Surveying and determining impressing factors in verification and publication of scientific and research articles (Case: the published articles in geography journals)

The present study aimed to indicate which components influence confirmation and publication of scientific and research papers in journals of geographic sciences. For this purpose, articles sent to these journals were investigated using eight basic criteria emphasized in research methodology books.

In this study, 370 articles from 27 scientific and research journals were selected using survey, library, and field studies after which they were analyzed by 60 experts. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS software and through different models, particularly correlation, multivariate regression, and so on.

According to findings, except some rare cases, only those articles have been published which have had a suitable title, comprehensive introduction, methodology and materials matched with the type of study, and documented as well as structured results and discussion.

The results of the study indicated that the journals had only confirmed and published articles which had followed eight criteria of writing articles.