Volume 3 , Number 1

May 23, 2025

6 Article

Research Article

Research Article WHAT DOES LAS VEGAS TEACH VIDEO GAMES? : A STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF COMMERCIAL POSTMODERN ARCHITECTURE ON VIDEO GAMES

Bahadır Mert Çınar ^* , Ebru Özeke Tökmeci

May 23, 2025 Page 1-18

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Research Article A PERSPECTIVE ON COURTYARD DESIGN: TULOU COLLECTIVE HOUSING IN CHINA

Büşra Durmaz , Cihan Erçetin ^*

May 23, 2025 Page 19-34

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Research Article EKOSİSTEM HİZMETLERİNİN KORUNAN ALANLARIN SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİR YÖNETİMİNDEKİ ROLÜ: Belemedik Tabiat Parkı Örneği

Gamze Karadaş ^*

May 23, 2025 Page 35-48

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Research Article TRANSFORMING URBAN SPACES FOR ALTERNATIVE SOCIALIZATION IN THE POST-PANDEMIC ERA

Serengül Seçmen ^* , Pınar Şahin , Salih Ceylan

May 23, 2025 Page 49-60

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Research Article AFET SONRASI MEKÂNSAL MÜŞTEREKLEŞME VE SOSYAL ALTYAPI

Devran Bengü ^*

May 23, 2025 Page 61-80

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Research Article NİĞDE İLİNDE PEYZAJ ÖZELLİKLERİNE DAYALI PEYZAJ KARAKTER ANALİZİ VE DEĞERLENDİRMESİ

Şeydanur Karaca , Nuriye Ebru Yıldız , Barış Kahveci ^*

May 23, 2025 Page 81-96

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Journal of Spatial Research publishes original scientific research studies in the field of design and planning. The manuscripts submitted to the journal are expected to address current issues in the field of Architecture, Design and Planning and encourage researchers to engage in scientific discussions.

In the subject areas of Architecture, Interior Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning, and Landscape Architecture;

Design, theory, and methods,
Planning,
Conservation, renovation, and restoration,
History and theory,
Building technologies and building physics,
Building elements and materials,
The physical environment control,
Sustainability and ecology,
Design and planning education

The journal covers these subject areas but is open to original scientific studies that are interdisciplinary and related to space.

The journal publishes original scientific research articles that have not been published elsewhere before and have not been submitted to another journal for publication at the same time, addressing a problem within a specific method framework in current topics in the field and contributing to the existing literature. The journal follows an open-access policy and the full texts of the published articles are accessible electronically, and online.

Types of Articles

Research Article: Original scientific research articles that define the problem based on a theoretical ground, and include the results and discussions obtained through a specific method. The word count of these articles, including abstract, text, and references, should not exceed 7500 and the page count should not exceed 20. They are decided to be published after the double-blind peer review process.

Review: Research articles that present the existing knowledge within a specific field or topic and make evaluations in light of this information, identify a specific problem by the researcher, propose solutions, or develop methods by interpreting the literature knowledge in the field. The word count of these articles, including abstract, text, and references, should not exceed 6500 and the page count should not exceed 20. They are decided to be published after the double-blind peer review process.

Opinion: Texts in which the author presents his/her views on the strengths and weaknesses of a hypothesis or scientific theory. These types of articles are based on constructive criticism and are supported by evidence. These articles reflect scientific discourses that challenge the current state of knowledge in a specific field. Opinion articles do not exceed 1500 words and are accepted only by invitation within the scope of the journal. The peer review process is not conducted for these articles.

Letter to the Editor: Articles that criticize a published article, paper, or hypothesis within the scope of the journal, identify a problem, or discuss a current issue from various aspects in relation to the literature. The text should be clear and concise, and the topic discussed should be strong enough to attract the reader. These articles are limited to 1,000 words and no peer review process is conducted for publication.

Book Review: Articles that provide general information to readers and researchers about the book that is introduced and criticized, encourage reading the book, identify the strengths and weaknesses of the book, and guide future research on this topic. Reviews can be descriptive, which provides basic information about the book without evaluation, or critical, which evaluates and make some judgments about the book. In a critical book review, it is expected that the reviewer will reveal what he/she understood from the purpose of the book and the author, to what extent the author succeeded in this, and the scientific quality and significance of the book (Şişman, 2005). These articles are limited to 1000-1500 words and no peer review process is conducted for publication.

The bibliography format, imprint format, citation and quotation rules of the texts should be prepared based on the APA 6 (American Psychological Association) rules. You can access detailed information about APA 6 style from here. The following templates should be used according to the writing languages in the studies to be submitted to the journal:

The main text, should be a minimum of 5000 and a maximum of 7500 words in length excluding the abstract, keywords, and references, and written in Times New Roman font style, size 11, with justified margins. The main text should begin on a new page with the Introduction section. Main headings in the text should be in bold, upper case letters, left-aligned, and in Times New Roman font size 11. Subheadings should be in title case, left-aligned, and in Times New Roman font size 11 with the first letter capitalized. There should be one blank line before and after the main and subheadings.

The font and page dimensions should be arranged as follows:

Font: Times New Roman, 11-point, single-spaced, justified
Paragraph Spacing: 6 nk after each line
Block Quote: Times New Roman, 9-point (indented 1 cm)
Footnotes: are not used, and if necessary, endnotes can be added to the end of the text in Times New Roman, 8-point
Table information: Times New Roman, 9-point

1.1. Abstract

The abstract should be written in Turkish and English, consisting of at least 150 and at most 250 words, and should include the aim, scope, methodology, key findings, and conclusions of the study. The English abstract should not exceed 250 words. The abstract should be prepared in Times New Roman, 9-point size, aligned to both left and right margins, without paragraph indentation. References should not be used in the abstract.

At least 3 and at most 5 keywords that express the content of the study should be given. Keywords should be given in the relevant way after the Turkish and English abstracts.

1.2. Figures and Tables

All visuals used in the text should be uploaded to the system as separate files in jpeg format and with a resolution of 300 dpi. All visuals, photographs, and drawings used in the text should be named Figure, while tables should be named Table.

Captions for figures should be given below the image, centered, in Times New Roman, in 10-point font size, and numbered, with the references indicated (even if it belongs to the authors).

Figure 1. Logo of the Journal of Spatial Research (Erman, 2017, s.34).

The table caption should be provided above the table, aligned to the left in Times New Roman, size 10, and numbered. The source of the table should be indicated, even if it belongs to the authors. There should be one blank line after the table.

Table 1. Sample table (Prepared by the authors).

Figures and tables should be referenced in the text and should be placed in an appropriate place in the text after the reference in the text.

1.3. Source Citation

All sources mentioned in the text should be listed in the reference section in alphabetical order. In the text, sources can be cited as "according to Botto and Rochat (2018)" or "(Botto & Rochat, 2018)."

The reference list at the end of the text should have a hanging indent with the first line indented by 1cm and a line spacing of 6pt after each entry. The following examples should be considered when formatting the references.

Citation styles according to publication types in the reference list

Article:

Abaza, M. (2001). Shopping malls, consumer culture, and the reshaping of public space in Egypt. Theory, Culture & Society, 18(5), 97-122.

Erkip, F. (2002). The shopping mall is an emergent public space in Turkey. Environment and Planning A, 35, 1073-1093. Retrieved from https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1068/a35167.

Gaff, J. G., & Simpson, R. D. (1994). Faculty development in the United States. Innovative Higher Education, 18(3), 167–76. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01191111

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Online Periodical, volume number(issue number if available). Retrieved from https://www.someaddress.com/url/

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number if available), page range. doi:0000000/000000000000 or https://doi.org/10.0000/0000

Book:

Arnout, A. (2019). Streets of Splendor, Shopping Culture and Spaces in a European Capital City (Brussels, 1830–1914), NY: Routledge.

Bluman, A. G. (2012). Elementary Statistics, A Step by Step Approach, NY: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Gamgam, H., & Altunkaynak, B. (2012). SPSS Uygulamalı Parametrik Olmayan Yöntemler.4. Baskı, Ankara: Seçkin-Teknik Yayıncılık.

Author, A. A. (2022). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher.

Chapter in Book:

Cashin, W. E. (1990). Students do rate different academic fields differently. In M. Theall, & J. L. Franklin (Eds.), Student ratings of instruction: Issues for improving practice. New Directions for Teaching and Learning (pp. 113–121).

Conference Proceedings Published:

Ünlü, A. & Edgü, E., (2007). Comparative space syntax analysis of design strategies for Istanbul underground system. In A. S. Kubat (ed.), 6th International Space Syntax Symposium Proceedings Book, ITU Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul, June 13-15, 2007, 2: 074, 01-10. Retrieved from http://spacesyntaxistanbul.itu.edu.tr/papers.htm.

Encyclopedia & Dictionary:

Feminism. (n.d.). In Encyclopædia Britannica online. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/724633/feminism

Citation from Webpages:

For internet sources that are dynamic, changeable, or may be removed, it is important to include the date of last access.

For newspaper articles

Parker-Pope, T. (2008, Mayıs 6). Psychiatry handbook linked to the drug industry. The New York Times. Retrieved 03.03.2022 from https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/.

For Internet sources with known authors

Yazar, A. A., & Yazar B. B. (2022). Günümüzde mimarlık. Retrieved 06.02.2022 from https://www.someaddress.com/full/url/.

For Internet sources with unknown authors and publication date

Günümüzde Mimarlık. (n.d.). Retrieved 06.02.2022 from https://www.someaddress.com/full/url/.

For Internet sources with unknown titles, authors, and publication date

URL-1. Retrieved 06.02.2022 from https://lorem.com/afasdf/21341234.

URL-2. Retrieved 06.02.2022 from https://lorem.com/afasdf/21341235.

URL-3. Retrieved 06.02.2022 from https://lorem.com/afasdf/21341236.

In light of the principles that knowledge should be respected, impartial, and open to sharing, the Journal of Spatial Research has determined its publication policy and principles. It is important for the scientific respectability of the journal that all stakeholders involved in the evaluation and publication process of the submitted articles act within the framework of the determined ethical principles. The publication ethics statement presented by our journal covers editors, referees, and authors. The publication ethics statement was prepared by taking into account the guides and policies openly offered by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE, https://publicationethics.org). The publication ethics process is implemented for all articles submitted to the Journal of Spatial Research for publication.

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors

Persons who make significant contributions to the design, acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of data, prepare the draft of the article, or critically review it in terms of content are accepted as authors for a study. Persons are defined as authors who are responsible for finalizing the work and approving the version to be published (Albert and Wager, 2003).

According to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the responsibilities of authors are listed as follows (Wager and Kleinert, 2011, pp: 309-316):

The submitted work should be carried out in accordance with ethical responsibilities.
Authors should present the results of their work in an unbiased, clear, and understandable manner, without making any changes or manipulations.
Authors should explain the method of their research in a clear and sufficient way so that the results of their work can be verified and evaluated by readers.
By submitting their work to the journal, authors should declare that their work is original, does not contain plagiarism, has not been published elsewhere before, and is not under review for publication by another journal at the same time.
Each of the authors is responsible for the submitted and published work.
The contribution of the authors in the work should be stated.
The institutions and sources that support the work, as well as any relevant conflicts of interest, should be stated.

About Ethics Committee Approval

For articles to be published in our journal that involve the use of certain research data, Ethics Committee Approval must be obtained. When submitting your study for evaluation, please also include your Ethics Committee Approval Document along with the article file.

If the study does not fall under the scope of the work requiring Ethics Committee Approval, please fill out the Ethics Declaration Form. In studies requiring ethical approval, it should be stated that Research and Publication Ethics were adhered to. For studies requiring Ethics Committee Approval, information about the approval (committee name, date, and reference number) should be provided in the methodology section and also at the end of the article.

In-text citation example in the article:

"This study has been granted ethical approval by the Cukurova University Social and Human Sciences Ethics Committee under decision number 1-XX-50-XX, dated 07/06/2023."

Research Requiring Ethics Committee Approval

All types of research conducted using qualitative or quantitative approaches that involve data collection from participants through surveys, interviews, focus groups, observations, experiments, and interview techniques,
Use of humans and animals (including materials/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,
Clinical trials involving humans,
Research involving humans,
Retrospective studies as per the Personal Data Protection Law.

Additionally

The compliance with copyright regulations for intellectual and artistic works used should be indicated,
Permission should be obtained and credited from owners for the use of others' scales, surveys, and photographs,
In the case of case reports, it should be stated that the "Informed Consent Form" has been obtained.
For research that does not require Ethics Committee Approval, please submit the signed declaration form of the author(s) related to it along with your article. All authors must sign the declaration form stating that Ethics Committee approval is not required.

To access the Ethics Declaration Form stating that the study does not require Ethics Committee Approval, please click here.

Ethical Responsibilities of Referees

The COPE report (2017) lists the ethical responsibilities of referees as follows:

Referees are obliged to evaluate the work impartially and fairly, away from any biased perspective.
The suitability of the referees’ field of expertise is important for effective evaluation. Referees should indicate any mismatch between their field of expertise and the invitation to evaluate when accepting it.
Referees should consider possible conflicts of interest in the evaluation. Conflicts of interest should be stated if they exist, and referees should withdraw from the evaluation if necessary.
Referees should respond to the invitation to evaluate and comply with the time constraints given in the evaluation process.
Referees evaluate the entire material submitted. They are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the evaluation. Referees cannot communicate with authors or exchange information about the evaluation without the knowledge of the journal.
Referees should report any ethical violations they suspect to the journal management.
Referees prepare their opinions in a clear and understandable manner, without leaving room for discussion, expressing the positive and negative aspects of the work and making suggestions to improve the quality of the research.

Ethical Duties and Responsibilities of Editors

According to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the duties and responsibilities of editors are listed as follows (Kleinert and Wager, 2011, pp: 317-328):

Editors are responsible for the content of the journal and the material published within it as stated below.
Editors should make independent, sensible and impartial decisions, free from commercial considerations, and provide a fair and appropriate peer review process.
Editors should adopt editorial policies that encourage transparent, complete, honest reporting.
Editors should follow up on suspicions or allegations of research and publication misconduct related to an article published in the journal and protect the integrity of the work published in the journal.
Editors should prevent abuses arising from the peer review process or the editorial process.
Editors should take into account the ethical compliance of studies involving humans and animals.
Referees and authors should be informed of what is expected of them within the process.
Editors should have appropriate policies to resolve possible editorial conflicts of interest.

Plagiarism Evaluation Process

Authors are responsible for the content of the submitted article and for preparing it in accordance with the publication ethics principles given under the ethical responsibilities of the authors. Articles are checked for plagiarism purposes with Turnitin (Plagiarism Detection Software) program. Articles with a similarity rate of more than 20%, excluding sources, are rejected directly.

Open Access Policy and Archiving

Journal of Spatial Research is an open-access journal. The full texts of the articles are freely accessible on the journal’s web pages. Within the scope of the open access definition of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), individuals can read, download, copy, distribute, or use the full texts of the articles for other legal purposes without the permission of the publisher or author(s), provided that they cite the source.

In Case of Encountering an Unethical Situation

If you think that you have encountered inappropriate behavior or content within the scope of the ethical responsibilities mentioned above, taking into account the publications of the Journal of Spatial Research, please report it by e-mail to maddergi@cu.edu.tr

References

COPE Council (2017). COPE Ethical guidelines for peer reviewers. Retrieved January 5, 2023, from COPE: https://publicationethics.org/sites/default/files/ethical-guidelines-peer-reviewers-cope.pdf

ŞİŞMAN, M. (2005). Kitap eleştirisi, Kuram ve Uygulamada Eğitim Yönetimi, (41), 133-140.

WAGER, E. & ALBERT, T. (2003). How to handle authorship disputes: a guide for new researchers, COPE Report 2003. Retrieved January 5, 2023, from COPE: https://publicationethics.org/files/2003pdf12_0.pdf

WAGER, E. & KLEINERT, S. (2011). Responsible research publication: international standards for authors, T. MAYER, N. STENECK içinde, Promoting Research Integrity in a Global Environment (s.309-328), Singapore: Imperial College PressWorld Scientific Publishing.

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