Terms and conditions for manuscript submission

In order to facilitate the process of reviewing and publishing articles, it is necessary for researchers who want to publish their scientific articles in this journal, to pay attention to the following points, otherwise the article will not be subjected to review and evaluation and also the paper will just once be returned to the author for structural revisions.

  •  Article submission is only possible through the journal website, and the publication refuses the acceptance of any articles manually or by e-mail. 
  •  Articles submitted to this journal for review and publication, must not have previously been published in other domestic and foreign journals or submitted to other domestic or foreign journals for review at the same time.
  •  The publication is free to reject, accept and edit the article.
  • Publishing an article in this journal requires No Article Processing Charge (APC).
  • The sender of the article must be the responsible author of the article and all the necessary correspondences and follow-ups regarding the article will be done with the responsible author, obviously any other correspondences other than the responsible author's, will be disregarded.
  • The order of the authors' names is based on the order in which the author's information is registered during the article's submission on the journal website. The responsible author must enter the names of all authors correctly and completely on the publication site.
  • Submitted articles must be prepared in accordance with the article writing guide, otherwise the article will be returned to the author and will not be included in the evaluation process.
  •  After acceptance, the article will be placed in the print queue (Articles In Press).
  •  Informing the responsible author is done through the publication site and e-mail (the responsible author is required to refer to both for information and follow-up).
  •  In case of cancellation of the article's review process, the responsible author is required to send his/her withdrawal request through the publication site (request to withdraw the article), the cancellation letter must be signed by all authors and then sent as a PDF file.
  •  Completion and submission of the commitment form, conflict of interest and the authors information is mandatory (refer to the forms menu to receive the forms).

Ethical considerations

Journal of Saffron Research is a double-blind peer reviewed quarterly  and open access publication, which publishes of original research papers. Journal of Saffron Research is following of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and complies with the highest ethical standards in accordance with ethical laws. Journal of Saffron Research is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International (CC- By 4.0). Licensees may copy, distribute, display and make derivative works only if they cite the original published articles in this journal. 

For more information please see Journal's Publication Ethics