Academic impartiality and scientific quality are important criteria in the evaluation of articles submitted for publication. Therefore, the recommendations of the International Standards for Editors and Authors of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) should be taken into account in scientific articles submitted to the UJHC journal.

General Information
• Universal Journal of History and Culture (UJHC) is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes high-quality articles on social sciences.
• UJHC is a journal published twice a year in April and October.
• One article per year of each author is published.
• The language of the articles can be English or Turkish.
• The similarity percentage should not exceed 15%, excluding the references.
• Article applications are not accepted via e-mail.
• The referee process is not initiated for articles that do not comply with the writing rules of the journal, without footnotes, bibliography, preface or abstract. The Editorial Board may take a decision for special cases. 
• Studies for which ethics committee approval is required must have received board approval.
• Manuscripts to be published must be sent via the “Submit Article” page.

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Note: In order to increase the visibility of the articles, after the article is accepted, the layout processes are made and published online as soon as possible.

Note: If any editor sends an article to the UJHC, the editor's access to the editorial panel is prevented. The editor follows all processes as a writer. After the process is completed, the editorial authority is given to him again.

Required files to be uploaded when submitting an article:
1- Word or PDF document of the article prepared by considering the spelling rules (Author(s) information, name, surname, Orcid(s), responsible author, e-mail(s) must be found.)
2- Word or PDF 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
4- 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, and interview techniques, regardless of when the study was conducted. If there is no need for an ethics committee permission document, it is sufficient to upload a file stating this.

Files, which are not required to be uploaded when submitting an article:
1- It is recommended to upload a plagiarism report to the system.

The following points should be considered when submitting articles:

Title: The title must be compatible with the content, expresses the subject best, and must be written in 12 font sizes and bold letters. Only the first letter of each word in the title must be capitalized. If the article is written in Turkish, it should also have an English title. Articles written in English may not be found in Turkish titles and abstracts.

Author name(s) and address: Only the names of the authors should be written under the title of the article. Information about the authors and responsible author information must be given as footnotes. Address information, e-mail address, and ORCID number of the authors must be included in the footnote.

Abstract: The abstract should be written under the title of the language in which it is written. The abstract should state the subject of the paper briefly and concisely. The number of words in the language in which the abstract is written should be written in a maximum of 250 words and 10 points. Research articles written in Turkish should have Turkish and English abstracts (no word count is required in the also English abstract as it is a translation from Turkish). Research articles written in English should have an English abstract (It is recommended to have an abstract in Turkish. Word count is not searched.) 

Keywords: Keywords should be written under the abstract in both languages. The number of keywords should be between 3-7 and should be sorted alphabetically.

Extended Abstract in Turkish: We will require an extended English abstract of at least 500 and a maximum of 1000 words for all articles accepted for publication immediately after the abstract in our journal by 2023. 

Main Text: It should be written in MS Word program with Times New Roman font, 12 points, and 1.5 line spacing. The maximum number of pages of an article is 35. The text should be arranged with a margin of 2 cm from the right-left and 2.25 cm from the bottom-top. In the text of the article, a paragraph should be made in each paragraph. All information in the footnote should be written in 9 font sizes, with single line spacing.

Section Headings: Subheadings and sub-headings can be used in the article to provide a regular information transfer. Chapter I Titles should be centered, bold and the first letters of each word should be capitalized. Section titles should be numbered. Example: 1. Primary Title Layout

II. Subheadings should be left-aligned, bold, and numbered if necessary, and the first letters of each word should be capitalized. (Example: 1. Primary Title Layout, 1.1. Secondary Title; 1.1.1. Third Title Layout)

Tables and Figures: Tables should have numbers and titles. Tables should be where they should be in the text. Figure numbers and names should be left-aligned, just above the figure.

Pictures: When naming pictures, the rules in figures and tables should be followed.

The bibliography title is in the same format as the other titles and should not be numbered. Please click for references and references in the text.

Original Article

Systematic Review

Metanalysis

Meta-analysis is research articles written to provide convincing documentation (the highest degree of evidence) regarding the accuracy and reality of the effectiveness of interventions. A type of statistical literature developed by combining the findings of at least two studies to show the effect of a particular situation with a single estimator. By combining the findings of multiple studies, the validity and reliability of the results will be strengthened. Meta-analysis articles; It consists of "Abstract", "Keywords", "Introduction", "Methods", "Results", "Conclusion/Discussion," and "Resources" sections.

Additional information (drawings, charts, film datasets) may be published at the discretion of the editors and reviewers.
It should consist of the 'Introduction' and 'Subtitles' sections, respectively. The "Sources" section is included if the author deems it necessary.

Letter to Editor

It should be a maximum of 5 pages (excluding abstracts and references). It may not contain essence. It should not contain more than four authors. It can contain at most one drawing or chart. If it is written as a dedication to an article, it should be stated by giving the number and date, and the name, institution, and address of the author should be found at the end of the text.