Journal of Sakarya University Faculty of Theology

SAUIFD is a peer-reviewed Journal published by Sakarya University Faculty of Theology twice a year as June and December. The Journal aims to contribute religious, theological, and social studies by publishing original academic works meeting international scientific criteria. The Journal publishes articles in Turkish, English, and Arabic. With a wide publication coverage, the Journal that is a convenient platform for academic publications, has attracted the attention of a great number of researchers.

The Scope of the Journal:

Basic Islamic Sciences: The Quran, Hadith, Exegesis, Islamic Jurisprudence, Kalam, History of Islamic Sects, Sufism, and Arabic Language and Literature;

Philosophy and Religious Sciences: Islamic Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Logic, Psychology of Religion, Sociology of Religion, Education of Religion, and History of Religions;

Islamic History and Arts: Islamic History, History of Islamic Arts, Turkish-Islamic Literature, and Religious Music.

In addition to the basic study fields mentioned above, articles regarding Ottoman Studies and Middle East Studies will be published in SAUIFD.

1.     When preparing work for submission, TDV Islam Ansiklopedisi (DIA) writing-spelling rules must be followed.

2.     SAUIFD accepts only the works whose footnotes and bibliography are prepared according to ISNAD Citation Style (Second Edition- with footnote).

3.    The author should add Turkish and English titles, abstracts, and keywords before the main text in each article. The Turkish abstract should be between 150-200 words and written in 7 points Verdana. The English abstract should be between 750-1000 words and written in 7 points Verdana. In addition, each article should contain 5-6 keywords.

4.    The articles that are sent to the Journal should not exceed 9000 words including footnotes and bibliography. As for books and symposium reviews, 2500 words should not be exceeded. Authors should add a Turkish and English abstract of 75-100 words and keywords of 3 words in book reviews.

5.    The works should be submitted in A4 size format in MS Word program. The page size, font, line, and paragraph             spacing should be the following:

·         Top: 5.4 cm; Left: 4.5 cm; Bottom: 5,4 cm; Right: 4.5 cm.

·         Font: Palatino Linotype (Main text: 10; footnote: 8 points).

·         Line spacing: Exactly, Value: 14 nk; Paragraph spacing: before: 0 nk; After: 3 nk.

·         Traditional Arabic fonts should be used in Arabic texts.

6.     If there are tables, graphics, and pictures in the article, the objects' size should not exceed 12 cm of width.

7.    For the works of translation, text simplification, and transcription, should be added photocopies of the original texts or PDF format. In addition, for the book introductions and assessments, the book cover image should be added in JPEG format.

8.    The bibliography should be organized alphabetically by the surname of authors.

9.    The footnotes should be under the page and arranged according to the sequential number system.

Authors

It is the authors' responsibility to ensure that the submitted article is of a quality that contributes to the academic field.

The works must be original and based on research.

Although the plagiarism scan will be carried out by SAUIFD, authors are responsible for the academic consequences of plagiarism.

The articles should not be sent to different journals at the same time. Also, the articles must be unsent to the other journals before.

It should be made sure that other individuals shown as co-authors, have contributed to the research. It is contrary to scientific ethics to add some, who are not academic contributors to the article, as co-authors or to put in order co-authors with non-academic criteria such as title, age, and gender regardless of the order of contribution.

It is assumed that authors who submit articles to the journal read and accept the publishing and writing principles of the journal and the writers are deemed to have committed themselves to these principles.

Citations and bibliography should be complete and realistic.

The authors should take into account the ScientificResearch and Publication Ethics Directive specified by the Higher Education Council.



Referees

Referees should act with the awareness that they are the most basic determinant of the academic quality of the article to be published in the journal and should evaluate it with a view increasing academic quality.

Referees should only accept the articles that they have the expertise necessary to make an appropriate appraisal. Also, they should only accept the articles that they can adhere to the double-blind peer-review secrecy and they should keep the details of the article in every way confidential.

Any information about the article examined in the review process should not be shared with anyone in any way.

Referees should only evaluate the correctness of the content of the articles and the appropriateness of the academic criteria. The opinions put forth in the article by authors may differ from those of the referees. The differences should not affect the evaluation.

Referee reports should be objective and moderate. Defamatory, derogatory, and accusatory statements must be avoided.

Referees should avoid superficial and ambiguous expressions in evaluation reports. For the evaluations that resulted negative, the missing points and imperfections of the article must be shown clearly and concretely.

Referees must evaluate the articles within the time-frame granted to them. If they will not evaluate the article, they must notify the journal within a reasonable time.



Editorial Board

Editors should accept the articles that may contribute to the relevant areas expressed in the scope of the Journal to the evaluation process.

Editors should not be in any conflict of interest with the accepted or rejected articles nor take advantage of them.

Editors have all the responsibility and authority to accept or reject a submission.

It is the responsibility of editors to keep the names of referees and authors confidential.

Editors should take the necessary effort to ensure that the articles submitted for publication will be scanned to prevent plagiarism, which is academic dishonesty.

It is the responsibility of editors to complete the review, refereeing, editing, and publishing processes of the submitted articles in a timely and healthy manner.

Editors should give priority to academic concerns and criteria when accepting the articles to the journal.



P.S: The ethical rules mentioned above have been prepared according to the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics - COPE ( https://publicationethics.org/ )).

• Journal of Sakarya University Faculty of Theology (SAUIFD) does not request any fees for article submission, reviewing and editing processes, page-layout and publication (page or color fees).
• SAUIFD does not pay any fees to authors, reviewers, editors, and editorial board members.
• All papers on SAUIFD are free to read and download.
• SAUIFD sign on to the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), which promotes free access to research literature, and has adopted the Open Access Principles that clarified in this initiative.
• All papers on SAUIFD are archived with LOCKSS (Lots Of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) system through TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM DergiPark.
* All expenses of the SAUIFD are covered by Sakarya University.