General
• Manuscripts submitted to the Siirt Journal of Social Research must not have been previously published or submitted for publication elsewhere.
• The Siirt Journal of Social Research publishes original research, reviews, short communications, translations, and letters to the editor in Turkish and English within the field of social sciences.
• If the study was supported by an institution/organization or derived from a doctoral/master's thesis, this must be indicated as a footnote on the first page.
• An author may have one first-authored work and up to two co-authored works published in the same issue.
• All responsibility for the published articles lies with the author(s).
• Authors who withdraw their manuscripts twice after the peer-review stage will not have their articles published in the journal again.
• Works that do not comply with the author guidelines and journal publication policies will not be evaluated.
• All publication rights of accepted and published articles belong to the Siirt Journal of Social Research.
• Manuscripts submitted to the journal must comply with the spelling rules of the Turkish Language Association.
Page Layout and Format
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• Manuscripts should be formatted on A4 (210 x 297 mm) paper with 2.5 cm margins on all sides.
• Articles should include the following sections: title, author names and affiliations, abstract, keywords, main text, references, and appendices.
• To expedite typesetting and proofreading, articles must be:
• Prepared in Microsoft Word,
• Written in Times New Roman font,
• 10-point font for abstracts and 11-point for the main text,
• Justified alignment for paragraphs,
• Single line spacing,
• 6 nk space before paragraphs,
• No longer than 25 pages (including references),
• Page numbers placed in the bottom right corner.
• Main and subheadings in the text should be numbered (e.g., 1. Introduction, 2. Materials and Methods, 2.1. Findings and Discussion, etc.).
• Headings should start at the paragraph beginning, be written in lowercase (except for the first letter of each word), and be bold. A single blank line should precede headings.
• In-text citations should follow APA style (author, year, page). Footnotes (1,2,3,…) should be used only for necessary explanations.
Tables, Charts, and Figures
• All non-tabular visuals (photos, drawings, diagrams, graphs, maps, etc.) should be labeled as "Figure" and numbered consecutively (Figure 1, Figure 2…).
• Each table and figure should be placed appropriately within the text, with captions, and have a blank line above and below.
• Figures and tables may be presented in single or double columns, but their width should not exceed 15 cm (single column) or 7.5 cm (double column).
• Figure captions should be placed below the figure, while table and chart titles should be above, written in 9-point font, lowercase (except for the first letter).
• Table, chart, and figure content (including captions) should be in 9-point font.
First Page
• The article title (in Turkish and English) should be concise, written in lowercase (except for the first letter of each word), 12-point font, bold, and centered.
• Author names should follow the title (with one blank line in between), in 9-point font, lowercase (except for the first letter), and centered (without academic titles).
• Surnames should be in uppercase.
• Academic titles and affiliations should be provided as footnotes (first letter capitalized, separated by commas).
• If the work was presented at a conference/symposium, include details (event name, date, location) as a numbered footnote (1,2,3,…).
• Abstracts (and Abstract/Keywords) should not exceed 250 words, be in 10-point font, single-spaced.
• Turkish articles must include an English abstract (and vice versa), with the title in the same language.
• Keywords (max. 6 words) should follow the Turkish abstract; Keywords should follow the English abstract.
Citations and References
• In-text citations should follow (Author, Year: Page) format (e.g., Genç, 2007: 38).
• For sources with three or more authors, use "et al." (English) or "vd." (Turkish).
• Multiple citations should be ordered chronologically. For multiple works by the same author in the same year, use (Author, 2020a, 2020b).
• If citing an entire work, use (Author, Year).
• The References section should be at the end, in alphabetical order, 11-point font, single-spaced, and without numbering.
• Online sources must have been accessed no earlier than 6 months before submission.
Submission Checklist
• Authors must ensure their submission meets all checklist items. Non-compliant submissions will be returned.
• The manuscript is unpublished and not under review elsewhere (or an explanation is provided in Notes to the Editor).
• The file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect format, with no author details in the text.
• URLs for references are provided where available. Figures/tables are embedded in the text (not at the end). For printing, submit high-quality image files separately.
• If the file is too large, split it and upload sections as supplementary files.
• For peer-reviewed submissions, remove author names and identifying information before submission.
