WRITING GUIDELINES
• Manuscripts submitted to İDEALKENT must not have been published elsewhere or submitted for publication. Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the APA 7.0 Publication Manual format. Information regarding APA 7 usage can be found in our article template. Click here to access the article template.
• There is no page limit for manuscripts submitted to İDEALKENT. However, manuscripts between 4000 and 7000 words are preferred. Necessary abbreviations and extensions can be made in consultation with the author.
• Manuscripts may be written in Turkish or English. Each article must include an Abstract and a Summary, written in Turkish and English, respectively, with a minimum of 150 and a maximum of 200 words, as specified in the IDEALKENT article template. The title of the article should be short and not exceed 15 words. In addition, 3–5 Keywords should be provided.
• In research articles, the problem should be clearly stated in the introduction section. The introduction section should be followed by the methods, findings, discussion, and conclusion sections. The section headings in review articles should be determined according to the content.
• Articles must be prepared in accordance with the IDEALKENT article template and uploaded to the system without the author's name and address appearing anywhere in the article except on the first page.
• Submissions to our journal must be prepared in accordance with the specified article writing rules and our journal's article template. Authors should format their articles according to the template to ensure the process runs smoothly. Click here to access the article template.
• If the work has been supported by an institution/organization or prepared from a doctoral/master's thesis, this should be stated as a footnote at the bottom of the first page of the article. In addition, if there are individuals, institutions, or organizations to be thanked, the relevant information should be clearly stated in the article file.
• For studies with multiple authors, authors must submit a statement of contribution ratio and a conflict of interest statement during the article submission process.
• If artificial intelligence-based tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Grammarly, etc.) were used during the article production process, the stages in which they were used must be clearly stated. This information must be provided during the article submission process. All responsibility regarding the use of Artificial Intelligence lies with the authors.
NOTE: During the article submission process, the Article Information Form must be completed and uploaded to the system. Click here to access the form.
Ethics Committee Approval
Our journal requires that all studies in scientific fields requiring ethics committee approval have obtained the relevant ethics committee decision. In this context, information regarding ethics committee approval (committee name, date, and decision number) must be clearly stated in the article text.
In line with the regulations implemented by Ulakbim TR Index since 2020, studies without ethics committee approval are not considered for publication in our journal.
Studies Requiring Ethics Committee Approval
Studies requiring ethics committee approval in our journal include the following:
• All research conducted using qualitative or quantitative approaches that involve collecting data from participants through methods such as surveys, interviews, focus group studies, observation, experiments, and discussion techniques.
• Studies in which humans and animals (including materials or data) are used for experimental or other scientific purposes.
• Clinical research conducted on humans.
• Scientific research conducted on animals.
• Retrospective studies within the framework of the Personal Data Protection Law.
For such studies to be considered for evaluation, the relevant ethics committee approvals must have been obtained and these approvals must be clearly stated in the article text.