In this section of the Bolour Journal system, explanations are provided to guide authors;
- The first step to accept an article in the technical and initial review of the article is subject to compliance with the "Article Preparation Guidelines / Guidelines" and the correct upload of all required "mandatory" files when submitting the article.
- Authors must upload a commitment letter and a conflict of interest form when uploading their article. If an additional file needs to be uploaded, at the discretion of the responsible author, another file can be uploaded as "other" and the author will then provide explanations about it.
- The entire process of submitting, reviewing, and editing articles in the Bolour Journal is free of charge.
- The responsible author and the person in charge of correspondence with the journal must be a member of the university faculty or, in cases where the article is written by authors outside the academic environment, be the person responsible for the design, otherwise the article will be rejected in the first stage.
- In case of using student theses or dissertations, it is mandatory to mention the name of the supervisor(s), the field and the name of the relevant university, and the responsible author of the article must be the supervisor or, in the case of supervisors, one of the supervisors.
- It is necessary for the authors to try to use new articles in their field when writing the article and to use at least (more than 3 new articles from recent years).
- Only articles can be reviewed if the author undertakes not to have previously submitted it to other publications and its content has not been included in conference, scientific research papers, etc. Also, articles submitted for publication in the journal should not have been submitted to other journals or conferences or scientific meetings at the same time. Submitting the article originality commitment form is mandatory.
- The results of the review of articles vary according to the journal's policies and the subject of each article. However, the Journal of Bolour tries to review each article on average within 3 to 6 months.
- Review of articles in the Journal of Bolour is an anonymous two-way review.
- Review articles can only be reviewed if they have high scientific content and are written under the supervision of professors or researchers with experience in that field.
- Submitted articles will not be returned.
- The journal is free to edit submitted articles in a way that does not harm the original scientific content of the articles. In case of referencing in Persian to a reference that has an English referencing type, the technical editor of the journal is allowed to change the reference type mentioned in the article from Persian to English.
- Submitted articles are reviewed by the journal's editorial board in collaboration with experts, and after review and comments from the referees, if the article requires corrections, the opinions of the editorial board and referees are sent to the author(s) for corrections. The final decision to publish or reject the article is made by the editorial board.
- Authors must adhere to the principles of copyright and ethics in writing articles and properly reference all their sources and the content of their article to prevent any plagiarism.
- Articles in Persian must have a long English abstract. The description of the long English abstract is given in the article writing style file for the Journal of Bolour.
- The final version of the articles must be prepared in two versions: PDF file and WORD file.
- The acknowledgement section should be prepared in a short and concise form if necessary. The acknowledgement section is not numbered and should be included before the references.
- After submitting the article, an e-mail will be sent to you as a receipt for sending the article.
