Guide for Authors

Manuscripts intended for publication should be prepared according to the instruction and submitted electronically through the Journal website submission system: http://mag.shora-rc.ir/contacts?_action=loginForm

*The manuscript should be written in Farsi language. Authors need to format their submissions in line with journal's template (files of Authorship Form, Manuscript Text, Author Guarantee, Conflict of Interest) and upload them as Word files. Authors can download samples below:
Authorship Form
Author Guarantee      
Conflict of Interest
Journal’s Template

*Please note that names of authors should not appear on the submission in accordance with journal's template
*All publications in the QJPLK are in Farsi language. Authors whose first language is not Farsi should make sure their manuscript is written in good Farsi before submission. Those willing to submit their works in English language are required to contact us first: mag@shora-rc.ir .

Please ensure that the following items are present in your manuscript:

1) Authors’ name, surname, and personal information (should appear at the beginning of the paper)
-Corresponding author (when there are more than two authors)
-Academic rank, concentration, college, university, city, country
-Author’s (or authors’) address

2) Abstract (200 words) with the following subheadings: title, methodology, results, and keywords (5 to 8)

3) Introduction (should include research problem, research question, significance of the study, survey research method, and literature review)

4) Results section (should address the research question)

5) Sources and references:
-Holy Quran (Chapter, Verse). Example: Hadid: 25
-Farsi references: (last name of author, year of publication, volume, page number): Hosseini, 1376, V.2: 83
-English references (page, volume, year of publication, author’s last name): 71, vol2, 1998, Plantinga

6) In case you need to quote same sources, do not use ibid or op.cit and simply mention the sources again.

7) When references are made to more than one paper by the same author, published in the same year, refer them to as الف, ب, etc. along with the year of publications in brackets.

8) Additional explanations and the English equivalents of expressions or proper names should be placed at the end of the article. References here need to be made according to APA referencing style.

9) You need to provide a list of your sources at the end of the article in alphabetical order:
-First Persian and Arabic sources, then the Latin ones
-Book: Last name, name of author (date of publication), name of book, name of translator, place of publication, publisher, edition, volume.
-Articles published in magazines: Last name, name of author (year of publication), title of article, name of publication, issue number, volume number, pages of articles
-Articles published in encyclopedias: Last name, name of author (year of publication), title of article, name of publication, issue number, volume number, pages of articles

10) The English translation of the article’s title, abstract, keywords, name of author or authors

11) Format instructions of the manuscripts: Office 2007, BLotus12 (article), Times New Roman11 (bibliography), BLotus10 (References)  
12) Titles should be numerated

13) The article should not be less than 4,500 words or less than 7,500 words

14) Authors who submit a manuscript to The Journal, must ascertain that the manuscript has not been submitted or published elsewhere simultaneously both inside and outside Iran.

15) Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to sign the authorship form. This agreement deals with the transfer or license of the copyright to the Quarterly Journal of Public Law Knowledge and authors maintain significant rights to use and share their own published articles.