General Information

• The main headings in the article should be capitalized and set in 12-point font, while subheadings should be in 11-point font. 
• The article should be formatted in MS Word A4 size. 
• Headers and footers should not be included. 
• The font for the article should be Palatino Linotype.
  

Submission Preparation Checklist

• Does your work align with the journal’s publication policy, aims, and scope?
• Have you included the author name(s), institutional affiliation(s), and email address(es)?
• Have you provided ORCID ID?
• In multi-author submissions, are the author names listed in the correct order?
• Has a corresponding author been designated?
• Have you specified the type of research?
• Does your manuscript include both a Turkish and an English title?
• Does it contain both Turkish and English abstracts?
• Have you included both Turkish and English keywords?
• Has the Copyright Agreement, Conflict of Interest, Author Contribution, and Financial Support Form been completed and signed by all authors?
• Do the in-text citations match the references listed in the bibliography, and vice versa? Are there any missing or incorrect citations, references, or attributions?
• Has the entire manuscript been carefully reviewed for grammar and scientific language?
• Is your manuscript formatted as a Microsoft Word document?
• Have you ensured that the manuscript has not been previously published or submitted for review to any other journal?
• If ethical approval is required for your study, have you obtained and included the necessary ethics committee approval documents?

  Required Documents

  Authors are required to submit the following documents when submitting a manuscript:

  1- Author Contribution Form, Copyright Preference, Conflict of Interest, and Financial Support (Click to download)

  2- Full manuscript with author names (in Word format)
  3- Full manuscript without author names (in Word format)
  4- Ethics Committee Approval Certificate for applicable studies (See: Ethical Permission Policy)
  5-Copyright Agreement Form (Click to download)

  Before publication, the final version of the manuscript will be re-evaluated using similarity detection software.

  IBAD Journal of Social Sciences provides flexibility in terms of writing rules for our authors at the time of initial submission, as long as the manuscript is formatted properly and remains internally consistent. There is no requirement for a rigid structure before the peer review process, except for the essential components that should be included in the article. The journal does not impose restrictions on writing style, article length, or tables and figures. However, to facilitate the submission process, it recommends authors use the journal's template.

  To access the template for submission, click here.

  
  

  After your article is accepted for publication, a new template file will be sent to you, and you will be requested to edit your article according to the journal spelling rules. In this context, care should be taken to publish the accepted articles in accordance with the following spelling rules:

  Main Text: The manuscript must be written in A4 size using MS Word, with the Palatino Linotype font, 11-point size, and single line spacing. The paragraph spacing should be set to 6nk before and after. Tables and figures should be formatted according to page size. For ease of the peer review process, the pages should be numbered.

  Guidelines for Article Structure
  The Introduction and Conclusion sections are mandatory in the main text.
  To ensure academic integrity and consistency in the works published in our journal, we expect manuscripts to be structured according to the following steps. This framework should be applied not only to the full article but also separately to the Öz (Abstract in Turkish) and Abstract (in English) sections.

  Key Components of a Manuscript:
  1. Contextualizing the Research Topic: Providing a broad overview of the subject or problem under discussion.
  2. Clearly Defining the Problem and Research Objective: Clearly stating the specific issue being addressed and explaining its significance.
  3. Literature Review: Summarizing previous studies related to the topic.
  - Has this problem been directly addressed before?
  - What are the most influential and recent studies in the field, and what findings have they presented?
  - If the problem has not been directly studied, what are the closest related works?
  - These questions should be answered, and appropriate references to the literature must be included.
  4. Scientific Contribution of the Study:
  - How does your research contribute to the existing literature?
  - What gap in the literature does it fill?
  - What does it introduce that has not been done before?
  - This section should convince the reader of the originality and significance of your study.
  5. Research Methodology and Implementation:
  - A detailed explanation of how the study contributes to the literature.
  - This section forms the core of the paper, requiring a systematic presentation of the theories, methods, and materials used.
  - The main body of the manuscript should:
  - First, establish the theoretical framework.
  - Clearly define the methods and materials to be used.
  - If necessary and relevant, provide background information on the historical context of the topic.
  - Apply the selected theory and methods to concrete examples, demonstrating their implementation.
  This structure will enhance the academic quality of the manuscript and help readers better understand the significance and contribution of the research.
  
  Author(s) and Address: Author(s) names should be written in bold, with only the first letter of the first name capitalized, in 10-point size. The institution, country, and email address of the author should be listed in 9-point size. All authors must also include their ORCID ID.
  
  Title:The title should be concise and accurately reflect the content of the paper. It must be written in 12-point bold font with capitalized first letters of each word. Efforts should be made to keep the title as short as possible. Main headings should also be in uppercase, 12-point, bold font.
  
  Abstract: A concise abstract of the article must be included at the beginning, in both Turkish and English, with a length of at least 150 and at most 300 words. A +/-100 word variation is allowed under special circumstances. In all cases, the abstract should not exceed one page, as outlined in the template. Below the abstract, 3-8 keywords should be provided. The abstract must be written in 9-point font, without subheadings, citations, or references. It should encapsulate the introduction, development, and conclusion of the article.

  Keywords: Key words (3-8) should be in English and Turkish provided below the Abstract to assist with indexing of the article.
  
  Figures: At initial submission, figures should be at good enough quality and high contrast to be assessed by referees, preferably incorporated with the manuscript text in a single Word doc or PDF, although figures can be supplied separately as JPEGs if authors are unable to include them with the text. Figures, tables and illustrations should not exceed 10 pages.
  
  References: For Turkish articles, "KAYNAKÇA" should be used, while "REFERENCES" should be used for English articles. References should not be numbered, and if they exceed one line, the second line should be indented. The references should be written with single line spacing and paragraph spacing set to 6nk before and after.
  
  Citation Examples in the Text:
  One Author:

  (Akın, 2005, p. 15). (No page number is needed if referring to the entire work).

  Two Authors:

  If fully in parentheses: (Arıcı & Ungan, 2015, p. 17), otherwise: Arıcı and Ungan (2015, p. 17).

  Three or More Authors:

  (Aytan et al., 2021, pp. 20-25).
  
  End of Text Reference Examples:

  For multi-author publications, use "&" between authors as shown in the two-author example. Further details for citations not specified here should remain consistent with the mentioned guidelines.

  Journal Articles

  The article title should be written in lowercase except for special words, the journal name in italics, volume in italics, issue in parentheses, and page numbers. The DOI should be included with the URL if available. If there is no DOI, online sources should include the full URL.

  Kahya, H. (2018). Aday Türk dili ve edebiyatı öğretmenlerinin “edebiyat öğretmeni” kavramına ilişkin algılarının metafor yoluyla analizi. International Journal of Scientific Research, 3(1), 104-117. https://doi.org/10.21733/ibad.343188

  Çeliköz, N. & Çeliköz, M. (2018). Öğretmen adaylarının medya ve televizyon okuryazarlık düzeyleri. International Journal of Scientific Research, 3(1), 262-274. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ibadjournal/issue/31095/399539

  Books

  Book titles should be written in lowercase italics except for the first word, and the publisher should be listed without the city of publication. 

  Kahya, H. (2017). Karamanlıca bir çocuk dergisi: Angeliaforos Çocuklar İçün (1872). Grafiker Publishing.

  Arıcı, A. F. and Ungan, S. (2015). Yazılı anlatım el kitabı. Pegem Akademi Publishing.

  Book Written by a Corporate Entity
  Turkish Language Association. (2005). Turkish Dictionary. TDK Publications. www.sozluk.gov.tr
  
  Book Chapter
  Başaran, M. (2019). The Ideal Teacher and Ideal Person in Nurettin Topçu. In A. F. Arıcı & M. Başaran (Eds.), The Ideal Turk (pp. 453-466). Turkish Literature Foundation Publications.
  
  Translated Book
  Crystal, D. (2016). What is linguistics? (Trans. A. Benzer). Pegem.  

  Thesis or dissertation
   Follow the same format as books but in italics with the first letter capitalized. “Unpublished” should not be written.
  Başaran, M. (2007). İlköğretim 5. sınıf öğrencilerinin hikâye edici metin unsurlarına ilişkin tercihleri. Phd Dissertation, Gazi University, Ankara. 
  
  
  Electronical references
  Blok3. (2024, March 8). Vikipedi. https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blok3 or Blok3. (2024). Vikipedi. https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blok3
  
  
  Encyclopedia Articles
  Bezer, G. Ö. (2009). Seyfeddin Gazi I. In TDV Encyclopedia of Islam (Vol. 37, p. 31). Diyanet Vakfı Publications.
  
  
  Note: In multi-author publications, the format will follow that of two-author publications, with the use of "&" before the last author. 
  
  
  Additional Information
  The sections on author contributions, data availability, funding, conflicts of interest, ethical statement, informed consent, and acknowledgments must be completed appropriately.
  
  Author Contributions
  The percentage of each author’s contribution should be specified. In addition, authors must declare which parts of the manuscript each contributed to. For single-author manuscripts, it should be stated that all stages of the manuscript were prepared solely by the author. Information on author contributions must also be uploaded to the system at the time of manuscript submission via the Author Contribution, Copyright, Conflict of Interest, and Financial Support Declaration Form.
  
  Data Availability
  In this section, please provide details on where the data supporting the reported results can be found, including links to publicly archived datasets that were analyzed or generated during the study. If this is not possible for reasonable reasons, it should be stated that the datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
  
  Funding
  Authors must disclose all sources of funding, including any financial support received for the research. The role of the sponsor(s) (if any) in the study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, manuscript preparation, or the decision to submit for publication must be clearly stated. If the sponsor(s) had no involvement in any of these stages, this must also be explicitly indicated. Authors are responsible for ensuring that funding information is complete, accurate, and consistent with the requirements of the funding organization.
  
  Conflict of Interest
  All authors must disclose any relationships or interests that could inappropriately influence or bias their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include, but are not limited to, financial interests (such as memberships, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, grants or other funding, paid expert testimony, and patent licensing agreements) and non-financial interests (such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, or personal beliefs). Authors should also submit possible conflicts of interest during the submission process through the Author Contribution, Copyright, Conflict of Interest, and Financial Support Declaration Form. The corresponding author must include a brief statement in the manuscript under the “Conflict of Interest” section. This statement should reflect all potential conflict of interest disclosures collected in the form. Example: Conflicts of Interest: Author A has received research grants from Company A. OR Conflicts of Interest: The corresponding author declares no conflict of interest.
  
  Ethical Statement
  If ethics approval was obtained, details such as the name of the committee, approval number, and date must be provided. If ethics approval was not required, the manuscript must include a statement clarifying that no human participants were involved, and therefore ethics approval was not necessary. For more detailed information on the Ethics Statement, please visit the Research and Publication Ethics Policy page.
  
  Informed Consent
  Where applicable, participants must have signed an informed consent form, and a statement confirming this must be included in the manuscript. For more detailed information on the Informed Consent, please visit the Research and Publication Ethics Policy page.
  
  Acknowledgments
  This section should confirm that the study complies with research and publication ethics, and that all correspondence and material requests should be directed to the corresponding author. It must also state that all authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript. If the research involved any experimental procedures, compliance with relevant international declarations and guidelines should be explicitly declared. The use (or non-use) of generative AI tools must be disclosed; if used, the specific AI tool version and technical details should be provided. Any additional acknowledgments, such as presentations at conferences, support from a Scientific Research Project (BAP), or derivation from a thesis, should be mentioned here. If there are individuals or institutions you wish to thank, their permission should be obtained and explicitly stated in this section.