Writing Rules
General Principles
You should upload your research to the system in accordance with the spelling and publication rules of Sultan Journal of Theological Studies.
1. Sultan Journal of Theological Studies is a national/international refereed journal and the place of publication is Odunpazarı/Eskişehir - Turkey. It is published 2 (two) times a year. When necessary, it may publish special issues and additional issues outside of these issues.
2. Sultan Journal of Theological Studies is a scientific, refereed journal that publishes academic social studies such as scientific articles, interviews, translations, theses, books, etc. related to the fields of Philosophy, Sociology, Psychology, Archaeology, Language, Literature, Dialects, Folklore, History, Geography, Communication Sciences, Fine Arts, Social Work, Tourism, Political Science, International Relations, Educational Sciences, Preschool Education, Child Development, Turkish Education and Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language, etc., which are connected to the field of Theology. Studies outside these fields cannot be accepted for publication in our journal except with the approval of the editorial board.
3. Adding scientific articles, interviews, translations, introductory articles to the journal system is considered as an application for publication and the article is sent to the referee process.
4.Authors agree to waive and transfer the copyright of the article to Sultan Journal of Theological Studies as soon as they upload the article to the journal system. All copyrights of the articles sent to Sultan Journal of Theological Studies belong to the journal and cannot be published or reproduced elsewhere before the end of the publication process. It cannot be used without reference. In addition, any legal responsibility that may arise from the articles belongs to the authors. The editorial team has the right to make the necessary changes on the article. After the articles are published, the author can reorganize and publish them and share them elsewhere, provided that the source is cited.
5. The publication language of Sultan Journal of Theological Studies is Turkish and English. However, if necessary, articles in other languages can be accepted with the approval of the editorial board.
6. At the beginning of the article, Turkish (Abstract) and English (Abstract) consisting of at least 150 and at most 500 words, Turkish (Keywords) and English (Keywords) of 3-5-7 words, five bullet points and highlights of the study, and a title in Turkish and English. Manuscripts should be maximum ten pages not including references. Manuscripts that do not fulfill these conditions will not be published even if they complete the referee process.
7. Since the manuscripts sent to the Sultan Journal of Theological Studies will enter the referee process, the name or information deciphering the identity of the author should not be included in the manuscripts added to the system. After the referee process of the article is completed, information about the author or authors will be added to the article by the editorial board.
8. In Sultan Journal of Theological Studies, the following processes take place after the article is uploaded to the system by the author: The uploaded article is checked by the editor/assistant editors for compliance with the publication and spelling rules. After the editor's approval is completed, the article is first sent to foreign language and spell check referees/editors. At least 2 field referees are assigned for each article that passes the approval of these referees/editors. These two field referees consist of expert academicians with at least the title of Dr. in the relevant science/department. The article that receives 2 rejections from these two referees is returned to the author, while the article that receives 2 acceptances is taken into the publication process. Apart from these, a third referee is assigned to the article that receives 1 rejection and 1 acceptance, and the process of the article is decided according to the decision of that referee. Process information about the article is shared with the authors.
9. In Sultan Journal of Theological Studies, when the article corrected by the author as a result of the referee report is received by the journal, if the referee wants to see the article a second time, the article is sent to the referees again through the Journal system and the approval of the referees is expected again.
10. Articles added to the journal system should not have been published elsewhere before. Symposium abstracts can be published if the situation is specified in the article. Papers published in full text are not accepted for publication within the ethical rules.
11. The works cited under the title of REFERENCES at the end of the text should be arranged in alphabetical order of the author's surname, with the author's surname and name in small print, except for the initials.
12. Referees in Sultan Journal of Theological Studies are determined by the editorial team and added to the system.
13. Sultan Journal of Theological Studies does not charge any fee for articles that complete the refereeing process.
14. The authors cannot withdraw the articles whose refereeing process has started and/or are ready for publication.
15. Contact information of the author(s) and ORCID ID numbers (author identification number) are added to the articles published in Sultan Journal of Theological Studies.
16. MANUSCRIPTS SHOULD BE ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA WHEN ADDED TO THE JOURNAL SYSTEM:
17. Decisions of studies requiring Ethics Committee approval should be uploaded to the system. It should be stated in the method section and a sample of the decision should be attached to the appendix of the article.
18. Among the articles that require ethics committee permission, ethics reports are not required from articles that use research data before 2020, are produced from master's / doctoral studies (must be specified in the article), and in studies whose research data belong to before 2020 and submitted to the journal in 2020, provided that the author states in the method section that the study data belong to before 2020.19. Articles submitted to the journal are checked through Turnitin, İntihal Net or iThenticate similarity program at the beginning of the editorial process. Manuscripts with a similarity rate of more than 15% are not included in the publication process.
20. Submitted manuscripts should be clear and understandable in terms of language and expression in accordance with scientific criteria.
THE FOLLOWING POINTS SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN BOOK REVIEWS TO BE SENT TO THE SULTAN JOURNAL OF THEOLOGY RESEARCH:- Book reviews are constructed with a different content than book summaries or introductions.Book reviews should have a structure that analyzes the basic thesis of the book with an analytical approach.- Introducing the chapters of the book, giving brief information about the author and the publishing house, determining the place of the reviewed book among the author's other publications and explaining the contribution of the book to the literature are the basic features of a good book review. These points should be taken into consideration in the reviews to be submitted.
- In book reviews, long quotations and evaluations that do not include the views of the reviewers should be avoided.Information such as the main subject and thesis of the book, the period, time and people examined by the book should be revealed with the approach of the reviewer.
- Under the title of the book review, the name of the book, author, year of publication, publishing house, number of editions, ISNB number, number of pages should be written.
