Writing and Publishing Policies
1. Beytulhikme is a scientifically refereed philosophy journal. It is published four times per year in March, June, September and December. The language of the journal is Turkish and English.
2. In addition to original research articles, Beytulhikme also publishes interviews, reviews of book and papers, technical notes, and critical notices. Such submissions should be between 600 and 1000 words in length.
3. Beytulhikme also publishes translations, which should all include the name of the original paper, its author, its date and place of publication, information about the journal in which it was published, and the consent of the original publisher if the original is still under copyright protection.
4. All papers should contain abstracts of 150 words in both Turkish and English, as well as key words in both Turkish and English (non-Turkish authors may provide these in English only). Papers should not exceed 7000 words, with double spacing and margins as follows: left 4.5 cm, top 4.5 cm, bottom 3.5 cm, and right 4.5 cm.
5. It is mandatory to use reference manager software such as Endnote, Mendeley or Zotero in manuscripts submitted to the journal. When using these software, APA 7th Edition should be selected as the bibliography or reference style, and all references should be organized in accordance with the guidelines given below.
6. All papers should be submitted via the Manuscript Tracking System and each of them are evaluated by at least two referees. Since there is a strict blind review process, papers must be submitted without any information about the author(s) such as the name(s) of the author(s) in the main text . Authors must also assure that their identities are not revealed in any other way in preliminary manuscripts (acknowledgments, etc.). If necessary, such information can only be added when the review process is complete.
7. Any pictures or graphics in the paper should be sent separately as jpg files and should be a maximum of 10 × 20 cm in size.
8. The Editorial Board is fully authorized to make the final decision of whether to publish or not to publish a paper. Authors are fully responsible for all ideas and contents of their papers. All rights of published papers belong to Beytulhikme.
IN-TEXT CITATIONS
A. Basic Rules
1. When citing in-text references, the author-date method should be followed in parentheses. For example; (Ryle, 2009). A full bibliography for each source should be included in the bibliography list at the end of the article.
2. The abbreviation “p.” (for one page) or “pp.” (for more than one page) should be used before page numbers. For example; (Ryle, 2009, p. 15) or (Ryle, 2009, pp.15-19).
B. Author/Authors
1. For texts with two authors, the symbol “&” should be used in parentheses. For example; (Russell & Whitehead, 1910, p. 256)
2. For texts with more than two authors, “et al.” (and others) should be added after the last name of the first author. For example; (Kernis et al., 1993, pp.156-157)
3. When citing in-text references, if two or more works are to be cited, they should be listed as they appear in the bibliography (i.e. alphabetically) separated by semicolons. For example; (Ryle, 2009; Whitehead, 1910)
4. If more than one work by the same author is to be cited, the author's name should be mentioned once, followed by the date of the works separated by commas. For example; (Smith, 1995, 2002)
5. Authors with the same last name should be identified by their initials to avoid confusion. For example; (E. Johnson, 2001; L. Johnson, 1998)
6. When two references of the same author from the same year are to be cited, the lower case letters (a, b, c) should be used in alphabetical order (a, b, c) next to the year of publication along with their order in the bibliography. For example; (Berndt, 1981a, 1981b)
REFERENCES
A. Basic Rules
1. Last names of all authors should be given first.
2. Only the initials of the first and second names of the authors should be written. For example; Smith, J. M.
3. For works with up to twenty authors, the last name and initials of all authors up to the last author should be given. Each author's initials should be separated from the next author by a comma. The symbol “&” should be used before the last author's name. For works with twenty or more authors, an ellipsis (...) should be used after the nineteenth author, followed by the name of the twentieth author.
4. The bibliography list should be alphabetized according to the last names of the first authors of the works.
5. Multiple works by the same author should be ordered chronologically by publication date.
6. Article titles should be given in full and italics or quotation marks should not be used. Non-standard usages such as punctuation or capitalization in journal names should be retained. For example; ViraVerita instead of Viraverita.
B. Author/Authors
1. Single Author: Last name first, followed by the author’s initials.
Kymlicka, W. (1990). Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Introduction. Oxford University Press.
2. Two Authors: List by last name and initials. The symbol “&” should be used instead of “and”.
Deleuze, G. & Guattari, F. (1972). Capitalisme et schizophrénie 1 : L’Anti-Œdipe. Éditions de Minuit.
3. More than Two Authors: List by last name and initials. Author names are separated by commas. The last author's name is preceded by the “&” symbol.
Nguyen, T., Carnevale, J. J., Scholer, A. A., Miele, D. B., & Fujita, K. (2019). Metamotivational knowledge of the role of high-level and low-level construal in goal-relevant task performance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 117(5), 879-899. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000166
4. Unknown Author: When the work does not have an author, it is necessary to move the title of the work to the beginning of the reference line and then add the publication date. If the author of the work is identified as anonymous, “Anonymous” can be added to the author section.
Anonymous. (2011). Prolegomena to Platonic Philosophy (L. G. Westerink, Ed.; 2nd ed.) The Prometheus Trust.
C. Articles in Periodicals
1. Printed Journal: The year of publication should be written after the author information. The title of the article should be written without quotation marks or italics. The name of the journal should be italicized with the volume number and the number of publications should be given in parentheses. Finally, the page range of the article in the journal should be given.
Lastname, A. (Year of publication). Article Title. Journal Name, Volume (Issue), page range.
Benardete, S. (1978). On Wisdom and Philosophy: The First Two Chapters of Aristotle’s “Metaphysics”A. The Review of Metaphysics, 32(2), 205–215.
2. Online Journal: In addition to the rules for printed journal articles, the DOI number should be added after the page range. If the article does not have a DOI number, the URL should be added.
Lastname, A. (Year of publication). Article Title. Journal Name, Volume (Issue), page range. DOI or URL.
Arel, J. (2013). Intimacy and the Possibility for Self-Knowledge in Hegel’s Dialectic of Recognition. Idealistic Studies, 43(3), 133-152. https://doi.org/10.5840/idstudies201411710
3. Magazine:
Lastname, A. A. (Year, Month). Article Title. Journal Name, Volume (Issue), page range.
Peterzell, J. (1990, Nisan). Better late than never. Time, 135(17), 20–21.
4. News
Lastname, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Article title. Newspaper Name. page range.
Schultz, S. (2005, Aralık 28). Calls made to strengthen state energy policies. The Country Today, 1A, 2A.
5. Review
Lastname, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of the review. [Review of title of the book by author]. Title of periodical, volume number(Issue), page range.
Gutas, D. (1998). Fārābī’s Knowledge of Plato’s “Laws” [Review of Metaphysics as Rhetoric. Alfarabi’s Summary of Plato’s “Laws,” by J. Parens]. International Journal of the Classical Tradition, 4(3), 405-411.
D. Books
1. Basic Format:
Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work. Publisher Name. DOI (if available)
Rorty, R. (1989). Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity. Cambridge University Press.
2. Edited Book No Author:
Editor, E. E. (Ed.). (Year of publication). Title of work. Publisher. DOI (if available)
Wood, D., & Medina J. (Eds.). (2005). Truth: Engagements Across Philosophical Traditions. Wiley-Blackwell.
3. Edited Book with an Author or Authors:
Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work (E. Editor, Ed.). Publisher. DOI (if available)
Rorty, R. (2021). Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism (E. Mendieta, Ed.). Belknap Press.
4. Translation:
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the book (N. Lastname, Trans.). Publisher.
Plato (1989). Symposium (A. Nehamas & P. Woodruff, Trans.). Hackett Publishing Company.
5. Chapter in an Edited Book:
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the chapter. In N. Lastname (Ed.), Title of the book (pp. pages of the chapter). Publisher.
Sorabji, R. (1990). The Ancient Commentators on Aristotle. In R. Sorabji (Ed.), Aristotle Transformed: The Ancient Commentators and Their Influence (pp. 1-30). Cornell University Press.
6. Multivolume Work:
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of work (Edition, Vol.). Publisher. DOI (if available)
Adam, J. (Ed.), (2010). The Republic of Plato (Reissue ed., Vol. 2). Cambridge University Press.
E. Other Sources
1. Entry in a Dictionary, Thesaurus, or Encyclopedia:
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the entry. In N. Lastname (Ed.), Title of reference work (edition, page numbers). Publisher.
Baladier, C. (2014). Doxa. In B. Cassin (Ed.), Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon (pp. 228-230). Princeton University Press.
2. Dissertation or Thesis:
Lastname, F. M. (Year). Title of dissertation/thesis (Publication No.) [Doctoral dissertation/Master’s thesis, Name of Institution Awarding the Degree]. Database or Archive Name.
Wilmans, C. A. (1743). Dissertatio philosophica de similitudine inter mysticismum purum et Kantianam religionis doctrinam [Doctoral dissertation, Universitaet Halle]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.
3. Conference/Symposium/Panel Proceedings:
Lastname, F. M., & Lastname, F. M. (Year, Mont Day). Title of Contribution. In E. E. Chairperson & F. F. Chairperson (Chairs), Title of symposium/panel/conference. Location. URL if available.
Fulvi, D. (2022, June 28). Freedom as a Matter of Resistance in Philosophy of Schelling. In N. Munn & J. Ulatowski (Chairs), 2022 Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference. Online.
4. Web Page:
a. Single Author:
Lastname, F. M. (Year, Month Date). Title of page. Site name. URL
Price, D. (2018, Mart 23). Laziness does not exist. Medium. https://humanparts.medium.com/laziness-does-not-exist-3af27e312d01
b. Group or Organization:
Group name. (Year, Month Date). Title of page. Site name. URL
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. (2019, November 21). Justice served: Case closed for over 40 dogfighting victims. https://www.aspca.org/news/justice-served-case-closed-over-40-dogfighting-victims
c. Anonymous:
Title of page. (Year, Month Date). Site name. Retrieved Month Date, Year, from URL
Tuscan white bean pasta. (2018, February 25). Budgetbytes. Retrieved March 18, 2020, from https://www.budgetbytes.com/tuscan-white-bean-pasta/
d. Without publication date:
Author or Group name. (n.d.). Title of page. Site name (if applicable). URL
National Alliance on Mental Illness. (n.d.). Mental health conditions. https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-Conditions
e. Entry in an Online Dictionary, Thesaurus, or Encyclopedia:
Lastname, F. M. (Year). Title of entry. In F. M. Lastname (Ed.), Title of reference work (edition). Publisher. URL or DOI
Izbicki, T. & Kaufmann, M. (2023). School of Salamanca. In E. N. Zalta & U. Nodelman (Eds.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2023 Fall Ed.). Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/school-salamanca/