Writing Rules

TECHNICAL GUIDE

 

Page Setup
Outside Margins: Bottom, Top, Left, Right: 2 cm

Gutter Margin: 0.5 cm Gutter position: Left

Paper Size: Special size Width: 16 cm Height: 24 cm

Page Layout: Different in odd and even pages; Header: 1.2 cm Footer: 1.2 cm


Font Type
Title of the Article: In CAPITAL Letters. Times New Roman, 12 pt, Bold, center-aligned. Line spacing before or after paragraphs; Before: 6nk, After:6nk. Line spacing; 1.5 lines Line indent; None

Titles and Subtitles: By Initial capital letters. Times New Roman, 11 pt, Bold, left-aligned and numbered Line spacing before or after paragraphs; Before: 3nk, After: 3nk. Line spacing; 1.5 lines Line indent; Special; First Line; 1.25 cm.

Author: Author's surname in CAPITAL letters. Times New Roman, 11 pt, Bold, right-aligned . Line spacing before or after paragraphs; Before: 0nk, After: 0nk. Line spacing; 1.0 line Line indent; None

Abstract: In Turkish and in English (Including title of Abstract) (Translation into Turkish will be provided by the Faculty if demanded) Times New Roman, 10 pt, Italic, justified alignment. Line spacing before or after paragraphs; Before: 0nk, After: 6nk. Line spacing; 1.0 line Line indent; Special; First Line; 1.25 cm.

Keywords: Following Abstracts in both Turkish and English, keywords will be given. Times New Roman, 10 pt, Italic, justified alignment. Line spacing before or after paragraphs; Before: 0nk, After: 6nk. Line spacing; 1.0 line Line indent; Special; First Line; 1.25 cm. Line spacing; 1.0 line Line indent; Special; Hanging; 1.25 cm

JEL Classification: Following Keywords in both Turkish and English JEL Classification will be given. Times New Roman, 10 pt, Italic. Line spacing before or after paragraphs; Before: 0nk, After: 6nk. Line spacing; 1.0 line Line indent; Special; First Line; 1.25 cm.

Text: Times New Roman, 10 pt, justified alignment. Line spacing before or after paragraphs; Before: 0nk, After: 6nk. Line spacing; 1.0 line Line indent; Special; First Line; 1.25 cm.

Footnote: Times New Roman, 9 pt, justified alignment. Line spacing before or after paragraphs; Before: 0nk, After: 3nk. Line spacing; 1.0 line Line indent; None

References: Times New Roman, 10 pt, justified alignment. Line spacing before or after paragraphs; Before: 0nk, After: 6nk.


GUIDELINES FOR ARTICLE SUBMISSION

Article Submission
The article in MS Word format will be sent to the e-mail address.

Article: General Requirements
Title will be center-aligned.

Authors’ name and surname will be written under the main title, right-aligned.

Sign (*) can be put after the name of the author in order to point out address and e-mail information belonging to the author at the bottom of the page with the title.

Title and author's name will be followed by an Abstract that briefly mentions aim of the paper, methodology used and general considerations of the study with 50 to 300 words. Keywords for the paper will be written below the Abstract. And three-digit JEL Classification Codes including the subject category of the article will be given under the Keywords. An article can belong to multiple JEL Classifications. At least 3 JEL classifications should be given.

Article will include an Introduction section. In this section, importance of that study is explained and a general assessment of related studies in the literature will be stated in general.

It is expected that the articles submitted to the journal will not exceed 25 pages.

Sections
Sections will be divided into Headings and Sub-headings according to their contents and will be organized according to decimal numbering scheme.

In the sections following Introduction, theoretical and/or empirical foundations of the study, methodology and data collection technique, after following a systematic order, will be assessed in general in the light of key findings obtained.

Notes that are required to be expressed, but interrupts the flow of main statement or information that is explaining an issue in detail will be included in footnotes.

Final judgment will be included in “Conclusion”.

Sources used in the article will be included in “References”.

All sections of the article will be numbered in bold and subsections will be indented.

Footnotes and Citations
Footnote will be written at the bottom of the page. Citations must follow APA style.

Tables, Graphs and Diagrams
Each table, graph and diagram in all sections or appendices will be numbered one by one. The number of each table, graph or diagram will be followed by its title. There will be half line spacing between the line that title is written and the figure below. If title is longer than a line, it will be written by using 1.0 line spacing. Source of figure that is referred to in the text will be given below the figure with no line spacing. Source of figure will be cited below the figure as "Source:......" . In general thinner border line is more appropriate (3/4 pt). Variable names given in the first row and column of a table or in the axes of a graph should be written in BOLD. Each table, graph or diagram should be located in the best possible distance to the comment mentioned in the text by referring to that figure.

Authors submitting manuscripts to the JORE must follow the guidelines provided in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition (APA manual). (Also check)

Guidelines for Technical Details and Article Submission are available in here.