IBAD Journal of Social Sciences

Aim 

IBAD Journal of Social Sciences, a fully open-access online journal that publishes peer-reviewed research spanning all fields of the humanities and social sciences, including interdisciplinary studies. It aims to contribute to the exchange of knowledge in the fields of  humanities and social sciences by publishing scholarly works that explore the social and cultural characteristics, historical contexts, and contemporary realities of Turks and Türkiye. The journal is committed to publishing articles related to Turks and Türkiye within the scope of humanities and social sciences.

Its target audience includes academics, researchers, professionals, students, and relevant professional and academic institutions with an interest in these topics. It is published semiannually in August and December.

Scope

IBAD Journal of Social Sciences publishes articles that take a scholarly perspective on the social and cultural characteristics of Turks and Türkiye, shedding light on their historical and contemporary realities, identifying challenges, and proposing solutions.  In this context, it welcomes a wide range of theoretical, methodological, quantitative, and qualitative research that contributes to the literature. It particularly encourages studies that explore emerging ideas, address fundamental issues, or tackle major societal challenges, regardless of discipline. Interdisciplinary perspectives are also highly valued, especially when they contribute to the advancement of the humanities or social sciences. 

Additionally, the editorial board is pleased to accept scholarly works in the humanities or social sciences authored by Turkish researchers or foreign scholars residing in Türkiye even if their topics are not directly related to Turks or Türkiye. This editorial stance is based on the rationale that a subject of interest to a Turkish researcher or a foreign scholar living in Turkey is likely to resonate with the interests of Turkish audiences as well. 

The journal focuses on current issues and challenges, as well as past and future perspectives. It features original research and review articles, as well as scientific translations and book reviews.

Primary Topic Categories (including but not limited to)

¹ cultural, social, and linguistic, but not biological.  ² in the context of areas such as education, law, policy, sociology, and economics.  ³ including systems, management, financial analysis, and provision, as well as healthcare ethics and policy. ⁴ not including neuroscience.

Primary Keywords: Family sociology, Archaeology, Religion, Psychology of religion, Sociology of religion, Philosophical movements, Christianity, Communication, Media, Islam, Sociological issues, Television, Turkish language, Turkish literature, Turkish folklore, Turkish legal system, Turkish businesses, Turkish women, Turkish culture, Turkish architecture, Turkish music, Turkish art, Turkish political life, Turkish history, Turkish, Turkish education system, Turkish economy, Turkish public health, Turkish tourism, International relations, Judaism, etc.

IBAD Journal of Social Sciences ensures an efficient submission process for authors. With a rigorous peer-review system and a distinguished Editorial Board, it enables swift and fair publication decisions. Accepted papers are rapidly disseminated through a continuous online publication process, supported by innovative web technologies such as enhanced article templates and article-level metrics.

General Information
The article elements should be arranged as follows:
1. Turkish Title
2. Abstract (in Turkish)
3. Keywords (in Turkish)
4. English Title
5. Abstract (in English)
6. Keywords (in English)
7. Introduction
8. Main Text of the Article
9. Conclusion
10. References

• The main headings in the article should be capitalized and set in 12-point font, while subheadings should be in 11-point font. 
• The article should be formatted in MS Word A4 size. 
• Headers and footers should not be included. 
• The font for the article should be Palatino Linotype.
  

Submission Preparation Checklist

• Does your work align with the journal’s publication policy, aims, and scope?
• Have you included the author name(s), institutional affiliation(s), and email address(es)?
• Have you provided ORCID ID?
• In multi-author submissions, are the author names listed in the correct order?
• Has a corresponding author been designated?
• Have you specified the type of research?
• Does your manuscript include both a Turkish and an English title?
• Does it contain both Turkish and English abstracts?
• Have you included both Turkish and English keywords?
• Has the Copyright Agreement, Conflict of Interest, Author Contribution, and Financial Support Form been completed and signed by all authors?
• Do the in-text citations match the references listed in the bibliography, and vice versa? Are there any missing or incorrect citations, references, or attributions?
• Has the entire manuscript been carefully reviewed for grammar and scientific language?
• Is your manuscript formatted as a Microsoft Word document?
• Have you ensured that the manuscript has not been previously published or submitted for review to any other journal?
• If ethical approval is required for your study, have you obtained and included the necessary ethics committee approval documents?

  Required Documents

  Authors are required to submit the following documents when submitting a manuscript:

  1- Author Contribution Form, Copyright Preference, Conflict of Interest, and Financial Support (Click to download)

  2- Full manuscript with author names (in Word format)
  3- Full manuscript without author names (in Word format)
  4- Ethics Committee Approval Certificate for applicable studies (See: Ethical Permission Policy)
  5-Copyright Agreement Form (Click to download)

  Before publication, the final version of the manuscript will be re-evaluated using similarity detection software.

  IBAD Journal of Social Sciences provides flexibility in terms of writing rules for our authors at the time of initial submission, as long as the manuscript is formatted properly and remains internally consistent. There is no requirement for a rigid structure before the peer review process, except for the essential components that should be included in the article. The journal does not impose restrictions on writing style, article length, or tables and figures. However, to facilitate the submission process, it recommends authors use the journal's template.

  To access the template for submission, click here.

  
  

  After your article is accepted for publication, a new template file will be sent to you, and you will be requested to edit your article according to APA 7 spelling rules. In this context, care should be taken to publish the accepted articles in accordance with the following spelling rules:

  Main Text: The manuscript must be written in A4 size using MS Word, with the Palatino Linotype font, 11-point size, and single line spacing. The paragraph spacing should be set to 6nk before and after. Tables and figures should be formatted according to page size. For ease of the peer review process, the pages should be numbered.

  Guidelines for Article Structure
  The Introduction and Conclusion sections are mandatory in the main text.
  To ensure academic integrity and consistency in the works published in our journal, we expect manuscripts to be structured according to the following steps. This framework should be applied not only to the full article but also separately to the Öz (Abstract in Turkish) and Abstract (in English) sections.

  Key Components of a Manuscript:
  1. Contextualizing the Research Topic: Providing a broad overview of the subject or problem under discussion.
  2. Clearly Defining the Problem and Research Objective: Clearly stating the specific issue being addressed and explaining its significance.
  3. Literature Review: Summarizing previous studies related to the topic.
  - Has this problem been directly addressed before?
  - What are the most influential and recent studies in the field, and what findings have they presented?
  - If the problem has not been directly studied, what are the closest related works?
  - These questions should be answered, and appropriate references to the literature must be included.
  4. Scientific Contribution of the Study:
  - How does your research contribute to the existing literature?
  - What gap in the literature does it fill?
  - What does it introduce that has not been done before?
  - This section should convince the reader of the originality and significance of your study.
  5. Research Methodology and Implementation:
  - A detailed explanation of how the study contributes to the literature.
  - This section forms the core of the paper, requiring a systematic presentation of the theories, methods, and materials used.
  - The main body of the manuscript should:
  - First, establish the theoretical framework.
  - Clearly define the methods and materials to be used.
  - If necessary and relevant, provide background information on the historical context of the topic.
  - Apply the selected theory and methods to concrete examples, demonstrating their implementation.
  This structure will enhance the academic quality of the manuscript and help readers better understand the significance and contribution of the research.
  
  Author(s) and Address: Author(s) names should be written in bold, with only the first letter of the first name capitalized, in 10-point size. The institution, country, and email address of the author should be listed in 9-point size. All authors must also include their ORCID ID.
  
  Title:The title should be concise and accurately reflect the content of the paper. It must be written in 12-point bold font with capitalized first letters of each word. Efforts should be made to keep the title as short as possible. Main headings should also be in uppercase, 12-point, bold font.
  
  Abstract: A concise abstract of the article must be included at the beginning, in both Turkish and English, with a length of at least 150 and at most 300 words. A +/-100 word variation is allowed under special circumstances. In all cases, the abstract should not exceed one page, as outlined in the template. Below the abstract, 3-8 keywords should be provided. The abstract must be written in 9-point font, without subheadings, citations, or references. It should encapsulate the introduction, development, and conclusion of the article.

  Keywords: Key words (3-8) should be in English and Turkish provided below the Abstract to assist with indexing of the article.
  
  Figures: At initial submission, figures should be at good enough quality and high contrast to be assessed by referees, preferably incorporated with the manuscript text in a single Word doc or PDF, although figures can be supplied separately as JPEGs if authors are unable to include them with the text. Figures, tables and illustrations should not exceed 10 pages.
  
  Conference Presentations: Articles that have been presented at a symposium or conference can be published, with the conference name, location, and date specified. For studies supported by research institutions or funds (such as BAP, TÜBİTAK, or the Ministry of Development), the supporting institution and project number should be included in the Acknowledgement section. If the work is derived from a thesis, this should also be noted here.
  
  References: For Turkish articles, "KAYNAKÇA" should be used, while "REFERENCES" should be used for English articles. References should not be numbered, and if they exceed one line, the second line should be indented. The references should be written with single line spacing and paragraph spacing set to 6nk before and after.
  
  Citation Examples in the Text:
  One Author:

  (Akın, 2005, p. 15). (No page number is needed if referring to the entire work).

  Two Authors:

  If fully in parentheses: (Arıcı & Ungan, 2015, p. 17), otherwise: Arıcı and Ungan (2015, p. 17).

  Three or More Authors:

  (Aytan et al., 2021, pp. 20-25).
  
  End of Text Reference Examples:

  For multi-author publications, use "&" between authors as shown in the two-author example. Further details for citations not specified here should remain consistent with the mentioned guidelines.

  Journal Articles

  The article title should be written in lowercase except for special words, the journal name in italics, volume in italics, issue in parentheses, and page numbers. The DOI should be included with the URL if available. If there is no DOI, online sources should include the full URL.

  Kahya, H. (2018). Aday Türk dili ve edebiyatı öğretmenlerinin “edebiyat öğretmeni” kavramına ilişkin algılarının metafor yoluyla analizi. International Journal of Scientific Research, 3(1), 104-117. https://doi.org/10.21733/ibad.343188

  Çeliköz, N. & Çeliköz, M. (2018). Öğretmen adaylarının medya ve televizyon okuryazarlık düzeyleri. International Journal of Scientific Research, 3(1), 262-274. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ibadjournal/issue/31095/399539

  Books

  Book titles should be written in lowercase italics except for the first word, and the publisher should be listed without the city of publication. 

  Kahya, H. (2017). Karamanlıca bir çocuk dergisi: Angeliaforos Çocuklar İçün (1872). Grafiker Publishing.

  Arıcı, A. F. and Ungan, S. (2015). Yazılı anlatım el kitabı. Pegem Akademi Publishing.

  Book Written by a Corporate Entity
  Turkish Language Association. (2005). Turkish Dictionary. TDK Publications. www.sozluk.gov.tr
  
  Book Chapter
  Başaran, M. (2019). The Ideal Teacher and Ideal Person in Nurettin Topçu. In A. F. Arıcı & M. Başaran (Eds.), The Ideal Turk (pp. 453-466). Turkish Literature Foundation Publications.
  
  Translated Book
  Crystal, D. (2016). What is linguistics? (Trans. A. Benzer). Pegem.  

  Thesis or dissertation
   Follow the same format as books but in italics with the first letter capitalized. “Unpublished” should not be written.
  Başaran, M. (2007). İlköğretim 5. sınıf öğrencilerinin hikâye edici metin unsurlarına ilişkin tercihleri. Phd Dissertation, Gazi University, Ankara. 
  
  
  Electronical references
  Blok3. (2024, March 8). Vikipedi. https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blok3 or Blok3. (2024). Vikipedi. https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blok3
  
  
  Encyclopedia Articles
  Bezer, G. Ö. (2009). Seyfeddin Gazi I. In TDV Encyclopedia of Islam (Vol. 37, p. 31). Diyanet Vakfı Publications.
  
  
  Note: In multi-author publications, the format will follow that of two-author publications, with the use of "&" before the last author. 
  
  
  Manuscript Preparation
  The manuscript should be written in clear, concise and grammatically correct Turkish or English. The manuscript should be in MS Word program, with the Palatino Linotype font, 6nk after and before, 11 font size, single line spacing. The margins are set as follows: top = 55 mm, bottom = 40 mm, right = 40 mm, left = 40 mm. Pages should not be numbered.
  
  
  
  

Research and Publication Ethics Policy

IBAD Journal of Social Sciences utilizes paid services for digital publishing, graphic design, typesetting, participation in international indices, and other processes. Therefore, in accordance with Article 44 of the Frequently Asked Questions on the Associate Professorship Criteria by the Interuniversity Board (ÜAK), authors submitting articles are required to pay a participation fee after submission. This fee must be paid in order to initiate the review process for the submitted articles. The fee is collected regardless of whether the article is accepted or rejected. Payment of the fee does not guarantee the acceptance of the article for publication. The acceptance or rejection of the article is determined by the editorial board based on the reviewer reports. Authors whose submissions are rejected by the reviewers will not be refunded the fee paid. By submitting an article to the journal, authors are deemed to have accepted these terms.