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Manuscripts submitted for evaluation should be original and not previously presented or published in any electronic or print medium. If a manuscript was previously presented at a conference or meeting, authors should provide detailed information about the event, including the name, date, and location of the organization.

Authors are required to prepare manuscripts in accordance with the relevant guidelines listed below:

• Observational original research studies: STROBE guidelines

• Systematic reviews and meta-analysis: PRISMA guidelines (for protocols, please see the PRISMA-P guidelines)

• Qualitative research: SRQR guidelines

To find the right guideline for your research, please complete the questionnaire by Equator Network here.

Before submission, authors can consult EASE Guidelines for Authors and Translators to produce clear, concise and accurate manuscripts that are easy to understand and free of common errors and pitfalls.

The style of manuscripts should follow the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), Seventh Edition (2020). (APA 7)

Manuscripts can only be submitted through the journal’s online manuscript submission and evaluation system (https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/savsad). Manuscripts submitted via any other medium and submissions by anyone other than one of the authors will not be evaluated.

In addition to the manuscript files, authors are required to submit the following during the initial submission:

-SAVSAD - Author Publication Right Transfer and Conflict of Interest Declaration Form

Please use the SAVSAD Manuscript Template for the article you will send to our journal.

Abstract: The abstract subheadings should be arranged according to the article types. Please check Table 1 below for word count specifications.

Keywords: Each submission must be accompanied by a minimum of three to a maximum of six keywords for subject indexing at the end of the abstract. The keywords should be listed in full without abbreviations.

Research Articles: Research articles provide new information based on original research. The acceptance of research articles is typically based on the originality and importance of the research. The main text of a research article should be structured with subheadings, including Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion and Conclusion.

Please check Table 1 for the limitations for research articles.

Review articles that are written by experts with extensive knowledge and managed to reflect the knowledge in international literature through publications and citations. These authors may even be invited to contribute a review article to the journal. Review articles should provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge on a topic in the journal’s subjects and should include discussions and evaluations of relevant research. The subheadings of review articles may be planned by authors. However, each review article should include an “Introduction” and a “Conclusion” section.

Please check Table 1 for the limitations for Review Articles.

Reviews for books that are considered to be current and important in the field may be published after the evaluation of external peer reviewers determined by the Editorial Board and considered to be experts in the field. These reviews should provide a critical evaluation of the book, highlighting its strengths and weaknesses, as well as its importance and relevance to the journal's readership.
Please refer to Table 1 for the limitations of Book Reviews.

*Word limit should not include the abstract, references, tables, and figure legends.

Headings should be revealing and concise. They should be formatted as the following.

The text starts with a new paragraph.

The text starts with a new paragraph.

Level 3 Heading
Flush left, bold, italic, initial letters uppercase
The text starts with a new paragraph.

Level 4 Heading:
Bold, initial letters uppercase, colon at the end.
The text begins on the same line with the title and continues as a standard paragraph.

If the manuscript is written in Turkish, the extended summary must be written in English and vice versa.

Tables should be included in the main text and numbered. Tables should be followed by a bold, numbered indication for them. Underneath the table indication, there should be a title related to the content of the table and this title should be written in italics. Tables should be created using the "insert table" command of the Microsoft Office Word document, and they should be arranged clearly to make the data easy to read and understand. The data presented in the tables should not be a repetition of the data presented in the main text but should support and enhance the main text.

Figures should be submitted as separate files in TIFF or JPEG format, and they should be embedded in the Word document. If a figure has subunits, they should be merged into a single image and the figures should be labeled (a, b, c, etc.) to indicate subunits. The minimum resolution of each figure should be 300 DPI, and the figures should be clear and easy to read. Figure legends should be listed at the end of the main document. Figures should be referred to within the main text, and they should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are mentioned.

All acronyms and abbreviations used in the manuscript should be defined at first use, both in the abstract and in the main text. The abbreviation should be provided in parentheses following the definition, and it should be used consistently throughout the paper.

When mentioning an archive, source, product, hardware or software program in a manuscript, it is important to provide detailed information about the product in parentheses.
For example, when mentioning a Discovery St PET/CT scanner produced by General Electric in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, the information should be presented in the following format: "Discovery St PET/CT scanner (General Electric, Milwaukee, WI, USA)." Providing this information helps to ensure that the product is properly identified and credited.

Supplementary materials, including audio files, videos, datasets, and additional documents (e.g., appendices, additional figures, tables), are intended to complement the main text of the manuscript. These supplementary materials should be submitted as a separate section after the references list. Concise descriptions of each supplementary material should be included to explain their relevance to the manuscript. Page numbers are not required for supplementary materials.

Citations and References
While citing publications, preference should be given to the main source and latest, most up-to-date publications. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the references. Both in-text citations and the references section should be prepared according to the version of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) 7 published by the American Psychological Association (using Microsoft Word application, References, Manage References).
In the main text of the manuscript, references should be cited by the author’s name and the publication year in parenthesis. In social science articles, page numbers should be stated after the publication year.

Journal Article: Antunes B. M. M., Cayres S. U., Lira F. S., & Fernandes R. A. (2016) Arterial thickness and Immunometabolism: the mediating role of chronic exercise. Current Cardiology Reviews, 12(1), 47-51.

Journal Article with more than one author: Jerrentrup, A., Mueller, T., Glowalla, U., Herder, M., Henrichs, N., Neubauer, A., & Schaefer, J. R. (2018). Teaching medicine with the help of “Dr. House.” PLoS ONE, 13(3), Article e0193972. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193972

Turkish Article: Akın, Ü., Akın, A., ve Abacı, R. (2007). Öz-duyarlık Ölçeği: Geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması [Self-Compassion Scale: The Study of Validity and Reliability]. H. U. Journal of Education, 33(1), 1-10.

Single Author: Kimmel, M. S. (2007). The gendered society. Oxford University Press.

By Two or More Authors: DiFonzo, N., & Bordia, P. (2007). Rumor psychology: Social and organizational approaches. American Psychological Association.

By a Corporate (Group) Author: American Sociological Association. (1975). Approaches to the study of social structure. Free Press.

Edited Book: Rhodewalt, F. (Ed.). (2008). Personality and social behavior. Psychology Press.

Book Chapter with Editor(s): McCormack, B., McCance, T., & Maben, J. (2013). Outcome evaluation in the development of person-centred practice. In B. McCormack, K. Manley, & A. Titchen (Eds.), Practice development in nursing and healthcare (pp. 190-211). John Wiley & Sons.

Dissertation or Thesis: Valentin, E. R. (2019, Summer). Narcissism predicted by Snapchat selfie sharing, filter usage, and editing (Thesis No: 19782) [Master's thesis, California State University Dominguez Hills]. CSU ScholarWorks. https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/concern/theses/3197xm925?locale=en

No Author: The universal declaration of human rights. (1974). U.S. Catholic Conference, Division of Latin America.

Web sites: Sparks, Dana. (2018, September 12). Mayo mindfulness: Practicing mindfulness exercises. Mayo Clinic.

In the seventh edition, up to 20 authors should now be included in a reference list entry. For sources with more than 20 authors, after the 19th listed author, any additional authors' names are replaced with an ellipsis (…) followed by the final listed author's name:

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., Author, C. C., Author, D. D., Author, E. E., Author, F. F., Author, G. G., Author, H. H., Author, I. I., Author, J. J., Author, K. K., Author, L. L., Author, M. M., Author, N. N., Author, O. O., Author, P. P., Author, Q. Q., Author, R. R., Author, S. S., . . . Author, Z. Z.

Once a manuscript has been accepted for publication, it goes through a copy-editing process by professional language editors to ensure that it is clear and well-written. This process may involve correcting grammar, punctuation, and formatting errors, as well as making changes to improve the overall clarity and readability of the manuscript.

After the copy-editing process is complete, the manuscript is published online as an "ahead-of-print" publication, which means that it is available to readers before it is included in a scheduled issue of the journal. This allows readers to access the latest research as soon as it becomes available.

Before the manuscript is officially published, the corresponding author is sent PDF proof of the accepted manuscript for review. The corresponding author is asked to review the proof and approve it for publication within a specified time period, typically 2 days. This is an important step in the publication process, as it allows the author to catch any errors or make any final changes before the manuscript is published.