The guidelines for citing sources in scientific articles were prepared by the Islamic World Science and Technology Citation and Monitoring Institute (ISC) in accordance with letter number 1402/417 dated 2023 and notified to Iranian scientific journals for implementation by the Director General of the Research Policy and Planning Office of the Ministry of Ataf in letter number 68631 dated 2023.
Note: This journal uses the APA standard in scientific references in its articles.
"Guidelines for Citing Sources in Scientific Journals"
In order to enhance the visibility and increase the accuracy of citation analyses of journals, especially their impact factors, the quality of references is very important to the Islamic World (ISC). Therefore, adherence to a standard and uniform style in citing sources in journals is essential.
References
The references section is placed at the end of the article and its title is not numbered.
When writing references, first list the Persian references and then the English references by mentioning the number and arranging them in alphabetical order.
All references should be cited in the article.
The details of each reference should be mentioned in full and in the standard format below.
Important points in article references
-Correct way of writing references and their order:
Article with one author
APA
Fukugawa, N. (2022). "Effects of the quality of science on the initial public offering of university spinoffs: evidence from Japan". Scientometrics, 127(8), pp. 4439-4455.
Article with two authors
APA
Haunschild, R., Bornmann, L. (2022). "Relevance of document types in the scores' calculation of a specific field-normalized indicator: Are the scores strongly dependent on or nearly independent of the document type handling?". Scientometrics, 127(8), pp. 4419-4438.
Article with three authors
APA
Vakkari, P., Chang, Y. W., Järvelin, K. (2022). "Largest contribution to LIS by external disciplines as measured by the characteristics of research articles". Scientometrics, 127(8), pp. 4499-4522.
-It is necessary to include the unique identifier Dol or DOR or both at the end of the references of each article as follows.
Example:
Rajabzadeh, M., Elahi, S., Hasanzadeh, A., & Mehraeen, M. (2022). "Internet of Things in Supply Chain Management: A Systematic Review Using the Paradigm Funnel Approach". Iranian Journal of Information Processing and Management, 37(1), pp. 59-82. DOI: 10.52547/jipm.37.1.59