Guide for Authors

Guide for Authors

Guide for Authors contains information on suggested article structure, length and submission requirements.

 

Online Submission

For online submission, please upload your manuscript files following the hyperlink Submit Manuscript. Please ensure that you provide all relevant editable source files at every submission. Failing to submit a complete set of editable files will result in your article not being considered for review. Articles prepared in LaTeX are encouraged, however, Microsoft word files (*.doc) are also accepted.

 

Article Types

Contributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication in Educational Studies in Physics (Educ. Stud. Phys.):

  • Original research papers (7000 words)
  • Review papers (10000 words)
  • Scientific report (4000 words)

Please ensure that you select the appropriate article type from the list of options when submitting your manuscript.

 

Article Processing Charge (APC)

Publication in Educ. Stud. Phys. is free of charge in 2024. We do not charge any publication fee from the authors for the papers published in this journal. 

 

Ethics and Policies

Authors must follow guidelines available at https://physics.cfu.ac.ir/journal/authors.note.

 

Submission Declarations

  • No paper that has been previously published, copyrighted, or considered for publication elsewhere, should be submitted to  Stud. Phys. Nor should a manuscript that is under consideration by Educ. Stud. Phys. be submitted elsewhere. 
  • Once accepted, the article will not be published elsewhere in the same form (in English or in any other language) without the written consent of the copyright-holder. By submitting a manuscript to  Stud. Phys., the author/authors agree that the copyright for the article is transferred to the journal, when the paper is accepted for publication. The published articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted uses, distributions, and reproductions in any medium, provided each paper is properly cited.

 

Consent to participate

All papers reporting studies involving human data or participants must provide the consent information and the institution approval, whether informed consent to participate was written or verbal. If applicable, please also include this information in the Methods section of your manuscript.

 

 Declaration of Conflicting Interests

The journal requires a declaration of conflicting interests from all authors, included in your article. For guidance on conflicts of interest statements, see our policy on conflicting interest declaration.

If no conflict exists, your statement should read: ‘The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article’.

 

Funding Source Declaration

Articles need to include a funding statement, under a separate heading, even if no funding was received. You’ll find guidance and examples on our home page.

 

Plagiarism

Editorial Board of Educational Studies in Physics (Educ. Stud. Phys.) is seriously concerned about plagiarism or other forms of misconduct publishing. To protect the reputation of the journal and the rights of authors, Educ. Stud. Phys. seeks to examine the misuse of published papers, employing Plagiarism Software for such a screening. The journal has the right to retract the article if an article is found to have tracks of plagiarism. In case of this, the authors are forbidden to submit further papers to the journal. Thus, authors should confirm that the submitted manuscript is original and an acknowledgement of sources (words, data, tools, etc.,) is adequately included.

(Please provide transparency on the re-use of material to avoid the concerns about text-recycling (‘self-plagiarism’).

 

Formatting your manuscript

Article Structure

Your paper should be structured in the following order: Title page; abstract, key words; main text introduction, material and methods, results, discussion, conclusion; acknowledgements; declarations of interest statement; references; appendices; tables, and figures (Tables and figures can be placed either next to the relevant text in the paper, or on individual pages at the end).

The total word count Educ. Stud. Phys. accepts is limited to 7,000 words including manuscript main document, appendices, references, acknowledgement, figures and tables. Title, abstract, key words and electronic supplementary materials will be excluded from word count. The length restriction applies to all versions of a manuscript.

 

Title Page

To ensure anonymous peer review, any identifying information must be removed from the main manuscript document and included on the title page. Your main manuscript should not include any author names. This version will be sent to peer reviewers, thus must be fully anonymized. Title page will not be sent to the reviewers. It should include:

  • A concise, unambiguous, accurate and informative title.
  • A full list of authors including names and affiliations of each.
  • Contact information for the corresponding author: name, institutional address, phone and email.
  • Declarations of conflicting interest.
  • The 16-digit ORCIDof the author(s), if available.
  • Any other identifying information related to the authors and/or their institutions or funders.

Abstract

Each manuscript should include an unstructured abstract of 150 to 250 words. The Abstract should be entered separately in the online Submission System. Please ensure that your submission includes both English and Persian abstracts. 

 

 Keywords

Please provide a minimum of 3-5 keywords, listed after your abstract. Keywords should be as specific as possible to your research topic.

 

Introduction

The introduction should clearly state the objectives of your work. Writing an adequate background to your work is recommended.

 

Material and Methods

The materials and methods section should provide sufficient details about your materials and methods to allow your work to be reproduced by an independent researcher.

 

Results

  • Results should be clear, concise, and without fabrication.
  • Ensure that each illustration has a clear and brief caption.
  • Explain all symbols and abbreviations used.
  • Please do not submit tables as images but as editable text. For each table, please supply a table caption (title) explaining the components of the table.
  • Tables and figures can be placed either on separate page(s) at the end, or next to the relevant text in the paper. Number your tables and graphs consecutively in accordance with their appurtenance in the text.
  • Math equations should be submitted as editable text and not as images. Please number consecutively any equations that have to be presented separately from the text.

 

Discussion

The discussion section should not repeat your results but explore the significance of the results. You may combine your results and discussion sections into one section, if appropriate.

 

Conclusion

The conclusion section should present the main conclusions of your study. You may have a stand-alone conclusion section or include your conclusions in a subsection of your discussion or results and discussion section.

 

References

  • Stud. Phys. uses the sequential numerical system for in-text citation each identified by numbers in square brackets. The reference list at the end of the preprint lists the references in numerical order, not alphabetically.
  • Any references cited within your article should also be present in your reference list. Any incorrect journal or book titles, publication years, or surnames may prevent link creation to indexing services such as Scopus and Crossref. Please use Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) as reference links as they provide a permanent link to the electronic source used.

 

Appendices

Please use the following format for your appendices:

  • A, B, C, etc., for identifying individual appendices within your article.
  • Formats such as Eq. (A.1), Eq. (A.2), etc. and in subsequent appendices, Eq. (B.1), Eq. (B. 2) etc. for numbering your formulae and equations within the appendices.
  • Formats such as Table A.1, Fig. A.1, etc. for numbering tables and figures.  

 

Abbreviations

Abbreviations should be defined at first mention. We recommend you review your use of abbreviations throughout your article to ensure they are used consistently.

 

Footnotes

Numbered consecutively, footnotes can be used to give additional information, which may include the citation of a reference included in the reference list. They should never include the bibliographic details of a reference nor contain any figures or tables.

 

 Text Formatting

We recommend you

  • Use a normal, plain font (e.g., 12-point Times New Roman) for text.
  • Use the equation editor for equations.
  • Save your file in LaTeX (see Springer Nature’s LaTeX template), docx format (Word 2007 or higher) or doc format.
  • Use italics for emphasis.
  • Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages.
  • Use no more than three levels of displayed headings.

 

 Submission Preparation Checklist

Authors are required to check off their submission’s compliance with all of the above items. Submissions which do not follow the guidelines cannot be considered.

For Guide for Author.pdf, click here. 

For Conflicts of Interest form, click here.

For Response Letter to Reviewers, click here.

For Copyright and Licensing, click here. 

For Word doc template, click here. 

For LaTeX template, click here. 

 

 According to the journal policy and the number of submmited papers, one publication per year and per (co)author is permitted.