Manuscripts submitted to Stratium: Journal of International Migration and Security Studies must be prepared in accordance with the following formatting and style requirements.

The full name(s) of the author(s) should appear below the title of the manuscript, aligned to the right. Only the initial letters of the first and last names should be capitalized. A footnote attached to each author's name must provide the author's academic title, institutional affiliation, ORCID iD (if available), and e-mail address.

All references, footnotes, in-text citations, tables, figures, graphs, illustrations, and other formatting elements must conform to the guidelines of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA). Unless otherwise specified by the journal, manuscripts should follow the APA 7th edition style and citation guidelines.

Manuscripts that do not comply with the journal's manuscript template and formatting requirements may be returned without entering the peer-review process.

Manuscripts must be prepared on A4-sized pages and must not exceed 20 pages, including tables, figures, appendices, and references.

The main text should be formatted in Times New Roman, 12-point font, single line spacing, with 6 pt spacing before and after each paragraph.

Page margins should be set to 2.5 cm at the top and bottom, 2 cm on the left and right, with an additional 0.5 cm gutter margin on the left. The text should be fully justified. Header and footer distances should be set to 1.25 cm.

Section headings should follow the numbering system below:

1., 1.1., 1.1.1., 2., 2.1., 2.1.1., …

However, the Introduction and References headings should not be numbered.

The Turkish and English titles of the manuscript should be centered, in Times New Roman, 12-point, bold. All other headings should be left-aligned, bold, with only the initial letters capitalized.

Page numbers should appear at the bottom center of each page.

Paragraph indentation should not be used in either the main text or the headings.

Tables, figures, and illustrations should be prepared in accordance with the journal's formatting requirements and placed, whenever possible, on the same page where they are first cited or on the immediately following page.

Table and figure titles should be left-aligned, numbered consecutively, in Times New Roman, 12-point, bold (e.g., Table 1:, Figure 2:). The title text itself should be italicized.

Tables and figures should be embedded within the text, aligned to the left, and inserted without text wrapping.

Explanatory notes beneath tables should begin with Note. and be formatted in 10-point italic font.

All equations and mathematical expressions should be numbered consecutively throughout the manuscript.

The References section should be prepared in Times New Roman, 12-point font, single line spacing, with 6 pt spacing before and after each paragraph. A 1.25 cm hanging indent should be applied to each reference entry, and the text should be fully justified.

Appendices should be placed after the References section, with each appendix beginning on a separate page. Appendix headings should be left-aligned, bold, and written in uppercase (e.g., APPENDIX 1:).

If a source is cited in a footnote, it must also appear in the References section. Conversely, sources that are not cited within the text should not be included in the References.

Manuscripts written in Turkish should conform to the spelling and punctuation rules prescribed by the Turkish Language Association (Türk Dil Kurumu). Whenever possible, Turkish equivalents should be preferred over foreign terms. Where the use of a foreign term is necessary, its original-language equivalent may be provided in parentheses upon first mention. Foreign-language words appearing in the text should be italicized.

For manuscripts written in English, as well as the English abstracts and other English-language sections of Turkish manuscripts, authors are strongly encouraged to have the text reviewed by a qualified language editor prior to submission. Manuscripts found to be inadequate in terms of language quality and academic writing may be returned to the author for revision before being considered for peer review.