According to the license of the Publications Commission of the Ministry of Science in the year 2016 the Society, Culture and Media Journal has a scientific rank. The journal intends to publish research articles based on Article 2, Paragraph 6 of the Scientific
Publications Regulations of the Ministry of Science, Research and promotional No. ATF-A-3104 dated 02/02/98.
· Journal title: Society, Culture, and Media
· Country: Iran
· Publisher: Iranian Association of Cultural Studies & Communication
· Category: Society, Culture, and Media
· Type of published articles: Research and promotional (according to the regulations of the Journals Commission of the Ministry of Science, Article 2, Clause 6 on the first page of each article)
· Month and year of publication: September 2016
· Credit of the journal: Scientific
· Language: Persian with English abstract
· Journal Frequency: Quarterly
· Format: Printed & Online
· The cost of reviewing and publishing the article: To compensate for some of the costs, from the refereeing stage to the publication of the article, the Iranian Association for Cultural Studies and Communication has set aside a total of 15 million rials, which
will be received during the article review process.
· Period of initial review of articles: 10 days
· Process of Review: Two-sided anonymous
· Review Time: 4 to 6 months
· Acceptance percentage of articles: 37%
· Use of similarity search before sending to arbitration: Yes (IranDoc)
· Access to Articles: Free (Open Access) & Full Text
License: This Journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). That means readers are free to:
Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
Open Access Policy
This is an open access journal, which means that all content is freely available without charge to users or their institutions. Users are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without requiring prior permission from the publisher or author.
This journal provides immediate open access to its content based on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Copyright: Authors retain unrestricted copyrights and publishing rights.
Peer-Review Policy
The peer review process in journal is double-blinded in which the reviewer’s name is unknown to the author and, vice versa.
Submitted articles go through a structural and subject evaluation to align with journal principles. Matches go through a double-blind peer review by three field experts (non-editorial staff) chosen by the Board based on specialty. The Board makes the final article selection.
Duties of Reviewers:
- Assist editor in decision-making and potentially help authors improve papers through editorial communication.
- Decline reviews if unqualified or unable to promptly review.
- Treat manuscripts as confidential documents and avoid unauthorized sharing.
- Conduct objective reviews, avoiding personal criticism and providing clear, supported feedback.
- Identify relevant, uncited published work and report potential plagiarism or overlap with other publications.
- Maintain confidentiality of information and ideas, avoiding personal gain or reviewing papers with conflicts of interest.
Self-archiving policies for authors
Authors are permitted to post their work online in institutional/disciplinary repositories or on their own websites. Pre-print versions posted online should include a citation and link to the final published version in this Journal as soon as the issue is available; post-print versions (including the final publisher's PDF) should include a citation and link to the journal's website.
Other revenue
Iranian Association of Cultural Studies & Communication as the publisher of the journal, supports published issue by paying a defined budget. The allocated budget includes those pertaining to setup and maintenance of the publication infrastructure, routine operation of the Journal, processing of manuscripts through peer-reviews, editing, publishing, maintaining the scholarly record, and archiving.
The other financial source of this journal is fees paid by authors whose articles have been accepted for publishing. Revenue sources do not influence editorial decision making.