About Journal

Journal History

This journal was initially called "Geological Studies", but due to the policies of the Scientific Journals Commission of the country to specialize all scientific journals and their activities at the level of specific scientific trends in each field, the journal "Geological Studies" The journal "Sedimentary Facies" was renamed and after that, with the name and composition of the new editorial board, it has worked in a completely specialized field in various fields of stratigraphy, paleontology and sedimentology.
Arbitration process

The judging process of articles submitted to this journal is done anonymously through the electronic system of journals of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. Each article is submitted to three expert referees and the editorial board of the journal decides whether to accept or reject the article based on the results of the referees' opinion. Accepted articles will be published electronically and in PDF format on the journal's website after editing and page layout.
Free access policy

Bi-Quarterly Journal of Sedimentary Facies to the franchisee of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad; Fully complies with the "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)" publishing release requirements. You are permitted to copy or share articles published in this journal; As long as it is properly cited.
Similarity system
In order to prevent plagiarism, the Journal of Sedimentary Facies uses the Hamyab system to identify Persian articles and the iThenticate system to identify Latin abstracts. All articles are judged similarly before submission.
Costs
The Journal of Sedimentary Facies does not receive any money from authors for reviewing and publishing articles.
Confidentiality Statement
The letters and e-mail addresses entered on the publication site are used exclusively for the purposes of the publication and are not accessible to other sections and will not be made available to any other person or organization.

All articles of the Journal are Open Access. Journal of Sedimentary Facies is fully compliant with open access mandates, by publishing its articles under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). That means you 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.


Sponsors

    Iranian Paleontological Society
    Sedimentological Society of Iran