Guide for Authors

Submission declaration 

Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere including electronically in the same form, in Persian or in any other language, without the written consent of the copyright-holder.

Open Access 

All articles published by Journal are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges or registration barriers.

Subscription
• Articles are made available on-line for everyone to read and download through our access programs http://mme.modares.ac.ir/

• No publication fee

All articles published in journal will be free of charge for the authors.

Language

Please write your full text in Persian. The full title, abstract and author information should be provided in English.

Submission 

Submission to this journal proceeds totally online and you will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of your files. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revision, takes place by e-mail removing the need for a paper trail.

Submit your article 
Please submit your article via https://journals.modares.ac.ir/form_submit.php?sid=15&slc_lang=fa&newcnf=1

Reviewers

Please submit, with the manuscript, the names, addresses and e-mail addresses of five potential referees. Note that the editor retains the sole right to decide whether or not the suggested reviewers are used.

Changes to authorship 

This policy concerns the addition, deletion, or rearrangement of author names in the authorship of accepted manuscripts:
Before the accepted manuscript is published in an online issue: Requests to add or remove an author, or to rearrange the author names, must be sent to the Journal Manager from the corresponding author of the accepted manuscript and must include: (a) the reason the name should be added or removed, or the author names rearranged and (b) written confirmation (e-mail, fax, letter) from all authors that they agree with the addition, removal or rearrangement. In the case of addition or removal of authors, this includes confirmation from the author being added or removed. Requests that are not sent by the corresponding author will be forwarded by the Journal Manager to the corresponding author, who must follow the procedure as described above. Note that: (1) Journal Managers will inform the Journal Editors of any such requests and (2) publication of the accepted manuscript in an online issue is suspended until authorship has been agreed.
After the accepted manuscript is published in an online issue: Any requests to add, delete, or rearrange author names in an article published in an online issue will not accept.

Submission checklist 

The following list will be useful during the final checking of an article prior to sending it to the journal for review. Please consult this Guide for Authors for further details of any item. 
Ensure that the following items are present: 
One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details: 
• E-mail address 
• Full postal address 
• Phone numbers 
• Manuscript has been prepared based on the journal template 
• References are in the correct format for this journal 
• All references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the text, and vice versa 
• Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources