Instructions for Authors

Thank you for choosing Rast Müzikoloji Dergisi (Rast Musicology Journal: RMJ) to submit your article. The instructions we will give you will relieve you of your article being ready for the peer review process, turning it into production and reaching the publication stage smoothly. Please take some time to read and follow the steps. We declare that we will support you at every stage, our contact information (e-mail and whatsapp) in this regard is on our website. Do not hesitate to contact us.

This journal uses the Dergipark Journal System. This system is an academic journal software developed by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey and is still being developed. Please read the guide for Dergipark Journal System authors before making a submission. The complete instructions for preparing your article and submitting it to RMD are given below.

About the RMJ

Rast Musicology Journal (orginal title Rast Müzikoloji Dergisi) is an international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research with high quality and potential for impact. Please read RMJ's Aims & Scope and Peer Review Policy statements. Please note that this journal only publishes articles in English and Turkish.

RMJ only accepts articles such as: original articles.

RMJ has chosen the Open Access model to reach the real audience, increase the visibility, attribution and readability of your articles, and make scientific knowledge a common commodity for all humanity, rather than just a high-income commodity for developed countries or an elite. You can read statements about this Open Access Policy.

Peer Review and Ethics

RMJ and its affiliated publishing house, Genç Bilge Publishing, declare their commitment to peer review with high ethical standards. Your article will go through Editorial Prereview after Similarity Report review (must be below 15%), pre-review of ethical committee permissions. This is the stage where the decision is made about the suitability and originality of your article for RMJ's Aims & Scope. This is how your article is ready for peer review by independent and field experts. In line with RMJ's Peer Review Policy statements, peer review is carried out quickly and efficiently, with minimum deficiencies, maximum ethical sensitivity.

Please note that before submitting your article to the Rast Müzikoloji Dergisi; to prepare your Similarity Reports (you can use Turnitin, Ithenticate etc. software), Ethics Committee Permissions, Cover Letter, Conflict of Interest, Author Contributions statements in which you claim the originality of your article.

Getting Your Article Ready

Writing Rules

Manuscripts should be written in APA style.

Manuscripts should be submitted in MS Word.

It should be use a normal 11-point Trebuchet MS for text.

All portions of the manuscript must be typed 1,5

Please give short quotations in italics within the quotation marks " " and the page number cited at the end in parentheses.

Please note that long quotations should be indented without quotation marks.

Article Sections and Order

Abstract (Abstract should be written with 8 font size, Trebuchet MS, justified, single line spacing. The objective, method, and findings are summarized in this section and included in 250-300 words)

Keywords (11 font size) this section should contain 5 words that are written in 10 font size and separated with commas, full italic and all lower case including names.

Introduction (included in literature review, conceptual framework, importance)

Heading 1 (11 font size, bold)

Heading 2 (11 font size, evert first letter capital)

Heading 3 ( 11 font size, only first word first letter capital)

Problem of Study (Main and sub-problems)

Method (included in Research Model, Documents or Participants-Sampling, Data Collection Tools, Data Analysis, Procedure)

Results (It should be presented depending on the research problem)

set your figure here.

Figure 1. Type your caption here

Table 1. Type your title here.

set your table here

set your notes here.

Notes 1. Type your caption here

Figures or Pictures: Figures should be high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for color, at the correct size).

Discussion (Up-to-date citations from quality journals and original articles in important indexes should be given)

Conclusion (Must be at least one page, present the entire article in summary)

Recommendations ( For Researchers and For Applicants)

Limitations of Study (Present the limitations of your research, generalization problems)

Acknowledgements (Thanks, support funds, permissions, conflict interests, authors' contributions should be written in this section)

Biodata of Authors (Photo, name-surname, graduated schools, important studies, specialties, academic social media links; Like Researchgate, AcademicEdu)

References (It should be meticulously written in accordance with APA style, checked, not self-citation)

Appendix (It should be placed after the reference)

Page Limit (A typical paper for this journal should be no more than 35 pages, inclusive of: Appendix)

References

The References section is one of the most important parts of the article. Please prepare it in accordance with the APA style, with 11 points and 1.5 spacing.

Copyright

Copyrights of all published contents (text and visual materials) belong to the journal. No payment is done for manuscripts under the name of copyright or others approved for publishing in the journal and no publication cost is charged. To promote the development of global Open Access (Please read: Read the Budapest Open Access Initiative) to scientific information and research, the Publisher/Owner of the RMJ provides copyrights of all online published papers (except where otherwise noted) for free use of readers, scientists, and institutions (such as link to the content or permission for its download, distribution, printing, copying, and reproduction in any medium, without any changing and except the commercial purpose), under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) International License, provided the original work is cited. To get permission for commercial purposes please contact the publisher/owner of the Rast Musicology Journal.

Content Access

Rast Musicology Journal is an open-access journal.

Plagiarism-Similarity Report

Rast Musicology Journal requests Plagiarism-Similarity Report for uploaded articles. Similarity acceptability is 15%. Turnitin and Ithenticate software should be used for old receivables of plagiarism reports.

Article Support Center (Young Wise) Services

You can benefit from the services of the Article Support Center to develop your manuscript and make it ready for submission. You can visit the website for services such as editing, translation and proofreading.

Checklist for Submit an Article

Author Information Details and Records to Dergipark Journal System: Please check that all authors have registered with the Dergipark Journal System before submitting an article. Please note that the ORCID of each author will be requested by the Dergipark Journal System during registration. Therefore, do not forget to register the ORCID beforehand. Authors are registered to the system only after they approve the verification emails sent by the system. We recommend that authors fill out their profiles in the Dergipark Journal System completely.

Cover Letter: Do not forget to prepare the Cover Letter stating the ethical elements, originality and other aspects of your work.

Copyright Transfer Agreement Form: This form is requested to be uploaded while submitting the articles of the authors. Download the form by clicking this link, make sure that all authors have signatures.

Similarity (Plagiarism) Report: You can use software such as Turnitin, Ithenticate  (and other) etc. for this report. Note that the similarity rate must be less than 15%.

Keywords: Identify up to five key words. Make sure that keywords are effective and discoverable.

Ethics Committee Permission: If your research is a research that requires ethics committee approval, this permission must be obtained and uploaded during the article submit process.

Figure, Photos: Please upload the high resolution files of the figures and photos in the Manuscript separately during the submission.

Data Sharing: To allow other researchers to use the data you use in your research, or for transparency, use the infrastructure of internationally supporting organizations and indicate this in the manuscript.

Submitting Your Article

Submission of your article is done through Dergipark Journal System. This system is a software where all records are kept, article progress reports can be created, and the corresponding author can submit it on his own. The article submission steps are quite easy. However, due to the software, you may not be able to click the confirmation button in the pop-up that appears at the last stage, you may need to adjust your computer's settings or use another computer for this.

You can always get help during the submission process by using the contact information on our website. Please make sure that all authors are registered in the system beforehand and complete the submit process.

Publication Charges

There are no submission fees, publication fees or page charges for this journal.

Article Processing Charge

There is article processing charge for RMJ. Please look Price Policy page.

Queries

If you have any queries, please contact with us (rastjournaleditor@gmail.com).

Updated 15th April 2024