WRITING RULES
1. Ingenuity; It publishes academic studies in the fields of Social and Human Sciences, primarily in Basic Islamic Sciences, Philosophy and Religious Sciences, Islamic History and Arts, Religious Culture and Moral Education.
2. The article acceptance dates of our journal, which is published in print and electronic media in two issues, June and December, are January 1 to May 15 for the June issue; For the December issue, it will be from July 1 to November 15. If the number of articles reaches a sufficient level, the article acceptance process may be closed before these dates. As of 2025, a maximum of 20 articles can be published in each issue of our journal.
3. Submitted articles must be in accordance with the aim and scope of the journal.
4. Manuscripts that are original, unpublished and not in the process of evaluation in another journal, whose content and submission have been approved by each author, are accepted for evaluation.
5. Author(s) copyrights and publication rights are reserved.
6. Master's and doctoral students, together with their advisors (first author student - second author advisor faculty member), can send their work to the journal. In the book review type, only studies written by specialists with doctoral degrees are reviewed.
7. Only one article of the same author can be processed in a year and published if it passes the referees.
8. Studies should be prepared in accordance with the writing rules of the journal.
9. Articles should be submitted electronically to the journal website from the "Submit Article" tab.
10. The article should be written in Times New Roman font with 12 fonts, footnotes and 10 points using the Marifetname, Article Template in Microsoft Word. Click for Article Template
11. Articles that do not use the ISNAD Citation System are returned to the author for correction.
12. Articles exceeding the 8.000 word limit are returned to the author to reduce the word count.
13. Submitted articles should contain a Turkish abstract of 150-300 words, an English abstract and at least 5 Turkish and English keywords.
14. All expenses of the journal are covered by the Publisher. The publication of articles and the execution of article processes in the journal are free of charge. No processing fee or submission fee is charged for articles submitted to the journal or accepted for publication.
15. After the article is sent to the Journal for publication, the names of any of the authors cannot be deleted from the list of authors without the written consent of all authors, a new name cannot be added as an author, and the order of authors cannot be changed.
16. This journal checks for plagiarism in studies submitted for review. Plagiarism, duplication, false authorship/denied authorship, research/data fabrication, article slicing, slicing, copyright infringement and concealment of conflict of interest are considered unethical behaviors. All articles that do not comply with accepted ethical standards are removed from the publication. This includes articles with possible irregularities and inconsistencies detected after publication.
17. Double-Blind Refereeing: After plagiarism check, eligible articles are evaluated by the editor-in-chief in terms of originality, methodology, importance of the subject covered, and compatibility with the scope of the journal. The editor ensures that the articles go through a fair double-blind refereeing and if the article complies with the formal principles, it submits the incoming article to at least two referees from Turkey and abroad.
18. Publication Decision: If the referees deem it necessary, changes are made by the author. The Editorial Board decides whether to publish the text corrected by the author.
19. Preliminary review and referee process takes an average of 70 days / 10 weeks.
20. Permanent Article Identifier: All published articles are assigned a DOI as a permanent article identifier.
21. Articles published in this journal are archived digitally in LOCKSS. The LOCKSS system has permission to collect, preserve and present this access Archive Unit.
22. All documents and files must be submitted as Word documents (.doc or .docx).
23. At the end of the article, before the bibliography, the researchers' contribution rate statement, if any, support and acknowledgment statements should be stated in the conflict statement in accordance with the table below.
24. For articles that require Ethics Committee approval, Ethics Committee approval should be obtained and this approval (committee name, date and number) should be stated on the first page of the article and in the method section. For research that requires Ethics Committee approval, please review the Journal's Ethical Principles and Publication Policy.
25. If artificial intelligence-based tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Grammarly, etc.) have been used in the article production process, the stages in which they were used must be clearly indicated. This information must be provided during the article submission process. All responsibility for the use of artificial intelligence lies with the authors.
You can use the links below to examine the citation system we use in more detail:
Marifetname uses The Isnad Citation Style https://www.isnadsistemi.org/en/guide/isnad2-2/.
ISNAD Footnote: https://www.isnadsistemi.org/en/guide/isnad2-2/isnad-author-title-system/
ISNAD In-text: https://www.isnadsistemi.org/en/guide/isnad2-2/isnad-author-date-system/
ISNAD Abbreviations: https://www.isnadsistemi.org/en/guide/isnad2-2/academic-writing/22-list-of-abbreviations-turkish-english-arabic/
ISNAD Abstract and Abstract Writing: https://www.isnadsistemi.org/en/guide/isnad2-2/academic-writing/4-abstract-and-summary/
ISNAD Citation and Citation: https://www.isnadsistemi.org/en/guide/isnad2-2/academic-writing/18-citation-and-citing/
ISNAD Academic Writing: https://www.isnadsistemi.org/en/guide/isnad2-2/academic-writing/
Page Layout Detail
Article Text
Text font: Times New Roman
Article Title 11 Punto Bold and Only First Letters Big
Author information 11 font size
Abstract Abstract and Keywords 10 font size
Main text Font size: 11
Line spacing: 1.15
Paragraph first line: 1.25 cm
Bibliography: 1.15 spacing (Bibliography section should start on a new page)
Bibliography second line: Hanging 1.25 cm.
*Times New Roman in Latin; Traditional Arabic in Arabic; Traditional Arabic writing style should be used in Persian.
Footnote Text
Footnote font: Times New Roman
Footnote size: 0
Footnote line spacing: Zero
Page Structure
Page margins: All margins 2.5 cm Marginsn of Helsinki.
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