1. Types of Articles Accepted for Publication
The journal aims to contribute to the fields of urban and regional planning, architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, urban design, and industrial design as well as their interdisciplinary domains. Articles in the form of "Original Research Article", "Review Article" "Research Note", "Letter to the Editor", “Critical Review” or “Book Review” are accepted for publication in the Journal of Planning Architecture and Design.
Original articles; It should be a scientific publication designed with scientific methods and methods and prepared based on the findings obtained as a result of measurement and observation.
Review articles; It should be in the form of a synthesis, interpretation and situation assessment of studies on a particular subject and articles published in scientific journals.
Research note; Preliminary studies and information regarding a research will be evaluated as a research note.
Letter to the editor; It should be in the form of a scientific text on a specific subject and for information purposes, not exceeding one page in total.
Authors must also upload a similarity (plagiarism) report prepared using Turnitin or iThenticate during submission. The similarity index of the article must be below 20%.
Submission of an article to the Journal of Planning Architecture and Design implies that it has not been published elsewhere or is not under consideration for publication. Where copyrighted material, such as figures, photographs, tables, etc., is used, the relevant source must be cited and permission obtained from the responsible publisher. The corresponding author must upload the Copyright Transfer Form, signed on behalf of all authors, to the system during the submission process.
The cover letter should be attached.
2. Page LayoutManuscripts should be prepared on A4 (210 x 297 mm) size paper in Word, using Times New Roman font, 2.5 cm from the top and bottom margins, 1.5 cm from the left and right margins, single line spacing, justified.
Except for the Abstract, and/or Özet the entire text should be in two columns, with a 0.6 cm space between the columns and justified. Main and sub headings, including the Abstract and Abstract headings, should begin left justified and without paragraph indent.
3. TitleAfter leaving one blank line from the top of the page, the title should be centered and formatted in Times New Roman Tur, 14-point, and bold. The initial letter of each word in the title must be capitalized. The manuscript title must not exceed 15 words. The English title should be provided after the Turkish title, in 14-point and bold.
Author names should not be included in the publication during the article submission. After the article is accepted for publication, author names should be written under the title of the article, leaving 1 line (9 pt) space, left justified, with capital letters, 9 pt bold. Full addresses should be specified by leaving 1 space (9 pt.) Under the author's names. Authors' addresses; It should be indicated in superscript form, using the same number at the end of each author's surname and beginning of their address. Corresponding author's name should be indicated with an asterisk (*) sign above the name of the article and the responsible author's e-mail address should be written, leaving 1 space after the addresses.
4. AbstractIt should be written after the title of "Abstract (11 font size and bold)", between 150-200 (9 font size) words and with a single column justified and should not be headed. If the article is in English, the Abstract title should be followed by the English abstract text written in regular font. Subsequently, the Turkish abstract title and the Turkish abstract text should be provided.
5. KeywordsIn the column specified in the manuscript template, after the label “Keywords:” or “Anahtar Kelimeler:” is written in bold, a minimum of three and a maximum of five keywords must be provided. The keywords should be arranged in alphabetical order. Keywords must be formatted in 9-point type, with the initial letter of each keyword capitalized; each keyword should consist of no more than three words.
6.Text SectionsThe main text of the article should be structured to present the aim, scope, research universe, material, method, findings, and conclusions of the study. The order of the subsections should be arranged and named according to the type of the article and the structure of the writing. Research articles prepared within the scope of the journal can consist of sections such as "Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion." However, in cases where interdisciplinary studies, as required by the scope of the journal, or review articles, current discussions, critiques, and evaluation writings are included, the main text between the Introduction and Conclusion sections may contain differently named subsections. At the end of the main text, acknowledgments (if necessary) and references sections should be included. Articles submitted for publication can be in either Turkish or English. The length of original research articles must be at least 5,000 words and must not exceed 8,000 words, including headings, the abstract, figure and table captions, footnotes, and references. Similarly, review articles must not exceed 5,000 words, while critique, evaluation, and book review papers must not exceed 2,000 words.
EquationsAll equations used in the manuscript must be cited in the text as Equation 1 or Equations 1, 2; when cited at the end of a sentence, they should be formatted as (Equation 1) or (Equations 1, 2). When inserting equations, the Insert menu in Microsoft Word must be used. Equations should be left-aligned, set in Cambria Math font at 10-point size. The corresponding equation number should appear in parentheses on the right-hand side of the equation.
Tables and Figures
All charts and figures (graphics, photographs, maps, etc.) should be placed centered on the page, numbered consecutively in the text according to their citation order, and placed right after the cited paragraph. All tables and figures used in the article should be cited in the text as (Figure 1), (Table 1). Tables and figures should be as simple and understandable as possible.
The titles of the Tables and Tables above and below the figures should be placed centered on the page. Tables and graphics contents and titles should be 9 points. If available, the sub-explanation in the tables should be 8 pt. Before the table titles and after the figure titles, a 6 point space should be left.
Figures should be prepared at a resolution of 300 dpi. Characters used in figures should also be in Times New Roman font. Page orientation should not be changed in order to fit the charts on the page. Vertical lines of the charts should not be drawn.
7. References
The references should only include works that are cited in the manuscript and that are published or accepted for publication. Unpublished results and information obtained through articles and personal communications are not recommended for use as the reference. Reference entries should be listed in alphabetical order by the last names of the first author of each work. Abbreviated journal names and book titles can be used in references. Parenthetical citation should be: (Tutar & Çamlibel, 2010; World Health Organization, 2018; Grady et al., 2019; Lipscomb, 2021).
Narrative citation should be: Tutar and Çamlibel (2010), Zambrano (2016) and Evans et al. (2019). All citations must be made according to the APA style 7th edition shown below:
For a Journal Article
Lipscomb, A. Y. (2021). Addressing trauma in the college essay writing process. The Journal of College Admission, (249), 30–33.
Tutar, Ü., & Çamlibel, F. (2008). The conceptual dimensions of the consumer perception of value affecting consumer preference. Balıkesir University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Journal, 3(1), 47–58.
Grady, J. S., Her, M., Moreno, G., Perez, C., & Yelinek, J. (2019). Emotions in storybooks: A comparison of storybooks that represent ethnic and racial groups in the United States. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 8(3), 207–217.
For a Book and a Chapter
Sapolsky, R. M. (2017). Behave: The biology of humans at our best and worst. Penguin Books.
Aron, L., Botella, M., & Lubart, T. (2019). Culinary arts: Talent and their development. In R. F. Subotnik, P. Olszewski-Kubilius, & F. C. Worrell (Eds.), The psychology of high performance: Developing human potential into domain-specific talent (pp. 345–359). American Psychological Association.
For a Report
National Cancer Institute. (2019). Taking time: Support for people with cancer (NIH Publication No. 18-2059). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health.
For a Congress or a Symposium Proceedings
Evans, A. C., Jr., Garbarino, J., Bocanegra, E., Kinscherff, R. T., & Márquez-Greene, N. (2019, August 8–11). Gun violence: An event on the power of community [Conference presentation]. APA 2019 Convention, Chicago, IL, United States.
For a Thesis
Zambrano, L. (2016). The interaction of state and trait worry on response monitoring in those with worry and obsessive-compulsive symptoms [Doctoral dissertation, University of Arizona]. UA Campus Repository.
For an Electronic Source (Web documents)
World Health Organization. (2018, May 24). The top 10 causes of death. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/the-top-10-causes-of-death
Bologna, C. (2019, October 31). Why some people with anxiety love watching horror movies. HuffPost. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anxiety-love-watching-horror
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