Iranian Journal of Information Processing and Management

Iranian Journal of Information Processing and Management

An Assessment of Iranian Journals guide for authors

Authors
Javad abbaspour
Mahdieh Mirzabeigi
Mohammad Amin Zeinali
10.35050/JIPM010.2016.008
Abstract
One indicator to assess the journals in international studies is the quality of guide for authors. The aim of this study is to determine the quality of guide for authors in Iranian journals.The population consisted of 755 Persian journals approved by Ministry of Science, Research and Technology in March 2013. Using a checklist, authors reviewed separately the content of guide for authors of 501 journals that provided access to their guide for authors through the web.according to the results, a total of 40% of the observed items were met. In addition, of the four studied sections, including generalities, legal and ethical issues, article structure and appearance, legal and ethical issues (18%) and appearance (56%) had the worst and best status respectively. In terms of the severity of problems, "violation of individuals or group rights"," how to write abbreviations and acronyms", "accepting journal requirements and laws", and "writing manuals used by authors" had the highest severity rankings.
Keywords
Assessment
guide for authors
Iranian journals

  • Receive Date 10 December 2022
  • Revise Date 28 May 2023