Gümüşhane University Journal of Social Sciences (GUJOSS) is a peer-reviewed journal published 3 (three) times a year. The articles that are desired to be published in our journal should be prepared in accordance with the spelling rules and other conditions stated below and should be uploaded to the system from the "Submit Article" section on the journal page. Studies in our journal by e-mail or other methods are not accepted. Article Template should be used for spelling rules. The plagiarism rate in submitted studies should be below 13%.

Studies that do not comply with the spelling rules of our journal and do not contain identity, institution, and contact information are rejected without being included in the evaluation process.

1. Writing: Studies should be written with Microsoft Office Word program, in A4 paper size.

2. Page and Character Structure: Font should be Arial Narrow and 11 points. Right, Left, Top and Bottom: 2 cm, Top and Footer: 1 cm, Justified, Single line spacing and Paragraphs should not be indented for the first line. Before and after the paragraph should be 6 cm. Lines should not be skipped in paragraph transitions.

3. Length of Work: Studies should not exceed 25 pages, including Bibliography and Appendices.

4. Author & Institution Information: In the first version of the study uploaded to the DERGİPARK system, the identity, ORCID, contact and institution information of the authors and the study project, paper, thesis, etc. If it is derived from activities, this information should definitely be included. This information will be extracted before the referee evaluation process and will be used in this way during the evaluation phase. Identity and institution information should never be added to the new files uploaded to the system during the referee evaluation process of the study. In such a case, the ongoing evaluation process is terminated and the study is sent to two new referees and the process is restarted.

5. ORCID Number: When the referee process is completed and the work is accepted for publication and is in the editing process, the authors are requested again for the latest versions of the studies, including their identity, institution, and contact information. In the last version of the study, it is written as footnotes to the names of the Authors, which are centered under the main title, the first letter is capitalized and bold, and includes the Name(s), Institution, City, Country, E-mail information, and ORCID number of the author(s). Authors not included in the first version etc. The addition will not be allowed due to unfair authorship. Studies that do not include this information or are incomplete will not be accepted. Footnote notation rules apply in this notation. To get an ORCID number: https://orcid.org/

6. Work First Page: The first page should contain the English title, abstract, and keywords. The title should be written in 17-point font, with the identifying information immediately below in 11-point font. The English abstract should begin with the word "Abstract." The abstract should be written in 10-point font and italics. The abstract should be at least 120 words and at most 200 words. Below the abstract, there should be at least 3 and at most 5 Turkish keywords. The abstract should not contain equations, citations, non-standard abbreviations, etc.

7. JEL Codes: At least 3 JEL Classification codes should be given in articles on economics. These codes are available at https://www.aeaweb.org/econlit/jelCodes.php.

8. Section Headings: Except for Introduction, Conclusion and Evaluation, Bibliography, and Appendices, other sections should be numbered. Numbering 1, 1.1, 1.2, 2, 2.1, 2.1.1, …. should be in the form. All headings should be written with the first letter of each word capitalized, bold and left-justified. No spaces should be left before and after other headings.

9. Tables, Figures, and Graphics: Tables, figures, graphics, etc. should be centered within the writing area, and each should be numbered and named in sequence. Table numbers and names should be written on the tables as "Table 1. Table Name". Numbers and names in Figures, Graphics, etc. should be written under the figure and graphic in the form of "Figure 1. Figure/Graphic Name". The titles of tables, figures, and graphics should be written with the first letter of the words capitalized, bold, and centered. The character size of the information in the tables can be reduced to 8 points. If tables that exceed more than one page do not cause distortion, they should be preserved in the text, otherwise, they should be included in the appendices of the work. Explanations and References on Tables, Figures, and Graphics should be given at the bottom in 9 points, centered and without spaces. One line space should be left after the Figure and Graphic titles before the table titles.

10. Equations, Models, and Formulas: Equations, models, and formulas should be written left justified, each one should be numbered sequentially and the numbers should be written right justified in parentheses.

11. Footnotes: Explanations that are not intended to be included in the text should be shown in the footnotes at the bottom of the page instead of in the endnotes. Footnotes should be justified, 9 font size, Arial Narrow, and single line spacing.

12. In-Text Citation: Citations within the text should be made using parentheses. The APA format should be used for citations.

13. Bibliography and Appendices: The bibliography should start right after the Conclusion and Evaluation section. The bibliography should be prepared according to the APA 6.0 system. References should be listed in the bibliography in order of surname. The works in the bibliography are books, articles, etc. should not be classified as such. The first line should be aligned to the left, and the next lines should be started 1 cm from the left. For this, the "First line" part in the Paragraph option should be changed to "Hanging" and 1 should be entered as the value. Examples of in-text citations and bibliographies are shown below. When citing studies with more than one author in the bibliography, "and" should be written instead of "and". If an "Attachment" is to be made in the article, it should be written with a font size of 10 and should be placed after the bibliography.

14. Page Numbers: They should be at the bottom and center of each page to be hidden on the first page.

15. Ethics Committee Approval: The Ethics Committee approval certificate must be obtained at least 3 months before the article submission date (this period may vary depending on the content of the study and the editor's decision). Ethics Committee approval is valid for a specific period (1 year) (For publications derived from projects and postgraduate theses, this period will be evaluated by the editor after reviewing the publication content). After this period, new approval from the Ethics Committee is required. Otherwise, the article will be rejected directly.

16. DOI Assignment Status: For a DOI to be assigned to an article, it is mandatory for the issue in which the article appears to have been published.