All correspondence will be sent to the first-named author unless otherwise specified. Manuscpript is to be submitted online via https://dergipark.org.tr/login that can be accessed at https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/bel and it must be accompanied by a Title Page specifying the article category (i.e. research article, review etc.) and including information about the manuscript (see the Submission Checklist). Manuscripts should be prepared in Microsoft Word 2003 and upper versions. In addition, Copyright Agreement Form that has to be signed by all authors must be submitted.

1. Manuscripts should be prepared using the Article Template. Due to double blind peer review, manuscript file must not include any information about the author.

2. A title page including author information must be submitted together with the manuscript. The title page is to include fully descriptive title of the manuscript and, affiliation, title, e-mail address, ORCID, postal address, phone, mobile phone and fax number of the author(s) (see The Submission Checklist).

3. Before the introduction part, there should be an abstract of 120-200 words both in the language of the article and in English. An extended abstract in English between 600-800 words, summarizing the scope, the purpose, the results of the study and the methodology used is to be included following the abstracts. If the manuscript is in English, extended abstract is not required. Underneath the abstracts, 5 keywords that inform the reader about the content of the study should be specified in the language of the article and in English.

4. The manuscripts should contain mainly these components: title, abstract and keywords; extended abstract, sections, references, tables and figures.

5. Article Types

Research Article: Original research articles report substantial and original scientific results within the journal scope. Original research articles are comprised of Abstract, Key Words, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, References and Figures, Tables and Graphics.

Abstract: The abstracts in the language of the article and in English must be between 120- 200 words and state aim, method, result and conclusions of the study. If the article is in Turkish, German, French or Italian, an extended abstract of 600-800 words in English must be written as well following the abstracts.

Introduction: This section must contain a clear statement of the general and specific objectives as well as the hypotheses which the work is designed to test. It should also give a brief account of the reported literature. It should clearly state the primary and secondary purposes of the article. Only, the actual references related with the issues have to be indicated and data or findings related with the current study must not be included in this section.

Methods: This section must contain explicit, concise descriptions of all procedures, materials and methods (i.e. data sources, participants, scales, interviews/reviews, basic measurements, applications, statistical methods) used in the investigation to enable the reader to judge their accuracy, reproducibility, etc. This section should include the known findings at the beginning of the study and the findings during the study must be reported in results section.

Results: The results should be presented in logical sequence in the text, tables, and figures, giving the main or most important findings first. The all the data in the tables or figures should not be repeated in the text; only the most important observations must be emphasized or summarized.

Discussion: The findings of the study, the findings and results which support or do not support the hypothesis of the study should be discussed, results should be compared and contrasted with findings of other studies in the literature and the different findings from other studies should be explained. The new and important aspects of the study and the conclusions that follow from them should be emphasized. The data or other information given in the Introduction or the Results section should not be repeated in detail.

Conclusions: Conclusions derived from the study should be stated.. The conclusions should be linked with the goals of the study but unqualified statements and conclusions not adequately supported by the data should be avoided. New hypotheses should be stated when warranted, but should be labeled clearly as such.

Figures, Tables and Graphics: Figures, tables and graphics materials should be “.jpg, .tiff or .jpeg” format and they should be submitted with the article. These materials should be min. 300 pixels and they must not be bigger than page size. The illustrations should not exceed 10 pages. All illustrations should be labelled and a list of figures with captions, legends, and credits should be provided on a separate page.

Review Article: Reviews prepared by authors who have extensive knowledge on a particular field and whose scientific background has been translated into a high volume of publications with a high citation potential are welcomed. These authors may even be invited by the journal. Review article should contain title, abstract and keywords; body text with sections, and references.

6. References should be in accordance with American Psychological Association (APA) style 6th Edition.

7. Authors are responsible for all statements made in their work submitted to the journal for publication.

References

Reference Style and Format

The Journal of Information and Documentation Studies complies with APA (American Psychological Association) style 6th Edition for referencing and quoting. For more information:
- American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: APA.
- http://www.apastyle.org
Accuracy of citation is the author’s responsibility. All references should be cited in text. Reference list must be in alphabetical order. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/journal-file/18261

Submission Checklist

Ensure that the following items are present:
• Confirm that the category of the manuscript is specifed.
• Confirm that “the paper is not under consideration for publication in another journal”.
• Confirm that disclosure of any commercial or financial involvement is provided.
• Confirm that last control for fluent English was done.
• Confirm that journal policies detailed in Information for Authors have been reviewed.
• Confirm that the references cited in the text and listed in the references section are in line with APA 6th.
● Copyright Agreement Form

● Permission of previous published material if used in the present manuscript

●Author Form

● Title page

• The category of the manuscript
• The title of the manuscript both in the language of the article and in English
• All authors’ names and affiliations (institution, faculty/department, city, country), e-mail addresses
• Corresponding author’s email address, full postal address, telephone and fax number
• ORCIDs of all authors.
• Grant support (if exists)
• Conflict of interest (if exists)
• Acknowledgement (if exists)
● Main Manuscript Document
• Important: Please avoid mentioning the author (s) names in the manuscript
• The title of the manuscript both in the language of the article and in English
• Abstract (120-200 words)
• Key words: 5 words
• Extended abstract in English: 600-800 words (for non-english articles)
• Body text sections
• References
• All tables, illustrations (figures) (including title, explanation, captions)