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Journal of Productivity accepts scientific and original articles in the field of productivity in Turkish and English.

The types of articles included in the Journal of Productivity are as follows:

Research Article: These are articles that reflect the findings and results of an original research.

  • Articles should be written on A4 size (29.7x21 cm) paper, with MS Word or compatible programs.
  • Arial should be used as font, it should be written in 11 points, single line spacing and the pages should be numbered.
  • The article should not exceed 9000 words with its attachments.
  • The title of the article should be compatible with the content and should be written in bold and 12 point size.
  • The names and surnames of the authors should be included on the title page and the title, institution and e-mail addresses of the authors should be given.
  • Author's name, surname, institution, contact information should not be included in the text file, as blind refereeing method will be applied in the article evaluation process.
  • Turkish and English abstracts should be placed at the beginning of the article. Abstracts should not exceed 200 words.
  • At least 3 keywords should be included under the abstracts.
  • The text of the article should cover the sections related to the introduction, literature review, method, findings, conclusion and discussion.
  • Headings in the text should be written in bold. The use of subheadings in long articles provides convenience for the reader.
  • First degree titles 1st, 2nd, etc. way; second degree titles 1.1., 1.2., etc. way; third degree titles are 1.1.1., 1.1.2., etc. should be numbered accordingly. All main and subheadings (titles, references and appendices) should be written in bold.
  • Expressions that need to be emphasized in the text are shown using italics or bold. Where footnotes are required, * should be used on the same page.
  • All views (photos, drawings, diagrams, graphs, maps, etc.) that do not contain charts should be called figures. Each chart and figure should be placed where it should be in the text. All tables and figures should be numbered consecutively in the text. If the figures are photographs, they should be sent in high resolution and in accordance with the print quality. The charts and figures used should be referenced in the text. References in the text should be given in parentheses (e.g. Table/Figure 1) and the number of the relevant image. If more than one image is to be referenced, the relevant numbers should be separated by hyphens (e.g. Table 1-2).
  • All formulas in the text should be written using MS Equation. Formulas must be numbered (1), (2) and all units must be in the SI unit system.
  • Symbols and abbreviations can be given at the end of the text after the references.
  • When references are made in the text, the surname of the author, publication year of the work, page number or only the sequence number of the work should be shown in parentheses, footnotes should not be used for the source.

If the reference is an article: Author's surname, initials (year), full title of the article, name of the journal (international abbreviations, if any), Volume number (Issue number), beginning and ending page numbers of the article.

Rahman, M., lambkin, M. and Hussain, D. (2016). "Value Creation and Appropriation Following M&A: A Data Envelopment Analysis", Journal of Business Research, 69(12), 5628-5635.

Lee, H.H. and Tan, H.B. (2006). "Technology Transfer, FDI and Economic Growth in the ASEAN Region", Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 11(4), 394-410.


If the reference is a book: Author's surname, initials (year), name of the book, volume number, editor, if any, name of publisher, publication number, place of publication.

Alpaydın, E. (2014). "Introduction to Machine Learning", The MIT Press, London.


If the reference is a chapter from the book: The surname of the chapter author, the initials of the name (year), the name of the chapter, the name of the book from which the chapter is taken, the name of the publisher, the place where it was published.

Vasant, P., Bhattacharya, A. and Abraham, A. (1971). "Measurement of Level-of-Satisfaction of Decision Maker in Intelligent Fuzzy-MCDM Theory: A Generalized Approach", Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decison Making, Editor: Kahraman, C., Springer, LLC, 235-262.


If the reference is the printed thesis: Author's surname, initials (year), the name of the thesis, its type (master's, doctorate), the university and institute where it was presented.

Hughey, A. C. (1933). "The Treatment of the Negro in South Carolina Fiction", Unpublished Master’s Thesis, University of South Carolina, Carolina.


If the reference is the congress paper: Author's surname, initials (year), the title of the paper, the name of the congress, the place where it was held, the start and end page numbers of the paper.

Kianto, A., Ritala, P., Vanhala, M. ve Inkinen, H. (2013). "The Impact of Knowledge Management Practices on Organizational Performance", 14th European Conference on Knowledge Management (ECKM 2013), Kaunas, Lithuania, 356-361.


If the referenced from the web page: Author or responsible institution, Title of the cited item, name of the web page, URL, (Access Date).

BMUS (United States Bone and Joint Initiative), (2020). "The Burden of Musculoskeletal Diseases in the United States", www.boneandjointburden.org, (Accessed: 18.03.2020).

Direct quotations should be given “in quotation marks”. If the quotations are more than 4 lines, the justification method should be used. Blockquotes are written in two tabs, and in blockquotes, the font and size are written in italics to remain the same as the text.

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