1.
Dumlupınar University Journal of Social Sciences is double blind peer-reviewed
journal and is published quarterly (four times a year) in January, April, July
and October. Manuscripts can be submitted both in English and in Turkish.
2.
The manuscripts which are sent to Dumlupınar University Journal of Social
Sciences should not be published elsewhere or should not be submitted for
publishing in printed/electronic medium. In case of the submission of the manuscripts
that are presented toand/or accepted for peer reviewing process by Dumlupınar
University Journal of Social Sciences and to other media at the same time, and
detection of a similar or same paper/article published in another media the
process will be cancelled. The institutions that the author/s is/are affiliated
to will be informed.
3.
The journal publishes original papers/articles on social sciences including economics,
politics and international relations, public administration, business,
economics, finance, literature, sociology, history and fine arts.
4.
The manuscripts will be assessed via "TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM DergiPark Manuscript
Submission System". The submissions are accepted at https://dergipark.org.tr/dpusbe.
5. The manuscripts
that are submitted to Dumlupınar University
Journal of Social Sciences are subjected to preliminary review. The manuscripts
which are found appropriate of form and content are presented to editorial
board to assign a referee. The editorial board will decide in 4 weeks whether
the manuscripts, which are submitted to Dumlupınar University Journal of Social
Sciences, will be peer reviewed or not.
6.
The manuscripts which are uploaded to JournalPark system will be checked for
plagiarism with “iThenticate” plagiarism detection programme. The manuscripts
which are more than 20% identical with other articles will be editorially
rejected.
7.
In case the manuscripts, which are anonymously evaluated by the editorial board,
are accepted the referees are assigned and each manuscript is sent to at least
two independent reviewers as an anonymous text.
8.
If revisions are requested from the author as a result of peer reviewing
process, these must be made within the period (in one month) to be specified by
editorship and sent to the editorial board. Otherwise the manuscript will not
be assessed for publication.
9.
At the beginning of all submitted manuscripts, Turkish and English title,
Turkish and English abstract should be included. Abstracts should not exceed
200 words. In abstracts, attention should be paid to the inclusion of purpose,
method, findings and conclusion of study There should not be a quotation or
reference in abstracts. Key words should be written in English and Turkish
below abstracts parts. Abbreviations should not be used in abstracts. Key words
should preferably be chosen from the indexes of the field. Abstract should be
written in 10 font size with Times New Roman, aligned on both sides and fit on
one page. Title of “introduction” should start at the other (the second) page.
10.
The type of the manuscript (research paper, case report, review paper, etc.)
should be indicated during the submission of manuscript sent for publication to
Dumlupınar University Journal of Social Sciences.
11.
The title of the manuscript must be written firstly in the original language,
then on the other language with 12 font size, capital letters, bold font style,
and centred on the page. Titles of abstract, keywords and JEL codes should be
written in 10 font size, with first letters capitalized, other letters lower –
case, boldface type and left – aligned. If the study has already been
presented, produced from a project or a thesis, the footnote (*) should be
placed at the end of the title of the manuscript and explained.
12.
In the manuscripts included in JEL (Journal of Economic Literature)
classification, at least one and at most three JEL classification codes should
be added. For the JEL classifications that should be chosen according to the
topic of the manuscript, please visit to http://www.aeaweb.org/econlit/jelCodes.php The JEL classification codes will be
given below the Turkish and English abstracts.
13.
While submitting a manuscript to “DergiPark Manuscript Submission System” the
communication form should be filled alongside wet-inked signatured copyright
form and manuscript submission form. These forms are on the web page of our
journal and on the submission system. If any survey, focus group discussion,
interview etc. related data is used in the manuscript that is submitted to Dumlupınar
University Journal of Social Sciences during the submission process, a
permission document and/or ethics commitee approval received from the relevant
institution must be uploaded.
14.
Below the title of the manuscript, the full names of the author(s) should be
right – aligned and written in such a way that the first letters are
capitalized and the other letters are lower –case. By adding footnote to
author(s) names, title, institution and contact information of author (s)
should be included in footnote.
15.
All references and footnotes should be arranged in accordance with the writing
guidelines specified in the source, "The Publication Manual of the
American Psychological Association (5th edition), 2001" published by the
American Psychological Association (APA). This source is available on our web
page:
http://birimler.dpu.edu.tr/app/views/panel/ckfinder/userfiles/17/files/FORMLAR/dergi_yaz_m/apa-guide5th.pdf .
http://birimler.dpu.edu.tr/app/views/panel/ckfinder/userfiles/134/files/DPU_SOSYAL_B_L_MLER_DERG_S__APA.pdf
Furthermore the guide for articles and guidelines for articles can be reached
at
http://birimler.dpu.edu.tr/app/views/panel/ckfinder/userfiles/134/files/DPU_SBD_MAKALE_SABLONU.pdf
16. Submitted articles must be
written before and after 6nk and single line spacing. It should be up to 20
pages and A4 size with tables and figures. The article should be prepared using
12 punto, Times New Roman and Turkish font. The page structure that is used
while writing should be distanced from the bottom and top 2,5 cm, right and
left side by 2 cm, left side by 0.5 cm from the left side and aligned at both
sides. Odd and even pages should be different, upper and lower information
should be 1.25 cm.
17.
The title classification in the text is done with numbers. Such as 1, 1.1.,
1.1.1 .; 2., 2.1., 2.1.1., 3., 3.1., 3.1.1. The 'Introduction' and ‘References’
titles will not be numbered. Except to the main titles of Turkish and English
(Times New Roman, 12 point, bold and center), the first letter of the other
titles should be written capital letter and others small in bold and
left-aligned format.
18.
The page number should be specified in the sub-middle part of the article.
19.
Articles submitted for publication should not contain paragraph indents in the
text and titles.
20.
Articles submitted to Dumlupınar University Journal of Social Sciences must
conform to the form indicated by the journal's figures, graphics and tables.
Sub-notes, charts and tables should be included on the cited page or
immediately after the page. The notes under the graphics and tables should aim
to make these materials understandable without regard to the main text. Table
and figure headings should be written in left-aligned, bold and numbered order
("Table 1:" or "Figure 5:" ...). Table and figure
titles should be italicized (Example: Table
1: Number of Film Taken and Displayed between 1989-1996). The tables and
figures should be left-aligned and the text shifting feature turned off.
"Note" written under the table should be written in italics. The
equations and formulas which are used in the body of the manuscript should be
numerated.
21.
The entire References should be prepared with Times New Roman 12 font size,
single line space, and with 6nk before and after the paragraph. Every entry in
the References should be on 1.25 cm. The text should be aligned on both sides.
22.
Each appendix provided in the article must be submitted on separate pages after
the references. Titles must be written in bold, capital letters, and
left-aligned (such as "APPENDIX 1:").
23.
If the article has a footnote with explanation and refers to any source in the
footnote, it should also be indicated on the references. The sources that are
not used in the body text should not be referred in the References.
24.
In the articles, the writing guidelines and the writing rules of the Turkish
Language Institution should be taken as an example. For detailed information,
please refer to Turkish Language Institution's web page: www.tdk.gov.tr.
Instead of foreign words, Turkish words should be used as much as possible. In
the first place where Turkish unfamiliar words are used, foreign correspondence
can be given in parentheses. Foreign words in the text must be italic.
25.
The articles sent in English and the parts written in English of the articles
sent in Turkish must be passed through a competent language check before
submission. Regardless of the content, articles that are insufficient in terms
of language are returned / rejected. It is important that authors pay utmost
attention to this matter.
26.
The authors are responsible for the ideas expressed in the articles.
27.
The authors of the manuscripts accepted and published in the journal (written
and electronic media) are deemed to have transferred the copyright to
Dumlupınar University.
28.
All communication about article presentation and evaluation processes is done
with DERGİPARK system. No information is provided by phone.
29.
If the submitted articles do not comply with the above-mentioned conditions, an
editorial rejection will be made without being introduced to the process.
Note:
The
manuscripts which are submitted to Dumlupınar University Journal of Social
Sciences, should be uploaded to the system as two (MS WORD format) copies:
-1.
file should be the original file (MS WORD format) which contains the
information about the author.
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As Dumlupınar University Journal of Social Sciences uses double blind peer
review system 2. file should not have any information about the author.
Additionally,
the personal information should be removed from the Word format.
To
remove the personal information please follow the instructions on:
http://birimler.dpu.edu.tr/app/views/panel/ckfinder/userfiles/134/files/K_S_SEL_B_LG_LER__KALDIRMAK__C_N__ZLENMES__GEREKEN_ADIMLAR.pdf
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