Volume: 8 Issue: 2 , 12/31/25

Year: 2025

Review

Research Article

The goal of the Izmir Democracy University Journal of Social Sciences is to fill gaps in the fields of social sciences around the world and in Turkey, and to contribute to the literature through scientific research, reviews, analyses, evaluations, and articles for problem-solving in the fields of social sciences. Academic papers in this area are released according to the journal's publication guidelines.

The Journal of Social Sciences at Izmir Democracy University seeks to share original, national, and foreign research in the field of Social Sciences with the scholarly community and the general public, as well as provide efficient and original answers to issues in connecting areas. While the journal's scope is defined as Economics, Business Administration, Political Science and Public Administration, Management Information Systems, Labor Economics and Industrial Relations, International Relations, Finance, and Human Resources Management, other disciplines related to Sociology and Educational Sciences are welcome. The referees will be notified.


Title, abstract, keywords, main content, and references should all be included in manuscripts.

Manuscript titles should be no more than 50 words.

The abstract of the paper should clarify to the general reader why the research was conducted, what was discovered, and why the findings are significant. The abstract should be between 250 and 320 words long and should include the goal and scope of the study, the research technique, and the results, with no sources. There are no subheadings in the summary.

Keywords: Manuscripts should include at least three and no more than five keywords following the summary.

The primary content of the manuscript contains the following sections: literature, method, findings, results, and debate,iscussion, conclusion, and implications. It is subdivided into sections. If necessary, up to three layers of subheadings may be used; please differentiate them clearly. Subsections should be labeled as 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2,...), 1.2, and so on. The manuscript should begin with a short introduction explaining the relevance and meaning of the paper. The opening should give readers the background information they need to comprehend the research and why the writers performed their tests. The first time a technical or professional word, sign, abbreviation, or acronym is used, it should be explained.

Manuscript Format
The manuscript's main content should preferably be 5000-7000 words long (not including Abstract, References, Tables, and figure legends). Manuscripts' primary content should be typewritten in Times New Roman typeface (12-point size) and 1.5-spaced on A-4 paper with at least 2.5 centimeter margins.

Figure and Table
All tables and numbers must be referenced numerically. Manuscript tables and figures should be typewritten in Times New Roman typeface (10-point height) and single-spaced. All figures have pertinent subtitles, and each figure text begins with the label "Figure 1." above the figure. Every table has a heading, which starts each table caption with the label "Table 1."

Turkish and English are the language in writing of the articles.

References

For bibliographic citations, the publication follows the APA-American Psychological Association style (7th version). Endnotes will contain explanatory information. For more details on APA, see APA 7. The text cites all sources listed in the Reference List. Look at the link: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples#textual-works 


Ethical Principles and Publication Policy
1. The work submitted for publishing must not have been previously published or submitted to another magazine at the same time. Each program can be launched after the prior one has been completed. Izmir Democracy University Journal of Social Sciences does not accept previously published material.
2. Authors cannot have their work submitted to more than one publication at the same moment. Each program can be launched after the prior one has been completed. Work that has previously appeared in another publication is not permitted to be submitted to the journal.
3. Authors must use and/or cite in a full and precise manner in order to profit from or use other studies. When composing citations and bibliographies, the APA 6 editorial standards should be followed.
4. The author(s) are aware that all entries are reviewed by similarity recognition tools at any time during the peer-review or publishing process.
5. If all work filed for publication constitutes a conflict of interest, it should be stated.
6. The editor(s) may require raw data on their evaluation process framing; in this case, the author(s) should be prepared to give the anticipated data and information to the editor(s).
7. The author(s) must work with the editor to notify, fix, or remove the journal editor or publication if he or she discovers a mistake or error in his or her early published or evaluated work.
8. The author(s) must provide proof that they have the required approvals, including ethical committee approval if necessary, to use the data, study/measurement tools/analyses.
9. Authors are accountable for ensuring that their works follow ethical guidelines. If the work was completed after ethics committee approval, any necessary permission documents from local and international ethics committees must be included with the manuscript, and the author must ensure that the manuscript includes a statement stating that the work was approved by the ethics committee.
10. All money contributions should be acknowledged in the "Acknowledgements" part.
11. The author is exclusively responsible for any statements or views stated in manuscripts published in Izmir Democracy University Journal of Social Sciences.

Plagiarism Rules
All papers submitted to Izmir Democracy University Journal of Social Sciences will be checked for plagiarism using the Ithenticate program. Manuscripts with shortened reference sections that have a similarity score of 15% or higher will be refused, and the writers will be notified and provided a plagiarism report.

Publication Ethics
It is an online peer-reviewed magazine that issues original study papers, review articles, and theoretical manuscripts. Izmir Democracy University Journal of Social Sciences accepts entries in English or Turkish on scholarly and scientific practices, methods, applied research studies, critical evaluations on key issues, and the creation of new technologies and instruments in social science and education research.
All manuscripts submitted by the author(s) are subject to early evaluation by the section editors before being subjected to double-blind peer review by at least two impartial and expert reviewers. At least two referees must concur on publishing the work for the paper to be published. This publication provides instant open access to its material on the basis that making research openly accessible to the public promotes greater global knowledge sharing.
The ethical principles and rules below have been prepared according to the ''Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors'' directive of the Committee on Publication Ethics - (https://publicationethics.org/files/Code_of_conduct_for_journal_editors_Mar11.pdf). Based on these ethical principles and rules, the ethical responsibilities, roles, and duties of the editor with the publisher, referees, authors, and reader are explained.

Conflicts of interest
Editors have a conflict of interest management system in place with the editorial board, reviewers, writers, and journal employees.
Izmir Democracy University Journal of Social Sciences seeks a "conflict of interest statement" from all stakeholders for this purpose.

Ücretsiz

Bilimsel Yayın Koordinatörü

Fatma Dahın
Res. Assist. Fatma DAHIN İZMİR DEMOKRASİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Growth, Development Economics - Macro

Baş Editör

Başak Yavuz
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Başak YAVUZ İZMİR DEMOKRASİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Histology and Embryology

Editör

Meltem Ince Yenilmez
Prof. Meltem INCE YENİLMEZ IZMIR DEMOCRACY UNIVERSITY
Labor Economics, Social Policy, Labor Economics and Industrial Relations, Labor Economics and Economic Demography

Editör Yardımcısı

Hande Şahin
Prof. Dr. Hande ŞAHİN İZMİR DEMOKRASİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Gender and Politics, Labor Economics and Economic Demography , Social Policy (Other)
Seda Gözde Tokatlı
Asst. Prof. Dr. Seda Gözde TOKATLI İzmir Demokrasi Üniversitesi
Globalisation, International Security, International Relations Theories, International Institutions

Alan Editörleri

Seda Gözde Tokatlı
Asst. Prof. Dr. Seda Gözde TOKATLI İzmir Demokrasi Üniversitesi
Globalisation, International Security, International Relations Theories, International Institutions
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Prof. Dr. Pınar AYTEKİN İzmir Demokrasi Üniversitesi
Marketing Communications, Consumer Behaviour
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eylül KABAKÇI GÜNAY İzmir Demokrasi Üniversitesi
Panel Data Analysis, Macroeconomic Theory, Growth, Employment, Development Economics - Macro, Development Economics, Welfare Studies
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Işıl KELLEVEZİR İZMİR DEMOKRASİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Education Policy, Poverty, Inclusivity and Wellbeing, Labor Economics and Industrial Relations, Occupational Health and Safety, Welfare Studies
Management Information Systems, Information Retrieval and Web Search, Educational Technology and Computing
Serdar Yay
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serdar YAY İZMİR DEMOKRASİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Institutional Economics Theory, Economic Thought, Law and Economy
Ahmet Görgen
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet GÖRGEN İZMİR DEMOKRASİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
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Yayın Kurulu Sekreteri

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Res. Assist. Çağla ODUNCULAR İZMİR DEMOKRASİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Macroeconomics, Theory of Economy

Mizanpaj Editörü

Kadir Akgündüz
Res. Assist. Kadir AKGÜNDÜZ İZMİR DEMOKRASİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Econometrics, Macroeconomics

Yayın Kurulu ve Danışma Kurulu

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Digital Marketing
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Asst. Prof. Dr. İbrahim Emre KARAA MANİSA CELÂL BAYAR ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Behavioural Finance, Financial Markets and Institutions
International Finance, Financial Markets and Institutions
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Prof. Dr. Igor TODORAVİC University of Banja Luka
Quality Management, Corporate Governance
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erhan İŞCAN ÇUKUROVA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
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Verda Özgüler
Prof. Dr. Verda ÖZGÜLER Anadolu Üniversitesi
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Gökmen Kantar
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Sociology, Labor Sociology, Urban Sociology and Community Studies, Human Resources Management
Sinan Aytekin
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Prof. Dr. Mete SEZGİN Selcuk University
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