Considering the importance of referencing in maintaining the uniformity and improving the quality of indexing and citation analysis of scientific publications, the Policy and Planning Office of Research Affairs of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology prepared and regulated the referencing manual prepared by the Science and Technology Citation and Monitoring Institute. has been announced by letter 68631 dated 4-4-1402 in order to use and strictly implement referencing in journal articles. This guide is available in the Authors Guide section.