Manuscript Preparation Guidelines and Submission Requirements
The journal of Sociological Research in Higher Education (SRHE) aims to promote and develop a sociological culture in higher education within the country, provide specialized resources, and facilitate the transfer and exchange of new scientific experiences and achievements at national and international levels. Accordingly, to expedite the review process and ensure timely publication, all esteemed university professors, scholar-researchers, academic authors, and non-academic researchers interested in submitting their work to this journal are requested to observe the following guidelines:
Manuscripts must be prepared and formatted in accordance with the journal's article template (available here).
Manuscripts must address original and novel topics and present the results of research conducted by the author(s).
Manuscripts must include an abstract in both Persian and English, approximately 300 to 400 words in length, comprising the following components: Objective, Methods, Results, and Conclusions, along with Keywords.
Manuscripts must not have been previously published in another journal or simultaneously submitted to another journal. If the manuscript has previously been presented at a conference or scientific assembly, relevant information must be appended.
For manuscripts with more than one author, the authors must designate one individual as the corresponding author.
The first page of the manuscript must include the following information: article title, full names of the author(s) along with institutional affiliations in both Persian and English, complete address, telephone number, fax number, and email address.
The second page of the manuscript must include only the title, abstract (in Persian and English), and keywords.
Figures and tables (in font size 10) must be formatted to fit the octavo (vizīrī) trim size (maximum width of 12 centimeters), and all numbers must be rendered in Persian numerals.
Foreign names appearing in the text must be transliterated into Persian, with the original form provided in a footnote.
English abbreviations must be accompanied by their full forms in a footnote.
Manuscripts must be typed in Microsoft Word using B Mitra font size 13, based on the journal's article template, not exceeding 20 pages, and uploaded to the journal's website.
Manuscripts that exceed 30 pages when the extended English abstract is included will be automatically returned.
The journal office reserves the right to edit, publish, or decline publication of manuscripts, and submitted manuscripts will not be returned.
Following peer review, manuscripts will be returned to the author for revision. After the necessary revisions have been made and final approval has been granted, manuscripts will be published in the journal in order of their date of readiness.
References must be arranged alphabetically by author surname at the end of the manuscript, in accordance with the American Psychological Association (APA) Citation Style. All articles with a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) must include the complete DOI.
In-Text Citations
(Fazeli, 1387; Farasatkhah, 1389)
(Rogers, 2026) (Latin names must be transliterated in footnotes in accordance with the National Library of Iran's authority list.)
Journal Article:
Shariatmadari, M. (1390). Pathology of barriers to research implementation among faculty members and practical solutions. Educational Management Studies, 3(1), 46-59.
Buckner, E. S. (2017). The changing discourse on higher education and the nation-state, 1960–2010. Higher Education, 74(3), 473-489. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-016-0056-2
Book:
Fazeli, N. (1387). Culture and university. Tehran: Nashr-e Sales.
Farasatkhah, M. (1389). University and higher education. Tehran: Nashr-e Ney.
Gumport, P. J. (Ed.). (2007). Sociology of higher education: Contributions and their contexts. Johns Hopkins University Press.
Hersey, P., & Blanchard, K. (1375). Organizational behavior management (A. Alagheband, Trans.). Tehran: AmirKabir (Original work published 1972).
Translated Article or Book Chapter:
Nelson, E. (1382). Anatomy of the heart. In B. Khosravi (Ed. & Trans.), Anatomy of the human body (Vol. 2, pp. 77-108). Tehran: Damaneh (Original work published 1999).
Encyclopedia Entry or Similar Reference:
de Wit, H. (2020). Internationalization of higher education, historical perspective. In The International Encyclopedia of Higher Education Systems and Institutions (pp. 1915-1918). Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands.
Seminar
Paper presented at a seminar (national or international):
Ajlani, A., Laube, S., & Meyer, U. (2024, July). Sociotechnical experiences and strategies of people with reading/writing disorders in higher education: A systematic literature review in sociology. In International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs (pp. 275-284). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
Thesis:
Sabeti Motlagh, H. (1399). Typology of Iranian thinkers' encounters with the phenomenon of higher education in the Qajar era. Master's thesis, Shahid Beheshti University, Faculty of Theology and Religions.
The following methods should be used for in-text citation of published works:
Smith (1993) found that ...
The most recent research related to this study indicates that ... (Karimi, 1387).
In other similar studies (Gordon & Link, 1999; Harman, 2006) ...
Rules for the Arrangement of References at the End of the Manuscript
The list of cited references in Persian must appear under the heading "منابع" and in English under the heading "References" (without quotation marks or brackets).
This list must exclusively include works cited in the text and must not contain additional notes or referential remarks.
This list must not include "for further reading" sources.
Subsequent lines of each entry must be indented.
References must be arranged alphabetically by the surname of the first author or by the initial element of the citation phrase.
If multiple works by the same author are cited, references must be arranged chronologically from oldest to most recent (a, b, c).
In cases where multiple works by the same author are cited, the surname and given name of the author must be repeated.
Important Notes:
If the aforementioned citation style and the journal's formatting requirements are not observed, the manuscript will be returned to the authors for revision. It is evident that this will prolong the publication process.
Students cannot serve as the corresponding author of a manuscript, even if the manuscript is derived from the student's own thesis. The supervisor must assume responsibility for the accuracy and copyright compliance of the data presented in the student's thesis and manuscript (peripheral issues concerning copyright compliance and plagiarism are the supervisor's responsibility). Conversely, the supervisor cannot serve as the first author of a manuscript derived from the student's thesis (as the intellectual contribution belongs to the student). In other words, the supervisor cannot be both the first author and the corresponding author of a manuscript derived from the student's thesis. Accordingly, the student's name must appear first, and the esteemed supervisor must appear as the second author and assume responsibility for the accuracy of the research data. Unfortunately, corresponding authors often enter only their own information at the submission stage, either omitting the supervisor's name or designating themselves as the corresponding author. Any individual/student who submits a manuscript is presumed to be the corresponding author as well. Accordingly, if only their own information is entered, the work is presumed to be sole-authored, and requests to change the order or arrangement of authors will not be accepted. At the journal's discretion, the manuscript may be retracted.
Manuscripts whose research data are more than three years old should not be submitted, as they will not be reviewed.
Required files to be uploaded: The following files must be submitted through the manuscript submission system: 1. The Main Manuscript File (without the author details and prepared based on the provided template, and 2. Title page in the mentioned format (must include the title of the article and the name and surname of all authors). After the manuscript has been received and reviewed, no changes to the order of authors will be accepted.
Journal Article Template: The final version of the manuscript, after completing the review and acceptance process, must be submitted in the journal's article template. Otherwise, it will not be processed.
Note: For final accepted manuscripts, authors must prepare and submit to the journal office, in addition to a short English abstract, an extended English abstract of between 800 and 1,500 words. For editing the English abstract, artificial intelligence may be used for spelling and grammar review and text rewriting; no declaration of AI use is required.