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Authorship Criteria
Every author listed in the submitted article must have fulfilled at least one or more of the following criteria:
Conception and design of the research, collection, analysis, or interpretation of data
Drafting the article or making substantial and critical revisions;
Final approval for publication of the article.
Generally, they must have a significant contribution to the conception and writing of the article to accept overall responsibility for appropriate sections of the content.
Responsibilities and Commitments of Authors
Adherence to the fundamental principles of writing and research in article writing is essential, and articles must be written and formatted according to the journal's guidelines.
Before submitting an article, all authors must read the author guidelines and the terms and conditions for submission in this journal.
The corresponding author must confirm and submit the consent and awareness of the other authors regarding the article through the authors' commitment form.
All authors listed in the article and on the commitment form must have made a significant contribution to the writing and preparation of the article.
Acknowledgments and organizational affiliations of the authors must be mentioned in the article, and any conflicts of interest between authors or organizations must be disclosed
To sustain and develop the peer review process, qualified authors are invited to participate in the review process of other articles in this journal.
Authors must clearly report the research sponsor (if any).
Authors are obligated to promptly inform the editor if they notice any errors or inaccuracies in their published article, so that the article can be corrected or retracted
All authors should be aware that articles submitted to this journal are checked for scientific misconduct using similarity detection software
Authors must properly and appropriately cite all sources and references that they have used directly or indirectly.
At the time of submission, during the review process, and in preparation for publication, the corresponding author is responsible for communication with the journal and its staff. They must ensure compliance with all administrative requirements of the journal, such as adherence to submission conditions, addressing the reviewers' comments, documenting clinical trial registrations, and providing necessary forms such as the commitment form and conflict of interest statements. Additionally, during the review process, the corresponding author must promptly respond to questions from the editor and executive manager and cooperate with the journal after publication if necessary.
Changes in Author Information
After the acceptance of the article and at the publication stage, adding a new author or changing the responsibilities of authors is not permitted. Furthermore, if an author wishes to be removed from the list of authors, they must submit a letter signed by the author and other authors indicating their desire to be removed from the authorship list.
Any change in the order of authors requires a letter signed by all authors indicating their agreement.
Principles of Transparency
Originality
An article submitted by an author to journals must be new and original. An author cannot submit an article that is being reviewed in whole or in part elsewhere, nor can they submit an article that has been reviewed and evaluated in whole or in part to another journal.
The submitted article, whether in whole or in part, in Persian or any other language, must not have been published elsewhere or accepted for publication.
Authors must clearly present their work and original ideas, even when not objectively rewritten or quoted in the article. If an author uses exact sentences and phrases from other scientific works in their article, these must be placed within "quotation marks."
The article must specify the source and originality of each dataset used. If proprietary datasets have been used elsewhere by this author or another author, the article must disclose these other works, whether published or unpublished.
Authors should not submit an article that has previously been submitted to this journal, evaluated, and rejected by the editor. If the initial version was previously rejected and the author wishes to submit a revised version of the article for evaluation, the justification for resubmitting the article must be clearly presented by the author to the journal's editor.
Plagiarism
The registration of an article in the Islamic Heritage and Contemporary Challenges journal management system will be communicated to all authors of the article via email. It is evident that the inclusion of authors' names in the article signifies their essential role in its preparation. If the authors of the article did not contribute to its preparation and their names have been misused, they must immediately inform the journal through the received email. All authors of the article are responsible for the originality of the work. The journal reserves the right to evaluate cases of plagiarism. Plagiarism can take various forms, including: Submitting another article under one's own name. Listing the names of authors and researchers who did not contribute to the article. Copying or repeating significant portions of another article (even if the copied article belongs to one of the authors of the new article). Presenting the results of others' research as one's own. Repeatedly publishing the same article by a single author in multiple journals. Presenting incorrect results contrary to scientific findings or distorting the results of research. Using invalid data or manipulating research data.
Cases of plagiarism will be examined by the journal's officials, and in order to maintain the integrity and efforts of other researchers, legal action will be taken without any leniency or tolerance based on the extent of the plagiarism.
Conflict of Interest
The corresponding author must disclose the sources of financial support for the project in the article text before submitting the article. Any stated interests must be published alongside the article. If there is any doubt regarding the type of situation that represents a conflict, it must be clearly identified. Any matter related to conflicts of interest should be raised with the editorial office or the editor.
Examples of conflicts of interest may be personal, commercial, political, academic, or financial. "Financial" interests may include employment, funding for research, ownership of stocks or shares, payment for speaking or travel, consulting, and support from companies for staff.
When submitting an article to the journal, the corresponding author has the opportunity to suggest potential reviewers for the article. Authors should avoid any potential conflicts of interest or their manifestation in the selection of editors and reviewers. This type of conflict of interest applies not only to the corresponding author but also to co-authors of the article.
In this journal, submitting a conflict of interest form is mandatory, and authors must disclose any conflicts of interest between authors or organizations in the conflict of interest form.
Peer Review Process
The journal employs a double-blind peer review method for evaluating articles, whereby authors do not know the reviewers, and vice versa. Authors must respect the confidentiality of the evaluation process and not disclose their identity to the reviewers, and vice versa. For example, the article should not contain any self-identifying information that would allow the reviewer to identify the author.
Authors have the right to contact the editor if they do not wish for their article to be reviewed by a specific reviewer due to potential conflicts of interest.