Research Letter of Political Science

Scholarly journal of the Iranian Political Science Association

Research Letter of Political Science

IPSA

About the Journal

The Iranian Political Science Association is an independent, non-governmental, voluntary and non-profit organization. Its scholarly organ, the Research Letter of Political Science, is a scientific research journal founded in 2005 to advance the scholarly development of the Association’s members, improve the quality of specialized human resources, and strengthen education and research across the broad field of political science.

Drawing on professional responsibility and academic expertise, the Editorial Board has welcomed submissions grounded in “originality,” “innovation and knowledge production,” “the advancement of political knowledge, particularly indigenous knowledge and insight,” and “a problem-solving approach to the issues of Iran,” and it remains committed to these principles.

Through years of sustained effort and the steadfast commitment of its editors and staff to the journal’s scholarly mission, the Research Letter of Political Science has had the honor of presenting more than 500 articles with an acceptable impact factor to the national academic community, in keeping with the highest scholarly standards and the principles of professional ethics.

Open Access and Publication Ethics

GOLD OA

The Research Letter of Political Science (IPSA) is an Open Access journal.

The journal adheres to the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and follows the Executive Regulations of the Law on the Prevention of and Combating Fraud in Academic Works.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Similarity Check

To prevent plagiarism, the journal uses the Sinaweb Hamyab similarity-checking system. In addition, authors may use the Hamtajoo and Samim Noor systems to prepare and submit a similarity report to the journal.

• The similarity report must be the original PDF obtained directly from the similarity-checking system.
• The similarity rate of the manuscript must be below 5%.
• All submissions are checked with similarity-detection software before entering peer review. If misconduct is found, a report will be sent to the authors as well as to their university or institution, and the case will be pursued through the appropriate legal authorities.
• The similarity report link and percentage are published in the electronic and print versions of the journal.

Acceptance Criteria

To produce specialized knowledge in political science, the journal accepts and publishes articles that meet the following criteria:

1. The article is derived from original research and contributes new knowledge.
2. It meets scientific research standards, particularly in methodology and theory.
3. It has not been previously published in other journals, proceedings, seminars or academic forums.
4. Articles derived from master’s theses or doctoral dissertations may be published provided the supervisor’s name appears alongside the author’s.
5. The article demonstrates originality and innovation.
6. The article addresses issues concerning Iran.

Note: The journal only considers manuscripts that address issues concerning Iran. The journal is also unable to review submissions from authors who already have a manuscript under review or awaiting publication; please bear this in mind when submitting.

For research priorities and suggested topics, please see the News and Announcements section of the journal’s system.

Required Documents

• Authors’ Commitment Form: download the form, complete it and upload it to the system.
• Author Guidelines: prepare the manuscript in accordance with the journal’s author guidelines before submission.
• Conflict of Interest Form: complete the form based on the journal’s template and upload the scanned copy with the main manuscript file under supplementary files. This form is required before evaluation can begin.
• Similarity Report: the PDF report obtained from the similarity-checking system.

Review and Publication Fees

In accordance with the Regulation on Article Processing Charges for Open Access Scholarly Journals approved by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, the journal charges fees in two stages:

If the manuscript exceeds 7,500 words (the limit set by the Editorial Board for a full article and stated in the author guidelines), an additional charge of up to 300,000 Tomans (3,000,000 Rials) is applied in proportion to the extra words, to cover copyediting and layout costs.

ORCID iD and Academic Email

At the request of Iran’s Scientific Journals Commission, registering and displaying a free ORCID iD and an academic email address is mandatory for all authors (at minimum, the corresponding author). Authors are therefore requested to obtain an ORCID iD and an academic email address before submitting to the journal.

• Register for an ORCID iD: https://orcid.org
• ORCID registration guide (in Persian)