PUBLICATION POLICIES AND INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS

AIMS AND SCOPE:

Journal of Arts and Sciences, published semiannually by Çankaya University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, is an interdisciplinary, academic journal aiming to involve scholars not only from Turkey, but also from all international academic community. The journal provides a platform for different theoretical and thematic approaches on humanities, natural and social sciences. Authors may write their articles both in English and Turkish. The editors seek manuscripts that:

• develop theoretical, conceptual, or methodological approaches to arts and sciences;
• present results of empirical research that advance the understanding of arts and sciences
• explore innovative policies and programs and describe and evaluate strategies for future action; and
• analyze issues of current interest.

PAPER SUBMISSION:

Submission of a paper implies the author’s commitment to publish in this journal. Authors submitting a paper to the journal should not submit it to another journal; nor should papers repeat information published elsewhere in substantially similar form or with substantially similar content. The author’s transmittal letter accompanying the manuscript should affirm that these conditions are met. Authors in doubt about what constitutes prior publication should consult the academic coordinators.

You may use our online submission system for all articles. Choose Authors on the page jas.cankaya.edu.tr

For all kinds of questions, you may contact:

Arts Coordinator:      Asst. Prof. Dr. Ertuğrul Koç ekoc@cankaya.edu.tr

Science Coordinator:Asst. Prof. Dr. Fahd Jarad                      fahd@cankaya.edu.tr

Çankaya University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences,

Öğretmenler Cad. No:14

Yüzüncüyıl 06530,

Balgat Ankara / Turkey

REFEREEING:

Submissions are first read by the responsible editors, and may be rejected without further review. Those considered for further evaluation will then be sent to external referees. Authors will be informed about the result within four months, though it is not always guaranteed to do so. The decision may be a conditional or unconditional acceptance, a rejection, or an invitation to revise and resubmit. Resubmission is invited if only appropriate changes are envisaged to have been eventually made. Authors will be informed what changes are necessary. Resubmitted papers are not sent out for a second round of external reviews.

EDITORIAL POLICY

Format:

(1) The preferred word processing program for papers is Word.

(2) Title page with full title and subtitle (if any). For the purposes of blind refereeing, full name of each author with current affiliation and full address should be supplied on a separate sheet

(3) Abstract of 100-150 words

(4) Up to 10 key words

(5) Main text should be written in 12 pts-font and, should not exceed 20 pages. Text should be clearly organized, with a hierarchy of headings and subheadings and quotations exceeding 40 words displayed, indented, in the text.

(6) End notes, if necessary, should be signalled by superscript numbers in the main text and listed at the end of the text before the references

(7) Figures and tables must be numbered.

Style:

• Single space must be used after a full point, commas, colons, semicolons, etc. No space in front of a question mark, or in front of any ather closing quotation mark.
• Full points must be used after abbreviations (p.m., e.g., i.e., etc.) Full points must be omitted in acronyms (USA, BBC, NATO, HMSO).
• Double quotation marks must be used for quoted material within the text; single quotation marks should only be used for quotes within quotes.
• Numbers under 100 must be spelled out; but numerals must be used for measurement (e.g. 12km) and ages (e.g. 10 years old). In science papers scientific notation should be followed.

REFERENCES

• References should be cited in the text as: (author, date, page)
• An alphabetical references section should follow the text (and end notes if any), formatted as the following examples:

• Books

1. K. Mannheim, Ideology and Utopia : An Introduction to the Sociology of

Knowledge (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1936)

2. Mannheim, ibid, pp.21-43

• Articles

3. W.A.Mullins, ‘On the Concept of Ideology in Political Science’, American

Political Science Review, 66 (1972), pp.498-510

4. Mullins, ibid., p.502

• Later Citations

6. Mannheim, op.cit., Ref. 1, pp.50-1.

7. Mullins, op.cit.,Ref.3,pp.499-502

• Website

Geddes John B, J. Firth, Kelly Black, “Pulse Dynamics in an Actively Mode-Locked Laser” , SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems,

vol. 2, no: 4, http://epubs.siam.org/sam-bin/dbq/toc/SIADS/2/4