InTraders International Trade Academic Journal
(InTraders)
Author Guideline
Preliminary Information
-Research articles should be loaded.
-English studies are accepted for 2024 and later. Studies in English should not include abstracts in languages other than English. InTraders Journal publishes all content exclusively in English.
Authors may use either American English or British English. However, the chosen style must be applied consistently throughout the manuscript. To enhance global readability and academic standardization, the journal strongly recommends using American English.
Submissions containing inconsistent language usage may be returned to authors for revision prior to peer review. Authors are responsible for ensuring linguistic quality. Professional language editing may be required where necessary
After the author (s) have prepared the forms below, they should begin uploading the files.
-Abstract must include: Purpose, Methodology, Findings, Contribution.
–InTraders Journal Article Writing Format
–APA 7 Reference Style Sample File
–Author Information File (Refer to item 4). At the end of the page, it should be stated whether there is a conflict of interest, whether there is an institution from which financial support is received, and the contribution rates of the authors.
–Copyright Agreement Form
-Ethics Committee Permission: In studies that do not require ethics committee permission, the author must upload the signed document stating “InTraders-ethics committee permission ” by stating the study title and author information on a form while uploading the article to the system.
–Declaration of Artificial Intelligence (Valid within 2025)
1-The journal does not require authors to cite articles from the journal or any specific publisher. Only English articles are published in InTraders Journal for 2024 and later.
2. The APA 7 system should be used for article citations and source indication. The journal’s rules will be followed for other article-writing rules.
3. Articles must be written on A4-sized paper with 1.5 spacing, in Times New Roman font, 12-point font, and not to exceed 25 pages. Submissions made from outside the DergiPark platform are strictly not accepted. Your article must be edited using the Article Writing Template. You can download the Article Writing Template here. (Author information should be excluded from the Article File).
4. Author Information File: The article should not contain any information about the author(s). (The file from the author is used to initiate the 2-blind referee process of the article. Therefore, the information about the author(s) should be specified on a separate Word page and uploaded to the system. The following information should be included on the separate Word page: (i) title of the article; (ii) author(s) name and academic title; (iii) ORCID ID numbers; (iv) address of the institution to which the author(s) is affiliated; (v) keywords and (vi) JEL codes of the study, (vii) e-mail address, (viii) telephone The number should be stated as +. The abstract should be between 150 and 250 words.
5. Tables, figures and graphs should be given titles and numbers. Table titles should be placed above the tables, and titles of figures and graphs should be placed below the relevant figure or graph. References should be written below the tables, figures and graphs. Commas must separate decimal fractions in numbers. The sequence number to be given to the equations should be placed in parentheses at the far right of the page. If the derivation of the equations is not clearly shown in the manuscript, the derivation, including all steps, should be provided on a separate page for the referees’ evaluation. Times New Roman type and 11-point font should be used in table and figure titles and in-table text. If the table does not fit, 8-, 9-, or 10-point size may be preferred.
6 Footnotes regarding the references made in the articles should be included at the bottom of the page.
7. At the end of the text, a list of sources used in the study is given under the heading REFERENCES. This bibliography lists the references used in the study and is arranged alphabetically by the authors’ surnames.
Include the complete citation at the end of your paper in a references section. References: line spacing should be set to 0 first, then to 6 pt, single-line spacing; indent setting: “hanging” and “1 cm”; Times New Roman, 12 pt. Use a hanging indent to separate each list item.
8. References to sources should be made in the text, not in footnotes, including page numbers, as shown in the examples below.
9. The page layout of the articles to be added to the system must be made by the author, and by the following values:
Paper Size: A4 Vertical (Landscape pages should not be included in the article)
Top Margin: 2.5 cm
Bottom Margin: 2.5 cm
Left Margin: 1.0 cm
Right Margin: 1.0 cm
Font: Times New Roman
Font Size: 12 and bold in the title, 12 in the text, 11 in abstracts and 8 in footnotes.
Paragraph Spacing: 6 pt before – 6 pt after, line spacing 1.5 in the text; In abstracts, first 6 pt – then 6 nk, line spacing – Single (The aim is for the abstracts to be easily read by the reader.)
10. There should be no paragraph beginnings (indentations) in the article text, and paragraph breaks should be made clear by leaving spaces (spacing before:6nk after:6nk, line spacing: 1.5 lines).
11. Section Headings: The article can use main, intermediate, and subheadings to ensure an orderly transfer of information; headings will not be numbered. Headings should be levelled according to case sensitivity as specified in the Article Writing Template.
12. Tables and Figures: Tables must have numbers and titles and be located where they should be in the text. Figures must be prepared for colour printing. Table numbers and titles should be written centred on the table, and figure numbers and names should be set just below the figure (See Article Writing Template).
13 Images: They should be included in the text in high-resolution, print-quality scans. When naming pictures, the rules in figures and tables must be followed.
14. Articles that do not comply with InTraders Journal Publication Principles in any respect will not be evaluated.