General Formatting Requirements

Formatting and content requirements for manuscripts to be submitted to İstanbul University Journal of Sociology

Font: The font used in the entire manuscript should be Times New Roman, font size 10. For tables and figures, see below.

Page Layout: Page margins for bottom, top, right, and left should be pre-set as 2.5 cm (0.98 inch). Text should be justified with no hyphenation breaks in words at the end of a line. Text should be typed as a single-column document. Paragraphs and headings should not be indented, but aligned with the main text.

Paragraph Format: Paragraph indents should be pre-set in the tabs section as follows:

before and after: 0.6 nk

line spacing: 1.5.

Page Limit: Manuscripts prepared in compliance with the guidelines should not exceed 20 pages.

Manuscript Sections

Title: Article titles should be boldfaced and centered. If the study has been submitted before or extracted from a project or a thesis, an asterisk (*) should be placed at the end of the title and an explanation provided as a footnote. (Please refer to the sample).

Author (s)’s Names: Author’s names should be written in bold. Authors’ full names, titles, institutional affiliations, postal addresses, and contact details such as e-mail addresses should be mentioned.

Abstract: Abstracts should be between150–200 words. No citations should appear in the abstract

Key Words: 5–8 words representing the manuscript should be given as keywords.

Main Text: Qualitative and quantitative studies should contain the following sections: Introduction, Method, Findings, and Discussion. The Methods section must include Sampling/Study Population, Data Collection Tools,and Procedure as sub-sections if an original research method has been used.

Literature reviews should elaborate on the problem, analyze the relevant literature, emphasize the gaps and inconsistencies in the literature, and discuss actions toward solving these problems.

Other types of studies can allow slight variations in sections, but they should not contain too many details and sub-sections that could distract readers’ attention and compromise readability.

Başlık* Title in Turkish

Öz* Öz (Abstract in Turkish) should be between150–200 words. No citations should appear in the “öz”

Anahtar Kelimeler* 5-8 Turkish words representing the manuscript should be given as “anahtar kelimeler”

Uzun Özet* A 1000-1500 word extended abstract in Turkish that provides the main points of main text

References: Both in-text citations and references should comply with the APA guidelines as provided in the Publication Manual of American Psychological Association