Volume: 26 Issue: 1, 4/22/24

Year: 2024

Main Section

The journal includes theoretical articles in the fields of Labor Economics and Industrial Relations, Econometrics, Economics, Public Finance, Political Science and Public Administration, Health Management, International Relations, and International Trade, as well as research articles conducted by quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods.

The journal includes theoretical articles in the fields of Labor Economics and Industrial Relations, Econometrics, Economics, Public Finance, Political Science and Public Administration, Health Management, International Relations, and International Trade, as well as research articles conducted by quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods.

Articles are evaluated by two reviewers with the blind review process. In addition, the editors in the field of Statistics and English also contribute to the editorial process.  The evaluation process of the article takes between 3-6 months on average.

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, Journal of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences is committed to academic, professional legal and ethical standards in publishing.


Turkish manuscripts should include an English abstract of 150 to 200 words and English manuscripts should include a Turkish abstract of 150 to 200 words. The abstract should include the purpose, method, scope, and main findings of the study.

Manuscripts are submitted online through dergipark system (dergipark.org.tr).

Authors are supposed to upload their manuscripts after writing and editing in light of the journal’s manuscript template.

Manuscripts are supposed to be written on Microsoft Word 2000 version or higher in Times New Roman font.

Language and wording should comply with academic standards, and be precise and fluent.

Manuscripts should be based on a well-defined research problem and titles should be chosen accordingly. References should be rich enough to reflect the scope of the research.

Authors are asked to upload an anonymous version of the manuscript. Title, institution, address, phone number, and e-mail address should be reported separately.

After the manuscript is accepted for publication, author’s name will be added as follows:


APA 6th edition template should be found in Microsoft Office templates and theme page for which the link is given below. For further information on APA 6th edition please visit the link (http://www.apastyle.org/).

APA 6th edition link (Turkish): https://templates.office.com/tr-tr/APA-stili-rapor-alt%C4%B1nc%C4%B1-s%C3%BCr%C3%BCm-TM03982351

APA 6th edition link (English): https://templates.office.com/en-us/APA-style-report-6th-edition-TM03982351



TYPOGRAPHY

Page margins should be 2,5 cm on all sides.

Times New Roman font size 12 should be used with a line spacing of 1.5.

Paragraphs should be justified.

The indent should be 1,25cm.

Running head of the manuscript should be written in all capital letters at the top left of the page as a header. The author’s name must not be written as a header or footer. This would violate the transparency of the review process.

The block quotation should be indented at 1,25cm. Remember to cite the reference at the end (source, year, page number).



TEXT FORMAT

In APA, the text is divided into sections. Main sections are in the order of: Title, Abstract, Introduction (this journal requires a separate title for theoretical framework), Methodology, Findings, Discussion, Endnotes (if any), Appendices (if any), and References.



MANUSCRIPT TITLE

Manuscript title should be written on the first page. The full title should be center aligned with all initials capitalized.

Following the full title, on “Author’s Note” section, author’s rewards or if the manuscript is derived from a study should be acknowledged as left aligned, at the end of the page.



ABSTRACT

Manuscripts should include an abstract of 150-250 words (Turkish and English, the abstract in the language of the manuscript is placed first). The title of the abstract should be “Öz” and “Abstract”. Each manuscript should include 3-5 keywords which are italicized and indented 1,25cm.



SUB-TITLES

The body should be indented 1, 25 cm and double-spaced. APA style requires maximum five levels of heading which are given in the following paragraph. As your text is assumed to start with Introduction section, the word Introduction should not be used as the first heading.

Two separate paragraphs are formed for the first two headings. 3rd, 4th, and 5th headings are those written at the beginning of the paragraph.

Level 1 Heading:

Centered, Bold, Upper and Lowercase

Level 1.1. Heading:

Left aligned, Bold, Upper and Lowercase

Level 1.1.1. Heading:



Indented, Bold, Lowercase except first letter and proper nouns, ends with a period.



Level 1.1.1.1. Heading:



Indented, Bold, Lowercase except first letter and proper nouns, ends with a period.



Level 1.1.1.1.1. Heading:



Indented, Bold, Lowercase except first letter and proper nouns, ends with a period.





CITATIONS

In-text citations should comply with the related style.

This journal requires the author(s) name(s), publication year, and the page number in in-text citations.

Both the paraphrase of the author(s)’ own statement and direct citations (author’s sentences in inverted commas or block citations) should be provided with page number in parenthesis.

If the citation does not have source pages (i.e, an Internet source), the number of the paragraph of the cited part should be written by placing with x (Author, Year, para.x).



TABLES, FIGURES, GRAPHS

If cited, the source should be given. The source should be placed right under the table, figure, graph or picture in size 10, single spaced, normal, and should not exceed the size of the table, figure, graph and picture. Other information to be written under should be given after the source in line with the rules.

APPENDICES

Appendices should be given before the reference list. In-text citation to appendices should be as “APPENDIX Table: 1, APPENDIX Figure: 7 or APPENDIX Graph: 5”.



REFERENCE LIST

Each cited source (except for classical texts and personal communications) should be added to Reference List. No source that is not cited in the text is given place in Reference List.

The latest edition of the source should be cited.

The page number and volume of the paper should be added, if any.

DOI number should be added to the end of the reference, if any.

If you prefer to list references on Microsoft Word, you can follow the steps below. Our preference is using Microsoft Word, which will cancel out margin of error.

Before starting to write, on the “References” tab, click “Manage Sources” and “Style” and choose APA Sixth Edition”.

Click “Manage Sources” and choose “New” then add each source one by one.
or

While writing on Word, after each citation, click on the “References” tab and choose “Insert Citation” and click on “Add New Source”. Save the information on the source in the opened tab. By doing so, you will be inserting sources into the system.

After finishing the writing, on the “References” tab, when you click on References => “Add a Reference”, all your cited sources will be properly added to the end of the text.

If you prefer to list your references automatically or by yourself you should follow the rules below.

Sources are alphabetically ordered according to surnames of the authors. If the author is anonymous, name of the source is written. If more than one source from the same author is cited, they are chronologically listed. If more than one works by the same author in the same year are cited, use lower-case letters (a, b, c) with the year to order the entries in the reference list as “2009a”, “2009b”.

Books

In the Reference List, in the order of author’s surname, initial of the first name (sometimes the first two names), year of publication (in parenthesis), name of the source, publication information are written separated by dots. Name of the book is written in italicized lower case after the initial of the name (except for proper names).

Book with One Author or Editor

Surname of the Author, Initials of the Author's Name. (Year). The title of the book is italic, and after the first letter (except for special names) is entirely in lower case. Place of printing: Publisher.

Editor's Last Name, Editor's First Name. (Ed.). (Year). The title of the book is italic, and after the first letter (except for special names) the rest is entirely in lower case. Place of printing: Publisher.

Book with Two or More Authors or an Editor

First Author's Surname, Initials of the First Author's First Name. and Second Author's Surname, Initials of the Second Author's First Name. (Year). The title of the book is italic, and after the first letter (except for special names) the rest is entirely in lower case. Place: Publisher.

Edited or Extended Editions

Surname of the Author, Initials of the Author's Name. (Year). The title of the book is italic, and after the first letter (except for special names) the rest is entirely in lower case (x / x extended edition). Place of printing: Publisher.

d) Books without author(s)

The title of the book is italic, and after the first letter (except for special names) the rest is entirely in lower case. (Year). Place: Publisher.

e) Books consisting of two or more volumes

Surname of the Author, Initials of the Author's Name. (Year). The title of the book is italic, and after the first letter (except for special names) the rest is entirely in lower case (x. volume) Place of printing: Publisher.

f) Translated books

Surname of the Author, Initials of the Author's Name. (Year). The title of the book is italic, and after the first letter (except for special names) the rest is entirely in lower case. (First Name of Translator's Name, Translator's Last Name, Trans.) Print Location: Publisher.

g) Compilation Articles

Surname of the Author, Initials of the Author's Name. (Year). The title of the article. The title of the book is italicized and after the first letter (except for special names) the rest is in lower case (pp. page number range). Place of printing: Publisher.

h) A Text or Section in Compilation

Surname of the Author, Initials of the Author's Name. (Year). The title of the article. The initials of the Editor's Name. The last Name of the Editor (Ed.), The title of the book is italic, and after the first letter (except for special names) the rest is in lower case (pp. page number range). Place of printing: Publisher.

i) Section or Text in the Reference Books

Surname of the Author, Initials of the Author's Name. (Year). The title of the article. The title of the book is italicized and after the first letter (except for special names) the rest is in lower case (pp. page number range). Place of printing: Publisher.

Articles

For Journal Articles:

Surname of the Author, Initials of the Author's Name. (Year, if any month). The name of the article, only the first letter of the first word is small if the rest are not private names. Journal Title is Italic and The First Letters of each Word is capital, Volume Italic (Number), Page Number range. doi: X

Other Sources

a) Films

Surname of the Director, Initials of the Director's Name. (Director). (Year). Name of the film is italic. Production city: The name of the production company.

b) Internet resources

Surname of the Author, Initials of the Author's Name. (Date of publication of the manuscript). The name of the article is italicized, only the first letter of the first word is capital, if the rest are not private names they are not capital. Access date: Day Month Year, post link.



c) Unpublished masters / doctoral dissertations

Surname of the Author, Initials of the Author's Name. (Year). The title of the dissertation is italicized, only the first letter of the first word is capital, if the rest are not private names they are not capital (Unpublished Master / PhD Thesis). Name of Institution, Place of Institution.


The ethical duties and responsibilities of the journal are taken into account in the principles published by the Council of Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Directive and Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES FOR AUTHORS



Any responsibility arising from noncompliance with the code of ethics shall belong to the author (s). Actions contrary to scientific research and publication are:

Plagiarism: To show others' original ideas, methods, statements or works as part of or completely their own work without reference to the scientific rules,

Fraud: To use false or falsified data in scientific research,

Distortion: To falsify research records or obtained data, to show that devices or materials not used in the research are used, to distort or shape the research results in the interests of the people and organizations that are supported,

Republication: To present duplicate publications as separate publications in academic appointment and promotion,

Slicing: Presenting the results of a research as separate publications in academic assignments and promotions by disaggregating the research results in a manner that disrupts the integrity of the research and improperly fragmenting and publishing it in multiple publications,

Unfair authorship: To include non-active contributors among writers or to include authors, to change writer rankings in an unjustified and improper way, to remove the names of active contributors from the works in later prints, to include authors using his or her influence when there is no active contribution,

Not specifying the persons, institutions or organizations that support the publications and their contributions in the investigations undertaken with support,

Use of theses or works which have not yet been submitted or defended as a source without the permission of the owner,

Using theses or works which have not yet been submitted or defended as a source without the permission of the owner,

To publish the obtained data from the surveys and attitude research conducted within the scope of a scientific study without the explicit consent of the participants or without the permission of the institution,

To get written permission from the authorized units before starting work in researches and experiments,

To engage in work in research and experiments contrary to legislation or the provisions of international conventions on related research and experiments which Turkey is a party,

Not to use the data and information provided by other persons and institutions in the scientific studies in the extent and in the amount allowed, and not to observe and protect the confidentiality of this information,

Not to comply with the ethical rules in research on humans and animals and not to respect patient rights in their publications.

2) The author(s) are expected to be unique in their work.

3) The author(s) must give complete and accurate reference to all the work they use.

4) They should not send their work they have submitted to our journal to the application process to other magazines at the same time.

5) The author(s) should not send their work published in another journal to our journal.

6) Anyone who contributes to the content of the work should be shown as a writer.

7) For a study in which the evaluation process has begun, transactions such as adding or subtracting writers or changing the order of authors should not be requested but changes such as title and institution can be made.



ETHICAL PRINCIPLES FOR REFEREES

Referees must agree to examine only those items that they have the necessary expertise to evaluate and that they can evaluate on a timely basis.

Referees must be honest, impartial and fair in the evaluation of the articles.

Referees must declare a possible conflict of interest with the author or the article, and should seek advice from the journal if they are unsure of such a possibility. This conflict of interest can be related to a wide range of topics. For example, if the referee finds that he works closely with the author of the article, he must declare it to the journal and withdraw from refereeing. Similarly, if the referee is carrying out a research during the article evaluation process on a topic very similar to that of the submitted article, he/she can report it to the editorial office and withdraw from refereeing.

Referees should inform the journal even if they think they can guess the author of the article.

Referees should not accept reviewing the article merely to take a look at the article without intending to make an evaluation. After seeing the article, withdrawing from refereeing does not match academic ethics principles

Referees must refuse to evaluate the article if they have made a subjective and active contribution to the writing process in any way.

Referees must acknowledge that the evaluation requires a mutual effort and fair observation in a timely manner, and must act accordingly in the evaluation process. For this reason, referees should complete the article evaluation process as soon as possible.

Referees must provide the journal with personal and professional information that accurately demonstrates their expertise.

Referees must follow a neutral, constructive attitude in article evaluations that should be remote from making hostile or accusatory or derogatory personal comments. In a manner consistent with this position, referees should not attempt to intervene to change the author's original narrative to the shaping of articles.

Referees must fill out the article evaluation form completely and prepare a justified report in case of a rejection decision.

Referees should not use the information they have obtained during the refereeing process for the advantage of himself or any other person or institution or use them in a way that would be disadvantageous to others or to disgrace others.

Referees should respect the confidentiality of the review process and keep the details of an article or the evaluation of this article during or after the refereeing process beyond the details published by the journal.

Referees must keep the details of the review process and the evaluation process after the article evaluation process is over.

Referees should not share the information of the work that he/she was assigned to review with others without the owner's explicit permission before it is published.



ETHICAL GUIDE FOR EDITORS

Decisions by editors to accept or refuse an article for publication must be based solely on the value of the essay, its authenticity, its clarity, and its focus and scope.

The editor should initiate the evaluation process for the article submitted without delay.

The editor has full authority and responsibility for accepting or rejecting an article submitted for publication. However, he/she acts based on the opinions of the referees during the decision-making process.

The evaluations are made on the basis of at least two referees' opinions, and in the event of an egalite, a third referee opinion is taken.

Editors should justify their decision and inform the author.

Editors should choose referees who have strong publications in their fields, are bound to ethical values and will not interrupt the publication process of the journal.

When persuasive evidence is submitted to the journal for a previously published article claiming that it has a major scientific error, the editors should ensure that an article emphasizing the error is published or, if possible, corrected.

Any unpublished information, arguments or interpretations made in a submitted article must not be used in the editors' own research without the permission of the author.

If the editors have contributed to the article submitted to the journal, the editorial process of the article is carried out by another editor.

The editor acts according to the guidelines of the Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics in cases where he / she or the referees perceives the acts related to the articles are contrary to the ethical principles of scientific publications

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