Style Guidelines

IJPS accepts submissions that are written in one the languages of English or Turkish.

Turkish submissions should have an English abstract that includes 125-130 words, placed after the title. It has been decided beginning with 5 volumes submissions should include an expanded summary written in English around 500-700 words at the end of the article before the Bibliography for the Turkish-written articles.. 

IJPS takes four different types of submissions: research articles, reviews, book/report summaries, and letters to the Editor.

Articles and book summaries that were submitted to the journal to be published should not exceed 10,000 words including references and bibliography with tables and figures. Article titles should be 14 pt. bold and written as flush left by the normal sentence layout. 125-130-word summaries should follow headings and abstracts in all languages and be written as monospaced, 10 pt., in the Times New Roman type font and justified. At least five keywords, that describe the article, should be included after the abstracts.

The main text should be written with 1,5 line spacing using 12 pt. Time New Roman type font and paragraphs should be prepared without 1,25 indent paragraph spacing. Footnotes should be written with 10 pt., the Times-News Roman type font, and single spacing. After the main text, the bibliography, which was written with 1,5 line spacing and 11 pt.-type font, should be included.

Articles submitted to the journal for evaluation should not include the author(s) and contact information. This information should be included in the manuscript, which is to be prepared additionally.

The cover page should be uploaded to the system in Word format separately from the main text. After the title of the article is written with 14 pt. Times New Roman type font in a justified page formation, under the title, name, and surname of the author(s), ORCID ID(s); under it, institution and department information; under it, contact information should be written.

The main text should start with the section of “1. Introduction”. In this section, the importance of the research, summarized information about previous research on this subject, the research's main problem or hypothesis, and the research methodology should be included and mentioned. Main headings after the introduction should be numbered and written in bold type in the normal sentence layout. Sub-headings following main headings should be properly numbered and written in bold and italic type.

Book summaries and reviews in IJPS are short reports of original research focused on important methodological or empirical contributions. This includes, but is not limited to new empirical findings, methodological advances, theoretical arguments, as well as comments and extensions of previous studies, which advance the field.

Letters sent to IJPS and addressed to the Editor are written in a concise form, like articles, and are scientific texts and subject to the same standards as the articles. This kind of text should not exceed 2-4 pages and 1500-3000 words.

Letters including comments on articles published in the journal should focus on contributing to the scientific field and avoid unnecessary attacks and violations of personal rights.

References of submissions sent to IJPS should be prepared by the Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed.) as footnotes (full note) on each page.  Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary or Spelling Dictionary of the Turkish Language Association (TDK) can be used as a reference for writing.

All submissions addressed to the journal should be uploaded in Microsoft Word format (not PDF) and given the page number in the middle. IJPS strongly encourages researchers to use reference programs such as Mendeley, Zotero, or Endnote.

a) 1st citation to books with a single author or editor
Joseph S. Nye, Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics, 1st ed. (New York: Public Affairs, 2004), 48-49.

Subsequent citations
Nye, Soft Power, 100.

Bibliography
Nye, Joseph S. Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics. 1st ed. New York: Public Affairs, 2004.

b) 1st citation to books with multiple authors

If the number of authors is two or three:
Joshua S. Goldstein ve Jon C. Pevehouse, Uluslararası İlişkiler (Ankara: BB101 Publishing, 2015), 299.

Timothy Dunne, Milja Kurki ve Steve Smith, International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, 1st ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013), 26.

If the number of authors is more than three:
Michael Roskin et al., Political Science: An Introduction, 13th ed. (New York: Pearson Longman, 2014).

Subsequent citations
Goldstein ve Pevehouse, Uluslararası İlişkiler, 301.
Dunne, Kurki ve Smith, International Relations Theories, 29.
Roskin et al., Political Science, 9.

Bibliography
If the number of authors is two or three:

Goldstein, Joshua S. ve Jon C. Pevehouse. Uluslararası İlişkiler. Ankara: BB101 Publishing, 2015.
Dunne, Timothy, Milja Kurki ve Steve Smith. International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.

If the number of authors is more than three:
Roskin, Michael, Robert L. Cord, James A. Mederios ve Walter S. Jones. Political Science: An Introduction. 13th ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2014.


c) 1st citation to scientific articles with a single author 
Christopher Layne, “The Unipolar Illusion: Why New Great Powers Will Rise”, International Security 17, no. 4 (1993): 8-9.

Subsequent citations

Layne, "The Unipolar Illusion," 21-22.

Bibliography
Layne, Christopher. “The Unipolar Illusion: Why New Great Powers Will Rise”. International Security 17, no. 4 (1993): 5-51.

d) 1st citation to scientific articles with multiple authors

John S. Duffield vd., “Isms and Schisms: Culturalism versus Realism in Security Studies”, International Security 24, no. 1 (1999): 156.

Subsequent citations

Duffield vd., "Isms and Schisms," 158.

Bibliography
Duffield, John S., Theo Farrell, Richard Price ve Michael C. Desch. “Isms and Schisms: Culturalism versus Realism in Security Studies”. International Security 24, no. 1 (1999): 156-80.


e) 1st citation to book chapters in editorial books 
Wolfgang Kersting, “Politika, Özgürlük ve Düzen: Kant’ın Politika Felsefesi”, in Kant Felsefesinin Politik Evreni, ed. Hakan Çörekçioğlu, 1st ed. (İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Publishing, 2010), 60.

Subsequent citations
Kersting, "Politika, Özgürlük ve Düzen," 71.

Bibliography

Kersting, Wolfgang. “Politika, Özgürlük ve Düzen: Kant’ın Politika Felsefesi”. In Kant Felsefesinin Politik Evreni, Editor: Hakan Çörekçioğlu, 1st ed., 57-79. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Publishing, 2010.


f) 1st citation to translated books 
Barrington Moore, Diktatörlüğün ve Demokrasinin Toplumsal Kökenleri: Çağdaş Dünyanın Yaratılmasında Soylunun ve Köylünün Rolü, trans. Şirin Tekeli and Alaeddin Şenel, 1st ed (Ankara: V Publishing, 1989).

Subsequent citations
Moore, Diktatörlüğün ve Demokrasinin Toplumsal Kökenleri, 25.

Bibliography
Moore, Barrington. Diktatörlüğün ve Demokrasinin Toplumsal Kökenleri: Çağdaş Dünyanın Yaratılmasında Soylunun ve Köylünün Rolü. Translated by Şirin Tekeli and Alaeddin Şenel. 1st ed. Ankara: V Publishing, 1989.


g) 1st citation to internet sources
Colin P. Clarke ve Ariane M. Tabatabai, “Is Major Realignment Taking Place in the Middle East?”, Foreign Affairs, 2018, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/print/1123309 (19.11.2018).

Subsequent citations
Clarke ve Tabatabai, "Is Major Realignment Taking Place."

Bibliography
Clarke, Colin P. ve Ariane M. Tabatabai. “Is Major Realignment Taking Place in the Middle East?” Foreign Affairs, 2018. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/print/1123309 (19.11.2018).


h) 1st citation to graduate or doctoral theses 
Fareed Zakaria, “The Rise of a Great Power: National Strength, State Structure and American Foreign Policy, 1865-1908” (Unpublished Doctoral Thesis, Harvard University, 1993).

Subsequent citations
Zakaria "The Rise of a Great Power," 70.

Bibliography

Zakaria, Fareed. “The Rise of a Great Power: National Strength, State Structure and American Foreign Policy, 1865-1908”. Unpublished Doctoral Thesis, Harvard University, 1993.


i) 1st citation to reports or proceedings 
Jack L. Snyder, “The Soviet Strategic Culture : Implications for Limited Nuclear Operations”, Report, Published Research (Santa Monica: Rand Corporation, 1977).

Subsequent citations
Snyder, "The Soviet Strategic Culture."

Bibliography
Snyder, Jack L. “The Soviet Strategic Culture : Implications for Limited Nuclear Operations”. Report. Published Research. Santa Monica: Rand Corporation, 1977.

j) 1st citation to newspapers or magazine articles

Naşit Uluğ, “Müttefikler İçin Çıkar Yol Müzakere Masasına Oturmaktı...”, Akşam, March 30 1964, 5.

Subsequent citations
Uluğ, "Müttefikler için Çıkar Yol."

Bibliography
Uluğ, Naşit. “Müttefikler İçin Çıkar Yol Müzakere Masasına Oturmaktı...”. Akşam. March 30, 1964.