1. GUIDELINE ON WRITING STYLE
1.1. General Principles
• Authors are required to submit the workplace info, contact addresses/numbers/email addresses and ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) number.
• Manuscripts can be Turkish or English. Submitted manuscripts should be clear and understandable.
• Articles should be between 4000 and 7000 words including the footnotes. Book reviews are required to be between 1000-1500 words.
• Articles must have ‘Öz’ in Turkish and ‘Abstract’ in English at the beginning and they must be written in between 150-200 words. Both ‘Öz’ in Turkish and ‘Abstract’ in English need to cover the purpose, method, hypothesis and results of the study briefly. Studies written in English should present the English ‘abstract’ before and those written in Turkish should present the Turkish ‘Öz’ before. Both Turkish ‘Öz’ and English ‘Abstract’ must be typed in single space, 9 point font and in italics. Also in both versions of the articles, at least three or at most seven key words must be added to the abstracts.
• Author’s academic title, position, institutional email address and ORCID number should be stated in a footnote in the first page starting with a “ * ” 9 points font size. (Assoc. Prof., Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy Security Sciences Institute, editorgbd@jandarma.gov.tr, ORCID:… i.e.)
• Tables, figures and illustrstions should be numbered consecutively, captioned and cited in the text in sequential order. Captions should before the table and after the figures/illustrarions.
• Equations should be numbered consecutively. That number should be in parenthesis on the right side of the page.
• Authors need to refrain using footnotes and incorporate them with the main body.
• Technical terms need to be used with quotation marks and authors need to refrain from using abbreviations without providing the full form of them at first appearance in the text.
1.2. Principles Regarding Page Layout
• Manuscripts should have single line spacing, Times New Roman font, 11 font size, (Top 4.6 mm, bottom 4.6 mm, left and right indent 4 mm, gutter 0, header 4.6 mm, footnote 5 mm, paper size A4.
• Manuscripts should start with an introduction section, be separated into proper sections afterwards and following with a conclusion section. Bibliography needs to continue with the conclusion section and the last section should be the attachments section.
• Without numbered to introduction, conclusion and bibliography; sections should be numbered consecutively. Symbols such as (*, -) can be used after the 3rd level segment. Section headings;
1. FIRST LEVEL SEGMENT (ALIGN LEFT, BOLD, CAPITAL LETTERS)
1.1. Second Level Segment (Align Left, Bold, First Letters are Capital)
1.1.1. Third Level (Align Left, Italic, First Letters are Capital)
• Tables, figures and illustrations should be numbered (Table-1., Chart-2. ie.). Tables names should be on top of the tables and centered; names of the figures should be under the figures and centered as well.
• Contents of the tables and figures should be Times New Roman and 9 points font size (can be used as 9 or 11 according to the page layout). Statistical numbers are expected to have no more than 3 digits after decimal point. Tables, figures and illustrations should be cited if needed.
• After the first page, authors name should be in the header in even number pages and name of the manuscript should be on the odd page headers in 9 points font size.
1.3. Guideline for Citiations
• References in the body of your manuscripts should be in (Author, Date) format. When directly quoting from a text, you must include a page number in the citation as well.
• If you are using more than one reference by the same author/authors, the earlier dated publications should be listed first in the bibliography. If it is published in the same year, authors need to assign letter suffixes after the year i.e.: "Pala (1981a) makes similar claims...".
• Citiations for the publications with 3 and more authors should have their full names written for the first citing and then use “(The first authors surname) et al. for subsequent entries. If there are more than 5 authors, first author’s name should be followed with “et al.”
• If author is directly quoting from a work, then it will need to include the author, year of publication, and page number for the reference (preceded by "p."). Introduce the quotation with a signal phrase that includes the author's last name followed by the date of publication in parentheses.
• If the author is quoting more than 40 words, it is required to start the quotation on a new line, indented two tabs from the left margin, i.e. in the same place one would begin a new paragraph.
• In case of citing a periodic publication without a specific author name, the name of the publication can be used instead of author name. (Wall Street Journal, 2009 i.e).
• In case of parenthetical citation including two or more authors, it is required to order them alphabetically, separated by a semi-colon. (Abrams, 2000; Sullivan and Hellman, 1999).
• In case the source quotes or refers to another source, indirect sources should be cited as (Blau, 1964 cited in Tamer, 2013)
• Online articles follow the same guidelines for printed articles. Citiations should include all information the online host makes available.
• Authors may add an acknowledgement section at the end of the manuscripts to express thanks and pay their tribute.
1.4. Guideline for Reference List
• Reference list should be 12 points font size and written alphabetically. There should not be any other kind of categorization in the reference list.
• Book references won’t be having page numbers but the articles will show the pages of the article in where it is published.
• Online sources should show the access date.
• This Journal utilizes APA 6th Reference Style with some minor differences. Please advise the manual for further info and details. (https://www.apastyle.org/manual)
• Authors surnames first letter should be capitalized and include only the first letter of the name. If there is any DOI number of the reference, it should be included in the reference as well. Please find the below examples of common references.
Books
Sarı, G. (2013). Ermeni meselesi ışığında Süryaniler. Ankara: Barış Platin Publishing.
Bloch, S. ve Whiteley, P. (2010). Düz bir dünyada yöneticilik (2nd Edition). (Ü. Şensoy, Trans.) İstanbul: İş Bankası Publishing.
Avcı, E. (2017). Türkiye’de terörizmin tarihsel seyri. G.Sarı ve C.K.Demir. (Ed.), Güvenlik bilimlerine giriş (pp. 287-314). Ankara: Jandarma Publishing.
Articles
Ak, T. (2018, Mayıs). Silahlı insansız hava araçlarının kullanımında karar mekanizmaları. Güvenlik Bilimleri Dergisi, 7(1), 111-130. doi:10.28956/gbd.422803
Encyclopedia
Ersoy, O. (1973). Kağıt. Türk Ansiklopedisi içinde (Vol. 21, pp.112-115). Ankara: Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı.
Unpublished Papers
Aplak, H.S. (2010). Karar verme sürecinde bulanık mantık bazlı oyun teorisi. (Unpublished Doctoral Thesis). Gazi University, Ankara.
Conference Proceedings
Sarı, G. ve Ak, T. (2018). Güvenlik alan yeterlilikleri ve akademik çalışmalar. In H.Kahya (Ed.), 1.Uluslararası Eğitim ve Sosyal Bilimlerde Yeni Ufuklar Kongresi bildiriler kitabı (pp. 130-134). İstanbul: ASOS. doi:10.21733/ibad.417321
Electronic Sources
Shotton, M.A. (1989). Computer addiction? A study of computer dependency. Retrieved August 18, 2011, from http://www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/ html/index
Unknown Authored Online Articles
New child vaccine gets funding boost. (2001). Retrieved February 21, 2012, from http://news.ninemsn.com.au/health/story_13178.asp.
Blog
Webber, S. (2008, October 10th). Information literacy in work place contexts. Retrieved October 22, 2018, from http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/.
1.5. Guideline for Book Reviews
Book reviews are detailed reviews of claims and subjects of the books. The review should include an introduction, discussion (method, scope and contents) and conclusion. Introduction section is a summary of the claims and main arguments in the book. In the discussion sections, book reviewers are expected to discuss the method, scope and contents of the book in a whole. The conclusion section talks critically about the general impressions of the reviewer on the book and the contribution the book makes.
Book Review titles should include the name of the book, author, in which city it is published, publication year and ISBN. At the bottom of the first page the book reviewers need to include their title, the institution they work and email address corresponding to an asterisk.

1. PUBLICATION PRINCIPLES
1.1. General Principles
The Journal of Security Sciences, which was started to be published by the Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy in 2012, is a national peer-reviewed and printed scientific journal that is scanned in national and international databases where theoretical and applied original research, review, compilation type articles and book reviews in the field of ‘security’ are published. It is published 2 (two) times a year, in May and November, in print and online.
Although the publication language of the journal is Turkish, articles written in foreign languages can also be published within the framework of the general principles of the journal, depending on the decision of the Editorial Board. The title, keywords and abstract of the article must be included in all articles in Turkish and English.
The journal publishes original works in the field of social, humanities and administrative sciences such as political sciences, law, public administration, business administration, geography, history, communication, economics, informatics, psychology and sociology, etc., and research, review and compilation articles and book reviews that have not been published before or have not entered any publication process, provided that they focus on the subject of ‘security’. However, papers presented at scientific meetings (congresses, symposiums, seminars, etc.) and whose full text has not been published are accepted provided that the place and date of presentation are specified.
Manuscripts requested to be published in the journal must comply with the current grammar rules of the Turkish Language Institution (spelling, punctuation, clarity, comprehensibility, etc.). Therefore, the author is fully responsible for any problems and criticisms that may arise. Articles submitted for publication are evaluated by the Editorial Board in order of priority for compliance with the journal's editorial principles and spelling rules.
Articles that are not prepared in accordance with the publication principles and spelling rules are not taken into consideration and are not sent to the referee. The Editorial Board has the authority to send the manuscript back to the referee for scientific evaluation or to the author for correction, to make corrections and abbreviations limited to the form and format of the manuscript, and not to publish those that do not comply with the publication and ethical rules.
Articles submitted to the Journal of Security Sciences, where the blind referee system is applied, are published after the referee evaluation and book reviews are published after the editorial evaluation. Articles to be published in the journal must be accepted by at least two referees. Articles that are not published due to the high number of articles, although the referee evaluations are found positive, are evaluated by the editor to be published in the next issue. In this way, the article waiting for more than 1 (one) year is not published because it is outdated.
All publication rights of the published articles and book reviews belong to the journal, and the content responsibility of the published articles belongs to the author. The opinions in the articles are the personal opinions of the authors and do not constitute the official opinion of any institution or organisation.
Information, documents and evaluation results from the Editorial Board, referees and authors are kept for 5 (five) years.
The Journal of Security Sciences is a free journal and authors are not paid royalties.
1.2. Ethical Principles
The Journal of Security Sciences attaches great importance to publication ethics in terms of the development of scientific knowledge. In this respect, the Journal adheres to the Principles of Transparency and Exemplary Practice in Academic Publishing set by organisations such as the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (https://publicationethics.org/) and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) (https://doaj.org/publishers#licensing).
Ethics committee permission is required for all kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using survey, interview, focus group study, observation, experiment, interview techniques, the use of humans and animals (including materials/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes, and retrospective studies in accordance with the law on the protection of personal data. Information about the authorisation of such studies requiring ethics committee permission should be included in the article.
In addition, it is necessary to indicate that the ‘Informed Consent Form’ has been obtained in case presentations, to obtain and indicate permission from the owners for the use of scales, questionnaires, photographs belonging to others, and to indicate that copyright regulations are complied with for the intellectual and artistic works used.
Since this journal adheres to the principle of open and free academic publishing, article processing and submission fees are not requested from authors. All content can be accessed in full text on the website from the date of publication without any restrictions and delays.
2. RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
2.1. Rights and Responsibilities of the Editorial Board
The Editorial Board of the Journal of Security Sciences is collectively responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal will be published.
The Editorial Board encourages academic integrity by recommending the application of the Good Publication Practice Guidelines defined by COPE (https://publicationethics.org).
The Editorial Board reserves the right to withdraw manuscripts that it considers to be in breach of ethical rules and that are found to be highly similar in a plagiarism prevention software scan. The Editorial Board always has the right to investigate plagiarism and misconduct allegations regarding published articles.
The Editorial Board considers it as a mandatory application condition that an article submitted to our journal has not been submitted to the referee process of another journal. The refereeing of the article by the editorial board does not mean a commitment to publication. Even if the referee process is favourable, the decision of the editorial board is required for publication.
2.2. Rights and Responsibilities of the Author
Authors should apply to our journal with their original studies. Authors should not submit the same manuscript to the referee process of more than one journal at the same time. Authors are also responsible for the authenticity and verification of the sources. Plagiarism, no matter how it is done, constitutes unethical behaviour and is unacceptable.
The author reserves the right to withdraw the manuscript until the publication decision is taken, provided that the editorial board of the journal is notified.
The intellectual, scientific and legal responsibility for the language, style, content and ethics of all articles published, even if translated, belongs to the authors who wrote and translated the work.
In the event that the author disagrees with the criticisms, evaluations and corrections of the referees and the Editorial Board, the author has the right to report them on a separate page with their justifications.
2.3. Responsibilities of Referees
Blind refereeing system is applied in the journal. Reviewers are obliged to keep the manuscripts they receive confidential and not to use the information obtained from the review process for their personal interests. Reviewers are expected to make their evaluations within 20 days.
Reviewers should not share their reports or information about the article with others and should not communicate directly with the authors without the permission of the editor.
The reviewer should be attentive to potential ethical issues in the manuscript and bring them to the attention of the editor. Refereeing should be done in an objective manner. Personal criticism of the author(s) is considered inappropriate.