The Ankara International Journal of Social Sciences (AIJSS) accepts articles in Turkish and English. Articles are prepared according to the rules below and the APA 6 (American Psychological Association, 6th edition) citation system. Articles that do not comply with these rules are not taken into peer review. Articles must be prepared using the journal's Article Template.
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General Principles
• For Turkish articles, the latest edition of the Turkish Language Association (TDK) spelling guide is followed. English articles must use British or American spelling consistently.
• Articles are submitted in Microsoft Word (.docx) format.
• Articles must not exceed 25 pages, including the abstract and references.
• No page numbers are added to the text.
• The article type and subject are specified in the relevant fields on the submission page. The language of the article is selected in the language field of the submission system; the article title is entered in both Turkish and English.
• A maximum of one work by an author can be published in the same issue.
• The signed Copyright Agreement is uploaded with the article. Copyright remains with the author(s).
• From the first volume and first issue of 2027, the corresponding author uploads the signed AI Use Decleration Form under the Artificial Intelligence Policy.
• Every submission is screened for plagiarism at the preliminary check stage. For details, please see the Plagiarism Policy page.
• For studies requiring ethics committee approval, the approval document is uploaded to the system at submission. Submissions without the document are returned directly to the author.
Article Structure
The sections of an article follow this order: Turkish title, English title, author’s name, Summary, Keywords, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Main and Subheadings, Conclusion, References, Appendices. If the article is written in Turkish, an English title, abstract, and keywords must be provided; if it is written in English, the inclusion of a Turkish abstract and keywords is at the author’s discretion.
• Author name: Centered below the title, in bold italics, 11 pt. Title, workplace, ORCID number and e-mail address are given in a footnote marked (*) on the first page, 9 pt. An ORCID number is mandatory.
• Abstract: Each abstract (Turkish and English) must not exceed 250 words.
• Keywords: Five keywords in Turkish and five in English are provided.
• Headings: Subheadings are aligned with the heading that precedes them, and only their first letter is capitalized. [The format of main headings to be added according to the current rule.]
• Anonymous file: For double-blind peer review, the full-text file is uploaded as an anonymous file. This file contains no author name, institution, ORCID, e-mail, acknowledgements or statements that reveal the author's identity (for example, "in my previous study"); author information in the Word document properties is also deleted.
• Footnotes: Used only for explanatory notes; they are numbered and placed at the bottom of the page. Footnotes are not used for citing sources.
• Article Information table: After peer review is completed, the table in the template is filled in bilingually: Ethics Committee Approval, Informed Consent, Author Contributions, Financial Support, Conflict of Interest, Data Availability and AI Statement. Ethics committee details (committee name, decision date and number) are written into this table after peer review, which keeps the review blind.
Abbreviations
Click here to access the lists of abbreviations for general history, ancient history, and Ottoman history used in the articles.
Quotations
• Quotations shorter than forty words are placed in the text within quotation marks, with author, year and page number.
• Quotations of forty words or more are set as block quotations on a new line, indented 1.27 cm from the left, without quotation marks. The citation follows in parentheses after the end of the quotation.
• No quotations are used in the Abstract.
Tables and Figures
• Table: The label "Table 1." is placed above the table, flush left, with the title in italics on the line below. Vertical lines are not used. Sources and notes are placed below the table. Text in tables may be 9 pt.
• Figure: "Figure 1." (italic) followed by the caption is placed below the figure. Pictures, graphs, maps and document images are numbered in this way.
• Images must be at least 300 dpi, in JPEG or TIFF format; file names must include the figure number.
• The source of every image is stated. Authors obtain permission for copyrighted images and present it to the journal when requested.
In-text Citations (APA 6)
Sources are cited in the text in author-date format, not in footnotes. Page numbers are always given for direct quotations.
• One author: (Yılmaz, 2019) or Yılmaz (2019); for a direct quotation (Yılmaz, 2019, p. 45).
• Two authors: (Yılmaz & Kaya, 2019); in running text, Yılmaz and Kaya (2019).
• Three to five authors: All authors are named at the first citation: (Yılmaz, Kaya, Demir, & Aksoy, 2019). Later citations use the first author and "et al.": (Yılmaz et al., 2019).
• Six or more authors: The first author and "et al." are used from the first citation: (Yılmaz et al., 2019).
• Same author, same year: a, b, c are added to the year: (Kaya, 2018a, 2018b).
• Multiple sources: In the same parentheses, in alphabetical order, separated by semicolons: (Kaya, 2018; Yılmaz, 2019).
• Group author: Full name and abbreviation at the first citation, abbreviation only afterwards: (Turkish Language Association [TDK], 2020); (TDK, 2020).
• Secondary source: (Kaya, 1990, as cited in Yılmaz, 2019). Used only when the original source is unavailable; only the source actually consulted is listed in the references.
• Source with no author: The first words of the title and the year: ("Sample title," 2020).
References (APA 6)
• The reference list is placed at the end of the article under the heading "References"; entries are in alphabetical order by author surname with a hanging indent (1 cm).
• Only sources cited in the text are listed; every in-text citation must have a matching reference entry and vice versa.
• Authors are written with surname and initials (Yılmaz, A. B.). The author name is repeated in every entry; no dash or similar symbol is used. Up to seven authors are listed; for eight or more, the first six authors, an ellipsis and the last author are given.
• Book and journal titles are in italics; the journal volume number is also italicized. Article and chapter titles are not italicized. Only the first word of titles and proper nouns are capitalized.
• For sources with a DOI, add doi:10.xxxx/xxxxx at the end of the entry; if there is no DOI and the source is online, give "Retrieved from" and the web address.
Examples
Book: Yılmaz, A. (2018). Sample book title: Subtitle. Ankara: Sample Press.
Translated book: Smith, J. (2015). Sample translated book (A. Kaya, Trans.). Istanbul: Sample Press. (Original work published 2010)
Article: Kaya, B., & Demir, C. (2020). Sample article title. Sample Journal Name, 12(3), 45-60. doi:10.1000/ornek123
Book chapter: Demir, C. (2017). Sample chapter title. In A. Yılmaz & B. Kaya (Eds.), Sample edited book (pp. 25-48). Ankara: Sample Press.
Thesis: Aksoy, D. (2019). Sample thesis title (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Sample University Graduate School of Social Sciences, Ankara.
Encyclopedia entry: Kaya, B. (2013). Sample entry. In Sample encyclopedia (Vol. 28, pp. 471-486). Istanbul: Sample Press.
Web page: Sample Organization. (2021, March 12). Sample page title. Retrieved from http://www.ornek.com
Book Reviews
• A book review is a critical evaluation, not a summary of the work. The bibliographic details of the reviewed work are given in APA 6 format under the title.
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Related Pages
• Ethical Principles and Publication Policy