Afyon Kocatepe University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

The Journal aims to publish novel empirical research articles that clearly fill the gap in the existing literature on economics and administrative sciences. Moreover, the journal's goal is to contribute to universal scientific knowledge by providing an outlet for researchers, policymakers, and policy implementors.

The journal covers research in social sciences, particularly in economics and administrative sciences. The coverage includes but is not limited to empirical research in business administration, economics, public finance, political science, and law. The journal only accepts submissions as research articles utilizing qualitative or quantitative methodologies.

Writing Rules

1) In-Text Citations and References

APA 7 Citation Guide should be used throughout the studies. Please use "p." instead of "s." in intext citations to indicate the page number in English papers.

2) Basic Formatting Rules

Submitted manuscripts should cover economics, public finance, political science, public administration, international relations, labor economics and industrial relations, international trade and finance, econometrics, and similar fields; unique, prepared with a method, research, and model which is appropriate with scientific rules. The manuscript should fill a gap in its research field, be unpublished, and be appropriate to the research and publication ethics. There are not any charges and/or fees for authors at any stage of submission and review. Also, there is no payment to the referees and/or authors, such as royalty fees. KOCATEPEİİBF uses the iThenticate plagiarism detection tools for preventing plagiarism and controlling the similarity rate. While submitting their papers, authors must also submit the similarity report obtained through plagiarism software such as Turnitin, iThenticate, etc. The editorial board will reject the manuscript if the similarity rate exceeds 20%, excluding the bibliography, and matches less than five words.

3) Language of Manuscripts

Manuscripts should be written either in Turkish or English.

4) Word Limits

The length of the manuscripts must be between 3000 and 7000 words, including the abstract, tables, and appendix but excluding the references. 100-200 words of unstructured abstracts should be inserted into the manuscript. Foreigners who do not speak Turkish may only provide English titles and abstracts, as the Turkish versions will be added by the editors upon acceptance to publication.

5) Review Process

The journal uses the double-blind peer review method. Reviewers are assigned among expert researchers in their study fields. The studies submitted to the KOCATEPEİİBF are pre reviewing by the Managing Editor or Editorial Assistant for Journal's coverage, plagiarism, similarity rate, and spelling rules. The external review process begins when the Managing Editor considers the manuscript appropriate for the journal policy. Reviewer's Invitation is valid for seven days. If the reviewer accepts reviewing the manuscript, the reviewing process will start and is expected to end in 30 days. This period can be extended by Managing Editor for 15 more days once.

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

1) Ethics Policy

Editors should:

o hold the following responsibilities that are based on the guidelines "COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" published as Open Access by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Authors should:

o submit original manuscripts that have not been published before or not submitted to anywhere else for publication.

o indicate just the authors who contributed to the manuscript at the intellectual level.

o should be ready to supply extra documents such as raw data, consent forms, and permission forms.

o just submit their submission to one journal at a time.

Reviewers should:

o agree to review only their subject of expertise in an unbiased and confidential manner.

o review the manuscript constructively and kindly, avoiding insulting.

o review the content of a manuscript objectively without considering issues such as gender, religion, and politics.-

2) Principles

The Journal has accepted implementing the following principles:

1. The Owner, editors, subject editors, and editorial assistants cannot submit their manuscripts as long as they are part of the editorial board.
2. One author cannot publish articles on successive issues.
3. There is a maximum 20% quota for the scholars affiliated with Afyon Kocatepe University considering their acceptance dates.
4. The journal does not accept manuscripts produced from theses that are prepared at Afyon Kocatepe University.