Adnan Menderes University Institute of Social Sciences Journal’s main purpose is to contribute to the social sciences at the national and international level, to create a respected academic ground where scientists working in this field can share the unique and remarkable works.
Our journal is a refereed, scientific electronic journal published by Adnan Menderes University Institute of Social Sciences at least twice a year. It can also be published as a “Special Issue” upon the decision of the editorial board. The writing language of the journal is Turkish and English. The journal includes applied and institutional studies, models and suggestions, analysis and evaluations, quantitative and qualitative research in all areas of social sciences.
Assessment Process
After a preliminary assessment by our editorial board, the article will be reviewed if they fit the journal's general editorial policy and purpose. The board will decide to publish the article after consulting at least two reviewers. The review process takes one month. A new reviewer will be appointed if the current reviewer do not respond within a month.
Open access policy
With the belief that providing scientific research to the public for free increases global circulation of knowledge, this journal provides open access to its content.
Indices
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• ResearchBib
• Scientific Indexing Services
• ASOS Index
• DRJI
Adnan Menderes University's Journal of Institute of Social Sciences is a biannual, peer-reviewed national publication.
Scientific Research Ethics
Scientific methods are used in obtaining, analyzing, interpreting and reaching the data. Non-scientific results cannot be used as research results.
Author(s) must adhere to the national and international agreements during the research period and must obtain permission from the competent authorities.
The data obtained in the studies must be used in the manner/form permitted by the authorities. It is essential that data, which must not be shared, remain confidential.
Researchers are obliged to inform the relevant persons and institutions about the problems that may occur after research is done. Each researcher has the right not to participate in research due to these unintended consequences.
Publication Ethics
Persons who do not contribute to the study during scientific research and writing should not be cited as authors.
The author(s) must avoid situations such as irresponsible authorship, plagiarism, junk science, multicasting, segmentally publications, biased source, biased publication, and human-animal ethics.
The author(s) must follow the citation system stated in the journal during the writing phase of the manuscript.
Unpublished or un-presented works should not be cited in the manuscripts.
All or part of any work cannot be published without permission or citation (plagiarism is not allowed).
The author(s), if any, must state the financial sources of the study.
Referee Ethics
Referee(s);
· must be experts in the fields of subjects of the manuscript.
· is (are) obliged to objectively and clearly his/her criticism. He/she must not act in accordance with his / her personal interests / opinions and, if necessary, refuse to act as a referee.
· should take into consideration the texts are personal during the evaluation process and should not share the texts with third parties.
· should not transfer information from the manuscript for their own work and should not seek any academic / personal interest.
· should provide clear and detailed reasons for the articles to be rejected.
· should also take into account the journal's scientific research and publication ethic rules.
Editorial Ethics
Editor (s):
· is obliged to appoint at least two referees appropriate to the subject of the candidate manuscripts.
· must ensure communication between the referee(s) and the author in charge, taking into account the blind review process.
· must maintain their relations in a transparent and objective manner without discrimination between any authors and referees.
· must not use their position for their own individual and academic interests.
· must provide clear and detailed justifications for the manuscripts they will reject.
· must also consider scientific research, publication and review ethics.
Adnan Menderes University Institute of Social Sciences Journal’s main purpose is to contribute to the social sciences at national and international level, to create a respected academic ground where scientists working in dis field can share the unique and remarkable works.