Formatting and Style Guide

Authors are asked to format their manuscripts according to the following guidelines:

1. Title: Title should be 14 pts bold, with capital initial letters and with a maximum limit of 10 words.

2. Author Name(s) and Address(es):

Name(s) and surname(s) of author(s) should be aligned right below the title, with the surname fully capitalized and the author’s title, institution and e-mail address should be clearly stated in a footnote.

3. Abstract: The article should start with an abstract of 150 to 300 words in both Turkish and English, which briefly and concisely describes the subject matter. Title should be included in both abstracts, which should not contain any references, figure and table numbers. 5 to 8 keywords should be added under each abstract, after a single-line spacing.

4. Extended Summary: An Extended Summary in English examines the study problem, objective, methodology and results in greater detail than a conventional abstract. Thus, extended abstract would promote international readership. It should contain 600 to 800 words, and clearly explain the study purpose, problematic, methodology, findings and results in different sections. Section titles may vary according to study type.

Section Titles in an Extended Abstract

Research Problem

Explanations about the study purpose and context (several sentences).

Research Questions

Indicate the research questions clearly.

Literature Review

Briefly explain the method of literature review (which main sources were used and accessed etc.), its objective and the overall picture provided by the literature, (common and different aspects of previous research etc.)

Methodology

Define the study’s methodology (analysis, document transcription, methods, comparison, interpretation, critique, case study, essay, survey etc.)

Results and

Discussion

Main findings, implications, results and/or suggestions regarding the study purposes/questions

5. Main Body: Manuscripts should be written on A4-sized paper in Microsoft Word, using Times New Roman or a similar font, with a font size of 12 pts and 1.5 line spacing. The A4-sized page should be set up without page numbers, leaving 3 cm margins on the right, left, top and bottom; justified on both sides and a paragraph spacing of 14 pts (before and after).

A manuscript should contain an abstract, sections of the main body, bibliography and appendices (if any). The use of section titles such as “Introduction” and “Conclusion” depends on study type and requirements. Yet, all articles should contain a conclusion paragraph. “Conclusion” should be in harmony with the study purpose and scope, and not contain any points not mentioned in the main body.

6. Section Titles:

Main Section Titles:

All titles in the article should be written in bold with only initial letters capitalized. Main section titles (main sections, bibliography and appendices) should be 14 pts bold.

Subsection and Paragraph Titles:

Subsection and paragraph titles should be 12 pts bold. Paragraph titles should be followed by a colon and the related text on the same line.

7. Tables and Figures: Each table should be assigned a number and title. The table number should be non-italicized and written above the table, which should be followed by the table title written in italics with capital initial letters. Tables should be relevantly placed within the text. Figures should be suitable for non-color printing. Figure numbers and titles should be centrally aligned, right below the figures. Figure numbers should be italicized and followed by a full stop. Figure titles should be written on the same line, non-italicized and initial letters capitalized.

8. Photos: All photographs should be sent along with the article, in high-resolution format and scanned at print quality. Photo titles are subject to the same formatting guidelines for figures and tables.

9. Citation (Annotation) and Bibliography:

Citations should be given in quotes; those less than 140 words should appear within the same paragraph, while longer citations should be given in a separate paragraph with an indentation of 1.5 cm on the left and right margins, written with 1.5 line spacing and 1 pt smaller than the main text.

Citations should be placed next to relavent part and given in the order of author’s surname, published year, number of pages, respectively, in the parenthesis.Work name(s) should be in the italic form.

Example: (Okay 2016: 142.)

In the case of using more than one citation, works should be sorted from the old-dated towards the recent work(s) by semicolon seperated in the same parenthesis.

Example: (Köprülü 1989: 125; Okay 2016: 115)

Two-authors citations should be hyphenated. In the case of more than two authors, “et al” abbreviation should be used whereafter the second author’s surname.

Examples: (Andı-Akay 2010: 223). (Kaplan-Enginün et al. 1988: 217).

If the author name mentioned in the relative sentence, it is enough to write date and page number in the parenthesis.

Example: (2015: 23)

If the author has two works published in the same year, it should be indicated by suffixing a letter behind the publish year.

Examples: (Ahmet Midhat 2010a: 37), (Ahmet Midhat 2010b: 72)

Same year published works belong to authors having the same surname should be represented through written the first letter of their names.

Examples: (Balcı, F. 2014: 83), (Balcı, M. 2014: 112)

To citate unattainable publication within the text, the reference work should be indicated with the publication as the following:

Example: (Köprülü 1924: 75; quote from Demirci 1998: 25)

Footnotes: Footnotes should be only used for the mandatory disclosure. Citations should be given in the order of author’s surname, published year, number of pages, respectively, in the parenthesis. Example: (Çoruk 2016: 118)

Bibliography: All bibliographies in the article should be placed in the “Bibliography”. Unmentioned works, documents should not be included, even if relevant with the article subject. Bibliographies should be taken place at the end of the main body, in the order of the authors surnames according the first letters. Work name(s) should be in the italic form.

a. Books

Author surname (lower case), name, (published year), book name, pressed city: publisher.

Example: Okay, M. Orhan (2005), Batılılaşma Devri Türk Edebiyatı, İstanbul: Dergâh Yayınları.

If any preparer, editor, translator, should be given behind the book name as the following:

Author surname, name, (published year), book name, [preparer] prep., [editor] ed. or [translator] trns. Name surname, pressed city, publisher.

Example: Ersoy, Mehmet Akif (1991), Safahat, prep. M. Ertuğrul Düzdağ, İstanbul, İz Yayıncılık.

Stevick, Philip (2004), Roman Teorisi, trans. Sevim Kantarcıoğlu, Ankara: Akçağ Yay. 2. bs.

Volume should be placed behind the work name and edition number should be given after the publisher.

Example: Lekesiz, Ömer (2001), Yeni Türk Edebiyatında Öykü 5, İstanbul, Kaknüs Yay.

b. Periodicals:

Journals: Author surname, name, (year, month), “article title”, journal name, volume no, issue: page range.

Example: Çetişli, İsmail (2000), “Bir Neslin veya Bir Şairin Romanı: Mâi ve Siyah”, Türk Yurdu, C. XX, S. 153-154, Mayıs-Haziran, s. 318-333.

In the case of newspaper article citation should be given as; author surname, name, (year. month. day), “article title”, newspaper name, (if any) page number.

In the case of the interview, interviewer should be indicated as an author.

c. Thesis

Author surname, name, (date), thesis title, city: names of university and institute: (unpublished undergraduate/graduate/phd thesis).

e. Informations from the internet

Author surname, name, (last update date), “internet document title”, (last accessed), internet address.

Example: Koçak, Ahmet (2014.01.01). “HİLMİ, Şehbenderzâde Filibeli Ahmed Hilmi”

http://www.turkedebiyatiisimlersozlugu.com/index.php?sayfa=detay&detay=4126 (Last accessed: 2016.10.23)

APA-style is preferred for the footnote and bibliography beside one may use the classical citation and footnote method (MLA-Chicago) which isalso acceptable.

Similarity rate check

Journal of Language and Literature Studies applies internationally accepted principles on ethical situations, mistakes or renunciations. It is among the critical responsibilities of the editorial board to prevent the publication of scientific studies submitted to the journal from being discontinued. Any example of unethical behavior that can be observed in scientific studies is unacceptable. It has been declared by the authors that the content of scientific research sent to the journal was prepared by using original sources. In this context, the articles sent to the journal are accepted after passing through the plagiarism program. The similarity rate of the article sent to the journal should not be more than 10%.

Measures against ethical violations

Journal of Language and Literature Studies has adopted the basic principle of fulfilling its publishing responsibilities based on the "Code of Conduct for Journal Editors" (COPE Code of Conduct for Journal Editors). In line with this principle, the editorial board, referees and authors are obliged to comply with the procedures in the journal application and evaluation processes within the scope of ethical committees. Journal of Language and Literature Studies declares that any unethical work that includes ethical violations such as misuse of other people's work and conflict of interest is unacceptable and all legal rights are reserved.

The similarity rate of the candidate articles should be uploaded to the journal by the authors. In addition, the corresponding author has to declare that there is no plagiarism in the article by uploading the similarity rate statement file. Candidate articles are also examined by the journal secretariat for similarity with the plagiarism program. Articles exceeding the similarity rate determined by the journal are returned to the authors.

For the published articles, in case of any ethical complaint within 12 months, the editorial board examines the article. Documents related to the complaint should be sent to the editorial board of the journal via e-mail.

Journal of Language and Literature Studies' editorial board has taken one by one under the titles of referee and author responsibilities and scientific principles and stated the "Journal Editors' Code of Conduct" (COPE Code of Conduct for Journal Editors) under the title of publication ethics and abuse declaration.

Editors' Responsibilities

The editorial, editorial board, publication decisions to be followed by the field editor, confidentiality, information and responsibilities for differences of opinion are stated below. The editor, editorial board and field editors of the Journal of Language and Literature Studies are obliged to comply with the following responsibilities.

Publication Decisions: The editor is responsible for making the publication decision as a result of the review of the articles sent to the journal by the field editors and the evaluation of the referees. Editors evaluate the publications without considering the ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, sect, nationality, political view or article suggestions of the authors in their decisions taken during the publication process. The editor's decision is based on the journal's purpose, scope, originality and importance of the study, validity and relevance of the study as stated by the Journal of Language and Literature Studies.

Confidentiality: The Editorial Board cannot share scientific studies sent to the Journal of Language and Literature Studies with people or institutions other than the author responsible for the study, referees, members of the editorial board and the publisher.

Information and differences of opinion: The unpublished content of the scientific study sent to the Journal of Language and Literature Studies cannot be used for their own research purposes by the members of the editorial board and the persons responsible for publishing the relevant study, without the permission of the author.



Responsibilities of the Referees

The responsibilities regarding the time required to be followed by the referees, confidentiality, impartiality standards, reference, information and differences of opinion are stated below. The referees who accept the evaluation process of the articles accepted by the editor / editorial board of the Journal of Language and Literature Studies are obliged to comply with the following responsibilities.

Duration: In cases where the referees do not consider the content of the article proposal submitted for evaluation to be sufficient or they think that they cannot evaluate within the evaluation period suggested to the referee, the editor should be notified and withdrawn from the evaluation process.

Confidentiality: The article proposal sent to the referees should be considered as a confidential document and third parties should not be informed about its content.

Impartiality standards: The evaluations made by the referees should be made in accordance with the standards of impartiality. Personal criticism of the author is not appropriate. The opinions and suggestions made by the referees should be supported by arguments in accordance with scientific principles and should be expressed clearly and comprehensibly.

Representation of references: If the previously published scientific researches about the recommendation articles sent to the referees are not included in the recommendation article, the referees may be asked to include the relevant studies in the recommendation article. The references of the references in accordance with the scientific principles and spelling rules should be examined by the referees and the erroneous cases should be indicated. Reviewers evaluating the recommendation article should inform the editor, editorial board or field editors about the similarity or originality between previously published studies and the recommendation article.

Information and differences of opinion: Unpublished articles recommended for review by referees, data or opinions specific to the research content after review by the referees should not be used for personal benefit. The referees should not take into account the conflict of interest arising from the benefit or harm with the author, company, institutions in the studies sent for evaluation.

Authors Responsibilities

The reporting standards to be followed by the authors, originality, multiple, dysfunctional or repetitive studies, references, authorship, data access and protection, and responsibilities for basic errors in published studies are listed below. The authors who accept the publication of the articles accepted by the editor / editorial board of the Journal of Language and Literature Studies are obliged to comply with the following responsibilities.

Reporting standards: Authors should state the originality of their work as well as emphasizing its purpose and importance. The recommendation articles submitted to the journal must comply with the journal reporting standards. (Please see the spelling rules and reference guidelines in the Author's Guide Menu)

Originality: Authors should state that all of the articles they recommend for publication in the journal are original.

Multiple, Dysfunctional or Repetitive Studies: Authors should not simultaneously submit the recommendation articles submitted to the Rumeli Journal of Educational Research to more than one journal. In addition, it is expected that the articles sent to the Rumeli Journal of Educational Research will not be published in any other journal in the future after they are published.

Indication of Sources: Authors should indicate the sources of the data they use in their articles in accordance with the spelling rules in the text and in the bibliography.

Authorship: Persons who undertake the authorship of the recommendation articles sent to the Rumeli Journal of Educational Research should contribute significantly to the formation of the article in the design, conceptualization, design, application or interpretation of ideas. The authors undertake the responsibility for the accuracy of the names and communication information of all authors who contributed to the proposal article.

Data Access and Protection: Unanalyzed data for the articles submitted by the authors should be protected and stored for presenting to the editor when necessary.

Fundamental Errors in Published Studies: In case of noticing an error or ambiguity in the article they sent by the authors, they should report the relevant issue to the editors.

Note: Authors cannot withdraw the copyright and all publication rights of the articles they sent to our journal without the consent of the journal editorial board. This is guaranteed by the Copyright transfer agreement, which indicates that the authors agree to transfer the copyrights of our journal. You can access our journal's Copyright transfer agreement form on the Journal's Forms and Templates tab.