General Publication Principles

1. The publication language of the WLS is Turkish and English. However, articles in different languages ​​can be published if the editors approve.
2. Submitted articles must comply with grammar rules. The studies written in Turkish should be based on the current Turkish Language Association (TDK) Spelling Guide and articles in foreign languages should follow the grammar rules of that language.
3. At the beginning of the article uploaded to the system, there should be Turkish and English abstracts and below them should be keywords consisting of 3-6 words. Submitted abstracts should not be less than 200 words and should not exceed 300 words. The main text, conclusion and bibliography parts must be included.
4. In addition, an extended abstract should be added to the end of all articles.
5. Articles sent to the journal must be scanned by the author in iThenticate program, and the similarity report must be uploaded to the system with the submitted article without any filtering. Due to its multidisciplinary nature, WLS avoids placing a limit on the similarity rate. Evaluation of the reports belongs to the Editorial Board.
6. If the article is derived from a thesis, conference paper or from other scientific studies, it should be indicated in a footnote to the title of the article and the details of the derived study (if the article is derived from the thesis, the title of the study, along with the name of the university, institute, department and advisor; if the paper is not published in the symposium or congress the title of the article, the date of presentation, the name of the symposium / congress) should be included.
7. In studies supported by a research institution (BAP, TÜBİTAK, Ministry of Development, etc.), the name of the institution / organization and the project and the date should be indicated in a footnote.
8. In the book introductions and reviews, the cover image and tag (date of publication, edition, place of publication) of the book in question should be included.
9. Members who send/will send articles to our journal must add their ORCID Number to their user identification information. You can visit https://orcid.org/ for information about how to get ORCID ID.
10. By sending their works to our journal for publication, authors transfer their copyrights to WLS. The copyright of the published works belongs to the journal and cannot be used without giving reference.
11. Scientific, content-wise, and legal responsibility of the studies published in WLS belongs to the author (s).