Writing Rules

Rules of Spelling

  • Authors who submit their manuscripts to The Journal of Political Psychology for evaluation and referees who agree to review these manuscripts are deemed to have fully accepted the journal’s writing guidelines. Manuscripts that violate the rules listed below will be rejected during the preliminary evaluation stage without being sent for peer review.
  • The Journal of Political Psychology publishes articles in Turkish and English, and manuscripts must comply with the language rules of the language in which they are written. For manuscripts written in Turkish, the Turkish Language Association (TDK) Spelling Guide must be followed for spelling and abbreviations.
  • A high number of spelling errors or failure to meet scientific standards will be sufficient grounds for rejection.
  • In accordance with the double-blind peer review system, manuscripts uploaded to the system must not contain any information identifying the author(s).
  • The title of the manuscript must not exceed 15 words.
  • The title must be written in bold, with only the initial letters capitalized, in 11-point font size.
  • A maximum of three authors is allowed per manuscript.
  • Multiple manuscripts by the same author in a single issue will not be accepted.
  • All manuscripts submitted to the journal must be prepared in Times New Roman, 11-point, single-spaced
  • All manuscripts must include the title, abstract, and keywords in both Turkish and English on the first page. These sections must correspond parallelly in both languages.
  • Keywords must consist of a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 7
  • The abstract must be between 150 and 250 words.
  • The abstract should clearly state the purpose, method, main findings, and conclusions of the study; citations should be avoided in this section unless absolutely necessary.
  • Research articles and review articles must not exceed 10,000 words in total, including all sections.
  • The page layout must have the following margins: top 5 cm, bottom 5.5 cm, left 4.25 cm, right 4.25 cm, with single line spacing.
  • Section headings within the text should be numbered with Roman numerals (I, II, III, …) starting from the Introduction, and subheadings should be ordered with capital letters (A, B, C, …).
  • In manuscripts written in Turkish, foreign words should be written in italics.
  • Figures and Tables must be placed within the text, not at the end.
  • Figure numbers should be written in bold, 10-point font size, below the figure (e.g., Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, etc.).
  • The title of the figure should follow the figure number, also in 10-point font size.
  • Text inside the figures should be in 9-point font size.
  • Table numbers should be written in bold, 10-point font size, above the table (e.g., Table 1, Table 2, Table 3, etc.).
  • The title of the table should follow the table number, also in 10-point font size.
  • Text inside the tables should be in 9-point font size.
  • The sources used to create Figures and Tables must always be cited.
  • Every source cited in the text must appear in the reference list, and every source listed in the reference list must be cited in the text.
  • After acceptance for publication, authors bear primary responsibility for correcting any issues or deficiencies identified during the typesetting and publication preparation stages.
  • Once the typesetting of the manuscript is completed, it will be sent to the authors for final proofreading.
  • Authors are expected to return the revised text to the editor within one week. Otherwise, the manuscript will be archived.

During the final proofreading stage, only formatting changes are allowed. Substantive changes affecting the content of the manuscript are not permitted at this stage. If authors insist on making such changes, the Editorial Board reserves the right to resubmit the revised manuscript to peer review.

  • Do not use footnotes for citing sources within the manuscript. Citations must be shown in-text in parentheses, and the APA Style (APA 6) must be used for both in-text citations and the reference list. Any additional explanations should be placed at the end of the text as endnotes on a separate page.

In-Text Citation

Single-Author Works

There are two ways to make in-text citations:

  • … (Eryılmaz, 2019: 100).
  • According to Eryılmaz (2019: 100)…

Two-Author Works

  • … (Smith and Petty, 1994: 65).

Three to Five Authors

For the first citation, list all authors:

  • … (Keleş, Hamamcı and Çoban, 2015: 412).

For subsequent citations of the same source, list only the first author’s surname and use “et al.”:

  • … (Keleş et al., 2015: 453).

Six or More Authors

List only the first author’s surname and use “et al.”:

  • … (Diamond et al., 1965: 57).

Corporate or Institutional Author

First citation:

  • … (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey [TÜBİTAK], 2013: 25).

Subsequent citation:

  • … (TÜBİTAK, 2013: 32).

Multiple Works in the Same Parentheses

When citing more than one work in the same parentheses, arrange them alphabetically and separate them with semicolons:

  • (Aslan and Genç, 2019: 17; Öztürk et al., 1985: 23; Yılmaz, 2015: 17).

Authors with the Same Surname

Include the initial of the first name to avoid confusion:

  • … (A. Johnson, 2001: 25; Y. Johnson, 1998: 17).

Multiple Works by the Same Author in the Same Year

For multiple works by the same author in the same year, use letters “a, b, c…” after the year:

  • … (Ateş, 2015a: 27).
  • … (Ateş, 2015b: 352).

Internet Sources

  • If the author and publication date are known: (Surname, Year)
  • If the author is unknown: (Name of Website, Year)
  • If the author and publication date are unknown: (Name of Website, n.d.)

Access links should not be included in the text but should be listed in the References section.

Examples:

  • … (Civaoğlu, 2015).
  • … (CNN, 2019).
  • … (TBMM, n.d.).

Note: If the publication date is not available, use “n.d.” (no date).

Personal Communication

For interviews, letters, or emails, include the name of the person and the date of communication. These should not be included in the references.

  • … (H. Arslan, personal communication, April 27, 2018).

References

Single-Author Books

Surname, Initial. (Year). Title of the Book in Italics. City: Publisher.

  • Eryılmaz, B. (2019). Tanzimat ve Yönetimde Modernleşme. İstanbul: İşaret Yayınları.

Two or More Authors

  • North, D., Wright, A. and Bary, W. (1959). Confucianism in Action. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

Edited Books

Editor’s Surname, Initial. (Ed.). (Year). Title of the Book in Italics. City: Publisher.

  • Erdem, R. (Ed.). (2017). Yönetimde İnformalite. İstanbul: Beta Yayıncılık.

Book Chapters

Surname, Initial. (Year). Title of the chapter. In Editor’s Initial. Surname, Title of the Book in Italics (pp. page range). City: Publisher.

  • Watson, J. (1998). Engineering Education in Japan After the Iwakura Mission.
    In I. Nish, The Iwakura Mission in America and Europe: A New Assessment (pp. 108–112). Surrey: Japan Library.

Institution as Author

  • Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2000). Population by age and sex, New South Wales, 30 June 2000 (ABS Cat. no. 3235.1). Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.

Journal Articles

Surname, Initial. (Year). Title of the article. Journal Name, Volume(Issue), page range. doi: xxx

Single-Author Article

  • Şentürk, R. (2009). Açık Medeniyet ve Sosyal İçerme. Muhafazakâr Düşünce, 6(2), 41–59. doi: 123456789895456

Two-Author Article

  • Kaya, M. and Yıldız, A. (2018). Kamu yönetiminde dijital dönüşümün etkileri. Yönetim ve Politika Dergisi, 12(3), 210–229. doi: 10.1234/ypd.2018.003

Three-Author Article

  • Demir, H., Aksoy, E. and Öztürk, B. (2020). Siyasal katılım davranışları üzerine bir analiz. Toplum ve Siyaset Araştırmaları Dergisi, 5(1), 45–67. doi: 10.5678/tsad.2020.001

Four or More Authors

(For works with more than three authors, list the first author followed by “et al.”)

  • Arslan, F. et al. (2021). Gençlerin siyasal katılım düzeyleri üzerine nicel bir inceleme. Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi, 14(2), 89–110. doi: 10.2345/sbad.2021.014

Footnotes and Endnotes

APA style does not recommend the use of footnotes or endnotes. Therefore, our journal only allows the use of endnotes when absolutely necessary.
Endnotes should be indicated using Roman numerals and set in 8-point font size.

Additional Notes

  • APA recommends using “&” instead of “and” in citations and references. However, since “&” is not used in place of “and” in Turkish, it should not be used in Turkish texts.
  • For works with more than three authors, APA recommends using “et al.” (e.g., Kernis et al., 1993).
  • For English manuscripts, use “&” and “et al.” according to APA standards in both in-text citations and references.

For More Information: https://apastyle.apa.org/