Modern Leisure Studies

Modern Leisure Studies  publishes articles of high quality from theoretically diverse fields within the social sciences and humanities. The emphasis of the journal is on theoretically informed critical analyses of the wide range of topics that constitute leisure as a subject field – including the arts, tourism, cultural, informal and virtual activities, urban and rural recreation, sport, media and physical activities.

It is an open-access international journal published  twice a year (June and December) in English and Turkish. There are no shipping or handling fees required for articles to be sent to the journal.

Social sciences and Humanities

·    Articles submitted to the journal via the Article Tracking System which is accessed by authors’ personal accounts signed in with their e-mail addresses and passwords. After the submission, the peer review process can be followed using the same tracking system. Authors should wait for all peer-review reports to be completed before making any corrections, because there is only one chance to submit edited version to the system.

·     Title: The title should be in consistent with the content and describe the article well. It should be typed in APA (6^th ed.) format.

·     Authors’ names and contact details: Authors’ details such as their name, title, institution and contact details should not be included in the     article. These details accessed through the system will be added by the editors.

·     Abstract and key words: The abstract should be clear and concise, and key words should consist of minimum 3, maximum 5 words. The   abstract and key words should be typed both in Turkish and English using APA (6^th ed.) format.

·     Body text: The body text should be typed in APA (6^th ed.) format and pages should not be numbered.

·     Information in the footnotes should be typed in APA (6^th ed.) format with 10-pt at the bottom of the page.

·     Headings and subheadings: Throughout the article headings and subheadings can be used as necessary and they can be numbered.

·     Tables: All tables should be inserted as colored or black-white and details should be typed APA (6^th ed.) format.

·     Figures: Figures should be inserted with the correct resolution. Information about figures should be typed in APA (6^th ed.) format.

·     In-text citations and references: All citations and references should be typed in APA (6^th ed.) format.