Guide for Authors

The corresponding author of the article, after registering on the journal's website, must enter the article submission section and carefully complete all the requested information. (Revision of the article after peer review and payment of the publication fee is only possible through the corresponding author's dashboard.) Submission of articles is exclusively through the journal's system(https://jlkd.um.ac.ir), and the journal does not accept manual or postal submissions.

Article Details Page

This page should include the article title, authors' names, their academic ranks in both Persian and English, as well as their email addresses and phone numbers. It must be uploaded separately in the supplementary files section on the website. (The corresponding author should be clearly indicated.)

Introduction of Suggested Reviewers

Respected authors are requested to provide, if possible, the names of three suggested reviewers with sufficient expertise in the field of the submitted article at the time of submission. These reviewers should be affiliated with a university or institution other than the authors' place of employment.

Article Submission Guidelines

Please review the journal's guidelines before uploading your article to the website and ensure that your article is formatted according to the guidelines. The journal cannot accept articles that do not adhere to the guidelines.

  • Please ensure that the names of all authors are accurately listed. (After uploading the article, changes to the number, order of authors, or the corresponding author will not be possible).

  • Please upload the following five files in the specified order:

  1. Author Information File (approximately 100 words): This file should include a description of each author, their institutional affiliation (university or workplace), and their research interests in Persian. (Please note that in case of acceptance, this affiliation will be published, and changes to the institutional affiliation will not be possible).

  2. Complete Article File in Word Format: The file should not include the names or any information about the authors.

  3. Complete Article File in PDF Format: The file should not include the names or any information about the authors.

  4. English Abstract (250 words): The English abstract should match the Persian abstract.

  • The content of the article should be between 5,000 and a maximum of 8,000 words (including tables, charts, and end references).

  • The manuscript of the article should be formatted according to the guidelines of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature, and the use of half-spaces in typing is mandatory.
    The font for main and subheadings should be BLotus, size 13, and bold. The font for the Persian abstract should be BLotus, size 12. The font for the English abstract should be Times New Roman, size 12. The font for the main text of the article should be BLotus, size 13. The font for Persian footnotes should be BNazanin, size 11. The font for English footnotes should be Times New Roman, size 10. The font for titles of tables, charts, and images should be BLotus, size 12, and bold. The font for the content of tables and images should be BLotus, size 11, and all tables and images must be in Persian.
  • The article should be formatted on A4 paper (21cm x 29.7cm) with top and bottom margins of 5cm, left and right margins of 4cm, and line spacing of 1cm. The first line of each paragraph should have a 0.5cm indent, and the entire text should be justified and set to medium spacing.
  • It is necessary to translate Latin authors' names, numbers, years, and page numbers into Persian within the text, and the Latin equivalent of the authors' names should be mentioned in the footnotes. In the footnotes, a dot and then a space should be placed between the number and the author's name. For moving Latin names to the footnotes, the index (X2) feature in Word should not be used, and automatic numbering should be applied.
  • Direct quotations require page numbers and should be enclosed in quotation marks at the beginning and end (e.g., Ahmadipour, 2012, p. 112). If the quotation is not direct, a page number is not required. Direct quotations exceeding 40 words should be separated from the main text with a 0.5cm indent on the right side, using BLotus font, size 10.
  • All Latin words mentioned for the first time must have an equivalent in the footnotes. Please note that only the first letter of proper nouns in the footnotes should be capitalized, and other equivalents should begin with a lowercase letter. Avoid manually inserting footnote numbers, and ensure that footnote numbers are specific to the same page (not continued across pages).
  • The format and main body of the article should include the following sections in order:

  1. Introduction

  2. Research Background (including literature review and theoretical framework)

  3. Research Methodology

  4. Research Findings

  5. Discussion and Conclusion

Please ensure that all your content is organized within this framework.

  • It is necessary to number all main section headings and subheadings to indicate which subsection belongs to which higher-level section. Please adhere to the numbering system where the number of the main heading comes first, followed by the number of the subsection. For example, the research tools, which are part of the third section under Research Methodology (the second main section), should be numbered as follows: 3.2. Research Tools.
  • All formulas, images, tables, and figures must be scanned and placed in their respective locations within the text. A blank line must be left between the table and the text following it, and all half-spaces in the text of tables and images must be observed. All images, tables, numbers, figures, and statistics must be in Persian.
  • All in-text and end-of-text references must be formatted according to these guidelines.
  • If the mentioned work has more than 2 authors, the word "collaborators" should be used for them (such as Hosseini et al., 1401). The names of all authors should be mentioned in the references section.
  • Please do not use the word"same" or "ibid." In all cases, the complete reference information must be provided.
  • The journal reserves the right to accept or reject and to edit the articles.
  • Articles derived from student theses or dissertations will be published with the names of the supervisor, advisors, and student jointly, with the responsibility resting on the supervisor.
  • If the article is accepted, a fee of four million rials (equivalent to 400,000 tomans) will be charged for publication, which can be paid through the responsible author's account portal.

Method for Including Persian Sources in the Bibliography

The sources used in the text and listed at the end of the article should follow the guidelines of APA 7th edition.

Articles Published in Journals:

(Including DOI is mandatory for all Persian and English articles).

Last name, initial of the first name of the author(s). (Year of publication). Article title. Full name of the journal (italicized), Volume number (italicized)(Issue number) (Serial number or issue number for that year), First and last page numbers.
Example: Ahmadi, A., & Ahmadzadeh, S. (2011). The performance of Iranian language learners in the TOEFL exam. Journal of Language and Translation Studies, 23(4), 12-25.

Note: For translated works, the original publication year must be included. The names of all translators should be listed in the references, and in-text citations should follow this format: (Gardner, 1995, translated by Mehranfar, 2018).

Books:

Last name of the author, initial of the first name of the author(s). (Year of publication). Title of the book (italicized). Publisher.
Example: Khoshsaligheh, M., Ameri, S., & Norouzi, A. (2019). Audiovisual translation: Concepts and terminology. Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Press.

Theses/Dissertations:

Last name of the author, initial of the first name of the author. (Year of publication). Title of the thesis (italicized), (Degree level and publication status). Name of the university.
Example: Khoshchehreh, M. J. (2013). The performance of Iranian language learners in the TOEFL exam (Unpublished master's thesis). Ferdowsi University of Mashhad.

Electronic Texts and Web Pages:

Last Name, First Initial of the Author. (Year, Day, and Month of Publication). Title of the Article or Text (in italics). Retrieved from the exact web address.
Example: Moradi, H. (2011, May 18). Women and Globalization. Retrieved from www.emory.edu/Lj65/hmafghes/ghs

Published Conference Papers:

Last Name, First Initial of the Author(s). (Year of Publication). Title of the Article. In Full Name of the Conference Proceedings or Conference Title (in italics) (Page range of the article), Edited by Name of the Conference Editor or Proceedings Editor. Publisher.
Example: Ahmadi, A., & Ahmadzadeh, S. (2011). The Performance of Iranian Language Learners in the TOEFL Exam. In Proceedings of the Third National Conference on Language Education (pp. 70-81), Edited by Reza Tehrani. Alzahra University Press.

Unpublished Conference Papers:

Last Name, First Initial of the Author(s). (Year, Month). Title of the paper. Paper presented at the Conference Title (in italics), Conference Organizer, Location of the Conference.
Example: Ahmadi, A., & Ahmadzadeh, S. (2012, March). The performance of Iranian language learners in the TOEFL exam. Paper presented at the 3rd National Conference on Language Education, Alzahra University.

Guidelines for Citing References in the Bibliography:

Published Journal Articles:

Aparicio, M., Bacao, F., & Oliveira, T. (2017). Grit in the path to e-learning success. Computers in Human Behavior, 66 (2), 388-399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.10.009

Book:

Dörnyei, Z. (2005). The psychology of the language learner: Individual differences in second language acquisition. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Translated book:

Genette, E. (1997). Threshold of interpretation (J. E. Lewin, Trans.). Cambridge University Press. (Original work published 1996)

Edited book:

Antonini, R., Cirillo, L., Rossato, L., & Torresi, I. (Eds.). (2017). Non-professional interpreting and translation: State of the art and future of an emerging field of research. Oxford.

Dissertation:

Ameri, S. (2020). An empirical study of amateur subtitling reception in Iran [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. Ferdowsi University of Mashhad.

A part of the book:

Bosseaux, C. (2019). Investigating dubbing: Learning from the past, looking to the future. In L. Pérez-González (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of audiovisual translation (pp. 48-63). Routledge

Published conference papers:

Di Giovanni, E., & Romero Fresco, P. (2016, February). Are we all together across languages? An eye tracking study of original and dubbed films [Paper presentation]. Linguistic and Cultural Representation in Audiovisual Translation, Rome, Italy. https://audiovisualrome2016.wordpress.com/

Unpublished conference papers:

Cismas, S. C. (2010). Educating academic writing skills in engineering. In P. Dondon & O. Martin (Eds.), Latest trends on engineering education (pp. 225-247). WSEAS Press

The commitment letter and conflict of interest form can be downloaded from this section

Noteworthy authors whose articles have reached the reform stage:

Dear esteemed authors,
To expedite and facilitate the review process, it is necessary to submit both the revised manuscript and the response-to-reviewers file. In this file, please address the comments and feedback from each reviewer by mentioning the reviewer number, their exact comment or concern, and providing a detailed response in the following line. Please do not delete the reviewers' comments and highlight any changes made in the manuscript.

The journal does not charge any fees for the initial evaluation of manuscripts. However, articles that are accepted after completing the review process will require a payment of 4,000,000 Rials to cover editing and publication costs.