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Articles that can be published in the journal "Spatial Analysis of Environmental Hazards" are original articles that contain new ideas, approaches, and methods and are the result of scientific research findings, in a way that helps advance environmental sciences (especially geography) theoretically and practically;
Articles must be new and the result of research by the author(s) and have not been previously published elsewhere;
The author(s) is fully responsible for the content presented in the article. The journal assumes no responsibility in this regard;
A fee of 10,000,000 rials is charged for printing the article, which is paid after the final approval of the publication by the responsible author.
Payment steps: A - Logging in to the personal page B - The user's invoice is active. After logging in to this section, the user enters the requested amount and payment ID (315074274140107001400291572098) and the payment is made at this stage.
Articles are compiled within the framework of the following structure, which contains the introduction, data and methodology, description and interpretation of the results, conclusion, and sources and references:
A- Introduction: Includes a statement of the problem, importance and necessity, research background, questions, and the overall purpose of the research. All scientific arguments and support for the article based on the work of others and the theoretical framework of the author or authors are given here. After stating these items, the research objective or topic of the article is written at the end. The maximum number of sources are given in this section. The sources should be at the global, national, and regional levels.
B- Data and Methodology: Describe the study area to the extent that it helps the reader understand the research and its results. Secondly, it states the necessity and reasons for conducting the research in the study area. Hypotheses (if any), of course, the hypotheses must be supported to some extent scientifically. The type of data and their source and the method of extracting or preparing the data. Data processing methods, formulas and models should be described to the extent needed by the article. Methods should never be described independently and with an independent title. They should only be described under the working titles of the article and to the extent needed.
C- Description and interpretation of results: A systematic and relevant description of the research findings and analysis of the results. The purpose of analyzing the research findings is to argue based on scientific principles and the findings of other researchers. In order to show their role in the development of knowledge while arguing the findings. The titles and contents of this section are about the results. Avoid writing operational sentences. These sentences are related to the method section. For example, do not write "Investigation of preparing a map of the annual rainfall distribution of Iran" but write the annual rainfall distribution of Iran. Be sure to avoid repeating the discussions in the Methods section. Avoid writing the phrase "Authors" or "Author" separately in the titles of tables and figures. The entire article is the work of the author or authors, except for the figure that is used from another source.
The description of the results and findings should be at least equivalent to the space occupied by the maps and graphs. For example, if you have two pages of figures and tables, you should also have at least two pages of textual explanations. The art of a geography researcher is the interpretation and analysis of maps and graphs. You should write things that the average reader cannot extract. A mere description of the figure and map is also not correct. The text of all maps, tables, and graphs must be prepared in Persian.
D- Conclusion: It only explains the main findings of the research and can be a maximum of half a page. Avoid interpreting, analyzing, and citing sources in this section.
E- List of references: Sources are arranged alphabetically based on the first letter of the last name of the first author of the article. Each source should be written as follows
Articles
A- One author:
Last name, first name. Year. Title of the article. Name of the journal (italic), volume number (bold): Number of pages. Pay attention to punctuation.
B- Articles with two or more authors:
Last name, first name of the first author; name of the second author and last name of the second author, first name and last name of the third author, .... and first name and last name of the last author. Year. Title of the article. Name of the journal (italic), volume number (bold): Number of pages.
Alijani, B.; Peyman Mahmoudi, Mohammad Saliki and Elahbakhsh Rigi-Chahi. 2011. Investigation of changes in minimum and maximum temperatures in Iran. Quarterly Journal of Geographical Research, 102: 101-122.
Alijani, B.; J. O’Brien, and B. Yarnal. 2008. Spatial analysis of precipitation intensity and concentration in Iran. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 94: 107–124.
DOI 10.1007/s00704-007-0344-y
As you can see in the Latin source, in the second and subsequent authors, the abbreviation of his name is written first and then his surname. Pay attention to the punctuation.
Books
Last name, first name. Year. Book title (italic). Translator's name and surname. Publication date. Place of publication.
Alijani, Bahloul. 2006. Synoptic Weather and Meteorology, 2nd edition. Samat Publishing, Tehran.
Kim, Y.J.; U. Platt, M.B. Gu, and H. Iwahashi (Eds.). 2009. Atmospheric and Biological
Environmental Monitoring. Springer, London.
Theses and dissertations and in general all references in the volume are treated as books.
References in the volume with multiple authors are treated as articles with multiple authors.
In all references, full Persian names are written. But in Latin sources, the researcher's name should be written with the first letter capitalized. Pay attention to the examples.
In-text references:
Article references: in parentheses as,
(Last name, year); It is not necessary to mention the page number of the article here.
Reference to the book: The page number should also be given in parentheses after the year of publication;
Note 1: In sources with two surnames, both surnames should be written in parentheses. In sources with more than two surnames, the first surname should be written and the rest should be written as et al.
Note 2: If more than one source is given in parentheses, the distance between the sources is indicated by ;.
Note 3: In the text of the article, the Latin name should be written in Persian. However, in references in parentheses, the author's surname and the year should be given in Latin. Pay attention to the following sentence:
Tobler (1972) was an American geographer who proposed the famous principle of spatial dispersion. According to this principle, phenomena that are closer to each other are more similar.
The minimum number of references for articles is 21 original and scientific sources.
The maximum number of pages for an article is 16.
Articles must have Persian and English abstracts as follows:
A- Persian abstract: This abstract is about 200-250 words long and is written in a news style. The Persian abstract has a structure that includes the topic, data and collection and processing methods, results, and keywords (at least five words).
B- English abstract: This abstract is written in detail. The English abstract has a volume of between 700-1000 words. The structure of compiling this abstract includes the statement of the problem, research method, description and interpretation of the results, and keywords.
Tables and figures related to the article must be at a standard level (i.e., within sight, neither larger nor smaller), non-colored, and technically printable. Table titles should be written above them and figure titles below them. It is also essential that tables and figures have references within the text.
Articles extracted from academic theses or research projects will be published along with an introduction to the original work.
All articles will be reviewed by editorial board members or expert professors and will be printable only after approval.
The text of the article should be typed in Word 2010 with the following specifications:
The paper format used is A4. In this format, the distance from the top and bottom margins should be 3 cm, from the right 3.5 cm and from the left 2.5 cm;
The line spacing should be 1.15;
The font type for Persian text words is B Nazanin and English words and phrases is Time New Roman. The size of the words for the title of the article is 14 Bold, the main headlines are 12 Bold, and for the text is 12. The size of Latin texts is one number smaller than Persian texts;
The Persian abstract of the articles and keywords should be written on a separate page with B Nazanin10Bold font and the English abstract at the end of the article should be written with 12 Time New Roman font;
The title, academic rank, email address, contact phone number and the institution where the authors work should be written on a separate page with B Nazanin11Bold font.
Table and figure titles should be written in B Nazanin 10Bold font.
All tables and figures should be prepared in Persian.
Analytical and review articles. These types of articles are accepted from prominent and opinionated researchers and writers, and the number of references in these articles should be much higher.