Writing Rules

Article Template (The article template should not include information about the author and authors)

Author and Article Information Form (Title Page)

Copyright Notification Form

Ethical Clearance Information

WRITING RULES 

  1. Manuscripts should be prepared in A4 size in "MS Office Word 2016" or higher version using the journal article template. Articles should be between 6000 and 8000 words (including extended abstract) in journal format and should not exceed 25 pages. Page layout is Left: 1.3 cm, Right: 1.3 cm, Top: 1.3 cm and Bottom: 1.3 cm.
  2. Manuscripts should be typed in 10-point font and "Times New Roman", single-spaced, justified. There should be a one-character space after commas and periods.
  3. Paragraphs should not be indented at the beginning and 6 spaces should be left before and after the paragraph. No additional blank lines should be left between paragraphs.
  4. On the first page of the article, an abstract in Turkish and English should be prepared in Times New Roman font, 9 pt, not less than 150 words and not more than 200 words. At the same time, at least 3 and at most 5 keywords should be written. In addition, at least 1 and at most 4 JEL codes should be specified.
  5. Extended abstracts are requested at the time of initial submission to the journal (Extended abstracts of articles submitted before this decision will be requested during the process). It should be prepared in English for Turkish articles and in Turkish for English articles. It should consist of at least 700 and at most 1000 words. It should not exceed one page in this format. It should include the following subheadings: purpose and problem of the study, methodology, findings, conclusions and recommendations. Each sub-heading should be written as a single paragraph, in Times New Roman, 9 font size, single line spacing, 6 spaces before and after the paragraph and no additional blank lines between the headings.
  6. The main headings and subheadings of the article should be bold and left justified (without indentation) and numbered with decimal numbers such as 1., 1.1., 1.1.1.1., 1.1.2., 1.1.2.1. "Introduction", "Conclusion and Discussion" and "References" headings should not be numbered. Introduction and conclusion headings should not be subtitled. All headings should be capitalized. Main headings should be in normal type and subheadings should be italicized. No line space should be left before and after them. They should be written with a single line spacing of 6 pt before and after.
  7. All tables and figures in the article should be shown in the appropriate places in the text, centered on the page or extended appropriately to the page edges. Each table and figure should be given a sequence number (such as Table 1, Figure 2, etc.) in bold font and a title in normal font. The title should be placed above the table and figure, centered on the page, only the initials of the words should be capitalized, in 10 pt. font, and 6 spaces should be left before and after the paragraph. The text in tables and figures should be in Times New Roman, 8-9 font size and single line. All visuals such as graphs, charts, maps, drawings and photographs should be considered as figures. Tables should only have horizontal lines, vertical lines should not be used. All tables and figures must conform to the page layout given above and be easily readable. In tables and figures, explanations and references should be given in 8-point font under the table and figure, leaving 3 spaces before and after the paragraph. There should be no line space before/after the table and figure.
  8. In the article, commas should be used as decimal separators in Turkish studies and periods in English studies. As a thousand separator, a period should be used in Turkish studies and a comma in English studies. In the text of the article, numbers between 0-9 should be expressed in writing, and numbers 10 and above should be written in numerals.
  9. In the article, equations, models and formulas should be written left justified, each of them should be numbered sequentially and the numbers should be written right justified in parentheses. There should be no line spaces before and after equations, models and formulas.
  10. For in-text references and bibliographies, the 7th edition of APA (American Psychological Association) reference style should be used and organized accordingly. In the bibliography, only the references cited in the text should be included with their full tags and all references, regardless of their type, should be organized by author's surname and year.
  11. The bibliography should be written justified, 6 pt. before and after and single-spaced. Indentation; hanging should be set to 1.25 cm.
  12. In the article, bulleted texts should be left justified, with 3 pt space before and after the paragraph.
  13. If the number of words taken directly from a source in the article is below 40 words, the expressions to be quoted should be used in the text by enclosing them in quotation marks and citing the source. When the quotation exceeds 40 words, quotations should be made not in the normal text, but on a new line, indented 1.25 cm from left and right, with 6 spaces before and after the paragraph and citing the source.
  14. Explanatory notes should be written as footnotes at the bottom of the page, justified, 8-point font, Times New Roman font, single line spacing and 0 spaces before and after the paragraph.
  15. If an "appendix" is to be made in the article, the appendices should be included after the bibliography by giving the appendix title (such as Appendix 1, Appendix 2, etc.).


IN-TEXT CITATION RULES

Single author

Parenthetical citation: (Özkul, 2021, p. 47) or (Özkul, 2021)

Narrative citation: Gençtürk (2003) or Gençtürk (2003, p. 248)

Two authors

Parenthetical citation: (Çarıkçı and Yıldırım, 2020, p. 306) or (Çarıkçı and Yıldırım, 2020)

Narrative citation: Çarıkçı and Yıldırım (2020) or Çarıkçı and Yıldırım (2020, p. 306)

Three or more authors

Parenthetical citation: (Öztürk et al., 2019, p. 94)

Narrative citation: Öztürk et al. (2019) or Öztürk et al. (2019, p. 94)

Citation to more than one source

(Gençtürk 2003; Çarıkçı and Yıldırım, 2020, p. 306; Özkul, 2021, p. 47)

Citation to secondary source

(Atkinson, 1964, cited in Chen, 2023).

Citing more than one work of an author published in the same year

(Cartwright, 1954a, Cartwright, 1954b, p. 12)

Work with no publication date

(Yılmaz, n.d.)

Internet sources, legislation/journal etc. and references to works with access date

Parenthetical citation:  (Bailey, 2023, September 4)

Narrative citation:  Bailey (2023, September 4)


BIBLIOGRAPHY SPELLING RULES

BOOKS

a) Single author book

Tracy, L. (1989). The living organization: systems of behavior. Praeger Publishers.

Poole, S. (2000). Trigger happy: Videogames and the entertainment revolution (1st ed.). Arcade Publishing.

b) Book with two authors

Schumacker, R., & Lomax, R. (2015). A beginner's guide to structural equation modeling (4th ed.). Routledge.

Ülgen, H., & Mirze, K. (2020). İşletmelerde stratejik yönetim. Beta Yayınları.

c) Book with three or more authors

Hinton, P., McMurray, I., & Brownlow, C. (2014). SPSS explained (2nd ed.). Routledge.

ARTICLES

a) Single author article

Gençtürk, M. (2003). Finansal kriz dönemlerinde işletmelerin hisse yoğunluklarının performanslarına etkisi. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 8(2), 231-251.

Teng, C. I. (2008). Personality differences between online game players and nonplayers in a student sample. Cyberpsychology & Behavior, 11(2), 232-234. https://doi.org/10.1089/cpb.2007.0064

b) Article with two authors

Çarıkçı, O., & Yıldırım, A. (2020). Risk odaklı iç denetimin stratejik yönetim anlayışı açısından değerlendirilmesi. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Vizyoner Dergisi, 11(26), 302-313. https://doi.org/10.21076/vizyoner.635421

Holden, R. R., & Fekken, G. C. (1994). The NEO five-factor ınventory in a Canadian context: Psychometric properties for a sample of university women. Personality and Individual Differences, 17(3), 441-444. https://doi.org/10.1016/0191-8869(94)90291-7

c) Article with three or more authors

Öztürk, M. S., Çarıkçı, O., Yaman, B., & Ağaç, S. (2019). Bir konaklama işletmesinde kaynak tüketim muhasebesi uygulaması. Mali Çözüm, 29(153), 89-107.

Keith, M. J., Anderson, G., Gaskin, J., & Dean, D. L. (2018). Team video gaming for team building: Effects on team performance. AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, 10(4), 205-231. https://doi.org/10.17705/1thci.00110

DISSERTATIONS

a) Dissertations in institutional databases

Özkul, R. F. (2021). Dijital oyun oynayanların kişilik ve değerleri: Z kuşağı üzerine bir araştırma [Yüksek Lisans Tezi]. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi.

Andrus, K. H. (2018). Personality & game design preference: Towards understanding player engagement and behavior [Master’s Thesis]. Lund University.

b) Dissertations accessed from other databases

Parmer, T. (1987). A descriptive study of the career dreams, career decisiveness and career choice of urban black male and female athlete and nonathlete high school students [Publication No. 8721437] [Doctoral dissertation, The University of Iowa]. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.

Krieger, W. D. (1995). Career activism: The role of individual activity in career management [Publication No. 9609214] [Doctoral dissertation, New York University]. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.

Translated Book

Huizinga, J. (1995). Homo ludens-oyunun toplumsal işlevi üzerine bir deneme (1. Baskı). (M. A. Kılıçbay, Çev.), Ayrıntı Yayınları.

Book Chapter

Haddon, L. (1993). Interactive games. In P. Hayward, & T. Wollen (Ed.), Future visions: New technologies of the screen (p. 123-147). British Film Institute.

Proceedings

Eryılmaz, İ., Uzunbacak, H. H., & Akçakanat, T. (2022). Sağlık çalışanlarında tükenmişlik: Covid-19 öncesinde ve sırasında kıyaslamalı bir araştırma (s. 344-349). 30. Yönetim ve Organizasyon Kongresi. Isparta, Türkiye.

Internet Resources

Eddy, M., & Buzzi, M. (2019). The most niche simulation pc games we could find. https://www.pcmag.com/news/the-most-niche-simulation-pc-games-we-could-find retrieved on March 22, 2020.

Bilgi ve İletişim Teknolojileri Kurumu. (2023). Faturalara ilişkin usul ve esaslar. https://www.btk.gov.tr/uploads/boarddecisions/elektronik-haberlesme-sektorunde-faturalara-iliskin-usul-ve-esaslar.pdf adresinden 22 Haziran 2023 tarihinde alınmıştır.

Media Resources (Movie/Video etc.): 

Darabont, F. (Yönetmen). (1994). The Shawshank Redemption [Film]. Castle Rock Entertainment.

Frampton, S. (2023, Haziran). What did people do before anesthesia? [Video]. https://www.ted.com/talks/sally_frampton_what_did_people_do_before_anesthesia

Newspaper Articles

Bailey, J. M. (2023, 4 Eylül). 12 video games releasing this fall. The New York Times.

Law/Regulation/International Convention/Court Decisions:

Toplu İş Sözleşmesi, Grev ve Lokavt Kanunu. (1963, 24 Temmuz). https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/11462.pdf

Dış Ticarette Teknik Düzenlemeler Yönetmeliği. (2023, 9 Ağustos). https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2023/08/20230816-1.htm