Journal of Banking and Financial Research

Journal of Banking and Financial Research (JOBAF)'s written language is Turkish and English. Publication frequency of the journal is biannual. Journal of Banking and Financial Research's Turkish abbreviated name is "BAFAD", Turkish name is "Bankacılık ve Finansal Araştırmalar Dergisi" and English abbreviation is "JOBAF". 

The aim of the journal is to ensure sharing of the advances in the field of Banking and Finance between scientists, researchers and other people interested in the issue.

Although the main objective of the journal is to share conducted original research in the field of banking and finance, review, article and short notes for information sharing are also accepted for publication.

Copyright Agreement

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Dergi Yazım Kuralları

1.      Dergi yazım dili Türkçe ve İngilizce olup 6 Ayda bir yayınlanmaktadır.

2.      Sisteme mutlaka turnitin yada diğer benzerlik tarama programlarından alınan sonuçlara ilişkin tarama sonuç raporu ayrıca yüklenmelidir. Mutlaka rapor sonucu %20 ve altında olmalıdır.   Üzerinde olanlar değerlendirmeye alınmayacaktır. 

3.      Yapılan revizyonlarda önceki sisteme yüklenen makaleler kesinlikle silinmemelidir.

4.      Yazım karakteri Times New Roman 11 punto olmalıdır.

5.      Yazımda, her sayfanın üst kenarlarında 3 cm, sol kenarlarında 3 cm, alt 3 cm ve sağ kenarlarda 3 cm boşluk bırakılmalıdır.

6.      Makale yazımında bütün satırlar sol kenar boşluğun bitiminden başlamalıdır. Paragraflar içerden başlamamalıdır.

7.      Sayfa Numaraları: Numaralandırma doğal sayılarla sayfa sonunda ortada (1,2,3…vb.) şeklinde yapılmalıdır.

8.      Paragraf ayarları öncesi 0 sonrası 6 olarak ayarlanmalıdır. Satır aralığı 1 olarak ayarlanmalıdır.

9.      Makale yazarları Ana başlık altında verilerek her bir yazar dipnot verilmek şartıyla tanıtılmalıdır.

10.   Dergiye gönderilecek yazılar başka bir yerde yayınlanmamış olmalıdır.

11.   Dergiye gönderilen yazılar ilgili iki hakem tarafından incelendikten ve olumlu rapor verildikten sonra yayınlanır. Hakemlerden birinin olumlu diğerinin olumsuz rapor vermesi halinde üçüncü hakeme gönderilir.

12.   Dergiye gönderilen makalelerde aşağıdaki bölümler bulunmalıdır:(Tüm ana bölüm başlıkları sadece ilk harfleri büyük, koyu ve 12 punto ile yazılmalıdır. Metin içinde 11 punto Times New Roman ile yazılmalıdır. Özet ise 10 punto ve italik olarak yazılmalıdır. )

1.      Kapak sayfası  ( Makale Adı,[14 punto, kalın, ortalı ve ilk harfleri büyük] Yazar veya Yazarların Adı Soyadı[12 punto kalın ve ortalı) sadece soy adı büyük] , Yazışma Adresi, e-posta, Orcid ID – https://orcid.org/register [Dipnot ile gösterilmeli 10 punto])

2.      Türkçe Başlık (İkinci sayfadan itibaren [14 punto, kalın, ortalı ve ilk harfleri büyük])

3.      İngilizce Başlık (14 punto, kalın, ortalı ve ilk harfleri büyük) 

4.      Türkçe Özet  (Öz) (150 kelimeyi geçmeyecek şekilde [10 punto, italik, ve iki yana yaslı]) 

5.      Anahtar Kelimeler ve Jel Kodları (10 punto, italik, ve iki yana yaslı)

6.      İngilizce Özet (Abstract) (150 kelimeyi geçmeyecek şekilde [10 punto, italik, ve iki yana yaslı])

7.      Keywords ve Jel Codes (10 punto, italik, ve iki yana yaslı)

8.      Giriş

9.      Yöntem (Araştırmanın amacı, Araştırmanın modeli, Evren ve örneklem, Kullanılan ölçme aracı, Kullanılan istatistikî analizler belirtilmeli)

10.   Bulgular

11.   Sonuç ve Tartışma

12.   Kaynakça

13.   Varsa Ekler

13.   Kaynak gösterimlerinde APA 6.0 standartlarına uyulmalıdır.

14.   Metinde kaynaklara atıfta bulunurken yazarların Soyadı ve yayın tarihi (ve gerekliyse sayfa numarası) kullanılmalıdır. Örneğin: Cümle sonunda; (Özüdoğru, 2017) veya (Özüdoğru, 2017, s. 155) veya (Özüdoğru, 2017, ss. 155-159). Cümle başında; Özüdoğru’ya (2017) göre; şeklinde kullanılmalıdır. İki yada daha fazla yazarlı kaynaklara atıf yaparken, Cümle sonunda; (Özüdoğru, Şekeroğlu ve Fidanlı, 2017) veya (Özüdoğru, Şekeroğlu ve Fidanlı, 2017, s. 57) veya (Özüdoğru, Şekeroğlu ve Fidanlı, 2017, s. 57-73). Cümle başında; Özüdoğru, Şekeroğlu ve Fidan’a (2017) göre; veya Özüdoğru, Şekeroğlu ve Fidanlı’ya  (2017, s. 57-73) göre; şeklinde kullanılmalıdır. Cümle sonunda birden fazla esere atıfta bulunuluyorsa bu kaynaklar parantez içerisinde alfabetik sırayla verilmelidir. Örneğin; (Özüdoğru, 2017; Kaya, 2018; Özüdoğru ve Şekeroğlu, 2018). Atıfta bulunulan eserde üç yazardan fazla kişi bulunuyorsa; ilk yazarın soyadı yazıldıktan sonra diğ. Kısaltması yazılmalı örneğin; (Ersoy ve Diğ., 2016) şeklinde kullanılmalıdır.

15.   Metinde kaynaklardan aynen alıntı yapıldıysa, kaynağa atıfta bulunurken mutlaka sayfa numarası verilmelidir. Türkçe metinde kaynaklara atıfta bulunurken sayfa bilgisi için "s." veya "ss." kullanılmalıdır. Örneğin: (Özüdoğru, 2008, s. 155) veya  (Özüdoğru, 2008, ss. 155-179). 

16.   Metin içerisinde yer alan tablolar, grafikler ve şekiller yazı alanında iki yana yaslı bir şekilde oluşturulmalı ve şekil, grafik ve tablo başlıkları  tablonun (grafik yada şeklin) üzerine yazılmalıdır. Sadece,Tablo, grafik ve şekil koyu yazılmalıdır ve numaralandırılmalıdır. Tablo, grafik ve şekil başlıkları italik yazılmalıdır. Tablo numaralandırmaları "1" den başlanmalı ve bölüm numarası dikkate alınmamalıdır. Örneğin makalede 2 tablo varsa tablolar; Tablo 1.xxx ve Tablo 2.xxx olarak numaralandırılmalıdır. Tablolar farklı bölümlerde olsa bile.

                    Tablo 3. Cinsiyet Değişkeni için Frekans ve Yüzde Değerleri

17.   Kaynakça gösterimi, alfabetik sırayla ve aşağıdaki şekilde oluşturulmalıdır.

Arrow, K. J. (1974). The limits of organization. New York: WW Norton & Company.

Costa, P. T., ve McCrae, R. R. (2008). The revised neo personality inventory (neo-pi-r). The SAGE handbook of personality theory and assessment, 2(2), s: 179-198.

Ethical Rules
Journal of Banking and Financial Research is a refereed journal which objects to publish qualified articles about banking, finance, economy, business, insurance etc. The articles which are sent to the Journal of Banking and Financial Research evaluated by the process of bilateral blind review and published with free access electronically. There are the ethical responsibilities, roles and duties of the authors, journal editors, referees and publishers as follows. The ethical principles and rules below are prepared according to the directive of the “Editorial Ethics Committee” (Committee on Publication Ethics - COPE (https://publicationethics.org/)). Also, information has been provided in the Journal of Banking and Financial Researchregarding the cases considered plagiarism and unethical behavior.
Author (s)
• Articles which are sent to the Journal of Banking and Financial Researchshould be original studies in the fields of banking, finance, economy, business, insurance etc.
• All sources (authors, online pages, personal interviews, etc.) used in the articles should be cited correctly and appropriately.
• It should be noted that the articles submitted to the journal are not sent to another journal and the Copyright Form (https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/jobaf) should be filled out.
• Individuals who do not contribute to the article intellectually should not be specified as authors.
• Conflicts of interest regarding the submitted article should be stated and the reason should be explained.
• Authors may be asked to transmit the raw data regarding their works to the editorial board while the referee is in the process, in that case the authors should share their raw data with the editorial board. The authors are responsible for keeping the data for a published article for 5 years.
• When the authors determine a mistake in their work, they should inform the editor and the editorial board and cooperate for the correction or withdrawal process.
Referees
All articles which are sent to Journal of Banking and Financial Research evaluated by the process of bilateral blind review. Bilateral blind review means that the authors are kept confidential from the referees and the referees are kept confidential from the authors in order to ensure an impartial, objective and independent process. The articles are sent to the referees through the journal management system for evaluation. Referees should fill a form that includes article”s contribution to fields of banking, finance, economy, business, insurance, etc, and their decisions whether the article will be published or not and their justifications which related to the decision. The ethical responsibilities and roles of the referees of the Journal of Banking and Financial Research are as follows:
• Referees should referee articles related to only their specialty.
• Referees are expected to agree to referee articles without conflicts of interest. When the referees notice any conflict of interest, they should inform the editor and refuse to referee the related article.
• Referees should evaluate articles impartially and objectively.
• Referees are required to fill in the Referee Evaluation Form regarding the articles they evaluate, and they are expected to not indicate their names in the forms in order not to harm the bilateral blind review process. Referees should also state their decisions on whether the article publishable or not and their justification for their decisions.
• The style used by the referees in their suggestions should be polite, respectful and scientific. Referees should avoid aggressive, disrespectful and subjective personal comments. When it is determined that the referees make such unscientific comments, they can be contacted by the editor or editorial board to review and correct their comments.
• Referees are required to complete their evaluations within the given time and are expected to comply with the ethical responsibilities stated herein.
Editor
COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal”, published by the Editor”s Editorial Ethics Committee (Committee on Publication Ethics - COPE (https://publicationethics.org/)) Editors (https://publicationethics.org/files/Code_of_conduct_for_journal_editors_Mar11.pdf)) and “Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (https://publicationethics.org/files/u2/ Best_Practice.pdf)) and listed below, must comply with the ethical responsibilities listed below.
The editor is responsible for all articles published in the journal. The editor”s ethical duties and responsibilities are as follows:
General Responsibilities
• The editor is obliged to make an effort to increase the quality of the journal and contribute to its development.
• The editor should support authors” freedom of expression.
Relationships with Readers
• The editor should be sure that the sections (letter to editor, invited articles, conference announcements etc. ) not needed referees evaluation in the journal are clearly stated.
• The editor must make an effort to ensure that the published articles are compatible with the knowledge and skills of journal readers.
Relationships with Referees
• The editor should ask the referees to evaluate the articles appropriate for their knowledge and expertise. Thus, articles should be evaluated appropriately by experts in their field.
• The editor is obliged to request that the referees indicate that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the article before evaluating an article.
• The editor must convey all the necessary information regarding the referee evaluation process and what is expected from the referees to the referees.
• The editor must ensure that the peer review process is carried out with bilateral blind review and not disclose the referees to the authors and the authors to the referees.
• The editor should evaluate the referees based on their timing and performance.
• The editor should create a database of referees and update the database according to the performance of the referees.
• The editor should remove the referees who make rude and unqualified comments or return late.
• The editor should update and expand the list of referees according to the referees” specialties.
Relationships with Authors
• The editor should constantly update the publishing and writing rules and the sample template on what the authors expect.
• The editor should evaluate the articles that are sent to the journal in terms of journal writing rules, the importance and originality of the study, and if he decides to reject the article during the first submission process, the author should convey the reason of it clearly and impartially. In this process, if it is decided that the article should be revised in terms of grammar, punctuation and / or spelling rules (margins, referencing appropriately, etc.), the authors should be informed and given time to make necessary corrections.
• Articles should include submission and publication dates.
• When the authors request information about the status of their articles, the authors should be informed about the status of their articles, so as not to disrupt the bilateral blind review process.
Relationships with Editorial Board
• The editor should convey the publishing and writing rules to the members of the new editorial board and explain what is expected of them.
• The editor should convey the most up-to-date version of the publication and writing rules to the editorial board members.
• The editor should evaluate the members of the editorial board and elect the members who will actively participate in the development of the journal to the editorial board.
• The editor should inform the editorial board members of the roles and responsibilities listed below.
- To support development of the journal
- To write compositions related to their specialties when asked
- To review and improve publishing and writing rules
- To fulfill the necessary responsibilities in the journal”s operation
Publisher
The Journal of Banking and Financial Research is published by the Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University. The publisher”s ethical responsibilities are as follows:
• The publisher acknowledges that the decision maker and the refereeing process are the responsibility of the editor during the article publishing in the Journal of Banking and Financial Research.
• The publisher provides open, electronic and free access to the journal on the journal”s website.
Plagiarism and Unethical Behaviors
All articles submitted to the Journal of Banking and Financial Research are scanned by IThenticate (http://www.ithenticate.com/) or Turnitin (https://www.turnitin.com/) software program before they are published. Articles with a similarity rate of 20% and below are accepted for publication. Articles exceeding this rate are examined in detail and, if necessary, are sent back to the authors for review or correction, and if plagiarism or unethical behavior is detected, their publication is refused.
Some unethical behaviors are listed below:
• Indicating the people who do not contribute to the study as an author.
• Not indicating the people who contribute to the study as an author.
• Not indicating if the article is produced from the author”s master”s / doctoral thesis or a project.
• Making dissection, that is, publishing multiple articles from a single study.
• Not reporting conflicts of interest regarding the submitted articles.
• Deciphering the bilateral blind review process.
Contact: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/jobaf

jobaf@hbv.edu.tr

No fee is charged for article submission/publication.