Issue: Özel Sayı

The aim of the Journal of Social Insurance is to contribute to the formation of policies and decisions in the fields of social security, labor economics, and health economics, as well as to support scientific research and publications that promote professional development.

Sosyal Güvence Dergisi publishes scientific research articles, academic papers, as well as critical and review essays primarily in the field of social security, and also in related disciplines such as labour economics and industrial relations, occupational health and safety, actuarial science and risk management, social insurance, health economics, pension systems, and social policy.
The journal exclusively accepts academic works of this nature and welcomes original contributions that address the structural, economic, and legal dimensions of social welfare systems through both theoretical and applied perspectives, adopting a multidisciplinary approach. Its objective is to support scientific production in these fields and to contribute to the dissemination of knowledge at both national and international levels.

Author Guidelines

PUBLICATION PRINCIPLES OF JOURNAL OF SOCIAL INSURANCE
1. Journal of Social Insurance is published twice in a year in the months of January and August as a “Peer-Reviewed Journal”. The journal’s languages are Turkish and English.
2. The journal accepts articles in the fields of social politics, social security, actuary sciences, labour and social security law, labour economics, labour sociology, employment, health politics, health economy, labour culture and social security, social assistance, income distribution and other disciplines related to social security.
3. The articles which are sent to the journal must not be published before or must not to be sent for publishing in another publication.
4. Article acceptance dates: For January volume, it is two months from the beginning of July; for July volume, it is two months from the beginning of January.
5. The articles are evaluated at three steps. These steps are pre-evaluation, peer-reviewing and final evaluation.
6. The articles are pre-evaluated by Publication Board in terms of relevancy of academic fields of the Journal.
7. The articles which passed from the pre-evaluation step are evaluated by a double-blinded evaluation method in two months. (Name(s) of the author(s) are removed from the text and the articles are sent to related peer-reviewers. The author(s) are not informed about which peer-reviewers their articles sent to.)
8. Justification of the articles which are evaluated as not suitable for the journal are sent back to the author(s) by editors and they are informed peer-reviewers’ evaluation.
9. The articles which are approved by peer-reviewers are sent to the author(s) to correct error of facts if there is any.
10. The articles which need to be revised according to peer-reviewers’ reports are sent back to the author(s). After correcting by the author(s), the articles’ new editions are sent back to Publication Board in two weeks. The second evaluation is made by peer- reviewers and final evaluations of the articles are made in one month. If any difference of opinion occurs between two peer-reviewers, third evaluation is made by a third peer-reviewer or Publication Board decision.
11. At the final evaluation step, the articles are sent in one week after correcting error of facts. All the responsibility belongs to related author(s) about grammar and misspelling except erratum.
12. If the articles are accepted for publishing, all the publishing rights including publishing full text electronically transfers to Association of Social Security Experts. The copyrights of the articles are accounted of transferring to Association of Social Security Experts; also a specific royalty is not paid to the author(s).
13. The author(s) must mention their entitles, their institutions, contacts addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses with a cover page which will be added to the starting of articles.
14. Sample format of articles can be reached from the website www.sguder.org.tr If there is any requirements missing in the Publication Principles in here, the sample format of articles must be considered. Every article must meet the format requirements.
15. The articles in Turkish language must be written according to the Turkish Language Association’s (TDK) Spelling Manual.
16. The articles must be written according to the rules below:
 Articles must be written in order of abstract, keywords, introduction, text (content), conclusion and bibliography. The abstract part of the articles must be minimum 100 and maximum 300 words. The abstract part must contain the article’s name (headline) in Turkish and/or English. The abstract must be written in Microsoft Word Times New Roman font style with 11 font size.
 There must be maximum 5 keywords.
 Headline: The headline of the article must be written in Microsoft Word Times New Roman font style with 11 bold font size.
 Name of the Author(s): The name(s) of the author(s) must be written in Microsoft Word Times New Roman font style with 11 bold font size and left aligned, the surname(s) must be written in capital letters. Institution/ title of the author (s) and the university of which the author (s) is (are) student must be written with 10 font size below the surname(s) of the author(s)
 Text: The text must not exceed 8000 words, must be typed to A5 size, with 1,5 row pitch and a blank must be left of 2,5 cm from up, 2,5 cm from down, 2,5 cm from right and 3 cm from left. Sub-headlines must be written in Microsoft Word Times New Roman font style with 11 bold font size and must be left-aligned. The articles which are accepted for publishing must be written in Microsoft Word Times New Roman font style with 11 font size and must be uploaded to DergiPark web site.
 Tables and Graphs: The explanation of tables and graphs must be written italic and 11 font size. Tables must be centred.
 References: References in the articles must be prepared according to the American Pyschological Associaton (APA).

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

The Sosyal Güvence Dergisi operates in full compliance with international ethical standards, upholding principles of transparency, impartiality, and scientific integrity in academic publishing. Our journal adopts all relevant national and international publication ethics guidelines, particularly those of the Higher Education Council of Turkey (YÖK) and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Below are the ethical responsibilities and misconduct policies adopted by our journal:

1. Editorial Responsibilities

Editors evaluate all submitted manuscripts based on scientific originality, methodological adequacy, and academic contribution.
The evaluation process adheres to the principle of double-blind peer review.
Reviewer selection is based on expertise, institutional diversity, and avoidance of conflicts of interest.
In cases of suspected ethical violations, editors act in accordance with COPE guidelines and cooperate with relevant institutions as necessary.

2. Authors’ Ethical Responsibilities

Submitted manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and not under review elsewhere.
All listed authors must have made a significant contribution to the scientific content, and the author order must be mutually agreed upon.
Research involving human or animal subjects must have ethical committee approval, which should be explicitly stated.
Funding sources, conflicts of interest, and author contributions must be disclosed transparently.
In the event of discovering a serious error or inaccuracy in a published article, authors must contact the editorial team to initiate a correction (erratum) or retraction.
Authors are responsible for promptly notifying the editor of any major errors and collaborating in the correction process.

3. Reviewers’ Ethical Responsibilities

Reviewers must adhere to confidentiality and provide objective, constructive, and impartial feedback.
Personal biases or prejudices must not influence the review process.
Reviewers must decline to review if a conflict of interest exists and must inform the editor accordingly.

4. Publication Misconduct
Sosyal Güvence Dergisi considers the following behaviors as serious publication misconduct:

Plagiarism: Using others’ ideas or expressions without proper attribution.
Data Fabrication: Inventing non-existent data.
Data Falsification: Manipulating or misrepresenting data.
Duplicate Submission/Publication: Submitting or publishing the same work in multiple outlets simultaneously.
Author Manipulation: Listing individuals as authors without contribution (gift authorship) or excluding contributing individuals (ghost authorship).
Failure to obtain ethical committee approval for studies requiring such consent.
Concealing conflicts of interest.

If such violations are detected, the review process is immediately halted. Published articles may be publicly retracted, and notifications may be sent to relevant institutions.
Any manuscript not adhering to accepted ethical standards may be retracted at any stage, including post-publication. The responsibility for ensuring compliance lies with the authors.

5. Similarity Check
All manuscripts submitted to the journal undergo similarity checks using Turnitin or equivalent professional software prior to the review process. Submissions exceeding the similarity threshold set by the editorial board will be rejected or removed from the process.

6. Review and Update of Policy
This ethics policy is periodically reviewed and updated by the editorial board in line with national regulations and COPE guidelines. Updates are made publicly available on the journal’s website.