Author Guidelines

Journal of the Human and Social Science Researches (e-ISSN: 2147-1185)

Manuscripts submitted to the journal must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. The article's plagiarism similarity rate must be less than 20%.

1. Article Title

The title of the manuscript should accurately reflect the content of the study, be concise and informative, and be written in bold font. Major words should begin with capital letters.

2. Author Information

To ensure a double-blind peer review process, author names and affiliations must not appear in the manuscript file submitted for review.

Author information must be entered separately into the journal submission system as follows:

• Full name and surname
• Institutional affiliation (Turkish and English)
• E-mail address
• ORCID ID

Articles may have a maximum of three authors. For studies produced within the scope of officially documented TÜBİTAK or BAP projects, up to five authors may be accepted.

3. Abstract

Each manuscript must include an abstract in both Turkish and English.

The abstract should:

• Clearly state the purpose, scope, method, and findings of the study
• Contain between 250 and 300 words
• Be written as a single paragraph
• Not include references, tables, figures, abbreviations, or citations

4. Copyright Form

The Copyright Agreement Form must be signed and uploaded to the system in PDF format.

If authors are affiliated with different institutions, separate signature pages may be submitted; however, all signed pages must be merged into a single PDF file before upload.

Authors retain copyright of their published work. All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

5. Keywords

Each manuscript must include 5 to 7 keywords immediately below the abstract.

Keywords should:

• Reflect the main subject of the study
• Be separated by commas
• Begin with capital letters where grammatically appropriate

6. Manuscript Format

The full manuscript, including references, appendices, tables, and figures, should not exceed 9,000 words or approximately 35 journal pages.

Formatting requirements:

• Paper size: A4
• Font: Palatino Linotype
• Main text font size: 9 pt
• Line spacing: At least 12 nk / single spacing equivalent
• Margins:
  • Top: 1.85 cm
  • Bottom: 1.20 cm
  • Left: 1.80 cm
  • Right: 1.80 cm
• Justified text alignment
• No automatic hyphenation

Authors are encouraged to use the official journal template before submission.

7. Headings

Main headings, subheadings, and lower-level headings may be used where necessary.

Headings should:

• Be clear and consistent
• Reflect the structure of the manuscript
• Use title case capitalization

8. Tables and Figures

All tables and figures must:

• Be numbered consecutively
• Include descriptive titles/captions
• Be cited in the text
• Fit within page dimensions

Recommended maximum size: 12 × 17 cm

Smaller font sizes and single spacing may be used within tables and figures when necessary.

9. Images

Images must be submitted in high-resolution print quality.

The total space occupied by tables, figures, and images should not exceed 10 pages (approximately one-third of the manuscript).

Authors may embed images directly into the manuscript if they are publication-ready.

10. Quotations and References

The journal uses the APA citation style for in-text citations and references.  References originally written in non-Latin scripts must be transliterated into the Latin alphabet in accordance with APA  style. 

You can look for more information on Quotations and Resources. http://www.tk.org.tr/APA/apa_2.pdf

Direct Quotations

• Short quotations (fewer than 3 lines) should appear within the text in quotation marks.
• Longer quotations should be formatted as block quotations with left and right indentation.
• Page numbers must be provided for all direct quotations.

Indirect Quotations / Paraphrases

Page numbers are recommended where appropriate.

Footnotes and endnotes should be kept to a minimum and used only when necessary for explanatory purposes.

11. Editorial and Review Process

All submitted manuscripts undergo the following stages:

1. Preliminary technical review
2. Editorial review
3. Similarity / plagiarism screening
4. Ethics compliance review
5. Double-blind peer review by at least two reviewers
6. Language review (Turkish / English where necessary)

Manuscripts that fail to meet submission requirements may be returned to authors for correction.

The final publication decision is made by the Editorial Board.

12. Ethics Committee Approval

For studies requiring ethics committee approval (such as surveys, interviews, experiments, or research involving human participants), authors must obtain official ethics approval before submission.

The manuscript must clearly state:

• Name of the ethics committee
• Approval date
• Approval number

This information should appear in the method section and/or on the first or final page of the manuscript.

For studies involving participants, authors must also confirm that informed consent was obtained where required.

The journal follows the ethical principles and best practices of COPE.

13. Template and Additional Information

Authors are strongly advised to prepare manuscripts using the official journal template and to review the reference style guide before submission.  Click here for the article template.  2026 template.docx 

Important Editorial Notice on Citation and Reference Integrity

All manuscripts submitted to the journal are carefully examined during the scholarly evaluation process with regard to the consistency between in-text citations and the reference list, the bibliographic accuracy of sources, and whether the cited sources actually support the claims made in the manuscript.

Accordingly, authors are expected to pay particular attention to the following matters:

• A source cited in the text being omitted from the reference list, or a source included in the reference list but never cited in the text;
• The use of non-existent, bibliographically unverifiable, or fabricated sources and citations;
• The inaccurate or misleading presentation of authors’ names, titles of works, publication years, volumes, issues, page numbers, publishers, DOIs, URLs, or other bibliographic information;
• Attributing information, arguments, findings, or direct quotations to a source when they do not actually appear in the cited work or on the specified page;
• Citing a source that does not in fact support the claim, argument, or assessment presented in the manuscript;
• Presenting information obtained from a secondary source as though the original source had been directly consulted or examined;
• Using bibliographic information generated or suggested by artificial intelligence (AI) tools or similar technologies without independently verifying the existence, accuracy, and content of the cited source.

Such practices may constitute serious violations of research integrity, publication ethics, and academic integrity.

Particular caution is required regarding the use of artificial intelligence tools. Authors remain fully responsible for verifying any references generated or suggested by AI tools, including non-existent publications, incorrect DOIs, inaccurate page numbers, erroneous bibliographic information, or citations that do not correspond to the content of the cited source. The fact that a source has been suggested or generated by an AI tool does not in any way relieve the author of the responsibility to verify its authenticity, bibliographic accuracy, accessibility, and relevance.

If such problems are identified, the manuscript may be rejected following editorial evaluation at any stage of the scholarly evaluation process. If similar problems are identified after publication, the journal may take appropriate action in accordance with its publication ethics policies and relevant principles of scholarly publishing, including the publication of a correction, retraction, or, where deemed necessary, notification of the relevant institutions or authorities.

Authors are responsible for personally verifying the authenticity, bibliographic accuracy, accessibility, and substantive relevance of all sources used in their manuscripts, including whether each source actually supports the claim for which it is cited. Authors must also ensure complete consistency between in-text citations and the reference list. In particular, when providing a direct quotation or citing a specific argument, finding, or piece of information, authors must verify that the cited content actually appears in the referenced source and, where applicable, on the page indicated in the citation.

By submitting a manuscript to the journal, authors confirm that they have undertaken the necessary checks regarding the accuracy of the sources cited in their work and the reliability and appropriateness of their citations. Ensuring the accuracy and reliability of references and citations is the academic and ethical responsibility of the authors.

Journal of the Human and Social Science Researches