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Journal of Entomological Society of Iran accepts papers, monographs and short communications on entomology and related sciences in Persian and English with the following conditions, assuming that they have not already been published.

The manuscript should be prepared as a Word file with 1.5 line spacing and its four A4 hard copies should be sent by post. Authors can also submit their manuscripts by e-mail as attachments.

Style of manuscript:

• The Title: should be concise and informative, and not exceed 25 words. Authors of scientific names should not be included in the title, but the order and family should be indicated in parentheses.



• The Name(s) and address(es) of all authors of the paper must be given. E-mail address(es) should be provided if available. If the paper has more than one author, an accompanying letter, indicating co-authorship agreement, should be provided.



• The abstract should be informative, briefly describing the method, scope and main findings of the work, and not exceed 250 words. The abstract should be followed by a list of key words.



• The arrangement of the main text may vary with different types of papers, but should start with an introduction and end with a list of references. Scientific names should be written in Italics. Authors of scientific names should be given only the first time a name appears and the generic name should be abbreviated to an initial in subsequent references except at the start of sentences. Use metric system only. References should be cited in the text as Shojai (2002), Neal & Bentz (1999), or Radjabi et al. (1997) (3 or more authors), or alternatively in a parenthesis, considering the same criteria (Perring et al., 1993), (Parsi & Khosrowshahi, 1990). When more than one reference is given at the same point in the text, they should be listed chronologically (earliest first) in a parenthesis, separated from each other by a semicolon e.g. (Perring et al., 1993; Baldanza, 1996).



• The introduction should include a short and clear overview of current knowledge on the subject. It should also emphasize the aim of the research.



• Materials and methods should be described at length if they are original. If they are already known, only the reference of the published description must be given.



• Results and discussion can be either presented together or under separate titles:



• Results may include tables and figures. Each table should have no vertical lines and be given in a separate page with a descriptive title. All illustrations, such as line drawings, photographs and diagrams, should be considered as figures and given in separate pages. Ideally photographic materials should be submitted in the form of black and white glossy prints or, if possible, digitally at 600 dpi. In special cases, colour illustrations will be accepted by discretion of the editorial board. Figure legends should be numbered consecutively and typed on a separate page. Exact references must be given for any quotations taken from published or unpublished sources. It is assumed that permission has been obtained to do so.



• The discussion should be focused on the interpretation of matters arising directly from the results and compared with the results of related studies.



• The acknowledgment should be as brief as possible.



• References must be in the following format and listed alphabetically with respect to the last name of the first author:




• Journal paper:

  
  Blackman, R. L. & Spence, J. M. (1994) The effects of temperature on aphid morphology, using a multivariate approach. European Journal of Entomology 91, 7-22.
  
  Farris, J. S., Albert, V. A., Källersjö, M., Lipscomb, D. & Kluge, A. G. (1996) Parsimony jackknifing outperforms neighbor-joining. Cladistics 12, 99-124.
  
  Mirzayans, H. (1990) A harmful bush-crickets from Gorgan area, Decorana capitata (Uv.) (Tettigoniidae: Decticinae). Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 10, 37-42. [In Persian with English summary].
  
  If several references of the same author(s) are listed, they must be presented chronologically (earliest first). Several references published by the same author(s) in the same year should be differentiated using lower case letters (a, b, etc.) after the year of publication both in text and in the references.
  If the reference to an article published without any authorship, instead of author?s name the term "Anonymous" should be used; if the publication date is unavailable, use the phrase "not dated" instead of the year of publication.




• Book:

  
  Borror, D. J., Triplehorn, C. A. & Johnson, N. F. (1989) An introduction to the study of insects. 6th ed. 875 pp. Saunders College Publishing.
  
  Shojai, M. (2002) Entomology (morphology and physiology). Vol. 1, 5th ed. 396 pp. Tehran University Press. [In Persian].




• Book chapter:

  Gullan, P. J. & Martin, J. H. (2003) Sternorrhyncha (jumping plant lice, whiteflies, aphids, and scale insects). pp. 1079-1089 in Resh, V. H. & Cardé, R. T. (Eds) Encyclopedia of Insects. 1266 pp. Academic Press.
  
  Mound, L. A. (1973) Thrips and whitefly. pp. 229-242 in Gibbs, A. J. (Ed.) Viruses and invertebrates. 673 pp. North-Holland Publishing Company.




• Internet resources:

  
  Wiersema, J. H. & León, B. (2004) Taxonomic information on cultivated plants in the USDA-ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Available on: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-in/npgs/html/taxon.pl?14774 (accessed 27 November 2004).







• The short communication has a maximum page limit of 4 pages and without subtitles (except the abstract and references). The abstract should be at most 100 words in length.



• The monograph has the same structure of the paper and includes at least 50 pages of scientific information.

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