and Funding: Acknowledgment and thanks to sponsoring people and organizations, including mentioning that this article is taken from a thesis, dissertation, or research project and so on, should be included under the title "Acknowledgment and Thanks" in the version with the authors’ names. If the research was not supported by any organization or was not derived from a thesis, dissertation, research plan, and so on and was carried out independently by the authors, it is necessary to mention and include in this section that “this article is the result of an independent research that was done by the authors and was not supported by any organization”.

Section 4: How to Organize the Reference

The reference list should be set in APA style and Mendeley Cite or Endnote should be used as much as possible. In this regard, the attention of the respected authors is drawn to the following:

The details of the in-text citation method and the way of inserting the reference list (such as the way of writing, italicization, punctuation, highlighting, etc.), must strictly comply with the APA style listed at https://apastyle.apa.org/.
It is necessary to be very careful in writing the reference list and to ensure that the bibliographic information of all in-text citations is included in the reference list.
To increase the accuracy and ease of work in APA citation, it is suggested to use Mendeley Cite open access software or Endnote software as much as possible.
If reference manager software is not used, it is suggested to extract the bibliographic information of Latin sources in APA format and text form directly from Google Scholar, and after adding the DOI to the end of the bibliographic information, it is transferred to the references list of the article. Then, if necessary, to be made the more corrections on it.
Since it is possible to automatically generate bibliographic information of articles in APA format on the website of most domestic journals, it is suggested to convert the bibliographic information of the article through the website of the journal to APA format and to be added to the references list. Then, if necessary, more corrections like adding DOI are made to the bibliographic information.
Alphabetical order has been observed in all sources. Also, ensure that all in-text citations are included in the reference list.
It is necessary to insert the correct DOI of the works at the end of their bibliographic information. If the source is old and there is no DOI for it, there is nothing wrong with not including the DOI.
If the source does not have a DOI but has a URL, the URL of the source should be inserted instead.

2. The list of Persian sources is prepared with a thin B Lotus font size 12 and English sources are prepared with a thin Times New Roman font size 11 and should be set as Hanging with a distance of one centimeter in the next line.

3. The sources should be arranged in alphabetical order, starting with the Persian language sources and then the English language sources, and should be listed at the end of the article.

4. In-text citations to external sources must be in English with the year of publication and follow the APA style.

5. In-text citations to Persian sources (either authored or translated works), in addition to following the APA style, must be in Persian along with the solar Hijri year of publication.

6. In the list of Persian sources section, the bibliographic information of Persian sources should be given in the Persian language. The English translation of all Persian sources by converting the solar Hijri year to the Gregorian year should be given in the list of English sources, and in addition, the phrase [In Persian] should be prominently inserted at the end of them. For example:

Persian source that should be included in the list of Persian sources. For example:
نوروزی چاکلی، ع. (1402). سخن سردبیر: جایگاه دانش‌آموختگان علم‌سنجی در تحقق سیاست‌ها و برنامه‌های نظام آموزش عالی. پژوهش‌نامه علم‌سنجی، 9(1)، (بهار و تابستان)، 1-2
https://doi.org/10.22070/rsci.2023.4142

The English translation of the Persian source, which must be inserted simultaneously in the list of English sources, and the phrase [In Persian] at the end of it. For example:
Noroozi Chakoli, A. (2023). Note from the Editor-in-Chief: A Review of the Professional Status of Scientometrics Graduates in Realizing the Policies and Programs of the Higher Education System. Scientometrics Research Journal, 9(1), (spring & summer), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.22070/rsci.2023.4142[In Persian]
In cases where the name of a foreign author is mentioned in the text in Persian, it is necessary to cite the English surname and the year of publication of the work in parentheses and in-text. For example:
گلنزل و همکاران (Glänzel et al., 2006) در پژوهش خود نشان دادند که ...
It should be mentioned that the complete bibliographic information of this work should be given in the APA style in the references section of the article. For example:

Glänzel, W., Debackere, K., Thijs, B., & Schubert, A. (2006). A concise review on the role of author self-citations in information science, bibliometrics and science policy. Scientometrics, 67(2), 263-277.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-006-0098-9

Section 5: How to cite and write sources in APA style

In general, the general structure of APA citation follows the following pattern:

Before preparing the article and submitting it to the journal, the authors must refer to the following URL and study the APA citation method, as well as benefit from the examples provided therein, to ensure the correctness and exact compliance of the in-text citations and the references list of their article with the APA method:

https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples

Section 5: Repository Policy

All authors are allowed to deposit a copy of different versions of their papers in an institutional or other repository of their choice without embargo. The authorized versions are:

-Submitted version

-Accepted version (Author Accepted Manuscript)

-Published version (Version of Record)

Note: An article that has not been prepared and compiled according to the journal authors' guidelines will be removed from the journal's scientific evaluation agenda.