Writing Rules

All correspondence will be sent to the first-named author unless otherwise specified. Manuscript is to be submitted online via http://dergipark.gov.tr/login that can be accessed at https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/iuihid and it must be accompanied by a Title Page specifying the article category (i.e. research article, review etc.) and including information about the manuscript (see the Submission Checklist). Manuscripts should be prepared in Microsoft Word 2003 and upper versions. In addition, Copyright Agreement Form that has to be signed by all authors must be submitted.

1. The manuscripts should be in A4 paper standards: having 2.5 cm margins from right, left, bottom and top, Times New Roman font style in 12 font size and line spacing of 1.5. Due to double blind peer review, manuscript file must not include any information about the author.

2. Title Page including author information must be submitted together with the manuscript. The title page is to include fully descriptive title of the manuscript and, affiliation, title, e-mail address, postal address, ORCIDs, phone and fax number of the author(s) (see The Submission Checklist).

3.The manuscripts should contain mainly these components: title, abstract and keywords, sections, references and, tables and figures.

4. Before the introduction part, there should be abstract between 200-250 words both in the language of the article and in English summarizing the scope, the purpose, the results of the study and the methodology used. Underneath the abstracts, 5 keywords that inform the reader about the content of the study should be specified both in the language of the article and in English.

5. Apart from peer-reviewed articles, translations, book reviews, reviews of judgement, legislation assessments and notes (informative remarks and meeting notes) are included within the journal. The acceptance decision of these manuscripts which are not subject to peer-review are taken by the Editorial Management Board.

6. Research article sections are ordered as follows: “Introduction”, “Aim and Methodology”, “Findings”, “Discussion and Conclusion”, “Endnotes”, “References” and “Tables and Figures”. For review and commentary articles, the article should start with the “Introduction” section where the purpose and the method is mentioned, go on with the other sections; and it should be finished with “Discussion and Conclusion” section followed by “Endnotes”, “References” and “Tables and Figures”.

7. Journal of Administrative Law and Administrative Sciences offers two options of referencing style. Authors should use either OSCOLA or APA 6. Accuracy of citation is the author’s responsibility. All references should be cited in text.

8. If the manuscript includes a table or graphic, raw data must be submitted as a separate Excel file together with the manuscript Word file. Tables, graphs and figures should be given with a defining title and with a number if it is necessary to follow the idea of the article.

9. It is accepted that the submitted manuscripts are in line with the journal’s rules. In case that violation of scientific research and ethical rules and too many writing errors are detected the manuscript would be rejected by the Editor and Editorial Board.

10. Authors are responsible for all statements made in their work submitted to the journal for publication.

11. The manuscripts submitted to the journal will not be returned whether they are published or not.