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Considering Proposal Board of Editors and the approval of the board of the association In line with the mission of the journal is to conduct research for the benefit of the public the authors of the articles Fee received to evaluate, judge and publish articles and all will be free and no charge all steps Since the initial article registration until the admission and final printing of the article will be free
Guide for Authors
Articles’ Submission and Review Process
The Journal of Fuzzy systems and applications is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal published by Iranian Fuzzy Systems Association. Authors are encouraged to submit complete unpublished and original works which are not under review in any other journal. They are kindly requested to refer to the journal website: http://jfsa.fuzzy.ir/ to register according to the instructions given. Once registered each author will be provided with a username and a password enabling him/her to follow up the reviewing process. The next step is to send the paper to the journal to be considered for reviewing. But before sending the manuscript to our three internal/external reviewers, the Managing Editor will check it using some authentication software (e.g., ithenticate.com). This is due to the fact that JFSA has a strict policy against plagiarism.
Peer Review Process
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Upon submission, an e-mail message or letter from the Journal Management System will acknowledge manuscript receipt. All submitted manuscripts are evaluated by one of our editors within one month to determine suitability for review in JFSA. If accepted for external review, manuscripts are peer reviewed by two anonymous reviewers and the editor. Typically, one has broad general knowledge of the field, and one has expertise in the particular topic or methodology. Within two months, authors can expect to receive one of four decisions: (a) manuscript acceptance, (b) acceptance with revisions, (c) non-acceptance with an invitation for revision and resubmission for another round of review, or (d) rejection and recommendation for submission to a different publication. JFSA attempts to keep the review process as short as possible to enable rapid publication of new scientific data. We seek to provide authors with an understanding of the perceived strengths and weaknesses of their manuscript, the basis for the decision, and advice on how to proceed. By following this procedure, we expect to make sound decisions on all manuscripts and provide consistently thorough, constructive, and fair reviews of all manuscripts. It should be noted that the recommendations of reviewers are advisory to the editor-in-chief, hence the final responsibility for acceptance or declination rests with the editor-in-chief.
Correspondence
All correspondence about your manuscript should be emailed to the editorial office at jfsa@fuzzy.ir and hmnehi@hamoon.usb.ac.ir. You may also call the Journal’s office (02188639285), Saturdays to Wednesdays 8:00 AM to 14:00 PM to find out about the status of your paper submitted to the journal. The designated corresponding author should communicate with the editorial office on behalf of all authors during the review process. The corresponding author is expected to coordinate with co-authors as necessary.
Plagiarism Check
The editorial office runs a plagiarism check on every submission using) Hamyab and Samim Noor in Sins web). By submitting your manuscript to this journal, you accept that your manuscript may be screened for plagiarism against previously published works. Individual authors and researchers should check their work for plagiarism before submission.
Authorship
Authors submitting a paper do so on the grounds that the manuscript has been read and approved by all authors and that all authors agree on the submission of the manuscript to the Journal. The corresponding author should carefully check that all those whose works contributed to the paper are acknowledged as contributing authors. ALL named authors must have made an active contribution to the analysis and interpretation of the data and/or the drafting of the paper and ALL must have critically reviewed its content and have approved the final version submitted for publication.
Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the manuscript content. They should also sign an agreement form confirming their contribution in writing the manuscript. Papers are only considered for publication once consent is given by all contributing authors.
Conflict of Interest and Source of Funding
Authors are required to disclose any possible conflict of interest. These include financial issues (for example patent, ownership, stock ownership, consultancies, speaker's fee). Author’s conflict of interest (or information specifying the absence of conflicts of interest) will be published under a separate heading entitled ‘Conflict of Interests’.
Publication Rate
Based on a survey of received papers to JFSA, the present acceptance rate of JFSA is about 15%.
Author rights reversion
Articles may sometimes be accepted for publication but later rejected in the publication process, even in some cases after public posting in "Articles in Press" form, in which case all rights will revert to the author.
The Financial Requirements for Publication in JFSA
According to the formal announcement made by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran, manuscripts submitted to JFSA for review and possible publication will be processed only when conditions are met.
International and Iranian contributors submitting to JFSA will not be charged for the review process or for publication.
General Writing Style Guidelines
[Journal article]
Bacon, S. M., & Finnemann, M. D. (1990). A study of the attitude, motives, and strategies of university foreign language students and their disposition to authentic oral and written input. The Modern Language Journal, 74, 459-473.
[Journal article with volume number]
Lee, M-B. (2002). A closer look at language learning strategies and EFL performance. Foreign Languages Education, 10 (1), 115-132.
[Edited book]
Jeremage, S. (Ed.). (1980). Bilingual education: Teaching English as a second language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[Paper in conference proceedings]
Saeki, T. (2001). A study on English learning motivation between Japanese and Korean college students. Proceedings of the PAAL. Tokyo, 6, 361-365.
[Poster presented at a conference]
Ruby, J. & Fulton, C. (1993, June). Beyond redlining: Editing software that works. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Scholarly Publishing, Washington, DC.
[Unpublished conference proceedings paper]
Lank tree, c., & Briere, J. (1991, January). Early data on the trauma symptom checklist for children (TSC-C). Paper presented at the meeting of American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, San Diego, CA.
[Unpublished master's theses]
Almeida, D. M. (1990). Fathers' participation in family work: Consequences for fathers' stress and rather-child relations. Unpublished master's thesis, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
[Unpublished doctoral dissertation]
Zimmerman, C. B. (1994). Self-selected reading and interactive vocabulary instruction: knowledge and perceptions of word learning among L2 learners. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, LA.
[Article in periodical]
Kandel, E. R. (2000, November 10). Neuroscience: Breaking down scientific barriers to the study of brain and mind. Science, 290, 1113-1120.
[Unpublished manuscript]
Peterson, E. N. & Kim, S. (1995). Coherence and academic writing: Some definitions and suggestions for teaching. Unpublished manuscript, State University of New York at Buffalo.
[Same author, same year of publication: arranged in alphabetical order by title of publication]
Peterson, J. R. (1996a). A Study of …
Peterson, J. R. (1996b). Investigating….
[Non-English journal article: original title and in brackets, the English translation]
Van Diojk, U. (1985). Biit ibozen van English in hot oblamden zoschrenden Pedagogik Studem, 28, 45-78.
[Electronic media]
Internet, follow guidelines for book or journal, cite date of publication or update or the date of retrieval.
Hilts, P. J. (1999, February 16). Inforecasting their emotions, most people flunk out. New York Times. Retrieved November 21, 2000, from http://www.nytimes.com
Borman, W. C. (1993). Role of early supervisory experience in supervisor performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78, 443-449. Retrieved October 23, 2000, from PsyArticles database.
Footnotes
.... Was videotaped weekly in a fixed-point manner of observation1.
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Reference citation in text
[Direct citation 1]
She stated, "The 'placebo effect' ... disappeared when behaviors were studied in this manner" (Miele, 1993, p.276), but she did not clarify which behaviors were studied.
[Direct citation 2] Fewer than forty words
Lee (1999) found that "The EAP writing curriculum incorporate reading and analysis of major academic journal articles in the specific field to identify macro-level organization an obligatory 'moves' in conjunction with writing practice." (p. 21).
[Direct citation 3] More than forty words
Miele (1993) found the following:
The "placebo effect," which had been verified in previous studies, disappeared when behaviors were studied in this manner. Furthermore, the behaviors were never exhibited again, even when reed rings were administered. Earlier studies were clearly premature in attributing the results to a placebo effect. (p. 276)
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[Indirect citation 1]
Brown (1998) compared discourse styles....
[Indirect citation 2]
In a recent study of second language acquisition (Brown, 1998)...
[One work by two authors]
Smith and Takamoto (1997) argued that. ...
In recent study of LA (Smith & Takamoto, 1997)...
[One work by multiple authors: use et al
First citation: Jones, Benson, and Collins (1997) found that...
Ina recent study of second language acquisition (Jones, Benson, & Collins, 1997)
Subsequent citations: Jones et al. (1997) further argued that. ...
Ina recent study of second language acquisition (Jones et al, 1997)...
[One work by multiple authors, more than 6] First citation: Dresler et al. (1992). Showed that...
In a recent study of second language acquisition (Dresler et al., 1992)...
[Multiple works: arrange in alphabetical order]
Previous research (Lass, 1992; Meyer & Sage, 1978, 1980; Nichols, 1987a, 1987b; Oats et al., 1973)...
For works not included in the above examples refer to Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th Ed.).