The International Journal of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences (IJNRMS) of the Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes articles in different areas of sciences, management and technology to the Natural resources and Marine Sciences from all over the world. Contributions must be original and must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. The manuscript should be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief through the Submit Paper system to the journal. It is also advised to edit the manuscripts written by non native English authors to accelerate the evaluation process and avoiding any probable defect to the manuscript quality. The following link with a special 15% reduction on this journal contributors or any other authorized English editing center is recommended.
Manuscripts submitted to IJNRMS are critically reviewed before they are published. The purpose of the review is to assure readers that the papers have been found acceptable by competent and independent professionals. The process often results in desirable changes to the manuscripts.
MANUSCRIPT OUTLINE
Manuscripts prepared for IJNRMS should be arranged in the following order:
1. Title and name(s) of author(s)
2. Author and paper documentation
3. Abstract
4. Keywords (alphabetically arranged)
5. Introduction (including a literature review)
6. Materials and methods/methodology
7. Results
8. Discussion
9. Conclusion
10. Acknowledgement
11. References
TITLE
A good title (i) briefly identifies the subject, (ii) indicates the purpose of the study, and (iii) gives important and high-impact words early. It is recommended that titles not exceed 12 words, except in unusual circumstances.
The meaning and order of words in a title are also important. Do not start the title with low-impact words such as "effect of " or " influence of". Instead, concentrate on the subject and findings of the research. The title must be useful in itself as a label. The terms in the title should be limited to those words that give significant information about the article's content. Titles should never contain abbreviations, chemical formulas, or proprietary names; and authors should avoid using unusual or outdated terminology. The entire title or part of that will be used as running title.
NAME(S) OF AUTHOR(S)
Name(s), academic position(s) and occupation institution(s) of author(s) are shown under title on the first page. The corresponding author name should be asterisked and full mailing address, Telephone No. and Fax No. of the corresponding author should be added.
ABSTRACT
An abstract not exceeding 220 words should include the following:
1. Necessity of work, including rationale or justification for the research.
2. Objectives and topics covered.
3. Brief description of methods used. If the paper deals mainly with methods, give the basic principles, range and degree of accuracy for new methods.
4. Results.
5. Conclusions.
Authors are encouraged to prepare a Farsi translation of abstract which will be appeared in the last page of the article. However, for non-Iranian authors, the translation will be done by the editorial board of IJNRMS.
KEYWORDS
Alist of three to five keywords from the manuscript must be supplied. Keywords should include the topic investigated and special techniques used. Keywords should be informative without reference to the main text.
INTRODUCTION
Introductions should be short and include:
1. A brief statement of the problem that justifies the work, or the hypothesis on which it is based.
2. The findings of others that will be challenged or developed.
3. An explanation of the general approaches and objectives. This part may indicate the means by which the question was examined, especially if the methods are new.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
IJNRMS will publish manuscripts which are based on experimental and survey data and theoretical analyses, provided that acceptable results are obtained. The purpose of this section is to give sufficient procedural details so that a competent scientist can repeat the experiments.
For materials, the authors should supply the appropriate technical specifications and quantities as well as method of preparation. If a commercially available product is used, the name and address of its manufacturer should be given parenthetically after it is first mentioned. If necessary, the pertinent chemical and physical properties of the reagents should be listed. Chemical rather than trade names are preferred. Any plants, animals, other organisms and soils not mentioned in the abstract should be identified accurately by genus, species, cultivar, soil classification and special characteristics.
Methods should be cited by a reference(s) if possible. If the techniques used are widely familiar, write only their names. If a method is modified, an outline of the modification should be given unless the modification is trivial. Give details of unusual experimental designs or statistical methods. This section may be arranged chronologically, by a succession of techniques, or in another manner. This section may include tables and figures.
RESULTS
Tables, graphs and other illustrations in the results section should provide a clear understanding of representative data obtained from the experiments. Data included in illustrations and tables should not be extensively discussed in the text, but significant findings should be noted. When only a few determinations are presented, they should be treated descriptively in the text. Repetitive determinations should be presented in tables or graphs.
Finally, the results should be related to one another. Frequently, this causes the results section to be combined with discussion section.
DISCUSSION
A good discussion will contain:
1. Principles, relationships and generalizations that can be supported by the results.
2. Exceptions, lack of correlation and definition of unsettled points, gap areas needing further investigation.
3. Emphasis on results and conclusions that agree or disagree with other work(s).
4. Practical as well as theoretical implications.
CONCLUSIONS
A summary of evidences and results obtained through the study has to be given in this part. The author should include any significant conclusions that have been drawn from the work. These conclusions should be carefully worded so the readers can identify and understand them. Necessary and very specific suggestions and recommendation related to the study would be given here.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
In this section, the author(s) may wish to thank some research institutions, companies, governmental bodies or people who have contributed or financially supported the research from which the manuscript is derived.
REFERENCES
The reference section lists the literature cited in the paper. Authors are encouraged to cite only published, significant and up-to-date references in their papers. It is also advised to cite papers already published in former issues of IJNRMS.
The references in the text have to be given as:
Name-year system e. g. (Smith, 1996; CSSA, 1997). For two authors, name both (Ahmad and Mahsen, 1997). With three or more authors, use et al. in italic (Ahmad et al., 1997) or Ahmad et al. (Year). For two or more article by the same author(s) in the same year, designate them as Smith (1997 a, b) or (Smith et al., 1997a, b) depend upon the manner of referring.
Arrange the list alphabetically by the surnames of authors. Two or more articles by the same author(s) are listed chronologically; two or more in the same year are indicated by the letters a, b, c, etc. All single-author works of a given individual should precede multiauthor article of which the individual is senior author. Do not capitalize the title of the article except proper names and the first letter of the words of the title. Periodical titles should be given in complete form with the first capital word. Entries with the same senior author (e. g. Shotwell below) should be organized by alphabetizing surnames of succeeding co-authors and then by year, when the name repeated exactly (see entries 3 and 4 below). The axact manner of citation has been given in the following.
Journals
1. Shotwell, O.L. Title of the Paper. Standard abbreviated title of the journal. 1994; Vol: p-p.
2. Shotwell, O.L., Goulden, M. L. and Hesseltine, C. W. Title of the Paper. Standard abbreviated title of the journal. 1992; Vol: p-p.
3. Shotwell, O.L., Hesseltine, C. W. and Goulden, M. L. Title of the Paper. Standard abbreviated title of the journal. 1993; Vol: p-p.
4. Shotwell, O.L., Hesseltine, C. W. and Goulden, M. L. Title of the Paper. Standard abbreviated title of the journal. 1994; Vol: p-p.
5. Shotwell, O.L., Hesseltine, C. W., Vandegraft, E. E. and Goulden, M. L. Title of the Paper. Standard abbreviated title of the journal. 1993; Vol: p-p.
6. Shotwell, O.L., Kwolek, W. F., Goulden, M.L., Son, L.K. and Hesseltine, C. W. Title of the Paper. Standard abbreviated title of the journal. 1991; Vol: p-p.
7. Shotwell, O. L. and Zwieg, D. W. Title of the Paper. Standard abbreviated title of the journal. 1994; Vol: p-p.
Conference Proceedings
8. Shotwell, O. L. and Zwieg, D. W. Tile of the Paper. Full conference name, Place, Country, Exact period 1994; p-p.
Books and Reports
9. Shotwell, O. L. and Zwieg, D. W. Title of the book. Name of Publisher, Place. 1994; No. of pages.
10. Shotwell, O. L. and Zwieg, D. W. Title of the contribution, Title of the book. Name of the editors similar to the authors' names (Ed.). Name of Publisher, Place. 1994; p-p.
DETAILS OF MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
Typing
The manuscript main text must be typed using Times New Roman 12, double-spaced, on good grade, A-4 paper, or prepared by other techniques to obtain a copy providing comparable quality. Manuscripts produced by word processor printers are acceptable only if they are of good legible quality.
The guidelines are as follows:
1. Double space all typing, including references, data in tables, and captions to figures and tables. Use only one side of the sheet. Indent each paragraph five spaces.
2. Deletion of a word or two should be clearly marked on the original pages. If a manuscript is retyped during the revision process, the original copy must be returned along with the revised one.
Length of Manuscripts
About three manuscript pages of elite typescript occupy one printed journal page. One elite typescript page should contain 25 lines 150 mm wide. Pages should not be more than 20 pages.
Headings and Subheadings
For full-length journal papers, the main text headings, such as materials and methods, are typed using Times New Roman 12 bold in capitals in the center of the line. Secondary center headings and side headings are typed in capital and lower case letters.
Figure and Table
Figures and tables should be numbered in English, with an appropriate legend at the top-left for tables and at the center below the figures. First mention of figures and tables in text must be in sequential order. Figure and table headings must be typed along with the figures and tables in bold but undoubtedly one smaller sizes (Times New Roman 11 bold) and do not require a separate page. Use "Fig." and "Table" in both text and headings.
All photographs, figures, tables and graphs should be provided with high quality.
Footnotes
Authors should avoid the use of footnotes.
Units of Measurement
The SI system is adopted as standard. As for abbreviations if any non-standards are to be used they should be defined in the text. All dimensions have to be shown in linear form e.g. m3/s.
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