The following points should be considered for submissions to our journal:
Articles should consist of a minimum of 5,000 and a maximum of 10,000 words, including references, and should not exceed 35 pages. The text should be prepared using MS Word, in A4 (21x29.7 cm) page size, with 2.5 cm margins on all sides, justified, and in Times New Roman font.
The article's main title should appear in both Turkish and English on the first page. The first letters of the Turkish and English titles should be capitalized, bold, and 13-point. Titles should be justified. Titles should not exceed 12 words. Words such as “ve” and ‘ile’ in the Turkish title should be written in lowercase. Words such as “a,” “an,” “and,” “of,” “for,” “with,” etc., in the English title should be written in lowercase.
Each article should include informative, understandable Turkish and English abstracts, written in 9-point font and between 150 and 250 words. The abstract should contain important information about the purpose, method, findings, and results of the study. Three to six keywords should be provided below the abstract text.
Use 11-point font for the main text and captions, and 10-point font for footnotes and references. Indent the first line of each paragraph, direct quotation, and reference by 1 cm.
Tables, figures, images, and charts should be sized appropriately for the page content. Table and figure content should be written in a 10-point font (or at least 8-point if the content is dense) with single line spacing.
REFAD follows a double-blind peer-review policy. Therefore, the names and affiliations of the author(s) should not appear anywhere in the manuscript during the initial submission. This information will be uploaded separately as a “Title Page” file during the initial submission.
REFAD uses APA (American Psychological Association) Style 7th Edition for referencing.