Files needed for download:

• Commitment Letter (letter to the editor)
• Conflict of Interest Form
• Authors' Information
• Article Writing Guide

Please refrain from personal visits and phone calls. If you have any questions, please send an email to the journal at cropbiotech@pnu.ac.ir. You will receive a response within 48 working hours.

Important points before submitting an article:

*** Articles submitted by students and academic staff of universities and research institutions should preferably sent using their organizational or university email. ***

1 Please carefully read the regulations for preventing plagiarism and scientific fraud below this page and the frequently asked questions.

2 Failure to follow the article writing guide will result in the article not being accepted.

3 If possible, use Firefox or Google Chrome in order of priority.

4 Only two articles from each author per year will reviewed and will published if approved. Therefore, if any of the authors have an article under review or in the process of publication at the journal's office, we apologize for being unable to accept the article.

5 If the article receives support from a research sponsor or provider, its inclusion in the article is mandatory by the author.

6 Dear professors and researchers, please send the article using the following method after reading the important points and regulations for preventing scientific fraud.

7 Click here for information on the journal's aims and scopes. Make sure your article related to one of the journal's scopes.

8 Send only four files to the journal (Authors' Information file, main article file without author names, Conflict of Interest form file, and Authors' Commitment form file). Note: When uploading the file to the system, you will asked to send images and tables separately. Please only send the above four files without regard to this issue. Images, tables, and maps should placed in the text of the article and closest to the first citation.

9 The Persian and English abstract of the article (maximum of 250 words) should be structured and include the objective, method, findings, and conclusion.

10 There should be a 4.5 cm margin distance from the edge of the page for the abstract text and a 2.5 cm margin distance for the main text of the article.

11 Download the Authors' Information file format from here and only enter the information on this file (in Word format) and upload it when submitting the article.

12 Download the sample format and the main article file from here and prepare and submit the article exactly as mentioned in the article writing guide in the same format.

13 Download the guide and the Conflict of Interest form file from here and upload it when submitting the article.

14 Download the guide and the Authors' Commitment form file from here.

15 The translation of the article abstract into English is very important for the evaluation of this journal. Translate the Keywords accurately and consult with a person who has full command of the English language if needed.

16 Use (ctrl+shift+2) for half-spacing in the article file. It is necessary to note that your keyboard must be in Farsi mode.

Article Structure in Terms of Content

The article, in terms of Persian language writing, should be smooth and error-free and should edited literarily and scientifically by the authors.

Articles taken from theses or research proposals should depart from the thesis format in terms of writing and should presented in the format of scientific research articles.

Article Structure in Terms of Appearance

• The article title should be concise and relevant to the content, purpose, and research findings.
• Persian and English Abstract: A structured abstract consisting of the objective, research method, findings, and conclusions should be prepared and organized.
• Persian abstract (200 to 250 words) and English abstract of the article (250 to 300 words). Expand the Persian abstract after translating it into English; elaborate on the findings and conclusions.
• Extended English Abstract: An extended abstract is a type of short article. Additionally, in the extended abstract report, emphasis is placed more than anything on the research methodology, discussion, and interpretation of the findings. The extended abstract ranges from 1 to 4 pages (generally 1 to 2 pages with images and descriptions) and usually consists of 1000 words.

• The arrangement of the article content in a Word file should be as follows: Firstly, the English title without author details, English abstract, English keywords; on the next page in order: Persian title without author affiliations in Persian, Persian abstract, Persian keywords, article text, Persian sources, English references with English words mentioned (References).
• References should formatted in APA style (American Psychological Association style) for Persian.
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• Regulations on Preventing Plagiarism and Academic Fraud
• Submitting an article to the Payame Noor University journal management system will notify all authors via email. It is self-evident that including authors' names in an article signifies their fundamental role in composing the article. If authors have not contributed to the drafting of the article and their names have been misused, they should immediately inform the authorities via the received email. All article authors are responsible for the authenticity of the work. The right to evaluate cases of academic theft and discredit reserved for the journal.

After submitting an article to the journal system, under no circumstances will the positions of the first authors, responsible parties, etc., changed.

Academic theft takes various forms, including:

1. Registering others' articles in your name.
2. Including names of authors and researchers who had no role in the article.
3. Copying or repeating significant portions of another article (even if the copied article belongs to one of the authors of the new article);
4. Presenting results from others' research in your name
5. Repeatedly publishing a similar content article by a single author in multiple journals.
6. Stating incorrect results and misinterpreting scientific findings or falsifying research results.
7. Using unreliable data or data manipulation in research.

Cases of academic theft will investigated by journal authorities and the following legal measures will took to safeguard the credibility and efforts of other researchers based on the degree of academic theft:

1. The article will rejected, and if published on the journal's website, it will removed under any circumstances.
2. The names of all article authors will listed on the blacklist of Payame Noor University journals.
3. Legal actions will pursued by competent judicial authorities, including disciplinary committees and judicial bodies.
4. An official letter detailing the academic theft case will shared with other universities and domestic and foreign journals.
5. An official letter will be sent to the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology, the Islamic World Science Citation Database (ISC), the individual's workplace, universities, institutions, journals, and any entity that has utilized the print rights of this article