• Start of publication: 2016
  
• Credit of the publication: Academic / Specialized
  
• Type of articles to be published: Research, promotional
• Coverage: State Studies of Contemporary Iran
• Format: Print and Online
• Frequency: Quarterly
• Coverage: Political science and international relations
• Type of Journal: Academic / Specialized
• Language: Persian; including English abstracts
• Type of arbitration: Double Blind Peer Review; two reviewers
• Review Time: 1 to 4 months approximately
• Citation method: APA 7th edition (2020)
• Contact E-mail: irsj@ihu.ac.ir
• Article Processing, Publishing and judging Charges: Free for review process and publication.
• Type of License: CC BY
• Type of Access: Open Access (OA) 
• Cooperation with the Association: Social Studies Association of the field

important points:

1. Respected authors are requested to follow the format of the Journal in order to speed up the review and judging process.
2. Respecting the rules of ethics in publications, this Journal is subject to the rules of the Committee on Ethics in Journal (COPE) and follows the executive regulations of the Law on Prevention and combating fraud in Scientific Works.
3. All articles sent to this Journal are reviewed by plagiarism software. Submitting the report of Samim Noor text matching system or Irandak matching system is also necessary at the time of submitting the article. (Link to the guide to the plagiarism detetor system)
4. Also, please, when submitting the article (commitment form), (authors conflict of interest form) must be signed by all authors and uploaded to the system
5. Complete the authors profile form completely.