WRITING RULES
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, referees, and authors should pay attention to these regulations.

- Research articles, review articles, and book reviews are published in our journal. Articles are reviewed by the editorial board on the basis of criteria such as originality, contribution to science, language, and article type. The journal board reserves the right to change or return the type of article, in consultation with the authors, if the journal board agrees that the article type differs from that specified by the subject editors or reviewers.

- 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 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 15% (Bibliography excluded) are rejected without being evaluated.
• Studies with a similarity score %15 or lower (Bibliography excluded) are included in the review process.
• An author(s) who submits a study to the journal commits that the rules mentioned above are accepted.

- The language of publication of the journal is Turkish and English. English abstract must be included in Turkish studies. In the abstract, Turkish and English titles should be centered horizontally. Titles should be written in Times New Roman font and in capital letters with 13 font size.

- In the study, there should be an abstract section with a length of 100-150 words, and 3 to 5 keywords. The study should contain at least two JEL Codes. See for JEL Codes. “Abstracts”, * “Keywords” and “JEL Codes” title should be bold, left aligned and only the first letter should be capitalized. The sections should be written in Times New Roman font with 10 font size and single line spacing.

- The study can be prepared in MS Office Word, Google Docs or Libre Office. However, it must be uploaded to DergiPark in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx extension). Compliance of page designs with writing rules of journal should be checked before submitting the study.

- Page layout should be set top 2.5 cm, left 2.5 cm, right 2.5 cm and bottom 2.5 cm. There should be single line (12 point-pt) space between paragraphs. Each paragraph should start 1 cm from the left.

- 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 text should be written in Times New Roman font with 11 font size. It should be justified with 1.5 line spacing.

- The study should not exceed 30 pages including the bibliography. Page numbers should be placed at the bottom and centered.

- The study should accord with the research and publication ethics. The originality report obtained using plagiarism detection software (Turnitin, iThenticate, etc.) should be uploaded to the system together with the article. If "Ethics Committee Approval" is required for the research; in the “Methods” section of the article, information regarding the approval of the Ethics Committee (name of the ethics committee, number and date of the approval document) should be stated. Studies without ethics committee approval are not taken into consideration.
- The titles of Tables and Figures in the study 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.

- All sources in the references must be cited in the study. In the study, in-text citations should not be given as footnotes, citations should be written in accordance with the following formal rules:
• In-text representation of a single-author source; It is in the form of “(author's surname, publication year)” or “(author's surname, publication year, p. page number)”.
• In-text representation of the source with two authors; It is in the form of “(1st author’s surname, and 2nd author’s surname, publication year)” or “(1st author’s surname, and 2nd author’s surname, p. page number)”. In a source with two authors, “and” is used between the authors.
• When citing studies with three, four and five authors, only the surnames of all authors are given in the first reference in the text. For other references, the first author's surname and others (et al.) should be added next to it.
• When citing studies with six or more authors, only the surname of the first author is given and others (et al.) should be added next to it.

- The first page of the submitted articles should not contain any information about the authors. The author(s) must enter all their information (author(s) name, surname, title, ORCID, contact information) into the system completely during the article submission phase. If the study is derived from a thesis or has been presented as a paper before, it should be indicated by giving a footnote on the first page of the article. The following documents must be fully uploaded to the system during the submission process:
1) Title page (Sort of author names, authors' ORCID numbers, e-mail addresses and institution information, corresponding author should be specified and all contact information of the corresponding author such as telephone etc.).
2) Copyright transfer form (each author must fill in and sign separately).
3) Ethics declaration form
4) Authenticity report
5) Full text file without any information such as name, surname, contact information of the authors.

- Our journal uses APA (American Psychological Association) Style 6th Edition in citing references. Authors should follow the spelling rules and format specified in the American Psychological Association Publication Guide published by the American Psychological Association. In addition, our journal recommends adding the DOI information of the cited articles to the bibliography. Look for more details.

 
1- PERIODICALS

• Journal article with DOI
Behrent, M. C. (2013). Foucault and technology. History and Technology, 29(1), 54-104.
Erdem, F., & Aytemur, J. Ö. (2008). Mentoring-A relationship based on trust: Qualitative research. Public Personnel Management, 37(1), 55-65. doi: 10.1177/009102600803700104

• Journal article with DOI (more than seven authors)
Petersen, M. C., Gallop, M. R., Ramos, S. F., Zarrinpar, A., Broussard, J. L., Chondronikola, M.,… Klein, S. (2022). Complex physiology and clinical implications of time-restricted eating. Physiological Reviews, 102(4), 1991-2034. doi: 10.1152/physrev.00006.2022

• Journal article without DOI
Black, F., & Scholes, M. (1973). The pricing of options and corporate liabilities. Journal of Political Economy. 81(3), 637-654.

• Magazine article
Myhrvold, N. (2010, Mart). The big idea-Funding Eureka! Harvard Business Review, 1200-1210.

• Online magazine article
Myhrvold, N. (2010, Mart). The big idea-Funding Eureka! Harvard Business Review, 1200-1210. Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2010/03/the-big-idea-funding-eureka.

• Online newspaper article
Gorman, S. (2022, Ekim 7). Latest four-member SpaceX crew, including cosmonaut, welcomed abroad space station. Reuters. Retrieved from https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/four-member-spacex-crew-nears-rendezvous-with-space-station-2022-10-06/

2- BOOKS, REFERENCE BOOKS, AND BOOK CHAPTERS

• Entire book, print version
Borton, H. (1970). Japan's modern century (2nd ed.). New York: The Ronald Press Company.

• Republished and translated book
Kant, I. (2016). Critique of pure reason (Çev: P. Guyer ve A. W. Wood). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Original work published 1781).

• Book chapter, print version
Watson, J. (1998). Engineering education in Japan after the iwakura mission. In I. Nish (Ed.), The iwakura mission in America and Europe: A new assessment (pp. 108-112) içinde. Surrey: Japan Library.

• Reference book
VandenBos, G. R. (Ed.). (2007). APA dictionary of psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

• Online reference book
Bobonich, C., & Meadows, K. (2002). Plato on utopia. In E. N. Zalta (Ed.), Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Retrieved from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato-utopia/

• Online reference book, no author or editör
Academy. (n.d.). In Cambridge dictionary. Retrieved from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/academy

3- RESEARCH REPORTS

• Corporate author’s report
World Health Organization. (2021). 2021 mid-year report-Who strategic action against covid-19. Geneva: World Health Organization.

• Authored report
Msafiri, D. (2021). Enhancing competitiveness of rice industry in Tanzania (Research Report No. 13/2021). Retrieved from Research on Poverty Alleviation website: https://www.africaportal.org/publications/enhancing-competitiveness-rice-industry-tanzania/

4- MEETINGS AND SYMPOSIA 

• Proceedings published in book form
Lamy, M. F. (2011). Basel III : strengthening the resilience of the banking sector. In M. Bellalah, & O. Masood (Eds.), 6th International Finance Conference on Financial Crisis and Governance. (pp. 37-58). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

• Unpublished proceedings
Sözer Oran, J. ve Ayık, A. (2019). The effect of households’ financial distress on risk taking behavior, Paper presented at 23rd International Finance Symposium. Antalya: Marmara Üniversitesi.

5- DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS AND MASTER'S THESES 
Law, Y. (2021). Three essays o expectations in macroeconomics and finance (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Graduate School of Binghamton University, New York.

6- DATA SETS AND SOFTWARE  

• Data set
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2022). OECD economic Outlook [Data file]. Retrieved from https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/oecd-economic-outlook_16097408

• Software
Stata 17 [Software]. (2021). Texas: StataCorp LLC.

7-OTHER

• Blog posts
Packer, A. J. (2021, February 5). GameStonk-What behavioral finance teaches us about the thrill and agony behind stock picking [Web log message]. Retrieved from https://www.sineceracapital.com/our-thoughts/gamestop-behavioral-finance

Important Note: All manuscripts sent to the journal are first evaluated by the Editorial Board. Within the scope of AUİİBFD, manuscripts that do not comply with a scientific writing format in terms of content and form are rejected by the Editorial Board or the Editorial Board without starting the refereeing process, or these boards can make changes to the manuscripts. The authority to request corrections rests with the Editorial Board.