Guide for Authors

• The Quarterly Journal of International Relations Researches(IRRJ) accepts submissions that are written in Persian/Farsi. Persian/Farsi submissions should have an abstract that includes 180-250 words, and the eextended abstract that includes 750-1000 words, in English

     IRRJ takes only one type of submissions: Original Article       The structure of the submission should include title, abstract, introduction, theoretical approach, research literature, discussion, conclusion and references. ·       Articles that were submitted to the journal to be published should not exceed 10.000 words including references and bibliography with tables and figures. ·       Article titles should be 12 pt. bold and written as flush left in accordance with the normal sentence layout.  ·       180-250-word summaries should follow headings and abstracts and be written as monospaced, 11 pt., in the Times New Roman type font and justified. and three to five keywords, which describe the article, should be included after abstracts.

• The main text should be written with 1 line spacing by using 12 pt. 2 Lotus type font and paragraphs should be prepared without 1 indent paragraph spacing.
• English footnotes should be written with 8 pt., the Times-News Roman type font, and single spacing. After the main text, the bibliography, which was written with 1line spacing and 10 pt.-type fonts, should be included.
• Articles submitted to the journal for evaluation should not include the author(s) and contact information. This information should be included in the manuscript, which is to be prepared additionally.
• The cover page should be uploaded to the system in Word format separately from the main text. After the title of the article is written with 12 pt. 2 Lotus type font in a justified page formation, under the title, name, and surname of the author(s), ORCID ID(s); under it, institution and department information; under it, contact information should be written.
• The main text should start with the section of “1. Introduction”. In this section, the importance of the research, summarized information about previous researches on this subject, the main problem or hypothesis of the research, and the methodology of the research should be included and mentioned.
• Main headings after the introduction should be numbered and written in bold type in the normal sentence layout. Sub-headings following main headings should be properly numbered and written in bold and italic type.
• References of submissions sent to IRRJ should be prepared in accordance with the APA Manuel of Style.
• All articles addressed to the journal should be uploaded in Microsoft Word format (not PDF).