Read the instructions completely. Articles that do not follow our submission guidelines will not be reviewed.
All articles should be sent to http://jcsr.ut.ac.ir.
After receiving the article, a confirmation email will be sent to you electronically.
** It is perfectly acceptable to submit two or more articles simultaneously to the Journal of Cognitive Science Research, but please remember that the CSR Journal is only allowed to publish one of your accepted articles each year.
Therefore, if you have more than one accepted article in the CSR journal, they will be published in the next year.
Application fee
For Iranian authors (even if it is an Iranian author):
These items were approved at the final meeting of the editorial board of the IER journal in April 2024:
1- An official letter from an editorial center confirming the English writing of your manuscript must be posted on your article's CSR web page.
2- The submitting author must agree to pay the printing fee for the review process when submitting an article to the Journal of Cognitive Science Research (CSR). After acceptance, the article enters the production cycle and the author is asked to pay the publication fee for acceptance. Once final formatting corrections are made and the author approves their article for print, a publication fee must be collected before the article is published online.
After sending each article: 2,000,000 Rials
After accepting each article: 4,000,000 Rials
For writers of other nationalities
After posting each article: 28 euros
After acceptance of each article: 55 euros
- Other nationalities do not need to send an official letter confirming the English writing of the article, unless the referees request it.
Format of articles
1- All manuscripts should be submitted in Microsoft Word format and should not exceed 22 pages. This limitation includes reference lists, figures, and tables.
2- All figures and tables must have title, number (1,2,3,...) and source.
3- All figures and tables must be in the original manuscript file and not uploaded as a separate file.
4- Please use font 12-Times New Roman for the main text of the article and 14-Times New Roman for the title of the article.
5- Margins should be 2.5 cm on top, bottom and sides.
6- Two files must be submitted: 1) the manuscript, including the title, abstract and main text, but without the authors' names, and 2) the title page, including the title, abstract, names and information of all authors.
The title page you upload the first time cannot be changed (it shows the upload date of the first title page).
* CSR Journal does not accept adding new authors after acceptance. Therefore, when you submit your article for the first time, please be careful to include all authors' names on the title page you have uploaded and on the respective author's web page account.
7- The file type of the article should be "main manuscript file (without author's name)". For a manuscript, the title file type should be "Title Page".
8- All articles must include an abstract (150-250 words) with keywords (at least 5 words/group of words).
9- Keywords should be sorted alphabetically.
10- All letters of the title of the article, your name or other parts of your article should not be capitalized. Only the first letter of each word should be capitalized.
For example: "Deficits and Inflation: An Open Economy Model of the United States"
11- Formulas must be typed in Microsoft Equation 3.0. Please do not use images for formulas.
12- Axes in diagrams, charts and graphs should be labeled in all images and the resolution of details in all figures should be high.
13- All references must be translated into English.
APA Standards 14-7 should be used for reference format. Please use the examples from this link (exactly and with all the details):
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.htm
15- Please use the sources of the last seven years more than other sources to increase the probability of publication.
16- It is necessary to have an ORCID ID for publication. So, please add it to your profile on our web page. If you don't have an ORCID number or don't remember it, please use this link:
https://orcid.org/register
*ORCID provides a permanent digital identifier (an ORCID iD) that is yours and distinguishes you from every other researcher.
17- The entire paper should be a maximum of 20-22 pages with all tables/figures/appendices (with details on margins and number of fonts).
18- The necessary forms below must be filled and sent along with the article.
Copyright form 1
Form 2 conflict of interest
- Please translate all sources into English.
- Every word in the title of the book/article/... must be written in capital letters. For example: Globalization and the manufacturing sector: A study of some selected textile companies in Nigeria
About articles, only the name and number of journals should be in italics.