About the Journal

The Journal of Applied Researches in Geographical Sciences (JARGS) is a peer-reviewed open-access quarterly journal in Persian (with extended English abstracts and bibliographies) devoted to the field of geography, published by the Kharazmi University and is scientifically sponsored by the Iranian Geographical Association (IGA). It is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the publication of original articles, review articles, etc., considering the research ethics and academic rules and regulations.
   The Journal of Applied Researches in Geographical Sciences (JARGS) is committed to publishing cutting-edge, innovative, original, and timely research on geography. Authors are encouraged to submit original research and review manuscripts that are not under consideration for publication elsewhere to the Journal for review. All manuscripts undergo peer review to determine their originality, validity, significance, and scientific value. Submitted manuscripts are peer reviewed by members of the Editorial Board or other experts chosen by the Editor. The Editor-in-Chief of the journal is responsible for final editing, decisions regarding acceptance, revisions, and rejection. Submission of a manuscript to the Journal is taken as evidence that no portion of the text, tables or figures has been copyrighted, published, or submitted for publication elsewhere, unless information regarding previous publication is cited and permission obtained. A copy of any such permissions obtained must accompany the manuscript.
    All manuscripts undergo a double-blind peer-review process. The submitted manuscripts will be published after a thorough review and the editorial board's approval. Researchers are highly encouraged to visit the website, register, submit, and prepare their manuscripts according the Instructions to Authors. As a result, in-person visits or phone calls to the journal office are not recommended; all communication with authors and reviewers is made through the website.
 

Highlights of the Journal

      Authors' emails are answered within 48 hours.
      The journal has a famous editorial board.
      The journal is committed to the highest standards of double-blind peer-review.
      Accepted articles will be published as open access very soon.
      The author will receive a notification of acceptance or rejection within 4-6 months of submitting the article.
      All authors receive a copy of the certificate and acceptance letter of the article.
      The journal has a good number of readers and is one of the top journals in its field.
      The journal is indexed in international and national databases.
      All accepted articles can be viewed, downloaded, and printed in PDF format.
      The journal has a high citation rate and research impact rate in the Islamic World Science Citation Database (ISC).
      The journal has organizational support and a complete archive of articles.

Bibliographic Information
Title	Journal of Applied Researches in Geographical Sciences
Variant Title	Applied Researches in Geographical Sciences
Persian Title	Nashriyyah-i taḥqīqāt-i kārburdī-i ̒ulūm-i jughrāfiyāyī
Journal Abbreviated Title	J. Appl. Res. Geogr. Sci.
Journal Title Acronym	JARGS
ISSN	Print    ISSN: 2228-7736   Online ISSN: 2588-5138
OCLC No.	1417808267
Subject Area and Category	Subject Area and Category based on Scopus:         Earth and Planetary Sciences                -- Atmospheric Science                -- Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)                -- Earth-Surface Processes        Social Sciences                -- Geography, Planning and Development                -- Urban Studies
Coverage Scope	- Geography.   - Geography of Iran and the Iranian plateau.   - Cartography of Iran and the Iranian plateau.   - Cities and towns.   - City planning.   - Cultural geography.   - Development.   - Environmental construction.   - Environmental geography.   - Environmental planning.   - Geoeconomics.   - Geographic Information System (GIS).    - Global change.   - Historical geography.   - Housing.   - Human geography.   - Industrial areas.   - Land use.   - Landscape ecology.   - Natural resources management.   - New towns.   - Physical geography.   - Physio-geographical Elements.   - Political geography.   - Preservation of monuments.   - Quantitative geography.   - Reclamation of land.   - Regional geography.   - Regional planning.   - Remote sensing.   - Rural development.   - Rural geography.   - Rural planning.   - Social geography.   - South Asia geography.   - Spatial patterns.   - Suburbs.   - Travel.   - Urban areas.   - Urban decentralization.   - Urban design.   - Urban development.   - Urban environment   - Urban geography.   - Urban planning.   - Urban policy.   - Urban renewal.   - Urban social geography.   - Urban spaces.   - Urban traffic.   - Urban transport.   - Urbanization.
Language	Persian; including extended English abstracts and bibliographies.
Start Year	2002 - Vol. 1, No. 1 -
Frequency	Quarterly
Publishing Schedule	March, June, September, and December
Editor-in-Chief	Dr. Parviz Zeaieanfirouzabadi
Director-in-Charge	Dr. Zahra Hejazizadeh
Executive Manager	Dr. Alireza Karbalaee
Place of Publication	Iran, Tehran
Publisher	Kharazmi University
Scientific Sponsorship Society	Iranian Geographical Association (IGA)
Status	Active
Refereed	Yes
Peer Review Type	Double Blind Peer Review
Primary Review Time	10 days, approximately.
Acceptance and Publication Time	12 weeks
Manuscript Acceptance Rate	20%
Reference Style	APA Style
ORCID iDs	The ORCID identifier is required.
Type of Material	Serial (Periodical)
Description	The Journal of Applied Researches in Geographical Sciences (JARGS) is an open-access peer-reviewed quarterly journal in Persian (with extended English abstracts and bibliographies) devoted to the field of geography, published by Kharazmi University. It is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the publication of original articles, review articles, etc., considering the research ethics and academic rules and regulations.
Type of Access	Open Access (OA)
OA Policies	The journal adheres to DOAJ's definition of open access.
Type of License	Creative Commons — Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Open Access Statement	The Journal of Applied Researches in Geographical Sciences (JARGS) is a fully open-access journal, which means that all articles are available on the Web to all users immediately upon publication. All content of the Journal is published with open access under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). This license allows users to copy and redistribute the article under the following conditions:      Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format;      Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material. The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms. Under the following terms:      Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.      NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.   Benefits of open access for authors include:        - Authors retain copyright to their work.        - Free access for all users worldwide.        - Increased visibility and readership.        - No spatial constraints.        - Rapid publication.
The Policy of Screening for Plagiarism	We accept all terms and conditions of COPE regarding plagiarism in a submitted manuscript, and in case any attempt of plagiarism is brought to our attention accompanied with convincing evidence, we act based on flowcharts and workflows determined in COPE.     All manuscripts must be free from plagiarism contents. Manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Applied Researches in Geographical Sciences (JARGS) will be screened for plagiarism using similarity check and plagiarism detection tools. All authors are suggested to use plagiarism detection software to check the similarity before submitting their manuscript to the journal. Editors check the plagiarism detection of manuscripts in the Journal of Applied Researches in Geographical Sciences (JARGS) using the Grammarly detection software (www.grammarly.com), and iThenticate (www.ithenticate.com) for English abstracts and use Iranian plagiarism detection software such as IranDOC (https://tik.irandoc.ac.ir) and Samimonour (www.samimnoor.ir) for the Persian text. The journal will immediately reject papers leading to plagiarism or self-plagiarism. Whenever it is determined that the manuscript has not complied with the plagiarism rules, it will be REJECTED (before acceptance for publication), and if it was published, it will be RETRACTED for plagiarism issues. The Journal of Applied Researches in Geographical Sciences (JARGS) aims to ensure that all authors are careful and comply with international standards for academic integrity, particularly on the issue of plagiarism. Plagiarism occurs when an author takes ideas, information, phrases, or words from another source without proper credit to the source. Even when it occurs unintentionally, plagiarism is still a serious ethical violation and unacceptable in scientific academic publications.
Retraction Policy	An article may be retracted when its findings are no longer considered trustworthy due to scientific misconduct or error, it plagiarizes previously published work, or it is found to violate ethical guidelines. An article may be retracted when the integrity of the published work is substantially undermined owing to errors in the conduct, analysis, and/or reporting of the research. Violation of publication or research ethics may also result in a study’s retraction. The original paper will be marked as RETRACTED, but a PDF version remains available to readers, and the RETRACTION statement is bi-directionally linked to the original published paper. Retraction statements will typically include a statement of assent or dissent from the authors.
Type of Publication (Processing Charges and Publication Charges)	No Article Processing Charges (APC) are required from the authors. There are no submission fees. Publication charges are required from the author (authors must pay 4,000,000 Iranian Rials for publication after acceptance). There is no charge if an article is rejected (before or after peer review). The publication charges will be waived for international authors. Full-text access: Open Access
Authorship	The consent of all authors, as well as related authorities/institutions, have been received prior to the submission of the manuscript. The order of the authors (as to be reflected in the published article) has been established. The adding or deleting of authors once the manuscript has been accepted for publication would have to be accompanied by a signed statement of consent from all authors. All authors have contributed significantly to the research. Authors are obligated to participate in the peer review process, providing retractions/corrections/amendments when necessary. All conflicts of interest/financial support have been declared. Any changes or corrections to a published work require the consent of all authors.
Copyright owner / Copyright holder	Authors retain unrestricted copyrights and publishing rights. The author has complete control over the work (e.g., retains the right to reuse, distribute, republish, etc.).
Copyright Notice	Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: 1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0), which allows others to:      Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format;      Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material. The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms. Under the following terms:      Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.      NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.   2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal. 3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See: The Effect of Open Access).
Revenue Sources	Organizational and institutional support, Donations
COPE	The Journal of Applied Researches in Geographical Sciences (JARGS) follows the policies and guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and abides by its Code of Conduct in dealing with potential cases of misconduct.
Complaint Process	The authors have the right to complain and ask explanation if they perceive any misconduct in any applicable policies and ethical guidelines. The authors can raise their complaints by submitting a letter to: jgskhu.ac.ir. We follow the COPE guidelines on responding to whistleblowers, which includes protecting anonymity. All the complaints regarding delinquencies in the work processes are investigated according to the prevailing publication ethics practices. An author or any other scholar may submit their complaints about any issues related to:      - Authorship issues;      - Bias in the review process;      - Copyright violation;      - Deceiving in research results or wrong research results;      - Manuscript processing time is unusually late;      - Plagiarism;      - The peer-review comments are unsatisfactory;      - Unrevealed conflicts of interest; and        - Violations of research ethics and integrity.
Policy for Dealing with Complaints	Once a complaint is received, at first, an acknowledgment is sent to the complainant with the assurance that appropriate action will be taken on a complaint within three working days excluding the complaint receiving date. The investigation process is initiated by the journal handling team according to the directions of the Editor-In-Chief. After the investigation is over, a meeting is held with a complete report on the complaint. The decision has been made and the same is forwarded to the concerned scholar through his/her submitted email ID. We consider complaints as an opportunity to enhance our existing Manuscript Processing System. All the received complaints are dealt with in a polite and timely manner with certainty.
Digital Archiving Policy	The Journal of Applied Researches in Geographical Sciences (JARGS) works with some organizations such as the Islamic World Science Citation Database (ISC), The Iran National Library and Archives, and the server of Kharazmi University for maintaining our own digital archive. This makes possible the permanent availability and preservation of scholarly research and ensures accessibility by converting and upgrading digital file formats to comply with new technology standards.
I4OC Standards for Open Citations	Yes. The journal complies with I4OC standards for open citations.
Data Citation	Data should be cited in the same way as article, book, and web citations, and authors are required to include data citations as part of their reference list. Data citation is appropriate for data held within institutional, subject-focused, or more general data repositories. It is not intended to take the place of community standards such as in-line citation of GenBank accession codes. When citing or making claims based on data, authors must refer to the data at the relevant place in the manuscript text and in addition provide a formal citation in the reference list. The Journal of Applied Researches in Geographical Sciences (JARGS) follows the format proposed by the Joint Declaration of Data Citation Principles: Authors; Year; Dataset title; Data repository or archive; Version (if any); Persistent identifier (e.g. DOI)”.
Data Sharing Policy	The Journal of Applied Researches in Geographical Sciences (JARGS) uses the Basic Data Sharing Policy. The journal is committed to a more open research landscape, facilitating faster and more effective research discovery by enabling reproducibility and verification of data, methodology, and reporting standards. The Journal of Applied Researches in Geographical Sciences (JARGS) encourages authors to cite and share their research data including, but not limited to: raw data, processed data, software, algorithms, protocols, methods, and materials. Authors are encouraged to share or make open the data supporting the results or analyses presented in their article where this does not violate the protection of human subjects or other valid privacy or security concerns.     The Journal of Applied Researches in Geographical Sciences (JARGS) encourages authors to share the data and other artifacts supporting the results in the article by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors should include a Data Accessibility Statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published alongside their paper.     The Journal of Applied Researches in Geographical Sciences (JARGS) requires authors of Original Investigation, and Special Paper articles to (1) place the de-identified data associated with the manuscript in a repository, and (2) include a Data Availability Statement in the manuscript describing where and how the data can be accessed.     The Journal of Applied Researches in Geographical Sciences (JARGS) defines data as the digital materials underlying the results described in the manuscript, including but not limited to spreadsheets, text files, interview recordings or transcripts, images, videos, output from statistical software, and computer code or scripts. Authors are expected to deposit at least the minimum amount of data needed to reproduce the results described in the manuscript. Data can be placed in any repository that makes data publicly available, providing a unique persistent identifier, including institutional repositories, general repositories (e.g., Figshare, Open Science Framework, Zenodo, Dryad, Harvard Dataverse, OpenICPSR), or discipline-specific repositories. The Data Availability Statement should be placed in the manuscript at the end of the main text before the references. This statement must include (1) an indication of the location of the data; (2) a unique identifier, such as a digital object identifier (DOI), accession number, or persistent uniform resource locator (URL); and (3) any instructions for accessing the data, if applicable. At the point of submission, you will be asked if there is a data set associated with the paper. If you reply yes, you will be asked to provide the DOI, pre-registered DOI, hyperlink, or other persistent identifier associated with the data set(s). If you have selected to provide a pre-registered DOI, please be prepared to share the reviewer URL associated with your data deposit, upon request by reviewers. Where one or multiple data sets are associated with a manuscript, these are not formally peer-reviewed as a part of the journal submission process. It is the author’s responsibility to ensure the soundness of the data. Any errors in the data rest solely with the producers of the data set(s). Please note: As you are submitting your manuscript to the Journal of Applied Researches in Geographical Sciences (JARGS) where submissions are double-blind peer-reviewed, the main text file should not include any information that might identify the authors (i.e., Author Name, Address, Conflict of Interest, and fund-related information). As a data availability statement could reveal your identity, we recommend removing this from the anonymized version of the manuscript. Exceptions to this policy will be made in rare cases in which de-identified data cannot be shared due to their proprietary nature or participant privacy concerns. Exceptions to policy and restrictions on data availability are granted for reasons associated with the protection of human privacy, issues such as biosafety, and/or to respect terms of use for data obtained under license from third parties. Confidential data, e.g., human subjects or patient data, should always be anonymized, or permission to share should be obtained in advance. If in doubt, authors should seek counsel from their institution’s ethics committee. Authors should include a data accessibility statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published alongside their paper. Below are some examples. Data Availability Statement: 1. Data associated with this article are available in the Open Science Framework at . 2. The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in [repository name] at http://doi.org/[doi], reference number [reference number]. 3. The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in [repository name] at [URL], reference number [reference number]. 4. The data that support the findings of this study are available in [repository name] at [URL/DOI], reference number [reference number]. These data were derived from the following resources available in the public domain: [list resources and URLs]
Informed Consent	All participants in human subjects' articles have a right to privacy that should not be violated without informed consent. Identifying information, including names, initials, etc., should not be published in written descriptions, photographs, or pedigrees unless the information is essential for scientific purposes and the participants (or parent or guardian) give written informed consent for publication. Informed consent in this situation requires that an identifiable participant be shown the manuscript, providing consent before publication. Authors should disclose to these patients whether any potential identifiable material might be available via the Internet as well as in print after publication. Participants' consent should be written and archived either with the Journal of Applied Researches in Geographical Sciences (JARGS), the authors, or both, as dictated by local regulations or laws.
Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing	Where authors use generative artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process, they should only employ these technologies to improve readability and language. The application of AI technology must be accompanied by human oversight and control. Authors should carefully review and edit the results because AI can generate authoritative-sounding output that can be incorrect, incomplete, or biased. AI and AI-assisted technologies should not be listed as authors or co-authors, nor should they be cited as an author.  Authorship implies tasks and responsibilities that are uniquely attributed to and performed by humans. Authors should disclose their use of AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process by following the instructions provided. A statement acknowledging this use will appear in the published article. It is essential to recognize that authors remain ultimately responsible and accountable for the content of their article. Disclosure instructions: Authors should disclose in their manuscript the use of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process by adding a statement at the end of their manuscript in the core manuscript file, before the References list. The statement should be placed in a new section entitled ‘Declaration of Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process’. Statement: During the preparation of this work the author(s) used [NAME TOOL / SERVICE] in order to [REASON]. After using this tool/service, the author(s) reviewed and edited the content as needed and take(s) full responsibility for the content of the publication. This declaration does not apply to the use of basic tools for checking grammar, spelling, references etc. If there is nothing to disclose, there is no need to add a statement.
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