Guide for Authors

defense Strategy Quarterly Writers Guide"

a. A guide to preparing and editing an article (1) The article must be a research and the result of the research work of the author or authors and has led to the production of new science and knowledge. The magazine welcomes articles extracted from doctoral dissertations, distinguished theses, and independent research projects if they include the principles and methods of research in the relevant field. (2) The submitted article should not have been published in any domestic or foreign magazine in the past. The group of editors expects the respected authors not to send their article to another publication for publication until they receive the acceptance answer from the quarterly. (3) The structure of the article should have the following sections: (a) Title page: The title page should include the title of the article, first and last name of the author(s), academic degree, place of service, exact address, phone, fax and e-mail, and the date of submission. (b) Abstract: It contains a summary of experimental or theoretical results of the author's research work. The content of this section should not exceed two hundred words. Avoid general and introductory discussions in the abstract. If Latin symbols or abbreviations are used in this section, they should be introduced in the text of the article. Avoid referring to sources in the abstract section. The abstract of the article should be written with Lotus 10 pen in one or two paragraphs. (c) Keywords: up to five keywords related to the article should be listed in alphabetical order, separated by commas. (d) General: It should include the following: problem statement, importance and necessity of research, research question, research hypothesis, background and literature of the subject (in this section, scientific definitions, latest theories and scientific discussions related to the topic of the article, views of prominent experts and research background should be presented), research method (which It should include the research method, the time and place of the research, the investigated samples, the introduction of the statistical community and the sampling method, and the criteria for entering and exiting the topic under discussion, how to collect information, measurement tools and related statistical tests), research objectives, research organization. (e) Findings: Accurate results and important findings should be presented in accordance with scientific principles and using the necessary tables and graphs. (f) Conclusions and suggestions: including the effects and significance of the research findings and the findings of other similar researches with an emphasis on the contradictions and their reasons, explaining the generalizability and scientific application of the findings and providing the necessary guidelines for the continuation of the research related to the subject, conclusions and possible suggestions . (4) The articles should be prepared in at least 15 and maximum 25 pages, and if possible, they should be typewritten and presented in the form of quarterly articles and in the form of magazine articles. (5) The standard method in bibliography is the Quarterly Journal (APA). In writing the references related to the sources inside the text, the name of the author, the year of publication and the number of the page or pages used should be written in this way (Ayoob, 2007: 23-24). If the text used has more than one author, its citation should be as follows (Buzan, et. al, 2005: 45) or (Rezaian et al., 2014: 45-47). (6) The order of bibliographic identifiers on the index page for articles, books, reports and other references should be as follows: (a) Book: last name, author's name, (year of publication), book title, (translator's name), place of publication, publisher. Authored Farsi example: Kazemi, Ali Asghar (1369), The Role of Power in Society and International Relations, Tehran, Qoms Publishing. Translated Persian sample: Baylis, John (2012), Strategy in the Contemporary World, translated by Kabek Khabeiri, Tehran, Abrar Contemporary International Studies and Research Institute, Tehran. Latin example: Buzan, Barry, (2004), The United States and the Great Powers, London, Polity. (b) Article: last name, author's name, (month or season and year of publication), article title, publication title, number. Persian example: Naqibzadeh, Ahmed (Autumn 2017), security issues and measures in France, Defense Strategy Quarterly, Year 6, Number 22. Latin example: Gat, Azar (July/August 2007), “The Return of Authoritarian Great Powers”, Foreign Policy, Vol. 86, No. 4. (c) Internet sources: last name, author's name, (date of publication), article title, website name or web page. English example: Swaine, Michel D. and Ashley J. Tellis (2000), Interpreting China's Grand Strategy, Past, Present, and Future, available at http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1121/mr1121.chap. 4. Persian example: Azder, Hossein (6/10/86), The Nature of Asymmetric War, available at: http://bashgah.net/modules.php (d) Theses: last name, author's name (date of defense), title of the thesis, name of the city of the university, name of the faculty. Sample: Bai, Masoud, (2004), Authoritarianism in the Second Pahlavi Era, Tehran University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences.

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(7) The figures and diagrams of the article must be original and of good quality. The main file of the figures should be presented under (Word-Excel). The size of the fonts, especially in the case of curves, should be chosen in such a way that they are readable after the scale of the shape is reduced for printing. The titles of diagrams and figures should be written with black lotus 10 below them and the titles of tables should be written with black lotus 10 above them. (8) In writing the text, the equivalent of people's names or special terms should be given in the footer of the same page. (9) The priority in evaluating and publishing materials is with articles whose main focus is the defense affairs and conditions of J.A. It is Iran and while having a practical nature, they have also provided strategy. (10) The articles should be typed using Word 2010 software and Lotus font 14 and sent through the quarterly system. (11) Submitted content will not be returned.

And. Requirement to include the title of the sponsor of the article Attention: Respected author/authors are obliged to mention the name of the sponsor at the end of the first page of the article if the article has a sponsor according to the rules of style of the country's scientific journals. R. Archiving policy: Published articles are archived on the journal's website and also indexed in several national and international databases around the world to increase readability and long-term digital preservation. Also, the authors of articles are allowed to archive a copy of their published article in another repository of their choice. including the website of this publication. These archives include the following: Google scholar ISC etc...