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Guide for Authors:
Preparing the papers for submission
The Journal of Applied Ichthyological Research (JAIR) is a quarterly peer-reviewed (blind peer-review) publication of the Department of Fisheries, Gonbad Kavous University, Iran. JAIR publishes original research papers, case reports, research notes, and short communications and review papers on various aspects of applied ichthyology.
Submission of an article to JAIR implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, in Persian, English and or in any other language.
Manuscripts must be submitted only in English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these) and should be written according to sound grammar and proper terminology.
Manuscripts should be typed in the MS-Word format, single spacing, in one column with a 2.5 cm margin at each side. Number all pages should be consecutively.
The manuscript must be accompanied by a title page including title, author (s) name, affiliation, E-mail address, and corresponding author.
The text should be included: Title; an abstract (150 - 250 words), which states the purpose of the study, basic procedures, main findings, and the principal conclusions where are followed by 5-7 keywords. Introduction; materials and methods; results and discussion/conclusion; acknowledgment and references list are followed.
Tables and Figures should be submitted on manuscript text with the captions of tables placed above without style options and the captions of figures and graphs should be placed below without style options.
(*) Do not submit tables as photographs. Place explanatory matters in footnotes, not in the heading.
(**) Do not use internal horizontal and vertical rules.
(***) All graphs should be provided in Excel format. The captions should be placed below.
Suggested place of tables and figures should be clearly marked throughout the text after citations in the text.
The same data should not be presented simultaneously in tables and figures.
The author (s) will be supplied only with a pdf of the paper.
The policy of the Journal with respect to unit and symbols is that SI (Systems Internationals) symbols should be used.
Following acceptance of the article for publication, authors will be asked to complete and signed, the copyright for the accepted article, individually due to the full peer review processing and publication.
Editor of the Journal reserves the right to accept or reject any article at any stage, if necessary.
Manuscripts should be submitted to the Journal electronically via the website “jair.gonbad.ac.ir”
Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections without style options. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2,), 1.2, etc. The abstract, keywords, acknowledgment, and references are not included in section numbering.
How to cite references: The ability to cite references correctly is an important part of an article. It is in the interests of both the writer and the readers of the articles that references should be cited correctly, systematically, and in full so that they form a useful integral part of the work as a whole.
Citations in the text:
When citing a work in the text, references should be presented in English. Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list. Unpublished results and personal communications are not recommended in the reference list. "Unpublished results" or "Personal communication" Citation of a reference as "in press" implies that the item has been accepted for publication.
Creating a reference list:
A list of references contains details only of those works cited in the text. The reference list should be arranged by alphabetical order. Different forms of published work (book, journals, …) are referenced in slightly different ways as given below:
Reference to a journal publication:
Vecsei P., Artyukhin E. 2001. Threatened fishes of the world: Acipenser persicus Borodin, 1897 (Acipenseridae). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 60(2): 2062–2070.
Reference to a book:
Book:
Abdoli A. 2000. The Inland Water Fishes of Iran. Iranian Museum of Nature and Wildlife, Tehran. (In Persian).
Edited book
Holčík J., Hinton DE (Eds.). 1986. The Freshwater Fishes of Europe. Volume 1, Part I. Petromyzontiformes. AULA-Verlag, Wiesbaden.
Chapter of a book
Poesen J, Vandekerckhove L, Nachtergaele J, Oostwoud Wijdenes D, Verstraeten G, van Wesemael B. 2002. Gully erosion in dryland environments. In: Bull LJ, Kirkby MJ (Eds.). Dryland Rivers: Hydrology and Geomorphology of Semi-Arid Channels. Wiley, Chichester, UK, pp. 229-262.
Dissertation/ thesis
Armantrout NB. 1980. The freshwater fishes of Iran. Ph.D. Thesis, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
Scientific report
Leatherwood S. 2001. Whales, dolphins and porpoises of the western North Atlantic. U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Report number: 63.
Websites
Coad B.W. 2010. Freshwater Fishes of Iran. Updated 18 December 2010. [Cited 18 December 2010]. Available from: www.briancoad.com.
Publication Charges:
There are no submission fees or page charges for this journal. The published papers will appear as downloadable free of charge.
Copyright Options:
Copyright allows you to protect your original material, and stop others from using your work without your permission. The authors should fill copyright form that indicates the manuscript was submitted solely for this journal.
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