Manuscript preparation
Please find the template for English paper here and for Persian paper here.
Attention
Submitting a manuscript means the work is original hasn't been published before, and isn't under review elsewhere. It also confirms that all co-authors and relevant authorities have approved the publication. The publisher is not responsible for any compensation claims related to the manuscript. Modifications to the list of authors during the MS revision are typically prohibited; But there may be exceptional circumstances that justify such alterations. It is essential to provide a comprehensive explanation for any changes in authorship. Additionally, it is important to emphasize that once a manuscript has been accepted, no further changes to authorship can be made.
Structure
The manuscript should be double-spaced, in 12-point font, with 35 mm margins. The title page is the first page which must contain the title, author names, affiliations, and email addresses. Page numbers should start from page 2 and line numbers as they continue.
Figures and tables should be cited in the text as “Fig. 1” or “Table 2.”.
All scientific names, including genera and species, should be mentioned in their entirety and their authority in the first citation (but not in the title).
Each manuscript must be submitted with a full and running title. Both titles will be published in papers on top of the pages. A full title must be inserted in the submitted file, and a running title has to be inserted during submission.
The authors should avoid using acronyms or abbreviations, especially in the abstract. For measurements, the Système international d’unités (SI) must be followed. Taxonomic papers must adhere to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) standard.
Type of papers
JESI considers research articles, review articles, monographs, editorial letters, and short communications.
According to the journal's scope, research articles are toned to include significant research results.
Short communications are usually limited to reference lists, figures, and tables. They have abstracts but other parts of the full research papers, including the introduction, material and methods, results, and discussion (IMMRD), should be excluded. This type of publication is intended to report preliminary data like case studies.
Review article contents should include a wide range of researched items and new important discoveries, not just from literature reviews. We expect the author (s) of review article be experienced people.
Pre-submission Checklist
Key required items
The manuscript fits with the journal's aim and scope
The manuscript not simultaneously submitted to another journal
All authors are aware of the MS content, and the submission
The author(s) has(have) read the author's guideline
Checklist items for submission
4-5 Keywords
Attractive title and abstract
Suitable writing style, including correct grammar and spell
References cited in suitable style (all end references in the main text and vice versa)
Needed items
Stated any conflict of interest and disclosure
Provided ORICD for all authors
All required files are uploaded ( main file + Authorship statement form + Graphical abstract + conflict of interest form)
Main Issues
The structure of manuscripts may differ somewhat based on the manuscript type or subject.
The title of the manuscript should be precise, descriptive, comprehensive, and concise. No abbreviation should be used in the title. The authorship for the species is avoided, while the family and order of the taxa are included.
Personal information, including first name, family name, associated department, university/ research institute, city, province (state), country, and email address is required for each author. Authors are strongly recommended to completely fill in all subjects of author information, especially ORCID ID, during the submission process.
The Abstract includes a concise story of the manuscript emphasizing the method and results, which should not exceed 250 words.
Keywords should be mentioned immediately after the abstract and below it.
The Introduction should include introducing and justifying the subject and reviewing previous literature reviews that indicate the purpose of the research.
Materials and Methods section includes a complete description of the materials used and methods described. For the adopted methods, it is enough to cite the reference(s) only.
Results and discussion should be presented as separate titles.
The manuscript data could be presented as figures or tables. The table should have no vertical lines, and each one must be presented on a separate page. All figures, including photographs and drawings, must be cited in the main text and presented on a separate page. Figures resolution for color images should be 300 dpi but for line art, it could be 600 dpi. Captions of all tables and figures should be put after the references. The recommended file type is JPEG.
Discussion should include an analysis of the results, which have been originated, interpreted, and evaluated based on the other works through which synthesize at least one new scientific finding.
References should be prepared according to the reference styles and arranged based on the letters of the first author's family alphabet.
Forms
Conflict of interest form: please receive the conflict of interest form (here) and submit it with MS after signing.
Commitment form: complete the author's commitment form, then sign and submit it
Text FormattingManuscripts should be submitted in Word.
Use a normal, plain font (e.g., 10-point Times Roman) for text.
Use italics for emphasis.
Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages.
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 or MathType for equations.
Save your file in docx format (Word 2007 or higher) or doc format (older Word versions).
Footnotes are not allowed. Descriptions and diagnoses of taxa should be written using the common taxonomic description format.
All publications cited in the text should be included in the reference section. Papers 'in press' can only be cited if they have been accepted for publication; do not cite manuscripts 'in preparation' or 'submitted'.
Authors are encouraged to provide a list of 2-3 potential reviewers.
The manuscript must be submitted through the journal website.
Reviewers
Authors are encouraged to provide a list of 2-3 potential reviewers.
Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section. The names of funding organizations should be written in full.
The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text.
All publications cited in the text should be included in the reference section. Papers 'in press' can only be cited if they have been accepted for publication; do not cite manuscripts 'in preparation' or 'submitted'.
Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last names of the first author of each work. Please alphabetize according to the following rules: 1) For one author, by name of author, then chronologically; 2) For two authors, by name of author, then name of coauthor, then chronologically; 3) For more than two authors, by name of first author, then chronologically.
If available, please always include DOIs as full DOI links in your reference list (e.g. “https://doi.org/abc”).
We prefer manuscript references constructed using Mendeley or Endnote.
The Endnote style template can be downloaded here.
Taxonomy
All papers with a taxonomic content must follow the provisions of the latest edition of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Types of new species or subspecies should be deposited in a responsible scientific institution, specified in the text. The first mention of a species or genus-group name should include the full citation with the author (e.g. Andricus pseudocecconii Melika, Tavakoli & Stone, 2022), and abbreviated thereafter (e.g. A. pseudocecconii Melika, Tavakoli & Stone,). Authorities for taxon names should only be cited in the references if they are listed in a synonymy.
Collection permit
Authors are responsible for verifying whether collection permit is necessary in the country from which their specimens originate, and for timely acquisition of such a permit.
For taxonomic manuscripts describing new taxa, the ZooBank registration number is required.
Sequences
DNA sequences must be deposited in a public database (e.g., Genbank) and accession numbers should be provided in the final version of the manuscript.
Tables
All tables are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
Tables should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
For each table, please supply a table caption (title) explaining the components of the table.
Identify any previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference at the end of the table caption.
Footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data) and included beneath the table body.
Figures
The Colour illustrations should be beoriginal, otherwise cited properly.
After acceptance authors will have to provide separate files for the figures in the requested format. Illustrations must be ready for printing and should be electronically submitted. Electronic drawings and scanned figures should be in tiff format with LZW compression and must have a 600 dpi resolution according to final size or in a vector graphic format (svg, ai) (one column 13 cm, two columns 18 cm, horizontal page 21.5 x 15 cm).
Photos should be in jpg or png formats with low or no compression and must have a 300 dpi resolution. Inadequate artwork will not be accepted.
All figures (including photographs and maps) must be labelled in successive order, using Arabic numerals. Figures files must be named Figure1, 2 .... Sub-figures should be labelled (a), (b), etc. Magnifications should be indicated by scale bars on figures. Please use lower resolutions (300 and 150 dpi) and jpeg compression (80%) for manuscript submission.
Page proofs
One set of page proofs will be sent to the corresponding author and should be corrected and returned by e-mail. At the end of publication process, the authors will receive a PDF file of the paper as free.
By submitting manuscript to Journal of Entomological Society of Iran, author(s) agree to make articles legally available for reuse, without permission or fees, for virtually any purpose. Anyone may copy, distribute, or reuse these articles, as long as the authors are properly cited.
Authors retain the copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions.