Balıkesir Theology Journal

Balıkesir Theology Journal is published semi-annually and the articles in Turkish, English and Arabic are accepted and evaluated by expert academicians.
The journal welcomes scientific studies produced in the field of theology,as well as the studies in different fields of religious sciences.

Balıkesir Theology Journal publishes academic studies in the field of Theology (religious studies). In this context, academic studies such as research articles, translation, book evaluation, symposium, congress, workshop evaluation. 

In the articles published in the Balıkesir Theology Journal (BAID), the ISNAD Citation Style, where footnote and in-text citation management can be used in both text and bibliography. Therefore, articles written in footnote format are accepted according to ISNAD 2nd Edition Citation System.
The articles to be published in the Balıkesir Theology Journal (BAID) should be original studies that contribute to science in the field of social sciences that center on theology and should have the following characteristics:
Titles in Turkish and other languages should be compatible with the content of the article, and should reflect the subject of the article in a short, clear and sufficient manner.
Aabstracts in Turkish and other languages should reflect the purpose, scope and results of the manuscript.
If the article is produced from a master's or doctoral thesis, it must be stated on the first page of the article.
In the body of the article, the subject of the study, its purpose, scope, justification for preparation etc. should be provided in a sufficient and certain order.
The sources used in the article should be arranged in accordance with journal rules, every document mentioned should be included in the references section; the documents not mentioned in the article should not be included in the references section.
The results should be in accordance with the purpose and scope of the research should be given in a concise outline and data or findings not mentioned in the text should not be included.
Page layout: A4 margins 2.5 cm.

Text format: Text should be written in Calibri font, 11 font size and headings in bold. The main text should be written in 1.15 line spacing, and footnotes spacing should be full, the value should be 10 nk, and 9 size the same font as the text. The main text and footnotes should be in the range → Before: 0.3 nk, After: 0 nk. Abstracts should be written in 10 font size.

The title of the article should be written at the beginning of the first page in bold, 12 size in capital letters.
Author Name (s) and Address (s): 2 line spacing should be given after the title, with the author's name (s), title, institution, e-mail and Orcid information in Turkish and English. Sample:

Esma SAYIN
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi, Balıkesir Üniversitesi, İlahiyat Fakültesi, Tasavvuf Bilim Dalı, Assistant Professor, Balıkesir University, Faculty of Theology Department of Sufism, Balıkesir, Turkey, esmasayin16@gmail.com, orcid.org/0000-0001-9420-700X


After the identity of the author, 2 line spacing should be left and the abstract should be written in 10 Calibri font. Turkish and English abstracts should consist of a minimum of 150 and a maximum of 250 words. In the Summary section; The subject, scope, importance and objectives of the research should be stated.


"Keywords / Keywords" consisting of at least 5 and at most 8 words should be followed after the Summary and Abstract sections. The first concept must be the science branch. Then, concepts that fully reflect the content of the article should be added.

The article should not exceed 40 pages including tables, figures, photographs and references.

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES

Users of Balıkesir Theology Journal (editors, authors, reviewers, department editors, readers) must obey to the ethical rules and responsibilities specified by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) These ethical rules and responsibilities are summarized below.

A. DUTIES of PUBLISHER

Balıkesir Theology Journal does not charge any article submission from authors.
The publisher undertakes to have an independent editorial decision made.
Editors are responsible for all the processes that the manuscripts submitted to BAID will go through. Within this framework, ignoring the economic or political interests, the decision-makers are the editors.
The publisher undertakes to have an independent editorial decision made.
However, the journal has left the database open on the internet.
The publisher bears all the responsibility to take the precautions against scientific abuse, fraud and plagiarism.

B. THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Balıkesir Theology Journal Editorial Board (henceforth, “The Editorial Board”) and Editors/Number Editors are responsible for all the processes before, during and after the publication of each and every article submitted to the Journal.
The Editorial Board determines and implements the entire policies of The Journal, including but not limited to publication, blind review, assessment process, and ethical principles.
The initiation of blind review process for an article does not indicate a publication promise on behalf of The Journal. Likewise, the positive outcome of the review process still necessitates the affirmative decision of The Editorial Board and Editors/Vice Editors for the publication of the article.
The Editorial Board encourages academic honesty. The Editorial Board ensures the originality of the articles by uploading them on iThenticate plagiarism detection software, and evaluating their originality report.
The Editorial Board always examines the claims of plagiarism and abuse in regard to published articles. In case it is established that an author committed plagiarism, or used copyrighted material that belongs to third parties without proper and full reference and permission, The Editorial Board reserves the rights, including but not limited, to retract the article, inform the author’s head of department, dean of faculty and/or other academic institutions.

C. ETHICAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES of EDITORS

The editors of Balıkesir Theology Journal should be obeyed to the ethical roles and responsibilities of “CODE OF CONDUCT AND BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINESFOR JOURNAL EDITORS” and “COPE BESTPRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR JOURNAL EDITORS” announced by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and provided on our webpage. These duties and responsibilities are summarized below.

1. Editors’ Relationships with Readers

The editors are responsible for taking into account the feedback from the readers, researchers and practitioners about the published works and to provide the necessary responses and take necessary actions.

2. Editors’ Relations with the Authors

Editors make decisions about the articles based on the original value of the article, the aims of the journal and the ethical rules.
Editors should accept papers with high original value, based on journal objectives and ethical rules for the evaluation process.
The editors should take into account positive opinions of the reviewers unless there is an important reason.
Requests and feedback from the authors should be returned with feedback.

3. Editors’ Relations with the Reviewers

The reviewers to be appointed must be selected from related area of the manuscript.
The editor should make sure that there is no conflict of interest between the reviewers and the authors.
The editor is responsible for guiding the reviewers during the article evaluation process and for providing the requested information.
The editor is obliged to hide the credentials of the author and the reviewers by means of blind reviewing.
The editor must make the necessary warnings to the reviewers about evaluating the article in a timely, impartial and scientific manner.
The editor must make an effort to increase the number of reviewers.

4. Editors’ Relations with Advisory Board

Editors should consider the opinions and recommendations of the advisory board about the articles.

5. Editors’ Relations with the Journal Owner and the Publisher

Editorial decisions should be independent of the journal owner and the publisher.

6. Publication of the Article

Editors are responsible for considering publishing principles, journal objectives and international standards in the articles to be published in the journal.

7. Retention of Personal Data

Editors are responsible for not transferring the personal information to third parties except for the consent of the authors.

8. Ethics committee, Human and Animal Rights

The editors are responsible for protecting the human and animal rights at about manuscript in the studies conducted on humans and animals. The editor is responsible for rejecting the article if ethics committee approval is not sent in the works that must provide ethics committee report.

9. Protection of intellectual property rights

Editors are responsible for protecting the intellectual property rights of all articles submitted and published in the journal.

10. Complaints to Editors

Editors are responsible for providing an open and enlightening answer to complaints from the reviewers, authors and readers.

11. Conflicts of interest and relations

Editors are responsible for taking action against conflicts of interest between authors, reviewers and third parties in order to complete the impartial and independent evaluation processes of the articles.

D. ETHICAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES OF REVIEWERS

Reviewers evaluate manuscripts without origin, gender, sexual orientation or political philosophy of the authors. Reviewers also ensure a fair blind peer review of the submitted manuscripts for evaluation.
All the information relative to submitted articles is kept confidential. The reviewers must not be discussed with others except if authorized by the editor.
The reviewers have no conflict of interest with regard to parties such as authors, funders, editors and etc..
Reviewers give helps the editor in making decisions and may also assist the author in improving the manuscript.
The objective judgment evaluation is always done by them. The reviewers express their views clearly with appropriate supporting arguments.
Reviewers ought to identify relevant published study that has not been cited by the authors. Reviewers also call to the editor’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

E. ETHICAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES of AUTHORS

Authors prepare and send their manuscripts in original form.
The authors ensure that their citations and quotations in their manuscripts are accurate and complete.
Authors should indicate and explain situations in which they may be involved in conflicts of interest.
The editors, department editors or the reviewers can request raw data from the author of the manuscripts. Therefore, the author must keep the raw data of the article ready for submission.
Authors should not submit the same study for publishing any other journals. Simultaneous submission of the same study to more than one journal is unacceptable and constitutes unethical behavior.
Convenient acknowledgment of the study of others has to be given. Authors ought to cite publications that have been efficient in determining the study. All of the sources that used process of the study should be remarked.
All sources of financial support should be disclosed. All authors ought to disclose a meaningful conflict of interest in the process of forming their study.
When an author discovers a serious error or inaccuracy in a published article, it is the responsibility of the author to immediately notify the editorship. In this case, the author is responsible for cooperating with the journal editorship in either withdrawing the article or publishing a revision of the article.

For all researches conducted and for clinical and experimental studies involving humans and animals, which require an ethics committee approval, an ethics committee approval must be obtained and should be specified and documented.

F. NOTIFYING THE EDITOR ABOUT THE VIOLATION OF ETHICAL PRINCIPLES

Should you encounter any unethical act or content in BAID apart from the ethical responsibilities listed above, please notify the journal by e-mail at balikesirilahiyatdergisi@gmail.com.

PUBLISHING POLICY

Article Evaluation Process
• The name, institution, ORCID information of the author should be written in accordance with the İSNAD 2.0 Citation System on the first page of the the article sent to the journal.
• Academic objectivity and scientific quality are the most important criteria in the evaluation of the articles submitted for publication.
• Articles eligible for evaluation are sent to at least two referees in the relevant area. The names of the referees are kept confidential and the reports are kept for five years. If one of the referee reports is positive and the other is negative, the article can be sent to a third referee or Editorial Board can review the referee reports and make the final decision.
The authors rewrite according to the the criticism and suggestions of the referee/s and Editorial Board. If they have any disagreement, they have the right to appeal with their justifications.
Articles that are not accepted for publication are not returned to their authors.
The articles sent to the journal are first examined in terms of compliance with journal principles.

Article Submission
• The upper limit of the word is 12,000 for articles and translations, and 1,500 for other publications.
• The permission letter / mail received from the publisher of the translation articles must be attached to the application.
• During the application, 150-200 words of Turkish and English abstracts and at least 5 Turkish and English key words should be written.
• Studies should be in Microsoft Word program, 2.5 cm margins are left, the whole part of the text is Palatino Linotype font, 11 points and headings are bold and 1.15 line spacing; footnotes should be written in full line spacing, value 10 pt, and 9 pt in the same font as the text. The main text and footnotes should be in the range → Before: 0.3 nk, After: 0 nk. Abstracts should be written in 11 font size.
• The "Submission Rules" of the Balıkesir Theology Journal must be followed.
• The spelling rules of the TDV Islamic Encyclopedia should be taken as a basis in the writing of the author's name, work title and concepts: TDV Islamic Encyclopedia Article List
• The scientific, intellectual and literary responsibility of the published articles belong to their authors.
• Ph.D students can submit as the only author; graduate students can submit their works to the journal together with their advisors (first author student - second author advisor faculty member).
The authors should upload the similarity report from the "iThenticate" program to the system together with the article.

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