Guide for Authors

The International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology (IJEST) is a quarterly peer review open access fully colored publication of Iranian Society of Environmentalists (IRSEN) and Center for the Environment and Energy Research and Studies (CEERS) affiliated to Graduate School of the Environment and Energy, Science and Research Branch, IAU. IJEST publishes original research papers, case reports, research notes, short communications and review papers on various aspects of Environmental science and engineering. Authors should submit their contributions electronically through the Journal website submission system. 

1. Papers submitted for publication should describe high quality original work, not previously partially or fully published elsewhere.

2. Manuscripts must be submitted only in English and should be written according to sound grammar and proper terminology.

3. Manuscripts should be typed with a font Times New Roman of 11 pt. in the compatible MS-word format in one column with 2.5 cm margin at each side and submitted to the Journal website electronically. Manuscript submission must be applied once in order to be obtained only one submission ID number. More than one submission for a single manuscript can loose the chance of the manuscript consideration. Manuscript must be accompanied by a covering letter including title and author (s) name and must be signed by corresponding author as well as the final checklist.

4. The sampling covering letter and final checklist are supplied during the submission processing.
Corresponding author is responsible to arrange the whole manuscript upon the totally marked final checklist.

5. The text should include: Title; with author (s) name and address; an abstract (150 - 250 words), which state the purpose of the study, basic procedures, main findings and the principal conclusions where are followed by 4-7 key words. Introduction; materials and methods; results and discussion; acknowledgement and references list are followed.

6. Tables and figures in limited numbers should be cited throughout the text with the captions placed above for table and below for figures. Do not submit tables and graphs as photograph. Place explanatory matters in footnotes, not in the heading. Do not use internal horizontal and vertical rules.

7. The policy of the Journal with respect to unit and symbols is that SI symbols should be applied.

8. All graphs should be provided in excel format. Photograph should be in original not less than 200 dpi.

9. The Journal is a fully colored publication with glossy paper. The corresponding author (s) will be supplied with one hard issue of the Journal along with 5 reprints. Author (s) can purchase any extra Journal hard copy and reprints they wish to order.

10. Following acceptance of the manuscript, as the IJEST is fully colored publication, author (s) would unanimously responsible to pay 200 Euros per published manuscript, ONLY after the manuscript has been totally accepted for publication.

11. Following acceptance of the manuscript for publication, author (s) will receive an in house evaluation and galley proof for revision and will be asked to complete and signed, the copyright for the accepted article, individually due to the fully peer review processing and publication.

12. Responsibility for the accuracy of bibliographic citations lies entirely with the authors, as follows: Citations in the text:

Citing and listing of Web references:
As a minimum, the full URL should be given. Any further information, if known (Author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given. Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list.

Text:
All citations in the text should refer to: 1. Single author: the author's name (without initials, unless there is ambiguity) and the year of publication; 2. Two authors: both authors' names and the year of publication; 3. Three or more authors: first author's name followed by "et al." and the year of publication. Citations may be made directly (or parenthetically). Groups of references should be listed first alphabetically, then chronologically. Examples: "as demonstrated (Allan, 1996a, 1996b, 1999; Allan and Jones, 1995). Kramer et al., (2000) have recently shown ..."

Journal article:
Baumann, T.; Fruhstorfer, P.; Klein, T.; Niessner, R., (2006). Colloid and heavy metal transport at landfill sites in direct contact with ground water. Water Res., 40 (14), 2776-2786.

Article by DOI:
Baumann, T.; Fruhstorfer, P.; Klein, T.; Niessner, R., (2006). Colloid and heavy metal transport at landfill sites in direct contact with ground water., Water Res. 40 (14), 2776-2786.
DOI: 10.1016/j. watres.2006.04.049.