The Journal of Selcuk University Social Sciences Institute

1. Journal is the scientific-peer-reviewed publication of Selçuk University Social Sciences Institute and is published three times a year (April, August and December). The journal includes research in the field of Social Sciences.
2. The works to be published in the journal must not have been published in any scientific journal before.
3. The language of article writing in the journal is Turkish, English, German, French, Russian, Arabic, Persian and Urdu. Spelling and punctuation are based on the latest edition of the TDK Spelling Guide. Submitted manuscripts should be clear and understandable in terms of language and expression in accordance with scientific criteria.
4. In the studies to be conducted in and after 2020 and sent to our journal, it is permitted to conduct the study before starting the study for "all kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using questionnaire, interview, focus group study, observation, experiment, interview techniques." The Ethics Committee Decision should be taken and the study should be completed after that. Articles should include a statement that the Research and Publication Ethics are complied.
5. In studies requiring ethics committee approval, information about the permission (name of the board, date and number) should be included in the method section and also on the first / last page of the article. In case reports, the information that the informed consent / consent form was signed should be included in the article.
6. Articles on A4 size (210 x 297 mm) paper; 3,5 cm from the top and bottom edges, 2,5 cm from the right and left edges. it should be written in 11 font size, in “Garamond” character, with spaces and justified; the entire text (including references and extended abstract) should not exceed 10,000 words.
7. Articles to be sent to the journal should be written in Microsoft Word program. The title of the study should be in capital letters and in bold in the middle of the study, with “Garamond” font and 16-point font. The discipline of the study (eg business, economics, international relations, etc.) and the type of the study (research / paper / presentation / review / case report) should be specified just below the title.
8. The author or authors' names should be written just below the title of the study, leaving one blank line; The title, institution (university) where he works, author numbers and e-mail addresses taken from https://orcid.org/register should be given in the form of a footnote with an (*) sign at the bottom of the page. If the study has been supported by any institution, the name of the supporting institution should be given as a footnote on the same page by placing (*) on the last word of the main title of the article.
9. The summary of the study should be written after the names of the author and the authors, leaving a blank line. The Turkish summary of the study should be at least 150 and at most 200 words. The abstract should be written in "Garamond" character and 9 points.
10. The study should include Turkish keywords of at least 3 and at most 7 words.
11. The title of the study in English, its abstract, keywords and the type of the study should be written with 1-line blank after the Turkish keywords, considering the above-mentioned criteria. The English summary of the study should be considered as a summary of the study and should be at least 150 and at most 200 words.
12. Articles should include an extended abstract of 600-800 words in English. The English title of the study should be presented above the English abstract. The extended summary should include information about the research, purpose, problem, method, findings and results. Below the extended abstract, there should be 3-7 English keywords representing the content of the study. The extended abstract in English should be placed before the bibliography section in the article. The extended abstract in English is required only for Turkish articles. Extended abstracts are not required for English articles.
12. The main text of the study should start to be written by leaving 1 blank right after the English keywords, especially the Introduction section. Numbering should be made in the titles used in the study. All titles should be written in capital letters. One-line blank should be left before the headings used in the study.
13. Paragraph dimensions to be used in the text to be written throughout the work should be justified, the first line 0.5 cm. and at least 12nk line spacing should be used.
14. The figures to be used in the study should be named after 1 and placed under the figure. Just below the name of the figure, the bibliography of the figure should be stated in full. The font to be used in the bibliography of the figures is 9 points.
15. Tables to be used in the study should be named after 1 and placed above the table. Just below the table, the bibliography of the table should be stated in full. The font to be used in tables and in the table's bibliography is 9 points.
16. In our journal, only doctoral thesis abstracts can be published within the thesis abstracts in accordance with the publication policy.
17. Studies submitted to the journal are evaluated within the framework of the plagiarism report declared at the application stage. Articles that do not comply with research and publication ethics or have a risk of plagiarism are not evaluated. In this context, if the similarity rate detected by TURNITIN or İThenticate screening programs is above 15%, the relevant study cannot be published even if it is approved by the referee. If the study is published before the situation is noticed, as the situation is recognized, access to the relevant study is blocked and the study is removed from the publication list and the whole number. Again, according to the report, the similarity rate of the articles to a single source cannot be 3% or more. During the application, the author (s) must upload the TURNITIN or İThenticate report to the system together with the study.
18. Article submission to our journal is made only through the DergiPark system. In order to submit an article to the journal, you must have a DergiPark user account and ORCID ID number.
19. To be sent to the magazine
• For articles in Turkish;
Main title; Author (s) Name Surname; Author (s) Authority (Corresponding author and e-mail address should be given); Summary; Keywords; English Title; Abstract; Keywords; Login; Material and Method; Findings and Discussion (or Findings); Conclusion (or Discussion and Conclusion); It should be arranged as English Extended Abstract and References.
• For articles in English;
English main title, Author (s) Name and Surname; Author (s) Authority (Corresponding author and e-mail address must be specified); Abstract; Keywords; Turkish Title; Summary; Keywords; Introduction; Material and Methods; Results (or Results and Discussion); Discussion and Conclusion (or Conclusion); It should be edited as references.
20. Sources used should be indicated in the text according to the author's surname, year and page number system, and the names of the authors should be written in capital letters and other letters in lowercase. In the reference statement with two authors and (and if the article is in English); In three or more source reports, et al., (if the article is prepared in English, et al.,) should be used. The references used in the text should be given in alphabetical order without using numbers at the end of the text (in the references section).
APA 6 version should be based on in-text references (citations) and bibliography.
The book titled APA 6 Rules (Şencan & Doğan, 2017) and Purdue University's APA Guide should be used in citations and bibliography.
• In case of a single author; (Hotamış, 2007, p. 35-37)
• In case of two authors; (Hotamış & Bayhan, 2009, p.65)
• In case of more than two authors; (Hotamış et al., 2006, p.156)
• If more than one author is given consecutively; (Hotamış, 2005; Hotamış & Bayhan, 2006; Karasan et al., 2007)
21. The works of the same author published in the same year should be shown in the text (Hotamış, 2008a; 2008b).
22. In cases where the name of the author is not known, the expression Anonymous, year should be used both in the text and in the references section for the Turkish source. The foreign source, whose author is not known, is Anon in the text. The year should be given as Anonymous year in the resources section.
23. Internet resources should be given in the text (Hotamış, 2003) in the form of years.
In the Resources section, the URL should be shown as the year and the page address should be written clearly.
EXAMPLES
• Articles:
Yıldız, H. (2019). Comparative vocabulary of Old Turkish and Yakut language: Words starting with celebrity. Istanbul University Faculty of Letters Journal of Turkish Language and Literature, 59 (1), 233-254. doi: 10.26650 / TUDED2019-0010.
Balcı, Ş., Tanacı, F., Dağlı, AN, & Bayrak, E. (2019). Political Information and Media During the Constitutional Amendment Referendum on April 16, 2017: A Comparison According to Education Level. Erciyes Communication Journal, 6 (1), 1-16. doi: 10.17680 / erciyesiletisim.424135.
• Papers:
Bilkan, AF (2007). The place and importance of Amasya in Ottoman period cultural life. Y. Bayram (Haz.), In the Proceedings of the 1st Amasya Studies Symposium (pp. 611-620). Amasya: Hilal Publications.
• Books / Chapter in a Book
Davutoğlu, A. (2001). Strategic Depth, Turkey's International Position. Istanbul: Küre Publications.
Steinberg, A. (2014). Young Voters and Political Participation with Web 2.0: Could Facebook Increase Young Citizens' Participation in Elections? In Barış Çoban (Ed.), Social Media Revolution (pp. 154-171), Istanbul: Su Publishing House.
Moy, P., Xenos, MA, & Hussain, MM (2013). News and political entertainment effects on democratic citizenship. In E. Scharrer (Ed.), The international encyclopedia of media studies. (pp. 463–483) Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
• Theses:
Özkan, T. (1997). Credit pricing techniques in commercial banking. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Istanbul University Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Money and Banking, Istanbul.
• Encyclopedias
Bergmann, PC (1993). Relativity. In The new encyclopedia Britannica (Vol. 26, pp. 501-508). Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica.
Electronic Resources
McDonnell, J. (2019). Municipality Size, Political Efficacy and Political Participation: A Systematic Review. Local Government Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930. 2019.1600510, [Accessed: 10 September 2019].
https://www.statista.com/statistics/253577/number-of-monthly-active-Instagram-users/. [Accessed: 11 March 2019].
Periodicals / Journals:
Yücelt, U., & Marcella, M. (1996). Services Marketing in the Lodging Industry: An Empirical Investigation. Journal of Travel Research, 34 (4), 32-38.doi: 10.1177 / 004728759603400405.
Corporate Publication:
ITO (2003), Economic Report, Istanbul: ITO Publications No: 2003-57.
24. Before the article is submitted to the journal editor, the compliance with the spelling rules should be checked.
25. All responsibilities of the published articles and translations belong to the author.
26. All kinds of corrections related to the text are made by the author (s).
27. First application for articles to be sent to the journal
It should be done from https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/susbed .
28. The articles to be published in the journal must comply with the spelling and grammar rules. The Editorial Board of the Journal has the right to request changes in terms of content and form from the owner of the work if it deems necessary.
29. The Editorial Board of the Journal sends the articles it deems appropriate in terms of form and design to three referees randomly assigned by the computer program, the articles are published in order according to the date of completion of the referee reports with the approval of two of the three referees.
30. The copyright of the articles published in the journal belongs to Selçuk University Social Sciences Institute Journal.
31. Broadcasting rights are reserved. Without the written permission of the Journal of Selcuk University Institute of Social Sciences, all or part of the works published in the journal cannot be printed, reproduced, copied or duplicated, summarized or published in any way by electronic, mechanical recording or similar means. However, quotation is permitted provided that the source is indicated.

Journal Ethics Declaration
Editor's Obligations
1.1. Impartiality
The intellectual content of the submitted articles is evaluated regardless of the authors' race, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, ethnicity, political philosophy.
1.2. Privacy
All manuscripts should be treated as confidential documents. It should not be shown to anyone without the editor's permission. Administrators and editorial staff should not disclose information about the submitted article to anyone other than the author, referees and possible referees.
1.3. Disclosure of Information and Conflicts of Interest
Unpublished data in the submitted manuscript should not be used in their research by the editors or referees without the express consent of the author.
1.4. Release Decision
The editor of Communication and Organization decides to publish the submitted articles. The editor is guided by the Editorial Board's policy, which takes into account legal obligations regarding defamation, copyright and plagiarism. The editor can share the decision with other Editorial Board members or referees. In case of objection to the decision of the Reading Committee, the editor may request two new referees.
2- Arbitrators' Obligations
2.1. Editorial Decisions
Reviewers assist the editorial team in making their decision and can also assist the author in improving the quality of the manuscript.
2.2. Delays and Deadlines
When a visiting reviewer does not feel competent enough to evaluate the research presented in the manuscript or realizes that he is unable to present his report in a timely manner, he should promptly inform the editor to allow him time to contact other reviewers.
2.3. Objectivity, Courtesy and Respect Standards
Reports should be objective. Personal opinions and criticisms directed to the author or offensive statements regarding the text content are not appropriate. The reviewer's opinion should be clear, well debated, and respectful to the author.
2.4. Representation of Resources
The referee should identify appropriate publications that are not cited by the author. Any such indicator must be accompanied by an appropriate interpretation. The reviewer should draw the attention of the editor to any similarity, any overlap between the article and previously published data.
2.5. Disclosure of Information and Conflicts of Interest
Information and ideas obtained through anonymous replay are confidential and should not be used for the personal benefit of the reviewer. Reviewers should not agree to review articles that could result in a conflict of interest arising from competitive, collaborative or other relationships with authors.
3- Authors' Obligations
The information contained in manuscripts submitted for publication should present the results of the authors' research and an objective discussion and significance of these results. Basic data must be presented accurately. Fraudulent and intentional misinformation is considered unethical and unacceptable.
A description of research done by others should always be given. Authors should refer to publications affecting the study in question.
3.2. Originality and plagiarism
Authors should ensure that they have written a completely original work, and if they have used other people's books or statements, it should be cited appropriately.
3.3. Multiple Application and Publishing
An author should not submit articles representing the same study to more than one journal (or book). Submitting the same article to more than one journal is unethical and unacceptable.
3.4. To whom the work belongs
Only authors with significant contributions to the work in question are accepted as authors. All contributors to the study should be included in the author list. If some aspects of the research project were involved in others, these should be mentioned in the acknowledgments. The lead author should make sure that all co-authors and only they are included in the list of authors of the article, that the co-authors have seen and approved the latest version of the article and agreed to submit the article.
3.5. Disclosure of Information and Conflicts of Interest
All authors should indicate any conflict of interest as a result of their biographical presentation that may affect their proposed publications. The funding of research projects that made the work possible should be specified.
3.6. Error in Printing
If the author detects a material error or mistake in his or her publication, his or her responsibility is to inform the editor quickly and to consider the withdrawal of the article or the publication of the information regarding the error in agreement with the responsible person.