Publication Principles
The
articles sent to the Journal of Defense Sciences are required not to have been
published anywhere in the country and abroad and to be original in such a way
that contribute to the related literature. The submitted articles that were
presented in scientific meetings such as congress, symposium, seminar etc. can
be accepted if they have not been published in the related proceedings document
and this is explicitly stated by the article author(s). The articles which will
be sent to the Journal of Defence Sciences for publishing are required to be
sent to Directorate of Alparslan Defence Sciences Institute via alpdergi@kho.edu.tr.
The
Articles submitted to the Journal are forwarded to the referees (two referees)
of the particular scientific are by hiding the identity of the author in the
event that the articles meet the formatting requirement mentioned below and the
publication board finds it appropriate for the subject. If the evaluation of
both referees turn out to be positive, the article is accepted for publication.
In case one of the evaluation is positive and the other one is negative, the
article is forwarded to a third referee. In the event that the editors or
referees of the Journal request a change/correction in the text of candidate's
article in terms of format, method or content, this situation is reported to
the author and he/she is asked to amend the text again and deliver it in 15
days at the latest. The emended text can be reviewed again in case the referee
deems it necessary. The articles submitted to the Journal of Defense Science
are published with a final decision of the Publication Board after two referees
give approval as ''publishable''. The articles submitted to the Journal are not
given back in case of publication or non-publication.
The
views expressed in the articles published in the Journal of Defense Sciences
are of the personal views of the authors and do not constitute the official
opinion of National Defense University and Directorate of Alparslan Defense
Sciences Institute with any other institute and organizations. The writer is
responsible for any faulty, missing references or distortions that may arise in
the work. It is compulsory for the author to keep the reference data for every
research for 5 years which was published. There is no copyright payment for the
article sent to the Journal.
Text
Formatting
1. Articles sent to the Journal can be
prepared either in Turkish or in English.The spelling and the punctuation of
Turkish articles and the abbreviations in them should be in accordance with the
most recent edition of Turkish Language Association Spelling Book. The articles
should be clear and understandable in terms of language and expression in
accordance with scientific measures.
2. The articles sent to the Journal should be
in the range of 2500-3000 words for the articles written in the engineering
field and 5000-6000 words for the articles written in the social sciences.
3. The articles should include a maximum of
150-250 words of Turkish abstract and key words (3 to 7 words) and also English
title, abstract and key words. Both of these Abstracts should be in Times New
Roman 11 font, one and a half spaced and in italics. In addition, there will be
an Extended Summary at the end of the article in accordance with the scientific
writing rules not to exceed 750 words. The Extended Summary which will consist
of Introduction, Main Titles and a Conclusion sections will be prepared in
English for articles in Turkish, and in Turkish for articles in English.
4 The names of the authors should be
written side by side under the title of the article; the title of the author,
the name of the institution/organization to which he/she is affiliated and the
e-mail address should be indicated in footnote (*) with 9 point.
5. The articles should be written in Times
New Roman 11pt, one and a half spaced, and justified. Page numbers should be
stated on the bottom and page margins should be 4 cm to the right, 4 cm to the
left, 5,5 cm to the bottom and 5,5 cm to the tol. The paper type should be A4.
6. After the first page, name of the author
should be given to the even pages, name of the article should be given to the
odd pages in 10pt as header.
7. Page number should be given to every page
(Table 1, Figure 2 etc. );The title of the tables should be above and the title
of the figures should be below. These titles should be centered and the first
letter should be uppercased in 10pt. For the statistics, no more than three
letters should be written after the comma. Equations should be numbered. Page
number should be in brackets and located at the right side of the sheet.
8. Using endnotes in the articles should be
avoided and things that will be stated in this part should be given in the
text. If it is compulsory to use endnotes, those should be stated at the end of
the pages after numbered or stated at the end of the text but before the
reference as endnote.
9. Technical terms should be in quotation
marks or explained. Using abbreviations should be avoided for the terms.
10. Five level titles should be used in Journal
of Defence Sciences. If it is not compulsory, these levels should not be
exceeded. Introduction and conclusion parts should not be numbered.
1. First
Level
a. Second Level
(1) Third Level
(a) Fourth Level
(I) Fifth Level
11. Each tested hypothesis should be expressed
and numbered separately (Hypothesis 1 and Hypothesis 1a, 1b etc.). Hypothesis
should be indented and in italics. For instance;
Hypothesis 1: The managers working
on public organizations have higher power distance than the managers working on
private institutions.
12. Citation should be arranged alphabetically
according to the last names of the authors. In different studies of the same
author or authors, study dating back to an older date must be stated before.
The same studies of the same author or authors should include ‘’a’’, ‘’b’’ next
to the year of the study. Basically, each reference of studies which is referred,
should be given as in the example below.
Name
and year: Organizational Premises, Organizational Justice Perception (Brewer
and Kramer, 1986; Cremer, 2005a, 2005b; Lipponen, 2001, 2006)
Only
year: Mael and Ashforth (1992)
In
studies with multiple authors, the first citation should include the names of
all authors. Following citations should be abbreviated by using ‘’et al.’’ If
there are more than five authors, it can be stated as ‘’et al.’’ after the last
name of the first author.
13. If paraphrasing is difficult or causing
vagueness, it is difficult to re-express the thoughts of an author or becomes
meaningless, the expression taken from the source in the reference which is no more than
40 words should be written in quotation marks and
the page number of the expression should be stated. For example: (Ozturk, 2003:
147). If the reference is required to be more than 40 words, quoted text should
be in quotation marks, two times indented and paragraph (para. 15) or page
(p.25) should be stated at the end.
14. If a page with no author name is required to
be cited and if this is in a periodical publication, the publication name can
be specified as the author. For example (Wall Street Journal of Trade, 2009),
(The Ministry of Trade,1999). To state multiple sources in the same
parentheses, they should be in alphabetical order, and each should be separated
by a semi colon. For example: (Abrahams, 2000; Sullivan and Hellman, 1999).
Secondary sources should be stated as (Blau, from Tamer in 1963, 2003), according
to Tamer(2003) referencing Blau(1964).
15. When refering to electronic sources, general
reference rules are valid (last name, year.). If this information is not
reachable, the link of the source should be stated in parentheses. In short,
when it is required to refer an electronic source of which author is unknown,
the website of the source should be given in parentheses. If it is required to
refer a professional website, data base or the website of a project the
electronic address should be given in parantheses and it should also be stated
in the references as shown in the below. For example; the website of UNICEF
enables connections to various useful sources endeavoring for welfare of the
children worldwide.
16. Acknowledgements: If there is any person or
any institutions that you would like to thank for financial or any other types
of support, you can express you sincere thanks by adding a note at the end of
the study.
17. The
references should be in 11 font size. Some examples of writing rules are givenbelow:
Books
Brannick, M.T., Levine, E.L. ve Morgeson, F.P. (2007). Job and work
analysis. London: Sage.
Bloch S. ve Whiteley P. (2010). Düz bir dünyada yöneticilik.
(Çev. Ü. Şensoy), İstanbul: İş Bankası Yayınları.
Article
Levine, E.L., Ash, R.A. ve Bennett, N. (1980). Exploratory comparative
study of four job analysis methods. Journal of Applied Psychology, 3(1), 524-535.
Unpublished Works
Dağ, İ. (1990). Kontrol odağı, stresle başa çıkma stratejileri ve
psikolojik belirti gösterme ilişkileri. (Yayımlanmamış Doktora Tezi).
Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Ankara.
Welch, K.E. (Baskıda). Technical communication and physical location:
Topoi and architecture in computer classrooms. Technical Communication
Quarterly,14(3).
E-books
Shotton, M.A. (1989). Computer addiction? A study of computer
dependency .http://www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/html/index. This Article was
taken from this Website.
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