Writing Rules
Writing Rules
The manuscripts submitted to the journal for evaluation must comply with the following rules and formats:
- The manuscripts should not be submitted for publication elsewhere at the same time and should not have been previously published elsewhere in Turkish or English.
- Articles submitted to Turkish Journal of African Studies must be original. They should not have been previously published or under review elsewhere at the same time.
- If another version of the article is under consideration by another publication or has been or will be published elsewhere, authors should inform the journal editors at the time of submission.
- Articles should be between 6,000-10,000 words, including extended abstract, footnotes and references. Book reviews should be between 750-1500 words.
- Articles should include an abstract of maximum 200 words in both Turkish and English and at least 3 and at most 7 keywords in both languages.
- If research articles are written in Turkish, an extended English abstract should be included immediately before the references. The extended abstract should conform to the spelling rules applied in the article and should be between 600-750 words.
- All citations of the studies to be published in our journal are preferred as "APA 7".
Style:
- Please click here to see APA 7 citation and references guidelines.
- Manuscripts should use clear and academic language in Turkish or English.
- Manuscripts should be written in Microsoft Word format, in Cambria font and 11-point font size.
- Endnotes, if needed, should be written just before the references in Cambria font, 10 point size and 1 line spacing.
- Section headings: In the 12-point first heading, only the first letter of each word should be capitalized. The first heading should be left justified and bold.
- Sub-headings: 11 pt. and only the first letter of the first word should be capitalized. All other words should be lowercase. The second heading should be left justified and bold.
- If tables, figures or pictures are used in the text, they should be attached to the main text file in the appropriate format.
- Note: If you encounter any problems in writing citations or references, the data on the APA 7 web page should be taken as basis.
Submission:
Manuscripts must be submitted via submission page.
Note: If you encounter any problems in writing citations or references, the data on the APA 7 web page should be taken as basis.
Author Guidelines
Academic impartiality and scientific quality are important criteria in the evaluation of articles submitted for publication. Therefore, the recommendations of the ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) and the International Standards for Editors and Authors of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) should be taken into account in scientific articles submitted to the TJMES journal.
Academic impartiality and scientific quality are important criteria in the evaluation of articles submitted for publication. Therefore, the recommendations of the ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) and the International Standards for Editors and Authors of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) should be taken into account in scientific articles submitted to the TJMES journal.
General Information:
- Turkish Journal of African Studies (TUJAS) is an international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes high quality articles on social sciences.
- TUJAS is published twice a year in April and October.
- Each author publishes one article per year.
- The language of the articles can be Turkish or English.
- The percentage of similarity in the articles should be less than 20% excluding references.
- Article submissions by e-mail are not accepted.
- The referee process will not be initiated for manuscripts that do not comply with the journal's spelling rules, without references or abstracts.
- Ethics committee approval must be obtained for clinical and experimental human and animal research in all fields.
- Manuscripts for publication should be sent via the "Submit Manuscript" page.
Note: If any Editor sends an article to the journal, the Editor will be denied access to the editorial panel. The Editor follows all processes as an author. After the process is completed, the Editor authority is given back to the Editor.
Required files to be uploaded when submitting an article:
1. WORD document of the article prepared by considering the spelling rules (Author(s) information, name and surname, Orcid(s), responsible author, e-mail(s) must be found.)
2. WORD document of the article prepared considering the spelling rules (There should be no information belonging to the authors. This file will be sent to the referees in accordance with the double-blind refereeing policy.)
3. Copyright Agreement and Author Acceptance Form.
1. WORD document of the article prepared by considering the spelling rules (Author(s) information, name and surname, Orcid(s), responsible author, e-mail(s) must be found.)
2. WORD document of the article prepared considering the spelling rules (There should be no information belonging to the authors. This file will be sent to the referees in accordance with the double-blind refereeing policy.)
3. Copyright Agreement and Author Acceptance Form.
Non-essential files that must be uploaded when submitting an article:
1. It is recommended to upload a plagiarism report to the system.
2. If necessary for the study, the approved version of the Ethics Committee Permit must be uploaded to the system. In addition, this approval (name of the board, date and number) should be stated in the "Article Information Form" at the end of the study and in the method section. Ethics committee permission is requested for all kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from the participants by using survey, interview, focus group work, observation, experiment, and interview techniques, regardless of when the study was conducted.
1. It is recommended to upload a plagiarism report to the system.
2. If necessary for the study, the approved version of the Ethics Committee Permit must be uploaded to the system. In addition, this approval (name of the board, date and number) should be stated in the "Article Information Form" at the end of the study and in the method section. Ethics committee permission is requested for all kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from the participants by using survey, interview, focus group work, observation, experiment, and interview techniques, regardless of when the study was conducted.