Writing Rules

1. Manuscripts, should be written in Gentium Plus font in Ms. Word using the relevant template of the Rize Theology Journal. XB Zar font should be used for Arabic. The page structure, font-size, page borders, and other format features should be suitable for the manuscript template.

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2. In the manuscripts submitted to journal, the author's name-surname, imprint information and if the article produced from thesis, project, paper etc. there should be no information about it. All such information should be written in the Author Information Form and sent as a separate file.

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3. Regardless of whether it is a copyright or a translation, the title information of all articles should be added to the Author Information Form.
4. All manuscripts sent to the journal should be submitted to journal with 400-550 words of Turkish and English abstracts and keywords added.
5. The copyrighted and translated articles and research notes submitted to journal (including references, tables, figures, etc.) should not exceed 9000 words.
6. The book/scientific meeting reviews submitted to journal should be between 1000-2000 words, excluding references.
7. In the INTRODUCTION section of the articles, information such as revelant literature, the main problem of the study, its purpose and importance should be included. Articles that do not contain the information specified in the INTRODUCTION section will not be processed.
8. Every scientific article should have a "REFERENCES", the sources should be written in the Latin alphabet, care should be taken for the way it is given, its accuracy and accessibility.
9. For articles written in languages other than Latin letters, the title, abstract, keywords and bibliography (references) written in Latin letters must also be included.
10. The "Ethics Approval Certificate" must be uploaded to the system together with the articles that require the approval of the ethics committee.
11. In order for the manuscripts received in translation type to be processed, the document confirming that permission has been obtained from the author and/or publisher must be uploaded to the system with the name of "Permission Document". In addition, a copy of the originals of the texts should be added to the post by transferring them to the computer environment.
12. ISNAD citation system (2nd edition) is used in our journal.

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13. Manuscripts sent to the journal without complying with the writing principles are returned to the author for correction before being processed.

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