Journal of Political Science

The journal aims to contribute to the social science literature by providing an intellectual platform for original research that adheres to scientific standards. 

The journal publishes original research and review articles as well as book reviews that are written in the Turkish, English and French languages in the field of political science, public administration, international relations and local governments. Special issues of the journal are edited by guest editors and focus on a specific topic.

Manuscripts are accepted in the Turkish, English and French languages.

For special issue proposals, the editors of the journal should be directly contacted via e-mail.

Manuscripts including the bibliography and appendices should be between 6,000-8,000 words for research and review articles, and 2,500 words for book reviews and editorial letters.

Manuscripts should be prepared with 12-point Times New Roman characters and 1.0 line spacing.

Manuscripts should be submitted to the journal via the DergiPark system: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/marmarasbd

The name of the author(s) should be written right below the title of the manuscript (right aligned). The name, institution, e-mail address and ORCID of the author(s) should be indicated with a separate footnote to be inserted at the bottom of the first page.

Manuscripts should be compiled in the following order: title, author(s), abstract, keywords, main text and bibliography.

Manuscripts should include an English (or French) abstract in addition to a Turkish abstract (200-250 words) that summarize the objective, scope, main findings and methodology.

Manuscripts should include at least five keywords both in English (or French) and Turkish.

Articles that are written in the Turkish language should additionally include an "executive summary" (800-1,000 words) in the English language which indicate the objective, scope, methodology and main findings of the research. The executive summary should be placed at the very end of the manuscript.

The 7th version of the APA (American Psychological Association) source style must be used for in-text quoting and citation. For detailed information about the APA 7 style: https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/reference-examples.pdf.

Manuscripts should be divided into clearly defined and numbered sections.

DOI (if applicable) should be added for all references that are cited in the bibliography.

If necessary, author(s) should submit a statement obtained from the research ethics committee or institutional review board indicating their approval of the research.

Marmara University Journal of Political Science upholds a strong set of publication ethics to ensure the integrity and credibility of the research that is published in accordance with the principles of the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE).

The journal ensures that the submitted manuscripts are judged on their merits regardless of the author's race, religion, nationality, sex, political view, seniority or institutional affiliation.

The journal's policies are prominently displayed on the journal's website.

Authors should present an objective discussion of the significance of their research as well as sufficient details and references in order to enable other researchers to replicate the experiments. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements in the manuscripts are unacceptable. Review articles should also be objective, comprehensive and accurate. Authors should ensure that their work is original. In case the work(s) of other researchers is used, this should be appropriately acknowledged in the manuscript. Plagiarism is unethical and unacceptable. Similarly, submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal is unethical and unacceptable. The corresponding author should ensure that the co-authors approve the final version of the paper as well as its submission for publication. Authors should also make sure that there is no conflict of interest in their submissions. They should obtain the approval of the “Ethics Board/Committee” for clinical and experimental studies conducted on humans and animals (including opinion polls, surveys, interviews, observations, experiments, focus group studies). This approval should be clearly stated and documented in the article (board’s name, date and issue number). They should make sure that their submissions comply with the copyright regulations (especially for tables, graphs, illustrations, pictures, photographs).

Reviewers should treat the manuscripts they receive for review as confidential documents. They should not use the original information or ideas that are presented in the manuscripts for their own personal advantage. They should conduct their reviews in an objective manner, and suggest their revisions in a clear and understandable way in order to help the authors improve the manuscript. They should notify the editors if they think they are unqualified to review the manuscript or if they believe they cannot review the manuscript in a reasonable amount of time. They should not accept to review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest.

Editors should evaluate the manuscripts on the basis of their academic merit regardless of the author's race, religion, nationality, sex, political view, seniority or institutional affiliation. They should not use unpublished information in their own research without the written consent of the author(s). They should also take adequate measures to address ethical complaints that could be presented with regard to a submitted manuscript.

The journal applies no-charge policy, which means that there is no charge for submission, publication or management for the authors.