Sosyal ve Kültürel Araştırmalar Dergisi (SKAD)

Within the scope of the journal; academic studies of all disciplines within the scope of social sciences, especially field studies, cultural studies, family studies, social problem research, women's studies, social work, sociology are included.

The format used for referencing is APA (American Psychological Association) Style 6th Edition. In both citations and bibliography, authors should follow the format and spelling rules specified in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, published by the American Psychological Association.

Content Layouts and Key Features by Article Types

Original Research: It should consist of "Abstract", "Keywords", "Introduction", "Method", "Results" and "Conclusion/Discussion" sections respectively. The results of the study can be expressed in the last paragraph of the Discussion section; there is no need for an additional title. Systematic Review: It is within the scope of a research article. It is created by systematically and comprehensively scanning the studies published in the relevant field, determining which studies will be included in the review within the framework of various objective acceptance and rejection criteria, and synthesizing the information on the relevant subject. In order to define a review article systematically, the processes of identifying and selecting the studies to be included in the review and synthesizing the study data should be followed. Systematic review studies should consist of "Abstract", "Keywords", "Introduction", "Subtitles" and "References" sections.

Meta-analysis: Meta-analysis is a research article written to provide an opinion-making document (the highest degree of evidence) on the accuracy and reality of interventions for their effectiveness. It is a type of statistical literature developed to show the effect of a particular situation with a single predictor by combining the findings of at least two independent studies on a specific subject. The degree of validity and reliability of the results obtained by combining the findings of more than one study will be strengthened. While individual studies with small samples may not carry statistical significance, articles combined by meta-analysis overcome this problem. Meta-analysis can be conducted for both experimental and quantitative research. Meta-analysis articles consist of "Abstract", "Keywords", "Introduction", "Methods", "Results", "Conclusion/Discussion" and "References" sections.

Book Review: A Book Review is an article in which the contents of books published in the last 5 years are evaluated and introduced. The total length of the article should not exceed 2500-5000 words. Additional information (drawings, charts, movie data sets) may be published at the discretion of the editors and referees (50 Mb of additional data is allowed per article). It should consist of 'Introduction' and 'Subheadings' sections respectively.

Invited Review: Invited Review articles are written by experts who have rich knowledge and cited works in their field. The journal sends invitations to the authors to write review articles that define, evaluate and discuss the existing knowledge on a subject within the scope of the journal and guide future studies. The authors of the review article should be a scientific authority on the subject of the article and should document their publications in the "Cover Letter" (authors should have at least one SCI/SCI-expanded indexed publication on the subject of the review). Manuscripts will be returned to authors who do not list the relevant publications of the review authors in the cover letter. The maximum length of the manuscript should be 20 pages with an upper limit of 6000 words (excluding abstract and references). Reviews are different from standard manuscripts. The universal format of writing (the abstract structured in a certain format, as in a research article) is not applied in review articles. Review articles consist of "Abstract", "Keywords", "Introduction", "Discussion" and "Conclusion" sections. In outline, the "Introduction" section is broader and explains the purpose of the review and the rationale for the article. There are no "Method" and "Findings" sections. The Discussion section will again be broad and will synthesize the studies on the same subject and their synthesis in line with personal experiences. The Conclusion section is a subheading of the "Discussion" section and is an interpretation and evaluation paragraph on the subject. The author(s) submitting a review article should include a section in the article describing the methods used for the selection, acquisition and synthesis of the data used in the article. These methods should also be mentioned in the Abstract. References will be more numerous than in all articles. However, the author's own work must be included.

Case Presentation: Maximum 10 pages (excluding references). Case reports should include introduction, case presentation and discussion sections respectively.

Letter to the Editor: Maximum 5 pages (excluding abstract and references). May not include an abstract. Should not contain more than 4 authors. May include at most one drawing or chart. If it is written as a dedication to an article, the number and date should be given and the name, institution and address of the author should be included at the end of the text.

Interview Maximum 5 pages (excluding abstract and references). May not include an abstract. Should not contain more than 4 authors. Interview articles are articles that include interviews with experts who have rich knowledge and cited works in their field.


Citation and References

Deployment basically takes two forms:

From 1975 until the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, the United States conducted only six military operations abroad, whereas from 1989 to 2004 there were nine major military operations, with hundreds of thousands of troops deployed (Gray, 2005: 14).

or

According to Feroz Ahmad (2012: 101), one of the most important aims of the alphabet reform was to accelerate the literacy process and education in the new Turkey.

When citing a work with two authors:

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is one of the largest global treaties in recent years (Green and Goodman, 2015: 45).

or

According to Green and Goodman (2015: 45), the Trans-Pacific Partnership is one of the largest global treaties in recent years.

To cite works with three or more authors, the expression 'et al.' is used after the last name of the first author instead of using the last names of the other authors.

Climate is a determinant of human character (Walter et al., 1998: 25).

or

According to Walter et al. (1998: 25), climate has a determining effect on human character.

When citing studies with legal authors: If a group/legal entity (such as associations, companies, government agencies and other working groups) is cited as the author, the name of this group should be given in the text in a very clear and understandable way. The group name may be abbreviated in some cases. If the group name is long, if the abbreviation is clear to everyone, or if there is already a known abbreviation for the name, both the full and abbreviated form may be used in the first use, and only the abbreviation may be used in subsequent uses. If the name of the group is short or the abbreviation is not universally understood, the full name is used in all references.

If the reference is at the end of a sentence;

First reference

(Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey [TÜBİTAK], 2013)

Second and subsequent references

(TÜBİTAK, 2013)

If the reference is made in a sentence

First post

Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK, 2013)

Second and subsequent references

TUBITAK (2013)

Multiple references within the same parenthesis: Multiple references within the same parenthesis should be in alphabetical order according to the surname of the first author and separated by semicolons. Example: (Akbulut & Doğan, 2013; Şencan, 2003; Tonta, 2010)

Bibliography

At the end of the text, it should be arranged alphabetically according to the surnames of the authors. The author of the source used should be indicated by putting the surname first. Example: İsen, M. (2010). Tezkireden biografiye. Istanbul: Kapı Publications. Köprülü, Mehmet F. (1961). Azeri literature tekâmülü. Istanbul: MEB Publications.

➢If the source has two authors, start with the surname of the author whose name is written first in the work; in the alphabetical order of the colophon information, it does not function to put the surnames of those after the first author first. Example: Taner, R. and Asım B. (1981). Edebiyatımızda seçme hikayeler. başvuru kitapları. Istanbul: Gözlem Publications.

➢If the source has more than three authors, the surname and name of the first one should be written, then the abbreviation et al. or et al. should be used; Example: Akyüz, K. et al. (1958). Fuzulî Turkish dîvân. Ankara: İş Bankası Publications.

➢Book and journal titles should be written in italics; sources such as articles and book chapters should be enclosed in quotation marks. While page number information is not required in the book tag; in short works such as journals, encyclopedia articles, book chapters, the page range information of the section utilized must be included. Example: Berk, İ. (1997). Poetika. Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Publications. Demir, N. (2012). "Evidential in Turkish". bilig, Journal of Turkish World Social Sciences 62,97-117.

➢If there is a person who translated, compiled, prepared for publication or edited the book, his/her name should be included after the author and work information. Example: Shaw, S. (1982). The Ottoman Empire. Mehmet Harmancı (Trans.). Istanbul: Sermet Matbaası.

➢Sources should be indicated as (a, b) if there is more than one publication of the same author with the same date. Example: Develi, H. (2002a). According to Evliya Çelebi Seyahatnamesine, 17th Century Ottoman Turkish Phonetic Analogies and Harmonies. Ankara: TDK Publications. Develi, H. (2002b). Risâle-i Garîbe on Eighteenth Century Istanbul Life. Istanbul: Kitabevi.

➢In encyclopedia articles, after the surname and first name of the article author, if known, the date of writing the article, the title of the article in quotation marks, the full name of the encyclopedia, volume number, place of publication, publishing house and page number should be indicated respectively: Example: İpekten, H. (1991). "Azmî-zâde Mustafa Hâletî". Encyclopedia of Islam. C. 4. Istanbul: Türkiye Diyanet Foundation Publications. 348-349.

When referencing theses, after the surname and first name of the thesis author, the date the thesis was written, the full title of the thesis in italics, the type of thesis, the city where the university where the thesis was prepared and the name of the university should be included respectively: Example: Karakaya, B. (2012). Garîbî'nin Yûsuf u Züleyhâ'sı: Review- critical text-index. Master's Thesis. Kirsehir: Ahi Evran University. Manuscripts, Author. Work Name. Library. Collection. Catalog number. leaf. should be cited: Example: Âsım. Zeyl-i Zübdetü'l-Eş'âr. Millet Library. A. Emirî Efendi. No.1326. vr. 45a.

➢To cite a work on the internet, surname of the author, name of the author. "Title of the message". Internet address. (Date of Access) is sufficient. Example: Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey. "Livelihood index (wage earners)" Electronic Data Distribution System. http://evds.tcmb.gov.tr/ (Access Date: 04.02.2009).

Article citations that have not yet been published but have been accepted for publication can also be shown as follows. Example:Atılım, M. and Ekin T. (2008). "Forecasting oil price movements with crack spread futures". Energy Economics. In press (doi:10.1016/ j.eneco.2008.07.008).


Updated on 28.07.2023.


Note: The above rules will apply to issues to be published after 28.07.2023.

8. Publication of Studies Based on Surveys and Interviews
SKAD adopts the "Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers" principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in order to provide ethical assurance in scientific periodical publishing. In this context, the following points should be followed in the studies submitted to the journal:
- Ethics committee approval must be obtained for research in all disciplines that require ethics committee approval, and this approval must be stated and documented in the article.
- In studies that require ethics committee approval, information about the approval (name of the committee, date and number) can be included in the method section. However, in case presentations in the article information form at the end of the article, information on the signature of the informed consent form should be included in the article.

Research requiring Ethics Committee approval is as follows:
- All kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using survey, interview, focus group study, observation, experiment, interview techniques,
- Use of humans and animals (including materials/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,
-Clinical trials in humans,
-Research on animals,
-Retrospective studies in accordance with the law on the protection of personal data,
Also;
- Stating that the "informed consent form" has been obtained in case presentations,
- Obtaining and indicating permission from the owners for the use of scales, questionnaires, photographs belonging to others,
- Stating that copyright regulations are complied with for the intellectual and artistic works used.

9. Policy on Publishing Supplementary or Special Issues
A special issue can be published once a year upon the request of the Editorial Board. All processes for articles submitted for inclusion in the special issue are the same as the standard article process.
- Supplement or Special Issue: These are issues published in addition to the regular issues of a journal published at regular intervals. It consists of congress/symposium etc. event proceedings or articles on a specific topic.
- The page numbers in Supplementary or Special issues are numbered differently from the regular issues during the year.
- The number of Supplementary or Special issues cannot be more than 1/3 of the regular period. Special issues containing abstracts of congress proceedings are not included in this scope.
- Rates of case reports, review and research articles (excluding congress abstracts) published in Supplementary or Special issues will be included in the rates of articles published in other issues.
- Gift issues are not accepted as special or supplementary issues. They are numbered and uploaded as regular issues.

Actions against scientific research and publication ethics are as follows:
(YÖK Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive, Article 4)
Plagiarism: Representing the original ideas, methods, data or works of others as one's own work in whole or in part without citation in accordance with scientific rules,
Forgery: Using non-existent or falsified data in scientific research,
Distortion: Falsifying research records or data, falsifying devices or materials that were not used in the research, falsifying or shaping the results of the research in line with the interests of the persons and organizations receiving support,
Republishing: Presenting duplicate publications as separate publications for academic appointments and promotions,
Slicing: Inappropriately and inappropriately dividing the results of a research into parts in a way that disrupts the integrity of the research and publishing them in more than one issue and presenting these publications as separate publications in academic appointments and promotions,
Unfair authorship: Including or excluding people who have not actively contributed, changing the order of authors in an unjustified and inappropriate manner, removing the names of active contributors from the work in subsequent editions, using one's influence to have one's name included among the authors even though one has not actively contributed,

Other types of ethical violations:
a) Failure to specify the persons, institutions or organizations providing support and their contributions in publications made as a result of research conducted with support,
b) Using theses or studies that have not yet been submitted or defended and accepted as a source without the permission of the owner,
c) Failure to comply with ethical rules in research on humans and animals, and failure to respect patient rights in publications,
ç) Violating the provisions of the relevant legislation in human biomedical research and other clinical research,
d) Sharing the information contained in a work that he/she has been assigned to examine with others before publication without the express permission of the author,
e) To misuse the resources, spaces, facilities and devices provided or allocated for scientific research,
f) Making baseless, unwarranted and intentional allegations of ethical violations,
g) Publishing data obtained in surveys and attitude surveys conducted within the scope of a scientific study without obtaining the explicit consent of the participants or, if the research is to be conducted in an institution, without obtaining the permission of the institution,
h) Damage to animal health and ecological balance in research and experiments,
ı) Failure to obtain the necessary permissions in writing from the authorized units in research and experiments before starting the studies.
i) Conducting research and experiments contrary to the provisions of the legislation or international conventions to which Turkey is a party regarding the relevant research and experiments.
j) Failure to comply with the obligation to inform and warn those concerned about possible harmful practices related to the scientific research conducted by researchers and authorities,
k) Not using the data and information obtained from other persons and institutions in scientific studies to the extent and in the manner permitted, not respecting the confidentiality of this information and not ensuring its protection,
l) Making false or misleading statements regarding scientific research and publications in academic appointments and promotions.

Authors' Responsibilities and Ethical Principles:
- The studies must be original and based on research.
- It should be ensured that the other authors whose names will be written in the article contribute to the research. It is against the ethics of science to list people who have no academic contribution as additional authors or to rank authors based on unscientific criteria such as title, age and gender without considering the order of contribution.
- In multi-authored articles, it should be clearly stated to which stage of the article the authors contributed and to what extent.
- The article should not be submitted to different journals at the same time and should not have been submitted to another journal before. If submitted, the publication process will be canceled.
- Authors submitting articles to the journal are assumed to have read and accepted the journal's publication and editorial guidelines, and the authors are deemed to have committed to what is expected of them in these guidelines.
- Citation and bibliography lists must be complete.
- There should be no plagiarism and fake data should not be included.
- As a result of the similarity screening, the similarity rate should not exceed 20% in order for the referee process to be initiated.
- An article is included in a maximum of 2 PRE-CONTROL processes, if the issues communicated to the author during this process are not corrected, the article will be rejected.
- Authors should not resubmit the same studies previously rejected in our journal. In such a case, the studies will be rejected.
- The corresponding author should inform the journal editor in case of any conflict of interest.
In this regard WAME may be cited.

Responsibilities and Ethical Principles of Reviewers:
- Reviewers should be aware that they are the main determinant of the academic quality of the manuscript to be published in the journal and should evaluate with the responsibility to enhance academic quality.
- Reviewers should only accept to review manuscripts for which they have the necessary expertise to make an appropriate assessment, can observe blind reviewer confidentiality, and can keep the details of the manuscript confidential in every way.
- After the article review process, no information about the reviewed article should be shared with others in any way.
- Reviewers should only evaluate the accuracy of the content of the articles and their compliance with academic criteria. The fact that the ideas put forward in the article differ from the referee's thoughts should not affect the evaluation.
- Referee reports should be objective and measured. Insulting, belittling and accusatory statements should be avoided.
- Referees should avoid superficial and vague statements in their evaluation reports. In evaluations with negative results, the deficient and defective issues on which the result is based should be shown concretely.
- Reviewers should evaluate the manuscripts within the time allotted to them. If they will not review, they should notify the journal within a reasonable period of time.

Editors' Responsibilities and Ethical Principles:
- Editors should accept manuscripts that will contribute to the relevant fields specified in the journal policy.
- Editors should not have any conflict of interest/relationship with the accepted or rejected articles.
- Editors have full responsibility and authority to accept or reject an article.
- It is the responsibility of the editors to keep the names of reviewers and authors mutually confidential.
- Only articles that will contribute to the field should be accepted.
- When errors are found, they should support the publication or withdrawal of the correction.
- It is the duty of the editors to complete the preliminary review, refereeing, editing and publishing processes of the articles submitted to the journal in a timely and healthy manner.
- Editors should not nominate people who do not contribute to the journal as editorial board members or associate editors.

2. Publication Policy

Any article considered for publication in SKAD must fulfill the following criteria:
- Originality
- No ethical violations
- Contain clear messages to be communicated to the scientific community
- The level of contribution to researchers in the field and its importance in terms of social sciences
- Current areas and topics of interest to researchers in the field of social sciences
- Structural and logical integrity
- Research results are based on scientific evidence
- Appropriateness of the scientific method

Evaluation of Articles
Article submission is made at https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/skad. Articles sent via e-mail will not be evaluated.

Preliminary Review and Plagiarism Scanning
It is examined for compliance with the journal's spelling rules and a similarity scan is performed to prevent plagiarism. The manuscript is screened for similarity using a similarity program. The similarity rate must be less than 20% and not more than 3% from a single source. If the similarity rate is more than 20%, the study is either rejected or sent back to the author to reduce the similarity rate. The preliminary review is completed within a maximum of 5 days.

Editor / Field Editor Review
The manuscript that passes the preliminary review and similarity screening stage is reviewed by the relevant editor / field editor in terms of subject, scope, language and academic competence. This review is completed within a maximum of 5 days.

Refereeing Process (Double-Blind Refereeing)
The manuscripts that pass the preliminary review and editorial review are carried out in confidentiality within the framework of double blind refereeing. According to the double-blinding strategy, authors who submit a manuscript to the journal do not have access to information about which referees will evaluate their manuscripts. Likewise, the reviewers who evaluate an article cannot know which author(s)' work they are evaluating. In other words, the author and referee identities of an article in the evaluation process are kept confidential and the evaluation process is completed. Reports are also stored in the Article Management System. For detailed information, please visit the Referee Guidelines page.

Author Edit
Authors take into account the criticisms and suggestions of the referees and the Editorial Board. If there are issues they disagree with, they have the right to object with their justifications. They edit the article within the scope of the reports and upload the final version of the article to the system.

Field Editor Control
The field editor checks whether the author has made the requested corrections in the text. If there is a "Major Revision" in the referee reports, it sends the article to the relevant referee. If there is an "Acceptance" or "Minor Revision", if the corrections have been made, it can direct the article to the language control stage (The control process is completed within a maximum of 7 days). If he/she determines that the corrections have not been made, he/she sends the article to the author again. If the author does not make the corrections again, the article may be rejected. Manuscripts that are not accepted for publication are not deleted from the system. The process phase and all files are recorded in the system.

Turkish Language Check
The manuscripts that pass the referee process are reviewed by the Turkish Language Editor and, if necessary, corrections are requested from the author. The checking process is completed within a maximum of 15 days.

English Language Control
Manuscripts that pass the Turkish language check are reviewed by the English Language Editor and, if necessary, corrections are requested from the author. The review process is completed within a maximum of 15 days.

Editorial Board Review
Articles that pass technical, academic and linguistic reviews are examined by the Editorial Board and the final publication status is decided. In case of objection from the members, the Board decides by majority vote.

Typesetting and Layout Phase
The works that are decided to be published by the Editorial Board are typeset and edited and made ready for publication.

Writing Language
SKAD publishes articles in Turkish and English. Articles published in Turkish also include an abstract in English. Articles published in English do not have to include a Turkish abstract. If the article is written in a language other than English, an extended English abstract should be added after the bibliography. The extended abstract should be the same as the writing rules of the article and should be maximum 750 words.

Change of Author
SKAD accepts authors according to the statement on the Title Page of the manuscript. Therefore, it is the authors' responsibility to submit the final version of the full author ranking. Requests for change of authorship (e.g., removal/addition of authors, change of order, etc.) after manuscript submission are subject to editorial approval. The Editorial Board will investigate such cases and act according to the COPE flowcharts.

Requests for change of authorship should be submitted to the Editor in a formal letter stating the reasons for the change. The letter must be signed by all authors and include their consent to the change of authorship. If the request is approved by the Editorial Board, authors are required to submit a new Copyright Agreement Form according to the final order list.

Appeal and Complaint
The Editorial Board of the journal processes appeals and complaints in accordance with the COPE guidelines. Authors can contact the Editorial Office directly for their appeals and complaints. When needed, an impartial representative is appointed for issues that the Editorial Board cannot resolve internally. The Editor-in-Chief will make the final decision in the decision-making process for appeals and complaints.

Disclaimer of Responsibility
The views expressed in the articles published in the journal reflect those of the author(s) and not those of the Editor-in-Chief, Editors, Editorial Board and Publisher. The Editor-in-Chief, Editors, Editorial Board and Publisher accept no responsibility or liability for such cases. All responsibility for the published content lies with the authors.

Average time for the preliminary review of articles: 5
Average time articles were reviewed: 60
Average publication time of the article: 90

• SKAD does not request any fees for article submission, reviewing and editing processes, page-layout and publication (page or color fees).
• SKAD does not pay any fees to authors, reviewers, editors and editorial board members.
• All papers on SKAD are free to read and download.
• SKAD 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 SKAD are archived with LOCKSS (Lots Of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) system through TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM DergiPark.
• SKAD does not accept announcements, advertisements, sponsorships, etc. due to its publication policy.
• SKAD is an open-access journal that does not request any subscription fees.
• We do not offer a reprint service for those requiring professional-quality reproductions of papers.
• All expenses of SKAD journal are covered by Sakarya University.