PUBLICATION POLICY
HABITUS Journal of Sociology is an open-access journal published online annually. In principle, it accepts work from all subfields of Sociology. However, regardless of the field, every social scientist can write an article that examines the subject from her own point of view, from an interdisciplinary perspective, to the themed issues of the journal. A manuscript is sent to two referees in the field, if both of the reports are negative, it gets rejected. If one is positive and the other is negative, it is sent to a third referee before the final decision is made. It is aimed to publish a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 10 articles in each issue of HABITUS Journal of Sociology.
GENERAL
Manuscripts submitted to HABITUS Journal of Sociology must not have been published previously anywhere else or sent to another journal for publication, must comply with the academic standards and must be original. If the work submitted for publication is a paper that has been presented in a scientific meeting but has not been published yet, this should be stated in the article and the journal editor should be informed beforehand.
ABSTRACT
Abstract should be prepared using Times New Roman font, 10 font size, single line spacing. The abstract should not be cited and should be a single paragraph. Abstract should be at least 100 words and at most 250 words. For authors whose native language is not Turkish, Turkish titles, abstracts and keywords are not required for articles in English. In Turkish and English articles, just below the "Abstract" section, at least 3 "Keywords" should be given with each word starting with a capital letter.
EXTENDED SUMMARY
In order to gain the articles published in HABITUS Journal of Sociology a wider chance of citation, to make them available to a wider readership and to increase the citation effect, they should include an extended English summary of at least 700 words, corresponding to 10% of Turkish articles. This text should be placed under "ABSTRACT" and above "INTRODUCTION" in Times New Roman font and 12 points. In the same way, this text should include the findings of the research and finally the most remarkable interpretation of these findings, after briefly mentioning the study's question, if any, its hypothesis, purpose, scope, research method and data collection technique in order to make it easier for researchers to cite.
Extended abstracts are not required for articles in English.

TEXT STRUCTURE AND CITATION
Manuscripts to be sent to the journal should be typed in Times New Roman, 12 pt. From the line spacing options, before and after the paragraph spacing should be set to 6 pt and 1.5 line spacing should be selected. The introduction and all subheadings below it and the first paragraphs following these subheadings will start flush to the left margin. The following pharagraps should have an indent of 1.25. The edges should be 2.5 cm from all sides, that is, the page structure should be set to Normal automatically. English and Turkish abstract titles should be centred. Submitted articles must comply with the citation and bibliography system specified in the journal writing guide. Article texts should not exceed 14 thousand words, including bibliography and other appendices. The text of the article should not be divided into sections or cut. Otherwise, it is not possible to fix this.

The text and numbers in the tables should be set in Time News Roman font, 10 points. The names and sources of tables, figures and graphs should be given below the table. The table name is given as (Table: 1. Graph: 1. Diagram: 1. and in bold).
On the other hand, if a paragraph (block) is cited in the text, it should be written in 11 font size, 1.15 line spacing, justified and indented 1.25 from both the right and left. Quotation marks should be used at the beginning and end of block quotes. In this way, it will be ensured that the quotation and the text are easily distinguished. The text of the article should not be divided into sections or cut. Otherwise, it is not possible to fix this.

ARTICLE TITLE AND SUB-TITLES
In Turkish articles, the title of the article should not exceed 16 words and should be written in all CAPITAL letters in black (bold) and 14 points and centred. The English title, on the other hand, should be written in LARGE, but in 10 pt, black (bold) and centred. Except for INTRODUCTION, CONCLUSION and REFERENCES, only the first letter of all words of the subheadings should be written in capital letters, the rest should be written in lowercase, and all should be written in 12 points and black (bold). In addition, no heading should be numbered using numbers, except in cases where information is provided. Turkish abstract, title and keywords are not mandatory for English articles. It is recommended that authors whose native language is Turkish do this.
Author information (to be added after the corrections during the refereeing process) should be written in capital letters just below the title, surname should be written in capital letters, address, contact, job and orcid information should be given in a footnote with an asterisk.
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
Since the files uploaded to the system for HABITUS Journal of Sociology will be sent to the referee without any intervention, care should be taken not to include the author's name, surname and any notes/footnotes that may disclose the author(s). Since the author information cannot be accessed in the full-text file of the article, it is important that the author fills out the Cover Page Form containing the identity information and uploads it to the system.
The similarity report of the article texts sent to HABITUS Journal of Sociology must be obtained from the iThenticate program and uploaded to the system. Except for the bibliography, the application of the texts with more than 25% similarity will not be accepted.
If the research includes questionnaires and/or interviews, it is important that Ethics Committee Permits have been obtained from the provincial institution(s) or university and that they comply with the relevant universal acquis. If the Ethics Committee Permission has been obtained, it should be stated with a footnote, preferably at the bottom of the first page of the article, including information such as from which committee, when it was taken, and with what number of decisions it was taken.
The situations that require the permission of the Ethics Committee for Social Sciences have been specified by ULAKBİM as follows:
a) All kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from the participants by using survey, interview, focus group work, observation, experiment and interview techniques,
b) Retrospective studies in accordance with the personal data protection law.
EVALUATION PROCESS
In the article evaluation process, a double-blind peer-review system is applied. In case of disagreement amongst the referees, the article is sent to a third referee. Referees have 4 options in the article evaluation process:
1) Acceptance (can be published in its current form)
2) Correction (can be published after corrections without the need to send it back to the referee)
3) Correction and Resubmission (re-sent to the referee after corrections)
4) Rejection (unpublished)
If only one of the referees who gave an opinion rejects it, the article is sent to a third referee. As a result of the evaluation of the third referee, the field editor/editor decides whether the article will be published or not. If both referees reject it, the article will not be published.
However, if the works are out of scope or below the publication standard, they may be rejected directly as a result of the editor's/field editor's preliminary review.
The average preparation time for publication is 2 months from the time the studies come in. Depending on the situation, this period may be extended up to six months.
FOOTNOTES AND ENDNOTES
In the in-text citation style, the use of footnotes and endnotes is not preferred. Therefore, as few footnotes as possible should be used. When only a very essential explanatory note is required, footnotes with a star or number can be used in 10-point font size, Times New Roman font.
Important note: In-text citation method recommends using “&” instead of “and” in citation and bibliography. However, since the symbol "&" is not used in place of "and" in Turkish, the symbol "&" should not be used when citing texts written in Turkish and when writing the bibliography. Also, when citing texts with more than three authors, the in-text citation method “et al.", as in (Kernis et al. 1993), is recommended to be used. However, if the work sent to HABITUS Journal of Sociology for evaluation is prepared in English, “&” symbol instead of “and”, “et al.” instead of “vd.” expression should be used in accordance with the in-text citation method in these texts and bibliography.

GUIDELINES FOR CITATION AND REFERENCES
Paragraph spacing should be 6 pt before and after with regard to the line spacing options for the references and the “single” line spacing should be selected. Moreover, the references should be written with a “hanging/1.25 cm” indent. For articles in English, the expression “References” should be preferred rather than “Bibliography”.

Automatic bibliography should not be done unless necessary. Otherwise, it is not possible to intervene in this bibliography and make corrections on it. References should not be taken from Google Scholar. Even if it is taken, it must be completed. Because these resources are lacking. If the Doi numbers of the articles in the bibliography are available, they must be included in the bibliography. In online sources, access date information should be included in the Bibliography.

Citation Example: (Alptekin 2013).
With Page Number: (Alptekin 2013: 85).
Citation Example from a Secondary Source: (cited in Alptekin 2013: Karyelioğlu 2016: 20).
Referring a Book with a Single Author:
Aydin, M. (2017). Sociology of Change, İstanbul: Açılım Publishing.
Referring a Book with Two Authors:
Alptekin, M. Y., Karyelioğlu, S. (2016). Contracting in Trabzon with Social and Economic Aspects, Trabzon: Karadeniz Technical University Publications.
Referring the same book: (Alptekin and Karyelioğlu 2016: 139).
Referring a Book with Three Authors:
Alptekin, M. Y., Karyelioğlu, S. and Fidan, S. (2019). Patriotism in Theory and Practice with Its Local and National Dimensions: Trabzon Centered Eastern Black Sea Research, Ankara: Gece Academy.
Referring the same book: (Alptekin et al. 2019: 52).
Referring a Book with more than Three Authors:
Büyüköztürk, Ş., Kılıç-Çakmak, E., Akgün, Ö. E. et al. (2017). Scientific Research Methods, Ankara: Pegem Publishing.
Referring the same book: (Büyüköztürk et al. 2017: 13).
Referring a Book that has been translated:
Giddens, A. (2012). Sociology, C. Güzel (Trans.), İstanbul: Kırmızı Publishing.
Referring a Journal Article with a Single Author:
Alptekin, M. Y. (2013). Geographic Approach in Sociology and Ecological Interpretation of Social Character in Trabzon, Journal of Black Sea Studies, (15), 77-98.
Note: In case of the increase in the number of the authors, the rules used for a book are ap-plied.
Referring an Article with a Known Author on Internet:
Gallagher, J. (2020, April 2). Coronavirus: What are the Effects of Covid-19 on the Human Body?, https://www.bbc.com/turkce/haberler-dunya-51910851 (Access: 17.12.2021).
Referring the same article: (Gallagher 2020).
Referring an Article with an Unknown Author on Internet:
URL-1: “Corona virus does not infect Turks”. (2020, 5 March).
https://www.yenicaggazetesi.com.tr/oytun-erbas-corona-virus-turklere-bulasmiyor-270766h.htm (Access: 17.12.2021).
In-text citation to the same source: (URL-1).
Note: For a page on an organization’s website that does not have individual authors, the name of the organization is used as the author.
Example: Ministry of Interior. (2020, 1 December). Within the Scope of Combating Coro-navirus - New Restrictions and Measures Circulars.
https://www.icisleri.gov.tr/koronavirus-ile-mucadelekapsaminda-sokaga-cikma-kisitlamalari---yeni-kisitlama-ve-tedbirler-genelgeleri (Access: 17.12.2021).
Citation to the same website: (Ministry of the Interior 2020).
Referring Press News and Texts with Unknown Authors:
Diyanet Newspaper, "Love of the Fatherland is from Faith: Those Who Fight in Çanakkale Fulfilled the Command of the Qur'an", 30 August 1971.
In-text citation to the same source: (Love for the Homeland is from Faith 1971).
Referring Press News and Texts with Known Authors:
Azokur, M. (30 August 1971). “Patriotism is from Faith: Those Fighting in Çanakkale Ful-filled the Command of the Qur'an”, Diyanet Newspaper.
In-text citation to the same source: (Azokur 1971).
Referring a Compiled Book:
Usta, V. (Ed.), Şalpazarı history-culture-human, Trabzon: Serander Publishing.
Referring a Chapter in a Compiled Book:
Alptekin, M. Y. (2017). Ethno-Demography of Şalpazarı from 1835 to the Present, Usta, V. (Ed.), Şalpazarı in history-culture-human (139-226), Trabzon: Serander Publishing.
Referring the same chapter: (Alptekin 2017: 216).
Referring an Edited Book:
Alptekin, M. Y (Ed.) (2020). Society and Culture in the Eastern Black Sea Region I, Trab-zon: Serander Publishing.
Referring a Chapter in an Edited Book:
Köksal, S. (2020). Southern Turkmens in Trabzon, M. Y. Alptekin (Ed.), in Society and Cul-ture in the Eastern Black Sea Region I (9-24), Trabzon: Serander Publishing.
Referring the same chapter: (Köksal 2020: 9).
Referring a Thesis:
Alptekin, M. Y. (2000). Turkish Interpretation of Islam (Turkish Islam), Unpublished Mas-ter's Thesis, Istanbul University- Institute of Social Sciences.
Referring the same thesis: (Alptekin 2000).
Referring an Encyclopaedia:
Köprülü, M. F. (1972). Ahmed Yesevi, Encyclopedia of Islam (Vol.1, 750-788), Ankara: Ministry of National Education.
Referring the same encyclopaedia article: (Köprülü 1972: 780).
Referring a Paper:
Alptekin, M. Y. (2017). Conservative Tourism: Tourism Activities and Social Interaction in Trabzon/Uzungol (120-150), Proceedings of Euroasian Conference on Language & Social Science, Antalya: www.eclss.org
Referring the same paper: (Alptekin 2017: 145).
Referring Parliamentary Minutes:
Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM), Minutes Registry, D. 8, C. 13, 4th Session, 10 November 1948.
Referring the same Minutes: (Parliament ZC 1948, 10 November)

Twitter Profile Bibliography Example:
Koca, F. [@drfahrettinkoca]. (n.d.). Tweets [Twitter profile]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/drfahrettinkoca (Access: 25.03.2022).
In-text Citation to Same Source: (Koca n.d.)

Twitter Tweet Bibliography Example:
Koca, F. [@drfahrettinkoca]. (2022, 25 March). COVID-19 IS IN FALL! The number of cases today is 15,303, the number of deaths is 68. It is getting easier to overcome the epidemic. [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/drfahrettinkoca/status/1507413709093683200?cxt=HHwWgICqwYSytOspAAAA (Access: 25.03.2022).
In-text Citation to Same Source: (Koca 2022)