Author Guidelines

1.           Turkish Research Journal of Academic Social Science (TURAJAS) publishes academic studies conducted in the field of social sciences.

2.           Turkish Research Journal of Academic Social Science is published online three times a year (as of 2026), in April, August, and December.

3.           The journal accepts academic studies in the form of research articles, review articles, book reviews, articles derived from doctoral and master’s theses, and translations.

4.           Manuscripts submitted to the journal should not exceed 30 pages.

5.           The publication languages of Turkish Research Journal of Academic Social Science are Turkish, English, and Arabic.

6.           Book review studies are accepted only from experts holding a doctoral degree.

7.           All expenses of the journal are covered by the Publisher. No fees are charged for article publication or the management of article processes. No processing or submission fees are requested for manuscripts submitted to or accepted by the journal.

8.           Submitted manuscripts must comply with the aims and scope of the journal.

9.           During submission, authors must provide a Turkish abstract, an English abstract of no more than 200 words, and five keywords in both Turkish and English.

10.        Manuscripts must be prepared in Microsoft Word format with margins of at least 2.5 cm. Except for Arabic expressions, which should be written in Traditional Arabic font (12 pt), the entire text must be in Times New Roman, 10-point font size, and single line spacing.

11.        Authors retain their copyright and publication rights.

12.        Turkish Research Journal of Academic Social Science is an open-access journal. (http://www.turkishsocialscience.com/en/)

13.        The scientific, intellectual, and literary responsibility of published articles belongs entirely to the authors.

14.        Submitted manuscripts are subject to a peer-review process in which a double-blind review system is carefully implemented. In addition, all manuscripts are screened for similarity to prevent publication ethics violations, and a similarity rate below 20% is required as a precondition.

15.        For articles requiring Ethics Committee Approval, such approval must be obtained, and the approval information (committee name, date, and number) must be stated both on the page before the references and in the methodology section. For studies requiring Ethics Committee Approval, please review the journal’s Ethical Principles and Publication Policy.

16.        At the end of the manuscript, before the references section, authors must include a declaration of contribution rates, acknowledgements/support statements (if any), and a conflict of interest statement.

17.        After a manuscript has been submitted to the journal for publication, no author’s name may be removed from the author list without the written consent of all authors, and no new author may be added or author order changed.

18.        In citations and references, the APA 7 Citation System (https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines) and the ISNAD Citation System (footnote style) should generally be used: https://www.isnadsistemi.org/en/  

19.        The first page of the manuscript submitted to Turkish Research Journal of Academic Social Science must not include author information. A separate file containing author information should be uploaded to the system as the Title Page.