This guide consists of three parts. In the first section, you can find a sample spelling guide template, in the second section, you can find journal publishing principles, and in the third section, you can find article writing rules.
The principles of publication of the journal determined by the board of Directors of the Journal of Social Sciences of Celal Bayar University consists of 6 specifications. The principles are listed as:
1. Scientific, original and qualified articles, interviews, translations, introductory articles, topics and etc. related to the social sciences. studies can be published in the journal.

2. Studies submitted to the journal should be prepared in accordance with the publication principles and writing rules of the journal.

3. Articles that do not comply with the principles of publication, writing rules and scientific research methods of the Journal are not considered by the editorial board, the editorial board is free to not to publish the submitted articles.

4. Authors are responsible for the thoughts, explanations, scientific and legal responsibilities of their study.

5. Studies submitted to the journal must not have been previously published anywhere, given publishing rights, and/or passed the evaluation stage in another journal.

6. Studies submitted to the journal are sent to at least two referees related to the field. When one of the referees expresses a negative opinion, the study is referred to a third referee.

1. The principles and rules of journal writing determined by the board of directors of Manisa Celal Bayar University Journal of Social Sciences of are stated below. Compliance with the relevant rules is strongly requested. Studies that are not prepared according to the rules will not be taken to the evaluation stage.

2. On the first page of the study, the page layout should be defined as “narrow”. The margins at the bottom, top, right and left sides of the page should be arranged as 1.27 cm. The page should be separated from other pages by adding a page break from the breaks section under the “Edit” menu in MS Office Word.

3. Page layout on other pages of the study from the second page should be determined as “Normal”. Margins margins from the bottom, top, right and left directions should be arranged as 2.5 cm.

4. The Palatino Linotype font must be used during the writing of the study. The Font should be used as 11 points in body texts, 12 points in section headers, and 11 points in second-level headers.

5. A single leading layout should be used in the study. Paragraph indentation must not be done in the study. All paragraphs must begin at the beginning of the line.

6. Turkish and English titles of the study must not be more than 12 words. The first letters of the words in the title should be written in capital. Headers must be bold, centered, and 14-point in size.

7. Turkish and English abstract section should be written in such a way that it does not exceed 150 words. 10-point font must be used. 4 keywords must be defined.

8. If the study has been presented as a paper at any Symposium/Conference or scientific event, this must be stated in the footnote section. If the study is supported by a project or institution, it must be mentioned in the footnote section.

9. “Introduction”, “method”, “findings”, “discussion, conclusions and recommendations”, “thanks and information”, “bibliography” and “explanations” should be included in the study. These sections and subheadings of the sections can be increased or decreased according to the field of study.

10. In-text source representation of the study must be done in accordance with APA 6 format.

Single-Authored Studies

A development study found that what children learn in primary school is important (Smith, 1990).
A development study found that what children learn in primary school is important (Smith, 1990, s.67).
In a developmental study (Smith, 1990), on what children learn in elementary school…
In the study conducted by Smith (1990), children attending primary school...
In 1990, Smith's study of elementary school children…

Multi-Authored Studies

A development study found that what children learn in primary school is important (Masserton, Slonowski ve Slowinski, 1989).

For the first time in the representation of the source: As discussed by Masserton, Slonowski and Slowinski (1989) …

In later renditions of the source: As claimed by Masserton and others (1989) … A development study found that what children learn in primary school is important (Masserton, Slonowski and Slowinski, 1989).

For the first time in the representation of the source: As discussed by Masserton, Slonowski and Slowinski (1989) …

In later renditions of the source: As claimed by Masserton and others (1989) …
In later renditions of the source: As claimed by Masserton and others (1989) … 
A development study found that what children learn in primary school is important (Masserton, Slonowski ve Slowinski, 1989).
For the first time in the representation of the source: As discussed by Masserton, Slonowski and Slowinski (1989) …
In later renditions of the source: As claimed by Masserton and others (1989) …

11. In the study, the letter system (a, b, c) will be used to mark the information that will be provided in the text as articles. Marking must be indented 0.5 cm.

12. The table name is written in 11-point size and centered. The first letters of the table name (except for conjunctions and prepositions such as and, de, mi, and MI) are written in uppercase. Decals are not shown in the table. The table leans to the side with the auto fit to Window feature. Articles in the table should be written with 10 points. The space between the table number, Table Name, Table and table rows is set to 1.5 nk. There must be a 1-character space between the last row of the table and the paragraph after the table.

Table 1. T-test Results According to the Faculties That Students Study

Faculties	N		SS
Faculty of Education	182	65.02	9.20
Faculty of Scıence And Letters	121	66.88	8.84
Faculty of Business and Administrative Sciences	143	67.17	10.46

13. Shapes must be added to the page as centered. If the figure is large on the page, it must automatically fit into the window, as in tables. Figure numbers and titles are given in size 11 points, centered below the figure. Except for special names, only the first letter of shape names is capitalized. It is not written in bold. The section before the figure name (Figure 1. Figure 2.) Is written in bold. There must be a 1-character space between the shape name and the paragraph after the shape.

Figure 1. Logo of Manisa Celal Bayar University

14. The bibliography must be prepared in accordance with the APA 6 rules for displaying resources. English English Turkish Turkish full text reference procedures and principles should be taken into account in the text references and references, English English full text reference procedures and principles should be taken into account. The font should be given Palatino Linotype, 11 points, and 6nk (single line spacing) before and after leading. Indentation should be given 0.5 cm hanging from the left. Examples of spelling are given below;

Bruckman, A. (1997). MOOSE Crossing: Construction, community, and learning in a networked virtual world for kids (Doctoral dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Retrieved from http://www-static.cc.gatech.edu/-asb/thesis/
Bulut, O. (2013). Between-person and within-person subscore reliability: Comparison of unidimensional and multidimensional IRT models (Doctoral Dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database (UMI No. 3589000).
Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morrison, K. (2005). Research methods in education. London: Routledge.
Göçer Şahin, S., Çakıcı Eser, D., & Gelbal, S. (2018). The interaction effect of the correlation between dimensions and item discrimination on parameter estimation. Journal of Measurement and Evaluation in Education and Psychology, 9(3), 239-257. DOI: 10.21031/epod.402992

15. Footnote system will not be used in the studies that will be sent. The necessary explanations will be added to this section, and the total explanations section will not be more than 1 page. The text field should be written in the Palatino Linotype font, 10 points in size, single line spacing, and justified. If materialization is to be used, the numbering system or letter system should be used according to the preference in this section. Shape marking will not be used.

Important Issues

1. Be sure to adhere to the principles of journal writing and the template given below in your study. You can place your own content in the relevant parts of the template.

2. Before loading the work into the system, the flow chart must be checked and the missing step should not be left.

3. The total number of words in your study must not exceed 8000.

4. Do not change the page numbers in the template. The page bottom and top information will be edited during the final revision phase, which will be made after the acceptance of the article.

5. Tables and figures should be located on the same page as possible and must not be divided. The responsibility for the necessary corrections belongs to the authors.

6. Studies that do not comply with the writing rules described here are sent back to the author without being taken into the evaluation process by the editors and correction is requested, the work is not sent to the referees for review without making the necessary corrections.