Journal of International Economic and Administrative Studies

Journal of International Economics and Administrative Studies is a peer-reviewed international academic journal which is published by online and twice a year with the official support of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University. The aim of the journal is to be one of the important publication platforms both national and international for the academic studies which are in the fields of economics and business administration.

In this scope, the journal welcomes scholarly work in economics, business administration, public management, finance, political sciences and international relations, and labour economics and industrial relations. The journal publishes original articles based on empirical or theoretical studies, including both quantitative and qualitative research. The journal language is Turkish and English.

Writing Rules

1. Journal of International Economic and Administrative Studies is a peer-reviewed, international, academic journal published online twice a year.

2. All processes related to the journal are carried out through the "online article submission system." All actions related to the journal must be performed by logging into the article submission system via the Dergipark platform.

3. Articles can be submitted in either English or Turkish.

4. Articles submitted for publication should not be under peer review, in the acceptance process, or previously published elsewhere.

5. The journal editor will decide whether articles that comply with the writing rules will be included in the evaluation process. Articles that are included in the evaluation process are subjected to a double-blind peer review system. All articles will be sent to two experts in the field for review, and based on the referee reports, a third reviewer’s evaluation may be requested, or the editor will make the final decision.

6. The first page of a Turkish article should contain the title in both Turkish and English, abstracts in both Turkish and English (200-250 words each), up to five keywords in both Turkish and English, and JEL codes if applicable. For English articles, Turkish information is not required.

7. Author names should be written below the article title in a right-aligned manner, in 10-point font. The authors' institutional affiliations and emails should be written in footnotes, aligned to both sides, in 9-point font.

8. Submitted articles should be formatted in A4 size, with 2 cm margins on the left, right, bottom, and top, in 10-point Ebrima font, with 1.15 line spacing. The article, excluding references and appendices, should not exceed 20 pages. Pages should be numbered.

9. All first- and second-degree headings should be in bold, 11-point font; third-degree subheadings should be in bold, 10-point font, aligned to both sides (without indentation), with only the first letter capitalized.

10. Table titles should be in capitalized letters, centered, and placed above the table. Figures, charts, and map titles should be in capitalized letters, centered, and placed below the figure, chart, or map, with source references listed immediately below. Tables should be numbered sequentially as "Table 1, Table 2, Table 3, …" and figures should be numbered as "Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, …".

11. Footnotes should be numbered with superscript numbers and written in 9-point font, aligned to both sides, providing additional explanations about the article’s content, not related to referencing.

12. Mathematical/statistical symbols should be prepared using the Microsoft Office equation editor.

13. At the end of the article, a bibliography section should be included, arranged alphabetically by the authors’ last names. Only the sources cited in the article should be listed. The bibliography should follow the examples provided below.

14. Citations and references should be formatted according to the APA 6th edition style. The format is as follows:

a-) In-text citations:

For a single author, cite as (Yayar, 2022: 8).

For two authors, cite as (Yayar and Tekgün, 2022: 3).

For more than two authors, cite as (İnalcık et al., 2011: 3-5).

Multiple citations on the same topic should be cited as (Bocutoğlu, 2014: 12; Genç, 2011: 3-5).

For multiple works by the same author in the same year, cite as (Ortaylı, 2012a: 13) and (Ortaylı, 2012b: 23).

b-) References:

Single-author Book

Tabakoğlu, A. (2012). Türkiye İktisat Tarihi. İstanbul: Dergâh Yayınları.

Translated Book

Acemoğlu, D. and Robinson, J. A. (2022). Why Nations Fail (Solina Silahlı, Trans.). İstanbul: Doğan Kitap.

Edited Book Chapter

Eldem, E. (2000). İstanbul: From Imperial Capital to a Peripheral City (E. Eldem, D. Goffman & B. Masters, Eds.). The Ottoman City Between East and West (pp. 152-230). İstanbul: Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları.

Journal Article

Solow, R. M. (1957). Technical Change and the Aggregate Production Function. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 39(3): 312-320.

Kutan, A. M., Muradoglu, G. & Sudjana, B. G. (2012). IMF Programs, Financial and Real Sector Performance, and The Asian Crisis. Journal of Banking & Finance. 36(1): 164-182.

Conference Proceedings

Bilge, S. M. (2015). Maritime Trade Between Istanbul and the Caucasus Ports in the 15th-18th Centuries: Merchants, Sailors, and Villagers. Proceedings Book Vol. III (pp. 53-90) International Ottoman Istanbul Symposium. İstanbul. 25-26 May 2015.

Unpublished Thesis

Bal, F. (2011). Ottoman Empire-Spain Economic Relations (16th-18th Centuries). (Unpublished PhD thesis). İstanbul: Marmara University, Social Sciences Institute.

Online Source with Known Author

Modelski, G. (2013). Kondratieff (or K-) Waves. Washington University. Retrieved from
http://faculty.washington.edu/modelski/IPEKWAVE.html on 15/03/2015.

Online Source with Unknown Author

The Conference Board. (2001). Business Cycle Indicator Handbook. Retrieved from
http://www.conferenceboard.org/pdf_free/economics/bci/BCIHandbook.pdf on 27/06/2015.

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Journal of International Economics and Administrative Studies uses double-blind review process where both the reviewers and the authors are anonymous. Double-blind review process, fair and unbiased, means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process.

The editorial board decides the review process and after initial check the articles send to the reviewers through the Dergipark system. The peer reviewers are committed to assess the manuscripts and recommend their decisions if they believe that the submitted manuscript makes an important contribution to the fields of economics and business administration and hence publishable. Reviewers should report their views and suggestions clearly with supporting evidence.

Publication processes in Journal of International Economics and Administrative Studies is based on the principle of sharing and developing the knowledge in a fair and ethical manner. In this regard, the journal is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and observes the following principles of Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement, which is based on the recommendations and guidelines for journal editors developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Please inform the editorial board about any legal or ethical breaches at iibf.dergi@gop.edu.tr

For Reviewers

- The manuscript must be related to the reviewers’ area of expertise.

- Reviewers are expected to review the manuscripts with no conflict of interest. If reviewers have a potential conflict of interest, the reviewers must inform the editor and decline to review where appropriate.

- Peer review process should be fair and unbiased.

- Reviewers need to fill the manuscript assessment form, and for a healthy peer review process they must not disclose their names.

- Reviewers should suggest their publications decisions with supporting evidence and reasons in this form.

- Reviewers are expected to act fairly and impartially, and provide objective and constructive reviews.

- Reviewers are expected not to use insulting, hostile, or defamatory language in their reviews. In such cases, the editor or editorial board could ask to revise their language.

- Reviewers should be timely in their reviews and follow ethical principles.

For Editors

- The editors are committed to assessing manuscripts solely for their intellectual content without regard to its origin, or race, gender, religious belief, ethnic origin, or political philosophy of the authors.

- The editors should ensure that the peer review process is timely and need to follow a double-blind reviewing policy.

- The editors are committed to protecting the confidentiality of all material submitted to the journal and must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the author, reviewers, and editorial board.

- In case of any legal or ethical breaches, the editors should follow Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Guideline.

- The editors reserve the right to accept and reject articles or return them for revisions or resubmissions.

For Authors

- The authors should ensure that their work is entirely original and written by themselves. If the authors have used the work and/or words of others, they should ensure that this has been appropriately cited or quoted and permission has been obtained where necessary.

- Only articles with a similarity rate ≤ 15% are taken into the review process. Articles with a similarity rate of more than 15% are rejected.

- The manuscripts must not have been published before, and is not being considered for publication elsewhere.

- The authors are expected to consider carefully the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the definitive list of authors at the time of the original submission. The editor will not consider deletion or rearrangement of author names when the manuscript enters peer review process.

- If the authors need to obtain “Ethical Committe Approval” for their work, the information (ethical committe name, approval documentation number and date) should ben explained inside the manuscript (material section).

- The Copyright Transfer Agreement, signed by the corresponding author includes a warranty that the manuscript is an original work. Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a “Copyright Transfer Form”. The undersigned hereby assigns to the Journal of International Economics and Administrative Studies all rights under copyright that may exist in and to the work. No fees are paid for the publication of the works of the authors.

- The authors are responsible from their work.