The article title must be precise, short, understandable, and reflect the article's content. The title must consist of a maximum of 15 words. The title of the article must be written in Turkish and English languages. In addition, the short title of the article must be written in the places shown in the ISTJ Article Writing Template.

Authors must be listed in order from most to least contributing. If a change in the order needs to be made later, the approval of all other authors must be obtained, and this approval must be notified to the Editor-in-Chief in writing.

Turkish and English abstracts of the article must be 200-300 words and structured as follows: purpose, method, primary findings, and recommendations.

In the introduction section, the information obtained from the article's literature review must be written along with its references, adding subheadings if necessary. This section mentions the importance of the subject, previous studies, hypothesis, and purpose of the study. The primary purpose of the research, as well as other purposes, if any, must be explained. Sources directly related to the study must be cited, but the data or results of the study must not be mentioned here. At the end of the introduction section, the purpose of the study and research questions must be written.

The method section must include data sources, study participants, scales, interviews and evaluations, basic measurements, and statistical procedures.

In this section, the main findings must be fully supported by statistical data. They must be explained visually with appropriate figures, tables, or pictures. The essential findings of the article must be presented in a reasonable order with tables and figures. Instead of writing all the information in tables and figures, only the most important points must be emphasized.

This section presents the data resulting from the research on the study by comparing or supporting them with similar or close research findings. A quality discussion, conclusion, and recommendations section must ensure a better understanding of the research results, develop practical, evidence-based recommendations for practice, and contribute to creating a reliable resource.

In the discussion section, findings and results that support or do not support the study's hypothesis must be discussed. In addition, the findings and results must be compared with the data obtained from the study and similar studies, and the differences must be explained. New, important aspects of the study and results must be considered. Repetition of information must be avoided.

In the conclusion section, study's main results must be briefly summarized and compared with other related studies. Study's limitations must be stated, and possible implications of the findings for future research and practice must be mentioned. Aims of study and results must be linked, and unqualified statements and inferences not supported by the data must be avoided. New hypotheses must be explained and described in detail when necessary.

In the recommendations section, support must be taken from the concrete data revealed in study. Abstract suggestions must be avoided. Each recommendation must have a research outcome on which it is based.

Ethical Statement
In the ethical statement section, authors must state they have followed all ethical rules while conducting the study. If the article is presented as a part of a master's thesis, doctoral thesis, or a different comprehensive research/project, the title of the relevant thesis/research/project must also be stated. It must be stated whether article has previously been submitted to congresses, symposiums, etc. (see ISTJ Word Template page 9-10). The ISTJ Ethical Statement Form signed by authors must be added to the ISTJ process file. Click for the ISTJ Ethical Statement Form.

Ethics Committee Approval
The ethics committee approval section must provide necessary information regarding the ethics committee's decision on the article (e.g., the date and number of the document and the university to which the ethics committee is affiliated). The original document must be added to the ISTJ process file (see ISTJ Word Template page 10).

If the ethics committee approval is not required for the article, the reason for this must be clearly stated in this section. In addition, the author must sign the ISTJ Declaration of No Need for Ethics Committee Approval Form, which confirms that the article does not require the ethics committee approval. Click for the ISTJ Statement of No Need for Ethics Committee Approval Form.

Conflict of Interest Statement
In the conflict of interest section, if the article consists of more than one author, authors must state that they do not have any conflict of interest among themselves. However, it must be stated in this section that there is no situation affecting the objectivity of the authors in favor of or against any person or institution (see ISTJ Word Template page 10). The ISTJ Conflict of Interest Form signed by authors must be added to the ISTJ process file. Click for the ISTJ Conflict of Interest Form.

Author Contribution Statement
In an article with more than one author, all the authors must transparently state the extent of their support for the article (see ISTJ Word Template page 10-11). The ISTJ Author Contribution Statement Form signed by authors must be added to the ISTJ process file. Click for the ISTJ Author Contribution Statement Form.

Statement of Support and Acknowledgment
In the Support and Acknowledgment section, if the article is supported by an institution (BAP Project, TÜBİTAK Project, etc.), the project's name, project number, and completion date must be written. If there is no support in the article, "We do not express any support or acknowledgment for our research." must be written (see ISTJ Word Template page 11).

All the sources used must be complete and error-free, written in alphabetical order based on surnames of researchers (see ISTJ Word Template page 11). In order to avoid plagiarism, whatever information is taken from any source should be stated in-text and in the reference within the framework of APA 7 citation rules (click to learn more about APA 7 citation).

All the responsibility for similarity belongs to the authors. The similarity rate is expected to be less than 15%. However, the main criterion in the similarity rate is that authors know the rules of citation and comply with these rules. Even if the similarity rate is 1%, plagiarism may occur if the rules do not obey the citation. rules Therefore, the citation rules must be known by authors and applied carefully (click to learn about APA 7 citing references).

Within the scope of the cooperation between ISTJ, DergiPark, and intihal.net, a similarity report can be obtained free of charge for article applications. Accordingly, a similarity report is prepared, and authors are notified of the result by e-mail. The submission process is completed when the report's result is announced.

Original research articles are qualified and up-to-date, meet the criteria for contribution to the field, present critical scientific results, and report research.

A review article is a type of article that provides a summary, analysis and critical evaluation of existing information in the scientific literature. In such articles, previous research on a specific topic is collated and the results, methodologies, contributions and limitations of these studies are discussed. The objective of a review article is to present the current state of knowledge in a given field, identify gaps in existing knowledge, and provide guidance for future research.

It is an article in which the statistical analysis and synthesis of the findings are obtained by combining the results of studies carried out by independent and different researchers on a subject.

It is a type of writing in which an attempt is made to examine the issue in question in full detail to clarify any person, work, place, or historical event.

It is the analysis and review of a book. The weaknesses and strengths of the book under the review must be revealed. The subject must be current, and the author reviewing the book must be an expert on the subject.

1. The article must comply with the ISTJ Article Writing Template. 

2.The abstract must be 9 font size, the titles must be 13-12-11 font size depending on the title type, the references must be 9 font size, the main text must be 11 font size, and the fonts must be Segoe UI only in the entire article.

3.Author names and information must not be included in the article uploaded to ISTJ. ISTJ adds author names after referees and the Editorial Board review and approval.

4.The Turkish abstract of an article in ISTJ is always on the first page, and the English abstract is always on the second page.

5.Page layout: Custom page sizes, Width:17 cm, Height:24 cm

6.Margins: Right and Left: 1.5 cm, Bottom and Top: 2 cm

7.Line spacing: Full Value: 12 pt; Range: 0pt first; Then 7.1pt

8.Main text font and font size: Segoe UI,11 font size 

9.Reference font and font size: Segoe UI, 9 font size

10.Titles: The main title of article must be Segoe UI, 13 font size, bold, and centered, the first letters of all the words must be capitalized and consist of a maximum of 15 words. The first-level titles must be unnumbered, 13 font size, bold, and the first letters of all the words must be capitalized and centered. The second-level titles must be unnumbered, 12 font size, bold, with the first letters of all the words must be capitalized and aligned to the left. The third-level titles must be written in 11 font size, left-aligned, with only the first letter of the first word must be capitalized and bold. The fourth level titles must be written in 11 font size, left-aligned, with only the first letter of the first word must be capitalized and bold.

11.Author names: Segoe UI, 11 font size, centered, with only the first letters of authors' names and surnames in the capital letters. Author information must be indicated with * below the keywords, ** if there are more than one, in 9 font size, justified, and since the information given is a proper name, the first letter of each word must be capitalized (except e-mail), and must contain only the following: orcid id number, the name of the higher institution where you work, name of the school/university/institution where you work, your current position, province, country, e-mail. Author names will be added after the article is accepted by referees.

12.Turkish/English citation information sections must remain blank, these sections will be added to the article by ISTJ.

13.Abstract must be written in Segoe UI, 9 font size and justified. Abstract must be written between 200-300 words. Article must contain abstracts in Turkish and English. Turkish abstract must always be on page 1, and English abstract must be on page 2. Keywords must be written between 4-5 words at the beginning of the paragraph [½ indent]. Only first letter of first keyword must be uppercase. 

14.The main text of the article must be written in Segoe UI, 11 font size, and the files must be prepared in Microsoft Office and the file format must be .doc or .docx extension. The first paragraphs after the titles must not be indented, while all the other paragraph headings must always be left with a ½ indent at the beginning.

15.Table numbers must be Segoe UI, 10 font size, centered, italic, bold, and above the tables. Table titles must be Segoe UI, 10 font size, centered, with only the first letter capitalized, italic, regular, and above the tables. Each table must be numbered starting from "1" and consecutively in the format "Table 1. ...", "Table 2. ...". Information inside the table must be Segoe UI, 9 font size, left aligned, italic. The first letters must be capitalized. The vertical lines must not be used in the tables. Table names must be placed below table number. If possible, there must be no more than 4 lines in the tables. Texts in the tables' content can be reduced to 8 font size. The paragraphs describing the tables must be in ½ indent and within 7.1nk of the tables.

16.Figure numbers must be Segoe UI, 10 font size, centered, italic, bold and placed below the figure. Figure titles must be Segoe UI, 10 font size, centered, only the first letter must be capitalized, italic and below the figures. Each figure must be numbered starting from "1" and consecutively in the format "Figure 1. ...", "Figure 2. ...". Figure names must appear next to the figure numbers. The paragraphs describing the figures must be indented ½ and within 7.1nk of the figures.

17.Pictures must be high resolution (300 dpi), bright and clear. Other cases are similar to the rules given for tables and figures.

18.Writing the references according to APA 7: Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the references. All the sources used in the article must be stated in the text. The references must be added to the end of article. The references must comply with APA 7, one of the international reference formats (click to learn more about APA 7 references). The references must be listed alphabetically based on authors' surnames.