Bulletin of Accounting and Finance Reviews

Bulletin of Accounting and Finance Reviews (BAFR) is a nationally recognized journal which accepts theoretical and practical work in the field of accounting and finance.

The main aim of the journal is to publish its articles in a very readable format, to develop in accounting, finance and related disciplines. In this context, the promotion of communication between academic and other research communities, policy makers and financial institutions (private and public), national and international operational decision makers and their regulators is encouraged. The Journal has a structure that is published every six months (2 issues per year) and covers a wide range of topics.

The main issues that are not limited to the areas presented below but are appropriate for the scope of the journal include:

Money and Capital Markets

Banking and Insurance

Behavioral Finance

Firm Valuation

Participation Banking

Central Banking and Monetary Policies

Financial Economy

Financial Modelling and Applications

Credit Rating and CDS

Evaluation of Investment Projects

Project Management, Risk Analysis and Management

Portfolio management

Derivatives and Markets

International Trade and Finance

Financial Literacy

Foreign Exchange Markets

Volatility Calculations

Financial Econometrics

General accounting

Inventory and Balance Sheet

Management Accounting

Cost accounting

IFRS and TFRS

Accounting Education

Internal Audit and Independent Audit

Accounting Ethics and Culture

Sectoral Accounting

Company mergers

Accounting History

Writing Rules

1. Article and Length

Articles submitted to the Bulletin of Accounting and Finance Reviews (BAFR); title, abstract, keywords and JEL codes, the main text, the bibliography and, if applicable, the annexes. These articles should be added and should not exceed 20,000 words including bibliography. However, taking into account the contents of the articles, longer articles may be taken into consideration if the editor deems it appropriate.

2. Main Text and Section Headings

Articles submitted to the Bulletin of Accounting and Financial Review (BAFR) should be written in Microsoft Word environment, single line spacing, borders and A4 format. Titles in text 1, 1.1., 1.1.2. should be numbered.

Main text; paragraph indentation, 11 point, Times New Roman, and line spacing must be "single".

The Main Article of the Makalene should be descriptive and should represent the main issues of the article. Main article in Turkish and English should be 12 pt, bold, capital letter and Times New Roman.

Titles in the text should be 12 pt, bold and Times New Roman.

Paragraph spacing in text should be applied before and after 6nk.

Paragraph spacing in headings should be applied before and after 12nk.

3. Summary, Keyword and Gel Codes

The abstract should be in 10 pt, Times New Roman and italic. The summary should not exceed 200 words. The title of the article should be in Turkish, "ABSTRACT" title and English title "ABSTRACT" in 11 point font, bold, italic and Times New Roman.

In Journal, JEL (Journal of Economic Literature) code application has been adopted and at least 2 and maximum 4 JEL codes should be indicated in the works to be sent.

At least 3 keywords and at most 5 keywords should be specified in the articles.

In addition, it is necessary to include the author, title, institution, communication and ORCID ID information on the article.

4. Table, Figure and Mathematical Equations

The tables and figures should be numbered consecutively. Each shape and table should be given a title. If tables and figures are taken elsewhere, the source should be shown. Table Headings should be 11 points. In-table texts and mathematical equations should be written in 8 - 10 points.

The equations should be in the middle of the page and every equation must be given a sequence number. The sequence numbers of the equations should be on the right side of the page and in parentheses.

5. References

All articles submitted to the journal must be written in a format consistent with the spelling guidelines in the "American Psychological Association (6th edition)" published by the American Psychological Association (APA). It is necessary to use the method of showing source for the text. All resources presented in the text should be shown on the welder. Some examples for in-text display are as follows:

Reference to single-language publications: (Zeren, 2013: 102).

A reference to two literary publications: (Demirci and Zeren, 2016: 34).

A reference to three and more written publications: (Zeren et al., 2007: 77).

If the same author has a large number of sources at the source, the resources are written in the old order. Sources with the same date are sorted by letter.

It is necessary to write the bibliography in 11 points and some bibliographical examples according to the bibliographic rules are as follows:

Single authored book

Sayyid, G. (2017). Business Finance, Political Bookstore, Ankara.

Book written by multiple authors

Akkus, Ö. and Özkan, H. (2016). Qualitative Data Analysis with Stata Applications, Seçkin Bookstore, Ankara

Article written by a single author

Zeren, F. (2017) Investigation of Profit Sharing Knowledge: An Application on BİST Temtem-25 Index, Journal of Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences of Kırklareli University, 1-15.

Article written by more than one author

Saraç, M. and Zeren, F. (2015) The Dependency of Islamic Bank Rates to Conventional Bank Interest Rates: Further Evidence from Turkey, Applied Economics, February, 212-235.

Thesis

Kökdemir, C. (2004) Organizational Culture and Worker-Employer Relationship. Unpublished Doctorate Thesis, Gazi University Institute of Social Sciences, Ankara.

Internet resources

Müderrisoğlu, O. (2006, 21 August). Anatolian approach will give life to 70 thousand SMEs. Sabah Newspaper. http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/2006/08/21/eko110.html (Access Date, October 20, 2007).

For more detailed information, please visit http://www.apastyle.org/.

Click on the sample article format for the appropriate writing rules.

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Publication Ethics

The publication processes applied in the Accounting and Financial Review Dergisin (MUFIDER) constitute the basis for the development and distribution of information in an impartial and respectful manner. The processes applied in this direction directly reflect the quality of the work of the authors and institutions supporting the writers. Effective studies are studies that embody and support the scientific method. It is important that all stakeholders (writers, readers and researchers, publishers, referees and editors) in this point must comply with the standards for ethical principles.

The Journal of Accounting and Financial Reviews (MUFİDER) relies on academic publishing and the world to publish published articles and provide quality in morality. Plagiarism is strictly forbidden and plagiarized publications will not be published or published in the Journal of Accounting and Finance Review (MUFIDER). For this reason, all documents received are checked with "Plagiarism Detection Software Programs" (Ithenticate, Turnitin) for plagiarism prior to the review process. While signing the publication agreement, the author (s) must ensure that the article and related materials are genuine and that no one infringes the copyright.

The following ethical duties and responsibilities are based on open access to the guidelines and policies published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

The editors of the Journal of Accounting and Financial Reviews (MUFİDER), on the basis of the guidelines of the COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practices Guidelines for Journal Editors and COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and have responsibilities:

Author Ethics Responsibilities

1. The writer (s) are expected to be unique in their work. The authors (s) are required to make full use of and / or quote in a complete and accurate manner in case of using other works or using other works.

2.The persons who provide intellectual contribution to the content in the creation of the work should not be mentioned as authors.

3. All cases submitted for publication should be clarified if there are conflicts of interest and their relations.

4. Raw data on articles within the framework of assessment processes can be requested from the reader (s); in such a case the author (s) should be ready to submit the expected data and information to the editorial board.

5. The reader (s) must have evidence that they have the necessary permissions for the use / exploitation of the data used.

6. The magazine editor or publisher has an obligation to cooperate with the editor in notifying, correcting or withdrawing the editorial or publisher if he / she finds a mistake or error related to his / her work in early stage or evaluation stage.

7. The magazines can not have their works in the application process of more than one magazine at the same time. Each application can be started following the completion of the previous application. Published work in another journal can not be sent to the Journal of Accounting and Finance Review (MUFİDER).

Referee Ethics Responsibilities

1. Only should accept the evaluation of the field of expertise.

2.The evaluation should be done in a clear and confidential manner.

3. If he thinks he or she is confronted with a conflict of interest in the evaluation process, he should refuse to examine the work and inform the editor of the journal.

4. The privacy principle should destroy the studies that they have examined after the evaluation process. Only the final versions of the studies can be used after publication.

5. The assessment should be done objectively only with respect to the content of the work. Nationality, gender, religious beliefs, political beliefs and commercial concerns should not allow it to influence the evaluation.

6. The assessment should be constructive and polite. He should not make insulting personal comments that include hostility, slander and insults.

7.The evaluation should be conducted on time and on ethical responsibilities as agreed upon

Editors' Ethical Responsibilities

1. All publications are judged on the basis of the author's intellectual content, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, citizenship and political values

2. This information about the articles is kept confidential.

3. The conflict of interest observed regarding the article must be explained.

4. The Editorial Board undertakes the responsibility of making publishing decisions for submitted articles based on the evaluation of the journal, editorial board policies of the journal, and articles legally prohibited from plagiarism, insult and copyright infringement.

Copyright

In order for a journal article to be submitted for publication, the article must not have been published in another journal before and has not been evaluated for publication elsewhere. Articles and texts published in this journal are copyrighted by their authors, except for commercial purposes and cited.