Information For Authors

Interested in submitting to this journal? We recommend that you review the About the Journal page for the journal's section policies, as well as the Author Guidelines. Authors need to register with the journal prior to submitting or, if already registered, can simply log in and begin the five-step process.Each submission will be responded to within 5 business days at the latest, and authors will be informed about each stage of the field editor and referee processes for articles that receive preliminary approval.

Writing Rules

Writing Principles and Rules

 

Introduction:

Turkish Folklore Research Journal is a scientific/academic international double-blind peer-reviewed journal published 4 issues a year. Articles to be submitted to the journal (bibliography, notes, etc. all) should be 8000 words. Book reviews should not exceed 2000 words. Turkish articles should have 150-250 words Turkish Abstract; English Abstract of at least 250 words; English articles should have 150-250 words English and Turkish Abstract, and each article should have at least 5 keywords. The abstract does not contain citations, quotations or citations; the purpose of the research, methodology, information about the data and the results obtained/contribution made should be stated.

Main body:

This is the main part of the paper and is usually divided into different sub, numbered sections to clearly show the reader the content to be covered. It includes the methodology used to conduct the research, results, analysis and discussion. Journal articles are written by experts in their subject, and an original article contains in-depth information and analysis of existing research.  The author(s) should present or cite evidence that supports the conclusions reached in the article.

Methodology:

What methods were used to collect the data? Was the data qualitative or quantitative? Other options could include surveys, interviews or field research. In theory, a clear methodology should allow others to replicate and evaluate the original research. Methodological explanations in the main text should be limited. Repeating known, common systematics may lead to rejection of the paper.

Results:

 This section may include a summary of the data collected, tables, graphs, figures and conclusions.

Discussion:

In this section, the author focuses on discussing the results of the research conducted in relation to the research question. In general, this section will include how the results relate to the question posed and the implications of these results.

Conclusion:

Following the discussion, the conclusion should bring everything together and strengthen the author's point of view. The conclusions should be presented in a logical order. In general, this will be in order of importance, not in the order in which the research was carried out. Use the past tense to describe your results, but refer to figures and tables in the present tense. Do not repeat data between figures, tables and text. A common mistake is to restate most of the data in a paper in the text or in the conclusion.

References:

This section contains a list of all references cited by the author in the article. You can check the references to see if there are other articles that might be interesting for your research. Particular attention should be paid to currency in the selection of references. Reference(s) that are not mentioned in the main text will not be used. Each field is different, but the aim should be to cite references that are no more than 10 years old if possible. However, even if it is more than 10 years old, it should be ensured that the first invention or mention in the literature is cited. The studies you cite should be strongly related to your research question.  The references should be cited in accordance with APA 7 (American Pscychological Association) standards.

Article structure and process:

After registering to the Article Submission System on the journal website, the text is uploaded with the "Submit Article" button. There are no author identities in the main text. In a separate file, the identities of the author(s), title, institutional e-mail address, orcid no; if necessary, only the name, decision number and date of the ethics committee should be included in the introduction of the method (The board decision document should be submitted in the appendix) and the project number, supporting institution and project name, if any; in studies with more than one author, the level of participation of the authors in the study (their positions in determining the study topic, research design, data collection, data analysis and reporting of the study); the declaration of conflict of interest and the names of the person or institution thanked, if any, should not be included in the "full text" file of the article. This information should be included in the file titled Author Information.

At the beginning of the evaluation process, first of all, the formal conformity of the study (number of words, conformity to the template, spelling of sources, etc.), similarity rate (In the plagiarism check performed through iThenticate et al. program) the similarity rate cannot exceed 10%. The maximum similarity rate will be accepted up to 10%, not all from one or two sources. Between 10-15% will be sent back to the authors and corrections will be requested. Studies with a similarity rate above 15% are rejected.) and other necessary documents (ethics committee approval, copyright transfer form, etc.) are examined. If the study is not suitable, the author(s) are requested to make the necessary corrections in line with the reviews made by the editor. When the requested corrections, if any, are completed, the approved article is sent to the "Field Editor", and if the corrections are not made, the study is returned to the author.

The Field Editor examines the suitability of the manuscript for the scope of the journal and its scientific value. Studies that are not current, important or scientific are rejected by the Field Editor during the preliminary reading process. Then, the Field Editor requests revisions from the author(s) in line with the reviews of the Field Editor and directs the manuscript to the author(s). The Field Editor examines whether the author(s) have made the requested corrections and decides whether the revised manuscript should be forwarded for peer review. If the corrections requested by the Field Editor have not been made, the manuscript is rejected and returned to the author(s). The Field Editor determines four referees, two original and two substitute referees, for the manuscript referred for peer review and shares them with the Editor. The Editor selects two referees from among the candidate referees determined by the Field Editor. As a result of the evaluation process carried out by the referees, three decisions can be made in the evaluation forms to be forwarded to the author(s): a) publishable, b) rejection, c) minor or major revision. The author submits the revision file and, if there is a referee who has made a rejection decision for the study, the defense file against the rejection decision to the editor within the allotted time. The final reading process is initiated by the Field Editor (or editor) for the work that has been decided publishable. At this stage, the Field Editor re-reads the manuscript, asks the author(s) to make the necessary corrections and upload the manuscript to the system.

All processes are completed and published studies are sorted in two categories, Research and Review, according to the date of their arrival, and the studies in order are published in the relevant issue.

The author or authors are responsible for the views advocated in the studies and the accuracy of the sources.

No fee is paid for the articles decided to be published.

General Format Features in Turkish and English

12-point Times New Roman font should be used throughout the text. The text should be prepared on A4 size paper, with 2.5 cm margins from the bottom, top and sides, justified and single column. Indents section in the Paragraph tab; 1.25 cm (one tab) space at the beginning of the first line (except Turkish abstract and English abstract), 6 pt and 0 pt in the Spacing tab, double line spacing should be selected for the text.

The title of the study should consist of a maximum of 12 words. The title should be written in 14-point Times New Roman font, line spaced, bold, and centered on the page with the first letter of each word capitalized. If the study has been presented before, or if it is derived from a project or thesis, a * footnote sign should be placed at the end of the title and an explanation should be made in the footnote. However, this information should be given in the template titled Author Information and should never be given in the article.

 Footnotes should be written in Times New Roman 10 font size, single-spaced and justified with 0 nk spacing before and after the paragraph.

All keywords (including the first letter of the first word) should be written in lower case, there should be at least 5 keywords, keywords should be separated by commas and there should not be a period at the end.

Other Technical Applications:

Dergipark Bibliography Creation Rules (Source: Dergipark)

The abbreviations that can be used when preparing bibliography or in-text citations are given in the table below. Abbreviations that can be used in referencing

 Edition bs. ed. Revised edition Rev. late. bs. Rev. ed. Editor(s) Ed. Eds. No date t.y. n.d. Page s. p. Vol. C. V. Page(s) s. pp. et al. et al. et al. Trans. Trans. Cited as cited in.

The number / volume / page notation should be given without abbreviation: /number/ volume/page notation: 112 (14 "italicized") 235.

Roman numerals should not be used in volume or issue numbers. If there is no date information, the abbreviation (t.y.) should be written in parentheses in Turkish studies and (n.d.) in English studies. If there is a hyphen in the author's name, the hyphen should be left as it is and a full stop should be placed after each capital letter, and no spaces should be left. For example, Jean-Baptise Lamour should be cited as Lamour, J.-B. (2018).....

Studies with legal authors: If the author of a study is a group such as an organization, institution, association, the abbreviation of the name of the organization/institution/association can be written in the author section. In articles written in English; If a Turkish article is to be cited in the text, Turkish characters will not be used when giving author information. In the bibliography, the article name and journal name will be written in English.

 In subheadings, except for the first word and proper names, the first word should be in lower case.

It is recommended to automatically edit Microsoft Word Roman in bibliography editing. Select APA 7 from References+Manage references+Style and style.

 Book titles are italicized in the bibliography. Articles are written in plain type, single/double quotation marks are not enclosed. The first letter of the author's name is written in majiskul, a period is placed. The initial letters of the author(s)' surnames are written in majiskul, the others in miniskul. In the English Bibliography, the first letter of the title of a work is in majuscule and the others (unless it is a proper name) are in minuscule (and, the, on, a, an, etc.) English conjunctions are written in lower case.

Article writing in bibliography:

 Seyidoğlu, B. (1968). Erzurum manileri. Istanbul University Faculty of Literature Journal of Turkish Language and Literature, VI(16), 25-34. DOI: 1000/02030

Book writing:

 Ögel, B. (1984). Introduction to the history of Turkish culture before Islam. (A. Edipoğlu, Trans.) Atatürk Culture, Language and History High Institute Turkish Historical Society. doi: 1000/........................

 Citations that do not appear in the main text are not included in the Bibliography.

If available, the DOI number of the source is given at the end of the reference.

If more than one work by the same author is included in the Bibliography, the name is written at the beginning of each source. (______) Drawing a line or uses such as ibid, agk. are not valid.

 The impact factor links of the citations in the bibliography, if any, are indicated. E.g. Google scholar, web of sience, etc.

 In the bibliography, the words "publishing house, publications, publication, publishing house, etc." are not used for publications. Only the name of the publishing house (publishing institution) is given at the end of the bibliography.

 In the internet resources to be included under the References under the heading of electronic resources, the surname of the author, the initial letter(s) of his/her name, the title of the product are written with the first letter capitalized and all italicized as in books. Then the link is written. Web page titles are listed in italics. With APA 7, the phrase "Date of access" is no longer needed in front of URLs, unless an access date is required. e-books should be listed in the same format as printed books. If electronic resources have a DOI number, it should be given according to the pattern:

 Note(s) (endnote) and References are given in 10-point Times New Roman in accordance with APA 7 standards, in quotations from the second source, the original source is also indicated.

 Especially if the source person(s) of the survey, interview, investigation, compilation are included in the article, the Ethics Committee decision is required. If the visual material such as photographs, charts, diagrams, etc. belongs to the author, it is indicated, if not, the source and permission to use are required.

 

Contact:

Authors should use the following address and information for electronic communication:

Website address:

 https://www.turkishfolkloreresearchsociety.com

for e-mail operations:

webmail.turkishfolkloreresearchsociety.com

tfadergisi@gmail.com