PUBLICATION PRINCIPLES AND WRITING RULES OF DIYANET ILMI DERGI
A) PUBLICATION PRINCIPLES
1. Diyanet Ilmi Dergi is a scientific and refereed journal belonging to the Directorate of Religious Affairs, which includes research and review articles in religious and social fields. Our journal is published four times a year in January-February-March, April-May-June, July-August-September and October-November-December periods.
2. Diyanet Ilmi Dergi includes scientific studies that conform with the purpose of the Presidency of Religious Affairs "to enlighten the society about religion", that contribute to religious sciences, original, in accordance with scientific standards and that have not been published before. The Editorial Board decides on the publication of research other than these specified matters.
3. Articles to be published in the Diyanet Ilmi Dergi are preliminarily examined by the Board of Review in terms of compliance with the publication principles of the General Directorate of Religious Publications. A bilateral-blind-review-system is applied to the articles that are decided to be "publishable" by the absolute majority of the Board of Review in the preliminary examination.
4. Articles are reviewed by at least two referees using scientific methods. In order for the article to be published, it is necessary to obtain the opinion of both referees as to be "publishable". Articles that are decided "unpublishable" by both referees are not published. As a result of the evaluation based on the scientific referee report, the Editorial Board decides whether the articles that receive a "publishable" opinion from both referees will be published and / or whether the article with a negative opinion by one of the referees will be sent to a referee.
5. If the scientific review of the articles is positive, the Editorial Board decides on the priority and planning of the publication.
6. Acts contrary to scientific research and publication ethics, plagiarism, forgery, distortion, reproduction, slicing, and unjust authorship are considered as criminal acts. In such cases, the scientific and legal responsibility of the articles belongs to their authors. Our journal does not accept any liability.
7. The publication language of the journal is Turkish. The publication of works in foreign languages is possible with the decision of the Editorial Board. Articles in a foreign language should include a 150-word Turkish abstract and a corresponding English abstract, and a 750-word Turkish summary and a corresponding English summary.
8. Authors whose articles are published in the journal are paid royalties according to the “Regulation on Copyright and Adaptation Fees Paid by Public Institutions and Organizations” and 20 (twenty) separate editions are sent with the journal. The articles sent to the journal are not given to the author or anyone else whether they are published or not.
9. Articles submitted to the journal should not have been published in another publication or be at the evaluation stage for publication.
10. Authors who submit articles to our journal must have the academic title of doctoral student and above. It should be ensured that other authors whose names will be written in the article contribute to the research. It is against the science ethics to include people who do not have academic contribution as additional authors or to rank authors with regard to non-scientific criteria such as title, age and gender, regardless of the order of contribution.
11. Plagiarism reports of the articles submitted to be published in our journal must be submitted to our journal in PDF format through the DergiPark system. In similarity searches with iThenticate and Turnitin, the "Exclude Small Sources (optional) / Word count" preference should be set as "9 words" and "extract citation and bibliography". The acceptable similarity rate in plagiarism reports is 15%.
12. If the articles are produced from the unpublished paper, masters or doctoral thesis, this issue should be stated on the first page of the study.
13. In the articles to be submitted, the types of articles (compilation / research / comment) etc. should be included on the first page.
14. Articles are sent to the Dergipark article tracking system at https://dergipark.org.tr/did. In addition to the name, title, institution information of the article author, telephone number, e-mail address and ORCID number should be included on the first page.
15. In a questionnaire and attitude survey conducted within the scope of a scientific study, documents regarding the express consent of the participants or if the research will be conducted in an institution, the permission of the institution should also be obtained and these permissions should be given on the first page.
16. For article submission, the TÜBİTAK Copyright Form on our DergiPark page must be filled in and uploaded to the system in a wet signed form.
17. Authors should take into consideration the Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive specified by the Council of Higher Education.
18. Only one article of authors can be published a year in the Diyanet Ilmi Dergi.
B. WRITING RULES
1. Articles submitted to our journal must be written in Microsoft Office Word program or sent by adapting to this program. Submitted articles should be in journal format with all their attachments and should not exceed 30 pages in total.
2. Articles should include a 150-word Turkish abstract and a corresponding English abstract a 750-word Summary, an English title, Turkish-English keywords with a minimum of five and a maximum of eight words and a “Bibliography” showing the references.
3. The page layout should be in A4 size, and the margins should be 2.5 cm from all four sides.
4. In the articles requested to be published, the main text should be written in Times New Roman font, with 12 font size and 1.15 line spacing. Headings to be used in the main text should be bold in 12 font size with the same font.
5. If Arabic text will be used in the articles requested to be published, this text should also be written in Traditional Arabic font in 12 pt.
6. For the spelling of book names and terms, the use of Turkiye Diyanet Foundation’s Encyclopedia of Islam should be complied with. For the spelling of proper names, book titles and terms in the English text, the 3rd edition of the Encyclopedia of Islam should be utilized and transcription should be used.
7. If the tables and figures contain copyrights, written permission must be obtained from the copyright holder for printed and electronic use and the reference must be specified with the phrase "Reference" under the table or figure.
8. The number of figures or tables that can be used in the study should be limited to a maximum of 10.
9. Footnotes should be added in Times New Roman font, with 9 font size and 1.0 line spacing.
10 Spelling rules, footnotes and bibliography should be based on “ISNAD Citation System 2nd Edition”
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