History Studies

Journal of History Studies is an international academic journal established to create a literature in this field by publishing studies in the field of history.

All areas of history, all times and places are within the scope of the magazine. For this reason, the political, social, military and economic developments that took place in the section from the modern time to the earliest known times of history find their place in this journal.

History Studies publishes articles dealing with political, social, military and economic developments that took place from modern times to the earliest known periods of history.

Types of articles published in History Studies:

Original research articles
compilation articles
monographs
Symposium, congress papers (Symposium/congress papers will not be accepted as of February 2022)
Articles produced from theses (the information that such articles are produced from the thesis should be stated in the footnote
Other types of manuscripts will be judged solely on the scientific value of the data/research provided.

All manuscripts submitted to History Studies by the author(s) are subject to initial evaluation by the field editors for peer-review.

After the approval of the editor, it is evaluated by at least two independent and expert referees by double-blind method.

It provides instant open access to the content of History Studies.

History Studies supports greater global exchange of knowledge to the public.

GENERAL PRINCIPLES

1. Journal of History Studies is an international peer-reviewed journal and is published four times a year [February, May, August, November] as six issues. Submitted articles are put in order and published as many times as possible, provided that the referee process has been completed.

2. Scientific articles about History are published in the Journal of History Studies.

3. Articles submitted to the Journal of History Studies are evaluated by at least two referees. Articles that do not receive a positive report from both referees will not be published. In case of a positive or negative report, the article may be rejected as a result of the review of the editorial board or sent to a third referee. The preliminary review of the article takes an average of 7 days, and the referee process takes an average of 3 months

WARNING: Authors, with or without a referee report, will upload the corrected version of the article by clicking the "correction" button under the status section in the system where they uploaded the article when a "correction" message is sent to them by the editor. In the referee process, after the report of the two referees, the "correction" button is opened.

4. History Studies Journal accepts articles written in Turkish, English, German and French languages. Articles submitted to the journal should be between 4,000 and 8,000 words, including notes, tables and diagrams, and the word count in block citations should not exceed 10% of the total word count of the article. Studies that do not comply with the History Studies Writing and Publication Principles as a result of the preliminary examination are returned to be corrected by the author.

5. For the articles that are decided to be published in Turkish articles submitted to the Journal of History Studies, including the August 2021 Issue, a summary in English, at least 10% of the main text of the article, should be added. The English abstract will be checked by our language editor and, if deemed appropriate, the article will be queued for publication.

6. Submission of the manuscript to the Journal of History Studies is accepted as an application for publication. No royalties are paid for the articles. The author(s) of the articles sent to the journal accept that,

(a) All rights of the articles sent for publication belong to the author or authors, with the exception of the following conditions,

(1) permitted restricted usage rights;

(2) works that the author or authors have jointly copyrighted and sent for publication with permission, or;

(3) works that have the common copyright of the author(s) and do not require permission for publication.

(b) The author(s) have taken due care to establish the accuracy of the information and explanations in their works;

(c) The articles submitted for publication by the author(s) do not infringe any copyright of a private, legal or third party;

(d) The work of the author(s) is not intended to defame, attrition or violate the privacy of any person's private life.

In case of any legal proceedings as a result of the publication of the above-mentioned works of the author(s), despite all due diligence, the author or authors of the article, not the History Studies Journal and its employees, are responsible. In this case, it is the responsibility of the authors to cover the necessary material damage, litigation and defense costs.

7. The History Studies editorial board may make any changes it deems necessary to ensure that the Turkish and English titles of the articles are understood. Along with the title, authors should include an abstract stating the main thesis of the article and their original contribution to the field. Title and abstract should be in Turkish and English. Abstract(es) should not exceed 150 words. In addition, for the articles that have been decided to be published in the submitted Turkish studies, an English summary (summary) of at least 10% of the main text of the article should be added.

8. In order to index the articles, the authors should also include 3-5 word Turkish and English keywords.

9. Under the title of the article, information such as the name of the author, his title, the institution he works for and the e-mail address where he can be reached should not be included. This information will be added to the article by the editor after the articles have gone through the referee process, since the academician who added the articles to the system or sent them to the journal can already be seen by the system administrator. Therefore, while the articles are being entered into the system, it should be reviewed and ensured that no information about the author is included in the article. This issue is important in terms of allowing the referees who will review the article to act more easily.

10. After the manuscript is sent via "Send Article" via the Dergipark system, from the personal page entered with the e-mail address and password, the referee process can be followed from the same page. After this stage, it is necessary to wait for the reports from the referees to make the corrections. The author should upload the work that he has corrected upon the request of the referees to the page where the report of the referee requesting correction.

11. Manuscripts submitted to the journal should not have been published elsewhere before or should not be under evaluation elsewhere at the same time. The publication of symposium papers that have not been published in the form of a book is possible provided that this situation is stated.

12. Manuscripts should be submitted in accordance with the History Studies writing and publication principles stated below. The work should be edited and copied into the "sample article template" on our home page. Manuscripts that are not entered into the system in this format will not be considered.

13. Headings and sub-headings in the article should be numbered as follows:

Introduction

1………………………………

1.1…………………………….

2………………………………

2.1…………………………….

2.1.1…………………………..

2.1.2…………………………..

3……………………………….

3.1……………………………..

Conclusion

Bibliography


14. Tables should be numbered in the article and explanations should be written in 9 points.

Preferred Page Size: A4 Vertical (210 x 297 mm) 8.27 × 11.69 in
Top Margin: 4 cm 1.5 in
Bottom Margin: 3 cm 1 in
Left Margin: 3,1 cm 1.2 in
Right Margin: 3,1 cm 1.2 in
First line of each paragraph 0,5 cm .25 in
Block quotations 0,5 cm left and right .25 in left and right
Font: Times New Roman
Font: Type Style Normal
Size of Normal Text 11 pt
Size of Block Quotations 9 pt
Size of Foot Note 9 pt
Space Between Paragraphs 6 pt
Space Between Lines 1  

Do not include page numbers inside the text, on the header or footer.
For Turkish spelling and punctuation, please follow Turkish Linguistic Society’s Spelling Guide. Exceptions are acceptable in case of a necessity.
All articles submitted to History Studies must follow History Studies Publication Guidelines and use footnotes. See the examples below for most commonly used forms of citations. For any source not explicitly stated below, follow Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edt, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010 or http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html
HISTORY STUDIES PUBLICATION GUIDELINES

BOOKS

Book with One Author

First Footnote: John J. Curry, The Transformation of Muslim Mystical Thought in the Ottoman Empire: The Rise of the Halveti Order, 1350-1650. (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2010), 44-45.

In the following footnotes: Curry, The Transformation, 60.

Bibliography: Curry, John J. The Transformation of Muslim Mystical Thought in the Ottoman Empire: The Rise of the Halveti Order, 1350-1650. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2010.



Electronic Book

Footnote: John J. Curry, The Transformation of Muslim Mystical Thought in the Ottoman Empire: The Rise of the Halveti Order, 1350-1650 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2010) Kindle Edition.

In the following footnotes: Curry, The Transformation, KE 60.

Bibliography: Curry, John J. The Transformation of Muslim Mystical Thought in the Ottoman Empire: The Rise of the Halveti Order, 1350-1650. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2010. Kindle Edition.



Book with Two or More Authors

Footnote: William Ochsenwald and Sydney Nettleton Fisher, The Middle East: A History (Boston: McGraw Hill, 2003), 88-90.

In the following footnotes: Ochsenwald and Fisher, The Middle East, 110.

Bibliography: William Ochsenwald and Sydney Nettleton Fisher. The Middle East: A History. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2003.



Unpublished Manuscripts

Footnote: Mühyi-i Gülşeni, Siret-i Murad-ı Cihan, Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi, (İstanbul MS Fatih 3496), 1b-3b.

In the following footnotes: Gülşeni, Siret-i Murad-ı Cihan, 2a-4a.

Bibliography: Mühyi-i Gülşeni, Siret-i Murad-ı Cihan, Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi, İstanbul, MS Fatih 3496.





ARTICLES

Article in a Printed Journal

Footnote: Tamer Balci, “The Rise and Fall of Nine Lights Ideology,” Politics, Religion and Ideology 12:2 (2011): 150.

In the following footnotes: Balci, “The Rise and Fall,” 154-55.

Bibliography: Balci, Tamer. “The Rise and Fall of Nine Lights Ideology.” Politics, Religion and Ideology 12:2 (2011): 145-160.



Article in an Online Journal

Footnote: Ema Miljkovic, “The Timar System in the Serbian Lands from 1450 to 1550: With a Special Survey on the Timar System in the Sanjak Of Smederevo” Journal of Ottoman Legacy Studies (JOLS), 1/1, (November 2014): 38. http://www.osmanlimirasi.net/dergi//4-1450den-1550ye-kadar-sirp-topraklarinda-timar-sistemi-semendire-sancaginda-timar-sistemi-uzerinde-ozel-bir-anket-ile-ss-36-47201412.pdf (Date Accessed: January 21, 2015).

In the following footnotes: Miljkovic, “The Timar System,” 41.

Bibliography: Ema Miljkovic, “The Timar System in the Serbian Lands from 1450 to 1550: With a Special Survey on the Timar System in the Sanjak Of Smederevo” Journal of Ottoman Legacy Studies (JOLS), 1/1, (November 2014): 36-47. http://www.osmanlimirasi.net/dergi//4-1450den-1550ye-kadar-sirp-topraklarinda-timar-sistemi-semendire-sancaginda-timar-sistemi-uzerinde-ozel-bir-anket-ile-ss-36-47201412.pdf (Date Accessed: January 21, 2015).



ARCHIVES

Documents from Ottoman Archival

Footnote: BOA (Prime Ministry Ottoman Archives) Bab-ı Asafi, Mektubi Kalemi Mühimme Evrakı, (BOA. A. MKT. MHM.), 439/79, 22 Mart 1869 (1285.Z.8).

In the following footnotes: BOA, Bab-ı Asafi, Mektubi Kalemi Mühimme Evrakı, (BOA. A. MKT. MHM.), 439/79, 22 Mart 1869 (1285.Z.8).

Bibliography: BOA, A. MKT. MHM. (Bab-ı Asafi, Mektubi Kalemi Mühimme Evrakı), 439/79, 22 Mart 1869 (1285.Z.8)



Documents from Republic Archives

Footnote: BCA (Prime Ministry Republic Archives), Yassıada Tutanakları “Vatan Cephesi”, 010. 09/ 212. 656.1, 10.05.1961.

In the following footnotes: BCA, Yassıada Tutanakları “Vatan Cephesi”, 010. 09/ 212. 656.1, 10.05.1961.

Bibliography: BCA: Yassıada Tutanakları “Vatan Cephesi.”

The Journal of History Studies (HS) endorses the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines and will pursue cases of suspected research and publication misconduct (e.g. falsification, unethical experimentation, plagiarism, inappropriate image manipulation, redundant publication). For further information about COPE please see the website for COPE at http://www.publicationethics.org and journal's Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement in below:



UTIES OF EDITORS AND THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Fair play and editorial independence

Editors evaluate submitted manuscripts exclusively on the basis of their academic merit (importance, originality, study’s validity, clarity) and its relevance to the journal’s scope, without regard to the authors’ race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, citizenship, religious belief, political philosophy or institutional affiliation. Decisions to edit and publish are not determined by the policies of governments or any other agencies outside of the journal itself. The Editor-in-Chief has full authority over the entire editorial content of the journal and the timing of publication of that content.

Confidentiality

Editors and editorial staff will not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Editors and editorial board members will not use unpublished information disclosed in a submitted manuscript for their own research purposes without the authors’ explicit written consent. Privileged information or ideas obtained by editors as a result of handling the manuscript will be kept confidential and not used for their personal advantage. Editors will recuse themselves from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships/connections with any of the authors, companies or institutions connected to the papers; instead, they will ask another member of the editorial board to handle the manuscript.

Publication decisions

The editors ensure that all submitted manuscripts being considered for publication undergo peer-review by at least two reviewers who are expert in the field. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for deciding which of the manuscripts submitted to the journal will be published, based on the validation of the work in question, its importance to researchers and readers, the reviewers’ comments, and such legal requirements as are currently in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The Editor-in-Chief may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.



DUTIES OF REVIEWERS

Contribution to editorial decisions

Peer review assists editors in making editorial decisions and, through editorial communications with authors, may assist authors in improving their manuscripts. Peer review is an essential component of formal scholarly communication and lies at the heart of scientific endeavour.

Promptness

Any invited referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should immediately notify the editors and decline the invitation to review so that alternative reviewers can be contacted.

Confidentiality

Any manuscripts received for review are confidential documents and must be treated as such; they must not be shown to or discussed with others except if authorized by the Editor-in-Chief (who would only do so under exceptional and specific circumstances). This applies also to invited reviewers who decline the review invitation.

Standards of objectivity

Reviews should be conducted objectively and observations formulated clearly with supporting arguments so that authors can use them for improving the manuscript. Personal criticism of the authors is inappropriate.

Acknowledgement of sources

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that is an observation, derivation or argument that has been reported in previous publications should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also notify the editors of any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other manuscript (published or unpublished) of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Any invited referee who has conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies or institutions connected to the manuscript and the work described therein should immediately notify the editors to declare their conflicts of interest and decline the invitation to review so that alternative reviewers can be contacted.

Unpublished material disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer’s own research without the express written consent of the authors. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for the reviewer’s personal advantage. This applies also to invited reviewers who decline the review invitation.



DUTIES OF AUTHORS

Reporting standards

Authors of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed and the results, followed by an objective discussion of the significance of the work. The manuscript should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Review articles should be accurate, objective and comprehensive, while editorial 'opinion' or perspective pieces should be clearly identified as such. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.

Data access and retention

Authors may be asked to provide the raw data of their study together with the manuscript for editorial review and should be prepared to make the data publicly available if practicable. In any event, authors should ensure accessibility of such data to other competent professionals for at least 10 years after publication (preferably via an institutional or subject-based data repository or other data centre), provided that the confidentiality of the participants can be protected and legal rights concerning proprietary data do not preclude their release.

Originality and plagiarism

Authors should ensure that they have written and submit only entirely original works, and if they have used the work and/or words of others, that this has been appropriately cited. Publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the work reported in the manuscript should also be cited. Plagiarism takes many forms, from “passing off” another’s paper as the author’s own, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another’s paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

Multiple, duplicate, redundant or concurrent submission/publication

Papers describing essentially the same research should not be published in more than one journal or primary publication. Hence, authors should not submit for consideration a manuscript that has already been published in another journal. Submission of a manuscript concurrently to more than one journal is unethical publishing behaviour and unacceptable.

The publication of some kinds of articles (such as clinical guidelines, translations) in more than one journal is sometimes justifiable, provided that certain conditions are met. The authors and editors of the journals concerned must agree to the secondary publication, which must reflect the same data and interpretation of the primary document. The primary reference must be cited in the secondary publication.

Authorship of the manuscript

Only persons who meet these authorship criteria should be listed as authors in the manuscript as they must be able to take public responsibility for the content: (i) made significant contributions to the conception, design, execution, data acquisition, or analysis/interpretation of the study; and (ii) drafted the manuscript or revised it critically for important intellectual content; and (iii) have seen and approved the final version of the paper and agreed to its submission for publication. All persons who made substantial contributions to the work reported in the manuscript (such as technical help, writing and editing assistance, general support) but who do not meet the criteria for authorship must not be listed as an author, but should be acknowledged in the “Acknowledgements” section after their written permission to be named as been obtained. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate coauthors (according to the above definition) and no inappropriate coauthors are included in the author list and verify that all coauthors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and agreed to its submission for publication.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Authors should—at the earliest stage possible (generally by submitting a disclosure form at the time of submission and including a statement in the manuscript)—disclose any conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or their interpretation in the manuscript. Examples of potential conflicts of interest that should be disclosed include financial ones such as honoraria, educational grants or other funding, participation in speakers’ bureaus, membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest, and paid expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements, as well as non-financial ones such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge or beliefs in the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. All sources of financial support for the work should be disclosed (including the grant number or other reference number if any).

Acknowledgement of sources

Authors should ensure that they have properly acknowledged the work of others, and should also cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. Information obtained privately (from conversation, correspondence or discussion with third parties) must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source. Authors should not use information obtained in the course of providing confidential services, such as refereeing manuscripts or grant applications, unless they have obtained the explicit written permission of the author(s) of the work involved in these services.

Peer review

Authors are obliged to participate in the peer review process and cooperate fully by responding promptly to editors’ requests for raw data, clarifications, and proof of ethics approval, patient consents and copyright permissions. In the case of a first decision of “revisions necessary”, authors should respond to the reviewers’ comments systematically, point by point, and in a timely manner, revising and re-submitting their manuscript to the journal by the deadline given.

Fundamental errors in published works

When authors discover significant errors or inaccuracies in their own published work, it is their obligation to promptly notify the journal’s editors or publisher and cooperate with them to either correct the paper in the form of an erratum or to retract the paper. If the editors or publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error or inaccuracy, then it is the authors’ obligation to promptly correct or retract the paper or provide evidence to the journal editors of the correctness of the paper.



DISCLAIMER

Neither the editors nor the Editorial Board are responsible for authors’ expressed opinions, views, and the contents of the published manuscripts in the journal. The originality, proofreading of manuscripts and errors are the sole responsibility of the individual authors. All manuscripts submitted for review and publication in HS go under double-blind reviews for authenticity, ethical issues, and useful contributions. Decisions of the reviewers are the only tool for publication in the journal and will be final.



References

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). (2011, March 7). Code of Conduct and Best-Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. Retrieved from http://publicationethics.org/files/Code_of_conduct_for_journal_editors_Mar11.pdf

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