Main file Template (without author(s) name)

 Commitment form

 Conflict of interest form

Terms and conditions of submitting an article

Authorship Criteria and Authors’ responsibilities

 To ensure authorship for the submitted manuscripts, the contributors should meet the following three conditions:

• Conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data has been done by the author.
• Either drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content has been done by the author.
• The final approval of the version to be published has been given by the author.
• Each contributor should have participated sufficiently in the work to be allowed to take public responsibility for suitable portions of the content.

Authors’ responsibilities

•     It is necessary to observe the basic principles of writing and research in writing articles, and articles should be written and arranged according to the format of the journal.
•     Before submitting an article, all authors should read the authors' guide and the terms and conditions of submitting an article in this journal.
•     The corresponding author must confirm and submit the consent and knowledge of other co-authors of the article in this publication through the authors' commitment form.
•     All authors whose names are mentioned in the article and in the letter of commitment form must participate in writing and compiling the article.
•     Appreciation and organizational affiliation of authors should be mentioned in the article and any conflicts of interest between authors or organizations should be mentioned.
•     For the sustainability and development of the specialized review process, qualified authors are invited to participate in the review process of other articles in this journal.
•     Authors should clearly report the sponsor of the research (if any).
•     Authors have a duty to notify the editor as soon as possible if they find a mistake or incorrection in their published article to correct or revoke the article.
•     All authors should be aware that articles submitted to this journal are reviewed by a similarity check software to prevent scientific misconduct.
•     Authors should cite correctly and appropriately all the sources they have used, both directly and indirectly.
•     During the manuscript submission, peer review, and publication process, the corresponding author is typically responsible for communicating with the journal and ensuring that all of the journal's administrative requirements, such as authorship details, ethics committee approval, clinical trial registration documentation, and conflict of interest statements, are properly completed. Throughout the submission and peer review process, the corresponding author should promptly respond to editorial queries and cooperate with any requests from the journal after publication.
•     After an article has been accepted for publication in the Agricultural Engineering, no additional authors or changes to the first or corresponding authors are allowed. If an author wishes to be removed from the byline, he or she must submit a letter signed by the author and all other authors indicating their wish to be removed from the list of authors. Any change in the authors' order in the byline requires a letter signed by all authors indicating their agreement.

The submission Guidelines of the Journal of Agricultural Engineering

The Journal of "Agricultural Engineering" is published quarterly by Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz with the aim of exchanging knowledge and thinking among researchers and specialists in soil science and biosystem engineering. The journal invites all experts and interested parties to publish their research findings through the Journal of Agricultural Engineering. Authors must first consider the goals and vision of the publication and then prepare and submit their article to this publication based on thematic relevance and according to the guidelines of the authors' guide. All manuscripts are checked by the plagiarism diagnostic software (Irandoc) to identify the originality of the articles.

A: General Requirements

1. Manuscript content should be based on the results of author’s research.
2. The manuscript should not have been simultaneously submitted to another journal or published elsewhere (except in the form of short papers presented at national or international conferences).
3. The manuscript should be adjusted to a maximum of 15 pages on A4 format.
4. Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically by using the Journal of Agricultural Engineering online submission and review Website at https://agrieng.scu.ac.ir/. This site will guide authors stepwise through the submission process. Authors are urged to submit the text, tables, and artwork in the electronic form to this address. Please avoid using any English word(s) in the body of the manuscript. The English equivalents should appear as footnotes at the end of each page.
5. In order to improve the quality of the article and to check for possible basic problems, it is recommended that the authors submit their article to the supervising professor or two of their experienced colleagues prior to submitting it for possible publication in the journal.
6. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the manuscript content.
7. When a manuscript is submitted to the Journal of Agricultural Engineering, the Editorial Board an initial editorial  judgment regarding its suitability for the journal’s audience. submissions, which fall outside the scope of the journal or are not sufficiently novel, are returned without sending them out for further processing. Final responsibility for acceptance or declination rests with the Editorial Board.
8.  Figures and tables need to be original (not printed) and they should appear at the top or bottom of the page (not in the center of the page). please visit the articles published in the journal homepage.
9. The title and information of each figure and table should be written in Persian and English.
10. All numbers in the tables must be typed in English and Chinese.
11.  The titles of the horizontal and vertical axes of the graphs should be typed in both English and Farsi languages. In the naming of the vertical axis of the graphs, the English title should be presented below the Farsi title and in the naming of the horizontal axis of the graphs, the English title should be presented above the Persian title. All the numbers listed in the vertical and horizontal axes of the graphs should be typed in English, and a dot should be used to show the decimal point.

B: Specifications of Different Sections of Articles

1- Article title: The article title should be a maximum of 20 words that represent the subject and purpose of the research.

2- Author’s names: Regarding the inclusion of authors' names in the article file, pay attention to the following points

• At the time of submitting the article, do not include the name or any information (such as e-mail) of the authors in the original file of the article separately. The names of the authors will be included in the article file only at the time of review and acceptance.
• When sending the article file, send the name, complete affiliation and email of all the authors in the file format titled "Authors' Details".
• The names of the authors should be included without using the rank or scientific degree of the persons.
• The order of the authors in the authors' specification file and the system should be the same.

3- The Persian abstract: It should not be in the form of a paragraph and in an extended manner. The Persian abstract should be at most 350 words. The abstract should include research problem, Introduction, method and materials, Results, Discussion and  Conclusion.

4- Keywords:The Persian keywords (with a maximum of 7 words) should be included in order of importance at the bottom of the Persian abstract. Their English equivalents should appear in the same order in the English abstract.

5- The article body: The body of the article should start from the first page of the article after the Persian abstract in two columns.

6- Introduction: Introduction includes statement of the problem, significance of the study, review of literature and objectives of the research.

7- Materials and methods: This section includes a complete description of materials, methods, instruments and trial design used. If these are adapted from other sources, it is necessary to refer to the general principles and references used.

8- Results and discussion: This section includes the results, main findings with justification, reference to previous research and discussion of the results. Please avoid extensive citations and repetition of the same results in different ways using figures, tables, etc., simultaneously.

• Authors can use the already published articles in the Journal of Agricultural Engineering as a guide to draw tables and figures.
• The artwork and graphics that are to be considered for publication have to be original (not printed) and should be placed right after the relevant content.
• The artwork captions and content need to be original (not printed), clear and readable.
•  The results should be sufficiently analyzed based on the objectives of the research and compared to the results of previous studies.

9- Conclusion: At the end of the results and discussion section, a conclusion about one to two paragraphs in about ten lines should be added.

10- Acknowledgement: This section usually represents a brief statement of acknowledgement appreciating those funded or contributed to the research.

11- Reference list: This list includes books, articles and other scholarly sources used by author(s).

• In-text citations should be written in English, preferably at the end of the sentence. The year of publication of Persian sources should be written in the Gregorian equivalent.
• All quotations at the end of the text must be written in English. It is emphasized that you should strictly refrain from personal translation of the titles of Persian sources and remove the English equivalent of citing Persian sources from the source site. At the end of citing sources published in Persian, use the phrase [in Persian].
• Considering the new regulations of the Ministry of Science, if there is a doi and ID number, the reference link should be inserted at the end of the article.
• One of the conditions for accepting an article is the use of recent Persian and English sources. (at least 60% of the sources in the last 5 years must be from valid journals)

Sample reference styles

• Hamsdi, I. 1994. A practical model & metapopulation dyanamics. Journal of Animal Ecology, 63:151-162.
•  Molan, P.C., Smith, I.M., and Reid, G.M. 1988. A comparison of the antibacterial activity of some New Zealand honeys. Journal of ApiculturalResearch, 27(4): 252-256.
• Whith, J.W. 1975. Composition of honey. In Crane, E. (ed), Honey: Acomprehensive survey. Heinemann, London, UK. pp: 157-206.
•  Food and Drug Administration. (2001). Revised Preventive Measures for blood products. http/www.fda.gov./ohrms/dokets/dokets/ac/01/briefing/ 3817b1. htm (accessed may 2007)

12-English abstract: English abstract is the equivalent of the Persian abstract (500 to 1000 words) including the following subsections:

Introduction - Materials and Methods - Results and Discussion -Conclusion - Keywords

All Persian dates need to change into anno Domini (AD) dates in the English abstract. Scientific names should be provided in English, while the rest of the abstract is in Persian.

Formatting guidelines for articles submitted to the Journal of Agricultural Engineering

Accepted manuscripts should comply with the following formatting for publication:

The manuscript should be written in a two-column format using Microsoft Word software 2007 with a paper size of 29.7 × 21 cm (A4). Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically by using the Journal of Agricultural Engineering online submission and review Website https://agrieng.scu.ac.ir

Margins                                                                      B. Spacing

Right side      3.0cm                                            Space between two columns     1.25cm

Left side        2.8cm                                             Line spacing                             1.0cm

Top                3.0cm                                             Indentation                               0.5cm

Bottom           2.5cm

Font type and size

Persian title                                                        B Zar14  Bold

English title                                                       Times News Roman12

Author’s name in Persian                                  B Zar11

Author’s name in English                                  Times New Roman11

Persian headings                                                B Zar13  Bolt

Persian sub-headings and keywords                  B Zar12   Bolt

Persian abstract                                                  B Zar11  Bolt

English body and references                              Times New Roman12

English keywords                                               Times News Roman12 ( Bold/Italic)

Persian body and references                               B Zar12

Persian footnotes                                                B Zar10

English footnotes                                                Times New Roman10

Captions for tables and figures                           B Zar10 Bolt

Contents of figures and tables                             B Zar10