History Studies

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

All periods, times and places of history are within the scope of the journal. For this reason, political, social, military and economic developments from modern times to the earliest known periods of history find their place in the journal. 

History Studies publishes articles on political, social, military and economic developments from modern times to the earliest known periods of history.

Types of articles published in History Studies:
Original research articles
Review articles
Papers presented as Symposium Proceedings but not published and articles derived from theses (it should be stated in the footnote that the decision to publish such articles is derived from the thesis).

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

After editorial approval, they are double-blinded by at least two independent and expert referees.

History Studies provides immediate open access to its content.

History Studies promotes greater global exchange of information to the public.

GENERAL PRINCIPLES

As of 2025, all authors must hold at least a PhD degree. Otherwise, articles will not be evaluated. 

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 Articles that do not receive a positive report from both referees will not be published.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.”

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Click here for History Studies Citation and Referencing Guide.

Publication Ethics Statement

History Studies expects all its stakeholders to voluntarily adopt and apply the principles of international academic ethics. History Studies is an international, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal with a non-profit, open-access publishing policy designed to promote international scholarly knowledge in the field of history. The publisher and editors are committed to the continuous development of History Studies.

1. History Studies accepts or rejects articles solely on the basis of their scholarly content and methodology. It is committed to a fair review process that is free from bias in the evaluation of articles. It accepts the ethical responsibilities set forth in the "COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" in the conduct of editorial processes.

2. The editors evaluate manuscripts based on objective criteria such as relevance to the scope of the journal and contribution to science and literature, regardless of the authors' ethnic identity, nationality, gender, creed, seniority, political views, and institutional affiliations.

3. History Studies declares that all manuscripts have undergone and will continue to undergo double anonymous peer review, an effective plagiarism check, and a reliable similarity check to verify the originality of the manuscripts.

4. The editors will take the necessary measures to prevent potential conflicts of interest between reviewers and authors, and are committed to a fair and transparent process in cases of conflict. (See Evaluation and Publication Process)

5. In the event of misconduct in publication, History Studies will confidentially evaluate reports of misconduct and, if deemed necessary (re-publication and submission of the same manuscript to multiple journals for review, etc.), retract an article, even if it has been published, in accordance with the COPE Retraction Guidelines.

6. History Studies welcomes all reports of misconduct via history@historystudies.net. It is its ethical policy to keep the identity of the whistleblower confidential. It will evaluate reports with great seriousness and diligence and respond to the whistleblower quickly and constructively.

7. History Studies declares that it will protect all its stakeholders and the confidentiality of their data. Only the editors and editorial board members can see the author's identity during the manuscript evaluation process. Third parties, including reviewers, will not have any access to the identity of the author(s).

8. No person, including the publisher/owner of the journal, and no institution, including the government, can prevent the editors from making independent decisions and interfere with a fair and unbiased review process.

9. History Studies adopts the (ICMJE) recommendations on authorship and acknowledgment of contributions. If the author(s) used artificial intelligence tools in the article, they should acknowledge this in the acknowledgments section.

10. History Studies, published articles are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. The Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license permits sharing, copying, reproduction, and adaptation of the work in any size and format except for commercial use, including remixing, transforming, and building upon the work, provided that proper attribution is given to the original work.

References: 

https://publicationethics.org/files/u2/Best_Practice.pdf
https://doaj.org/apply/transparency/
https://publicationethics.org/node/1988112.
https://publicationethics.org/sites/default/files/retraction-guidelines-cope.pdf
https://publicationethics.org/peerreview
https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.tr

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