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Author Guidelines

Submission

Manuscripts are submitted only through the journal’s website. Submission, review and publication are free of charge. A submitted manuscript must not have been published elsewhere or be under review at another journal at the same time. The following files are uploaded on submission:

  1. Main text: a Word file prepared with the Article Template, containing no information that identifies the author
  2. Title Page and Author Declaration Form: author information, the contribution statement and all declarations
  3. Supplementary files (if any): data, code, prompts, high-resolution figures

Every author's ORCID iD is given on the Title Page and added to the author details in the system on submission.

For authors who do not know Turkish, the Turkish title, abstract and keywords are prepared by the journal.

Article types and length

TypeLength (words, excluding references)
Research article6,000–8,000
Short reportUp to 4,000
From the Field (co-authored with a practitioner)Up to 3,000
Data and methods noteUp to 3,000
Book review1,000–1,500

Structure of the main text

  1. Title (in Turkish and English)
  2. Öz and Abstract: 150–250 words; 3–5 anahtar sözcük and keywords
  3. Introduction, theoretical framework, method, findings, discussion and conclusion (headings may be merged in short reports and "From the Field" papers)
  4. Implications for Practice: what the findings mean for which practitioners or institutions (no more than 250 words; mandatory in all article types)
  5. Data and Code Availability (mandatory)
  6. References
  7. For articles in Turkish, a 750–1,000-word English Extended Abstract

Format

  • Word file, A4, Times New Roman 12 pt, 1.5 line spacing, 2.5 cm margins
  • No more than three heading levels; headings are not numbered
  • Tables and figures appear in the text and are numbered. Table titles go above the table and figure captions below the figure. Figures are also uploaded at a resolution of at least 300 dpi.
  • In-text explanation is preferred to footnotes; footnotes are used only where necessary.

Linguistic examples and data excerpts

  • Linguistic examples are numbered in parentheses: (1), (2a), (2b).
  • Examples in a language other than the language of the article are given with a word-by-word gloss following the Leipzig Glossing Rules and a free translation.
  • In corpus and forensic data examples, the original spelling is kept, and personal information is anonymized in square brackets: [NAME], [CITY], [PHONE].
  • The source of each example (corpus name, text number, etc.) is given.

Citations

References follow APA 7. Articles in English use "and" and "et al.", articles in Turkish "ve" and "vd.". A DOI is given for every source that has one. In-text examples: (Surname, 2024), (Surname and Surname, 2024), (Surname et al., 2024), (Surname, 2024, p. 15). Sources written in non-Latin scripts (e.g., Cyrillic, Arabic, Greek) are transliterated into the Latin alphabet in the reference list, with a translation of the title in square brackets.

Ethics and declarations

Statements on ethics committee approval, conflicts of interest, funding, data and code availability and AI use are written on the Title Page and Author Declaration Form. Ethics committee information is also given in the Method section of the main text, without revealing the name of the institution. Details are set out in the Publication Ethics and Artificial Intelligence Policy pages.

After acceptance

  • A signed Copyright and Licence Agreement is requested from the authors.
  • The typeset text is sent to the author for proofreading; within one week the author corrects typesetting errors only.
  • The article is published with a DOI without waiting for the issue to be completed.

Templates and forms

Submission Preparation Checklist

Before submitting, confirm all of the following:

  • The main text contains no information that identifies the author; self-citations are written as "Author, 2024", and the author's name has been removed from the file properties.
  • The word count is within the limit for the article type.
  • Öz, abstract, anahtar sözcükler and keywords are included.
  • The "Implications for Practice" and "Data and Code Availability" sections are included.
  • Articles in Turkish include an English extended abstract.
  • Ethics committee information, or the reason approval was not required, is given.
  • The Title Page and Author Declaration Form is completed, with ORCID iDs for all authors.
  • Every citation in the text is in the reference list, and every item in the reference list is cited in the text; sources in non-Latin scripts are transliterated.
  • We agree that, if accepted, the article will be published under the CC BY 4.0 licence.

Research Article

Full studies based on original data and analysis. 6,000–8,000 words (excluding references). Double-blind review by two reviewers.

Short Report

One question, one dataset, a clear finding. Up to 4,000 words. Double-blind review by two reviewers.

From the Field

Case or practice papers co-authored with a practitioner (lawyer, judge, police officer, clinician, translator, editor, etc.). Up to 3,000 words. Double-blind review by one academic and one practitioner reviewer.

Data and Methods Note

Introduces a new corpus, dataset, tool or method. Up to 3,000 words. Double-blind review by two reviewers.

Book Review

Reviews of books in the field published in the last five years. 1,000–1,500 words. Editorial review.

Copyright Notice

Copyright remains with the authors, who grant the journal the right of first publication. Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence, which allows the content to be shared, adapted and used in any medium, provided that appropriate credit is given. After acceptance, a signed Copyright and Licence Agreement is requested from the authors.

Privacy Statement

The names, email addresses, affiliations and ORCID iDs entered in the journal system are used only for the journal's editorial processes; they are not shared with third parties or processed for any other purpose. In published articles, the authors' names, affiliations and ORCID iDs appear as part of the article and are sent to Crossref for DOI registration. Personal data are processed in accordance with the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698. Users may request the correction or deletion of the information in their accounts by writing to the journal's email address (see Contact).

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