Aim:

Turkish Journal of Applied Social Work started its publication life in 2018. This journal has embarked on the Open Access Policy with the idea that scientific information produced by academics, professionals, and others can be accessed by anyone, both locally and internationally, without any material anxiety.

Scope:

Any publications which can contribute to the development of the social work academic field and the related areas are welcome to our journal. Academic studies which were carried out by academicians from social work field, social workers, social work undergraduate and graduate students, professionals from different professions working in the field of social work, and other academic units with social work on mind are the scope of this journal. 

TURKISH JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL WORK

Writing Rules Instruction

All authors must follow the rules of the writing rules and prepare their texts in this direction. Manuscripts sent to the journal must have a minimum of 4000 and a maximum of 8500 words. The authors should add to the publication evaluation system online any desired information such as English / German and Turkish title, author's name and surname, title, institutional information, e-mail address.

For all text, the font should be Times New Roman, 12 pt, and 1,5 line spacing. Page margins should be selected from 3cm left, right, top and bottom 2.5cm. For the first paragraph for each section in the text section, a 1cm indent for the first line and no indentation in the following paragraphs. Article titles and abstract titles should be centered and written in capital letters and bold. Headings of the main text sections should be left-justified. The text of the article (other than the headings) should be left-justified. No need for numbering for headings. However, first level headings such as Introduction, Methods, Findings, Results and Discussion should be selected with capital letters and bold, and other second and third degree titles such as Data Collection, Ethical Issues should be selected so that the first letters of the words are large and the remaining letters are small letters.

The title should reflect the whole of the article and not exceed 20 words. The title should be placed in the document centered in bold type.

The summary section should be a minimum of 150 words and a maximum of 250 words. The abstract should be prepared in both English and German languages, both of which are the language of the article. The keywords should be specified in alphabetical order and no more than five (5) key words.

In research-based articles; Introduction, Methodology, Research Design, Data Collection Tools, Data Collection, Analysis of Data, Ethical Issues, Findings, Discussion and Results and Resources sections should be included.

In compilation articles or case reports, the Introduction, Other subheadings of the theoretical division, discussion and Results and Resources sections should be included.

In cases submitted as case reports, the editor may request to see informed consent forms from individuals or individuals on the case.

Tables and Figures

The table headings should be based on the left and the title should be placed just above the table. In the table header only the first letters of the words are selected as large. The font size in the table should not be less than 9 and the line spacing should be chosen as 1.5 in the tables. The table should only be placed on horizontal lines and plain. In tables, category headings should be written in bold and italic. The table and number are shown in bold, and the heading containing the table description is normally written (see Table 1).

Sample:

Sample

  Table 1. Demographic Information

The Figure title should be similar to the table shape.

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Figure 1. Conceptual Framework for Assessing Access to Health Services

Resource: Peters et al., (2008)

REFERENCES     

The References section should be prepared in accordance with the APA 6 guidelines. The number should be written as 1, 2, 3 per reference. References should be placed in this partition according to alphabetical order.

Sample Reference Types:

1.      Collins, M. (1986). Sampling, Consumer Market Research Handbook. London: McGraw-Hill Press. (Show Book Resource)

2.      Durak, A. (1993). A Study on Validity of Beck Hopelessness Scale. Unpublished Master Thesis, Ankara University Institute of Social Sciences, Ankara. (Unpublished Thesis Welding)

3.      Hakanen, J. Bakker, A.B. and Schaufeli, W.B. (2006). Burnout and Work Engagement Among Teachers. The Journal of School Psychology, 2(43), 495–513. doi:10.1016/j.jsp.2005.11.001 (Show Scentfic Journals Resource)

4.      Official Gazette (1961). Law on Migration. Number: 106, Date: 5th June 1961. (Official Newspaper)

5.      Soysal, A. and Yagar, F. (2016). Assessment of the effectiveness of health care management about Syrian asylum seekers in Turkey. II. Middle East Conferences: Migration Issues in the Context of Conflict in the Middle East, April 28-29. (Show Congress Symposıum Resource )

6.      Schaufeli,W.B. and Salanova, M. (2007). Work Engagement: An Emerging Psychological Concept and Its Implication for Organisation. In SW. Gilliland, DD. Steiner and DP. Skarlickli (Eds), Research in Social Issues in Management: Vol. 5. Managing Social and Ethical Issues in Organizations (pp. 135-177). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publish. (Show Book Resource)

7.      Turkish Directorate General of Migration Management (2018).  Migration Statistics, Retrieved from http://www.goc.gov.tr/icerik/migration-statistics_915_1024   Accessed 20.06.2018 (Show Website Resource)

Please refer to the APA 6 guide resource guide for detailed resource formats.

In-Text Resource Representation Examples:

……… (Soysal and Yagar, 2016).

……….. (Hakanen et al., 2006).

………... (Turkish Directorate General of Migration Management, 2018).

According to Hakanen (2006) ……..

As reported in the paper of Turkish Directorate General of Migration Management (2018)

PUBLICATION POLICY

• Compliance with spelling rules in articles sent to the Turkish Journal of Applied Social Work is one of the most important points.
• The submitted articles shouldn’t be submitted or published in any other journals/publications.
• Articles written in English and German are published in the Turkish Journal of Applied Social Work.
• The author(s) is responsible for the scientific and linguistic accuracy of the work published in the journal.
• Turkish Journal of Applied Social Work includes work from academics as well as current and past practitioners in the social work field.
• The studies will initially be evaluated by the Editorial Board. The studies regarded to have scientific content which will contribute to the literature will be included in the peer-review process.
• After the preliminary analysis in terms of form and content, the articles are sent to at least two peers (the number can increase for different articles). The Editorial Board assign the peers for the review of articles.
• The decision to publish the article is taken after the required corrections, additional information and abridgements by the peers based on the reports. The peers may advise not to publish the article. The authors are informed about these decisions via the system. The author(s) are responsible for making all changes requested by the peer(s). Studies will not be published without the changes requested are done.
• Under our Open Access Policy, published articles can be used provided that they cite the article.
• The views and responsibility of the opinions expressed in the articles published in the Turkish Journal of Applied Social Work belong to the authors.
• If the article or research supported by any institution or if the research is produced from the thesis of the author, this should be specified on the first page of the article.
• No fees are charged for articles to be published in the journal.

PUBLICATION ETHICS

• It is mandatory to submit the Ethical Committee Approval for the articles submitted to the journal. While the authors of the review articles generally don’t have to submit Ethical Committee Approval, if the article contains private information and data, the requirement of Approval will be decided by the Editor. The authors are responsible for all legal and scientific responsibility arising from the work of their acceptance for publication after the peer review and editorial process.
• The authors must comply with the Helsinki Declaration, Good Medical Practice Guidelines and Good Laboratories Practice Guidelines. The anonymity of the clients or patients in the publications should be ensured, no explicit information which can be used to identify these individuals should be given. Some of the submissions to the journal may also be examined by the

Ethics Advisors of the journal.

• The submissions will be examined with the plagiarism checker and submissions with a higher rate of 15 per cent plagiarism (except the reference) will be rejected.
The Responsibilities of the Editorial Board
• The Editorial Board of the Turkish Journal of Applied Social Work aims to develop the journal and increase the quality of publications.
• The Editorial Board of the Turkish Journal of Applied Social Work ensures the determination and implementation of various journal policies such as publication, blind review, evaluation process, ethical principles.
• The Editorial Board of Turkish Journal of Applied Social Work is responsible for taking measures for intellectual property rights, unethical and unscientific behaviours, plagiarism and citations.
• The Editorial Board of the Turkish Journal of Applied Social Work determines policies that will guide the peers and authors.

Ethical Responsibilities of Editors, Vice Editors and Field Editors

• The Editors of Turkish Journal of Applied Social Work make efforts to meet the information demands of the reviewers, authors, researchers, practitioners and readers, give necessary feedback, give necessary information for the corrections during the publication process in the light of the openness principles.
• The editors of the Turkish Journal of Applied Social Work take into consideration the originality of the submission, as well as its contribution to scientific literature, readers, researchers and practitioners in deciding on the publication.
• Editors of Turkish Journal of Applied Social Work take into the consideration the original value of the articles, the validity and reliability of the research method, the clarity of the language as well as the purpose and scope of the journal while deciding on publication or rejection.
• Submissions to the Turkish Journal of Applied Social Work are evaluated through the double-blind peer-review method.

The Ethical Responsibilities of Peers

• Peers should only accept to review the submissions in their area of expertise.
• Peers should review the submissions considering the academic etiquette, with a constructive approach. They should refrain from personal comments involving insults and hostility.
• Peers should evaluate the submissions in the specified period.
Ethical Responsibility of the Authors
• The work submitted by the authors must be unique.
• The resources should be correctly cited following ethical guidelines.
• During the evaluation process, the authors should present the information and/or raw data required by the Editors.
• The authors should certify that they have received the rights to use the data in their work, as well as necessary permissions for the research-analyses, and the consent of the participants in their studies.

Submission, evaluation and publication of articles to our journal are free of charge.