Author's Guide
Subjects of the articles
Two basic points for writing articles:
For more information on the subjects, refer to this page. (https://www.farhangekhorasan.ir/journal/aim_scope)
Guide to sending essential files of the article
Generality in writing an article (writing and referencing methods)
Writing an article
Each research paper has this general structure:
Each of these sections will be explained separately.
Title
The first page of every article is the title page. On the first page, the title of the article, the name of the author(s) and affiliated organization(s), abstract and keywords should be given. The title of the article should be accurate, and as short and interesting as possible to make the reader interested in reading the article. It also shows the idea of the article, and briefly the variables, the problem and their relationship. The number of words used in the title should be 10-15 words. The title should not be too short or too long. If the title is too short, it will confuse the reader and cause ambiguity, and if the title is too long, it will cause the reader not to pay attention to it. It is better to avoid using irrelevant words in the title of the article. For example, using words such as "studies about", other than meta-analysis, is not allowed. It is recommended to include the variable or dependent variables as a function of the independent variable or variables in the title. If the title of the article is extracted from the thesis or research project, it is not necessary that the title of the article is completely similar to the title of the thesis or research project.
Author(s) and affiliated organization(s)
After the title, the name of the author(s) is written and affiliated organization(s) (department, faculty and university) is stated. It is better to include the e-mail address of the author(s) in the footnotes (especially for the interface) so that the audience can contact them. If the author is not affiliated with a specific organization, his academic degree (graduate or student) should be included.
The order of writing the names of the author(s) depends on their cooperation and is an agreement between the author(s) of the article. If the activity of all author(s) is the same, their names can be written in alphabetical order. Writing titles like doctor, professor, engineer, etc. should be avoided.
Abstract
The Persian abstract of the article should include 250-300 words based on the conventional principles of abstract writing. The English abstract should include 250-300 words. Persian abstract, which is a brief and comprehensive description of the content of the article with an emphasis on the problem, objectives, methods, statistical population and conclusion. This section of the article should be brief and describe the method and the results not using undefined abbreviations, tables, figures and references.
Introduction
The content of the introduction based on the latest guidelines and international standards includes introductory explanations, problem statement, main objective, questions or hypotheses, and literature review. All these items should be put together like pieces of a puzzle so that after finishing this section, the reader will have a general image of all the information used in this article.
Literature review
If it is necessary to review literature in a separate section, and it is not considered appropriate to review the literature in the introduction due to its brevity, it is possible to review the literature in an independent section after the introduction. First, the introduction about the research topic is stated, and then the research literature is reviewed. A logical conclusion is then drawn from the literature review, and the existing research gap(s) are indicated. Obviously, the best review method is the analytical or analytical-critical method, in which the records are grouped based on similarities in terms of the approach, regardless of the time and place of the implementation, and the opinion and viewpoint of the researcher(s) are expressed.
Methodology
This section includes the research design, method or approach (with a detailed description of the general method and the specific method of conducting the research), the research population, the data collection tool, and the data analysis method. First, the researcher should explain the research method and design so that the reader can get a clear image of what happened in the research. Therefore, it is necessary to provide detailed and clear explanations of the process, such as the method of applying the independent variable, defining the variables, sampling method, assigning people to the experimental and control groups, how to record the reaction of the samples to the independent variable, how to record and measure the dependent variable, etc.
The researcher should specify the population so that the reader of the research knows which people this research has been studied on. Then, he should specify the subjects or participants in the research, who actually determined the research sample. Of course, in case studies, the method of sampling and the type of subject is different from the samples of other studies. Next, the researcher determines the means and tools of the research (data collection). In this section, it is necessary to pay attention to this point, if the tools used in the scientific community of the audience are known, there is no need to give a detailed and complete explanation, and only the name of the test or the research tool along with a brief explanation about the reliability and validity of the tool is sufficient. But if the research tool is designed by the researcher, a full explanation of how to confirm the reliability and validity of the tool is required. Then, the method of data analysis should be described, and the statistical stages taken should be mentioned.
Results
The analysis and expression of the collected data in statistical (descriptive and inferential), qualitative, and mixed formats along with the limited interpretation of the data is done in this section. It should be noted that to explain and represent the collected data, it is sufficient to use one of the graph, figure, and table tools. In cases where the research has a question, the answer to the question should be explained clearly and unambiguously. If there is a hypothesis in the research, the detailed description of the tests should be done and the rejected or confirmed hypotheses should be specified.
Discussion and conclusion
The main section of research is this section. Because the results are determined, and the researcher's final understanding of the research is expressed. In general, this section includes the detailed interpretation of the data and the expression of the researcher's point of view regarding the results, the comparison of the results with the results of previous studies and showing the position of the research among similar cases, the brief statement of the limitations that the research has faced while conducting, and presenting the research proposal(s) derived from the results.