PAPER WRITING RULES

The papers submitted to the congress must be prepared in accordance with the following spelling rules and other conditions and uploaded to the relevant area on unikopsemp.nevsehir.edu.tr All responsibility of the works submitted for the congress belong to the authors.

 

You can download the Sample Abstract Paper Template here.

You can download the sample Full Text Paper Template here.

 

ABSTRACT AND FULL TEXT PAPER WRITING RULES

-          Papers submitted to the congress shouldn’t be published or sent to another congress journal etc. for publishing purposes. Since the transfer of copyrights will be requested from those who will be selected as full text, original works will be included.

-          Abstracts should be prepared in accordance with the rules in the template above, with a minimum of 300 and a maximum of 500 words, including methods and findings to reflect the purpose and scope.

-          Submitted papers can be either Turkish or English. The full text of the paper should not exceed 24 pages, including figures, tables and bibliography.

-          Papers must be written in a single column vertical A4 paper size with MS Word writing program, "Times New Roman" font style, 1.5 line spacing and (11) font size. First line indent in paragraphs should be 1 cm. Lines should not be skipped in paragraph transitions.

-          Page margins in articles should lay as ; Top: 2.5 cm, Right: 2 cm, Bottom: 1.5 cm, Left: 3 cm and Header: 2 cm, Footer: 2 cm. Texts, drawings or graphics must be within the writing area.

-          The main title of the paper should be in the middle, in capital letters, bold and in (14) font size, in Turkish and English. 1.5 spaces should be left between headings.

-          The name of the author should be 10 pt, centered under the title. If the author is more than one, their names should be written side by side. The academic title of the author (s), the name of the institution, university, Faculty / Vocational School, e-mail should be included in the form of a footnote at the bottom of the first page with a footnote number.

-          At the beginning of each paper to be prepared as a full text, there should be a comprehensive summary in Turkish and English. Abstract title should be written in 10 pt, left-justified and bold, summary text in 10 pt size, justified and not exceeding 400 words. Keywords (10 points) should be written in lowercase letters and there should be at least 3 and at most 5 keywords. Keywords should be separated from each other with a comma (,) sign.

-          Articles should start with the INTRODUCTION section and be divided into appropriate sections. Section titles should be written in capital letters. METHOD, FINDINGS/RESULTS, DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION, REFERENCES sections should follow the INTRODUCTION section, respectively. Main headings should be written in 12 pt, bold and centered, and each main heading should be numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, including references. Subtitles should be written in 11 pt, bold, left justified and the first letter capitalized. All sections after this should be written in 11 font size and 1.5 line spacing.

-          Tables in the article will be formed in accordance with the APA standard required by their content, similar to the example given below; table title will be numbered and written at the top, left justified and bold.

-          Pictures, figures and graphics in articles should be displayed under the name of "Figure"; figures and graphics should be drawn in computer environment. Tables, figures and equations should be numbered sequentially, titles should be written on the tables, and below the figures, with the first letter of each word capitalized and centered in bold characters. In addition, references to tables and figures should be given in 9 font at the bottom. Page numbers must be added at the bottom of the pages (justified right).

-          References should be written in 9 font size and single spaced in alphabetical order of the surnames of authors, and should be given in accordance with APA (American Psychological Association) standards. If Turkish references have more than one author, "and" should be written before the last author's surname. If foreign sources have more than one author, ", &" should be written before the last author's surname. For more information on electronic references, see http://www.apastyle.org/elecsource.html. For all APA 7 rules in general, you can refer  https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/