The Journal of Woman and Family Studies is a scientific-based journal of Alzahra University that publishes theoretical, case-study, and qualitative (systematic, meta-analysis, etc.) papers. The submitted paper is not to have been published in any other journals. The editorial board expects the authors to refrain from submitting the article to other journals until the review results, determining rejection or acceptance, come up.

Author guidelines

Thank you for choosing to submit your paper to us. The Quarterly “Journal of Woman and Family Studies" is a scientific journal of Alzahra University Women Research Center, which aims to publish original articles resulting from research findings, qualitative articles, case studies, and theory construction articles in the field of women and the family.

Authors must prepare manuscripts according to the journal format to expedite the review process, and before submitting the article, commit to refrain from submitting the paper to another journal at the same time until the final result is announced. Thus, the corresponding author must complete the Commitment and Authors' Conflict of Interest forms and upload them in the system.

Respecting the ethical rules in publications, this journal is subject to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) rules and follows the executive regulations of the Law on Prevention and Combating Fraud in Scientific Works.

All authors are required to provide a plagiarism certificate when submitting their manuscripts.

Articles are evaluated by two reviewers, a comparative reviewer, and a specialized editor.

At any stage of the evaluation process, it is possible to reject the article.

After issuing the Letter of Acceptance, there will be no change in the article ID information. So, when submitting the manuscript in the journal system, all authors must write their information and affiliation accurately. After the publication, the journal office is under no obligation to change the authors' information.

The structure of the article: it should not exceed 6500-7500, and be compatible with Microsoft® Word.

Manuscript structure For English Extended Abstract 

Title of Manuscript  First Author[1], Second Author[2], Third Author[3]  The extended abstract should be extended to include up to 1400 words including the title, authors, captions, figures, tables, or references. The extended abstract should be written in English and include: [1] . Affiliation, Country, email address (Corresponding Author) [2] . Affiliation, Country [3] . Affiliation, Country

Extended Abstract Background & Purpose (Times New Roman-Bold: 11): Text (Times New Roman: 11)  Method (Times New Roman-Bold: 11): Text (Times New Roman: 11)  Results (Times New Roman-Bold: 11): Text (Times New Roman: 11)  Conclusion (Times New Roman-Bold: 11): Text (Times New Roman: 11) Ethical Considerations (Times New Roman-Bold: 11) Compliance with ethical guidelines (Times New Roman-Bold: 10)   Text (Times New Roman: 10) Funding (Times New Roman-Bold: 10)   Text (Times New Roman: 10) Authors’ contribution (Times New Roman-Bold: 10)    Text (Times New Roman: 10) Conflict of interest (Times New Roman-Bold: 10)   Text (Times New Roman: 10)  Acknowledgments (Times New Roman-Bold: 10)   Text (Times New Roman: 10) Data availability (Times New Roman-Bold: 10)   [Depending on the research method and access level, it should be written as one of the following  statements]………………. Text (Times New Roman: 10) “Data supporting this study are openly available from (NAME OF REPOSITORY) at (DOI, ACCESSION NUMBER OR URL)” OR “Data supporting this study will be available from (NAME OF REPOSITORY) at (DOI, ACCESSION NUMBER OR URL) following a 6 month embargo” OR “Data supporting this study are available from (NAME OF REPOSITORY) at (DOI, ACCESSION NUMBER OR URL). Access to the data is subject to approval and a data sharing agreement due to (GIVE REASONS WHY ACCESS TO THE DATA IS RESTRICTED)” OR “This study used third party data made available under licence that the author does not have permission to share. Requests to access the data should be directed to (THIRD PARTY) at (URL/CONTACT DETAILS)” OR “Data supporting this study are included within the article and/or supporting materials” OR “Data supporting this study are not publicly available due to (GIVE REASONS WHY DATA ARE NOT PUBLIC). Please contact our-research-group@imperial.ac.uk)” OR “Data supporting this study cannot be made available due to (GIVE REASONS WHY THE DATA CANNOT BE SHARED)” OR “No new data were generated or analysed during this study” References (Times New Roman: 10) (Just the ref. that were used in writing this abstract)

The Figures and tables should be embedded in the text and not supplied separately. The figure caption should be placed below the figure and a table caption above the table. Both are centered, and referred to in the text as Figure 1 and Table 1. (no more than two figures and two tables)

 

Manuscript structure For English Paper

A research paper will include the following sections, respectively:

• Title (Times New Roman-Bold: 15)
• Authors' names (respectively) (Times New Roman: 12), along with their academic affiliation that should be included at the end of the affiliation section (Times New Roman: 9). At least one author should be designated as the corresponding author, which will be indicated by an asterisk. The email address and other details should be included at the end of the affiliation section (Times New Roman: 9), after the quotation "corresponding author". 
• Abstract title (Times New Roman: 14) and short abstract text (200 to 250 words, Times New Roman: 11).

In research articles, the abstract includes the introduction and the research purpose, methodology, sample and sampling method, research instruments, results, and conclusions. Note that these sections are not written separately.

In review articles, the abstract includes the research purpose, data resources, methodology, number of studies and selection criteria, findings (summarizing information and relationship between sentences and organizing the findings and results of reviewing studies), and conclusion and its implications in the related field.

Keyword Title (Times New Roman: 11): between 3 and 5 words (Times New Roman: 11)

• Introduction Title (Times New Roman: 14) and Introduction Text (Times New Roman: 12)

This section includes the statement of purpose, problem, definition of emerging vocabulary (studied variables), review of the theoretical and empirical background o, the importance of the study, and research innovation compared to other similar researches. The author should try to find a proper context (which is in line with the journal objectives) to address the subject, and starting from the sample, considers his dependent (criteria) and independent (predictor) variables in this context and in relation to each other. Consistent content should have integrity in terms of reliability and validity and form a continuous chain, not discrete chains that confuse the reader in finding the link. The research gap and questions that have not been answered in previous research and that the author intends to answer in this study should also be identified.

• Methodology Title (Times New Roman-Bold: 14) and research methodology text (Times New Roman: 12)

This section includes information about the population, sample, sampling method and inclusion and exclusion criteria, and sample demographic characteristics.

• Research instruments Title (Times New Roman -Bold: 14) and of instruments text (Times New Roman: 12)

This section includes information about the developer, year, number of items, subscales, scoring scale, scoring method, validity, and reliability of the used instruments in the original studies and similar studies in the authors' country (preferably in a sample comparable to the present study), and the reliability of the instruments in the present study)

• Research procedure Title (Times New Roman -Bold: 14) and research procedure text (Times New Roman: 12)

This section includes the data collection method and the stage of conducting research, including obtaining permissions, codes of ethics, informed consent of participants, the confidentiality of personal information, etc.

• Results Title (Times New Roman -Bold: 14)

This section includes a summary of the findings resulting from the collected data and the results of the analysis of statistical tests, which are reported in the form of tables and figures. The number of tables is up to 4 tables, and the maximum number of figures is 2 to 3. The statistical test assumptions used in the research should be reported in the main text and not in a table.

• Tables Title (top of the table with center alignment) (Times New Roman -Bold: 11) and the table text (Times New Roman: 11).

All numbers in tables and graphs are reported with two decimal digits (e.g., 4.56, 4.00, and 0.4).

• Discussion and Conclusion Title (Times New Roman-Bold: 14)

This section summarizes the research findings and interprets and describes them. Consistency and inconsistency of the results are compared with the findings of previous similar studies and explained using the theoretical discussions addressed in the introduction. Therefore, after stating the purpose of the research and the research findings separately, the author reports consistent and inconsistent studies and explains this consistency and inconsistency only based on the empirical and theoretical background discussed in the introduction (not the author's personal impressions). Finally, after pointing out the research limitations, suggestions arising from the research results and practical implications of the results are stated to researchers interested in the field of the present study.

The Ethical Considerations Title (Times New Roman -Bold: 14) includes more detailed titles (Times New Roman -Bold: 11) as follows:

Compliance with research ethics (Times New Roman -Bold: 11): including code of ethics, permissions derived from the dissertation and year of defense, derived from the research project, and the design code (or contract number and date) by mentioning the compliance with human and non-human research ethics. (Times New Roman: 11)

Financial support (Times New Roman-Bold: 11): List the financial support received from the organization or institution for conducting the research and indicate if it was done without financial support. (Times New Roman: 11)

Funding (Times New Roman: 11): Mention the financial support received from the organization or institution for conducting the research and indicate if there is no financial support. (Times New Roman: 11)

Authors' contribution (Times New Roman -Bold: 11): The role of each author and the kind of contribution they have in conducting research and writing the paper should be specified, respectively. (Times New Roman: 11)

Conflict of interest (Times New Roman-Bold: 11): state in one statement whether or not the present study conflicts with personal interests or a particular organization. (Times New Roman: 11)

Acknowledgments (Times New Roman-Bold: 11): In this section, you should acknowledge all natural or legal persons who have contributed to the present study in implementation, analysis, or in the role of consultant by mentioning the reasons for gratitude.

In this section, all real or legal persons who have contributed to the present study or in the role of the counselor in the present study are appreciated, citing reasons for gratitude

 

Data availability (Times New Roman-Bold: 10)   [Depending on the research method and access level, it should be written as one of the following  statements]………………. Text (Times New Roman: 10)

“Data supporting this study are openly available from (NAME OF REPOSITORY) at (DOI, ACCESSION NUMBER OR URL)”

OR “Data supporting this study will be available from (NAME OF REPOSITORY) at (DOI, ACCESSION NUMBER OR URL) following a 6 month embargo”

OR “Data supporting this study are available from (NAME OF REPOSITORY) at (DOI, ACCESSION NUMBER OR URL). Access to the data is subject to approval and a data sharing agreement due to (GIVE REASONS WHY ACCESS TO THE DATA IS RESTRICTED)”

OR “This study used third party data made available under licence that the author does not have permission to share. Requests to access the data should be directed to (THIRD PARTY) at (URL/CONTACT DETAILS)”

OR “Data supporting this study are included within the article and/or supporting materials”

OR “Data supporting this study are not publicly available due to (GIVE REASONS WHY DATA ARE NOT PUBLIC). Please contact our-research-group@imperial.ac.uk)”

OR “Data supporting this study cannot be made available due to (GIVE REASONS WHY THE DATA CANNOT BE SHARED)”

OR “No new data were generated or analysed during this study”

 

• References Title (Times New Roman -Bold: 14)

All in-text citations should be set alphabetically (last name) and in APA style 7^th edition. (Times New Roman: 11)

Notes:

• 30% of the references should be related to the last five years.
• Citing a dissertation should be limited to the doctoral degree only and if necessary.
• References should be made from reputable publications indexed in reputable national and international indexes.
• The number of references in research articles should not be less than 30. In review articles, it should not be less than 50 (It should be noted that the review article is different from the archival or library article and can be expected and received only from experts in the relevant field, in a way that a part of citations, should be the result of author's research in the related field).
• Each in-text citation and reference entry must match so that each in-text citation indicates the reference entry with a hyperlink.
• Be sure to list references with DOI with a digital ID.
• Avoid citing conference papers.
• After citing each reference entry, in parentheses [Link], refer to the source link by a hyperlink so that by clicking on [Link], the referenced source can be accessed. Click on this link for information on how to hyperlink in-text citation or reference entry. Here are examples of how to cite articles, books, and dissertations in a reference entry form.

Citing a journal article

Ahmadi, K. (2012) Family stability in military and non-military families. Journal of Research in Behavioural Sciences, 6(1), 31-37. DOI: [Link]

Tang, T. L., & West, W. B. (1997). The importance of human needs during peacetime, retrospective peacetime, and the Persian Gulf War. International Journal of Stress Management, 4(1): 47–62. DOI: https://doi.org/xxxx. [Link]

Citing a book

Jahoda, M. (1958). Current concepts of positive mental health (…ed.).‏ Basic Books Publisher. [Link]

Citing a translated book

Coelho, P. (1993). The alchemist (A. R. Clarke, Trans.). HarperOne. (Original work published 1988). [Link]

Citing a website

Hooker, R. (1996). Arete. Retrieved April 7, 1999 from the World Wide Web: http://www.wsu.edu/ 0 dee/glossary/ arete.htm. [Link]

Citing an unpublished dissertation

Stewart, Y. (2000). Dressing the tarot [Unpublished master's thesis]. Auckland University of Technology. [Link]

Citing a book chapter

Jahoda, M. & Jahoda, M. (1958). Title of the book chapter. In R. Hooker, & Y. Hooker (Eds.), Title of the book (2nd ed., pp. 15–30). Springer. [Link]

Here is an example of in-text citation (indirect quotation).

Number of authors	For the first time in the text	For the next time in the text
1	Adibi (2008)	Adibi (2008)
2	Javid and Izadi (2010)	Javid & Izadi (2010)
3 or more	Alizadeh et al. (2010)	Alizadeh et al. (2010)

In In-text citations quoted from important people, narrations or hadiths, the quotation mark and mentioning the page number are required.