Scientific articles on Ancient History, Archeology and Ancient Languages ​​and Cultures are published in Oannes Journal. Manuscripts submitted to Oannes Journal are evaluated by at least two blinded peer-review. Manuscripts that do not receive a positive report from both referees are not published. In case of a positive or negative report, the article is sent to a third referee. The first evaluation period of the referees is about 3 weeks. However, this period may be extended depending on the subject of the study. Oannes Journal accepts manuscripts only written in British English language. Manuscripts submitted to the journal should be between 4,000 and 10,000 words, including appendices, and the count in block citations should not exceed 10% of the total word count of the manuscripts. As a result of the preliminary examination, the works that do not comply with the Writing and Publication Principles of Oannes Journal are returned to be corrected by the author. Submission of the work to Oannes Journal is considered an application for publication. No royalties are paid for the articles. The author(s) of the manuscripts sent to the journal accept that they do not violate any copyright of a private, legal or third party. In addition, the authors are deemed to have accepted that the submitted work is not intended for any defamation, attrition or violating the privacy of any person's private life. The editorial board of Oannes Journal can make any changes it deems necessary to ensure that the Turkish and English titles of the articles are understood. Along with the title, authors should include an abstract stating the main thesis of the article and their original contribution to the field. Title and abstract should be in Turkish and English. Abstracts  should be between 200 - 250 words and all articles should have an Extended Abstract in Turkish of at least 700 words. In addition, authors should include Turkish and English keywords of 5 words in order to index the articles. In the works sent to Oannes Journal, information such as the name of the author, his title, the institution where he works and the e-mail address where he can be reached should not be included. In addition, authors should remove the auto-added author information in the MS Office program. Authors are obliged to notify the editors of their ORCID ID numbers at the time of publication of the article. After the studies submitted to Oannes Journal are sent from the Dergipark page, the referee process can be followed from the same page. After this stage, it is necessary to wait for the reports from the referees to make the corrections. The author should upload the work that he has corrected upon the request of the referees to the page where the report of the referee requesting correction. Studies submitted to Oannes Journal must not have been previously published elsewhere or be under evaluation elsewhere at the same time. Similarity rates in manuscripts should not exceed 10%, excluding references, block quotes and footnotes.

WRITING RULES

1. Manuscripts should be written in Microsoft Word program and page dimensions should be arranged as follows.

Paper Size A4 Vertical

Top Margin 4 cm

Bottom Margin 3 cm

Left Margin 3 cm

Right Margin 3 cm

Paragraph Head 1 cm

Block Quote Left and Right 1 cm indented

Font Bookman Old Style

Font Style Normal

Main Text Size 11

Abstract, Abstract and Extended Abstract Text Size 10

Block Quote 9

Footnote Text Size 9

Line gap 6 nk

Line gap Single (1)

2. Details such as page numbers, headers and footers should not be included in the manuscripts.

3. Only the first letters of each word of the headings in the article should be capitalized, no other formatting should be included.

4. In terms of spelling and punctuation, the Spelling Guide of the Turkish Language Association should be taken as a basis, except for special cases necessitated by the article or subject.

REFERENCE GUIDE

Manuscripts submitted for OANNES Journal must be written using footnotes. References in footnotes should be given in the References section at the end of the manuscripts, together with their clear and detailed tags. Footnotes should be given after the punctuation at the end of the sentence. As the footnote display method, the in-text footnote method given at the bottom of the page should be used. Books, articles, papers, encyclopedia articles, etc. The same footnote format should be used for all publications. In references to the works of the same author published in the same year, a lowercase letter such as a / b / c should be written next to the publication date. While the publications with three or more authors are shown in the footnote, only the first two authors should be given and abbreviations should be used for other authors. However, the names of all authors should be included in the bibliography. (There should be no footnotes in the text.)

Examples of Footnote Method:

Single Author: Gökçek, 2015: 61.

With Two Authors:  Yıldırım – Pekşen, 2013: 35.

With Three or More Authors: Hout – Thalmann, et. al., 2000: 27.

Antique Artifact: Strabo, Geographika, XII.3

References:

If the book is: GÖKÇEK, L. G., 2015. Asurlular, Bilgin Kültür Sanat Publishing, Ankara.

If the article is: PEKŞEN, O., 2016. “Eski Mezopotamya’daki Savaşlarda Tanrıların Rolü”, History Studies, 8 / 2, pp. 55 – 68.

If the conference paper is: YILDIRIM, E., 2013. “Antikçağda Cyrhhus ve X. Fretensis Lejyonu” I. Uluslararası Muallim Rıfat, Kilis ve Çevresi Sempozyumu Bildiri Kitabı, Kilis 2013.

If the translation is the book: HOUT, J. L. – THALMANN, J. P. – VALBELLE, D., 2000. Kentlerin Doğuşu, trans.: Ali Bektaş Girgin, İmge Kitabevi Pblishing, Ankara.

The chapter in the edited book is: PEKŞEN, O., 2017. “Asur Devlet Emperyalizminin Meşrulaştırılması Açısından Tanrı Aššur’a İsyan Olgusu”, in: Prof. Dr. Recep Yıldırım’a Armağan, Eds.:                                                                                         Pınar Pınarcık – Bilcan Gökçe – Mehmet Salih Erkek – Sena Coşğun Kandal, Bilgin Kültür Sanat Publishing, Ankara, pp. 355 – 370.

If the thesis: YILDIRIM, E., 2011. Pers Hakimiyetinin Bitiminden Bizans Hakimiyetinin Başlangıcına Kadar Olan Dönemdeki Antik Çağ Yazarlarının Eserlerinde Orta Fırat Bölgesi, Selçuk                                                     University Institute of Social Sciences, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Konya.

The encyclopedia article is: YILDIRIM, E. – DUMANKAYA, O., 2017. “Alçiçek Höyük”, Kahramanmaraş Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, Ed.: İbrahim Solak, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University                                                                                                                 Press, Kahramanmaraş, pp. 213 – 214.