Spektrum Iran

Authors Guidelines for Manuscript Preparation 

Authors should submit their contributions electronically through the Journal website submission system to the Editorial Office:

Website: https://www.spektrumiran.com/

To submit an article to Spektrum Iran, all authors must first register on the journal’s website and create a username and password to set up a personal page. The submission process is carried out exclusively via the journal’s website and the author’s personal page. Articles submitted via email will not be considered.

Article Processing Charge (APC)

Publication of an article in the Iran Spektrum dose not requires Article Processing Charge

Submit The following files for review:

• Title Page
• Main Manuscript (Research Article/Case Report/Review Article) (With no author’s name)
• Signed Authorship Form
• Signed Conflict of Interest Form

Once your manuscript Accepted, add the following files:

• Extended Abstract (for Research Articles and Case Reports/ for Reveiw Articles)
• Signed copyright Form

Find all the forms and guidelines in this page: https://www.spektrumiran.com/page_2626.html?lang=en

Title Page

The title page should include:
- The name(s) of the author(s)
- A concise and informative title
- The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)
- The e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author. 

Manuscript Structure

Manuscript literature and tenses must be structured as: Title; Abstract; Keywords; Introduction; Materials and Methods; Results and Discussion; Conclusion; Author contributions; Acknowledgements; Conflict of Interest; Open Access statement and References. 

Title

Title of up to 17 words should not contain the name of locations, countries or cities of the research as well as abbreviations. Avoid complicated and technical expressions and do not use vague expressions.

Abstract

An abstract of 250 to 400 words in German and English. abstract content structures MUST be structured according to:  BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES; METHODS; FINDING and CONCLUSION.

Keywords

Provide 5 to 7 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes. Keywords should not repeat the words of the manuscript title or contain abbreviations and shall be written in alphabetical order as separated by semicolon. Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter through the text.

1. Introduction

The Introduction should state the purpose of the investigation and identify clearly the gap of knowledge that will be filled in the Literature review study. The introduction should have 2-3 paragraphs dependent on the type or category of information delivered, as well as the study's motivation and objectives.  Provide the relevant background information in the introduction chapter to place the author's contribution into context. Date and location of the research carried out throughout the study must be mentioned at the end of this section.  The introduction chapter do not include the following:

1. Other than outlining what was done and achieved in the final paragraph, do not describe methodology, outcomes, or conclusions.
2. A description of the data collection and analysis process.
3. In a nutshell, what was accomplished?
4. A thorough examination of the subject.
5. Cite your own work, work by colleagues, or work that supports your conclusions disproportionately, while omitting research that contradict your findings or work by competitors.

2. Materials and Methods

The Materials and Methods section should provide enough information to permit repetition of the experimental work. It should include clear descriptions and explanations of sampling procedures, experimental design, and essential sample characteristics and descriptive statistics, hypothesis tested, exact references to literature describing the tests used in the manuscript, number of data involved in statistical tests, etc.  For materials, include the exact technical specifications and quantities as well as source or methods of preparation. For methods, the most common presenting order is chorological. This part must be concise while still being informative. This section includes subheadings for each category, method, or procedure employed, as well as study regions, analysis, and so on. This part should be written in the past tense with passive voice and should not contain any study findings.

3. Results and Discussion

The Results and Discussion section should describe the outcome and interpretation of the study. Data should be presented as concisely as possible - if appropriate in the form of tables or figures, although very large tables should be avoided. The Discussion should be an interpretation of the results and their significance with reference to work by other authors. Please note that the policy of the Journal with respect to units and symbols is that of SI symbols.  Tables and figures should be used to present the research findings. Each collection of tables and statistics should be discussed in a separate paragraph, with the overall trends and data points of particular importance emphasised. 

The results and discussion should be included the following.

1. It should be brief but well-represented without being overly wordy.
2. To organise all of the data in a methodical way, use Tables and Figures: Tables are used to show exact values, while figures are used to depict patterns or the effect of a connection.
3. Without referring to the text, the reader should be able to understand the figures and tables.
4. Do not use both a Table and a Figure to display the same data.
5. Each table and figure must have a textual representation highlighting the major results. The result section should employ multiple tenses while delivering different information.
   i) Something accomplished throughout the course of the research, in the past tense
   ii) A present-tense element in the document itself.
6. It is frequently instructive to give a discussion of the interpretation's potential flaws.
7. Show how your findings and interpretations align with (or differ from) previously published work.
8. Discuss both theoretical and practical implications.
9. The various works in the literature that cover this topic and how this work contributes to the larger field of research are discussed at the end of the section.

Tables

Do not submit tables and graphs as photograph. Tables should be set within the text. Do not use internal horizontal and vertical rules. Tables should be set within the text and should have a clear and rational structure along with consecutive numerical order. All tables should be numbered (1, 2, 3, etc.). Give enough information in subtitles so that each table is understandable without reference to the text. For each table, please supply a table caption (title) explaining the components of the table. Identify any previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference at the end of the table caption. Tables should be with the captions placed above in limited numbers. Footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data) and included beneath the table body. 

Figures

Figures/ illustrations should be in high quality art work, within 200-300 dpi.  As similar to Tables, all Figures must be embedded into the text not as separate submitted into the manuscript dashboard. Ensure that figures are clear, labelled, and of a size that can be reproduced legibly in the journal. Following remarks should be applied to the figures:

- Each figure should have a concise caption describing accurately what the figure depicts. Include the captions in the text file of the manuscript, not in the figure file.

- Figure captions begin with the term Fig. Figures should be with the captions placed below in limited numbers.

- No punctuation is to be placed at the end of the caption. 

- Identify all elements found in the figure in the figure caption; and use boxes, circles, etc., as coordinate points in graphs.

- Identify previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference citation at the end of the figure caption.

4. Conclusion

The introduction to the work, followed by a concise description of the results found, and the discussion’s points are the most crucial element of the conclusion chapter.  The conclusion chapter further includes the research's uniqueness, limitations, and recommendations for future research. Finally, the authors should convey the highlight in its entirety, with no references to literature.  The concluding chapter should be at least half a page long, both scientifically and in terms of content.

5. Author contributions

All authors must accept public responsibility for the substance of the material submitted for publication, according to the SPIR. 

Use the following phrase for single authors: 

The study conceptualization and design, data collection, analysis and interpretation of results, and manuscript writing are all solely the responsibility of the author.

Use the following phrase if there are many authors:

The authors confirm the study conception and design: X. Author, Y. Author; data collection: Y. Author; analysis and interpretation of results: X. Author, Y. Author. Z. Author; draft manuscript preparation: Y. Author. Z. Author. The results were evaluated by all authors, and the final version of the manuscript was approved. 

6. Acknowledgements

Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds with official number, etc. should be placed as a compulsory section. The names of financing organisations should be written in full, and the statement should follow the funding institution's criteria.  Financial support affiliation of the study, if exists, must be mentioned in this section. Thereby, the Grant number of financial supports must be included. 

7. Conflict of Interest

Conflict of Interest is defined as a set of conditions in which professional judgment concerning a primary interest, such as the validity of research, may be influenced by a secondary interest, such as financial gain. A Conflict of Interest Disclosure is an agreement or notification from the authors that they have not been paid for the work, or if they have, stating the source of their payment. The purpose of Conflict of Interest Disclosure form is to provide readers of authors’ manuscript with information about authors’ interests that could influence how the authors receive the work. The author(s) should submit a conflict of interest disclosure form and is responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the submitted manuscript. Conflict of Interest Disclosure form can be signed by all authors  and  stating  that  the  submitted  manuscript  is  the  authors’ original  work,  has  not  received  prior publication and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, permission has been received to use any material in the manuscript much as tables, figures etc. or no permissions have necessary to publish the authors’ work.

Conflict of interest statement must be placed at the manuscript as below:

"The authors declare no potential conflict of interest regarding the publication of this work. In addition, the ethical issues including plagiarism, informed consent, misconduct, data fabrication and, or falsification, double publication and, or submission, and redundancy have been completely witnessed by the authors”.

8. Funding

The Journal of Spektrum Iran (SPIR) is committed to maintaining transparency in all aspects of the publication process, including the disclosure of financial support. Authors are required to clearly disclose all sources of funding for their research when submitting manuscripts.

Key points of the funding policy:

1. All funding sources must be fully disclosed, including the official name of the funding organization.
2. Authors should provide information on the role of funders in the design, execution, analysis, and reporting of the research.
3. Funding statements must comply with the requirements of the respective funding organizations.
4. Any potential conflicts of interest related to funding should also be declared.

9. References

All the references should be cited throughout the manuscript text as well as in the Reference section organized in accordance with the SPIR reference style. Groups of references should be listed first alphabetically, then chronologically. The number of references extracted from each journal should not exceed 3 to 5 citations, which is the average acceptable amount. It is substantially recommended to the authors to refer to recent references in last 10 years rather than old and out of date ones. Volume, issue and pages of the whole references must be specified according to the SPIR format.

Text

All citations in the text should refer to:

1. Single author: the author's name (without initials, unless there is ambiguity) and the year of publication; 
2. Two authors: both authors' names and the year of publication; 
3. Three or more authors: first author's name followed by "et al.," and the year of publication. Citations may be made directly (or parenthetically). Groups of references should be listed first alphabetically, then chronologically. Examples: "as demonstrated (Allan, 1996a, 1996b, 1999; Allan and Jones, 1995). Kramer et al. (2000) have recently shown ..."

List 

Referencies should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same Author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters "a", "b", "c", etc., placed after the year of publication. 

Journal article

Vasara, P., Pongpiriyakan, P., Nyman, T., Lehtinen, H., Aktüre, I.-N., & Laukkanen, O. (2019). Curing our addiction to fossil and nonbiodegradable plastics: Steps ahead. BioResources, 14(2), 2458–2459.

Book 

Smith, Z. (2009). Changing my mind: Occasional essays. Penguin Press.

Edited book

Goethe, J. W. (1999). West-östlicher Divan (M. Knaupp, Ed.). Stuttgart: Reclam.

Translated book

Sanson, N. (1967). Sanson's Travelogue: The State of the Shah's Country during the Reign of Shah Suleiman Safavi (T. Tafazzoli, Trans.). Tehran, Iran: Ibn Sina.

Book chapter 

Türker, M. (1963). L’importance et l‘origine de la métaphysique chez Al-Fārābī. In J. Wiesner (Ed.), Die Metaphysik im Mittelalter: Ihr Ur­sprung und ihre Bedeutung (Miscellanea Medievalia, Vol. 2, pp. 418–427). Walter de Gruyter.

Conference paper 

Brown, J., (2005). Evaluating surveys of transparent governance. In UNDESA, 6th. Global forum on reinventing government: towards participatory and transparent governance. Seoul, Republic of Korea 24-27 May. United Nations: New York. 

Dissertation 

Trent, J. W. (1975). Experimental acute renal failure (Ph.D. Dissertation). University of California. USA.

Website Content

University of Alabama. (2020). Coronavirus: Virtual student services. https://healthinfo.ua.edu/virtual-student-services/

Authorship

All contributing authors should qualify for authorship. The order of authorship should be a joint decision of the co-authors. Authorship credit should be based on substantial contribution to conception and design, execution, or analysis and interpretation of data. All authors should be involved in drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, must have read and approved the final version of the manuscript and approve of its submission to this journal. The authorship details are refereed to:

 https://www.gjesm.net/data/gjesm/news/forms/Authroship_Form.docx

Copyright

The SPIR is made available to the public under the open access policy. The accepted submissions are free to read, reuse, download, copy, distribute, and share as long as the author(s) of the manuscript are credited.  SPIR will ask all authors of the acceptance article to sign a Copyright Agreement Form for granting the necessary publishing rights once the manuscript has been accepted. The accepted manuscript is moved into production after the copyright agreement form from the relevant author of the manuscript is received. Because the author(s) publish their manuscript as open access, the author(s) retain(s) certain rights such as patents, trademarks, and designs. The conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License are incorporated into the author(s) contract, dictating what others can do with the author(s) manuscript after it is published. Furthermore, after being properly attributed, the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License allows for unrestricted use, distribution, modification, and reproduction in any medium.