Dear researchers, the articles sent to this scientific journal must be compiled according to the writing guide below, otherwise the article will not be reviewed.

Basic ethical conditions and points

• It is possible to receive the article only through the website of the Water Research in Agriculture journal, and the journal is not allowed to accept the article manually or via e-mail. Website address: https://wra.areeo.ac.ir/
  
• Completing and submitting the commitment form, conflict of interest and authors' specifications is mandatory.
• The responsible author's email should be an organizational email as much as possible.
• Registration and receiving the code (ORCID) is mandatory for all authors and referees. To register and receive the ORCID code, see the following guide.
• The responsible author (liaison author) has been responsible for collecting the article and submitting it to the journal office, and all the authors are aware of the final text of this article and are aware of submitting the article to this journal.Also, by submitting an article to the journal, the authors declare that the article has not been submitted to any other journal or published in any other language.Otherwise, it is obvious that according to the approved publication law, the author or authors will be permanently banned from publishing in the magazine and magazines covered by the publisher, and their article will also be removed at the editor's discretion.Please note that when registering and submitting an article on the site, a person is selected as the responsible author of the site who can respond to emails sent from the system and the publication office.When sending the letter of acceptance, the criterion for identifying the responsible author is the letter of commitment form that the author sends at the time of registration.The order and number of authors can only be accepted through the letter of commitment form that is registered at the beginning of submitting the article.
• Along with the original article, a letter signed by all the original authors of the article stating their consent to publish the article and not sending the article to other journals should be attached. Sending this letter of request means accepting all the terms of the publication and assigning all the authors' rights to the publisher.
• Follow the principles of writing. For example, a period and a comma are attached to the word before it and have a distance from the word after it. Semi-spaces should be observed.
• The editorial board is free to accept or reject articles.
• The principles of ethics have been followed in conducting the research.
• The main file and the information file of the authors should not be deleted in any way.
• There is no need to send the tables and figures inside the text separately, put them all in one file.
• The submitted articles are first reviewed by the editorial board in a general way (less than 10 days) and if they are in accordance with the criteria of the publication in terms of content and structure, they are sent for refereeing (3 primary referees within a period of 1 month).Judges are selected from among the most experienced experts in the related field.. If, according to the referees, the article is printable but needs corrections, the referees' opinions will be returned to the author for correction (within a period of 1 month), after receiving the article's comments, the final referee, who is selected from among the three primary referees, will be sent to announce his final opinion (within a period of 1 month).Once the reviewer's opinion is finally declared acceptable, the articles will be prepared for submission to the editorial board, and their comments and corrections will be presented to the responsible author after reviewing the editorial board.
• Permission to use articles is provided that the source is mentioned.
• If an author notices an important mistake or inaccuracy in his/her work, he/she is obliged to quickly inform the editor of water in Agriculture and cooperate in the process of revising and revising the article.
• The author of the article in water in Agriculture magazine has the right to copy and republish and use his article. The author is allowed to keep and publish the contents of his article. Also, the author is obliged to comply with all the rules of the journal, including respecting the rights of co-authors, publishing their names, completing the publication agreement form, and committing to the originality of the submitted article.

Essay preparation guide

The scientific-research journal "Water Research in Agriculture" is a quarterly magazine containing original and peer-reviewed articles.The purpose of this publication is to raise awareness among researchers of irrigation issues and water and soil sciences, to provide a basis for raising knowledge and research, identifying and introducing new insights and ideas, and initiatives and innovations in scientific research at the national and international level and to increase the communication between educational centers, scientific institutions and the transfer and exchange of results and findings about the sustainable use and exploitation of water and soil resources in the country's agriculture. Strict adherence to the following guide in compiling the article is considered as one of the conditions for its placement in the judging process.

The format of the articles sent to the journal of water research in agriculture:

• Title page

It is fixed in all types of articles and must be written in both Persian and English languages.

The title page contains the full title of the article, authors' names, email addresses, scientific addresses of the authors, and full contact information for the responsible author and declaration of conflict of interest. The position of the authors should be fully entered both in the authors' profile file and on the Aina authors' profile page. (for example: academic position, department, faculty, university, city, country)

• Conditions for choosing the title of the article

The title of the article should not be repeated and published by another author in another article in the language of the journal or any other language.

The title of the article should describe the study and refrain from mentioning formulas and abbreviations.

The title should contain the main research variables and not have extra words.

• Names of authors

Under the title, the full name of the authors should be mentioned along with their academic degree, department, faculty, university and the city where the authors work. The responsible author (respondent) should be marked with an asterisk and his full details should be mentioned along with his email address, fax number and mobile phone number.

Academic address includes: research center, department, faculty, university, city, country.

• Pagination of the text of the article

In writing and page layout of the article, it is necessary to pay attention to the following general principles:

The article must be written in A4 size and single column using Microsoft Office software version 2007 or higher.

The font of the article should be B lotus and the text size should be size 12. The headlines should be written in the same font and in the same size as the bold version. Line spacing should be considered single.

The rules of writing Persian language are observed and the use of foreign words that have an equivalent in Farsi should be avoided.

Page numbers should be inserted in the middle and bottom of the pages.
The number of tables, graphs and pictures should be proportional to the volume of the article. 
Tables should be named with Iranian numbers, such as "Table 1-" and "Figure 1".

The contents of the tables and charts must be in English.
Persian numbers should be written with decimals (/) and English numbers with dots (0).
Each of the pictures, tables and diagrams must be placed in its place and within the text of the article.

Descriptions of tables, diagrams and pictures must be written in full.
Each image must be sent to the publication in JPEG or TIFF format with a resolution of at least 300 dpi.
Tables, graphs and figures should be numbered in order throughout the article.

Each table should have a title at the top of the table.
Each of the images and charts should have a title below them.
The intellectual property pledge form of the article should be signed by all the authors and registered in the article submission system. The author is responsible for the correctness of the signature of all authors.

• How to write an original research paper
• Unstructured abstract and keywords

 

* The abstract of the research paper contains a maximum of 300 words.  Keywords 3-7 keywords from the vocabulary of the main topics are recommended and keywords should not be repeated from the title of the article.

 * The abstract of the article must be sent in both Farsi and English, and the text of the English and Farsi abstracts must match.

• Introduction
• In this part, the purpose of the article is stated and its importance and necessity are examined. The introduction includes 1. Background and explanation of the topic with references 2. The need to do research. 3. The unanswered questions that this research answers and how the results of this research can help to resolve the ambiguities. 4. Definition of specialized terms or scientific abbreviations. 5. The purpose of the research is clear.
• Check method

* It should be written in such a way that every reader can repeat the experience of the author of the article. In this section, the studied samples and their demographic characteristics, how to select the samples, how to collect information (for example, questionnaire), laboratory methods and equipment used, as well as the statistical methods of the study, entry and exit criteria, should be fully described.

• Findings
• The text of this part should be concise and clear. so as to examine all the variables and express a summary of the tables and graphs. If the data of a table is completely stated in the text of the article, refrain from bringing the table.Due to the limitation of the pages of the magazine, it is obvious that the repetition of the content presented in the text in the tables and vice versa should be avoided, the tables and graphs should be Persian. Photos, graphs and tables related to the article along with their descriptions should be identified in the text of the article with Persian numbering.
• discussion

* At first, the result of the study is briefly stated. Of course, the items presented in the introduction and findings should not be repeated in detail in this section. In this part, the important aspects of the study are emphasized and while reviewing other articles in this field, comparing this study with other studies, the results will be compared and interpreted with the primary objectives of the study.The necessary suggestions should be presented and the strengths and weaknesses of the study should be stated.

• conclusion

At the end, the final conclusion and what has been added to science from this research are given in the limit of one paragraph.

• thanks and appreciation

 

* The authors should mention and acknowledge the centers or people who have been influential in the formation of the research. Also, if necessary, the sponsor of the research is mentioned in this section and is appreciated.

In addition, conflict of interest must be mentioned in the article.

• Measurements

When referring to numbers and values ​​in the text, consider the following:

SI units system should be used in writing the article.
A blank space must be inserted between the quantity value and the unit. Example: 50 kN, not 50 kN

Length: meters (m), millimeters (mm), micrometers (µm), nanometers (nm)
Area: hectares (ha), square meters (m2)
Volume: cubic meters (m3), liters (L)
Mass: kilogram (kg), gram (g), milligram (mg), microgram (µg), nanogram (ng)
Yield: kg per hectare (kg ha-1), liters per hectare (L ha-1)
Energy: joules (J), joules per square meter (J/m2), watts per square meter (W/m2)

Pressure: megapascal (MPa)
Temperature: degrees Celsius
Sweating: millimoles (water) per square meter per second (mmol m-2 s-1)
Photosynthesis: micromoles (CO2) per square meter per second (µmol m-2 s-1)
Concentration: grams per liter (g/L), moles per liter (mol/L), millimoles per liter (mmol/L), micromoles per liter.

(µmol/L), nanomol per liter (nmol/L)

• Mathematical relations and equations

The following points must be observed in the Chinese characters of relationships and mathematical equations:

Vectors and matrices: in bold and non-italic
Numbers, parentheses, square brackets and braces: normal
Mathematical functions: in lowercase letters and in normal form.

• In the way of presenting relationships in the text, the following should be considered:

Use Microsoft Equation or Math Type software to write relationships.
All mathematical relationships must be numbered.
Mathematical relationships should be set in the middle or left. The number of the relation should be placed on the right side of the relation and with proper and uniform spacing throughout the text.
The percentage sign is to the left of the numbers.If the integers in the text are less than 10, that number is written in letters, such as four or seven, if it is 10 or greater than 10, it is written in numbers, such as 46 or 13.
To specify decimal numbers in Farsi, check mark (/) is used, for example 12/4, and in English, dot is used.

• Half space in Word

When writing an article in Persian language, the problem of using semi-spaces may arise. For example, the word "articles" could be mistakenly written with full spaces, such as: theses, or theses.* Half space has many uses for writing in Persian language.

• Introduction of symbols

* The symbols used in the relationships, figures and tables of the article must be defined and sorted in the order of the English alphabet and then the Latin alphabet.

• English title and abstract

* The title of the article and abstract in English must correspond to the Persian abstract. After the abstract, between three and five words should be included as keywords that are not repeated in the title.