Writing Rules

Paper feed: A4 Vertical (No horizontal lines should be included in the essay)

  • Top margin: 2 cm
  • Bottom Margin: 2 cm
  • Left Margin: 2 cm
  • Right Margin: 2 cm
  • Font Type: Times New Roman
  • Font Size: 12 point for the title, 12 for the text, 12 for the abstract and 12 for the footness
  • Paragraph Spacing: First 6 nk – then 0 nk, Abstarct: First 0 nk – then 0 nk
  • Line Spacing: Single

Manuscripts that do not conform in any way to the Publication Principles of SOCIAL MENTALITY AND RESEARCHER THINKERS JOURNAL will not be taken into consideration.

SAMPLE REFERENCES

BOOK

Single Author

  • Surname, First letter of name. (Year of Publication). Name of Book, Place of Publication, City.
  • Drucker, P. (1999). Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices, New York.

Two Or Three Authors

  • Surname, First letter of name. & Surname, First letter of name. (Year of Publication). Name of Book, Place of Publication, City.
  • Kim, W. C. & Mauborgne, R. (2005). Blue Ocean Strategy, Harvard Business Review Press, United States.

Multiple Authors

  • Surname, First letter of name.; Surname, First letter of name. & Surname, First letter of name. (Year of Publication). Name of Book, Place of Publication, City.
  • Bond, W.R.; Smith, J.T.; Brown, K.L. & George, M. (1996). Management of small firms, McGraw-Hill, Sydney.

Translated Book

  • Surname, First letter of name. (Year of Publication). Name of Book (Trans.), Place of Publication, City.
  • Colorado, J.A. (2006). Economic Theory in the Mexican Context: Recent Developments on the Ground (Trans.:K Smith.), Oxford University Press, Oxford.

A Chapter in an Edited Book

  • Surname, First letter of name. (Year of Publication). “Chapter Title” (Ed. Name and Surname of Editor), Name of the Book, Page, Place of Publication, City.
  • Karluk, S.R. (2005). “Kıbrıs’ın AB Üyeliği AB’yi Böler mi?”. (Ed. Oğuz Kaymakçı ), Avrupa Birliği Üzerine Notlar, ss. 263-287, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara.
  • Jones, MD. (ed.), (1998), Management in Australia, Academic Press, London.

Anonymous Book

  • Title, (Year of Publication), Place of Publication.
  • A history of Greece, (1994), Irwin, Sydney.

ARTICLES

Single Author

  • Surname, First letter of name. (Year of Publication). “Title of the Article”, Title of the Journal, Vol (No):Page.
  • Siddiqi, K. O. (2011). “Interrelations Between Service Quality Attributes, Customer Satisfaction and Customer Loyalty in the Retail Banking Sector in Bangladesh”, International Journal of Business and Management, 6(3):12-36.

Two Authors

  • Surname, First letter of name & Surname, First letter of name. (Year of Publication). “Title of the Article”, Title of the Journal, Vol(No):Page.
  • CHAKRABARTY, S. ve YELKUR, R., (2005), The Effects Of Ad İrritation On Brand Attitudes. Journal Of Promotion Management, Vol: 11, s. 37-48.

Three or More Authors

  • Surname, First letter of name.; Surname, First letter of name & Surname, First letter of name. (Year of Publication). “Title of the Article”, Title of the Journal, Vol(No):Page.
  • Sands, S.; Oppewal, H. & Beverland, M. (2009). ‘’The Effects of In-store Themed Events on Consumer Store Choice Decisions’’, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 16: 386-395.

THESIS and PROJECTS

  • Surname, First letter of name.  (Year). “Title of the Thesis”, Thesis Type, Institute,Place of Publication.
  • Liu, G. (2014). “Improving corporate Internet reporting in China”, Doctoral Thesis, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.

SYMPOSIUM/CONFERENCE PAPER/ REPORT

  • Surname, First letter of name, (Year), “Title of Paper”, Name of the Activity, Date of Activity, (Editor name and surname), Publisher, Pages, Place of the Activity
  • Wilson, J.A.J. & Liu J. (2010). “Halal Branding – strategic marketing means, motives and opportunities”, MIICEMA 2010 Malaysia-Indonesia International Conference on Economics, Management & Accounting, 25th-26th Nov, National University of Malaysia, pp:49-62, Malaysia. 

OTHER REFERENCES

Encyclopedia Entry

  • Surname, First letter of name. (Year). “Title”, Name of the encyclopedia, Volume No:, pp:Pages, City.
  • Bergmann, P.G. (1993). “Relativity”, In The New Encyclopedia  Britannica , Vol:26, pp:32-35, Chicago.

Newspaper Article

  • Surname, First letter of name. (Year). “Article Title”, Newspaper Title.
  • Regan, T. (2015), “Media Planning Toolkit: Planning Newsbrands”,  Warc Best Practice.

Official web sites

  • Abbreviation of the institution, Name of the institution, web adress
  • AMA, American Marketing Association, www.ama.org