Writing Rules
WRITING RULES
1. All manuscripts submitted to our journal for review should be based on a sample article template (click here to download the template). After downloading the template, the texts should be adapted to the relevant parts of the template without making any changes to the template. The manuscripts that do not conform to the template/are not prepared using the template will be returned to the author(s) without being evaluated.Other issues to be considered are as follows:
• The manuscripts submitted to Selçuk Journal of Communication should be prepared in A4 size, using MS Office Word program, leaving 2.5 cm margins from the right, left, top and bottom edges, in normal writing style, Calibri font, first 0nk then 6nk, leaving 1.25 indent on the first line, 1.5 line spacing and justified.
The name and surname of the author(s) should be written in Calibri 16 pt, normal and left justified.
• Abstract and Abstract headings should be written in Calibri 12-point font and normal font style.
• Extended Abstract, Introduction, Conclusion, References and all other main headings should be left justified, all capitalized, 14 point, 0 indented and bold. In the second level subheadings, only the first letter of the words should be capitalized, left justified, 14 font size, 1.25 indent in the first line and bold.
• Turkish and English abstracts should be in 11-point font size and normal. Turkish and English keywords should be written in 11-point font with the first letter capitalized.
• Studies should generally follow the flow of Turkish Title, Abstract, Keywords, English Title, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Main Text, Conclusion, Extended Abstract and References.
• The manuscripts should be at least 5000 and at most 9000 words, including extended abstracts.
• Each manuscript should include a Turkish and English abstract of at least 150 and at most 250 words, and Keywords should consist of at least 5 and at most 7 words. Abstracts should be in English for studies prepared in Turkish and in Turkish for studies prepared in English. The abstract should briefly include the purpose, scope, problem, method, population/sample group, and major findings and conclusions of the study.
• The extended abstract should be written in English for studies written in Turkish and in Turkish for studies written in English. The Extended Abstract should consist of at least 750 and at most 1500 words and should be written in 12-point font. The abstract should be a holistic text that includes the purpose, scope, theoretical framework, methodology, findings and results of the study and should include all relevant parts of the study. The Extended Abstract should be placed at the end of each study, just before the References section, and the study should be uploaded to the system as a single MS Word file. Different formats are not accepted.
2. For referencing, the 7th edition of APA (American Psychological Association), which is the reference citation method for the text, should be used. In both citations and bibliography, authors should follow the spelling rules and format specified in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association published by the American Psychological Association. In this regard, the guide named "APA-7-Writing-Rules-and-Citation" should be used.
3. The references in the studies submitted to our journal must be created with the reference management tool in MS Office Word. Manually created references and bibliographies are not accepted.
4. In studies requiring ethics committee permission, information about the permission (name of the committee, date and number) should be included in the method section, as well as on the last page of the article; in case reports, information on the signing of the informed consent form should be included in the article.
5. If the study is derived from a thesis, if it was presented in a scientific meeting (congress, symposium, conference, etc.), if it was supported by a funding organization (information about the funding organization, project number, etc.), it should be reported as a footnote on the first page of the article.
6. Contributors to the study, if any, should be mentioned in the acknowledgments section.
7. Research data should be uploaded to TUBITAK's Aperta Portal.
8. All legal responsibility for the content of the studies belongs to the author(s).
9. The spelling and punctuation of the studies should be based on the Turkish Language Association Spelling Guide.
10. MORE THAN ONE article of the author(s) cannot be published in one issue.
PUBLICATION RULES
1. Selçuk Journal of Communication, which started its publication life in 1999, is a scientific refereed journal published 2 (two) times a year in April and October by Selçuk University Faculty of Communication.2. Each volume of Selçuk Journal of Communication consists of 2 issues published in April and October. In addition, additional issues or special issues can be added to the relevant volume if the editor and editorial board deems appropriate.
3. Selçuk Journal of Communication is written in Turkish and English.
4. The other files that authors should upload to the system together with their manuscripts are as follows:
• Copyright notice text signed by all authors,
• Contribution rate and conflict of interest statement signed by all authors,
• Ethics committee permission for studies where the research object is human (field research, in-depth interviews, etc.),
• Copyright responsibility form declaring that there is no content that violates copyrights in the studies.
5. Selçuk Journal of Communication includes qualified and original studies prepared in accordance with academic standards in communication sciences and sub-disciplines.
6. The academic evaluation process can be carried out if the author(s) who submitted an article in one call of our journal can only apply with a publication in a foreign language in the next call. (An author who submitted an article in the October call can only apply with a foreign language article in the April call).
7. In each publication call period, only one work of the authors is included in the scope of evaluation. In case of multiple submissions, only one work is included in the evaluation process. This condition applies to both single-authored and multi-authored studies. There are no exceptions to this condition.
8. The works submitted to Selçuk Journal of Communication for publication must not have been submitted to any other journal or published in any medium before. In our journal, only articles produced from doctoral dissertations are evaluated in a limited number. (Studies produced from doctoral dissertations whose referee evaluation process is completed are placed in the publication queue and published in the following issues).
9. Full texts of papers presented at scientific meetings (congresses, symposiums, etc.) can be sent to our journal, provided that they have not been published digitally or in print and have been converted into article format / content.
10. The number of studies to be published in each issue is determined and limited by the editorial board. The number of articles from which type of research to be published in each issue is under the authority of the editorial board. For this reason, studies that are accepted as a result of the refereeing process are queued and put on hold for the following issues. Studies uploaded in a foreign language are prioritized regardless of the date of upload and acceptance. No commitment is made as to which issue the accepted manuscripts will be published.
11. Submission of articles to Selçuk Journal of Communication is only possible through the DergiPark system. In order to submit an article to the journal, you must have a DergiPark user account and ORCID ID number.
12. The main title of the manuscripts submitted to Selçuk Journal of Communication should not include brand names, institution names and phrases related to the objects of study (such as XX Brand Example, XX Institution Example, XX Movie Example, XX Advertisement Example).
13. All manuscripts submitted to Selçuk Journal of Communication are checked for originality both before they are evaluated by the editorial board and after the referee evaluation process is completed and the manuscript is included in the publication process.
14. The upper limit of the acceptable similarity rate for works submitted to Selçuk Journal of Communication is 15%. Studies exceeding this limit will be rejected without evaluation. For this reason, authors should determine the similarity rate before submitting their work to our journal. Since similarity programs work according to certain parameters, if there is a difference between the similarity rate of the author and the similarity rate of the editorial board of Selçuk Journal of Communication, the rate of Selçuk Journal of Communication will be taken as the basis. Authors who make a similarity check before uploading to the relevant call of the journal should select the "no repository" option. Otherwise, the similarity rate of the work will be displayed as 100% in the editorial control and the work will not be evaluated.
15. Since the manuscripts for which revisions are requested during the refereeing process are re-submitted to the referee review regardless of the type of revision (minor/major), all corrections requested in the manuscripts should be marked in red and uploaded. For manuscripts that are not uploaded in this way, the peer review will be terminated and the manuscript will be returned to the author.
16. If the authors use the referee note panel as a personal communication tool or use it in a way that reveals their anonymized identities, their evaluated works will be rejected on the grounds of ethical violation and they will be prevented from uploading their work to any call of Selçuk Journal of Communication.
