Terms and conditions for manuscript submission
Researchers who want to publish their scientific articles in this journal must pay attention to the following details to speed up the review and publication process; otherwise, the article will not be reviewed and evaluated, and the paper will only be returned to the author for structural revisions.
- Articles submitted for review and publication must not have previously appeared in other domestic and international journals or been simultaneously submitted for review in different journals.
- Article submission is only possible through the journal's website, and the publication does not accept manuscripts submitted manually or via e-mail.
- The publication is free to reject, accept, and edit the article.
- The order of the authors' names is determined by the order in which the author's information has been entered on the journal website during the article's submission. The corresponding author must wholly and correctly input the names of all contributors on the publication site.
- Articles must be created with the article writing guidance, or they will be returned to the author and not considered in the review process.
- It is required to complete and submit the commitment form, conflict of interest form, and Cover Letter (see Journal Forms).
Author Instructions
Please send your scientific research article through the quarterly website to www.Behboodmodiriat.ir. Before registering, select the Authors Guide option and read its contents carefully.
Submissions should be by the guidelines provided. Failure to follow this guide will result in a failure to review the article.
- The article should be between 7000 and 9000 words.
2. Article abstracts should be compiled in Persian and English; their volume should be between 150 and 250 words. In the abstract, after a concise introduction, three critical points should be mentioned: "Research Problems and Objectives", "Research Method", and "Results and Findings".
3. Article keywords should be between 4 and 6 items.
4. The names and surnames of the authors should be listed separately on the first page, along with the academic rank. Specify the authors in English on the relevant page.
5. The structure of the articles in this journal is similar to the usual management articles. It comprises five sections (introduction, theoretical foundations and research background, methodology, findings, discussion and conclusion). It is emphasized that the quarterly emphasizes and suffices on a sufficient and accurate explanation of the research issue. Therefore, articles that can not reasonably present an advantageous research issue or can not have a useful discussion and conclusion will not be a priority for acceptance.
6. How to write a source: According to paragraph 7-1-13 of the regulations of scientific journals (notified by the Minister of Science) from spring 2017 onwards, the method of submitting articles to the Management Improvement Quarterly has changed and will be based on "in-text citation" (author name, year of publication).
7. Figures, graphs, tables, and mathematical relations must be typed (non-scanned and non-inverted), numbered separately and from beginning to end, and have titles. All expressions, terms, numbers and figures of shapes And the tables must be in Persian. Shapes that are made up of several separate components must also be grouped.
8. Avoid mentioning non-Persian words that have Persian equivalents. Also, English phrases and essential words should be included as subtitles.
9. If the article has a financial and spiritual sponsor, the author must include it in the article.
Important Notes:
1) In addition to mentioning the sources in the text of the manuscript (according to the journal's instructions), Persian sources must be translated into English for the final acceptance of the manuscript. After translating the sources into English, all the sources (including previous English sources and newly translated sources) should be uploaded in the system in the form of a "separate file" in alphabetical order. When submitting a new manuscript, this file must be uploaded in the "Add files" section along with other required files.
In the case of journal articles, you can use the English page of the publication in which the article was published to translate the source.
Insert the words [In Persian] at the end of each source. For example:
Mehregan M., 2012. Data Envelopment Analysis Quantitative Models in Organizational Performance Evaluation. Tehran: Ketab-e-daneshgahi [In Persian].
2) When registering a user account and entering the authors' details, be careful in completing the information and matching it with the uploaded files. Because when the article is published, information is recalled from this section.
