The Journal of the Academic Elegance is a platform that aims to pass the studies based on different thoughts and opinions in the field of Social Sciences in a critical process and to ensure that intellectual and academic studies are carried out in a qualified manner.
The Academic Elegance Journal publishes studies in the field of social sciences which is based on thought. It is more important that the studies are scientific studies based on an intellectual and critical concept more than in which field of social sciences.
Book with one author
Format: Author’s Surname, Initial of the name . (Year). Title of the book in italic. Publishing House.
Example: Timur, T. (2000). Toplumsal değişme ve üniversiteler. İmge Kitabevi.
Book with two authors (If “and” is used between authors in the text, “and” should be used in the references. If & is used in the text, & should be used in the bibliography)
Format: Author’s Surname, Initial of the name & Surname, Initial of the name. (Year). Title of the book italic. Publishing House.
Example: Başaran, İ.E & Çınkır, Ş. (2011). Türk eğitim sistemi ve okul yönetimi. Ekinoks Yayınevi.
Book with more than three authors (Indicate all authors.)
Format: Author’s Surname, Initial of the name., Surname, Initial of the name & Surname, Initial of the name. (Year). Title of the book italic. Publishing House.
Example: Fiske, S. T., Gilbert, D. T. & Lindzey, G. (2010). Handbook of social psychology. John Wiley & Sons.
Chapter in an edited book
Format: Author’s Surname, Initial of the name. (Year). Title of the chapter straight. Initial of the editor’s name. Surname (Ed.), in Book title italic (p. pages). Publishing House.
Example: Dönmez, B. (2013). Motivasyon. S. Özdemir (Ed.), in Eğitim yönetiminde kuram ve uygulama (p. 185-229). Pegem Akademi.
Journal articles
Format: Author’s Surname, Initial of the name. (Year). Title of the article. Name of the Journal italic, Volume(Number), pages. Doi address
Example: Asar, R. & Çelikten, Y. (2016). Shadowing a woman administrator: A Turkish case. Universal Journal of Management, 4(11), 607-614. https://doi.org/10.13189/ujm.2016.041102
Web Sources (All online sources including any website, online newspaper, any blog)
Format: Author’s Surname, Initial of the name. (Year, Day Month). Title of the article italic. Retrieved on Year, Month Day from https://weblink-without-underline
Example: Asar, R. (2018, 3 November). Yönetim açısından insan doğası. Retrieved on 2021, Augost 8 from https://yonetsel.com/yonetim-acisindan-insan-dogasi
Thesis
Format: Author’s Surname, Initial of the name. (Year). Title of thesis italic [master or doctoral thesis]. Name of the University.
Example: Asar, R. (2021). Okul yöneticilerinin öğretmenlere ilişkin insan doğası varsayımları ve sergiledikleri yönetim tarzları [doctoral thesis]. Hacettepe University.
Meeting / Symposium
Format: Author’s Surname, Initial of the name. (Year, Month). Title of publication. Initial of the moderator’s name. Surname (title), Name of the congress italic. Institution Straight, City.
Example: Karadağ, E., Aypay, A. & Baloğlu, N. (2010, May). Eğitim yönetimi araştırmalarına analitik bir bakış: Kuram ve Uygulamada Eğitim Yönetimi Dergisi’nin analizi. S. Özdemir (Başkan), 5. Ulusal Eğitim Yönetimi Kongresi. Gazi Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi, Ankara.
Reports
Format: Author’s Surname, Initial of the name. (Year, Day Month). Title of the report italic. [Report Presentation]. Title of meeting, City.
Example: Akçay, A. (2004, 22 May). Bilgisayar destekli eğitim yazılımlarının özellikleri ve Fırat Üniversitesi öğrencilerinin BDE uygulamalarına yaklaşımı [Report Presentation]. Bilişim Teknolojileri Işığında Eğitim Konferansı, Ankara.
Printed Newspaper
Articles citing such sources should make in-text citations as shown below and seperate printed newspapers from other sources in the references.
In-text citation:
(“The headline in the printed newspaper”, Year)
Example:
("New metropolitan municipality law no 6360", 2012)
References:
The headline in the printed newspaper. (Year, Day Month). Newspaper Name in Italics.
Example:
New metropolitan municipality law no 6360. (2012, May 10). New York Times.
It is important to fulfill the spelling rules and format requirements. Please show the necessary sensitivity in this regard.
The Academic Elegance Journal takes into account ethical rules as the requirements of the process in the formation and delivery of science and scientific knowledge and aims to contribute to the field of scientific development. In order to ensure this sensitivity, it is important that primarily authors, referees and editors fulfil their responsibilities in line with the determined ethical principles. At this point, the Journal of the Academic Elegance strongly states that the following duties and responsibilities should be taken into account within the framework of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and its principles.
1. Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
Author(s) should make sure that the submitted work is original.
Responsibilities including the spelling and format rules of the journal should be submitted to the journal completely and regularly.
Authors who want to withdraw manuscripts submitted for publication from the journal due to delay, correction or any other reason should report this to the editor.
Conflicts of interest for the article sent to the journal should be indicated and the reason should be explained.
In the event that the author (s) notices a mistake or error in their published work, at the early view or evaluation stage, the journal editor or publisher has an obligation to cooperate with the editor in informing, correcting or withdrawing.
Changes such as adding authors, changing the order of authors and removing authors should not be made or offered in the article that is in the evaluation process.
Article authors submitted to the journal should make sure that they comply with these specified rules. All ethical rules concerning the author (s) must be followed completely.
Unethical Behaviors
a) Plagiarism: Presenting others’ ideas, methods, data, applications, writing, figures and works partially or completely as one’s own work without proper source reference.
b) Forgery: Producing data that is not supported by research; regulating or changing presented or published works through the insertion of false data; reporting or publishing such works, or holding incomplete research to be completed.
c) Distortion: Distorting research records and obtained data; pretending to use methods, devices and materials that were not actually used; evaluating data unsuitable to the research itself;, distorting data or results in order to adapt them to established theories or hypotheses; distorting or altering research results to promote or confirm the interests of the sponsoring person or foundation.
d) Repeated publishing: Submitting more than one work of research consisting of the same results in order to obtain an associate professorship, examination review, or academic promotion.
e) Slicing: Destroying the integrity of the results of research by slicing it improperly and submitting fragments as specific assessments to gain academic promotion.
f) Unfair authorship: Adding persons who have not actively contributed to the production of the article or failing to add persons who actually did contribute; altering the arrangement of authors’ names improperly and unjustifiably; subtracting the names of actively contributing writers during the publication process or subsequent printings; or adding the name of an author who did not contribute as a way of gaining prestige.
2. Responsibilities of Editors
The Academic Elegance Journal editors should work consciously and with self-sacrifice about the responsibility of the journal's author, referee, and technical studies for the publishing process.
It should adopt an approach that is impartial to the articles regarding the publication and is based on the conformity of scientific information to ethical principles. The journal should follow a path in accordance with ethical rules to ensure the quality and development of the publication life.
Relations with the reader
The responsible editors of the journal should prioritize the originality and quality of the information in terms of reaching the scientific information required by the reader and should take into account the requests and evaluations of the reader.
Relations with authors
Editors' duties and responsibilities towards authors are as follows:
Editors, authors and referees should try to carry out the working process in the most appropriate way for the articles submitted to the journal.
It should inform about whether the articles sent to the journal will be published or not.
Unless there are serious problems with the publication policy of the journal, every article submitted should be pre-checked by the editor.
Regarding the evaluation of the articles, the opinions of the referees should be brought to the fore. However, depending on the magnitude of the problems regarding the journal's publication rules, the editorial board is the decision-maker in terms of publication.
The editor should pay attention to the blind refereeing practice between the author and the referee.
Authors should be informed about the process.
Relations with referees
Editors' duties and responsibilities towards referees are as follows:
Referees should be appointed who has the potential to evaluate articles and have expertise in the field.
The editors' own articles submitted to the journal are evaluated by two independent referees, not from the editorial group.
He must ensure that the referees make objective and objective evaluations.
The confusion that may be experienced between the author and the referee regarding the arrangements that the referees expect from the authors should be prevented.
Due to the practice of blind refereeing, the personal information of the referees should not be reported to the author in any way.
Based on the journal's timing principle, reminders should be made to the referees for the evaluation.
Unscrupulous and unscientific evaluations should prevent.
Relations with the Editorial Board
Editors;
Editorial board members should ensure that they evaluate the work impartially and independently.
The editorial board should send the works appropriate to the field of expertise of the members for evaluation.
There should be a process-based relationship with the editorial board.
The recommendations of the editorial board should be taken into account in order to ensure the publication quality of the journal.
Besides, for Editors;
It is obliged to ensure the protection of human and animal rights in the evaluated studies. It is responsible for refusing to work in cases where there is no ethical committee approval for the subjects used in the studies and permissions for experimental research.
Errors and deficiencies that may occur after the publication phase should be fully edited by the editors.
Editors must protect the intellectual property rights of all published articles.
Complaints from the author, referee, or readers towards the executive process, referee or author should be considered and evaluated.
Editors should try to complete the process independently and impartially throughout the relationship between referees and authors.
3. Ethical Responsibilities of the Referees
Since the Academic Elegance carries out the referee evaluation process based on the principle of blind refereeing, it is expected that the author will have access to the referee information and will not reflect his personal information in the referee's evaluation form.
Journal editors are responsible for reporting referee evaluations to the author. In this respect, there is no mutual relationship between the referee and the author.
In this process, referee comments on evaluation forms and full texts should be submitted to the author through the editor. Besides;
At least two referees are appointed for the articles submitted to the journal.
The main criterion in determining the referees is their expertise on the subject of the article.
If one of the two referees expresses a negative opinion, the article is directed to a third referee or the editor to make the final decision.
Evaluations should be impartial, objective.
Referees should not have conflicts of interest with research, authors, and/or research funders.
Articles reviewed by the referees should not be intended to be misused by the referee.
The referees' evaluations should not reflect an ideological opinion and should not contain any offensive or controversial style towards the author.
Referees should deliver the article to the journal in accordance with the timing of the journal.
4. Publisher's Ethical Responsibilities
The Board of Directors of the Journal acts with the awareness of the following ethical responsibilities:
The Journal of Academic Sensitivity does not charge any fee for the publication of the articles.
In this regard, editors take responsibility for the journal objectively and are effective as decision-makers in the evaluation process without any gain.
In addition, the database of the journal should be accessible on the internet.
5. Plagiarism Detection Policy
Academic Sensitivity demands a plagiarism report from the articles to be sent to the journal.
6. Requests, Complaints and Criticisms
Requests from readers, writers and referees are open and agreed to complaints and criticisms. Please contact us at academicelegance@gmail.com if you encounter any issues other than the ethical frameworks for the quality, development and progress of the journal.
Akademik Hassasiyetler Dergisi tarafından uygulanan hakem değerlendirme süreci ve yayın işlemleri için ücret tahsil edilmektedir. Bu ücret, makalelerin dergiye ilk gönderim sırasında yazarlardan talep edilir. Değerlendirme sürecinde emek veren hakemlere bu hizmetleri karşılığında ödeme yapılmaktadır. Derginin editör kurulu, yayın kurulu ve sekreteryası, tahsil edilen ücretten herhangi bir ödeme almamaktadır. İlk gönderim aşamasında alınan hizmet bedeli, makale değerlendirme sürecine dahil edildiği takdirde iadesi mümkün değildir. Makale, editoryal sürece katıldıktan sonra (editör, alan editörü, yazım ve dil editörü atamaları dahil) herhangi bir ücret iadesi yapılmaz. Ayrıca, değerlendirme sonucunda makalenin reddedilmesi durumunda da ödenen ücret iade edilmez. Yazarlar, bu şartları başvuru sırasında kabul etmiş sayılır. Yayım için istenen hizmet bedeli KDV dahil 3.000 TL olup, bu bedelin aşağıda belirtilen hesaba yatırılması gerekmektedir. İlgili işlem dekontunun, makale gönderim sürecinde sistem üzerinden 'Ek Dosya' sekmesine yüklenmesi zorunludur.
Yazarın makalesini gönderme aşamasında söz konusu hizmet bedelini aşağıda yer alan hesaba yatırması ve işlem dekontunu ise sisteme yüklemesi gerekmektedir.
Makale Hizmet Bedeli Gönderimi için bilgiler:
Hüzeyfe Süleyman ARSLAN adına
TR57 0011 1000 0000 0087 6319 01 nolu iban hesabına (QNB FİNANSBANK)
Açıklama kısmına yazar ya da yazarların isimlerinin yazılması yeterlidir.
MAKALE DEĞERLENDİRME SÜRECİ
Yazar tarafından gönderilen bir makale, gönderim tarihinden itibaren 10 gün içinde dergi sekreteri tarafından makalenin, telif sözleşmesinin ve benzerlik raporunun (Turnitin programı) eksiksiz ve düzgün bir şekilde gönderilip gönderilmediği yönünden incelenir. İstenilen bu dosyalar eksiksiz ve düzgün bir şekilde gönderilmiş ise makale; ikinci aşamada derginin yayın çizgisine uygun olup olmadığı yönünden değerlendirilir. Bu süreçte makale yayın çizgisine uygun değilse yazara iade edilir. Makale yayın çizgisine uygun ise şablona uygun bir şekilde gönderilip gönderilmediği yönünden değerlendirilir. Şayet makale şablona uyarlanıp gönderilmemiş ise değerlendirme sürecine alınmaz. Bu süreçte yazarın derginin belirlediği şartlara uygun bir şekilde sisteme makale yüklemesi beklenir. Makale şablona uygun bir şekilde hazırlanıp gönderilmiş ise son aşamada makale derginin yayın ilkeleri, yazım kuralları, öz, abstract, extented abstract, kaynakça gösterimi vb. yönlerden incelenir. Bu ayrıntılarda makalede bir sorun varsa yazarın bu hususları tamamlaması istenir ve verilen süre içerisinde eksiksiz bir şekilde yeniden makaleyi göndermesi istenir.
Tüm bu aşamaları geçen makale, editör tarafından bilimsel yeterliliğinin denetlenmesi amacıyla ikinci 7 günlük süre içerisinde çalışmaya uygun iki hakeme değerlendirmeleri için gönderilir. Hakemlerin değerlendirme süreleri 15 gündür. Bu süre zarfında hakemlik görevini tamamlamayan bir hakem olursa ilgili hakeme değerlendirmeyi tamamlaması için 7 günlük ek süre verilebilir. Bu süre zarfında hakem görevini yerine getirmezse yerine yeni bir hakem ataması yapılır. En az iki hakemden gelen raporlar olumlu ise makale yayın aşamasına alınır. Hakem raporlarından birisi olumlu diğeri olumsuz ise makale üçüncü bir hakeme gönderilir. Üçüncü hakem raporu da olumsuz ise makale ret edilir. Üçüncü hakemin değerlendirmesi olumlu ise makaleyle ilgili hakem raporları dergi alan editörlerinden oluşan Editörler Kurulu tarafından incelenir. Makalenin yayınlanmasıyla ilgili nihai karar alan editörlerinden oluşan Editörler Kurulu tarafından verilir. Hakem raporlarının yetersiz ve tatmin etmekten uzak olması veya İngilizce editör tarafından abstract ve extented abstract’ın yetersiz görülmesi hallerinde de yine makaleyle ilgili son karar Editörler Kurulu tarafından verilir. Tüm bu aşamalardan geçen bir makale en yakın sayıya yayınlanmak üzere eklenir. İlgili sayıda yer kalmaması halinde makalenin yayımı bir sonraki sayıya kaydırılır. Bu durumda ve tüm değerlendirme sürecinde yazar isterse makalesini geri çekme hakkına sahiptir. Ancak bu durumu dergiye bildirmesi gerekir. Makale gönderim tarihinden makalenin yayına kabul tarihine kadar tüm bu işlemler için ortalama 3 aylık bir süre öngörülmektedir.