Blind Review

A double blind review process is being implemented to all manuscripts which submitted to the Archivum Anatolicum-Anatolian Archives. In this process, the identity of the author(s) and the reviewers are not revealed.

The Process of Pre-Evaluation

Articles submitted to *Archivum Anatolicum—Anadolu Arşivleri Dergisi* (ArAn) are first reviewed by the Editor and the Editorial Board. Articles that do not conform to the journal’s purpose and scope, do not adhere to the spelling and stylistic rules of the languages accepted by the journal, are determined to lack originality, or do not comply with the publication guidelines are rejected without being sent to external reviewers. The Editor notifies the author(s) of the article regarding this decision within two weeks of the article’s submission to the journal. At this stage, a similarity check is performed using the iThenticate software employed by our journal. The peer review process is initiated for articles deemed suitable by the editor and the Editorial Board.

The Reviewer Assignment Process

The approved manuscripts are sent to the reviewers that are assigned for their relevant fields with the subject and concept of the related manuscript. The member of the Editorial Board who preestimates the manuscript may suggests at least two reviewers in according with their fields of expertise from the reviewer pool of Archivum Anatolicum-Anatolian Archives, or may recommends new reviewer(s) that are outside of the pool but related to the area of the manuscript’s subject. The reviewer suggestions of the Editorial Board member in charge are evaluated by the Editor and in the case of approval the manuscript is delivered to the reviewers. The experts that accept to be a reviewer guaranty not to share the process and information, and documents regarding the manuscripts with the third parties and organizations.

The Review Process

The reviewers must send their reports at least 21 days after receiving the manuscripts. The authors are given 15 days for performing the necessary corrections and rearrangements in accordance with the suggestions of the reviewers. Reviewers may suggest at most two rounds of revision for the same manuscript. Reviewers evaluate the revised version of the manuscript and give their final decision as “issuable” or “not issuable”.

The Result of the Review

The Editorial Board member responsible for the manuscript reviews the comments and suggestions received from the referees within two weeks at the latest and submits their own opinion on the article to the Editor-in-Chief. Manuscripts for which the peer review process has been completed are also reviewed by the journal’s language editors.
When deemed necessary in terms of language and spelling, authors are asked to make additional revisions. The linguistic revisions made are rechecked and approved.

Editor-in-Chief’s Decision

Articles for which all scientific, technical, and linguistic review processes have been completed are prepared for publication following typesetting and layout. The final decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of all manuscripts submitted to our journal is made by the Editor-in-Chief.