The following rules govern the composition of manuscripts submitted for publication in the JOURNAL OF ORIENTAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (JOSR), a reviewed, open access journal published every six months.
The manuscripts are initially evaluated by the editor and the editorial board in terms of scientific expression and adherence to spelling rules. Manuscripts deemed suitable are then sent to three reviewers, selected for their expertise in the relevant scientific field. In accordance with the recommendations of the reviewers, a decision is made as to whether the article should be published or, alternatively, whether it should be published on the condition that corrections be made. Manuscripts that are deemed unsuitable for publication in accordance with the reviewers' recommendations are rejected.
Manuscripts should be submitted via the Dergipark platform. The title of the article should be written in sufficient detail to enable identification of the subject matter.
As of 1 January 2021, authors of articles submitted on or after this date are required to provide an extended abstract in English between 750 and 1,000 words if the reviewer processes are positive.
The name, title, institutional affiliation, and e-mail address of the author should be indicated with a starred footnote. In the event that the article is a translation, the source text from which it was derived must be indicated in the footnote. Furthermore, the original text should be provided with the translation. Furthermore, copyright certificates are required for translated works.
The identity of the author is concealed from the reviewers. The identities of the reviewers and authors are known only to the editorial board and are kept strictly confidential. The reports from the reviewers are retained in the journal archive.
In accordance with the recommendations set forth by the reviewers, authors may be required to implement certain corrections to their manuscripts. The final decision regarding the publication of the article is reserved for the editorial board.
Those articles deemed suitable for publication are then placed in the publication queue. Manuscripts that are rejected or deemed unsuitable for publication, even after correction requests, are not returned to the authors. Instead, the authors are informed of the reasons for rejection.
Those who serve on the editorial, advisory, and reviewer boards are precluded from participating in discussions and reviwer assignments pertaining to their own articles.
The authors are held accountable for the content of the published articles.
All articles submitted to the journal for publication must be original and must not have been previously published. The author is required to upload a plagiarism report to the system.
In the case of articles derived from graduate theses, this circumstance should be explicitly stated in the footnote or in the note to the editor accompanying the initial submission. Furthermore, it is imperative that the article in question is clearly identified as having been produced from the aforementioned thesis.
The journal accepts submissions of original and scientific publications in the field of social sciences.
The e-Journal of Oriental Studies retains all rights of ownership of the articles.
The language of the journal is Turkish, English, Arabic, Persian and Kurdish. Abstracts must be written in one of these languages.
All articles must include a Turkish and English abstract of a minimum of 150 and a maximum of 200 words. It is required that the English title of the article be included before the English abstract in all articles.
The keywords/key phrases should be presented in a concise manner, comprising a minimum of five and a maximum of six words.
The abstract should provide a concise overview of the research, including its scope, purpose, methodology, and key findings.
Spelling Rules
Works that are not submitted in accordance with the prescribed spelling rules will not be considered.
Manuscripts submitted to the journal should be in Word 2013 or a later version. Manuscripts not submitted in this format may present formatting issues, such as words ending each other. Prior to uploading the article to the system, it is imperative to examine the layout guide and utilise the provided template.
The article should be composed in the following manner.
The text should be written in Times New Roman.
The main text should be in 12 pt and single line spacing.
The footnote text should be in 10 font size and single line spacing. The text should be aligned to the left, with a paragraph spacing of 6pt before and 6pt after. Line spacing: 6 pt It is required that Turkish and English article titles be written in bold font.
It is expected that articles will include an abstract, an introduction, a conclusion, and a list of references.
Please submit high-resolution, print-quality scanned images as an attachment to the article. It is imperative that the established nomenclature for figures and charts is adhered to.
Manuscripts should not exceed 30 pages, exclusive of the bibliography. In the case of introductions, evaluations, manuscripts, editions or translations, greater flexibility may be permitted in this regard if the number of citations is high.
Furthermore, bibliographies of articles written in Arabic should be written in the Latin alphabet.
It is required that direct quotations be enclosed in quotation marks. Quotations of less than 2.5 lines should be presented in a separate format; quotations exceeding 2.5 lines should be placed at a distance of 1.5 cm from the right and left margins, in blocks and single-spaced.
The ISNAD citation system is not employed in our journal. It is necessary to edit the article by downloading the manual in Turkish/English from https://www.isnadsistemi.org.
The use of researcher identification numbers is intended to mitigate potential issues arising from similarities in names and institutions among researchers, scientists, and academicians engaged in scientific studies. In the context of the joint research project between TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM and YÖK, it has been resolved to utilise ORCID data. In this context, it was resolved to utilise the internationally acknowledged.