Manuscript Preparation Guidelines

Authors are required to prepare their manuscript submission files in accordance with the guidelines provided below.

Nova Dil Journal follows the writing and citation guidelines of the APA 7th edition and requires all manuscripts to comply with this format. The main requirements are outlined below. For reference types not covered by the examples provided, authors should consult the official APA Style website.

Submission Files

1. Copyright Transfer Form: This document must be uploaded to the system in PDF format.

• The form must include the names and contact information of all authors and must be signed and uploaded by the corresponding author.

2. Similarity Report: The maximum acceptable similarity rate for submitted manuscripts is 20%. The report must be uploaded to the system in PDF format. (Each page of the report must be signed by the corresponding author.)

3. Ethics Committee Approval Document (If Required): This document must be uploaded to the system in PDF format.

• Ethics committee approval must be obtained from the relevant institutional ethics committee for research and practices involving human participants. Accordingly, scientific research involving data collection methods such as surveys, tests, scales, interviews, observations, photographs, drawings, video recordings, and audio recordings, whether conducted face-to-face or electronically, falls within the scope of studies requiring ethics committee approval. An Ethics Committee Approval Document is mandatory for research involving human participants. If such a document is not available, authors are expected to provide an explanation in an Additional File.

4. Full Text:

• Please use the NOVA Full-Text Template when preparing your manuscript and upload it as the Full Text file.

5. Title Page:

• The title page must include the title and short title of the manuscript; author information (first name, last name, institution, address, e-mail address, and ORCID ID); and any other information that the authors wish to include in the article.

General Guidelines

Manuscripts submitted for publication must be prepared in Microsoft Word format using Times New Roman font, single line spacing, justified alignment, and margins of 2.5 cm on all sides (left, right, top, and bottom).

• Article Title: The Turkish and English titles must appear above their respective Turkish and English abstracts. Both titles must be written in uppercase letters, centered, in 14-point bold font.
• Abstract: The abstract heading must appear on the first page of the manuscript in 10-point bold font, aligned to the left. The Turkish abstract must appear under the Turkish title, and the English abstract must appear under the English title. Each abstract must not exceed 200 words and must include no more than five keywords. Both abstracts must be written in 10-point font, justified, with single line spacing.
• Author Name(s) and Address(es): The name(s) of the author(s) must appear on the first page of the manuscript, below the Turkish title, centered, in 12-point font. The authors' institutional affiliations, e-mail addresses, and ORCID IDs, along with their academic titles, if applicable, must be provided clearly and completely in footnotes.
• Section Headings: Main section headings and subheadings must be written in 12-point bold font and aligned to the left. Main section headings must be written entirely in uppercase letters, while subheadings must use title case. Section headings must not be numbered.
• Main Text: The main text must be written in 12-point font, justified, with a first-line indentation of 1.25 cm. Indentation must be created using the TAB key or the automatic paragraph formatting function of the word-processing software. The space bar must not be used for indentation. Spacing before and after paragraphs must be created by pressing the ENTER key.
• Tables and Figures: Tables and figures must be numbered consecutively (e.g., Table 1, Table 2, Figure 1, Figure 2). A period must follow each table or figure number, followed by its title. Table and figure titles must be written in title case, using 10-point font, with only the words “Table” and “Figure” in bold. Table and figure titles must be centered above the corresponding table or figure. Tables and figures themselves must also be centered. An example table is provided below.

Table 1. An Example Table Is Presented Below. Only the Initial Letter of Each Word in the Table Title Should Be Capitalized. There Should Be No Space Between the Table Title and the Table. (Centered, 10-Point Font)

The text within the table above must be written in 10-point font and centered. The table width must be set to 100%, and cell margins must be set to 0 (zero).

Note: If a table or figure is reproduced or adapted from another source, the source must be provided below the table or figure in italicized 10-point font, in accordance with citation guidelines.

If tables extending beyond one page must be included in the manuscript, they should be divided at an appropriate point to fit within individual pages. The continuation of the table must appear on the following page with the same table number and title; however, the designation “(Continued)” must be added after the table number.

• Footnotes: Footnotes must be numbered consecutively as 1, 2, 3, etc., and formatted in 8-point font, with single line spacing and a first-line indentation of 1 cm.

Citation and Referencing

All manuscripts submitted to Nova Dil Journal must follow the American Psychological Association (APA 7th edition) style for in-text citations and reference lists. Detailed information about APA 7th edition guidelines is available at https://apastyle.apa.org/.

1- In-Text Citations

• In-text citations must follow APA's author–date–page number citation system. Authors' surnames and publication years must be presented as they appear in the reference list.
• In-text citations may be presented in two forms: parenthetical citations and narrative citations.
• For works with two authors, the conjunction “ve” must be used between author surnames in Turkish texts, whereas “and” must be used in English texts.
• For works with three or more authors, citations must be abbreviated from the first citation onward using the first author's surname followed by “ve ark.” in Turkish texts and “et al.” in English texts.

Examples of In-Text Citations According to APA 7th Edition:

Single Source

Parenthetical Citation

Turkish Example:

Incorrectly balanced news coverage can distort the public's perception of expert consensus on an issue (Koehler, 2016, pp. 21–27).

English Example:

Positive childhood experiences counteract the long-term effects of childhood adversity on personality development (Gunay-Oge et al., 2020, pp. 15–17).

Narrative Citation

Turkish Example:

Koehler (2016) highlighted the dangers of incorrectly balanced news coverage (pp. 21–27).

English Example:

In 2020, Gunay-Oge et al. assumed that positive childhood experiences counteract the long-term effects of childhood adversity on personality development (pp. 15–17).

Multiple Sources

When multiple sources are included in a single parenthetical citation, they must be arranged alphabetically and separated by semicolons.

Turkish Example:

(Bialystok et al., 2008b; Bialystok et al., 2010; Pearson et al., 1993; Portocarrero et al., 2007).

English Example:

(Afifi et al., 2011; Cohen et al., 2014; Lobbestael et al., 2010; Zhang et al., 2012).

When multiple sources are cited narratively, they may appear in any order.

Turkish Example:

Pearson et al. (1993), Bialystok et al. (2010), Portocarrero et al. (2007), and Cohen et al. (2014) found in their studies that…

English Example:

Zhang et al. (2012), Cohen et al. (2014), and Afifi et al. (2011) examined…

Direct Quotations

• Direct quotations must be enclosed in double quotation marks, and page numbers must be provided in the in-text citation.

Turkish Example:

Freud (1960) stated, “One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful” (p. 258).

English Example:

Freud (1960) noted that “one day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful” (p. 258).

• Direct quotations exceeding 40 characters must be presented as block quotations without quotation marks.

Turkish Example:

Ellis (2010) stated:

You have considerable power to construct self-helping thoughts, feelings and actions as well as to construct self-defeating behaviors. You have the ability, if you use it, to choose healthy instead of unhealthy thinking, feeling and acting (p. 49).

English Example:

As Ellis (2010) noted:

You have considerable power to construct self-helping thoughts, feelings and actions as well as to construct self-defeating behaviors. You have the ability, if you use it, to choose healthy instead of unhealthy thinking, feeling and acting (p. 49).

Works by Corporate Authors

When the author is a group or corporate body (such as an association, company, government agency, or other organization), the name of the group must be clearly and unambiguously identified in the in-text citation.

In some cases, the name of the group may be abbreviated. If the group name is long and the abbreviation is readily understandable or widely recognized, both the full name and its abbreviation may be provided in the first citation, while subsequent citations may use only the abbreviation.

If the group name is short or its abbreviation is not widely recognizable, the full name must be used in all citations.

• When the citation appears at the end of a sentence:

First citation:

(Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu [TÜBİTAK], 2013)

Second and subsequent citations:

(TÜBİTAK, 2013)

• When the citation appears within a sentence:

First citation:

Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu (TÜBİTAK, 2013)

Second and subsequent citations:

TÜBİTAK (2013)

2- Reference List Formatting

The heading “References” must be written in 12-point bold font and aligned to the left. References must be formatted in 11-point font, with a 1.25 cm hanging indent, 6-point spacing between paragraphs, and single line spacing.

• The reference list must begin on the page where the manuscript ends, and references must be arranged alphabetically by authors' surnames.
• When citing multiple works by the same author, references must be listed chronologically, beginning with the earliest publication.
• When citing multiple works by the same author published in the same year, lowercase letters (a, b, c, etc.) must be added to the publication year in both the reference list and in-text citations (e.g., 2003a, 2003b, 2003c).

Examples of Reference List Entries According to APA 7th Edition:

Journal Article with Two Authors

Surname of the first author, Initial(s)., & Surname of the second author, Initial(s). (Year). Title of the article. Title of the Journal, Volume(Issue), Page range. http://doi.org/xx.xxxxxxxxxx

Example:

Herbst-Damm, K. L., & Kulik, J. A. (2005). Volunteer support, marital status, and the survival times of terminally ill patients. Health Psychology, 24(2), 225–229. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225

Journal Article with Three to Twenty Authors

Surname of the first author, Initial(s)., Surname of the second author, Initial(s)., & Surname of the third author, Initial(s). (Year). Title of the article. Title of the Journal, Volume(Issue), Page range. http://doi.org/xx.xxxxxxxxxx

Example:

McDaniel, S. H., Salas, E., & Kazak, A. E. (2018). The science of teamwork [Special issue]. American Psychologist, 73(4), 51–104.

Book

Author's surname, Initial(s). (Year). Title of the book (Edition number). Publisher.

Example:

Meadows, D. H. (2008). Thinking in systems: A primer (D. Wright, Ed.). American Library Association.

Yazıcıoğlu, Y., & Erdoğan, S. (2014). SPSS uygulamalı bilimsel araştırma yöntemleri (4th ed.). Detay Yayıncılık.

Book Chapter

Author's surname, Initial(s)., & Author's surname, Initial(s). (Year). Title of the book chapter. In Title of the book (Edition number, Page range). Publisher.

Example:

Hovardaoğlu, S. (2007). Psikolojik ölçmenin temelleri. In Davranış bilimleri için araştırma teknikleri (2nd ed., pp. 87–125). Hatipoğlu Yayınevi.

Edited Book

Editor's surname, Initial(s). (Ed.). (Year). Title of the book (Edition number). Publisher.

Example:

Aydemir, Ö., & Köroğlu, E. (Eds.). (2009). Psikiyatride kullanılan klinik ölçekler (4th ed.). HYB Basım Yayın.

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Author's surname, Initial(s). (Year). Title of the thesis or dissertation [Unpublished master's thesis / Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. Name of the university.

Example:

Bozgöz, A. (2017). Ortaokul 6. sınıf sosyal bilgiler dersinde ilkçağ tarihi konularından Kadeş antlaşmasının barış eğitimi kapsamında ve öğrenci görüşlerine göre değerlendirilmesi [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi.

Oral Presentation at a Scientific Meeting or Symposium

Author's surname, Initial(s). (Year, Month Day–Day). Title of the presentation [Oral presentation]. Name of the Scientific Meeting, City, Country.

Example:

Çakmak, Z., & Güre Duru, A. (2016, September 15–19). The investigation of the relationship among mother's reports of economic hardship, marital conflict and adolescent's problem behaviors in the framework of the family stress model: A follow-up study [Oral presentation]. XVth Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence, La Barrosa, Spain.