GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING RESEARCH ARTICLES
Please follow the steps listed below in order to register in the system:
1. Click the “Manuscript Handling System”. Select “New User” and register in the system by filling in your title, name, surname and other information.
2. Log into the system by entering your user name and password. Then click “Edit” under “My Profile”. On the page that appears fill in your personal information, and area of research (for associate professorship or tenure). Do not forget to click “Save” for each section.
3. If you would like to serve as a reviewer for our journal, click “Yes” for the relevant question found at the bottom of the screen. Then “Save” your answer.
4. In case of a mulfunction of the system or you simply cannot submit the article through the system for any reason, you can send your article directly to [email protected] after making it comply with the style guidelines below.
Please follow the steps listed below to submit an article:
1. Log into the system by entering your user name and password. Then click “Author” on the upper menu.
2. Click “New Submission”.
3. Fill in all the required information concerning your submission and then upload the word file of your article to the system. Make sure that the word file you upload does not include an author name.
4. Once you make sure that all the required areas have been filled in, click “Send”.
5. After submitting your article, make sure you see this statement on the screen: “Your data have been successfully entered.”
6. Check to see if your article has been submitted from “My Submissions”.
NOTES:
1. You will receive automatically generated emails when your article has been received and at every stage of the evaluation process.
2. Enter the information on your area of research even if you are not an Associate Professor or have not received tenure. It is essential that you fill in this information since articles are assigned to reviewers by using this information.
3. Please email [email protected] regarding any queries regarding the system.
Publication fees:
There are no submission fees, publication fees or page charges for this journal.
Style Guidelines
The following rules should be observed while preparing an article for submission to the Eurasıan Research Journal:
1. Title of the article: The title should suit the content and express it in the best way, and should be written in bold letters. The title should consist of no more than 10-12 words.
2. Name(s) and address(es) of the author(s): The name(s) and surname(s) of the author(s) should be written in bold characters, and addresses should be in normal font and italicized; the institution(s) the author(s) is/are affiliated with, their contact and e-mail addresses should also be specified.
3. Abstract: The article should include an abstract in English at the beginning. The abstract should explain the topic clearly and concisely in a minimum of 75 and a maximum of 150 words. The abstract should not include references to sources, figures and charts.
4. Keywords: The maximum of 5 keywords should be placed at the end of the abstract. There should be a single space between the body of the abstract and the keywords. The keywords should be comprehensive and suitable to the content of the article.
5. Body Text: The body of the article should be typed on A4 (29/7x21cm) paper on MS Word in Size 12 Times New Roman or a similar font using 1,5 line spacing. Margins of 2,5 cm should be left on all sides and the pages should be numbered. Articles should not exceed 8.000 words excluding the abstract and bibliography. Passages that need to be emphasized in the text should not be bold but italicized. Double emphases like using both italics and quotation marks should be avoided.
6. Section Titles: The article may contain main and sub-titles to enable a smoother flow of information. The main titles (main sections, bibliography and appendices) should be fully capitalized while the sub-titles should have only their first letters capitalized and should be written in bold characters.
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING BOOK REVIEWS
Apart from academic articles, the Eurasian Research Journal publishes Book Reviews. The following rules should be observed while preparing a Book Review for submission to the ERJ.
1. The topic of the book should match with the scope of the ERJ.
2. Only reviews on recently published books are accepted. The book that is to be to reviewed must be published within less than a year before the intended date of the publication of ERJ.
3. A Book Review should contain a concise description, critical view, and/or evaluation of the meaning and significance of a book. A Book Review should contain between 800 and 1000 words.
4. Name(s) and address(es) of the author(s): The name(s) and surname(s) of the author(s) should be written in bold characters, and addresses should be in normal font and italicized; the institution(s) the author(s) is/are affiliated with, their contact and e-mail addresses should also be specified.
5. The text of a Book Review should be typed on A4 (29/7x21cm) paper on MS Word in Size 12 Times New Roman or a similar font using 1.5 line spacing. Margins of 2.5 cm should be left on all sides and the pages should be numbered.
6. Tables and Figures should not be used in a Book Review.
7. All Author(s) should refrain from using contractions, first or second person viewpoints, incomplete sentences, ambiguous terminology, and slang, informal style as well as wordy phrases.
8. Author(s) are recommended to proofread and copyedit their Book Review prior to submitting.
Book Reviews can be submitted using the Manuscript Handling System.