AUTHORS GUIDELINES

    Ghalib scientific-research quarterly is a scientific-research publication in the fields of social sciences. Scientific-research, scientific-review and scientific-theoretical articles in the fields of: (economics and Management, Law and Political Science, Literature, Sociology, Islamic Law and Sciences, Philosophy and logic, History and Geography, Humanities, Linguistics, Educational Sciences) can be published.

Conditions of Acceptance

1. General Features

• The article should be the result of the research of the author/authors and new points should be proposed and described in it;
• It is necessary to preserve trust in quoting the statements and opinions of others, and it must be accompanied by accurate references to reliable sources;
• The article must not have been published in another journal or sent to another journal simultaneously;
• The publication of the article is subject to the final approval of the editorial board, referees, and editor and managing director;
• The author/authors are responsible for the contents of the article;
• The journal, according to the scientific standards, is free in the literary and technical editing of the article;
• The volume of the article should not be less than 3000 (three thousand) words and more than 7000 (seven thousand) words (Excluding the English abstract);
• The name, family name, academic rank and the university of teaching or study and the field of study of the author/authors, as well as the university email of the responsible author, the academic ID and the accompanying telephone number must be mentioned in the article;
• The identities of all authors should be written in the article
• The title of the author or authors who are members of the academic faculty, their common scientific ranks), as well as the department/course department and university/college where they teach must be identified; Otherwise, the title "Student" should be used with the mention of the field and the university;
• It is possible to send articles through the website (ghalibqjournal.com); The articles of master's and doctoral students must be under the effective supervision of a faculty member with a specialized doctorate or a doctoral student, authorship and his/her name should also be mentioned among the names of the authors.

2. Components of the Article

The title of the article must be descriptive and expressive;

Persian/Pashto abstract: including 200-250 words at the beginning of the article (with font size 11) and the English abstract is set after the Persian/Pashto abstract (with the same number of words and with font size 10). The components of the abstract include problem statement, importance and necessity of the research, goals, question/questions, method, type, tool, scope and findings of the research.

• Key words: at the end the Persian/Pashto and English abstracts (including 3 to 9 specialized words related to the subject of the article mentioned in the abstract);
• Introduction should include problem statement, importance and necessity of research, "research background, goal/goals, question/questions, hypothesis/hypotheses (if it is a library, it is optional and if it is a field, it is mandatory), method, type, scope, statistical community and research tools, research findings and usefulness of research for the society of Afghanistan and the world.

 

Note: All parts of the introduction are arranged without a separate title and in separate paragraphs under the title of the introduction.

 

• The main body of the article should include theoretical foundations, discussion, argument, analysis and content divisions;
• Research discussion, Criticism of research findings and comparing it with previous researches and comparing it with different views and opinions should be considered;

Conclusion should include logical and useful findings from the research of the article;

Proposal/suggestions depending on the type of research should be written the for future researchers (in some researches, this option may not be available);

Sources at the end of the article, should be arranged according to the style of the publication (APA method, 6th series, with a little appropriation).

 

3. Editing and writing Features

• In order to speed up the preparation and editing of the articles, paying attention to the following points is strongly recommended:
• Considering the standard of Dari/Pashto language and scientific prose out of complicated phrasing;
• Observance of discrete writing (principle of putting the root of words and writing all prefixes and suffixes with semi-spaces (except for inflectional suffixes such as I wrote, and the past participle, written with semi-spaces, such as I said) ;
• Using no excessive vocabulary equivalent in Farsi, Dari and Pashto;
• Editing of the article in terms of literary, technical and typography; including observing the distance and semi-space (by simultaneously holding the control + shift + 2 keys / shift + space) between the words and putting intensities and hyphens and moving as necessary.

4. Organization of Text and Page

• The main title of the article should be set in 16 black font (Titr) and the sub-headings inside the text should be set in 13 (2 Mitra) black font;
• The text of the article should be set with Mitra 13 2 font in the word processing environment (Word);
• The Latin words in the text should be set with Times New Roman font 10 and appear in the footnote; Verses in the text and translation in the footnote and the translator should also be specified;
• The distance between the lines of the text of the article should be considered one centimeter;
• The beginning of each paragraph (paragraph) should be indented half a centimeter;
• The size of the screen should be set to width 17.5 cm and height 23.5 cm;
• The margin of the text of the article should be two and a half cm from the top of the page and two and a half cm from the bottom and two and a half cm from the right and left;
• The font size of the abstract, key words, end sources, in-text references and explanatory phrases (which are placed between two arcs), independent direct quotations from the text, poems (including verses and monologues), dates of birth and death or period of government, etc. (which are placed between two arcs) as well as the contents of the tables and diagrams and their related explanations as well as the descriptions of the images of pen 11 (2Mitra) should be considered;
• To distinguish the words or phrases that are emphasized for any reason, use 11 black (Bold) font. In such cases, it is not correct to use quotation marks or italics;
• Long direct quotations independent of the text (more than two lines) should be set in a separate paragraph with a one-centimeter indentation on both sides and with font 11 (2Mitra) (such quotations are not placed in quotation marks);
• The independent sections of the article begin with section 1, which is allotted to the introduction. The title of each main section is written with a line of space from the previous section, and the sub-sections are written with a half-line space separated and black Titer font;
• All tables, graphs and figures must be numbered consecutively;
• Poems must be arranged in the table (in the order that you create a table with three columns using the table tool in the word environment and place the first stanza in the first column and the second stanza in the third column. The middle column is also for the distance between the two stanzas. Then we place the cursor at the end of each stanza and press the shift and enter keys at the same time to stretch the stanza; in this way, the ends of all stanzas are aligned. You also place the verse reference below the last stanza and not in front of it)
• For the titles of books, encyclopedias and publications, which are mentioned in the text and in-text references and sources, italics are used, but the titles of the articles are placed in quotation marks (""). For articles written in Pashto, Bahij Titr and Bahij Mitra fonts are used respectively.

5. Reference and Sources

 Ghalib scientific-research quarterly uses the APA citation method (proposed method of the American Psychological Association) 6th edition and with a little appropriation.

In-text references should be arranged between two brackets as following: (author's family name, comma, year, colon, volume number [if the work has multiple volumes without mentioning the letter c, backslash, page number without mentioning the letter p), example: (guide) , 1399: 15/2) or (Rahyab, 1399: 44); If the author's name and surname are mentioned in the text, only the year and page appear. Thus: according to Rahyab (2019: 33); Also, if the name and surname, the year of publication are mentioned in the text, only the page used is enclosed in double brackets; Thus: Professor Mohammad Nasser Rahyab, in his book of literary criticism, which was published in Herat in 2019, says: "Text" (34).

In in-text references, if the exact same previous source, i.e. the same author, but to another page is referred to; That is, if no new source is mentioned between two references, instead of repeating the name of that source, the word "same" is used: (ibid: 49); and if the reference is to the same source and the same page, it is enough to insert "ibid” but if it is immediately referred to another work by the same author, "ibid" is used instead of the author's reputation (same, 2019: 32).

In the in-text reference to non-Persian/Pashto (Latin) sources, it is done exactly like the Persian/Pashto sources; with the difference that "ibid" is used instead of "Ibid" and "id" is used instead of "same";

If an author has two or more works published in one year, they are separated from each other with the adverbs A, B, and... Next to the year: (Rahyab, 2019 A: 45) and (Rahyab, 2019B: 32);

If the article or book used has two authors, the first part of the source is written as following: Other cases should be adjusted based on the previous four cases;

If the article or book used has more than two authors, the first part of the in-text source is written as following: (Raheyab and colleagues, 1399: 66); other cases should be adjusted based on cases 1 to 4 of this section.

Contents of Sources

In the list of sources, the list of articles and other works is not separated from the list of books (except for laws and sites);

Bibliographic information of Persian, Pashto and Arabic sources (book/authored work, translated work, article, thesis, manuscripts and documents, encyclopedias, collections of articles, internet websites, images, CDs, movies) and Latin (with a separation of Latin sources) It is arranged in alphabetical order at the end of the article as following:

Book: author's family name, author's name, (Year), the name of the book in bold, volume with the letter (V), print with the letter (p) publication with the letter (P).

Example: (a book with a volume and printing sequence)

Rahyab, Mohammad Nasser. (2019). literary criticism V1. P2. Herat: Herat University.

Example: (Book without volume and printing sequence)

Frevar, Najibullah. (1400). Dari Farsi grammar. Herat: Qods

 If it is the first time to print, there is no need to be mentioned.

In mentioning the names of old authors, their famous names, the criteria is what is written on the cover of the book or the title page.

Rahyab, Mohammad Nasser. (2020 A). Poetry, a beautiful linguistic art. P 2. Herat: Qods

(1398 b). Literary criticism V2. P2. Herat: Herat University

 If the author is unknown, the title of the book is placed at the beginning with bold form;

 If an author has two or more researches, in setting up the list of his researches, while observing the alphabetical order of the book names, they are separated from each other by inserting A, B …… to the year:

 Putting the title of the books and doctoral theses in quotation marks is avoided; but the title of articles and graduate theses are placed in quotation marks.

The subtitle of the book is mentioned inside the bow and in the right (non-italic) font;

In the name of the publisher, the word "publisher" or "publications" is not mentioned; except for the publishers whose names include the mentioned words, such as "Nashr-e-markaz" or "Nasher- Nai";

 If the publisher and the place and date of publication are unknown, "Bina", "Bija" and "Beta" are used respectively.

Translated work: author's family name, author's first name. (Year). The name of the book are bold. Name and family name of the translator, Place of publication, name of the publisher are bold.

Example:

Berlin, Izaya. (2004). the roots of romanticism. Translated by Abdullah Kowsari. Tehran: Mahi.

Article: author's family name, author's first name. (Year). "The name of the article is in quotation marks and bold". Place of publication: name of the publication. Serial number (chapter number). Number of the beginning and end of the article. Email address / DOI (if any) Example:

Rahmani, Ghulam Rasool. (1400). "Reading of Rumi's letters based on new historicism". Herat: Ghalib scientific-research quarterly. 33 (1). 49-68. <https://doi.org/10.58342/.v10i2.46>.

If the number of authors of the article is two, the first author's family name is mentioned first, followed by a comma and the first author's name, and the second author's family name is mentioned first and then the author's name; Example: Rahmani, Gholam Rasool; Taefi, Shirzad...

 If the number of authors of the article is three, first the first author's family name, followed by a comma and the first author's name; The second author is the same as the first author, and about the third author, first the name, then the family name comes without a comma; Example: Rahmani, Gholam Rasool; Taefi, Shirzad and Mohammad Naser Rahyab...

If the number of authors of the article is more than two, it is enough to mention the name of the first author, and after that, in Farsi/Pashto articles, the phrase "and colleagues" and in English articles, the phrase "et al" will appear;

 

Thesis/dissertation:

 Surname and first name of the student, (Year), the title of master's thesis is in quotation marks and the doctoral thesis is like a book, the name and family name of the instructor is mentioned. For achieving degree, university name is mentioned. Example:

Master's degree: Rahmani, Gholam Rasool. (2017). "Wisdom in Anwar Sohaili". Under the guidance of Mohammad Nasser Rahyab, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences of Herat University. Herat, Afghanistan.

PhD: without quotes.

Manuscripts and documents: the famous name of the author (the year the manuscript was written). Title of the book or manuscript or photo copy (large), copy number. Place of keeping.

-When referring to historical documents, these items are mentioned: Title of the document. Classification and access number and file name;

When referring to microfilms, in addition to the book specifications, it is also necessary to mention the microfilm number and storage location;

 If the name of the author of the manuscript is unknown, the title of the document is placed at the beginning with bold face.

Encyclopedias and collection of articles: author's family name, author's first name. (Year). Title of entry or article (within quotation marks), the title of an encyclopedia or a collection of articles, Name of supervisor or collector or surveyor star, volume number, Place of publication, Publisher, the number of the beginning and end pages of the article.

Internet websites: author's family name and first name, (Date of posting the content on the website, day, month and year), the title of the article or writing (within quotation marks), Website name. Its email address, the date the content was taken from the website (month, day and year) <Direct link to the article/article>.

 Reference to internet content is limited to necessity and when there are no written sources in that field;

The reference to the contents of websites, videos, CDs, etc., should be adjusted according to the APA guidelines.

Important: First of all, download the ready-made format (qualitative or quantitative article), then move all the items of the article in the same format.

 

6. Paper tracking

If the article is not prepared according to the general features, it will be returned to the responsible author for corrections before the initial scientific evaluation;

Criticism and opinions of the judges are sent only to the authors whose articles have been accepted under the condition of the correction and re-judgment; therefore, we do not send referees' comments for the rejected articles;

The responsible authors of the articles can follow the review process of the article through their account on the website (system) of the journal.