Anadolu Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi

Anadolu University Journal of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences (AUİİBFD) is an open access and peer-reviewed journal that has been published electronically in the fields of business, economics, labor economics and industrial relations, finance, public administration and political science, mainly in the field of social sciences. The journal aims to contribute to academic discussions by providing knowledge and production in these areas.

Anadolu University Journal of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences (AUİİBFD) publishes studies that adopt original scientific research processes and contribute to the dissemination and production of knowledge in the fields of business, economics, labor economics and industrial relations, finance, public administration and political science. All kinds of scientific (translation, criticism, evaluation, examination, etc.) studies in related fields are included in the journal. In this context, the following types of studies are also within the scope of the Journal:

- Qualitative research

- Quantitative research

- Research based on mixed methods

- Perspectives on policies

- Critical literature reviews

- Book evaluation

Important Note: As of January 1, 2025, our journal will only accept submissions in English. Along with this change, new writing guidelines have also been implemented. However, during the transition period, manuscripts submitted before this date and still under review will be published following the previous writing guidelines.

During the transition period, it is planned to allocate at least 20% of the published articles in each issue to those written in English.

REVIEW PROCESS

The evaluation process involves two sequential steps: the desk review and the peer review.

Desk Review:

• All submissions to the journal are first evaluated by the editor-in-chief for their relevance to the journal's scope and compliance with writing guidelines.  
• Submission that do not comply with a scientific writing format in terms of content and form are rejected by the editor-in-chief without starting the refereeing process, or the vice editors can request revision in the manuscripts.
• The editor-in-chief and  the vice editors reserve the right to request revisions for any formatting issues not specified in these guidelines. 
• After the second revision request, submissions that do not comply with content and formatting requirements, or submissions that are not corrected within 20 days following the revision request, will be returned without further evaluation.
• Research articles, review articles, and book reviews are published in the journal. Articles are reviewed by the editor-in-chief on the basis of criteria such as originality, contribution to science, language, and article type. The editor-in-chief reserves the right to change or return the type of article, in consultation with the authors, if the editor-in-chief agrees that the article type differs from that specified by the field editors or reviewers.
  
  

Peer Review:

• Studies that have completed the desk review process are sent to a sufficient number of reviewers (at least two reviewers) for evaluation.

DOCUMENTS

The submitted manuscripts should not contain any information about the authors. The authors must enter all their information (name, surname, title, ORCID, contact information, etc) into the system completely during the article submission phase. The following documents must be fully uploaded to the system during the submission process:

1. Full Text File (Template)  
2. Title Page
3. Copyright Transfer Form (Each author must fill in and sign separately.)
4. Confilict of Interest and Author Contribituon Form (Each author must fill in and sign separately.)
5. Originality Report
6. Ethical Approval Form (if required)
7. Article Withdrawal Form (if required)
8. Authorship Waiver Form (if required)

GENERAL RULES

• The language of publication of the journal is English since January 1, 2025.
• The studies submitted to the journal should be original.
• The studies should not have been previously published and concurrently submitted for publication elsewhere.
• If ethics committee approval is required for the research; "Ethical Approval Form" should be uploaded to the system together with the article.
• Any plagiarism including self-plagiarism cannot be tolerated by the journal.
• The studies are checked for originality and artificial intelligence by using anti-plagiarism software. The editorial board of the journal has adopted the following rules in terms of plagiarism and artificial intelligence usage policy:

            - Studies with a similarity score higher than %20 (bibliography excluded) are rejected without being evaluated or requested for revision.

            - Studies with a similarity score %20 or lower (bibliography excluded) are included in the review process.

            - Studies with an artificial intelligence usage score higher than %20 are rejected being evaluated or requested for revision.

            - Studies with an artificial intelligence usage %20 or lower are included in the review process.

MAIN TEXT WRITING RULES

• Page layout should be set top 2.5 cm, left 2.5 cm, right 2.5 cm and bottom 2.5 cm.
• The text should be written in Times New Roman font with 11 font size. It should be justified with 1.5 line spacing.
  
• There should be single line (12 point-pt) space between paragraphs.
• Each paragraph should start 1 cm from the left.
• The study should not exceed 30 pages including the bibliography.
• Headings should not be numbered. There should be three levels of heading in the studies:

            - Level 1: Left aligned, bold and all capitals

            - Level 2: Left aligned, bold and title case

            - Level 3: Left aligned, bold and sentence case 

• The titles of tables and figures should be left aligned and only the first letter of the first word should be upper case. If there are references, they should be placed just below the tables and figures. (For example; Table 1: Variable types and classification used in the research).
• If equation numbers are used, they should be given in parentheses, justified to the right.

ABSTRACT

• The abstract of the study should be between 100 and 200 words in length.
• The study must include at least two JEL codes.
• The titles of the abstract, keywords, and codes should be bold, left-aligned, and capitalized only on the first letter. The text should be formatted in Times New Roman font, 10-point font size, and single line spacing. 
• In the abstract, title of the manuscript should be centered horizontally. Title should be written in Times New Roman font and in capital letters with 13 font size.
  
  

IN-TEXT CITATIONS

All sources in the references must be cited in the study. In-text citations should not be given as footnotes, citations should be written in accordance with the following formal rules (APA Style 7the:

• A work by one author: (Hull, 2018) or (Hull, 2018, p. 21)
• A work by two authors: (Chance & Brooks, 2010) or (Chance & Brooks, 2010, p. 150)
• A work by three or more authors: (Bakshi et al., 2003) or (Bakshi et al., 2003, p. 3)
• Organization as an author (first citation): (The Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye [CBRT], 2003)
• Organization as an author (subsequent citation): (CBRT, 2003)
• Two or more works in the same parentheses: (Hull, 2018; Bakshi et al., 2003)
• Two or more works by the same author in the same year: (Hull, 2018a; Hull, 2018b)

REFERENCES

• The reference list should be prepared in Times New Roman font, with single line spacing and an 11-point font size.
• The sources should be listed in alphabetical order.
• The journal uses APA (American Psychological Association) Style 7th Edition in citing references. Examples of APA 7 citations for frequently used sources are provided below. For specific examples, please visit the APA Style 7th Edition website.

3-OTHER PRINT SOURCES

4-ELECTRONIC SOURCES

Important Note: Changes have been made in the publication principles and policies of the journal which is in the process of restructuring. Since new regulations have been made in the ethical principles and policies of our journal; it is expected that field editors, reviewers, and authors should pay attention to these regulations.

Anadolu University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences (AUİİBFD) is meticulously committed to follow the high standards of publication ethics determined by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and The Scientific and Regulations of the Technological Research Council of Turkey Committee on Research and Publication Ethics (Tübitak, 2018) in terms of the conditions and criteria for article acceptance and publication process.

Within the framework of these standards, the ethical responsibilities are expected to be followed by authors, referees and editors are as follows.

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors

• The studies submitted to the journal for evaluation should be original.
• The studies should not have been previously published and concurrently submitted for publication elsewhere.
• Any plagiarism including self-plagiarism cannot be tolerated by the journal.
• The studies are checked for originality and artificial intelligence by using anti-plagiarism software. The editorial board of the journal has adopted the following rules in terms of plagiarism policy:

            - Studies with a similarity score higher than %20 (Bibliography excluded) are rejected without being evaluated or requested for revision.

            - Studies with a similarity score %20 or lower (Bibliography excluded) are included in the review process.

            - Studies with an artificial intelligence usage score higher than %20 are rejected being evaluated or requested for revision.

            - Studies with an artificial intelligence usage %20 or lower are included in the review process.

• In the publication of studies with more than one researcher, removing the name of the researcher who has enough contribution to deserve a co-authorship, adding the name of the researcher as an author who has not enough contribution to deserve a co-authorship or arranging the author order in an inappropriate way are considered to be against ethical principles. In this regard, the authors are expected to take into account their ethical responsibilities for the submitted studies. In addition, it cannot be proposed to change the author responsibilities (adding an author, changing the order of authors, removing an author, etc.) of studies whose review process has begun.
• The journal will not publish any other works by an author whose paper has been published for two years.
• In studies produced from a graduate thesis, the student cannot waive his/her right to be an author in the products produced from the thesis or his/her name cannot be removed from the work. However, the supervisor (or legal second supervisor, if any) and those who have contributed to the thesis study may waive the right of ownership (being an author) in the works produced from the thesis. Those who waive their rights must fill in the "Authorship Waiver Form", sign it with their wet signature, and send the scanned version to the editor and editor board of the journal via e-mail.
• There should not be any financial or personal interest relationship during the conduction of studies and reporting of the results. A written declaration of “Conflict of interest” that states there is no conflict of interest between the commercial organizations supporting the researh and author(s) should be submitted to the journal.
• The “Copyright Transfer Form” which the author(s) must fill in before the submission of a study, first confirms its originality. This form confirms that the same data and results are not published elsewhere, the same study is not published in different language elsewhere and results from a single study are not artificially divided more than one publication. This form also includes the confirmation of obtaining the necessary permissions for the data, scales, and numbers obtained from other studies and institutions. With the signing of this form by the author(s), it is declared that all copyright of the study are transferred to Anadolu University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences (AUİİBFD).
• “Ethical Approval Form” must be obtained for studies conducted in all branches of science, including social sciences. It must be uploaded to the DergiPark during the submission process of the study. "Ethical Approval Form" is required in studies where qualitative and quantitative methods are use to collect data, in clinical studies, and in retrospective studies in accordance with the law on personal data protection. Information about the permission (the title of the ethics committee, date, and number) must be stated in the research method section and on the first/last page of the study.
• Research articles, review articles, and book reviews are published in the journal. Articles are reviewed by the editor-in-chief on the basis of criteria such as originality, contribution to science, language, and article type. The "Editor Board" reserves the right to change or return the type of article, in consultation with the authors, if the editor-in-chief agrees that the article type differs from that specified by the subject editors or reviewers.
• An author(s) who submits a study to the journal commits that the rules mentioned above are accepted.

 Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewer

• Reviewing is a process based on trust and volunteerism. In this process, the reviewer should not accept to evaluate the studies that are outside of their academic expertise.
• Reviewers should not accept to evaluate the work in situations that will create a conflict of interest. Currently working at the same institution with any of the authors or having any recent collaboration (for example, within the last 3 years) requires refusing to evaluate the work. In addition, not evaluating a study that is very similar to a study in preparation or under evaluation in another journal is one of the main ethical responsibilities of the reviewers.
• Consideration should be given to the time taken for the acceptance of the arbitration invitation and the submission of the report containing the evaluation.
• It is important to use the evaluation tool provided by the Journal in the evaluation of the study. It is expected that constructive and objective evaluations that will contribute to the development of the author(s) work will be provided by the reviewer. One of the basic ethical standards is that the criticisms should be specific, and supporting evidence should be presented with appropriate references based on theory and literature. Use of unprofessional, abusive and condescending language is not tolerated by the Journal.

Ethical Responsibilities of Editors and Field Editors

• The editor and field editors of the AUİİBFD must fulfill the basic responsibilities in the "COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

General Duties and Responsibilities

• Supporting the creation of ideas that will improve the process of the journal by meeting regularly with readers, authors, reviewers and board members who are the stakeholders of AUİİBFD.
• Supporting initiatives that will reduce unsuitable behaviors in terms of academic and publication ethics
  
• Maintaining freedom of thought and discussion of ideas
  
• Continuously improving the conditions and qualifications necessary for the Journal to maintain its institutional structure.

Relations with Readers

• Ensuring that any work published in the Journal has undergone a qualified evaluation and preparation for publication.
• Making sure that all studies published in the journal are in accordance with scientific research processes, from the ranking of the authors contributing to the study to the declaration of conflicts of interest.
• Ensuring that a journal process is managed, in which personal rights are respected, and which focuses on the production and sharing of objective, scientific information sensitively.

Relations with Authors

• Presenting clear, consistent and clear information to the authors from the uploading of the studies to the evaluation process.
• Provide authors with up-to-date information on publication guidelines and relevant reference resources.
• Assuring authors that their work will be evaluated objectively by experts.
• Provide information to the authors about the ways followed in the detection of situations contrary to scientific publication ethics.

Relations with Reviewers

• Informing the reviewers about situations that may create a conflict of interest
• Supporting reviewers to report ethical violations.
• Supporting reviewers to be careful about multiple publications, plagiarism.
• To care about the contribution of the referees who provide high quality, careful evaluation to the journal; to follow the necessary steps so that the referees who act in the opposite direction do not take part in the evaluation process.
• Ensuring that blind reviewing processes are followed.
• To follow and not include unscientific, personally insulting, impolite evaluations.

Relationship with Journal Owner and Publisher

• The relationship between the editors (editor and field editors) and the publisher is based on the principle of editorial independence.
• Anadolu University is the publisher of Anadolu University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences (AUİİBFD).
• The editors are responsible for all processes of the studies submitted to Anadolu University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences (AUİİBFD). In this context, the decision makers are the Editors and Field Editors, regardless of economic or political gains.
• AÜİİBFD protects the property and copyright of each published article and undertakes to keep a record of each published copy.
  

Editorial and Blind Review Processes

Quality Assurance

Protection of Personal Data

In case you encounter an unethical situation;

No fee is charged for articles sent to the journal. No copyright fee is paid for the articles.