♦ Free access to articles

The Encyclopaedia Studies Quarterly is a publication with open access to articles. In open access journals, access to the full text file of articles is provided and is free.

This is an open Access Journal

♦ Copyright

♦ Ethical polocies

 Ethical Policies of the scientific journal of "Encyclopaedic Studies" is voluntarily based on the principles of the International Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) as well as the ethical charter of the publications of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of the Islamic Republic of Iran and consider itself obliged to adhere to the principles of professional ethics. Authors, judges, academic secretaries, and editors in compliance with this publication must adhere to these ethical principles.

 "This publication, with respect to the rules of ethics in publications, is subject to the rules of the Committee on Ethics in Publication (COPE) and follows the executive regulations of the Law on Prevention and Combating Fraud in Scientific Works."

 Publishing Ethics Committee Chart (COPE) (View)

Detailed Principles of the International Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (View)

Charter of Research Ethics Publications of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (View)

Excerpts from the Ethical Principles of Article Writing

•          The article must be original (not translated, adapted, etc.).
•          The contribution of each author should be carefully defined.
•          The References should be accurate.
•          Quotes should be fully specified.
•          The article should be compiled according to the needs in its own field.
•          The sources should be original (references to ambiguous and online sources are not allowed).
•          The author has to carefully read the terms of the publication.
•          Quoting the publication mentioning the source is not prohibited.

♦ Selection of conditions for receiving scientific articles by the journal

•         The journal welcomes the acceptance of reputable research articles that contain new and non-adapted scientific material and is exempt from publishing articles based on collection or translation.
•         The right to publish the article, after acceptance, is reserved for the Journal, and the author is not allowed to publish it in other domestic or foreign journals. Also, only articles that have not previously been published elsewhere will be published in the journal.
•         The journal is free to accept, reject, modify and edit received articles.
•         The initial acceptance of the article depends on the observance of the ethical principles of scientific writing and the conditions of the scientific compilation of the article. Final acceptance and publication of the article are subject to the approval of the judges, and the result will be announced to the author.

♦ Plagiarism

Registration of the article in the "Encyclopedia Studies" quarterly system will be notified by sending an email to all the authors of the article; obviously, the inclusion of the authors in the article indicates their main role in the compilation of the article. If the authors of the article did not play a role in the compilation of the article and their names have been misused, they need to be notified immediately via email. All authors are responsible for the originality of the work.  "Encyclopedia Studies" journal attempts to review all the articles submitted to the journal system before entering the judging process through a similarity-identifier system. But at present, in the initial study, Google search service and free Persian systems are used, and in subsequent studies, until further notice, it uses the online systems of "Sinaub identifier" and "Samim Noor". Therefore, authors are also advised to use similar detection systems, including the "Samim Noor" system, to ensure that there are no violations, and to send the system approval certificate to the journal. It should be noted that the right to evaluate and prosecute plagiarism cases is reserved for the "Encyclopedia Studies" quarterly.

According to the International Commission on Publication Ethics (COPE), plagiarism is the unintentional or intentional use of words, ideas, phrases, claims, or citations of others without proper appreciation and explanation of the work, author, or speaker. Therefore, it is expected that the authors of scientific works carefully record the use of the works of others and inform this use to the audience in an appropriate manner,  to maintain honesty, as well as to protect their works from accusations of fraud, negligence, and plagiarism.

The following are examples of plagiarism:

•          Submitting another article in your own name
•         Inserting names of authors and researchers who have no role in the article.
•         Copying or duplicatng significant portions of another article (even if the article is a duplicate without reference to one of the authors of the new article).
•         Drawing conclusions from the research of others in your own name
•         Publishing a copy of an article by an author in several journals
•         Expressing incorrect results and contrary to scientific findings or distorting research results
•         Using of invalid data or manipulation of research data
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♦ Dealing with plagiarism

 Cases of plagiarism are being investigated by the editors. In addition, in order to protect the credibility and efforts of other researchers, without any tolerance and waiver, considering the extent of plagiarism, the following legal measures will be taken:

•          The article will be rejected and will be removed from the sites if printed.
•         The plagiarism case will be shared with other universities and related domestic and foreign journals in an official letter.
•         The case will be reported In an official letter to the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, the Islamic World Science Citation Database (ISC), universities, institutes, journals, and any place where the authors have used the copyright in this article.

♦ Duties and responsibilities of the publication

•         Encyclopedia Studies undertakes that decisions made regarding submitted copies of articles be based solely on professional and experienced judgments and be free from personal interests.
•         This publication is committed to preserving academic and research records.
•         This publication monitors the observance of ethical principles by the editor, academic secretaries, editorial board, and judges.
•         This publication is constantly reviewing articles to prevent plagiarism, fraud, and possible misconduct.
•         This publication will make the necessary corrections, explanations, and withdrawals when necessary.
•         This publication will encounter with any misbehavior.

♦ Duties and responsibilities of the editor in chief and the scientific editors

•         The scientific editors of this journal must keep the submitted copies confidential until publication.
•         The editor in chief, the scientific editors, and judges make the decisions regarding the publication or rejection of a copy.
•         The scientific editors of this journal must preserve the principle of anonymity of the judges.
•         The scientific editors of this journal must avoid conflicts of interest.
•         The scientific editors of this journal are required to provide scientific protection and try to meet the scientific needs of their readers.
•         The scientific editors of this journal should identify plagiarism, and possible frauds, and provide corrections, explanations, and revocations and apologies as needed.
•         The scientific editors of this journal should focus their attention only on rational content.
•         The scientific editors of this journal should not disclose copy information to anyone other than authors, responsible authors and judges.
•         Unpublished copies will not be used for personal purposes by academic professors or other members.

♦ Duties and responsibilities of the reviewers

•         The reviewers of this journal should work with the scientific editors to decide on the publication of the submitted copies.
•         Reviewers invited to this publication should try to keep the submitted copies confidential.
•         The reviewers must submit their opinions to the scientific editors to decide whether or not to publish the copy in due time.
•         Peer reviewers are required to maintain the confidentiality of copies submitted and not to use their information for personal purposes.
•         The opinions of the reviewers regarding the submitted copies should be technical and specialized.
•         In the event of a conflict of interest between the reviewers and the authors, companies, or institutions, it is necessary to avoid review in order for this to be done by another reviewer.
•         The reviewer must expose the conflict of interest.

♦ Duties and responsibilities of the authors

•          Copies must be submitted in the correct spelling and using appropriate terms.
•         Copies should not be published elsewhere (except as an abstract or part of a lecture, review article, or dissertation) or reviewed by another publication.
•         The responsible author must ensure the consent of the other co-authors.
•         The author must obtain and verify the permission of the institution to which the submitted copy relates.
•         Authors should allow the article to be edited for better readability.
•         The authors are expected to announce the financial sponsor to implement and prepare the research process.
•         The list of Ethical commitments must be signed by the authors.
•         In open access journals, authors own the article but also allow the public to download, publish, and distribute it.
•         The authors of an article must agree that the responsible author will undertake the review process of the article.
•         When the authors of an article see a significant error in their work, they should immediately notify the scientific secretary of the journal to correct it.
•         Before submitting an article to the journal system, the authors are advised to use scientific matching systems to ensure the absence of possible plagiarism.
•         Read the authors' guide for writing and submitting an article. (View)

♦ Instances of violations of the ethics of publication by authors

•     Plagiarism: Plagiarism means the intentional use of another person's articles or ideas in one's own name. Using another person's sentence or even the author's previous sentences without mentioning the source is considered Plagiarism.
•     Data generation and distortion: Data generation is when the researcher has not done a study in practice but provides data and conclusions. Distortion also occurs when conducting research but altering data and results.
•     Simultaneous submission: This is when a copy of an article is sent to two journals at the same time.
•     Duplicate submission: Occurs when two or more articles have the same hypotheses, data, and conclusions.
•     Duplicate submission: means dividing a study into multiple articles and submitting them.
•     Misrepresentation by another author: All authors whose names appear in the article should contribute to doing so. Otherwise, it is considered a violation.
•     Manipulation of resources: It is when in the last part of a copy of several sources are mentioned, while in the content of the text, their names are not included.

♦ Costs of receiving, reviewing and publishing articles

 According to the regulations of scientific and research publications of the Publications Commission of the Ministry of Science and also the approval of the board of directors of the Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies (25/06/2012, No. 54/6/91), a fee is received for receiving, reviewing and publishing articles.