WRITING RULES OF THE JOURNAL OF MIGRATION STUDIES
Writings sent to The Journal of Migration Studies must be prepared about reference order, apostille and citation form according to the style of American Psychological Association (APA). APA 6. Addition must be version which is regarded by authors.
1- Type Sizes:
-Abstract is written with 10 points/Times New Roman.
-Abstract is written with minimum 100 words, maximum 200 words and minimum 3, maximum 8 key words are put below.
-Article titles are written with 35 points. Middle titles are written with 12 points. Main texts are written with 10 points.
2- APA in Main Text
-Paragraphs are shifted from the left margins.
-First page is the cover. On the cover page, in order, title of article, author’s name, author’s work place are written on middle of page and every other two rows. Short information note about the author are written on the left bottom of page. This information may include that author’s current situation, author’s working interests, author’s awards, whether author is financed within the scope of a project etc.
-The names of the books, journals, films and TV programmes are italicized in texts.
Example:
the TV programme of Siyasetin Arka Yüzünde.
-An expression are not italicized or put in quotes to emphasise.
-A technical term or a key word can be italicized to emphasise in text in first time (not in quotes), is not italicized next.
Example:
many migrant men served as volunteers under the title of asâkir-i muavine at the war of 93.
-Usage of numbers: In the beginning of sentences, numbers are written as lexical.
Example:
Only eight of twenty journals are on analysis of text, 12 of them relate to the migration policy of nations.
-If an information which cuts the expression suddenly is given, hyphen is used.
Example:
These three migrants –each of their nationalities were different- were tested separately.
-Footnotes are shared on related page by numbering in text, not end of text.
-If there is only one addition, it takes place in text by being entitled as italic Addition. If there are additions, they are arranged by writing as Addition A, Addition B… These additions which take place at end of text must be given their titles. Their tags must be remarked in main text as well.
Example:
When we look at the subjects of graduate and postgraduate theses (Addition A and Addition B), it seems that the most of them focus on the causes of international migration from the end of 1990s.
-Short citations in main text (under 40 words) are written with double quotes. Double quotes are not written with another double quote and italicized.
-Citations which are longer than 40-word text are written by shifting, by giving one or frequent line spacing, with smaller point than main text point, not italicized and without double quotes.
Example:
According to Canan Emek İnan (2006),
(…) as it is defined that whole nation building activities of governments, it seems that migration and migration accepting policies are one of instruments which are used for nation building. Republic of Turkey, which was founded as a nation-state, used migration policies to build nation-state as an efficient instrument. Along the decisiveness of security concerns, as an instrument and also manifestation of nation-state building process, quantitative increasing of country population and qualitative assimilation policies are supported with accepting migrants policies (p. 29).
-While quoting from original studies, words/sentences which are extracted are pointed on with (…).
-Double quotes are used when an article from a book or a journal is quote with its title in text.
Example:
Elif Uzun’s article (2006) “The Structure and The Duties of The UNHCR Under International Law and Its Place In The Development of International Refugee Law”
- Abbreviations are bracketed when they are used first time but not later.
Example:
Definition of refugee which takes place on 1951 Geneva Convention was inserted to Law on Foreigners and International Protection (LFIP - Law No: 6458) Article 61 literally. According to the definition of 1951 Geneva Convention Article 1/A-2 and LFIP Article 61…
-If an old reference which is reprinted is used, is written with (/).
Example:
Freud (1923/1961) put forward that slips in the tongue in daily life are which a kind expression of pent-ups.
-(/) is not used for comparison but (-).
Example:
for reliability of test-retest (…)
- Format of title which is in text for main and subtitles is designated as APA 5. If your text is complex, sizable and needs a few subtitles, please use 1. Level, 2. Level and 3. Level styles of title.
Level 1 Bold Words In the Center Start with Capital Letters and Continue in Lowercases
Level 2 Left Aligned, Bold Words Start with Capital Letters and Continue in Lowercases
Level 3 The first word of the indented, bold title starts with a capital letter, other words begin and end with a lowercase letter
Level 4 The first word of the indented, bold, italic title begins with a capital letter and other words begin and end with a lowercase letter
Level 5 The first word of the indented, italic title begins with a capital letter and other words begin and end with a lowercase letter
For example, in a complex and voluminous text, the order including Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 and Level 4 headings is as follows:
Dissertations on Migration Written in Turkey
Evaluation of the Doctoral Dissertations
Distinctions made by the methods
• Quantitative Methods
• Qualitative Methods
Distinctions made by the approaches
Evaluation of the Master Dissertations
Distinctions made by the methods
Distinctions made by the approaches
For example, in a simpler and shorter text, Level 1. 2. and 3. Titles are as follows:
Dissertations on Migration Written in Turkey
General Evaluation of the Doctoral and Master Dissertations
Form here, the text starts indented and continues.
Doctoral Dissertations
Master Dissertations
If text is not complex and sizable, please do not use numbers and letters for titles and subtitles. Still, choose to use bullets instead of numbers in various sequential sequences in the text (square, line, round, etc.).
3- System of Reference and Citation According to APA 6.0
-Citation is carried out as two types mainly:
1- When citation is carried out by using author’s surname, after surname or at the end of the sentence, the surname is not used twice.
Example:
According to the numbers which are shared by Kirişçi (1996, p. 391), while about 200 thousands migrants came from Bulgaria in 1920 and 30s, about 120 thousands Turks, Tatars and Circassian migrants entered.
2- When citation is carried out without author’s surname in text, the surname must be situated at the end of the sentence as well.
Example:
Systematic discrimination primarily against Jews and government policies along this line caused that many Jews had left Germany since the beginning of 1930s (Reisman, 2011, p. 4).
-If there is a general reference and citation is carried out for whole text, writing (author’s surname, publication year) is enough.
Example:
(İnan, 2016). If citation is carried out from a specific page or relating ideas are taken from a specific part, citation within page are written as follows: (Asan, 2016, p. 47).
-Citations in one-owned studies include author’s surname and dates. Citations seem in bibliography as follows: These are written as author’s surname, first letter of author’s name. (Publication year). Name of study is italicized. Publication place: publisher. If study is published many times, number of edition is also written before publication place.
Example:
In text: (Abadan-Unat, 2017, p.47)
In Bibliography: Abadan-Unat, N. (2017). Bitmeyen Göç Konuk İşçilikten Ulus-Ötesi Yurttaşlığa (3. Edition). İstanbul: Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
-Citations in two-owned studies, surnames of both are indicated at every time.
In text: (Sorensen ve Olwig, 2015)
In Bibliography: Sorensen N. S. ve Olwig, K. F. (2015). Work and Migration. New York: Taylor and Francis Publishing.
-In studies which belong to three to five authors, when citation is carried out, whole authors surnames are written at first time. For other references, the expression and others (et al.) should be added next to the first author's surname. In English articles, et al. statement should be used.
Example:
For first time: (Akıncı, Nergiz and Gedik, 2015). Later: (Akıncı et al., 2015). The general principle is followed in bibliography.
-Same author’s studies which are publish at same year are written as follows: (Yaman, 2016a) and (Yaman, 2016b).
- When referring to more than one author, citations are situated in same parenthesis. It is separated alphabetically and with semicolons according to the first author's surname, respectively.
Example:
(Abadan-Unat, 2015; İçduygu ve Aksel, 2012; Kirişci, 1996)
-Referring to web page: The general principle is followed in the text: (Author’s surname, Publication year). It is written in bibliography as follows: Author’s Surname, Initial of Author’s First Name. (Publication year). Title of Article or Part. As italics Title of Journal or Book. Website: http://www.
Example:
In text: (Atar, 2013)
In Bibliography: Atar, N. (2013, Ekim). Küresel Yaşlı Bakımı ve Yaşlı Turizminde İsveç, Norveç, Avusturya. Turizm Haberleri. Website: http://www.turizmhaberleri.com/koseyazisi.asp?ID=2378
-If it is referred from a website without page number, paragraph numbers could be indicated.
Example:
Duran suggests that the end of internal turbulence and polarization which have taken place during two years would terminate deliberate authoritarianism debate toward Turkey in Europe (Duran, 2015, parag.8).
-Works whose authors are unknown or anonymous: If the author of a work is not known, the first few words and years in the title are used instead of the surname of the author in the text. If these few words are used instead of author information; the title of the magazine, book, brochure or report is written in italics. If the title of the article or the name of a web page is written in double quotes. The display of the related works in the bibliography is in the form: The full title of the study. (year). Printing place.
Example:
In text: (Turkey Migration Report, 2015)
In bibliography: Turkey Migration Report. (2015). Ankara
Example:
In text: (“Multi Sector Needs”, 2018)
In bibliography: Multi Sector Needs Assessment of Syrians In Turkey’s South-Eastern Provinces. (2018). Website: http://www.turkey. iom.int/reports
- If a quoted text is given directly within the work, the quoted part is shown in quotation marks.
Example:
“The factor is needed to consider that new generations representatives who possess the language of the receiving country, have strong connecting abilities, have trend of adopting social pattern,” argue Erçin and Adıgüzel (2017, p. 186).
- If a reference is made to a source citing secondary sources, the original source is referenced. In the source list, only the second source’s informations are included.
Example:
In text: From Berger, Korkmaz (…). (Korkmaz, 2011).
In bibliography: Korkmaz, A.(2017). Migration and Religion. Konya: Çizgi Yayınevi
-Informations based on personal conversation from e-mail, phone call, face to face etc are shown in text but not in bibliography.
Example:
While Angela Merkel was self-criticizing about her country refugee policy, “We, Germans, had been ignoring for a long time and put off a solution across Europe,” said she (Angela Merkel, Süddeutsche Zeitung Interview, 31st August 2016).
- For the authors with the same surname, the one whose initial preceding alphabetically is stated in the bibliography first, even if the publication is older.
Example:
Ekşi, F. (2012). Psychology Books with a Critical Perspective. İstanbul: Kaknüs Yayınları.
Ekşi, N. (2011). International Commercial Law. İstanbul: Beta.
-If there are a lot of studies which belong to the same author in bibliography, references are written as from old-dated to new ones respectively. References which belong to the same author and has the same publication year are put in order with letters.
Example:
2000a, 2000b.
- In the bibliography, the work with a single author among the sources with the same author is at the top even if the publication date is newer.
Example:
Kirişçi, K. (2014)
Kirişçi, K. and Erzan, R. (2008)
- If there are two different authors whose first name and last name initials are the same, The names of the authors should be given in square brackets on the tag, whereas the names and surnames of the authors should be included in the reference.
Examples:
In text: (Gökhan Kaya, 2011), (Güler Kaya, 2013).
In bibliography:
Kaya, G. [Gökhan]. (2011). ....
Kaya, G. [Güler]. (2013). ....
-A part of a book which has an editor is referred as follows: Authors’ surnames, initial of authors’ first names. (Publication year). Related part title. Editors’ surnames, initial of editors’ first names. (Ed.). In Name of Study (p. x-x). Publication place: Publisher.
Example:
In text: (Kirişçi and Karaca, 2015 p. 308)
In bibliography: Kirişci, K. ve Karaca, S. (2015). Hoşgörü ve Çelişkiler:1989, 1991 and 2011’de Türkiye’ye Yönelen Kitlesel Mülteci Akınları. Erdoğan, M. M. and Kaya A. (Ed.) In Türkiye’nin Göç Tarihi (p. 297-314). İstanbul: Bilgi University Press.
-Voluminous studies are referred as follows:
In text: (Pflanze, 1963-1990)
In bibliography: Pflanze, O. (1963-1990). Bismarc and the Development of Germany (Vol 1-3). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
-One volume of voluminous studies is referred as follows:
Pflanze, O. (1990). The Period of Fortification, 1880-1898: Vol 3. Bismarck and The Development of Germany. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
-Reports and technical articles are referred as follows:
Abadan-Unat, N. ve others (2014). Avanti I: Yurt Dışında Yaşayan Türkiye Kökenli Vatandaşların 2014 Cumhurbaşkanlığı Seçimlerindeki Siyasi Davranışları. Research Report. The Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
TTB (2014). Suriyeli Sığınmacılar ve Sağlık Hizmetleri Raporu. Turkish Medical Association Press. Ankara.
-The Official Gazette is referred as follow: Title. (Year, Day Mouth). The Official Gazette (Issue: xxx). Website: http://xxxx
Example:
In text: (Some Measures Under the State of Emergency, 2017)
In bibliography: Decree Law on Taking Certain Measures under the State of Emergency (2017, 6 January). The Official Gazette (Issue: 29940). Website: http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2017/01/20170106M1-1.htm
APA 6.0 rules must be applied for writing rules and reference frame which are not stated here.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Articles which are sent to publish are evaluated by blind referee and blind editorial board method. Articles are reviewed by Editorial Board, and ones accepted are sent to two different referees. When they have a disagreement, a third one's opinion is sought. In the direction of reports from referees, it is decided that articles are published, revision is asked from the authors or article is rejected and this decision is notified to the authors. Editorial Board decides whether that articles which are accepted will be published or not, or they will be published in which journal issue. Authors are informed via e-mail. Five journals are sent to the authors who are the owners of published articles for free. Directorate General of Migration Management has whole publication rights, including that full texts of articles which are accepted for publication are published materially and electronically. The following undertaking must be signed and sent us via e-mail or mail.
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