AUTHOR GUIDE

1.      Editorial Principles

a.      UDEKAD (International Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Researches) is an international peer-reviewed journal, published four time a year except for special numbers.

b.      UDEKAD (International Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Researches) is a journal that publishes articles on language, literature and culture research.

c.       In the studies, criteria of originality and contributing to the field are sought.

d.      Members who sent/send articles to our journal need to add their Orcid Number to their user credentials.

e.       The articles submitted to UDEKAD (International Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Researches) should not have been published anywhere before or should not be accepted for publication.

f. Those who want to submit articles for the publication of UDEKAD (International Journal of Language, Literature and Cultural Researches) should send their work as a member of the Article Tracking System at https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/udekad. 

g. Except for the special decision of the Editorial Board, the abstracts of articles less than 130 words or more than 200 words and the main text less than 2200 words or more than 6000 words are not taken into consideration.

h. Similarity report (no filtering should be done) from http://www.ithenticate.com/ should be uploaded as an additional file or sent to our journal's e-mail address. (MS / PhD students can get similarity report through their advisors or with the account of any faculty member. If the affiliated university has an iThenticate subscription, a similarity report can be obtained free of charge).

i. The addition of any text to the electronic system of the UDEKAD (International Journal of Language, Literature and Cultural Researches) is accepted as an application for publication and the process of evaluation of the article begins. No royalties are paid for articles.

j. UDEKAD is an electronic journal. As a result, all the processes from the application to the publication of the article take place in the electronic environment.

k. Authors own the copyright of their work published in the journal, and their work is published under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license. The author(s) retains unrestricted copyrights and publishing rights.

l.   Any possible legal, economic and ethical responsibility arising from the writings sent to the UDEKAD (International Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Researches) Journal belongs to the authors even if the mentioned article is published. The journal does not accept any liability.

m.    UDEKAD (International Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Research) is published in Turkish. However in English and Russian Languages articles will also be evaluated and published if they are deemed appropriate by the referees.

n.  At the beginning of the article, which will be uploaded to the article tracking system, up to 200 words in Turkish and English abstract, 3-5 words for keywords; Turkish and English titles should be included. It should reflect the purpose, scope and outcome of the study in English and allow readers to quickly determine the content of the article. Articles written in foreign languages - in addition to Turkish and English - must include title, abstarct and keywords in the article language. Care should be taken not to have language mistakes in foreign summaries. Abstact and Key Words must comply with international standards such as Medical Subject Headings, CAB Theasarus, JISCT, ERIC.

o. It should be compatible with the content, it should be the title that best expresses it, and it should be written in capital letters, aligned with 12 pt bold and without the beginning of the paragraph and indentation. The head should be as short as possible.

p. Titles in the article should be bold, only the first letter of each word should be capital, left aligned and no other formatting should be included.

q.  The main text should not exceed 6000 words using IBM compatible computer and Microsoft Word software program.

r.  In studies supported by a research institution / organization, the name of the institution / organization and the project, if any, date and number, should be indicated in footnotes.

s. Book title and translations should include the title, keywords and abstract in English. At the beginning of the manuscript, the cover image and the identification of the book to be introduced (date of publication, edition of the book, information about the place of publication) should be included in the book introductions. In the translations, the title of the translated book / publication should be indicated with a footnote.

t. Studies produced from congress and symposium proceedings and master's theses are not evaluated in the journal.

u.  Articles which are not prepared according to the rules of our journal will not be accepted unless they are corrected.

2.      Writing Rules

a.      Manuscripts should be written in Microsoft Word and the page structure should be arranged as follows: The format used for referencing is APA (American Psychological Association) Style 6th Edition. In both quotations and bibliography, authors should follow the spelling rules and format specified in the American Psychological Association's Publication Guide published by the American Psychological Association. For more information, see http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx.

b.      In the special font used articles, the font used should be sent with the article.

c.       Do not spell at the end of the line. At the beginning of the paragraph, “ENTER” or “RETURN” key should be used instead of “TAB” key. Punctuation should be written adjacent to the preceding words. The space must be followed by one letter.

d.      Manuscripts should not include details such as page numbers, headers and footers. Footnotes are used only for mandatory explanations and are given automatically with the “NOTE” command. References should be written in brackets with the surname of the author, year of publication and page number. Example: (Kaya 2000: 15). The work used in the footnote should be included in the bibliography.

e.       Citations should be given in citation marks and the source should be indicated in parenthesis according to APA rules. Citations less than five lines between sentences and citations longer than five lines should be 1 cm from the left of the page and in block form with 0.5 cm indentation.

f.        Images should be bright, hard (high contrast). In addition, the rules given for the figures must be followed. Figures, tables and photographs should not extend beyond the writing area, if necessary, each should be on a separate page. Figures and tables should be numbered and named according to their contents. Numbers and titles should be capitalized with only the first letters of the words under the figures and above the tables. Tables should be made with the table command in the WORD program. In compulsory cases, “EXCEL” tables can be used. If necessary, explanatory footnotes or abbreviations should be given just below the figures and tables. Figures, tables and images should not exceed ten pages.

g.      In terms of spelling and punctuation, Turkish Language Institution Spelling Guide should be based on beyond exceptions required by the article or topic.

h.      APA should be used as the citation reference system. At the end of the article, there must be a bibliography.

Citations

The APA system is based on in-text references and references. Click here to access the rules.