Art-ekin Sanat Tasarım Dergisi

Art-ekin Art Desing Journal aims to publish original scientific articles by researchers working in the field of art and design, following the innovations guided by science and art. In this direction, it aims to create a platform that can be a resource for researchers. Art-ekin Journal includes interdisciplinary research in the fields of art, design and communication.

Painting, graphic design, visual communication design, fashion and design, cinema and television, photography, digital arts, new media, cyber culture, visual culture, digital society, digital gaming, ceramics, sculpture, music, music technologies, musicology, architecture, traditional arts, art history, archaeology, philosophy of art, sociology of art, contemporary art, etc. It publishes innovative, contributing, scientific articles in the fields of selected themes and subheadings under the main title.

Author Guidelines

Submission of Academic Papers

All articles must be in journal publication format via the article template. (Click for Article Template)

a) Articles should only be sent as a single copy in ".doc" or ".docx" format via the Dergipark system.

b) In the articles to be sent via the Dergipark system, information about the author (titles, institutions, e-mail addresses, ORCID numbers) should be included completely.

c) Articles submitted to our journal should not have been published elsewhere or sent for publication. Authors are deemed to have undertaken this by submitting their works to our journal.

d) Articles submitted to our journal are examined by iThenticate or Turnitin plagiarism programme. Articles with a similarity rate of more than 15% (bibliography, footnotes and similarities less than 15% are excluded from the Turnitin review) are rejected without being sent for peer review.

Writing Rules

Word Limits

Articles submitted to the journal consist of Turkish and English title, Turkish and English abstracts, Turkish and English keywords, text, bibliography and footnotes. The text of the articles submitted to the journal should not be less than 4000 words and not more than 10000 words. Turkish and English abstracts should be at least 150 words and should not exceed 250 words. The number of keywords should not be less than 3 words and not more than 5 words.

Title and Author Name

The title of the text should be written in 14 pt, all letters capitalised, bold and centred. There should be 12 spaces before the title and 6 spaces after the title. The author's name should be placed to the right of the title. The author's name should be written in 12 pt, bold, centred, initial letters capitalised. In the footnote to be formed with the (*) symbol next to the author's surname, the title, institution, e-mail address and ORCID number of the author should be included respectively.

Turkish and English Abstract and Keywords

Turkish abstract, English abstract, Turkish keywords and English keywords (Keywords) should be bold and capitalised. Keywords should be carefully selected and written in alphabetical order. The number of keywords should not be less than 3 words and not more than 5 words. The abstract should be at least 150 words and should not exceed 250 words. There should be 1.25 cm indentation at the beginning of the paragraph. The body text of the articles should be in Times New Roman, 10 font size, 1.5 line spacing and justified.

Extended Abstract

This section should be prepared in English for studies prepared in Turkish. The Extended English Abstract should be at least 750 words and should not exceed 1500 words. This section should be written in a way to cover the entire study, including the general framework, problem, method, aims, data collection technique, important findings and results of the study. The text should be in Times New Roman font, 12 pt, 1.5 line spacing; footnotes should be shown at the bottom of the relevant page, Times New Roman font, 10 pt, 1 line spacing and justified.

Margins

Pages should be arranged with 2.5 cm margins on the left, right and top and 3 cm margins on the bottom.

Subsection Headings

All sub-section headings should be in Times New Roman font, 12 pt, bold, with one line space before and 6 spaces after. Introduction, Conclusion and Bibliography headings should start from a new page and should be written centrally, other headings should be aligned from the left. Introduction, Conclusion, References, first and second level headings should be written in all capital letters, and third and lower level headings should be written with the first letter of each word capitalised. First, second and third level headings should be numbered as (1. TITLE, 1.1.1 TITLE, 1.1.1.1 Title...). Fourth and lower level headings should not be numbered.

The text

The text of the article should be in a single Word document, body text should be in Times New Roman font, 12 pt, 1.5 line spacing; footnotes should be shown at the bottom of the relevant page, Times New Roman font, 10 pt, 1 line spacing and justified.

Tables and Images

All visual elements other than tables, such as figures, pictures, diagrams, photographs, etc. should be labelled as "Images". Tables and Images can be placed in the relevant section of the text, but must be centred on the page. Table and Image information should be written in Times New Roman font, font size 10, label and number in bold italic, explanation text in italic, 1 line spacing and centre aligned, under the visual element. Tables and images should be cross-referenced in the text only by labelling and number (Image 1. Image 2.). One line space should be left before and after tables and images.

References

References in the text and at the end of the text should follow APA 7 reference style. (Click here for APA 7 reference style)

All sources used and cited during the research work (except classical texts and personal interviews) are added to the Bibliography. Sources not cited in the research work are not included in the Bibliography.

The works used should be listed in alphabetical order according to the surnames of the authors. References should be written in Times New Roman, 11 font size, 1 line spacing and justified. Each weld indentation should hang 1 cm. The citation system adopted in the bibliography is "APA 7" and examples according to this citation system are given below.

In-text citation (Author, Year of Publication, p.1).

Books:

Author, A. (Year of Publication). Title of the book: Subtitle. Publisher.

Özpınar, C. (2016). Türkiye’de sanat tarihi yazımı (1970-2010): Sanat tarihi anlatıları üzerine eleştirel bir inceleme. Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları.

Examples of other books

Arslan, Y. ve Karakuş, O. K. (2012). Yitik şehrin romanı Hamuşan: Ahmet Mecbur Efendi. Çankırı Valiliği Kültür ve Turizm İl Müdürlüğü.

Türk Seramik Derneği. (2014). Seramik kâseler. Türk Seramik Derneği Yayınları.

Austen, J. (2005). Mansfield Park (J. Wiltshire, Ed.). Cambridge University Press. (Orijinal eserin yayın tarihi 1814)

Pacteau, F. (2005). Güzellik semptomu. (B. Erol, Translate.). Ayrıntı Yayınları. (Date of publication of the original work 1994).

Clark, M. and Phelan, J. (2020). Debating rhetorical narratology: On the synthetic, mimetic, and thematic aspects of narrative. Ohio University Press. https://doi.org/10.26818/9780814214282

Cialdini, R. B. (2009). Influence: The psychology of persuasion. Harper Collins E-books.

Aliçavuşoğlu, E. (2009). Sunuş: Bauhaus geleneği ve günümüz sanatına yansımaları. A. Artun ve E. Aliçavuşoğlu (Ed.),Bauhaus: Modernleşmenin tasarımı: Türkiye'de mimarlık, sanat, tasarım eğitimi ve Bauhaus içinde (ss. 21-34). İletişim Yayınları.

Markov, V. (2009). Rus fütürizmi. (S. Hilav, Çev.). E. Batur (Ed.),Modernizmin serüveni (8.bs.) içinde (ss. 153-160). Alkım Yayınevi.

Articles

Author, A. (Year of Publication). Article Title. Journal Name, Volume No (Issue), page range. DOI or URL

Yalçın Beldan, N. (2019). Louvre’a bakan kadınlar: Erken modern dönemde amatör olarak kadın sanatçının portresi. IDA: International Design and Art Journal 1(1), 89-98. http://www.idajournal.com/index.php/ida/article/view/20/8.

Examples of other articles

İnan Ocak, Z. and Tanyeli, G. (2019). Amasya Bimarhanesi’nin tamamlanamayan taçkapısı. METU JFA, 36(2), 221-246. DOI:10.4305/METU.JFA.2019.2.4

Varinlioğlu, G., Alankuş G., Aslankan, A. ve Mura, G. (2019). Oyun tabanlı öğrenme ile dijital mirasın yaygınlaştırılması. METU JFA, 36(1), 23-40. DOI: 10.4305/METU.JFA.2018.2.9

Edgü, F. (1992). Zenaatla sanatın buluştuğu yapıtlar: Mustafa Pilevneli. Yapı, (124), 76-82.

Thesis

Author, A. (Year). Title of the thesis (publication/thesis number-if any) [Master's/Doctoral thesis, Institution]. Database.

Demir, M. (2018). Kars âşıklık geleneği içerisinde Karslı Âşık Arif Çiftçi'nin yeri (Tez No. 528923) [Master's thesis, Çankırı Karatekin University, Institute of Social Sciences]. YÖK National Thesis Centre.

Axford, J.C. (2007). What constitutes success in Pacific Island community conserved areas? [PhD Thesis, QueenslandÜniversitesi]. UQ eSpace. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:158747

All articles must be in journal publication format via the article template. (Click for Article Template)

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Art-ekin Art Desing Journal is published twice a year, in June and December. The deadline for the author(s) who wish to submit an article to the June issue is May 15, and the deadline for the author(s) who wish to submit an article to the December issue is November 15. The publication language of Art-ekin Journal is Turkish. The studies sent to the journal are evaluated scientifically by blind review method after going through the editorial process.

Ethics Committee Approval received for research requiring Ethics Committee Permission must be documented and shown in the study (https://publicationethics.org/). In accordance with the personal data protection law, ethical committee permission is required for retrospective studies, qualitative or quantitative studies that require permission from the owners and collection of data from organizations to use surveys, scales, pictures and photographs belonging to others. It is used in all studies using survey, interview, focus group study, observation, experiment and interview techniques with participants. It should also be stated that the Publication Ethical Principles, Copyright Transfer Agreement and copyright regulations are complied with in the intellectual and artistic works used.

Art-ekin Journal, together with all its contributors, including authors, publishers, referees, editors and readers, is committed to complying with the issues specified in the Journal Editors' Guidelines prepared by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

The principles below have been prepared using the "COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" guides.

Ethical Duties and Responsibilities of Editors

Editors must be responsible for everything published in their journal. They should always be ready to issue corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when necessary.

They must ensure that all printed texts published by the journal reflect the message and contextualize it.

They must have processes in place to ensure the quality of the material they publish.

Must be able to maintain the integrity of academic records.

They must manage freedom of expression well.

They should encourage and be aware of peer review and publication-related research and re-evaluate their journal's processes in light of new findings.

They should work to persuade their publishers to use appropriate resources and seek guidance from experts.

They should support initiatives designed to reduce research and publication abuses.

They should take initiatives to educate researchers about publication ethics.

They should evaluate the impact of journal policies on author and reviewer behavior, revising their policies as necessary to encourage responsible behavior and deter misconduct.

They must clearly identify non-peer-reviewed parts of the journal.

They must ensure that all their published work is reviewed by suitably qualified individuals.

They should adopt processes that promote accuracy, completeness and clarity of research reporting, including technical reporting.

Duties and Responsibilities of Editors Towards Readers

The editor should strive to make decisions aimed at meeting the needs of readers and the author(s).

The editor should try to constantly improve his journal as a result of the feedback he receives.

Actively seek out the opinions of author(s), readers, reviewers, and editorial board members about ways to improve the journal's processes.

It should encourage the use of appropriate guidelines and checklists. (e.g. MIAME,1 CONSORT2 )

Editors should clearly state who funded the research. Readers should be informed about who funded the research or other scientific work and whether the funders had any role in the research and its publication.

They should inform readers that submissions from journal staff or editorial board members are evaluated objectively and impartially.

They should develop a transparency policy to encourage maximum disclosure about the source of non-research articles.

Duties and Responsibilities of the Editor Towards Authors

Editors should issue guidance to the author(s) about everything that is expected of them. This guide should be updated regularly and linked to.

Editors should not revoke their decision to accept a submission unless they identify serious problems with the submission.

Editors' decisions to accept or reject an article for publication should be based on the article's importance, originality, clarity, validity of the work, and appropriateness to the journal's mandate.

A description of peer review processes should be published and editors should be prepared to justify any significant departures from the described processes.

Journals should have a declared mechanism for author(s) to appeal editorial decisions.

Editors should provide guidance on who should be listed as contributors in accordance with authorship criteria and/or standards in the relevant field.

New editors should not overturn the decision to publish previous editors' articles unless they identify serious problems.

It must ensure that appropriate reviewers are selected for submissions. (i.e. people who can evaluate the work and not disqualify competing interests)

Must respect author(s) requests not to review an individual's submissions, if reasonable and practicable.

The author should review their instructions regularly and provide links to relevant guides. (e.g. ICMJE5, Responsible research publication: international standards for author(s))

In cases of suspected misconduct or disputed authorship, guidance should be provided by COPE flowcharts (http://publicationethics.org/flowcharts).

They must publish details of how they handle cases of suspicion and abuse. (e.g. with links to COPE flowcharts)

Must publish submission and acceptance dates for articles.

Duties and Responsibilities of the Editor Towards Reviewers

Editors should have systems in place to ensure that the identity of reviewers is protected unless they use an open evaluation system that is communicated to the author(s) and reviewers.

They should encourage reviewers to comment on the originality of submissions and to be alert to unnecessary publication and plagiarism.

Editors should provide guidance to reviewers on all that is expected of them, including the need to treat submitted material confidentially. These guidelines should be updated regularly and should refer to or link to this code.

Editors should request reviewers to disclose possible competing interests before agreeing to review a submission.

They should encourage reviewers to comment on potential research and publication misconduct and ethical questions arising from submissions (e.g., unethical research design, insufficient detail on patient consent or protection of research subjects (including animals), inappropriate data manipulation and presentation).

Consideration of providing reviewers with tools to identify relevant publications (e.g. links to cited references and bibliographic searches)

All reviewer comments should be sent to the author(s) in full, unless they contain offensive or slanderous remarks.

They should encourage academic institutions to recognize peer review activities as part of the scientific process.

It should monitor the performance of peer reviews and take steps to ensure that it is of a high standard.

Develop and maintain a database of eligible reviewers and update it based on reviewers performance.

They should stop using reviewers who consistently produce discourteous, low-quality, or late reviews.

The reviewer database should ensure that it reflects the journal's community and add new reviewers as necessary.

Must use a wide range of sources (not just personal contacts) to identify potential new reviewers. (e.g. author recommendations, bibliographic databases)

In cases where reviewer misconduct is suspected, the COPE flowchart must be followed.

Editors should strive to ensure that peer review in their journals is fair, impartial, and timely.

Editors must have a blind peer review system to ensure that material submitted to their journal remains confidential during review.

Author(s) Responsibilities

The submitted article must be originally written by the author(s). Thoughts, suggestions and sources must be accurate and there must be no plagiarism in the article.

The author(s) must declare that they have individually participated in the study and that they take all responsibility for this study.

The author(s) must declare that they have seen and approved the final version of the submitted article and that the article has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.

The author(s) declare that the text, figures and documents contained in the article do not violate the copyrights of other parties; He accepts that Art-ekin Journal and the journal editors have no responsibility for claims or lawsuits to be filed by third parties in cases of violation, and all responsibility belongs to the author(s).

The author(s) owns the copyright on his/her work(s), but the right to publish the article for the first time belongs to Art-ekin Journal; the use of any part of the article in another publication is permitted provided that the journal is cited.

No copyright is paid for articles published in the journal.

Plagiarism Policy

All responsibility of the work belongs to the author(s) and should not contain plagiarism. The plagiarism report obtained from Turnitin or iThenticate programmes must be uploaded to the system as "Additional File" from "Article Files" together with the study. In order for the studies to be evaluated, the Turnitin or iThenticate plagiarism report (excluding references, excluding less than 5 words, including citations) must be 15% or less. The rate of utilisation of the same study should be maximum 3%. Studies with a similarity rate above these rates or without a Turnitin/iThenticate report will be rejected during the preliminary evaluation process.

Political and Commercial Concerns

The editor should follow the ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) recommendations for disclosure of potential conflicts of interest by author(s) and reviewers.

Price Policy

No fee is charged under any name from the author(s) or the organisations they work for.

Complaints Procedure

The editor follows the procedure specified in the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) flowchart regarding complaints.

Privacy Policy

All articles sent to Art-ekin Journal are considered confidential documents and are not shared with anyone without the permission of the author(s).

References

COPE (2021) CODE OF CONDUCT AND BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR JOURNAL EDITORS, https://publicationethics.org/files/Code_of_conduct_for_journal_editors_Mar11.pdf

COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors,

https://publicationethics.org/files/u2/Best_Practice.pdf