Manuscripts submitted to Actual Sociology should be organised according to the following rules.
Articles
General outline of the article:
- The article file should include the article title, article abstract, keywords and main text.
- The author's name, institution or contact information should not be included in the article file. The author's name should also be deleted from the MS Word file.
- On the first page of the article file, the title should be written in bold, with each word starting with a capital letter.
- After the title, there should be an abstract on the first page. The abstract should be in both Turkish and English. There should be an abstract of 150-200 words with 5-7 keywords in Turkish, followed by an English title and an English abstract of 150-200 words with 5-7 keywords.
- If the manuscript is favourably evaluated by the referees and the editor decides to accept the publication, the author will also be asked for an extended abstract in English. This extended abstract should be between 1000-1500 words and should include the title and subheadings of the article and references.
- In the introduction of the articles, the context of the research question in the literature and in the social world, the research question and sub-questions, if any, should be specified. The literature and method sections of the article should be linked to the research question and its context, and should be justified transparently and objectively. The findings and analysis sections of the article can be divided into subheadings. The conclusion should not be a summary of the article, it should be based on a framework that combines theoretical and empirical levels, and should shed light on new questions and research, if possible, based on the article.
Word count and page layout:
- Manuscripts should consist of a minimum of 5000 and a maximum of 8000 words. References are included in this word range.
- Manuscripts should be written in MS Word processor with normal margins, 10-point Times New Roman font, 1.5 line spacing and left justified.
- The first paragraph after the title should not be carriage return, other paragraphs should be formatted as indented.
Heading Style:
- Primary headings should be bold and centred, with word beginnings in upper case and other letters in lower case.
- Secondary headings should be bold and italicised, with word beginnings in upper case and other letters in lower case, and positioned left justified.
- Tertiary headings should be italicised and left justified.
- Numbers should not be used in headings.
Tables and Images:
- Tables, figures, pictures and charts should be of a size appropriate to the page of the journal. If necessary, they can be written in smaller font size and single-spaced.
- Tables and charts should be numbered sequentially in accordance with their appearance in the text.
- Footnotes to the tables should be placed immediately below the body of the table and these should be indicated in small and descriptive letters.
- Vertical rulers should be avoided.
- As few tables as possible should be used and care should be taken to ensure that the data presented in the tables are not identical to the results already presented elsewhere in the article.
The format used by Actual Sociology for referencing is APA (American Psychological Association) 7th Edition. Both in the citations in the main text and in the References section, authors should follow the spelling rules and format specified in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association published by the American Psychological Association.
Citations in the texts should be as follows:
- Single author: Author's name (full name to avoid any ambiguity) and year of publication,
- Two authors: Full name of both authors and year of publication,
- Three or more authors: The name of the primary author with the addition of "and others" and the year of publication. Citations can be direct or (also enclosed in brackets). Reference groups should be listed first alphabetically and then chronologically.
Examples:
'....' (Sunar, 2010a, 2010b, 2013; Sunar and Güneş, 2022). As Sunar et al. recently demonstrated (2010) ....'
Bibliography: References should first be classified alphabetically and then, if necessary, chronologically. In the case of multiple references to works by the same author in the same year, the letters 'a', 'b', 'c', etc. should be added next to the year of publication.
Examples:
Book
Koytak, E. (2022). Transformation of the profession: Physicians and lawyers. Matbu Publications.
Article
Sunar, L. & Güneş, Ü. (2020). The development of socioeconomic inequalities and stratification research: A bibliometric analysis. Human & Society, 10(4), 505-555.
Book Chapter
Akin, M. H. (2021). The formation and various forms of conservatism in Turkey. In L. Sunar (Ed.), The Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Muslim Socio-Political Thought (1st ed., pp. 75-87), Routledge.
Book Reviews
- Book reviews should be between 1000-1500 words including references.
- Book reviews should be written in MS Word processor with normal margins, 10-point Times New Roman font, 1.5 line spacing and left justified.
- The names and surnames of the author(s) or editor(s), title of the book, year of publication, place of publication, publisher, number of pages, price if possible (also specify the cardboard or hard cover feature) and ISBN number should be included in the title on the first page.
- Manuscripts that review more than one book together should give the information of each book.
- Article rules apply to the formatting of book reviews. The reference citation system is APA 7th edition.