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_{Authors are requested to prepare and send their articles strictly according to the format mentioned in the Guidelines.}

_{Please provide Orcid number for all authors via https://orcid.org/}

APC: Foreign Authors (No Publication Charge),

Iranian Authors: 2.000.000 Rials Publication Fee Will Apply to Accepted Papers.

Manuscript Preparation

Format: Manuscripts including tables and figures, 1.5 spaced lines, single-column, in an MS Word format (docx) with margins of 20 mm of left and right, 30 mm of top and 25 mm of bottom side should be prepared in A4 paper size. Manuscript (without authors name and affiliations) must submit for double-blind peer review. Please also submit the PDF of Manuscript as a supplementary file.

The title page should include the authors' full names and affiliations, the name of the corresponding author along with phone, fax, E-mail and ORCID information.

In addition, during the submission process you must also enter the full title, abstract, keywords, authors' names, affiliations and email address of all authors exactly the same as the title page file. 

An original research article would normally consist of at least 4000 with the maximum number of 5500 words (including figures, tables, and references), although short communications with the maximum number of 3500 words and review articles which exceed 6000 words (maximum 9000 words) will be considered. Texts must be typed in Times New Roman (TNR) font 12-point size (Table 1). Latin words and scientific names are in italics, even at references list, with the exception of common expressions such as ‘e.g.’, ‘et al.’, ‘in vitro’, and ‘etc.’. All pages must be numbered consecutively, at bottom and center of the page. Tables and figures must be placed on the separate page(s) at the end, including caption.

 Total no. of references (maximum):

Original research: 40, Short communication: 20, Review articles: 60

Table 1. Times New Roman (TNR) font size and specifications in different sections of the manuscript and title page.

Manuscript Organization: Original Manuscript should be arranged in the following order with the maximum number of words shown in each section: Title (20), Abstract (250), Additional keywords (5), Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgments, Literature Cited, Tables, and Figures. Review Manuscript should be arranged in the following order: Title (20), Abstract (250), Additional keywords (5), Introduction, Sub-title, Conclusion, Acknowledgements, Literature Cited, Tables, and Figures.

Manuscript structure: Divide your manuscript into defined and numbered sections (1. INTRODUCTION). Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, …), 1.2, etc. Each heading should appear on its own separate line.

Title: The title should be brief and show the contents of the paper. Do not use an abbreviation.

Abstract: The Abstract should be informative and including objectives, materials used, treatments, major findings, and conclusions are written in a paragraph. The Abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references. Alphabetically list three to five additional keywords, which have not been used in the title, in lower case.

The abstract for papers should follow the “structured abstract” format. Section labels as followed by a colon. All in one paragraph.

Abstract Format for original or short communication papers (250 - 300 words) in one paragraph: 

Purpose: Please explain the purpose of the research with research problem (maximum 60 words)  

Research Method: Please describe what the research method is (Maximum 60 words)

Findings: Describe the Main findings of the research (maximum 100 words)  

Research limitations: Describe limitations of the research (maximum 30 words)

Originality/Value: Describe what the practical value of this research is.

Key Words: Maximum 5 keywords

Abstract Format for review paper (250 - 300 words) in one paragraph:

Purpose: (maximum 60 words)  

Findings: (maximum 100 words)  

Limitations: (maximum 40 words)

Directions for future research: (maximum 50 words)

Key Words: Maximum 5 keywords

Graphical Abstract:

Graphical abstract is optional in JHPR. Authors are encouraged to provide a graphical abstract. A graphical abstract is a figure that clearly and succinctly conveys the main message of your research (paper). The graphical abstract will be displayed in online search result lists, and the online article, but will not appear in the article PDF file. Graphical abstracts should be submitted as a separate file during online submission.

Specifications:

Image size: Please provide an image with ratio (200 high x 500 wide) pixel, rectangle, minimum 300 dpi resolution, and maximum size 300 x 750 pixel.

File type: Preferred file types are TIFF or PNG.

Font: Please use Times or Arial font with a large enough font size (Maximum 30 words).

Introduction: The introduction should provide the necessary background information for the average reader; it should be both complete and concise. Previous and recent publications that form a basis for the work presented should be cited.

Materials and Methods: In the Materials and Methods section, the experimental procedures should be cited and described in sufficient detail. This section should be made as concise as possible by reference to procedures that have already been published. Treatments, experimental design, and statistical method must be explained in detail.

Results and Discussion: Results should be presented with clarity and precision. The discussion should interpret the meaning of findings in view of the results obtained and compare them with other previous studies. The discussion section should not contain a repeat of the results. It is also possible to present results and discussion in separate sections.

Conclusion: State the conclusions in a few sentences at the end of the paper in a separate section.

Acknowledgment(s): The Acknowledgements section should be brief. Any grant that requires acknowledgment(s) should be mentioned. The names of funding organizations should be written in full.

Conflict of Interest: If there is no conflict of interest to declare, do still include this section and insert "The authors have no conflict of interest to report".

Literature Cited: Authors are encouraged to cite only published or in press, significant and up-to-date references in their papers. Please do not cite abstracts.

Text: If references are made in the text listed in Literature Cited, refer to them by the author's family name(s) and the year published according to the APA referencing system, briefly identified in Appendix 1. Groups of references should be listed first chronologically, then alphabetically. Citation of a reference as 'in press' implies that the item has been accepted for publication.

List: All literature cited should be listed in an alphabetical order, by the author’s family names. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters 'a', 'b', 'c', etc., placed after the year of publication. If copying references, please be careful as they may already contain errors or did not in a perfect format even when using Google Scholar. A DOI should be provided for all references where available. Note that authors are fully responsible for the accuracy of the references.

Please use Crossref free of charge and find DOI of articles quickly and then add them in the reference list of your manuscript. (New)

Equations: The mathematics equations must be left-aligned on the page, with numbers (e.g., (1)) on the right (see published papers in the JHPR). Use the equation editor or MathType for equations.

Tables and Figures: Please submit tables and figures (graphs) as editable text and not as images. Manuscripts should contain all figures of high quality suitable for publication. Please avoid using vertical lines in tables. All figures and tables should be embedded while correctly positioned. Please use "Table" in both text and captions. However, use (Fig.) at the end of the sentence and captions and use Figure in text. JHPR will not publish landscape pages, so provide all tables and figures suitable for portrait orientation with a maximum width 16 cm. Totally include up to 8 tables and figures in the manuscript. Footnotes to tables should appear beneath the tables and should be designated by a lower-case superscript letter, †, or z, y, x, etc. (Appendix 2).

Total no. of Tables + figures: 8

Numbers, Dates, and Units: A common style uses words for numbers from 1 to 9 and numerals for numbers of 10 and above, for example, 'more than two' and 'over 500', (except at the start of a sentence). It is almost always best to write dates using a word (in full or abbreviated) for the month: 12 November 2016 or 12 Nov 2016. The abbreviated forms are commonly used in tables. Place the unit after the numeral, with space in between; 2 ml, 10 kg, 6 min, 22 °C. The JHPR follow the SI for units of measurement (SI units is available in JHPR website). SI recommends using the negative exponential with units: 2 mg kg^-1, rather than 2 mg/kg. Levels of statistical significance which can be mentioned without further explanation are: *, P ≤0.05 and **, P ≤0.01. For converting different units to SI you can also visit www.convertunits.com website.

Appendix 1: APA  referencing system

In-text citation

A Work by Two Authors: 

Example: Research by Wegener and Petty (2010) supports...

(Wegener & Petty, 2010)

A Work by Three to Five Authors: 

Example: (Kernis et al., 1999)

In a reference list

Basic Format for Periodical

Basic Format for Books

Chapter in an Edited Book

Conference Paper in Proceedings

Internet Documents

Appendix 2: Tables and Figures

• The title should state precisely what the table shows, not what the table is about.
• Data should be rounded for significance: 76.42, not 76.42796.
• Use appropriate symbols to identify items that are explained in the footnotes.
• Every table and figure in a manuscript for publication should have a number and be numbered sequentially: Table 1, Table 2, Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and so on.
• Figures and tables must be provided in portrait orientation with maximum width 7 or 15 cm.

•     The graphs shall be prepared using Excel or Statistica programmes and saved in editable format (TIFF format).