Academic impartiality and scientific quality are important criteria in the evaluation of articles submitted for publication. Therefore, the recommendations of the ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) and the International Standards for Editors and Authors of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) should be taken into account in scientific articles submitted to the MIPOS journal.

General Information

• Journal of Migration and Political Studies (MIPOS) is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes high-quality articles on social sciences.
• MIPOS is a journal published twice a year in March and September.
• One article per year of each author is published.
• The language of the articles can be English.
• The percentage of similarity in articles should be less than 15% excluding references.
• Article applications are not accepted via e-mail.
• The referee process is not initiated for articles that do not comply with the writing rules of the journal, without footnotes, bibliography, preface, or abstract. The Editorial Board may take a decision for special cases. 
• Ethics committee approval must be obtained for all studies on clinical and experimental humans.
• Manuscripts to be published must be sent via the “Submit Article” page.
   

Do not forget to use the template below while preparing your article!!!

Article writing templates:

Click here to access the article writing template prepared in English.
The "Title Page" must be completely filled out and uploaded to the system.
 

Click for sample reference illustrations.
 

NOTE: If any editor sends an article to the MIPOS, the editor's access to the editorial panel is prevented. The editor follows all processes as a writer. After the process is completed, the editorial authority is given to him again.

Information for authors;

• The APA 7 citation style must be used in all manuscripts.
• Manuscripts submitted to our journal must be submitted through a user account created on DergiPark.
• Research articles and scholarly book reviews are published in English.
• Manuscripts must include an introduction at the beginning and a conclusion at the end.
• Manuscripts must not exceed 30 pages or 10,000 words, including all tables, figures, references, and appendices.
• Manuscripts must be prepared in MS Word, using A4 paper size and Cambria font.
• Main headings and subheadings must be formatted in 11-point bold.
• The main text must be written in 11-point font with single line spacing.
• Manuscripts must include an abstract in English at the beginning.
• Abstracts must be 200–250 words in length and briefly present the purpose, scope, methodology, and main findings of the study.
• Abstracts must be written in 9-point font with single line spacing.
• At least 3 and no more than 5 keywords must be provided in both Turkish and English below the abstracts.
• The introduction section must elaborate on the abstract by providing a more detailed explanation of the study's purpose, scope, methodology, and research design.
   

Required files to be uploaded when submitting an article:

1. WORD document of the article prepared by considering the spelling rules (Author(s) information, name and surname, ORCID(s), responsible author, e-mail(s) must be found.)
2. WORD document of the article prepared considering the spelling rules (There should be no information belonging to the authors. This file will be sent to the referees in accordance with the double-blind refereeing policy.)
3. License to Publish and Author Declarations Form
4. Upload the Ethics Committee Approval Document (Studies that do not require Ethics Committee permission should be stated in a word file with the author's statement that there is no need for an ethics committee)

Non-essential files that must be uploaded when submitting an article:

1- If necessary for the study, the approved version of the Ethics Committee Permit must be uploaded to the system. In addition, this approval (name of the board, date, and number) should be stated in the "Article Information Form" at the end of the study and in the method section. Ethics committee permission is requested for all kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from the participants by using survey, interview, focus group work, observation, experiment, and interview techniques, regardless of when the study was conducted.