Instructions for Authors
Article Submission and Review Process
The Journal of Natural Environmental Hazards (JNEH) is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the University of Sistan and Balouchestan Press, Zahedan, Iran. Authors are encouraged to submit complete unpublished and original works which are not under review in any other journal.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://jenh.usb.ac.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 review. 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 JNEH 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 10 days to determine suitability for review in JNEH. If accepted for external review, manuscripts are peer-reviewed by two anonymous reviewers and the editor. Within 3 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. JNEH attempts to keep the review process as short as possible to enable the 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
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 manuscript confirm 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 to writing the manuscript. Papers are only considered for publication once consent is given by all contributing authors.
The Authorship Form should be signed by the university faculty member as a responsible person. (Only the faculty members are accepted as the corresponding author unless a Master or Ph.D. student is mentioned in this form and signed by the faculty members.)
Conflict of Interest and Source of Funding
Authors are required to disclose any possible Conflicts of Interest. These include financial issues (for example patent, ownership, stock ownership, consultancies, and speaker's fee). The 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’.
General Writing Style Guidelines
Preparing your paper:
Structure:
Manuscripts to send for reviewers should be compiled in the following order: Title page without names; Farsi Abstract; keywords; main text; acknowledgments (as appropriate); references; English Abstract without names and translated all Farsi references to English.
Manuscript Submission:
Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not been published before; that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.
Permissions:
Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.
Title Page:
The title page should include:
The name(s) of the author(s)
A concise and informative title
The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)
The e-mail address and mobile number(s) of the corresponding author
Abstract:
Please provide an abstract of 200 to 300 words in Farsi and in English. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references.
Keywords:
Please provide 3 to 7 keywords, which can be used for indexing purposes.
Text Formatting:
Manuscripts should be submitted in Word.
Word templates are available for this journal. Please save the template to your hard drive, ready for use. You can download the template from here. Do not use field functions.
Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar.
Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables.
Use the equation editor for equations.
Save your file in Docx format (Word 2007 or higher) or doc format (older Word versions).
Additional remark Footnotes:
Footnotes should also not contain any web links. Weblinks should be included in the reference list.
Submission:
Submission files:
You need to submit your work in three (3) separate files as below and only in Word format:
1- Main manuscript without author(s) name. (Do not include any author(s) name in any part of the paper at all.)
2- Title page in Farsi and English as explained in the title part.
3- Translated references in Farsi to English as explained in the template format (it should be ended with the word in bracket [in Persian].
4- Research policy that is signed by the university professor of the article as a responsible person. (Bear in mind that only the university professor is accepted as the corresponding author unless a Master or Ph.D. student is mentioned in this form and signed by the faculty member.)
Supply all supplementary material in standard file formats.
Please include in each file the following information: article title, journal name, author names; affiliation, and e-mail address of the corresponding author.
To accommodate user downloads, please keep in mind that larger-sized files may require very long download times and that some users may experience other problems during downloading.
Checklist: what to include:
1. Author details. Please include all authors’ full names, affiliations, postal addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses on the title page.
One author will need to be identified as the corresponding author (the corresponding author must be a faculty member of universities or research centers), with their email address normally displayed in the article file. Authors’ affiliations are the affiliations where the research was conducted. Please note that no changes to affiliation can be made after your paper is accepted.
2. A non-structured abstract of no more than 300 words in English and in Farsi.
3. Up to 7 keywords.
4. Main text as explained in the template.
5. Your manuscript should be a maximum of 20 pages with figures and tables, without references.
6. Author Responsibilities Form;
The corresponding author must fill in the form and ensure that all co-authors agree with the author list and technical content before submitting the manuscript. The corresponding author is responsible for the completeness and accuracy of the manuscript at the time of submission. Author names and affiliations must be complete and correct at the time of paper submission. While corrections can be made at the proof stage for authors who have changed institutions since the time of paper acceptance, the author cannot be added or deleted after the proof stage. If the corresponding author wishes to add or delete authors, the paper must be withdrawn, corrected, and resubmitted.
Processing of supplementary files:
Electronic supplementary material will be published as received from the author without any conversion, editing, or reformatting.
Accessibility:
In order to give people of all abilities and disabilities access to the content of your supplementary files, please make sure that
* The manuscript contains a descriptive caption for each supplementary material.
Manuscript Copyright:
Papers previously published, copyrighted, or being considered for publication elsewhere should not be submitted to the JNEH, nor may a paper that is under consideration by the JNEH be submitted elsewhere.
After Acceptance:
Publication charges:
There are no submission fees for this journal.
The journal has article publication charges of 6,000,000 IRR (Iranian Rial) after acceptance. Upon the acceptance of an article, the author will receive a link to the payment at the journal web page where s/he needs to pay the publication charge. Once the Author's payment has been completed, the article will be processed and s/he will receive the proofs.
Proofreading:
The purpose of the proof is to check for typesetting or conversion errors and the completeness and accuracy of the text, tables, and figures. Substantial changes in content, e.g., new results, corrected values, title, and authorship, are not allowed without the approval of the Editor.
After online publication, the author has only 10 days to check the published version for any mistakes. After that is not accepted any complaint from authors.
Online First:
The article will be published online after receipt of the corrected proofs. This is the official first publication citable with the DOI. After the release of the printed version, the paper can also be cited by issue and page numbers.
Required files to be uploaded
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