Karadeniz Journal of Economic Research

Karadeniz Journal of Economic Research (KARED), is an open-access and peer-reviewed journal; aiming to share original theoretical and applied studies in both Turkish and English with the scientific world.

Karadeniz Economic Research Journal is a biannual and free of charge international peer-reviewed journal which publishes original theoretical and applied scientific articles in both Turkish and English in the field of Economic and Administrative Sciences such as Economics, Labor Economics, Business Administration, Public Finance, International Relations, Management Information Systems, Political Science and Public Administration.

Writing Rules

Article Publishing and Preparing Rules
1.      The title of the article, in which language article is written should be first, must be 12-point, bold and centered.
2.      Turkish and English summaries should not exceed 150 words. Turkish “Öz” and English “Abstract” should be italics and 9-point and the initial letters should be capital. Aim, method and conclusion should be included in the summaries. Under the Turkish and English summaries, a maximum of five keywords and a Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) classification number should be given.
3.      Articles submitted to the journal should be written in MS Office Word program and with the font of “Calisto MT”. Summary/Abstract section should be 9-points and 1.3 lines spaced; The main text should be 11-points and 1.3 lines spaced and should not exceed 20 pages including appendix and bibliography.
4.      All pages should be arranged in A4 page layout with the margins of top 4 cm, bottom 2.5 cm, right 2.5 cm and left 3 cm.
5.      Headings in the text should be numbered as 1., 1.1., 1.1.2.. The first level headings should be 11-points and bold, second and later level headings should 10-points and bold. Headings and texts should be left-justified, and there should be 6-pt. space between headings and text and paragraphs. There should be 12 spaces between paragraphs.
6.      Tables and figures used in the text should be given the title and sequence number. Tables and figures, should be organized as Table 1: Table Name/Figure 1: Figure Name, and headings should be on top of the tables and graphics. Table/Figure headings should be 10-point and centered and the first letter of the title should be in capital and the rest should be in lowercases. “Source” heading should be given as left-justified under the non-original tables and graphics, and source of the tables and graphics should be specified.
7.      Equations should be placed in the middle of the page and each equation must be given a sequence number. The sequence numbers of the equations should be right-justified of the page and in parentheses.
8.      In-text citations should be like (author(s) surname, year of source: page number(s)) (Stiglitz, 1975: 288). In sources with three or more authors, the surname of the first author et al., the year of the source: page number(s) (Acemoglu et al., 2001: 1386).
9.      All in-text citations referred in article 8 must be ordered alphabetically in “Bibliographic” heading and must be stated as seen in the following bibliographic writing examples. In the bibliography, the names of the journal in articles; name of the book in books should be written in italics.
Articles to be submitted to Karadeniz Journal of Economic Research should be arranged in accordance with the APA reference system. Reference examples are given below according to publication types. Please refer to APA reference guideline for cases not covered by the following reference examples: https://www.citefast.com/styleguide.php?style=apa&sec=inte.
Reference Examples
Article
Piketty, T. (2015). About Capital in the Twenty-First Century. American Economic Review, 105(5), 48-53.
Krugman, P. and Venables, A. J. (1995). Globalization and the Inequality of Nations. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 110(4), 857-880.
Alesina, A. and La Ferrara, E. (2005). Preferences for Redistribution in the Land of Opportunities. Journal of Public Economics, 89 (5–6), 897–931
Rodrik, D., Subramanian, A., and Trebbi, F. (2004). Institutions Rule: The Primacy of Institutions over Geography and Integration in Economic. Development. Journal of Economic Growth, 9(2), 131-165.
Raza, S. A., Shahbaz, M., and Paramati, S. (2016). Dynamics of Military Expenditure and Income Inequality in Pakistan. Social Indicators Research, 131(13), 1035-1055.
If the source has more than three authors, the surname and the initial of the name of the first author should be written, then et al. abbreviation should be used.
Caian, A. Et al. (2016). Agent Based-Stock Flow Consistent Macroeconomics: Towards a Benchmark Model. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 69, 375-408.
Xu, X. et al. (2019). Collaboration between Designers and Contractors to Improve Building Energy Performance. Journal of Cleaner Production, 219, 20-32.
Book
Romer, D. (1996). Advanced Macroeconomics. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Kazgan, G. (1992). İktisadi Düşünce veya Politik İktisadın Evrimi. İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi.
Palley, T.I. (2012). From Financial Crisis to Stagnation – The Destruction of Shared Prosperity and the Role of Economics. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Acemoglu, D., and Robinson, J. A. (2013). Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty. Crown Books.
Acemoglu, D., and Robinson, J. A. (2005). Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy. Cambridge University Press.
      Internet Sources
Sen, S. (2018). Investment Decisions under Uncertainty. http://www.levyinstitute.org/ publications/investment-decisions-under-uncertainty (Accessed: 02.02.2019).
Carkovic, M. and Levine, R. (2002). Does Foreign Direct Investment Accelerate Growth?. http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTFR/Resources/fdi.pdf (Accessed: 25.02.2015).
Raza, S. A. and Shahbaz, M. (2014). To Battle Income Inequality, Focus on Military Expenditures: Lesson from Pakistan. https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/57773/ (Accessed: 14.05.2018).
Chapter in Edited Book
Oktar, S. and Eroğlu, N. (2015). Petrolün İlk Küresel Krizi: 1973 Krizi. N. Eroğlu, İ. Eroğlu and H. İ. Aydın (Yay. Haz.). in İktisadi Krizler ve Türkiye Ekonomisi (pp.177-190). İstanbul: Orion.
Kuemmerle, W. (2006). Innovation in Large Firms. In M. Casson, B. Yeung, A. Basu and N. Wadeson (Ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurship (pp.311-331). UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Herrmann, R. K., and Finkle, F. (2002). Linking Theory to Evidence in International Relations. In W. Carlsnaes, T. Risse, and B. A. Simmons (Eds.). Handbook of International Relations (pp. 119-136). London, England: Sage.
Translated Books
Stiglitz, J.E. (2016). Eşitsizliğin Bedeli: Bugünün Bölünmüş Toplumu Geleceğimizi Nasıl Tehlikeye Atıyor?. (O. İşler, trans.). İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları. (Printing date of the original work 2012)
Thesis
Üzar, U. (2014). Türkiye’de Finansallaşma ve Ekonomik Büyüme İlişkisi. Unpublished Master’s Thesis, İstanbul: İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü.

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Evaluation Process

For a study to be published in KARED, it should not have been previously published or decided to be published anywhere else. The journal has an “advisory and referee board” established with academics from different universities. The articles submitted to KARED are evaluated by two referees with a double-blind review. If a referee has a positive opinion and the other has a negative opinion, the article is sent to a third referee. In order for the article to be accepted, the two referees must submit positive opinions.

The article evaluation process takes approximately 3 months. After receiving the positive opinions of the referees, an acceptance letter signed by the editor is sent to the author(s) if such request is made by the author(s). Articles accepted for publications can be followed in the tab “Accepted articles” in the main page of the journal.

Publishing Frequency

KARED has been published twice a year in July and December since 2020. There is no time period for submission. KARED accepts articles at any time. Articles are not accepted for certain volumes. The articles accepted by KARED is published by taking into consideration of the arrival date of the articles.

Open-Access Policy

KARED is an open-accessed journal that offers direct access to the content it publishes with the idea that science is universal and accessible. The articles published in KARED can be accessed without any legal, economic and technical obstacles. The articles can also be read and recorded without any legal and technical obstacles. The articles can also be read, saved, copied, printed, printed, scanned, and transferred as data without and legal, economic or technical obstacles. As long as cited, a digital copy of an article published in KARED may be created, a limited number of hard copies for personal use may be created and distributed.

Publishing Fee

KARED is a free of charge published journal. No fee is requested from the authors at any step of the publishing process.

Privacy Statement

The names and e-mail addresses in the website of the journal will be used only for the purposes stated in the journal and they will not be opened or shared for any other purpose or for use by other persons.

Copyright Regulation

The authors declare and undertake that articles submitted to be published in KARED are not published anywhere before, are not accepted for publication, and are not currently being evaluated for publication elsewhere. The copyrights of the accepted articles are in possession of the authors. The authors give the first publication right to the journal.

All scientific, legal and ethical responsibility for the contents of all articles published in the journal belong to the authors. No royalties are paid for the published articles. The articles published in the journal can be cited as long as they are referenced.

Publication Ethics

The publication process in KARED is based on the principle of ethical and fair distribution and development of information. Accordingly, KARED undertakes to follow the implementation guide of the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE).

Please inform to kareddergi@gmail.com when an unethical situation is encountered.

Plagiarism Check

KARED, due to the publication ethics, requires that every article passed through blinded peer review process to be subjected to a plagiarism check. Plagiarism check is performed by using iThenticate software. Articles submitted to the journal will be checked with iThenticate at the preliminary evaluation stage before they are sent to the referees, and the articles that do not meet certain standards will not be taken into consideration.