Authors must adhere to the formatting guidelines listed below:

To submit an article to the MANAS Journal of Social Research, authors must register with the DergiPark article tracking system and use this system to upload their article. Registration, article upload, and other detailed instructions are provided on the dergipark.org.tr website.

Articles submitted to the MANAS Journal of Social Research must be screened using one of the similarity detection software programs—Turnitin, Ithenticate, or StrikePlagiarism—and uploaded to the system. The similarity rate, including the reference list, must not exceed 20%. Authors must complete and upload the signed 📝 +Copyright Agreement and Ethical Statements.docx .docx.

Authors are responsible for the articles submitted to the MANAS Journal of Social Research.

It is assumed that all authors submitting articles to the MANAS Journal of Social Research accept all responsibilities outlined in the MANAS Journal of Social Research Copyright Agreement and Ethical Declarations.

The MANAS Journal of Social Research accepts articles in Turkish, Kyrgyz, English, and Russian. For articles submitted in alphabets other than the Latin alphabet (Kyrgyz and Russian), such as the Cyrillic alphabet, the author’s name and affiliation, the article title, abstract, and references must also be provided in the Latin alphabet. This is particularly important for indexing, searchability, and visibility.

GENERAL

Authors should prepare their articles using the “📝 +Article Text.docx ” file.

When submitting an article, authors should not include author information in the Word document itself, but should instead add it to the “📝 +Author Information.docx ” file.

If the article is accepted, the author(s) must upload their article by adding their author information to the “📝 +Post-Acceptance Template.docx ” file.

Articles should not include details such as page numbers, headers, or footers.

Except for special cases dictated by the article or subject matter regarding spelling and punctuation, the Turkish Language Institution’s Spelling Guide must be followed for articles in Turkish.

Submitted articles (including references and abstracts) must be formatted to a maximum of 25 pages.

During the initial submission, the peer review process will not be initiated for articles that do not comply with the journal’s formatting guidelines. In this process, the author is given a maximum of 15 days to make the necessary corrections. Articles that are not adjusted according to the journal’s formatting guidelines within this period will be rejected by the editor’s decision.

Authors should periodically log into the journal’s system to check the status of the review process and review the feedback from reviewers and editors. Since authors can view the revisions requested by reviewers through the system, they must make the necessary corrections and upload the final version of the manuscript back to the system.

Revisions based on the recommendations of the referees and editors must be made and uploaded to the system within 30 days. Articles for which the necessary revisions are not made within this period will be rejected by the editor’s decision.

The “Garamond” font must be used in the articles. For articles requiring a specific font, the font file must be submitted along with the manuscript.

COVER PAGE

The title of the article in its original language must be written “left-aligned, bold, and 16-point font,” with the first letter of each word capitalized and the rest in lowercase.

Author information (e.g., Muharrem ERGİN) must be written “left-aligned, regular, and 14-point font,” as shown in the example.

The abstract should be organized to include the article’s purpose, methodology, and findings and conclusions, and must not exceed 150–220 words. The abstract should be formatted in 10-point font with single line spacing.

The abstract should be organized to include the article’s purpose, methodology, and findings/conclusions, and must not exceed 150–220 words. The abstract should be formatted in 10-point font with single-line spacing.

Keywords should reflect the content of the article and be written in the language of the article and in English, consisting of “at least 3 and no more than 5” words.

The title of the article in the second language should be written in “left-aligned, bold, and 12-point font,” with the first letter of each word capitalized and the rest in lowercase.

Single-line spacing must be used throughout the title page.

EXTENDED ABSTRACT

Every article submitted to the journal must include an EXTENDED ABSTRACT of 750–1,000 words following the “References” section. If the article is in Turkish, the extended abstract must be in English; if it is in English, the extended abstract must be in Turkish. For articles in Russian and Kyrgyz, the extended abstract must be in English.

Extended abstracts should not contain subheadings (e.g., INTRODUCTION), should be formatted in a single column, and must adhere to the specified length.

Extended abstracts should be written in the “Garamond” font, 11-point size, with single line spacing, and with a 6-point margin before and after the text.

HEADING STRUCTURE

Research articles must include the following sections: “Introduction, Methods, Results, Conclusion, Discussion, and Recommendations.”

In review articles, conceptual analyses, or other types of articles, headings may be organized according to the content.

For headings within the article, only the first letter of each word should be capitalized; no other formatting should be used.

Section headings should be formatted as “Centered, Bold, 12-point, and Garamond font” with the first letter of each word capitalized.

Subsection headings should be formatted as “Left-aligned, Bold, 11-point, and Garamond font” with the first letter of each word capitalized.

Subheadings of section subheadings should be formatted as “Indented from the paragraph start, Left-aligned, Bold, Italic, 11-point, and Garamond font,” with the first letter capitalized.

Headings should not be numbered.

TEXT

Top article page layout, the right and left sides of 2.5 cm, bottom 1.5 cm gap should be left.

The text of the article should be written with “Garamond” font, 11 font size, single line spacing before and after 6 pt spacing.

The text should be written as a single column.

Each paragraph should consist of at least three sentences.

Paragraphs should start with 0,75 cm indentation and no spaces should be left between the paragraphs.

When it is necessary to emphasize in the text, italic highlighting should be done, not bold or underlined.

In cases where footnotes should be used in the articles, they should be written in Garamond typeface with 9 points and single line spacing.

Some figures in the text are: 4.22; p<.05; 66.3%

Arithmetic mean and standard deviation value reporting example: (M=4.22, S=0.86)

t-test analysis reporting example: [t₍₃₅₅₎=1.02, p> .05]

Reporting example for Mann-Whitney U test: [χ²₍₂₎=.60, p>.05]

Reporting example for ANOVA: [F_(3-422)=7.11, p<.05]

Reporting example for Kruskal-Wallis H test: [X²₍₄₎=4,15, p>.05]

Reporting example for correlation analysis: [r=.55, p<.05]

TABLES AND FIGURES

Tables and figures should be prepared in a ready-to-publish format and given in the text.

In the tables, the title should be written as in the following example. It should be placed at the top of the table, 11 point and centered.

   Table 1. Findings of the Relationship between Self-Esteem and Religious Asylum in Coping with Stress

The width of the tables should not exceed 16 cm. The width of the tables, which may be smaller, should also be set to 16 cm.

Garamond typeface, 9 point and single line spacing should be used in the manuscripts used in the tables.

Vertical lines should not be used in tables.

The thickness of the top cap and bottom border in the tables”1½ pt” should be.

For some particular table format that can be used in quantitative research "📝 +Sample Table.doc " to file the water to examine. Be sure to use these tables in your articles.

In the figures, the title should be written as in the example below. The title should be placed under the figure and should be written in 11 pt and centered.

   Figure 1. Self-Esteem with Stress Coping Attitudes between Relational Values

BIBLIOGRAPHY CONNECTOR AND LIBRARY LIST [1]

1. References within the text should be linked using the bibliography heading.

2. In case of direct quotation:

  a. If the quote is less than 40 words, it should be enclosed in double quotation marks.

  b. If the quote is 40 words or more, it should be formatted as a block quote.

3. Direct quotations must include the page number; for summarized quotations, providing the page number is optional.

  a. For a single page: (Inler, 2018, 66)

  b. For page range: (Inler, 2018, 66-77)

4. In Turkish articles, the conjunction "and" should be used in bibliography conjunctions and bibliography lists.

5. In English articles, the symbol “&” should be used for bibliographic conjunctions, “and” for in-text citations, and “&” for the bibliography list.

6. The article's bibliography should be entered according to APA 7 citation standards. Citations should be in the text as follows: “Cumankunova, 2018; Cumankunova, 2018: 55”.

7. Every article must include a bibliography at the end.

8. The bibliography list should be written in Garamond font, 10 point size, and single-spaced.

9. The second and subsequent lines of bibliography entries in the bibliography list should begin with a 0.75 cm indentation.

10. If a work is cited multiple times within the same paragraph, after specifying the date in the first citation, it is sufficient to give the author's last name in subsequent citations. However, if the citation is in parentheses as (author, year), the date must be written each time, even if it is in the same paragraph. Also, if the same author's works from different years appear in the same paragraph, the date must be specified in all citations to avoid confusion. Example: According to Fuller (1982), information is increasing exponentially today, and the time attributed for the half-life of information is getting shorter and shorter each day. Fuller states that until the 1900s, information approximately doubled every century, that this period decreased to 25 years at the end of the Second World War, and that today information is growing exponentially every 18 months.

Examples of Bibliography Links for Turkish Articles

When citing sources within the text, quotations from other works should be indicated using the bibliography link. The bibliography link should include the author's last name, the publication date of the work, and the page number [Page numbering is mandatory for direct quotations; it is optional for paraphrasing references].

1. Single-author bibliography connector: (Deny, 2008), according to Deny (2008).

2. Two-authored bibliography connector: (Gumilyov and Akishev, 2009) or according to Gumilyov and Akishev (2009)

3. When citing works with three or more authors, the phrase "et al." should be used starting from the first reference in the text, and for all subsequent references.

Example

Reference : (Uçak et al., 2011).

4. When more than one work by the same author is cited in the same year, the works should be listed in order: (Sami, 2009a; 2009b).

5. Multiple references within the same parentheses should be alphabetically ordered by the first author's last name and separated by semicolons: (Brockner et al., 1997; Deluga, 1995; Francisco, 2000; İşbaşı, 2000; Podsakoff et al., 1990).

6. Abbreviations related to institutions should be given the first time they appear and used as abbreviations in subsequent sections:

Council of Higher Education (YÖK) - (Council of Higher Education [YÖK], 1998).

Ministry of National Education (MEB) - (Ministry of National Education [MEB], 2000).

Ministry of National Education (MoNE) - (Ministry of National Education [MoNE], 2000).

7. Legal texts: (National Education Basic Law, 1973).

8. Citations: (Dewey, 1961. Cited in Yurdakun, 2018).

9. Authors with the same surname: If there are two or more authors with the same surname in the bibliography, the first letter of the first name of the author listed first in the citation is used in all references, even if the years are different.

Example

Citations :  Yılmaz, A. (2009). Public policies and public library-emergent literacy relationship in the USA.  Bilgi Dünyası, 10,  80-94. http://www.bd.org.tr/

Yılmaz, B., Köse, E., & Korkut, Ş. (2008). A study on the reading habits of Hacettepe University and Bilkent University students.  Turkish Librarianship, 23,  22-51. http://www.tk.org.tr/

References : As mentioned in the studies by B. Yılmaz et al. (2008) and A. Yılmaz (2009)….

Examples of Bibliography Links for English Articles

When citing sources within the text, quotations from other works should be indicated using the bibliography link. The bibliography link should include the author's last name, the publication date of the work, and, in cases of direct quotations, the page number.

1. Single-authored bibliography connector: (Güven, 2008) or “according to Güven (2008)

2. Bibliographical link with two authors: (Kala & Güven, 2009) or “According to Kala and Güven (2009)

3. When citing works with three or more authors, the phrase "et al." should be used starting with the first reference in the text, and for all subsequent references.

Example

First reference : (Uçak et al., 2011).

4. When more than one work by the same author is cited in the same year, the works should be listed as follows: (Türk, 2009a; 2009b).

5. Multiple references within the same parentheses should be alphabetically ordered by the first author's last name and separated by semicolons: (Brockner et al., 1997; Deluga, 1995; Francisco, 2000; İşbaşı, 2000; Podsakoff et al., 1990).

6. Abbreviations related to institutions should be given the first time they appear and used as abbreviations in subsequent sections:

Council of Higher Education (YÖK) - (Council of Higher Education [YÖK], 1998).

Ministry of National Education (MEB) - (Ministry of National Education [MEB], 2000).

Ministry of National Education (MoNE) - (Ministry of National Education [MoNE], 2000).

7. Legal texts: (National Education Basic Law, 1973).

8. Citations: (Dewey, 1961 as cited in: Türkmen, 2018).

9. Authors with the same surname: If there are two or more authors with the same surname in the bibliography, the first letter of the first name of the author listed first in the citation is used in all references, even if the years are different.

Example

Citations: Yılmaz, A. (2009). Public policies and public library-emergent literacy relationship in the USA.  Bilgi Dünyası, 10,  80-94. http://www.bd.org.tr/

Yılmaz, B., Köse, E., & Korkut, Ş. (2008). A study on the reading habits of Hacettepe University and Bilkent University students.  Turkish Librarianship, 23,  22-51. http://www.tk.org.tr/

References: B. Yılmaz et al. (2008) and A. Yılmaz (2009) as mentioned in his work …….

LIST OF BIBLIOGRAPHY

BOOK

Structure for one author (Book)

Aydın, A. (2004a).  History of thought and human nature.  Gendaş Publications.

Organ, D. W. (1988).  Organizational citizenship behavior: The good soldier syndrome.  Lexington Books.

Structure for one author (Translated Book)

Rosen, RH (1998).  People management  (Translated by G. Bulut). MESS Publications.

Structure for two authors (Book)

Yıldırım, A. and Şimşek, H. (2000).  Qualitative research methods in social sciences. Seçkin Publishing.

Bryk, A. S., & Schneider, B. (1996).  Trust in schools: A core resource for improvement. Russell Sage Foundation.

Structure for two authors (Translated Book)

Cooper, R. and Sawaf, A. (1997).  Emotional intelligence in leadership  (Translated by Z. Ayman and B. Sancar). Sistem Publications.

Structure for three authors (Book)

Köklü, N., Büyüköztürk, Ş., & Çokluk-Bökeoğlu, Ö. (2006).  Statistics for social sciences. Pegem A Publishing.

Hoy, W. K., Tarter, C. J., & Kottkamp, ​​R. B. (1991).  Open schools-healthy schools. SAGE.

Structure for edited books

Memduhoğlu, HB and Yılmaz, K. (Eds.) (2010).  Turkish education system and school administration  (2nd Edition). Pegem Academy Publishing.

Hoy, W. K., & Miskel, C. G. (Eds.) (2003).  Studies in leading and organizing schools. Information Age Publishing.

Structure for chapters in edited books

Yayla, A. (2009). Philosophical foundations of education. In HB Memduhoğlu and K. Yılmaz (Eds.),  Introduction to educational science  (pp. 19-43). Pegem Academy Publishing.

Hoy, W. K., & Tschannen-Moran, M. (2003). The conceptualization and measurement of faculty trust in schools: The omnibus t-scale. In WK Hoy & CG Miskel (Eds.),  Studies in leading and organizing schools  (pp. 181-208). Information Age Publishing.

Structure for chapters in translated books

Finger, J. and Bamford, B. (2010). Managing assessment (Translated by K. Yılmaz and E. Oğuz).  In The Classroom Teacher's Book of Management Essentials  (Translated and edited by T. Karaköse) (pp. 194-243). Nobel Publishing.

Book Review Article / Book Reviews

Dent-Read, C., & Zukow-Goldring, P. (2001). Is modeling knowing? [Review of the book Models of cognitive development, by K. Richardson].  American Journal of Psychology, 114,  126-133.

ARTICLE

Article (One Author)

If a DOI number exists, it should be included in the citation.

Turner, S. J. (2010). Website statistics 2.0: Using Google Analytics to measure library website effectiveness.  Technical Services Quarterly, 27,  261-278. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317131003765910

If a DOI number is not available but the content is accessible online, the URL of the periodical's homepage should be provided.

Yılmaz, B. (2005). The restructuring process of public administration in Turkey and public libraries.  Turkish Librarianship, 19,  56-77. http://www.tk.org.tr/index.php/TK

Journal articles without a DOI number

Al, U. and Doğan, G. (2012). Citation analysis of theses from the Department of Information and Document Management at Hacettepe University.  Turkish Librarianship, 26,  349-369. http://www.tk.org.tr/

Journal articles in print format that do not have a DOI number, with the title translated into English.

Al, U. and Doğan, G. (2012). Citation analysis of dissertations completed at Hacettepe University Department of Information Management.  Turkish Librarianship, 26,  349-369.

Article (with 2 to 7 authors)

Nielsen, B. G., & Borlund, P. (2011). Information literacy, learning, and the public library: A study of Danish high school students.  Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 43,  106-119. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000611408643

Çokluk-Bökeoğlu, Ö. and Yılmaz, K. (2008). Teacher opinions on organizational trust in primary schools.  Educational Administration Theory and Practice, 14 (54), 211-233.

Oğuz, E., Yılmaz, K. and Taşdan, M. (2007). Supervision beliefs of primary school inspectors and primary school administrators.  Manas University Journal of Social Sciences, 17,  39-52.

Hoy, W. K., & Tarter, C. J. (2004). Organizational justice in schools: No justice without trust.  International Journal of Educational Management, 18 (4), 250-259.

Smith, C. A., Organ, D. W., & Near, J. P. (1983). Organizational citizenship behavior: Its nature and antecedents.  Journal of Applied Psychology, 68 (44), 653-663.

Article (8 or more authors)

Wolchik, SA, West, SG, Sandler, IN, Tein, JY, Coatsworth, D., Lengua, L.,...Griffin, WA (2000). An experimental evaluation of theory-based mother and mother-child programs for children of divorce.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68,  843-856.

ANNOUNCEMENT

The paper published in the Proceedings Book:

Yılmaz, K. (2015). Thoughts on values ​​education: Integration of research. In A. Güvenç and M. Saygın (Eds.),  Searching for the future in education: International symposium on skills, morals and values ​​education in Turkey from yesterday to today  (pp. 79-100). Atatürk Research Center Publication.

Schneider, R. (2013). Research data literacy. In S. Kurbanoğlu et al. (Ed.),  Communications in computer and information science: Vol. 397. Worldwide communalities and challenges in information literacy research and practice  (pp. 134-140). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03919-0

Papers not published in the proceedings or published as abstracts:

Ağaoğlu, E., Altınkurt, Y., Yılmaz, K., & Karaköse, T. (2010, May).  School administrators' and teachers' views on the competencies of school administrators.  Paper presented at the V. National Education Administration Congress, Gazi University Faculty of Education - EYEDDER.

Turan, S. (2006, April).  Paradigm shifts in educational administration (nothing is shifting).  Paper presented at the Meeting on Problems and Solutions in Educational Administration and Supervision in Turkey .   Ankara University Faculty of Educational Sciences - EYEDDER.  

Çınar, M., Doğan, D., & Seferoğlu, SS (2015, February).  Digital tools in education: An evaluation of the Google Classroom application [Abstract] . Paper presented at the Academic Informatics Conference, Anadolu University. http://ab2015.anadolu.edu.tr/index.php?menu=5&submenu=27

THESES

Unpublished Graduate Theses:

Ari, GS (2003).  The relationship between trust and employee empowerment in businesses: a study in the banking sector  [Doctoral dissertation]. Hacettepe University.

Kamer, M. (2001).  The effect of organizational trust on organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behavior  [Master's thesis]. Marmara University.

Evans, T. J. (1996).  Elementary teachers' and principals' perceptions of principals leadership style and school social organization  [Doctoral dissertation]. Western MichiganUniversity.

Theses accessed from the database

Van Brunt, D. (1997).  Networked consumer health information systems  [Doctoral dissertation]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. (UMI No. 9943436)

Yaylalı Yıldız, B. (2014).  University campuses as places of potential publicness: Exploring the politics,  social and cultural practices in Ege University  [Doctoral dissertation, Ege Universty]. http://library.iyte.edu.tr/tr/hizli-erisim/iyte-tez-portali

Unpublished Research:

Balcı, A. and Yılmaz, K. (2005). School administrator profile research [ Unpublished research ] .  Ankara University Faculty of Educational Sciences.

DICTIONARY

Turkish Language Association (2005).  Turkish dictionary.  Turkish Language Association Publication.

Turkish Language Association (1975).  Dictionary of philosophical terms.  Turkish Language Association Publication.

ENCYCLOPEDIA

Meydan Larousse (1990).  Meydan Larousse encyclopedia. Meydan Publishing House.

REPORT OR OTHER CORPORATE TEXTS

Ministry of Labour and Social Security. (2004).  2004 Report. Developments and statistical information regarding our citizens abroad.  Report No: 129. LSSG.

YÖK (1998).  Faculty of Education teacher training undergraduate programs.  YÖK. http://www.yok.gov.tr/egitim/ogretmen/ogretmen_yetistirme_lisans_programlari.htm.

MEB (2009).  Ministry of National Education 2010-2014 Strategic Plan.  MEB Publication.

MoNE (1977).  Report by the Ministry of National Education supervision council.   MoNE Publications.

Konrad Adenauer Foundation (1998).  Turkish youth 98 - The silent masses under the magnifying glass.  Konrad Adenauer Foundation Publications.

LEGAL TEXTS SUCH AS LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND STATUTES

National Education Basic Law (1973). Official Gazette. Publication Date: 24.06.1973. Issue Number: 14574. Number: 1739.

ONLINE RESOURCES

Electronic resources with DOI numbers

Chan, H.F., Guillot, M., Page, L., & Torgler, B. (2015). The inner quality of an article: Will time tell?  Scientometrics, 104 , 19-41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-015-1581-y

Electronic resources without a DOI number

Akbaba-Altun, S. and Çakan, M. (2008). Factors affecting students' exam success: The example of successful provinces in LGS/ÖSS exams.  İlköğretim-Online, 7 (1), 157-173. http://ilkogretim-online.org.tr

Al, U. and Soydal, İ. (2014). Library-e Turkey Project: Public library usage research.  Turkish Librarianship, 28 , 288-307. http://www.tk.org.tr/index.php/TK

Bates, R. J. (2001a). Technology, values ​​and the management of schools.  British Educational Management and Administration Society Annual Conference.  5-7 October 2001. Newport Pagnall. http://www.deakin.edu.au/~rbates/paper1.doc.

Oğuz, A. (2009). Self-efficacy perceptions of prospective teachers regarding their oral and written expression skills.  Electronic Journal of Social Sciences, 8 (3). http://www.e-sosder.com/dergi/30018-042.pdf.

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