What is a ‘Copyright Form’?
By signing this form, all the publication rights of the submitted paper are assigned to Soft Computing Journal (SCJ). Moreover, the authors certify that the submitted article is the result of their research and that the original article or its translation (in other languages such as English or Persian) has not been published in a journal, book, conference or any other research source. The responsibility of the above cases lies solely with the authors of the article, and the journal will have no responsibility in this regard.

What is a ‘Authorship Contribution Form’?
This form shows the contribution of the authors of a manuscript in its different parts.

Who is responsible for collecting copyright and authorship contribution forms information?
The corresponding author is expected to obtain the relevant information from all co-authors.

How to submit the copyright and authorship contribution forms?
Soft Computing Journal (SCJ) requires authors to submit a copyright and an authorship contribution form after final acceptance of the article. Therefore, the  corresponding author should get these forms from the journal's website, complete them and send them to be signed by all the co-authors.

The copyright form of SCJ can be downloaded here.

The authorship contribution form of SCJ can be downloaded here.

What happens if the responsible author submits an incomplete copyright and authorship contribution files?
The incomplete copyright and authorship contribution forms prevents the publication process of the article, and this issue is informed to the corresponding author for correction.