For authors
Student Forum
Articles written by undergraduate students in the fields of information technology, space and law.
This is an English translation. In case of discrepancy, the Turkish version prevails.
Submission documents
The Student Forum is a section for articles in which undergraduate students examine a current question through their own assessment. The section draws on the tradition of student writing in leading law journals and is open to undergraduate students of all universities. Its purpose is to encourage students to undertake scholarly writing and publication.
Student Forum papers do not appear in the Review's annual issue. They are published in the monthly Student Forum Bulletin, which is free to read as a PDF and an e-book (EPUB). Papers are read blind by one assessor and are not counted among the Review's peer-reviewed articles.
Who may write
- Undergraduate students enrolled at a higher education institution
- Recent graduates who completed their undergraduate studies within the last 12 months
- Articles co-written by no more than two students
For submissions to the Student Forum, all authors must use a university email address ending in .edu.tr. The submission system will not complete a submission without this address. No student certificate is required.
You may be studying law, computer engineering, aerospace engineering, public administration, international relations or another subject. It is sufficient that the article falls within the Review's scope.
What to write
A student article focuses on a single question. Examples:
- How a new regulation solves, or fails to solve, a problem
- The consequences of a court decision for technology or space activities
- A comparison of the answers two legal systems give to the same problem
- The point at which a technical development conflicts with existing legal rules
Submitting a course assignment as it stands is not appropriate. The article must contain a clear question, a reasoned answer to that question and a conclusion.
Rules
| Criterion | Rule |
|---|---|
| Length | 4,900–7,200 words, all inclusive |
| Abstract | Turkish and English, no more than 50 words in each language |
| Bibliography | No more than 15 works |
| Citation | Chicago 18 notes system, Author Guidelines |
| Per bulletin | No more than two student articles |
Review
The article first undergoes an initial check by the editor: fit with the scope, compliance with the author guidelines and the similarity rate are checked. An article that passes the initial check is sent blind to one assessor. The assessor may be a graduate student or a research assistant. The article is assessed for scope, originality, reasoning, use of sources and language. Revisions may be requested where necessary. The decision is communicated to the author with reasons. An accepted paper appears in the bulletin of the month in which it is ready for publication.
The publication ethics rules and similarity limits are the same as for academic articles.
Supervisor
For each student article, a member of the teaching staff is declared as supervisor. The supervisor confirms in a short letter that the article was written by the student and that they consider it suitable for submission.
The supervisor is not an author. The supervisor's contribution is stated in the acknowledgements. Under publication ethics, the supervisor may be added as an author only if there is a genuine and substantial contribution. In that case the work does not go to the Student Forum but enters double-blind peer review as a research article.
Submission
During submission, "Student Forum" is selected as the article type. In addition to the full text and the title page, the supervisor's letter of approval is uploaded.
Submission, review and publication are free of charge.