Writing Rules

 

AUTHOR GUIDELINES

1. General Principles

  • All manuscripts intended for publication in the Turkic World Women’s Studies Journal must be submitted via the journal’s online submission system:
    https://turkicworldwomen.com/index.php/pub/about/submissions
  • The Turkic World Women’s Studies Journal is an open-access, peer-reviewed academic journal that applies plagiarism screening, preliminary evaluation, double-blind peer review, and editorial review processes.
  • The journal accepts manuscripts written in Turkish and English.
  • Provided that they are produced with a focus on women, the journal is open to studies from all disciplines addressing women-related topics.
  • The journal accepts studies from all disciplines, ranging from social sciences to natural sciences, from arts to technology.
  • Manuscripts may be prepared in the following formats: research articles, review articles, book/work reviews, and translations.
  • The journal is published twice a year (October and March). Manuscripts must be uploaded to the system no later than three months before the relevant publication period. Manuscripts whose peer-review or editorial processes are not completed by the publication date are postponed to the next issue.
  • All submissions are subject to preliminary evaluation and double-blind peer review. The preliminary evaluation period is approximately 15 days, and the peer-review process takes approximately 30 days. These periods may be extended due to referee-related delays.
  • Submitted manuscripts must not have been previously published or be under evaluation by another journal simultaneously.
  • More than one manuscript by the same author is not published in a single issue.
  • In multi-authored studies, author contribution rates and conflict of interest declarations must be uploaded to the system during the submission stage.
  • If any financial support has been provided by an institution or organization within the scope of the study, this must be clearly stated in the manuscript text.
  • All manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with the APA 7 (American Psychological Association, 2020) citation and reference system.
  • During submission, author title, institutional affiliation, contact information, ORCID, and ROR ID information must be uploaded as a separate file.
  • During submission, the Manuscript Text, Author Information, Similarity Report, Conflict of Interest Declaration Form, and Copyright Notice Form must be uploaded.

 

Ethics Committee Approval

The Turkic World Women’s Studies Journal requires ethics committee approval for research that necessitates such approval, in accordance with relevant legislation and national/international publication ethics principles. In this context, studies requiring ethics committee approval must include an approval document obtained from the relevant ethics committee, and information regarding this approval (name of the ethics committee, decision date, and decision number) must be clearly and completely stated within the manuscript text.

In line with the regulations implemented by ULAKBİM TR Index as of 2020, studies that require ethics committee approval but fail to document such approval are not taken into the evaluation process of the journal.

 

Research Requiring Ethics Committee Approval

The following qualitative and quantitative studies fall within the scope of ethics committee approval:

  • Studies in which data are obtained directly from participants using data collection techniques such as surveys, interviews, focus group studies, observation, and direct interviews,
  • Retrospective studies involving personal data evaluated within the scope of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data (KVKK).

 

2. Page and Text Formatting

  • The text must be justified on both sides; page margins must be set to 2.5 cm for top, bottom, right, and left. Binding margin must be set to 0 cm.
  • The text must be written in Times New Roman, 11-point font size, with 1.5 line spacing.
  • Page numbers must be included.
  • The article title must be written in 12-point font size, bold, and uppercase letters.
  • Subheadings must be written in 11-point font size, bold, with the first letter of each word capitalized.
  • The Abstract and Özet sections must be provided immediately after the article title.
  • The headings Özet and Abstract must be written in 11-point font size and bold. The article title must be repeated in Turkish under the Özet section and in English under the Abstract section.
  • Keywords and Anahtar Kelimeler must be written immediately below the abstract texts, left-aligned, in 11-point font size and bold.
  • The number of keywords must be at least 5 and at most 6, and they must reflect the main concepts of the study.
  • Manuscripts must not exceed 9,000 words (approximately 25 pages). Exceptional cases are evaluated by the editorial board.

 

3. Citation and Reference Style (APA 7)

3.1. In-Text Citations

  • The APA author–date citation system must be used for in-text citations.

Example:
Logic refers both to a way of thinking and to a scientific discipline (Öner, 1986).

  • Page numbers must be included in quotations where applicable.

Example:
Positive philosophy is an approach that confines itself to the data of experience (Korlaelçi, 2014, p. 4).

  • Multiple sources must be listed alphabetically and separated by semicolons.

Example:
(Arslan, 1995; Russell, 1945; Ülken, 1956).

  • Works by the same author published in the same year must be distinguished by letters.

Example:
(Türer, 2021a; Türer, 2021b).

  • In two-author studies, both authors’ names must be used. “and” or “&” is preferred in English texts.
  • In studies with three or more authors, the surname of the first author followed by “et al.” must be used.
  • In translated or reprinted works, both the original publication year and the translation/reprint year must be indicated.
  • For works without an author, the title and year must be used.

 

3.2. References

  • References must be arranged alphabetically according to the authors’ surnames.
  • Works by the same author must be listed from the earliest to the most recent publication.
  • Only sources cited within the text must be included in the reference list.

Single-Author Book
Nozick, R. (2015). Anarchy, state, and utopia. Trans. Alişan Oktay. İstanbul Bilgi University Press.

Multi-Author Book
Baggett, D., & Walls, J. (2011). Good God: The theistic foundations of morality. Oxford University Press.

Edited Book
Türer, C. (Ed.). (2019). History of philosophy. Bilay Publishing.

Chapter in an Edited Book
Başdemir, H. Y. (2019). Ancient philosophy: Philosophical thought and ancient societies. In C. Türer (Ed.), History of philosophy (pp. 51–66). Bilay Publishing.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Çiçek, H. (2020). Cicero: The virtues of old age. Felsefe Dünyası, 71, 5–19.

  • For articles with a DOI number, the DOI information must be included.

Online Source
Zalta, E. N. (2021). Moral responsibility. (Accessed: 10.10.2021).