In-text referencing method:
The following rules apply to references to books, scientific journal articles, encyclopedia entries, newspapers, images, maps, tables, charts, websites, and interviews:
1- The method of referring to a book, an article in a scientific journal, an encyclopedia entry, and a newspaper is the same.
2- The specification of the work must be presented in parentheses according to the standards of in-text citation. These specifications should be set in a way that easily guides the audience to the desired work. If information is provided about the work before the parentheses, the author is allowed to shorten the content of the citation inside the parentheses.
2-1: If the name of the source and the name of the author is not included in the text: the name of the source, the family name of the author or authors, the year of the work, and the page number should be placed in parentheses.
Example: Tarikh dar Tarazoo [History in the Balance] Zarin Koob, 1370 AD, 321).
2-2: If the name of the source and author is included in the text, the year of publication is placed in parentheses.
Example: Regarding travelogues, a number of books have been published, most of which introduce a summary of these works or are considered a kind of descriptive cataloging. Among these works are: Journey of Europeans to Iran by Jean Shiabani (1353).
2-3: If the author of the work or the date of writing is not known, the words "unnamed" or "unknown" can be used.
2-4: Insert page number: from right to left and from small to large.
Example: (Dehnavi, 1346, 298-295)
3- If a direct quotation is mentioned in the text; The full text of the referenced phrase is placed in quotation marks.
Example: "Legends in the common language of people are usually traditional stories that have a historical and semi-historical basis" (Ismail pour, 1377, 35).
4- If the reference is to several works by the same author; References should be listed in chronological order.
Example: Wiedengren (1959, 1961, 1967, 1970, 1983) studied the cultural aspects of Iranian history during the Sassanid period for more than three decades.
5- In reference to several works by the same author that were published in one year; After entering the publication date of each work, the letters Abjad are used for Persian and Arabic sources and a, b, c for Latin sources.
Example: Shahbazi's researches about the historiography of Iranians in the Sassanid period (a1990) include various aspects of Iranian historiography.
6- If the number of authors is two, their names should be mentioned in the order of their historical period.
Example: Losing Alexandria was considered a bitter defeat for Byzantium (Winter and Dignas, 1978, 100).
6-1: If the number of authors of the cited work is more than three, it is enough to mention the name of the first author according to the date of the work, and then use the et.al.
Example: It is not easily possible to determine the exact time of governors' rule due to the difference in historical sources. (Qolizadeh et al., 1396, 81).
7- It is necessary to insert images, figures, maps, tables, and charts to the sources.
Example: (Tong with handles of the 7th-8th centuries AD, Girshman, (1390), 238, No. 291 A).
8- The use of signs must be in accordance with the standard guidelines and principles of journal magazine editing rules.
9- The number of words in the article, should not exceed 6500 words (sources are not included)
The method of setting the list of sources:
1- In setting up the list of references, the full details of the work should be mentioned – Family name, first name, date of publication, name of the work, name of translator or proofreader, place of publication, and name of the publication.
1-1: If the author of the work, the date of writing, or the place of publication is not known, the words "unnamed", and "unplaced" are used respectively.
Example: Ashpoler, B, (1369). The history of Iran in the early Islamic centuries, translated by Javad Flatouri.Tehran: Scientific and Cultural Publications.
1-2: It is not necessary to mention the pages of the book.
2-2: In online articles, it is necessary to mention the author's family name, first name, (year of publication), "article title", website title, website address, and access date.
Example: Fukuhi, Nasser, (2019), "Historical convergence with the great cultural heritage of social thought", Anthropology and Culture, available at:
https://anthropology andculture.com
/%d9%87%d9%85%da%af%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%8a%d9%8a-%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%b1% d9%8a%d8%ae%d9%8a-%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%ab-%d8%a8%d8%b2 %d8%b1%da%af-%d9%81%d8%b1%d9%87%d9%86%da%af%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%86 (Downloaded: 8 September 2020).
3- When mentioning encyclopedia entries, it is necessary to mention the family and first name of the author, the date of publication, the title of the entry, and the name of the encyclopedia.
Example: Bahrami, Askar, (1381), Bakhtiari, the great Islamic encyclopedia.
4- Regarding electronic books (E-Books), it is necessary to mention the author's family name, first name, (year), book title in italics, place of publication, publisher, download link, and access date.
Example: Robinson, C. F. (2004). Empire and Elites after the Muslim Conquest: The Transformation of Northern Mesopotamia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Available at: https://books.google.ae/books?id=iYlSHyDWUtQC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false (Downloaded: 17 June 2015)
5: In the interviews section, it is necessary to mention the interviewee's name, interview year, interview title (italics), interviewer's name, and day and month of the interview.
Example: Boiri, Falaknaz, (2018), Bakhtiari legends, interview with Shamsuddin Razavi, Mehr 8.
