The author who will upload articles to the International Journal of Public Finance – IJPF Journal must be a member of the Dergipark first. If you are not a member of the system, make your membership by filling in the required fields at https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/register/ web address. In order to avoid problems with the system during the manuscript submission process, it is recommended that all operations are done through the "Google Chrome" browser. All information and files related to the article should be uploaded to the system of the IJPF Journal in Dergipark (https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ijpf). After reaching the journal's web page in Dergipark, the user name (or e-mail address) and password are entered by clicking the "Submit a Manuscript" button in the upper right corner. Thus, the process is started.
Article upload takes place in 5 steps:
Step 1: Article Metadata
The Article Type is selected. The IJPF Journal accepts the following types of articles:
- Research Article (Original scientific articles based on scientific studies, observations, and experiments).
- Review Article (Works that review numerous scientific articles, summarize, evaluate, and compare and interpret the findings).
- Letter to the Editor (A letter sent to a publication on a topic of interest to the reader).
- Judgment Review (A study that examines and evaluates all aspects of a judicial decision).
- Book Review (A study that describes or analyzes a book based on its content, style, and merit).
- Bibliography (A study that includes a numerical analysis of publications produced by individuals or institutions in a specific field or subject and the relationships between these publications).
Primary Language is chosen with the language in which the article is written. IJPF Journal only accepts articles in English and Turkish.
In the Title section, the full title of the article is entered, and in the Short Title section, the meaningful abbreviated title of the article is entered. This information must be entered in English.
In the Keywords section, only 3-6 English keywords are entered.
The Abstract of the article is entered only in English.
Step 2: Article Authors
The first author is the responsible author who logs into the system and his information is brought by the system. If desired, other information can be entered by clicking on "Details". If the number of authors of the article is more, the information of other authors should be added by clicking the "Add Author" button for each author.
Step 3: Article Files
3 files are uploaded to the system:
a) Article Full Text (including the article title, abstract, main text, references, tables, figures, and any appendices, without the authors' names) is uploaded as a Word file.
b) The Title Page (including the article title, short title, authors, type, support status, and other information) is uploaded as a Word file.
c) The Copyright Form (a form signed by all authors to transfer the copyright of the work accepted for publication to the journal) is uploaded as a PDF file.
Step 4: Additional Information
Necessary information is added to the Ethics Statement, Supporting Institution, Project Number, Acknowledgment sections, if any, information may not be provided
In the Reviewer Proposal section, the appropriate reviewer who can evaluate the study can be written.
Step 5: Preview & Send
In this step, downloads are monitored and checked. If there is no error, “Note to Editor” is written and the upload is completed by clicking the “Submit Article” button.
After uploading, the status of all articles submitted by the author to the IJPF Journal can be examined and the articles submitted in the "Articles" tab of the journal page can be viewed.
In addition, by clicking on "Articles in Process" on the journal page, the status of the articles in the process (Pre-Review, Review, Edit) can be seen.
For detailed information on how to upload an article to the system by the author, you can access the "
Article Submission for Author" presentation here.
