Writing Rules

GENERAL GUIDELINES

Amasya Theology Journal is a peer-reviewed Journal published twice a year as July and December. It is an academic refereed journal dedicated to publishing articles, essays, translations, symposium reviews, and book reviews primarily within the fields of Religious and Islamic Studies including Arts and Humanities, Religion, Islamic Studies as well as Social and Behavioral Sciences, Theology and Ethics. 

Articles submitted to the journal (including title, abstract, footnotes, bibliography) must be written in a manner not exceeding 10,000 words.

Amasya Theology Journal does not charge any article submission, processing charges and printing charge from the authors. 


Originality


All manuscripts must be original. No manuscript will be considered which has already been published or is being considered by another magazine or journal. However, if work described in conference proceedings is substantially revised and extended, it will be considered. Submission of a manuscript represents certification by the author that the article is not being considered nor has been published elsewhere.


Language of Publication    

The language of Amasya Theology Journal is Turkish as spoken in Turkey. However, each issue may include articles in English or in Arabic as long as the number of these do not exceed one-third of the total number of articles in the issue.

Articles contain an English title, an abstract (500-700 words), keywords (5 concepts) and a bibliography.


Copyright


All published articles in Amasya Theology Journal are published under Creative CommonAttribution License 
(CC BY NC ND)Please click here for details.


Notes and Bibliography    

Amasya Theology Journal requires writers to use the Isnad Citation Style.


Abstract


Each article should include an informative, comprehensive abstract
150-250 words. This abstract should succinctly summarize the major points of the paper, and the author’s summary and/or conclusions. 500-700 abstract words is requested for the artikels that is completed the peer-reviewing process.


Keywords


Each article should include at least 5 keywords.


References

A reference should give the reader enough information to locate the article concerned and should consist of:

  • author name(s) and last name,

  • year of publication,

  • title of the journal or book,

  • the volume numbers

  • for books: town of publication and the name of the publisher

  • and finally, the article number or page numbers.


Reference systems

Amasya Theology Journal requires writers to use the Isnad Citation Style: http://www.isnadsistemi.org.

First citation: author(s) first name and last name, (if applicable) first and last name of translator or editor, place of publication, publisher, date of publication, page number. 

Subsequent citations: author’s last name, the short title, and the page number should be indicated in all subsequent citations. Footnote citations should conform to the following examples. 

References: References should be placed at the end of the text in alphabetical order. If a source has more than one author, the surname, and name of the first author should be written, and the other authors should be indicated by et.al. The titles of books and journals should be italicized; article titles and book chapters should be placed in quotation marks. Translator’s and editor’s names (if there are any) should follow the title of the work:


SEE. REVIEW ARTICLE - Manuscript Organization


The Isnad Citation Steyle: www.isnadsistemi.org