Special Issue

Volume: 6 Issue: IERFM Özel Sayısı, 12/30/21

Year: 2021

Makaleler

Finance and Investment
Prof. Dr. Mert TOPCU ALANYA ALAADDIN KEYKUBAT UNIVERSITY 0000-0001-8236-9810
Development Economics - Macro, Development Economics

Journal of Research in Economics, Politics & Finance aims to provide a platform where scholars and researchers share their experience and publish high quality studies in the field of economics, politics and finance.

Authors can publish their original scientific studies in the field of economics, politics (international relations and political science) and finance in Journal of Research in Economics, Politics & Finance.

The articles must be prepared using "sample article full text file". The Cover Page must be uploaded together with the Full Text file.
Author information should not be included in the full text file.
Cover Page should contain only title, abstracts and author information.

Please consider following guidelines while preparing your manuscript:

  1. Manuscripts should be supplied in Microsoft Word format, 11-point type (Times New Roman) and spacing should be set to 1, 15. Paragraphs should be indented by 1 cm and 6 nk spacing should be left before the paragraphs.
  2. Allow margins of at least one inch (3 cm) on all sides of the typed pages.
  3. The headings and subheadings (including the introduction and conclusion) should be written in bold, first letter of each word in upper-case and numbered decimally such as 1., 1.1., 1.1.1. Should be one line space before headings.
  4. Each article should be summarized in a single spaced 10-point type abstract of not less than 150 and more than 200 words. "Abstract" titles should be written in 11 pt.
  5. Each article has at least 3 keywords and appropriate JEL codes (https://www.aeaweb.org/econlit/jelCodes.php?view=jel).
  6. Name and surname of the author (s) should be written as the text centered below the title of the article.
  7. By giving a footnote at the end of the surnames of the author (s), the title, the institution, the e-mail and ORCID information should be written respectively. If requested, who is responsible for communication can be specified.
  8. Footnotes should be written in Times New Roman, 10 pt. and single line spacing.
  9. Equations and formulas should not be in picture format, should be centered on the page and numbered. The numbers of the equations and formulas should be written in brackets and on the right.
  10. Tables, graphics and figures should be included in the text, numbered and centered on the page. Tables should not be in picture format. Tables should be prepared in 10 pt., single line spacing and no spacing between lines. Headings should be written left, bold, 10 pt. Headings should be at the top of the tables, below the figures and graphics. Source of tables, graphics and figures, should be written in 10 pt and single line spacing below the table, graph and figures.
  11. All pages must be numbered consecutively in the bottom right corner.
  12. On the first page of the article, Turkish title of the article, name and surname of the authors (necessary information to be given in the footnote-Number 7), Turkish abstract, Turkish key words, jel classifications, English title, English abstract, English keywords and jel classifications should be written respectively. All citations taken place in the reference list should be mentioned in the main text.
  13. The introduction should start from page 2.
  14. The article submitted for evaluation must be uploaded to the DergiPark system as a single word file.
  15. References to sources should be shown in text rather than footnotes. The source of references made in the text must be included in the bibliography. Studies that are not cited in the text should not be included in the bibliography.
  16. References in the bibliography should be listed in alphabetical order according to the surnames of the authors. References should be written with 10 pt., single line spacing and 6 nk spacing between paragraphs.
  17. Authors must obey the rules regarding citation and bibliography in the text. You can reach detailed information about the rules regarding citation in the text and bibliography by clicking this link.
  18. For Turkish studies only, an extended abstract in English between 500-750 words should be written at the end of the bibliography. Extended abstracts are not required for English studies. In the Extended Summary title, there should be the purpose of the study, literature, methodology, findings, and conclusion sections.
  19. Click on the links to access the sample article cover page and the full text file of the sample article.
  20. You can download the Copyright Transfer Form by clicking the link. If the Copyright Transfer Form is not uploaded, the referee evaluation process is not initiated.
  21. Compliance with research and publication ethics should be stated in the article.
  22. For studies that require Ethics Committee Permission, you must upload the Ethics Committee Permission document with your article file. If your study is not included in the study group requiring ethics committee approval, you must sign and upload the declaration form indicating this situation.
  23. Compliance with research and publication ethics should be stated in the article. Whether an ethics committee approval and / or legal / special permission is required should be specified in the article. In studies requiring ethical committee permission, information about the permission (board name, date and issue number) should be included in the method section and on the first/last page of the article.


Research Requiring Ethics Committee Permission

Any research carried out with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using survey, interview, focus group work, observation, experiment, interview techniques,
Use of humans and animals (including material/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes, Clinical researches on humans, Researches on animals, Retrospective studies under the law of protection of personal data.
Also;
Stating that the copyright regulations are complied with for the ideas and works of art used
Obtaining and expressing permission from the owners for the use of scales, surveys, and photographs of others
In the case of reports, it should be stated that the "Informed consent form" was taken.

Should retrospective ethical Board Permission be obtained for publications produced from the study and thesis completed in previous years?
Before 2020, research data has been used, produced from postgraduate / doctoral studies (should be specified in the article), and the articles that have been submitted to the journal for the previous year, have not received retrospective ethics permission.


Are these restrictions imposed on publications outside the universities with these rules of TR Dizin?
No. Researchers who are not members of the university can also apply to the Ethics Committees in their region.

Copyright: All journals published in Journal of Research in Economics, Politics & Finance are copyrighted by the journal. Journals published in Journal of Research in Economics, Politics & Finance cannot be used without written permission.

Question: Is ethics committee permission required for all articles? 
No. It is also stated in the criteria as articles requiring “Ethics Committee Permission”. The researches requiring the permission of the Ethics Committee are as follows.
• Any research carried out with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using survey, interview, focus group work, observation, experiment, interview techniques,
• Use of humans and animals (including material / data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,
• Clinical researches on humans,
• Researches on animals,
• Retrospective studies in accordance with the law of protection of personal data,
Also;
• In the case reports, it is stated that the “informed consent form” was taken,
• Obtaining and specifying the permission of the owners for the use of scales, surveys and photographs of others,
• Stating that the copyright regulations are complied with for the ideas and works of art used

Question: Should retrospective ethical Board Permission be obtained for publications produced from the study and thesis completed in previous years?
Before 2020, research data has been used, produced from postgraduate / doctoral studies (should be specified in the article), and the articles that have been submitted to the journal for the previous year, have not received retrospective ethics permission.


Question: Are these restrictions imposed on publications outside the universities with these rules of TR Dizin?
No. Researchers who are not members of the university can also apply to the Ethics Committees in their region.

In studies requiring ethical committee permission, information about the permission (board name, date and issue number) should be included in the method section and on the first/last page of the article.

Ethical Principles
Articles submitted to the journal must comply with research and publication ethics. ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) recommendations and COPE's (Committee on Publication Ethics) International Standards for authors should be taken into consideration while obtaining “Publication Ethics”, “Research Ethics” and “Legal / Special permit document”.

In studies requiring ethical committee permission, information about the permission (board name, date and issue number) should be included in the method section and on the first/last page of the article. The researches requiring the permission of the Ethics Committee are as follows. Any research carried out with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using survey, interview, focus group work, observation, experiment, interview techniques, Use of humans and animals (including material / data) for experimental or other scientific purposes, Clinical researches on humans, Researches on animals, Retrospective studies in accordance with the law of protection of personal data, For the scales used in data collection, the permission of the scale owner should be obtained and declared in the article. Copyright regulations must be observed for the ideas and works of art used. An ethics committee approval must be obtained for research conducted in all disciplines including social sciences and for clinical and experimental studies on humans and animals, requiring ethical committee decision, and this approval should be stated and documented in the article. Compliance with research and publication ethics should be stated in the article.

The authors are expected to pay attention to the recommendations and standards for publication ethics as determined by the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) and the ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors). Various ethical irregularities, such as plagiarism, fraudulent data, and use of studies without reference, are absolutely not accepted. In the determination of such a situation, evaluation shall be made within the framework of the rules, standards and principles published by the relevant institutions.

Articles must be original, should not have been previously published and should not have been submitted for publication. In the article, plagiarism should not be done; all studies should be cited and shown in the bibliography. In order to determine the case of plagiarism, articles are controlled using plagiarism programs.

Article authors must have a serious contribution in the process of collecting, analyzing and evaluating the data, and finalization of the study and making it ready for publication. All of the article authors should have read and approved submitted version of article, and any changes including ranking of the authors. Important contributors to the article should be included as a writer, and anyone who has not made a significant contribution to the article should not be included in the list of authors. Those who do not contribute as a writer in the preparation of the article can be given a place in the thank you section.
If a study is the result of a large-scale cooperation, at least one person should be listed as a writer in all the article, those who provided sources should be listed and thanked. After the publication of the article, it should be noted whether there is a situation that would create a conflict of interest in any sense, which could create an academically unacceptable idea of bias, and thus will leave the authors in a trouble.

Compliance with the research and publication ethics of the articles should be considered and The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) ' recommendations and the international standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) must be observed.

PUBLICATION ETHICS
Before submitting the article, it is necessary to carefully read the publication ethics principles / policies and the journal's writing rules, which are prepared in accordance with international standards and principles. The authors declare that they accept these principles and rules when they submit an article to Journal of Research in Economics, Politics & Finance.

Editors' Tasks
Impartiality
Editors evaluate the articles submitted to the journal according to the contribution of the study to the literature, originality, comprehensibility of the language, appropriateness of the methods and findings, and whether they are within the scope of the journal. In evaluations, the authors' race, religious belief, gender, ethnic origin, political views etc. is ignored.

Privacy
Editors cannot share information about a submitted article with anyone other than the editorial board, referees and publisher. The editor is responsible for the confidentiality of all data and correspondence with referees submitted to the journal.

Conflicts of Interest
The editor does not allow any conflict of interest to occur between the authors, referees and editorial board. Unpublished documents of a work submitted to the journal cannot be used by anyone without the written permission of the author (s).

Publication Decisions
Articles that are in the referee process do not have to be published. Even if the evaluation process is positive, it is determined by the editorial office whether or when the article will be published. An article sent to the journal should not be sent to another journal at the same time or should not be in the evaluation process in another journal. Editors send the articles submitted for publication to at least two referees who are experts in the relevant field for evaluation. Editors decide whether to accept or reject the article based on the result of the referee evaluation process.

Duties of Referees
Contribution to Publication Decisions
The evaluation process of the articles is carried out according to the blind review system, in which the author (s) are not informed about the identities of the referees and the referees are not informed about the identities of the author (s). Articles that comply with the publication policy and writing rules are sent to two referees for evaluation according to the blind review system. Editors decide whether the article will be published within the framework of the reports from the referees. If one referee gives a positive opinion and the other referee gives a negative opinion, the article is sent to a third referee. According to the decision of the third referee, it is decided whether the article will be published or not. The corrections requested by the referees should be made by the author (s). Referees may wish to review the authors' corrections. Journal of Research in Economics, Politics & Finance reserves the right to publish, not publish and edit the submitted articles.

Privacy
Due to the double-blind refereeing principle, referees cannot see the name of the author (s) and the authors cannot see the name of the referee. Reviewers and authors should not communicate directly with each other. Referees should not share information about the articles they evaluate with anyone.

Impartiality Principle
Referees should only agree to evaluate articles related to their field of expertise. Referees should not make personal criticisms about the author (s). Evaluations should be made according to objective and scientific criteria and should be related to the content of the study.

Referencing
The referees should inform the editors if they find a significant similarity between another published article within their knowledge and the article sent to the journal. If there is a quotation in the article that is used without reference to a work, it should be reported to the author.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
There should be no conflict of interest with the editors, authors or a party. Referees should not accept to evaluate the article in case of conflict of interest. They should not use the information they obtain from the study for personal gain.

Authors' Tasks
Reporting
Authors should objectively present the method of the study, the objective findings obtained and the importance of these findings. The data and findings should be correctly presented in the article. The article should be written in detail and include references to enable others to do similar work. Review articles should be accurate, objective and comprehensive, and editorial opinion and other subjective opinions should be clearly stated. Statements that are untrue or intentionally misrepresented constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Data Access and Storage
Raw data linked to the article may be requested from the authors for editorial review. If the data is suitable for submission, it should be made available to the public. Data should be retained for a reasonable period of time after publication. Authors must have a document showing that they have the right to use the data and the necessary permissions for research and analysis. Authors must keep data and documents for a minimum of five years.

Originality and Plagiarism
Authors should only publish their original work. Authors must make appropriate citations to the sources and data used in the study. Plagiarism can take various forms, such as making someone else's work look like your own, using part of someone else's work without attribution, or using the results of other studies. Plagiarism of any kind is considered unethical and unacceptable due to publishing principles. The similarity report of the submitted articles is obtained by using the plagiarism program. Articles with a similarity rate of more than 20% are not included in the referee evaluation process.

Multiple, Simultaneous Broadcasts
Submitting the same article to more than one journal at the same time is unacceptable as it is unethical publishing behavior. If certain conditions are met, it may be possible to publish some articles such as clinical guides and translations in several journals. However, the authors and editors of the journal in question must agree that the work may be published in another journal. Evaluation of the data and findings of the study published in the second journal should be as in the previously published journal. The journal that first published the study should be cited.

Article Writing
Article authorship is limited to persons who contributed significantly to the study. All persons who make significant scientific and literary contributions to the work should be named co-authors. If there are others participating in the research process by making technical assistance, writing, editing, these people should be listed. A writer responsible for correspondence with the editor of the journal must be determined. Corresponding author must ensure that all authors are included in the article. All authors mentioned in the article have equal responsibility over the submitted and published articles.

Conflicts of Interest
If there are situations or relationships that may create a conflict of interest regarding the article, it should be explained by the author.

Reference to Sources
Authors should cite all sources used in the study. Authors are responsible for citing references correctly.

Referee Evaluation Process
If a correction is requested by the referees, the authors must make these corrections.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works
When a fundamental error or mistake is detected in a published work, it should be immediately reported to the editors or publisher and corrected or retracted in collaboration with the editor. If editors learn about the fundamental error from a third party, the authors must immediately correct the article, retract it or prove the accuracy of the work to the editors.

POLICIES ON CONFLICT OF INTEREST / COMPETITION
Ethical principles and standards are complied with in order to avoid conflict of interest / competition between parties or related groups with the Journal of Research in Economics, Politics & Finance. 

ACTIONS AGAINST SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND PUBLİCATİON ETHICS
The editor of the journal always examines the allegations of violation of ethics such as plagiarism, forgery, distortion, reproduction, and unfair authorship that are contrary to the publication ethics of the articles. It reserves the right to act in accordance with ethical principles and standards. The authors of the articles submitted to our journal undertake that they do not act against scientific research and publication ethics.
Actions contrary to scientific research and publication ethics are listed in the 4th article of the 2nd part of the UAK Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive as follows:
http://www.uak.gov.tr/yonetmelikler/Yay%C4%B1nEti%C4%9FiY%C3%B6nergesi_140318.pdf

The researches requiring the permission of the Ethics Committee are as follows.
• Any research carried out with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using survey, interview, focus group work, observation, experiment, interview techniques,
• Use of humans and animals (including material / data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,
• Clinical researches on humans,
• Researches on animals,
• Retrospective studies in accordance with the law of protection of personal data,
Also;
• In the case reports, it is stated that the “informed consent form” was taken,
• Obtaining and specifying the permission of the owners for the use of scales, surveys and photographs of others,
Stating that the copyright regulations are complied with for the ideas and works of art used

Instructions to Authors

Aims & Scope: Journal of Research in Economics, Politics & Finance is an international scientific peer-reviewed journal which aims to provide a platform where scholars and researchers share their experience and publish high quality studies in the field of economics, politics and finance. Authors can publish their original scientific studies in the field of economics, politics (international relations and political science) and finance in Journal of Research in Economics, Politics & Finance.

Publication Frequency: Triquarterly (April, August, December)

Languages: Authors can submit their articles in Turkish and English.

Review Process and Acception Conditions:

1. Articles submitted to the journal should not been published and have not been sent for publication elsewhere. When this situation is ascertained, the article evaluation process will be canceled.

2. The authors are expected to pay attention to the recommendations and standards for publication ethics as determined by the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) and the ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors). Various ethical irregularities, such as plagiarism, fraudulent data, and use of studies without reference, are absolutely not accepted. In the determination of such a situation, evaluation shall be made within the framework of the rules, standards and principles published by the relevant institutions.

3. In addition to main documents, the author(s) should sign and submit following supplementary documents during initial submission: (i) Copyright transfer form (ii) Ethics committee permission (The authors whose manuscript does not require this permission should submit a document indicating no permission is required. (iii) Author contribution statement (iv) Declaration of conflicting interests. In case supplementary documents are not completely submitted, the manuscript would not be forwarded for editorial preview.

4. Submitted articles are reviewed through iThenticate plagiarism prevention program before publishing. The articles exceeded 20% similarity will not proceed to the evaluation process.

5. Editorial evolution process is expected to take 10 days while review process is expected to take at most 6 months.

6. Submitted articles must be prepared in accordance with the writing rules of journal.

7. The submission fee is non-refundable, regardless of whether the decision is desk reject or reviewer suggestion againist publication.
    
8. For managerial expenses of the journal, the authors are asked to pay 250 Turkish Liras per submission. Subsequent to payment, articles are primarily evaluated by the editor(s) in terms of purpose, scope, form and content in order to decide whether to proceed to the blind review process.

9. Review process is a blind process in which authors and reviewers are both unable to contact to each other.

10. The articles that comply with the publication policy and the writing rules of the journal are subject to blind reviewing process with two referees to be evaluated.

11. It is decided whether or not the article will be published within the framework of the reports from the referees.

12. If a referee has a positive view and the other has a negative, the article will be sent to a third referee. According to the decision of the third referee, it is decided whether or not the article will be published. Regardless of the suggestions, the final decision is made by the editor.

13. In case of a major revision, the authors are asked to undertake required revisions. If required, the reviewers can also review the revised version.,

14. The Journal of Research in Economics, Politics & Finance has right to publish or not to publish submitted articles as well as correcting them.

The legal responsibility related to articles published in Journal of Research in Economics, Politics & Finance belongs to relevant author(s).

Journal of Economics, Politics & Finance Research does not pay royalty for the authors.

Journal of Research in Economics, Politics & Finance follows an open access policy.

Journal of Research in Economics, Politics & Finance receives all manuscript submissions electronically via DergiPark website (http://dergipark.gov.tr/epfad). Dergi Park allows for rapid submission of original and revised manuscripts, as well as facilitating the review process and internal communication between authors, editors and reviewers via a web-based platform.

Please do not hesitate to contact to epfjournal@gmail.com for any questions.

Web page: http://dergipark.gov.tr/epfad http://www.epfjournal.com

Copyright: All articles published in Journal of Research in Economics, Politics & Finance are copyrighted by the journal. Journals published in Journal of Research in Economics, Politics & Finance cannot be used without written permission. 

The submission fee is non-refundable, regardless of whether the decision is desk reject or reviewer suggestion againist publication.

For managerial expenses of the journal, the authors are asked to pay 250 Turkish Liras per submission. Subsequent to payment, articles are primarily evaluated by the editor(s) in terms of purpose, scope, form and content in order to decide whether to proceed to the blind review process.