Guide for Authors

Templates and Forms

Commitment Form

Conflict of interest form

Guide for Authors (Review articles) in PDF

Guide for Authors (Research articles) in PDF

 

 

Terms and conditions of submitting an article

  • The Journal of Studies in Color World is presently accepting review papers and research papers in the fields related to the science and technology of paint and coating (please refer to the aims and scopes parts section) in the form of the following guide. You can submit articles through the publisher's website at http://jscw.icrc.ac.ir. For translated papers, it is necessary to submit the original English paper.
  • The responsibility of the references and scientific texts used in the paper is related to the authors.
  • The authors are in charge of the references and scientific contents of the paper, and the corresponding author will sign the article's final version before publication.
  • The author(s) will undertake that the submitted manuscript has not been published in another journal (the corresponding author must sign the Commitment Form).
  • Journal is free to accept, edit, modify or shorten the articles to maintain the overall text's meaning.
  • The average review time is five months for the Studies in Color World journal.

 

Mandatory files for submitting the article:

  • Word manuscript File Without Authors name
  • PDF manuscript File Without Authors name
  • Word File with authors' names and affiliation in Persian and English and also introducing two referees in online submit
  • Author commitment form. 
  • Conflict of interest form. 
  • Image file for Persian and English graphical abstracts

 

 Text Formatting

The manuscript should be written on A4 paper using Microsoft Word software. Also, the original text should be in a single column, with the Persian text in B Nazanin and the Latin text in Times New Roman font. Page margins should be 2.5 cm on the top, bottom, left, and right. The text must be in 1.5 cm line spacing and should be adjusted from left to right.

 

Paper Preparation Guide

 Review articles

Title

English and Persian titles are concise and appropriate to the content with B Nazanin font size 14, Bold.

Author(s) Information

Author(s) information in Persian and English, including the names, affiliations, and addresses of all authors, should be sent on a separate page.

Abstract

There should be no more than 250 words in one paragraph in Persian and English, including an overview of  the research and findings.

Graphical abstract

The graphical abstracts are images with a resolution of 300 dpi on separate pages in Persian and English.

keywords

Four to six words expressing the manuscript's specific content should be provided below the abstract.

Main body

It starts with an introduction and ends with a conclusion section. The text is written in a single column in B Nazanin, 12 point size, Normal, and Times New Roman, 10 point size, Normal. The main subjects (heads)  are B Nazanin, 12-point size, and Bold.

Figure legends, tables, figures, and schemes

Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. The caption for figures appears below the graphic, above a table, and is written in B Nazanin, size 10, Normal and Times New Roman, pen size 8, Normal. The text content in tables and figures are B Nazanin, size 10, Normal and Times New Roman, pen size 8, Normal. The Title used in the figure axis should have a unit, and the description of the diagrams should be given in the legend. Images should have a resolution of approximately 300 dpi and be in Tif or JPEG format. References from which tables and figures are extracted should be mentioned in the Title of the tables and figures. Examples are shown in Figure 1 and Table 1.

* The captions of the figures and tables should be written in Persian and English. The text and numbers contained in the figures are in English.

Equation and formulae

Mathematical equations and chemical reactions should not be formatted as pictures and should be inserted using the "Insert Equations" function in word software. Equations should be numbered consecutively throughout the paper.

Conclusion

This section summarizes the key points of the papers and explains the results.

Footnotes

The footnotes include definitions of terms and the Latin equivalents of authors' names on each page, with a different number next to each entry.

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc., should be placed in a separate section. The names of funding organizations should be written in full. The location of this paragraph is at the end of the article before the reference part.

Conflict of interest

Authors should clearly state any possible conflict of interest such as receiving payment for the article, or acquiring stock or shares in an organization that may be gained or lost through the publication of the article. If there is no conflict of interest, the following sentence should be added to the end of the article, before the acknowledgments part: "No conflict of interest has been declared by the authors."

 

 

References:

The references are based on the Vancouver style in this journal. When using Endnote or Mendley software to cite sources, follow the Vancouver style.

- References must be numbered consecutively in the order they are mentioned with numbers in parentheses ( ).

- To cite multiple sources in a text section with consecutive numbers, put a dash (-) between the first and last number. For example: (2-6). To cite multiple sources with non-consecutive numbers, separate them with a comma. For example: (2, 4, 7).

- The reference list at the end of the manuscript should follow the order of citation in the text. Each source gets a number.

- All references must be in English. To refer to Persian articles and books, they should be translated into English and the word "[In Persian]" must be mentioned at the end.

- Include DOI for English articles and DOR for Persian articles.

The format of references is as follows:


 Research articles

The manuscript should be written on A4 size using Microsoft Word software. Also, the original text should be in a single column, with the Persian text in B Nazanin and the Latin text in Times New Roman font. Page margins should be 2.5 cm on the top, bottom, left, and right. There should be 1.5 cm between lines The text must be in 1.5 cm line spacing, and be adjusted from right to left.

Each paper consists of the following sections:

Title

English and Persian titles are concise and appropriate to the content in a maximum of 12 words with B Nazanin, 16 point size, Bold and Times New Roman 14 point size, Bold.

Author(s) name

The author's names must be written in Persian and English, and the corresponding author should be marked with *.

Author(s) Information

Author(s) information, including the affiliations, and addresses of all authors, should be sent on a separate page (11-point B Nazanin, and 10-point Times New Roman,).

Abstract

An abstract should contain at least 90 words and a maximum of 170 words in a single column, stating the goal, the key results, and the essential conclusion. The abstract should not be general and descriptive, and no references should be mentioned (B Nazanin, 12-point size, Normal, and Times New Roman, 11-point size, Normal).

keywords

Four to six words should be written with B Nazanin, 12 point size, Bold, and Times New Roman, 11 point size, Bold.

* Abstracts and keywords should be in English and Persian.

The text of the article should be written in B Nazanin, 12 point size, Normal and Times New Roman, 10 point size, Normal, which includes the following sections:

Introduction

It states the general description of the topic, review of the background, and research aims.

Experimental/Materials and methods

This part includes materials (purity and manufacturer's details), specifications of the used devices, and the research method.

Note: In modeling papers, use the title of modeling instead of the experimental part.

Results and Discussion

It should explore the significance of experimental or modeling work results, drawing attention to essential details in tables and figures.

Conclusions

The main conclusions of the study are presented in a short Conclusions section.

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc., should be placed in a separate section. The names of funding organizations should be written in full. The location of this paragraph is at the end of the article before the reference part.

Conflict of interest

Authors should clearly state any possible conflict of interest such as receiving payment for the article, or acquiring stock or shares in an organization that may be gained or lost through the publication of the article. If there is no conflict of interest, the following sentence should be added to the end of the article, before the acknowledgments part: "No conflict of interest has been declared by the authors."

Figure legends, tables, figures, and schemes

Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. The caption appears below the graphic and above a table. The captions of the figures and tables should be written in Persian and English. The title used in the figure axis should have a unit, and the description of the diagrams should be given in the legend. The text and numbers contained in the figures must be written in English (as examples).

  • The captions of the figures and tables should be written in Persian and English. The text and numbers contained in the figures are in English.

 

  References

The references are based on the Vancouver style in this journal. When using Endnote or Mendley software to cite sources, follow the Vancouver style.

- References must be numbered consecutively in the order they are mentioned with numbers in parentheses ( ).

- To cite multiple sources in a text section with consecutive numbers, put a dash (-) between the first and last number. For example: (2-6). To cite multiple sources with non-consecutive numbers, separate them with a comma. For example: (2, 4, 7).

- The reference list at the end of the manuscript should follow the order of citation in the text. Each source gets a number.

- All references must be in English. To refer to Persian articles and books, they should be translated into English and the word "[In Persian]" must be mentioned at the end.

- Include DOI for English articles and DOR for Persian articles.

The format of references is as follows: