Manuscript Organization and Submission

The manuscript is to be submitted online via DergiPark System. Please click to download the JDA manuscript template.

1. The manuscript has a minimum of 5000 words and a maximum of 20 pages without a References Section.
2. The manuscript should be in A4 paper standards: having 2.5 cm margins from right, left, bottom, and top, Times New Roman font style in 11 font size, and single line spacing. Due to double-blind peer review, the main manuscript document must not include any author information.
   
3. A Title Page must be submitted with the manuscript, including the followings:
   The title of the manuscript.
   All authors’ names and affiliations (institution, faculty/department, city, country), e-mail addresses, and ORCIDs.
   Information of the corresponding author (in addition to the author's information e-mail address, open correspondence address, and mobile phone number).
   Financial support.
   Conflict of interest.
   Acknowledgment.
4. Submitted manuscripts must have an abstract between 200 and 250 words before the introduction, summarizing the scope, the purpose, the results of the study, and the methodology used. Under the abstracts, a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 keywords that inform the reader about the content of the study should be specified.
5. The manuscripts should contain mainly these components: Abstract (and Keywords), Introduction, Literature Review, Discussion and Conclusion, Acknowledgment (if it exists) (Conflict of Interest (if it exists), Financial Support (if it exists)), References, Appendix (if it exists). The authors may add necessary sections such as Method, Findings, etc.
6. Tables and figures can be given with a number and a caption. Every Figure or Table must be “called out” within the text of your article in numerical order with no abbreviations.
7. References should be prepared by American Psychological Association (APA) 7 reference system.
8. Authors are responsible for all statements made in their work submitted to the journal for publication.
9. If the Ethics Committee Report is required, it should be submitted, and the date and number of the ethics committee report should be stated in the manuscript. Otherwise, a word file containing a statement explaining why the Ethics Committee Report was not submitted must be uploaded to the system for the study. This statement will then be added to the end of your article.

Reference Style

Journal of Data Applications complies with APA (American Psychological Association) style 7th Edition for referencing and in-text citations. References should be listed in alphabetical order. Accuracy of citations is the author’s responsibility. All references should be cited in the text. It is strongly recommended that authors may use Reference Management Software such as Zotero, Mendeley, etc.

Submission Checklist

Ensure that the following items are confirmed:

• The title page is prepared according to the journal rules.
  
• The study has not been submitted to any other journal.
  
• The study was checked in terms of English.
  
• The study was written by paying attention to the full-text writing rules determined by the journal.
  
• The references are arranged by the APA-7 reference system.
  
• The Copyright Agreement Form is uploaded.
  
• The Author Contribution Form has been uploaded.
  
• Permission of previously published copyrighted material (text-picture-table) if used in the present manuscript.
  
• Ethics Committee Report (if necessary) is uploaded, and the ethics committee report date and number are given in the study text. Otherwise, please upload a word file to the system explaining why the ethics committee report was not submitted for this study. This statement will then be added to the end of your article.
• Reviewing journal policies.
  
• All authors have read and approved the latest version of the manuscript.