Author Guidelines

Journal of Sakarya University Faculty of Theology is an international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles in the field of theology and religious studies.
The journal is published twice a year, in June and December.
The publication languages are Turkish, English, and Arabic.
The maximum similarity rate for articles (including those produced from theses) is 20%.
Articles submitted to the journal must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
If an editor submits an article to the journal, their access to the editorial panel is restricted. The editor follows all processes as an author. Once the process is completed, editorial privileges are restored.
Articles, including footnotes, references, and abstracts, must not exceed 9,000 words. However, exceeding this limit may be allowed during the peer review process.
For articles written in English, the manuscript must include an English title, a 200–250-word abstract, and 3–5 keywords. The first keyword must belong to the relevant discipline, and each keyword should begin with a capital letter. Authors are encouraged to provide a Turkish title, abstract (200–250 words), and keywords; however, these may be added after the article has been accepted for publication.
In articles, the ISNAD 2nd Edition citation system must be used for citations and references. Authors may choose either the İSNAD 2nd Edition footnote (author-title system) or in-text (author-date system) citation style.
Authors are strongly encouraged to use reference management software such as Zotero, Mendeley, or EndNote for citations and references. The ISNAD citation system has citation styles for major reference management software, including Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote.
If required for the study, an Ethics Committee Approval Document must be uploaded to the system.
The Copyright Agreement and Acknowledgement of Authorship Form must be uploaded when submitting the article.
The journal operates a continuous submission system effective August 1, 2025. The editorial board conducts monthly evaluations of all submitted manuscripts, assessing each submission based on strict criteria including: compliance with the journal's formatting guidelines, adherence to academic publishing ethics, originality of the research, potential contribution to international scholarship, and alignment with the journal's publication priorities. Manuscripts failing to meet these fundamental requirements will be immediately rejected. During periods of particularly high submission volume, the editorial board may perform comparative evaluations of qualifying manuscripts, potentially rejecting those scoring below a competitive threshold.
The journal reserves the right to temporarily suspend new submissions without advance notice in response to submission volume or other operational considerations.
To ensure author diversity and provide opportunities for more researchers, the same author’s article will not be published in consecutive years.
Due to the high volume of submissions, only one article by the same author will be considered for review within a single issue period. Accordingly, if an article by an author is returned or rejected in that period, any other submissions by the same author within the same issue period will not be processed and will be returned.
Starting from 2026, book review articles will no longer be accepted by the journal.
Prepare your article in accordance with the journal article template.
- Click for the anonymous English article template (without author, affiliation, and article information form) to be used for the initial submission.
- Click for the English article template (including author, affiliation, and article information form) to be used after the peer-review process is completed and the article is accepted.