Rules and regulations related to the observance of publishing ethics in the Quarterly Journal of Defense Strategy:

This charter is a commitment that outlines some ethical limits and responsibilities related to conducting scientific-research activities and publishing them in journals to prevent the occurrence of knowingly or unknowingly research violations by the authors of the articles. This charter is taken from the "Charter and Standards of Research Ethics" approved by the Deputy Minister of Research and Technology of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran, internationally accepted publishing standards, and experiences in the field of scientific-research publications. 1. Introduction Authors, judges, editorial board members and editors of journals are required to know and adhere to all principles of research ethics and related responsibilities in the field of printing. Submitting an article by the authors, judging the articles and deciding whether to accept or reject the article by the members of the editorial board and the editor is considered as knowing and following these rights, and if any of these people do not adhere to these principles and responsibilities, the publications They consider any legal action as their right. 2. Authors’Responsibilities The submitted articles must be in the specialized field of the journal and have been prepared scientifically and coherently, according to the standard of the journal. The submitted articles must be the original research of the author / authors of the article. Careful research, accurate reporting of data, and citation of sources containing other people's research are required in the article. The author / authors are responsible for the accuracy and precision of the content of their articles. Note 1. The publication of an article does not imply endorsement by the journal. Authors do not have the right to "Duplicate Submission" an article. In other words, the article or part of it should not be published in any other journal in or outside the country or in the process of being judged and published. Authors are not allowed to "Overlapping Publication". Overlapping means publishing the data and findings of your previous articles with a slight change to an article as new. The author / authors are obliged to use the contents of others, if necessary, with accurate citation, and if necessary, after obtaining written and explicit permission, to use the required sources. When the same writings of another researcher are used, direct citation methods and symbols should be used, such as putting it in quotation marks (""). The author in charge of the article must ensure the existence of the names and information of all authors (after obtaining approval from the named) and the absence of names other than the researchers involved in conducting the research and preparing the article. Note 2. Do not include the phrase "Gift Authorship" and delete "Ghost Authorship". The author in charge of the article is obliged to ensure that all authors of the article have read it and agreed on its presentation and their place in the article. Submitting an article means that the authors have obtained the consent of all financial or spatial sponsors of the article and have introduced all financial or spatial sponsorships of the article. The author / authors are obliged to inform the editors of the article in case of any errors and negligence in their article, to correct it or to take back the article. The author / authors are required to retain the samples and raw information used in the preparation of the article, up to one year after its publication in the relevant journal, in order to respond to possible criticisms and questions from the readers of the journal. 3. Unethical publishing and research behavior The author / authors are obliged to avoid "immoral publishing and research behavior. If at any stage of submitting, judging, editing, or publishing an article in or after a journal, the occurrence of any of the following occurs, it is considered immoral publishing and research behavior, and the journal has the right to deal with it legally. Fabrication: is the reporting of untrue material and the presentation of fictitious data or results as laboratory results, experimental studies, and personal findings. Unrealistic record of what did not happen or the transfer of the results of various studies are examples of this violation. Data falsification: Data falsification means manipulating research materials, tools and processes or modifying and deleting data in a way that causes research results to differ from actual results. Plagiarism: Plagiarism is the unintentional use, knowingly or unknowingly, of the words, ideas, phrases, claims or citations of others without proper appreciation and explanation and citation to the work, the owner of the work or the speaker of the idea. Scientific lease: It means that the author / authors hire another person to do the research and after the end of the research, with a little involvement and possession, publish it in his own name. Unrealistic attribution: means unrealistic attribution of the author / authors to an institution, center or educational or research group that did not play a role in the original research. 4. Reviewers ’Responsibility In reviewing the articles, the judges should consider the following points: Qualitative, content and scientific review of articles in order to improve, improve the quality and content of articles. Informing the editor of the journal about accepting or not accepting the arbitration (due to the fact that the subject area of ​​the article is not related to the expertise of the arbitrator) and introducing an alternative arbitrator if the arbitration is accepted. Necessity in not accepting articles in which the interests of certain individuals, institutions and companies are obtained or personal relationships are observed, as well as articles in which it has participated, analyzed or written. Judging articles should be based on