Bilgi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi

The aim of Bilgi Social Sciences Journal -Bilgi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi- presents various and new ideas, methods, and data in social sciences. The journal would share them with the public in the most understandable way. In this context, the journal aims to contribute to the society outside of the academy or its level as a training tool. Finally, the journal aims to contribute to the development of Sakarya and West Marmara and Black Sea regions at national and international level by creating a platform where scientific studies on such areas can be published with priority.

Bilgi Social Sciences Journal, which has been published for twenty years , is a peer-reviewed journal  on social sciences. Papers are examined by two referees. The journal, which focuses on theoretical, historical and policy-oriented articles: International Relations, Political Science, Sociology, Political Economy. The journal is published twice a year and has a book review section as well as articles.

In the journal:
    - Research articles based on theoretical and empirical methods,
    - Studies such as research notes, comments, short evaluation, and preliminary results        are published with short and long text lengths,
    - Articles can be written in English or Turkish.

1. Article Submission Guide

“Please read the following information before uploading the article to Bilgi Dergisi and make sure it is not missing”;

    1. The type of the article (Original research, Research Note, Comment, Preliminary Results, Book Review and Criticism, Database Criticism),

    2. Information that it has not been sent to another journal,

    3. Word or page count limit check (Maximum 10,000 words),

    4. Relationship with a sponsor or a commercial company (if any),

    5. The bibliography and in-text reference system is created in accordance with APA6,

    6. It was checked in terms of Turkish / English grammar,

    7. Examining journal policies and statistics,

    8. Plagiarism report should be provided. In this respect, the following programs can be used as an example for the authors' plagiarism examination;

https://intihal.net/, https://www.ithenticate.com/

(Information accepts studies with a plagiarism rate of maximum 15%. Also, it is not possible to accept a study with a similarity rate of more than 3% from a single source.)

    9. If an ethic committee report is required, it should be uploaded with the article.

2. Files to be Uploaded (Separately) in the Application

    1. Bilgi Author Information Template File (Article Title, Author Name, Affiliation Information, Address and Contact Details),

    2. Bilgi Journal Main Text Template File (Article Title, Abstract, Text, Tables, Figures, Bibliography),

    3. Plagiarism Report (Display rate page and attachments),

    4. Ethic Committee Report (It should be uploaded for studies requiring ethics committee approval.).

    5. Cover letter    

3. File Details to be Uploaded (Separately) in the Application

Author Information Template File should contain the following elements;

    1. Author/authors name, surname, titles and institutions they are affiliated with (department information should be included after the university and faculty / institute information),

    2. Author/authors E-mail address,

    3. Corresponding author's full correspondence address, work or GSM contact number,

    4. Author / s ORCID number.

The Article Main Text File should contain the following elements;

    1. Turkish and English title,

    2. Turkish and English abstracts in the range of 150-250 words,

    3. Keywords, at least 3, at most 5 (Turkish and English),

    4. Acknowledgement, conflict of interest, and etc.  (if any),

    5. Bibliography,

    6. Tables-Pictures, Figures (with title, description and subtitles).

4. Application to the journal, evaluation, publication process and information are made through the address https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/bilgisosyal in the TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM DergiPark system. The work to be uploaded during the application process must comply with the principles stated in the Article Writing Rules, the terms of the form, the citation procedure and the spelling rules of the language in which it is written.

5. Please click to access the training video prepared by DergiPark for current article submission. For information about the article submission process, see. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/bilgisosyal/page/11071

2. Writing Rules

General Rules

1. The texts sent for publication should be scientific and original studies in Turkish or English in the field of social sciences in general, with priority on economics, politics, sociology, history and philosophy.

2. Your work must not have been published elsewhere and submitted for publication. The incoming text is presented to the referee after the first evaluation made by the editors. After making corrections, if necessary, according to the referee reports, the editorial board decides whether the studies will be published or not. This decision is subsequently notified to the author (s). Studies submitted to the journal must comply with Research and Publication Ethics. Bilgi Journal considers the text of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) International Standards for Editors and Authors.

3. Studies requiring correction must be corrected and sent within one month at the latest. Late studies are held to be published in the next issue of the journal.

4. All studies deemed appropriate or not deemed suitable for publication will not be returned. Only the author (s) of the study are informed. No copyright is paid to the author (s) for the works.

5. Studies presented to scientific congresses and symposiums and translations can be published.

6. The author (s) should provide the title, institution, communication address, telephone number and e-mail address with the work.

7. The text of the work should be in A5 format, with 1,2 line spacing and a Times New Roman font with 12 font size, Times New Roman 10 font in footnotes and Times New Roman 11 font in bibliography.

Specific Rules 

The page formatting should be:

Top 1.75
Bottom 0.50
Left 1.50
Right 1.50

Citations should be made in parentheses in the text:

................ (Wallerstein, 2000: 195).

Polanyi (2000: 142) ................. ileri sürmektedir.

If the cited source is the article, there is no need to specify the page number:

..................... (Insel, 1991).

▪ If more than one source is cited in the same context:

................ (Sonmez, 1998: 518; Kazgan, 1997: 122).

▪ If the cited work has two authors:

................ (Weis and Hobson, 1999: 185)

▪ If the cited study was conducted by more than two authors:

................ (Amin et al., 1994: 272).

9. All cited studies should be listed in alphabetical order under the title of Bibliography at the end of the text.

▪ For the book:

Âmin, Samir et al. (1994), Low-Density Democracy: New World Order and Political Powers Translation: Ahmet Fethi, Istanbul: Alan Publishing.

Kazgan, Gülten (1997), Globalization and New Economic Order, Istanbul: Golden Books.

Sönmez, Sinan (1998), Transformation in the World Economy: From Colonialism to Globalization, Ankara: Image.

Wallerstein, Immanuel (2000), The End of the World We Know. Translation: Tuncay Birkan, Istanbul: Metis.

Weis L. and J. M. Hobson (1999), States and Economic Development: A Comparative Historical Analysis Translation: Kıvanç Dündar, Ankara: Dost.

▪ For an article or chapter in a compiled / edited book:

Archer, M. (1990), "Human Agency and Social Structure: A Critique of Giddens" (eds.) D. Held and JB Thompson (1990), Social Theory of Modern Societies: Anthony Giddens and his Critiques, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.73-84.

Öniş, Zia (2003), "neo-liberal globalization Limits: Argentina crisis in terms of Turkey and the IMF A Comparative Perspective" [(eds.) AH Kose et al (2003), Economic Development, Crises and Stabilization, Istanbul: Contact] in: 505-532.

▪ For an article published in the journal:

Insel, Ahmet (1991), “Economic Development as a Political Process”, Birikim (January 1991), 21: 12-23.

Aydin, Mustafa Kemal and Beşball Review of Sinem (2018), "An Evaluation of Turkey's Current Account Deficit Problem", Information (Summer 2018), 20 (1): 1-14.

▪ For unpublished theses:

Hanedar, Avni Önder (2013), Three Essays on the economy of the Late Ottoman Empire (Unpublished PhD Thesis). Essex University Department of Economics.

Gezen, Mahir (2010), 1990 After Turkey's macroeconomic balance of experienced Financial Crisis Impacts on the period (Unpublished Master Thesis), Ankara University Institute of Social Sciences, Economics Department.

10. The "abstract" and "key words" of the study should be written separately in English and Turkish.

11. Footnote information should be given in numerical order in the text.

For authors;

For referees;

For editors;

Researchers requiring Ethic Committee permission are as follows:

Also;

There are no publishing and submission fees.

No fee (application fee, evaluation fee, publication fee or any other expenses, etc.) or any other benefits are requested from the authors for the process of publication/evaluation of the articles which are submitted to BİLGİ.

BİLGİ Journal does not pay any royalties to the authors for the articles published or accepted for publication in the journal.

All expenses of BİLGİ Journal are covered by Değişim Publishing