sinecine: Journal of Film Studies aims to bring together different disciplines around the common ground of cinema and to create a publication platform open to academic research, discussion, and critique within the fields of social sciences, arts, and the humanities. Within this framework, the journal publishes studies covering a broad perspective ranging from national cinema to Hollywood, from art cinema to popular cinema, from classical cinema to contemporary cinema; and addressing topics such as the political economy of cinema, film history, theoretical approaches, psychoanalytic and feminist readings, reception studies, genre studies, auteur cinema, video, new media, and diverse film forms.

While sinecine is open to a wide range of topics, it adopts compliance with academic standards as a fundamental principle for publication. Submissions must be original; manuscripts that have been previously published, accepted for publication elsewhere, or translations of such works are not considered for evaluation.

Authors may submit their manuscripts to the journal by uploading them to the system via https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/sinecine. sinecine accepts article submissions on a continuous basis throughout the year and publishes manuscripts whose evaluation process has been completed in sequence in accordance with its publication plan. Submissions may be made at any time of the year without waiting for a specific call or submission period.

Prior to submission, authors are expected to carefully review the Submission and Writing Guidelines and to ensure that their manuscripts comply with the journal’s citation and formatting requirements.

SUBMISSION AND WRITING GUIDELINES

sinecine: Journal of Film Studies publishes articles in Turkish and English. In addition to research articles evaluated by anonymous reviewers, the journal may also include translated articles selected or commissioned by the editor or the Editorial Board. Furthermore, shorter texts evaluated in the Değini section—such as current film reviews, book reviews, and conference or festival reports—with a length of 2,000–4,000 words are also published.

Manuscripts (including abstract, notes and references) must not exceed 10,000 words (8,000 words is ideal). Explanatory notes should be numbered within the text and placed as footnotes at the bottom of the relevant page. The manuscript must include a Turkish and an English abstract of approximately 200 words, along with five keywords.

The text must be prepared as a Word file (.doc or .docx) and submitted via the DergiPark system. Manuscripts should be written in Times New Roman, 12-point font, with 1.5 line spacing; footnotes should be formatted in 10-point font with single line spacing. Both the main text and footnotes should be left-aligned. If subheadings are used, they should appear on a separate line, be bolded, and have the first letters of each word capitalized. The file also includes the Acknowledgements, Research Funding, and Ethics Committee Approval and Informed Consent sections to be added at the end of the main text.

At the initial submission stage, in addition to the anonymized manuscript file (from which the author’s name and any information that may reveal the author’s identity within the text have been removed), a separate Author Information file must be uploaded. This file should include the article title, the author’s name, institutional affiliation, a short biography, full address, and email address.

With regard to Turkish writing rules, sinecine follows the Ana Yazım Kılavuzu (Main Writing Guidelines) prepared under the chairmanship of Ömer Asım Aksoy. The APA system is used for citation and formatting. For details, the 7th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association should be consulted.

Manuscripts that comply with the journal’s submission, citation, and formatting rules, that fall within the scope of the journal, and that meet its academic expectations are evaluated by anonymous reviewers who are experts in the relevant field. Accepted articles are published according to the order of submission. Requests to expedite the publication process for purposes such as job applications or academic promotion cannot be accommodated. However, the editors may issue a letter confirming that a manuscript has been accepted and is in the publication queue.

Authors whose manuscripts receive a revision request at the initial evaluation stage are advised to submit a revised version of their text along with a detailed revision report to be forwarded to the reviewers.

Submitted works must not have been previously published, must not be under consideration by another journal, and must not be submitted simultaneously to another journal while under evaluation at sinecine. If simultaneous submission is detected, the manuscript will be removed from the evaluation process.

Plagiarism detection software is used to ensure the originality of published works. However, the final decision regarding plagiarism is made by the Editorial Board in line with the opinions of expert reviewers. If violations of academic and ethical requirements—such as permissions, copyright, or (where required) ethics committee approval—are identified, the manuscript may be rejected or withdrawn at any stage of the evaluation process. In addition, in order to maintain author diversity, care is taken to avoid publishing articles by the same author or authors at short intervals.

As of the Spring 2019 (Vol. 10, No. 1) issue, sinecine: Journal of Film Studies does not publish articles derived from theses in which the thesis supervisor is listed as a co-author. Articles derived from theses are considered for evaluation only when submitted under the sole authorship of the thesis author.

In order to ensure the proper functioning of international indexing processes, cited sources, author names, and institutional information must be published using the Roman (Latin) alphabet. For sources written in an alphabet other than the Latin alphabet, it is mandatory to provide translations of the original titles into the language of the article in addition to the original titles. The use of only Chinese (or another non-Latin alphabet) without any explanation is not sufficient.

USE OF VISUAL MATERIALS IN ARTICLES

The use of visual materials in articles is supported only in cases where the visuals constitute a direct object of analysis. The inclusion of images, screenshots, or visuals such as film posters that represent the films, videos, video games, or other media examples discussed—without being directly related to the text and without being subjected to analytical examination—is not recommended, as this may lead to violations of the fair use principle for copyrighted works and is not compatible with academic textual structure.

sinecine supports the use of a maximum of six visuals per published research article. As a general publication policy, sinecine does not publish figures consisting of multiple images (for example, figures in which two or more frames or screenshots are presented side by side as a single image). However, limited exceptions may be made for interface images whose dimensions do not conform to standard media figures (such as mobile device screenshots), as well as for visuals that are original, creative, or transformative in nature.

In cases where visual materials are included and the principle of fair use does not apply, obtaining publication permissions is the responsibility of the authors. Although it is not mandatory to submit these permissions at the submission stage, after the peer-review process has been completed and immediately following the official notification by sinecine regarding the decision to publish an article, authors are obliged to document the publication permissions for the visuals.

Visuals should be at least 1,500 pixels in width or height (or at least 7–10 centimeters in size when saved at 300 dpi) and must have a minimum resolution of 250–300 dpi. Uncompressed TIFF file format is preferred; however, other common formats are also acceptable. It is recommended that visuals be saved without compression.

REFERENCING AND FORMATTING

When preparing the reference list in accordance with the APA style, only the first letter of article and book titles should be capitalized; all other words should be written in lowercase.

In Turkish reference lists, no additional phrases are used for chapters in edited volumes.

In Turkish, dates that include both the day and the month should be written with the day first, followed by the month.

Concepts and sources written in languages that do not use the Latin alphabet should be presented, at their first occurrence in the text and in the reference list, together with their Latin transliteration and their translation into the language of the article, enclosed in square brackets.

Film titles should be italicized in accordance with APA rules. However, at the first mention, the original title of the film should be given first, followed by its Turkish title in parentheses, for example: Shadows (Gölgeler). Thereafter, throughout the text, the film should be referred to consistently either by its title in the language of the article or by its original title.

See

Sources recommended for further reading should be indicated by means of footnotes.

1 See (Nichols, 2017).

If more than one source is recommended:

3 For detailed information on this subject, see (Özön, 1962; Scognamillo, 2013; Gomery, 1985).

If page numbers are to be indicated:

4 For detailed information on this subject, see (Özön, 1962, p. 218; Scognamillo, 1998, p. 434; Gomery, 1985, pp. 153–186).

sinecine follows the APA 7th edition for citation and formatting.

The basic referencing and writing rules applied in sinecine and compliant with APA 7th Edition are as follows:

IN-TEXT CITATIONS

Within the text, the titles of all films, books, journals, newspapers, and television programs should be italicized. When a film title is mentioned for the first time and the director’s name does not appear in the sentence, the director’s name should be given in parentheses first, followed by the year of release.

Example: Monster (Canavar, Patty Jenkins, 2003), Aşk Mabudesi (Nejat Saydam, 1968).

If necessary, the following information may also be included:

The Big Sleep (Büyük Uyku, Howard Hawks, Warner Bros., USA, 1945).

If a general reference is made to a work as a whole, it is sufficient to provide the author’s surname and the year of publication, for example: (Gürbilek, 2007).

If a direct quotation is taken from a specific page or the referenced ideas derive from a particular section, the citation should include the page number, as follows:

(Gürbilek, 2007, p. 39).

When a work has three to five authors, all authors’ names should be listed in the first citation (Süalp, Kanbur, & Algan, 2008); in subsequent citations, it is sufficient to use only the first author’s surname followed by et al.: (Süalp, Kanbur ve Algan, 2008).

If a work has six or more authors, only the first author’s surname followed by et al. should be used even in the first citation, for example: (Abisel et al., 2005).

All personal communications conducted via email, telephone, or face-to-face interviews should be cited in the text and also included in the reference list.

Example: Yeşim Ustaoğlu (personal communication, May 6, 2005) or (Yeşim Ustaoğlu, personal communication, May 6, 2005).

If the original publication date of classical sources is known, they are cited as in the following example: (Freud, 1930/1998). If the primary source cited in the text has not been read by the author and has been accessed through another author via one of the sources used (i.e., if a secondary source is used), it should be cited as follows:

(cited in Büker, 2007, p. 15) or (Žižek, cited in Arslan, 2009, p. 30).

Direct quotations longer than 40 words should be formatted as block quotations, indented 0.5 cm from the left margin, written in 10-point font, single-spaced, and without quotation marks. When words or sentences are omitted from a direct quotation taken from the original source, the omission should be indicated with an ellipsis enclosed in square brackets […].

Direct quotations shorter than 40 words should be enclosed in double quotation marks. If a word or phrase within a quoted passage needs to be emphasized using quotation marks, single quotation marks should be used. Apart from this usage, single quotation marks should not be used in the text.

IN THE REFERENCE LIST

All sources—books, journals, online materials, etc.—are listed alphabetically in the reference list without distinction by type. If authors share the same surname, entries are ordered alphabetically by the initial of the first name. If the initials are also identical, the entries should be formatted as in the following example:

Thompson, J. [Janet]. (2008).

Thompson, J. [Julia]. (2003).

If an author has multiple works published in the same year, they should be distinguished both in the text and in the reference list as follows:
(Akbulut, 2009a) and (Akbulut, 2009b).

If an author has multiple works listed in the reference list, they should be ordered chronologically from oldest to most recent. For sources without a publication date, the abbreviation n.d. (no date) is used. If the original publication dates of classical works (such as those by Marx or Freud) are known, this information should be indicated at the end of the reference, for example: (Original work published in 1846).
Terms such as “publisher,” “publications,” or “books” should not be included at the end of publisher names.
Example: Dipnot or Routledge.
 

EXAMPLES OF REFERENCE FORMATTING

BOOKS
General Format
Author’s Surname, Initial(s). (Year of Publication). Title of the work (Edition, if applicable). (Translator, if applicable). Publisher.
Eagleton, T. (2015). Marksizm ve edebiyat eleştirisi (3rd ed.). (Trans. Utku Özmakas). İletişim.

Single-Author Book
Author’s Surname, Initial(s). (Year of Publication). Title of the work (Edition, if applicable). Publisher.
Abisel, N. (2014). Sessiz Sinema (3rd ed.). De Ki.
Özön, N. (2000). Sinema, Televizyon, Video, Bilgisayarlı Sinema Sözlüğü. Kabalcı.

Multi-Author Book
First Author’s Surname, Initial(s)., Second Author’s Surname, Initial(s)., … & Last Author’s Surname, Initial(s). (Year of Publication). Title of the work (Edition, if applicable). Publisher.
Abisel, N., Arslan, U. T., Behçetoğulları, P., Karadoğan, A., Öztürk, S. R., & Ulusay, N. (2013). Çok Tuhaf Çok Tanıdık (2nd ed.). Metis.

Edited Volume
Editor’s Surname, Initial(s). (Ed.). (Year of Publication). Title of the work (Edition, if applicable). Publisher.
Karadoğan, A. (Ed.). (2007). Yoksul: Zeki Ökten. Dipnot.

Translated Book
Author’s Surname, Initial(s). (Year of Publication). Title of the work (Edition, if applicable) (Trans. Initial(s). Translator’s Surname). Publisher.
Corrigan, T. (2015). Film Eleştirisi El Kitabı (2nd ed.) (Trans. A. Gürata). Dipnot.

Book with a Corporate Author
Institution Name. (Year of Publication). Title of the work (Edition, if applicable). Publisher.
TÜBİTAK. (2002). 21. Yüzyılda Bilimsel Yayıncılık: Hedefler ve Yaklaşımlar. TÜBİTAK.

Book with No Identified Author
Title of the work (Edition, Year). Publisher.
The Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed., 2010). University of Chicago.

Multi-Volume Book
Author’s Surname, Initial(s). (Year of Publication). Title of the work (Edition, if applicable). Volume. Publisher.
Özgüç, A. (1987). Türk Filmleri Sözlüğü 1984–1986 (Vol. 5). Sümbül.

Multi-Volume Book (More Than One Volume Used)
Author’s Surname, Initial(s). (First volume year–Last volume year). Title of the work (Edition, Volume range). Publisher.
Arijon, D. (2005). Film Dilinin Grameri (Vols. 1–3, Trans. Y. Demir). Es.

PRINTED ARTICLES / CHAPTERS / NEWS ITEMS

Chapter/Article in an Edited Volume
Papers published in conference proceedings are cited in the same manner.
Author’s Surname, Initial(s). (Year of publication). Title of the chapter/article. Editor’s Initial(s). Surname (Ed.), Title of the book (pp. page range). Publisher.
Büker, S. (2003). Film ateşli bir öpüşmeyle bitmiyor. D. Kandiyoti & A. Saktanber (Eds.), Kültür Fragmanları (pp. 159–182). Metis.

Translated Chapter/Article in an Edited Volume
Author’s Surname, Initial(s). (Year of publication). Title of the chapter/article (Trans. Translator’s Initial(s). Surname). Editor’s Initial(s). Surname (Ed.), Title of the book (pp. page range). Publisher.
Moritz, W. (2003). Canlandırma (Trans. A. Fethi). G. Nowell-Smith (Ed.), Dünya Sinema Tarihi (pp. 312–321). Kabalcı.

Single-Author Article Published in an Academic Journal
Format:
Author’s Surname, Initial(s). (Year of publication). Title of the article. Journal Title, volume number (issue number, if applicable), page range.

Ulusay, N. (2004). Günümüz Türk sinemasında erkek filmlerinin yükselişi ve erkeklik krizi. Toplum ve Bilim, 101, 114–161.

Multi-Author Article Published in an Academic Journal
First Author’s Surname, Initial(s)., Second Author’s Surname, Initial(s)., […] & Last Author’s Surname, Initial(s). (Year of publication). Title of the article. Journal Title, volume number (issue number, if applicable), page range.

Öztürk, S. R., & Tutal, N. (2002). Rosetta: Birinci Dünyada İşsizlik ya da Küreselleşmenin Tahripkâr Egemenliği. Kültür ve İletişim, 5(1), 65–87.

Translated Article Published in an Academic Journal
Author’s Surname, Initial(s). (Year of publication). Title of the article (Trans. Translator’s Initial(s). Surname). Journal Title, volume number (issue number, if applicable), page range.

Chaudhuri, S., & Finn, H. (2016). Açık İmge: Şiirsel Gerçeklik ve Yeni İran Sineması (Trans. T. Toprak). sinecine, 7(1), 139–161.

Authored Newspaper or Magazine Article/News Item
Author’s Surname, Initial(s). (Year, Day Month). Title of the article/news item. Newspaper/Magazine Title, volume number (if applicable), page range.

Hızlan, D. (2009, 12 May). Wikipedia Kazaları. Hürriyet, 18.
Göl, B. (2014, June). Biz O Değiliz. Altyazı, 140, 32–35.

Newspaper or Magazine News Item with No Identified Author

Title of the news item (Year, Day Month). Newspaper/Magazine Title, volume number (if applicable), page range.
Haiti’de 1000 Kişiden 8’i Ölü, 9 Kişiden 1’i Evsiz: Felaketin Rakamları (2010, 21 January). Radikal, front page and p. 2.

OTHER WRITTEN SOURCES

Unpublished Thesis
Author’s Surname, Initial(s). (Year). Title of the thesis. (Unpublished Master’s/Doctoral thesis). Institute name, City.
Yüksel, E. (2006). Yılmaz Güney Sinemasında Kadın İmgesi. (Unpublished Master’s thesis). Ankara University, Institute of Social Sciences, Ankara.

Unpublished Conference Paper / Poster
Author’s Surname, Initial of First Name. (Year, Month). Paper/Poster Presented at the Event, Name of the Organizing Institution, Location of the Event. Çam, A. (2016, May).
The Relationship Between Space and Time in the Cinema of Derviş Zaim. Paper presented at the 17th Conference on New Directions in Turkish Film Studies, Kadir Has University, Istanbul.

Interview
For interviews published in edited volumes or journals, the interview is cited following the article format, with the phrase “Interview with …” added after the title.
Aytaç, S., & Göl, B. (2010, January). Hamburg Benim Evim. Interview with Fatih Akın. Altyazı, 91, 22–24.
Öztürk, S. R. (2006). Beni Korkutan, Bana Acı Veren Belirsizliktir. Interview with Zeki Demirkubuz. In S. R. Öztürk (Ed.), Kader: Zeki Demirkubuz (pp. 79–121). Dost.

Film / Book Review
In film or book reviews published in the journal, the review title is followed by the phrase “[Review of the film/book Title of the work]”.
Akbulut, H. (2012). Oğuz Hoca İçin… [Review of the book Oğuz Onaran İçin: Sinemada Hayat Var, edited by S. Büker & S. R. Öztürk]. sinecine, 3(2), 105–106.

Encyclopedia Entry
Author’s/Editor’s Surname, Initial(s). (Year). Title of the entry. Title of the encyclopedia (Volume number, edition number, pp. page range). Publisher.
Bergmann, P. G. (1993). Relativity. The New Encyclopedia Britannica (Vol. 26, pp. 501–508). Encyclopedia Britannica.

Dictionary Entry
Title of the entry. (Year). Editor’s Initial(s). Surname (Ed.), Title of the dictionary (Volume number, edition number, pp. page range). Publisher.
Süreyya Paşa Sineması. (2015). In S. Aytaç, Z. Dadak, Ö. Gökçe et al. (Eds.), Altyazı’nın Gayri Resmi ve Resimli Sinema Sözlüğü (pp. 194–195). Boğaziçi University Mithat Alam Film Center.
In-text citation: (“Title of entry,” Year), (“Süreyya Paşa Sineması,” 2015).

ELECTRONIC SOURCES
For electronic sources, DOI (Digital Object Identifier) numbers should be provided when available. If an electronic source does not have a DOI, a URL should be used (http://www…). For sources that include a DOI or a URL, it is not necessary to indicate the access date. When providing a DOI, the full DOI address must be given.
MacCabe, C. (1974). Realism and the Cinema: Notes on Some Brechtian Theses. Screen, 15(2), 7–27. https://doi.org/10.1093/screen/15.2.7
MacCabe, C. (1974). Realism and the Cinema: Notes on Some Brechtian Theses. Screen, 15(2), 7–27.https://academic.oup.com/screen/article-abstract/15/2/7/1617204?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Books Available Only in Electronic Format
Author’s/Editor’s Surname, Initial(s). (Year of publication, or n.d. if not available). Title of the work. If available, DOI: DOI number.
Bordwell, D., & Thompson, K. (2013). Christopher Nolan: A Labyrinth of Linkages. http://www.davidbordwell.net/books/nolan.php

Electronic Version of a Printed Book
(If the printed and electronic versions differ)
Author’s/Editor’s Surname, Initial(s). (Year of publication, or n.d. if not available). Title of the work [E-book version]. If available, DOI: DOI number.
Levy, E. (n.d.). Cinema of Outsiders: The Rise of American Independent Film [Kindle version]. https://www.amazon.com/

Electronic Version of a Reprinted Book
(If the printed and electronic versions are the same)
Author’s/Editor’s Surname, Initial(s). (Year of publication). Title of the work (Volume number, edition number if applicable). If available, DOI: DOI number.
Strachey, J. (Ed.). (1953). The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud (Vol.4).http://books.google.com/books/ (Original work published in 1900)

Article Published in an Online Academic Journal
Author’s Surname, Initial(s). (Year of publication). Title of the article. Journal Title, volume number (issue number if applicable), page range. If available, DOI: DOI number.
Akyürek, F. (2005). A Modal Proposal for Educational Television Programs. The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 6(2), 55–64. http://tojde.anadolu.edu.tr/makale_goster

Article/News Item Published in an Online Newspaper or Magazine
Author’s Surname, Initial(s). (Year, Day Month). Title of the article/news item. Newspaper/Magazine Title, volume number if applicable.
Özgüven, F. (2010, 14 January). Eric Rohmer’le Avatar’da. Radikal. http://www.radikal.com.tr

Online Film / Book Review
Author’s Surname, Initial(s). (Year, Day Month). Title of the review [Review of the film/book Title of the work]. Newspaper/Magazine Title, volume number if applicable.
Loach, K. (2004, 14 November). All Film Students Should See This Woman’s Work
[Review of I. Bollain’s film Te Doy Mis Ojos / Gözlerimi de Al]. The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2004/nov/14

AUDIOVISUAL SOURCES
Works that constitute the main focus of the article should also be included in the reference list.
Film
Director’s Surname, Initial(s). (Director). (Year of production). Title of the film [Film]. Country: Studio.
Huston, J. (Director). (1941). The Maltese Falcon [Film]. USA: Warner.

Music Recordings
Composer’s Surname, Initial(s). (Copyright year). Title of the track [Recorded by … if different from the composer]. Title of the album [Recording format—cassette, CD, vinyl, etc.]. Country: Studio. (Recording year if different from copyright year)
Taupin, B. (1975). Someone Saved My Life Tonight [Recorded by Elton John].
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy [CD]. England: Big Pig Music Limited.

Television Series Episode
Writer’s Surname, Initial(s). (Writer) & Director’s Surname, Initial(s). (Director). (Year of broadcast). Title of the episode [Television series episode]. Producer’s Initial(s). Surname (Producer), Title of the series. Country: Studio.
Egan, D. (Writer) & Alexander, J. (Director). (2005). Failure to Communicate [Television series episode].
D. Shore (Producer), House. New York: Fox Broadcasting.