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The Social Work Journal publishes original research, case report, and review articles about social problems, social pathology, and research outcomes that contribute to improving well-being and enhancing social health. To submit your original article to the Social Work Journal, please ensure to follow the requirements below:
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This Journal accepts Original Research Papers, Review Articles, Short Communications, Letter to the Editor and Case Studies. The editorial board is free to accept, revise (with author's permission) and/or reject a manuscript.
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Submission: Authors should submit their manuscript online via submitting their manuscript to SOCIALWORKMAG.IR or INFO@SOCIALWORKMAG.IR. It is notable to submit the article in two forms of files namely: "with the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s)" and" without the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s)". In addition, a completed copy of signed cover letter along with the signed declaration form by all authors ( available from the Journal site ) should be provided for each manuscript. Manuscript should be typed with Microsoft Word 2003 in single space with clear margins on both sides. The figures should be sent in a format of JPEG or GIF which will produce high quality images in the online edition of the journal. Do not submit tables as photographs. Please note that t he manuscript should not have been published or considered for publication in any other journal and this should be stated in the cover letter. Any contradiction to the above statement will lead to the automatic withdrawal of the manuscript.
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The manuscript should include: Title page; the Abstract; Introduction; Materials & methods; Results; Discussion; Acknowledgement and References. The number of manuscript pages should not exceed 12 typewritten single spaced pages (including the text, reference, figures and tables). Case reports should not exceed 5 pages and review articles have a limit of 18 pages.
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The title page: Title page should include the title of the manuscript, a short running title of not more than 40 characters (including spaces), complete name, higher academic degree and affiliation of the author(s), along with the contact information of the corresponding author including address, email, phone and fax numbers .
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The Abstract: All original articles must be accompanied by a structured abstract of 150-250 words containing Introduction, Methods, Results, and Conclusion followed by 3 to 5 Keywords. Keywords will assist indexers in cross indexing the article as they are published with abstract. Use terms from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) list of index medicus ( http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html ). Authors should be careful that the abstract reflects the content of the article accurately.
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Note: Review articles and case studies should have unstructured Abstract of 150-250 words.
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Materials & Methods: This should include exact method or observation or experiment. If an apparatus is used, its manufacturer’s name and address should be given in parenthesis. If the method is established, give reference but if the method is new, give enough information so that another author is able to perform it. If a drug is used, its generic name, dose and route of administration must be given. Statistical method must be mentioned and specify any general computer program used.
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Results: It must be presented in the form of text, tables and illustrations. The contents of the tables should not be all repeated in the text. Instead, a reference to the table number may be given. Long articles may need sub-headings within some sections (especially the Results and Discussion parts) to clarify their contents.
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Acknowledgement: All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be covered in the acknowledgement section. It should include persons who provided technical help, writing assistance and departmental head who only provided general support. Financial and material support should also be acknowledged.
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Tables and figures: The number of tables and figures together should not exceed 6. Do not submit tables as photograph. Place caption above the table and explanatory matters in footnotes, not in the heading. Figures should be of high quality art work and mounted on separate pages. The captions should be placed below. The same data should not be presented in tables, figures and text, simultaneously. Both tables and figures should be numbered consecutively.
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Journal articles: surnames and initials of the first three authors followed by et al, Title of manuscript, Name of journal (abbreviated according to PubMed) Year; Vol(no): Pages. Seeff LB, Buskell-Bales Z, Wrught EC, et al. Long term mortality after transfusion associated non A, non B hepatitis. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute study group. N Engl J Med 1992; 27: 1906-11.
Kates M. Techniques of Lipidology. 2nd ed. New York: Elsevier; 1992: 172-5.
Phillips SJ, Whisnant JP. Hypertension and stroke. In: Laragh JH, Brenner BM, eds. Hypertension: pathophysiology, diagnosis and management. 2nded. New York: Raven Press; 1995: 465-78.
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Conference presentations: Bengtsson S, Solheim BG. Enforcement of data protection, privacy and Security in medical informatics. In: Lun KC, Degoulet P, Piemme TE, et al. Eds. MEDINFO 92. Proceedings of the 7th world congress on Medical Informatics; 1992 Sep 6-10; Geneva, Switzerland. 1992: 1561-5.
Author (s). Title of the report. A report to x: Country, City. Year: pages.
Author(s). Title of the thesis. (dissertation). City: University; Year: pages.
The Final Checklist
The authors must ensure that before submitting the manuscript for publication, they have taken care of the following:
1. Title page should contain full title, running title, name of the author/co-authors, their highest academic degree and affiliation, along with mailing address, E-mail address, Phone & Fax number for future correspondence.
2. Abstract in Structured format up to 250 words (except review articles and case-studies which need unstructured abstracts).
3. References as stated in the Instruction to Authors section.
4. Tables should be typed on separate pages.
6. Make sure for Headings of Tables, their numbers and Captions of illustrations. Don’t repeat the information in tables if it is covered in the text.
7. Photographs / illustrations along with their captions.
8. Declaration Letter signed by all the authors.
9. Disclosure regarding source of funding and conflict of interest if any besides approval of the study from respective Ethics Committee/Institution Review Board.
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