Quarterly Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Visual Arts
Writing Guidelines and Conditions for Submitting Articles
1. The article must be prepared in Persian and in accordance with the principles and rules of writing (approved by the Persian Language and Literature Academy).
2. The submitted article must have the following sections in order: title, abstract and keywords (Persian and English separately), introduction, research method, research background, body of the research (including theoretical foundations, discussion, analysis of findings), conclusion, footnotes, references.
3. The first page includes the title of the article, names and characteristics of the authors (with the name of the corresponding author), abstract and keywords.
4. The abstract must include, respectively, the statement of the problem, objectives and main questions of the research, research method and method of data collection and analysis method, research result (between 250 and a maximum of 300 words)
5. Keywords are placed in the line after the abstract. It is between 3 and 5 words, arranged in order from the whole to the part.
6. The introduction should include a detailed description of the research problem, the research objectives, and the main research questions.
7. The research background comes after the introduction and is mandatory and essential for all articles. The titles of books, articles, theses, and research projects, the year of publication and the names of the publications, the thesis/dissertation supervisor, and the relevant university should be included and included in the references.
8. The research method should come after the background. It should include the research method, data collection method, data collection tool, statistical population, number of samples studied, sampling method, and data analysis method (all items must be provided).
9. The body of the research: includes theoretical foundations, discussion, and analysis of findings.
10. Conclusion: It should be logical and reasoned and clarify the discussion and findings, especially the answers to the article questions.
11. All footnotes, Latin names and terms, necessary explanations (with source citation) should be serially numbered at the end of the article, before the references.
12. All images should be in 300 dpi resolution, jpg format, and of printable quality, with serial numbering, and with explanation and source mentioned below the images. The image numbers should be in the text.
13. All tables and graphs should be serially numbered, and their specifications and source should be included above the table or graph. The table number should be in the text.
14. All Latin words and terms in the text of the article should be translated into Persian, and if necessary, their Latin equivalents should be mentioned in the footnote.
15. Cite all in-text references according to the following format:
A. In library resources including books/articles/thesis etc. (Author's last name, year of publication, page)
Example: (Mohammadi, 1401, p. 27)
B. In electronic resources with the author's last name: (Last name, year of access to information)
Example: (Uluc, 2024)
C. In electronic resources without the author's last name: (URL, numbering from 1 to the end)
Example: (URL 1)
D. In field resources (Last name of the creator of the work/content, year of access to information)
Example: (Labaf Khaniki, 1403)
16. All references in alphabetical order according to the following format:
A. Book: Last name of the author/authors, name (year of publication), book title, volume. Name of translator or editor, place of publication: Name of publisher.
Example: Ross, Steven David and Nicholas Pappas, Ian A. Artson, Nicholas Rebgel, Ronald Moore, Francis S. Connelly. (2012), Beauty, Ugliness, Grotesque, translated by Fariborz Majidi; edited by Farzad Jabral Ansar. Tehran: Academy of Arts of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Institute for the Compilation, Translation and Publication of Artistic Works "Metan".
B. Article: Author's last name, name (year of publication), "Title of article", title of journal, volume or year (magazine issue in the year in question), page numbers of the article in the journal, link to access the source.
Blair, S. Shila (2012), "A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF ABU ZAYD", Muqarnas, no.25, pp. 1-22/ Payam Baharestan publication, translated by Safura Fazlahi, number 17, pp. 388-413. [Online URL: https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net]
C. Thesis: Student's last name, name (year of publication), "Thesis title", field and level of study, supervisors and advisors, name of group, faculty, university, link to access the source.
For example: Habibi Afratakhti, Masoumeh (1401), "Aesthetics of Ashura with a Parsa Quranic Approach", Thesis in the field of Art Research, PhD, Supervisor: Davoud Ranjbaran, Advisor: Esmaeil Bani Ardalan, Tehran University of Arts, Faculty of Theoretical Sciences and Advanced Studies in Art
[Online URL: https://ganj.irandoc.ac.ir/viewer/388624f83291ce32d5afb1d200a2fb4c?sample=1]
D. Electronic sources: Author's last name, name (year of publication). Title, full and partial internet address (in a way that allows access to the source and matching with the information included in the article), access time (mention the day, month and year)
https://www.davidmus.dk/en/.collections/islamic/materials/.ceramics/art/45-2001 [access date: 2023.04.25]
F. Field sources: Surname of the creator of the work, name (year of access to the information), name of the subject, place of preparation of the work, time (mention the day, month and year)
For example: Labaf Khaniki, Rajab Ali (1403), Timurid Mosques in South Khorasan, Faculty of Architecture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran (21 Ordibehesht 1403).