The Journal of Diplomatic Research

Journal of Diplomatic Research (JDR) is an international peer-reviewed academic journal published electronically on a biannual basis by the Association for Research on Diplomacy (DARD). Concordantly, JDR is open to all original studies on international relations, political science as well as theoretical, historical and methodological studies on diplomacy.

The goal of JDR is to present to the audience the studies on diplomatic history, diplomacy theories, diplomacy studies with quantitative, qualitative and integrated research methods, military diplomacy as well as other interdisciplinary diplomatic research and book reviews.

In this context, JDR stands as an international peer-reviewed academic journal bringing together scientists analyzing the phenomenon of diplomacy from all perspectives.

Diplomatic history, diplomatic theory and new diplomacy types form the primary area of investigation. Principally, JDR presents to its audience the information and understanding in the framework of:

 Structural problematiques of the subject of diplomacy

 Latest understandings, theories and concepts on diplomacy

 Traditional research on diplomacy

 Diplomacy law and history

 Case studies on diplomatic processes and negotiations

 Application of different research methods on diplomatic research

JDR accepts four different types of articles and book reviews. The articles include:

Original/Research Article: It is a scientific research article explaining an original argument, event or behavior from a specific theoretical perspective by using accurate methodologies. It is aimed to justify a general or a specific behavior based on the methods used, i.e. quantitative, qualitative or integrated methods. The primary objective of original articles within the scope of diplomatic research is to use primary data and appropriate methodology. This type of original and research articles is encouraged by the journal.

Review Article: This type of studies intended merely for introductory purposes, present an extensive summary on a specific event, phenomena or field. Following an extensive literature review with the purpose of informing audience on any subject related to diplomacy, these studies evaluate the current status of events, phenomena or the field. These studies research out to a wide audience and form the basis for original/research articles on the same subject.

Case Study: This type of studies involves the analysis of single cases or the comparison of different cases of similar nature intending to explain various outcomes of such a comparison. Case studies with an appropriate method presents to audience different perspectives and contributes theoretically to the field.

Methodological Study: These studies aim to test a specific method used in different disciplines or currently used in other fields of social sciences in the context of this specific field of research. The original methodologies of various fields such as anthropology, statistics, psychology and mathematics can be used in research on diplomacy.

Book Review: This type of studies aims to form a view on newly published books with a potential to contribute greatly to the field literature, identify differences and similarities with previously published books, and fill in the gap in the literature.

Writing Rules

 Articles and book reviews submitted to JDR should comply with APA 6 submission guidelines. Endnote or Mendeley APA 6th applications are suitable with the submission guidelines of the JDR. Detailed information on our journal listed below.

 The main text should include the following format: 1.5 line spacing, Times New Roman with 11 type size.

 Information on the type of the submitted work and the word count should be stated at the top left corner of the main text.

 Word counting includes bibliography and appendix: Number of words for submissions are as follows: original/research article 6.000-10.000, review article, 5.000-8.000, case studies 5.000-8.000, methodological studies 6.000-10.000, book reviews 2.000-4.000.

 Each paper must include 150 words English and Turkish written abstract and 750 words extended English summary if the paper was written in Turkish language.

 References

Authors should comply with the draft of American Psychological Association (APA) publication guideline. Link for APA guideline: www.apastyle.org

 Bibliography

Bibliography should include all the sources referenced to in the text. Journal and book titles should be in italic font. Bibliography should be in alphabetical order by author’s surname. If reference is given to the same author’s different works, a chronological order (most recent work first) should be followed. Page numbers should be provided for periodicals and chapters in edited books.

Sample writing rules:

PUBLICATION TYPE CITATION

11. Book

One author

Bibliography:

Robertson, J. (2016). Diplomatic style and foreign policy: A case study of South Korea. Routledge.

in text citation:

(Robertson, 2016:122)

Double Author

Bibliography:

Weiss, T. G., & Thakur, R. (2010). Global governance and the UN: an unfinished journey. Indiana University Press.

in text citation:

(Weiss & Thakur, 2016:135)

12. Book – editor

Bibliography:

Cooper, A. F., Heine, J., & Thakur, R.C, (Eds.). (2013). The Oxford handbook of modern diplomacy. Oxford University Press.

in text citation:

(Cooper, Heine & Thakur, 2013:145)

Second and subsequent citation

(Cooper et al, 2013)

13. Chapter in an edited book

Bibliography:

Cooper, A. F. (2016). The changing nature of diplomacy. In A. F. Cooper, J. Heine, & R. C. Thakur (Eds) The Oxford handbook of modern diplomacy, Oxford University Press, p. 35-53

in text citation:

(Cooper, 2016: 41)

14. Serial / journal article (one author)

Bibliography:

Putnam, R. D. (1988). Diplomacy and domestic politics: the logic of two-level games. International organization, 42(3), 427-460.

in text citation:

(Putnam, 1988: 450)

15. Serial / journal article – more than one author (print)

Bibliography:

Vasquez, J. A., Diehl, P. F., Flint, C., Scheffran, J., Chi, S. H., & Rider, T. J. (2011). The Conflict Space of cataclysm: The international system and the spread of war 1914–1917. Foreign Policy Analysis, 7(2), 143-168.

in text citation:

(Vasquez et al, 2011: 151)

16. Theses

Bibliography:

Guilland, R. (2003), Dynamics of Conflict Resolution in Sri Lanka, (Master’s Thesis), John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University, Retrieved from https://scholarship.shu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1820&context=dissertations

in text citation:

(Guilland, 2003:45)

17. Conference Paper

Bibliography:

Naray, O. (2008). Commercial diplomacy: A conceptual overview. In 7th World Conference of TPOs, The Hague, The Netherlands.

in text citation:

(Narray, 2008)

18. Reports and Official Documents

Bibliography:

Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (2017, November), Sur le mouvement des navires a travers les detroits turcs, annual report, retrieved from http://www.mfa.gov.tr/site_media/html/montro-bogazlar-raporu-2017.pdf

in text citation:

First Citation

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs [MFA], 2017)

Second and Subsequent

(MFA, 2017)

19. Newspaper article

Bibliography:

Mazzei, P. & Montague Z., (2019, May 9) Venezuelan Embassy’s Power Cut Off in Tense Washington Standoff, The New York Times, p.4

in text citation:

(Mazzei & Montague, 2019)

20. Newspaper article (no author)

Bibliography:

Bahrain says no interruption to diplomatic ties with Syria (2018, December 28). Reuters, retrieved from https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-bahrain/bahrain-says-no-interruption-to-diplomatic-ties-with-syria-iduskcn1or0fi

in text citation:

(“Bahrain says no interruption”, 2018).

21. Internet – Organisation / Corporate author

Bibliography:

North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (2019), What is NATO?, retrieved from https://www.nato.int/nato-welcome/index.html

in text citation:

First time citation: (North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO], 2019)

Second and subsequent citation (NATO, 2019)

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Journal of Diplomatic Research targets high standards in the issue of publication ethics and follows the standards and advices given by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) and Üniversiteler Arası Kurul (ÜAK). The articles that do not comply with the mentioned ethical standards are rejected. It includes the case where the ethical violation is realized after the publication of an article.

It is necessary for the applicants to ensure that their articles are genuine and have not been published in any other journal including the evaluation process. Taking into consideration the issues of plagiarism, duplication, cheating, distortion, multiple publication, divided publication and unfair authorship;

- Taking ideas, methods, data or works from another without citation and using them as if they are partly or fully belongs to him/her,

- Using data that is either altered or does not exist,

- Applying with an article that is in fact completed with the contribution of certain individuals, institutions or foundations, but not mentioning about it,

- Manipulating results or literature, depicting some equipment as they are used in the research, changing the results in a way that supports interests of certain individuals or institutions.

- Using unfinished thesis or researches without the permission of the correspondent authors.

- Offering the same work to different journals.

- Dividing an article into several parts and offer each of them as an article even if this process hurts the integrity of the article.

- Putting some authors on the article even if they do not have any contribution or vice versa. Distorting the order of authors without any reason.

- Authors should follow the privacy of the data used in the article if the satisfying institutions require it to do so. Moreover, using universally accepted theories, basic knowledge and math theorems & proofs does not yield an ethical violation.

Research Ethics

Ahi Evran University Journal of Faculty of Economics and Administration aims high standards in research ethics. The compliance of articles with the international research ethics principles that will be mentioned below are the responsibility of authors.

- The principles of integrity, quality and transperancy are prior in the formalization, evaluation and sustainability of a research.

- Studies on biomedical research should be in compatible with the preveailing legislations.

- Surveys in any scientific research require the consent of participants. If it is an institute, then the data collected cannot be presented in any article without the permission of that institute.

- The privacy of participants of any research should be satisfied. It should be designed according to conservation of dignity and autonomy of participants.

- Researches must base on voluntary participation.

The Ethical Responsibilities of Authors

- Suitability of articles with the ethical rules are the responsibility of authors.

- Authors should ensure that their articles are genuine and have not been published in any other journal. Moreover, they must not be in the evaluation process in any other journal.

- Sources and contributions must be used properly and mentioned in bibliography in a way that is compatible with the universal acedemic norms.

- Authors are obliged to present raw data if necessary in the evaluation process. Therefore, they need to hold the data before and after the publication of their works for a reasonable time.

- Offering the same work to different journals is not allowed.

- Contributors that are not authors should be mentioned in the “acknowledges”.

- All authors of an article should have direct contribution. Those who provide financial support or collecting data are not considered as authors.

- Authors are obliged to mention about the financial supports or conflict of interests if those affect the result of their works.

- Authors have to notice the editor of journal if they realize any mistake.

Ethical Responsibilities of Referees

- Referees have to notice the editor if they think that they are not capable of evaluating an article or of completing the referee report in the deadline.

- Refereeing must be objective, without any personal opinion on authors, on the basis of feedback, fair and kind.

- Referees must not evaluate the works if they have any kind of conflict of interest with the author.

- Referees must not share their reports and feedbacks on an article with anyone and contact the author without the permission of editor.

- Referees have to notice editor if they realize any kind of ethical violation.

- Referees are obliged to preserve the privacy of the articles and to not use any information for your own interest.

- By keeping the identity of the referees confidential, in some cases, with the decision of the editor, the relevant referees' comments on the article can be sent to other referees who have evaluated the same article, and the referees can be informed in this process.

Ethical Responsibilities of Editorial Board

- The editor should evaluate the articles submitted for publication regardless of the authors' ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, religious belief and political opinion.

- Editors of Ahi Evran University İİBD are responsible for evaluating the compliance of the articles submitted to the journal with the purpose and publication policies of the journal.

- The editor ensures that the articles submitted for publication are fairly reviewed by double-sided blind peer review. It should guarantee that all information about the articles submitted in this process will remain confidential until the article is published.

- The information contained in a submitted article should not be used in the editor's or editorial board's own research without the written permission of the author.

- The editor has full authority to appoint a referee and is responsible for making the final decision on the articles to be published in the journal.