Quarterly Journal of School Psychology Statute
1- The main purpose of this journal is to expand the science of psychology and motivate and guide the minds of academics and those interested in interdisciplinary fields (society, culture and psychology) to produce and introduce related studies and research.This journal is devoted to research and theories in the field of mental health and culture, as well as cross-cultural and comparative research in the field of mental health.
2- Quarterly Journal mental health and culture will be published by Imam Khomeini International University.
3- The number of editorial broad members of the Quarterly is 9, among whom, three people are from Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, one from Shahid Beheshti University , one from Mohaghegh Ardabili University, one from Gilan University, ONE Bu-Ali Sina university of Hamedan , one from Tehran Payamnoor University and one from Allameh Tabatabaei university .The change or increase of this number would depend on the opinion of the Universities, approval of University Research Council, and cognizance of the journals commission.
4- Having at least the degree of associate professorship and a Ph.D. degree in psychology are of obligatory qualifications for attending editorial broad the Quarterly.
Chapter Two: Tasks and Activities
5- The Quarterly publishes 2 issues per year.
6- Each issue of the Quarterly should include at least 7 papers and the minimum number of pages should not be less than 60 pages.
7- The logo of the Universities should be printed on the cover of the Quarterly.
Chapter Three: The Quarterly Format Criteria
8- The Quarterly must possess an annual index and an official ISSN.
9- Submission and acceptance date of the new papers will be inserted in the Quarterly.
10- The Quarterly will only publish scientific papers and will avoid the publication of translated papers.
11- The Quarterly will be published in Persian and its abstract will also be published in English.
12- The authors will use the APA format in their papers.
Chapter Four: Quarterly Review Process
13- Having been received, the papers will go under preliminary review by the editor-in-chief of the journal.
14- In the next step, all reviewed papers will be discussed at the meeting of the Quarterly editorial board in order to make decisions on their selection.
15- After discussing the articles in the editorial board meeting, if the papers are not compatible with the purpose of the Quarterly, the editorial board’s opinion will be sent to the author of the paper electronically in written form within one week.
16- Obtaining a commitment from the authors based on the non-publication of the paper and their submission to other journals during the review process is required for papers prior to submission for scientific review.
17- If the paper is compatible with the purpose of the journal, it will be sent to 2 reviewers without author's name and signature along with the review form.
18- The Quarterly’s reviewers are required to submit their comments to the journal’s office within two days.
19- If two reviewers agree that the paper is unpublishable, it is not published. If one reviewer declares that the paper is publishable and the other states that it is publishable with minor or major revisions, it is published provided that the author makes the requested modifications which are announced by the journal office.
Chapter 5: The Process of Preparing the Quarterly after the Review
20- After the final approval of the paper by the editor-in-chief, managing editor of the Quarterly should announce to the author the acceptance of the paper for publication in the future issues.
21- The selection of papers for any of the Quarterly’s issues will be done at editorial broad meeting which will be held every fifteen days with half of the members of the editorial board.
22- Literary editing of the papers and English editing of abstracts is required. In the meantime, scientific editing of the papers is also the responsibility of the editor-in-chief.
23- After typing, designing the layout and editing the journal, each author will read his/her final draft and send it to the journal's office after approval.
24- All members of the editorial board will go through the final review of the Quarterly prepared for publishing before being sent to the printing office.
25- The Quarterly office address is Imam Khomeini International University, the office of Quarterly Journal of Mental health and culture (Phone number: 02833901635).