Journal of Population Association of Iran (2 Issues/year) since 2013
Publisher: Population Association of Iran
Director-in-Charge: Dr. Mohammad Mirzaie
Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi
Print ISSN: 2008-3742
Online ISSN: 2981-1066
Date of Foundation: 2013
Publication Period: 2 Issues/year
About Journal: Journal of Population Association of Iran (JPAI) was established in 2006 by the Population Association of Iran in order to provide an active intellectual environment for national and international researchers focusing on population.
JPAI is one of the Iranian leading bi-quarterly scientific journals on issues related to population change and demographic trends. Acceptance of articles in this journal is based on anonymous peer-review of at least two blind scientific reviews and is published as open access journal.
Journal Languages: Persian with English Abstract
Type of review: Double Blind Peer Review
Publication Ethics: Journal of Population Association of Iran is following the regulations of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and complies with the highest ethical standards in accordance with ethical laws.
Publishing Cost: 10000000 IRR
Text format of articles: PDF, XML, RSS
Website: https://www.jpaiassoc.ir/?lang=en
System Similarity Finder: Yes (iThenticate)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Indexing in: ISC, SID, Magiran
Copyright: Authors retain unrestricted copyrights and publishing rights.
Licensing: The Journal of Journal of Population Association of Iran 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: 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.
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.