Eastern Geographical Review

ü  Eastern Geography Journal is an open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal published twice a year in June and December and has been published since 1995.

ü  The main objective of the board of the Eastern Geography Journal is to bring the results of Atatürk University geographers to the attention of the scientific community. The ultimate goal is to focus on the geographical researches of the Caucasian and Central Asian Turkish countries in time and to include their results in our journal.

ü  Today, Journal of Geography East, Turkey and held in physical and human geography, world research, Geographic Information Systems, is a scientific journal that published the theoretical and practical issues related to remote sensing. The Journal of Eastern Geography can also include studies in the field of Geography Education and Social Sciences. Although the main motivation of the journal is geography studies, our journal is open to all kinds of original articles that carry out examinations within the scope of field education.

ü  Journal of Geography East, Turkey and held in physical and human geography, world research, Geographic Information Systems, is a scientific journal that published the theoretical and practical issues related to remote sensing.

ü  The Journal of Eastern Geography may also include field education studies of Geography Education and Social Sciences at certain rates.

ü  Although the main motivation of the journal is geography studies, our journal is open to all kinds of original articles that carry out examinations within the scope of field education.

Writing Rules

ü  Manuscripts should not exceed 25 pages, including areas reserved for photographs, maps and other figures. Articles exceeding this limit are not published.

ü  Page structure of articles; Upper: 3 cm - Bottom: 3 cm - Right: 2,5 cm - Left: 2,5 cm should be. Header: 2 cm - Bottom: 2 cm. Line spacing in articles: Single, first line: 1.25, 6 nk space should be adjusted between the lines.

ü  At the beginning of the articles, there will be a summary in Turkish and English with the main theme and at least three keywords. Turkish and English abstracts should be followed by the beginning of the page. The abstract should be written as "Abstract". "Keywords" should be written adjacent.

ü  Manuscripts submitted to the Eastern Geography Journal should be prepared in the American Psychological Association (APA) style in terms of reference system, footnote format and bibliography.

ü  In the articles, the upper information will be included. For this purpose, the English name of the study will be written in italics on odd numbered pages and Turkish name will be written on odd numbered pages.

ü  The font is 10 points in Times New Roman. This font size will be 8.5 pt in the header field, 10 pt in table-photo-graphic names and 7-10 pt according to the table specification.

ü  The footnote on the first page containing the information about the author (s) should be indicated with *. Authors can place e-mail, ORCID ID and other address information in this section for communication with the reader.

ü  For articles with more than one author, the explanation of which titles or sub-titles are prepared by each author should be given as a second page six note.

ü  3D graphics that reduce print quality should be avoided. Graphs should not be drawn in Exel environment and pasted into a word file, graphics should be prepared in word text.

ü  Articles submitted for publication in the Journal of Eastern Geography are subject to a double-blind review by at least two referees. In addition, through the Turnitin program used in plagiarism detection, it is confirmed that the articles have not been published before and do not contain plagiarism.

ü  The abovementioned rules have been prepared in order to ensure the integrity of the journal in terms of form. For this reason, the works that do not conform to the specified format will be returned to the author and asked to be rearranged. Studies without the necessary corrections will not be published.

ü  The order of the articles in the journal will be in alphabetical order (one ascending, one ascending). The first article in each issue of the journal is reserved for the journal editor and is not included in the surname list.

Publication Ethics
The following ethical duties and responsibilities as open access while creating the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines and policies issued by considering prepared me is a job.
Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
Author (s) submitting work to the Eastern Geographical Review are expected to comply with the following ethical responsibilities:
• In East Geography Magazine publications implementation processes, impartially and develop a respectable showing of knowledge enamel and d a is the basis to move on. The processes implemented in this direction directly reflect the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support the authors. Peer-reviewed studies are studies that embody and support the scientific method. B u point for all stakeholders in the process (authors, readers and researchers, publishers, editors and referees) it is important to adhere to standards for ethical principles. East Journal of Geography following ethical asked all stakeholders within the scope of broadcast ethics umluluk te evil i mai expected is attached.
• It is expected that the works submitted by the author (s) will be original. Author (s) other than the utilization of work or other activities if they use fully and correctly referenced in the presence and / or citations MU a is r required is.
• Those who do not contribute to the content intellectually in the creation of the study should not be specified as authors.
• The situations and relationships of all studies submitted for publication that may constitute a conflict of interest, if any, should be explained .
• Raw data related to their articles may be requested from the author (s) within the framework of evaluation processes, in such a case, the author (s) should be ready to present the expected data and information to the editorial board and scientific board.
• Author (s) used data in the user ha k s to the bazaar fo rms / or experimental analysis of the subjects was made that they have the required permissions to the relevant documents should have been received consent.
• Author (s) of the published early view or assessment for his work on stage one or regarding the case Study design or failure to notice, informing the journal editor or publisher has an obligation to carry editors to cooperate in the correction or retraction.
• The authors work at the same time more than one application s magazine in the rec bulund u does not rain. Each application can be started following completion of the previous application. A study published in another journal cannot be sent to the Eastern Geographical Review .
• Changing the author responsibilities of a study whose evaluation process has started ( such as adding authors, changing author order, removing authors) cannot be proposed.
Editors' Ethical Duties and Responsibilities
Eastern Geography Journal editors and field editors, on the basis of " COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors " and " COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors " published by Committe e on Publication Ethics ( COPE) should have responsibilities:
General duties and responsibilities
Editors, in the eastern regions Magazine spring MSM that each post sorumlud u r. In the context of this responsibility, editors have the following roles and responsibilities:
• Striving to meet the information needs of readers and writers,
• Continuous improvement of the journal,
• In the magazine broadcast the quality of the work of Mother g process aimed at evelopment good execution,
• Supporting freedom of thought,
• Ensuring academic integrity,
• Continuing business processes without compromising intellectual property rights and ethical standards,
• Correction, requiring disclosure to a subject in terms of broadcasting in the three climate and show transparency.
Relations with the reader
Editors should make decisions by considering the knowledge, skills and experience expectations of all readers, researchers and practitioners. Read the published study ci, researchers, practitioners have to scientific literature s contribution should pay attention to the original character and not cry. In addition, editors are obliged to take into account the feedback from readers, researchers and practitioners, and to provide explanatory and informative feedback .
Authors is relations
Editors' duties and responsibilities towards authors are as follows:
• Editors should make a positive or negative decision based on the importance of the work, its original value, validity, clarity of expression, and the journal's goals and objectives .
• Published capstan a m to apps must take the pre-assessment phase of work unless there are serious problems with the.
• Editors should not ignore the positive referee suggestions unless there is a serious problem with the work.
• New editors, as preliminary studies for c additional editor (s) by van masculine decisions that should not change unless there is a serious problem.
• "Blind Review and Evaluation Process" must be published and editors must prevent any deviations that may occur in the defined processes .
• The authors of the explanatory and know g Report as ilendiric to me and return must be provided.
Relations with referees
The duties and responsibilities of editors towards referees are as follows:
• The referees should determine according to the subject of the study.
• Referee of value to Lowering stage need in a cake information and guides are obliged to provide.
• It has to observe whether there is a conflict of interest among the authors and referees.
• In the context of blind refereeing, the identity information of the referees should be kept confidential.
• Encourage referees to consider working in a clear, scientific and objective language .
• It should determine practices and policies that improve the performance of referees.
• Take the necessary steps to dynamically update the referee pool.
• Discourteous and non-scientific Evaluations on the i should prevent them run.
• Steps should be taken to ensure that the referee pool is made up of a broad spectrum.
Relations with the editorial board
Editors should ensure that all editorial board members advance processes in accordance with editorial policies and guidelines . Editorial board member to run the broadcast rights policies should inform and then keep it informed of developments. In addition, the editors;
• Editorial board members should ensure that they evaluate the work impartially and independently.
• The new editorial board members in can contribute and fit g must determine the nature of flour.
• The editorial board should send the works appropriate to the field of expertise of the members for evaluation.
• It should interact with the editorial board regularly.
• Published periodically by the editorial board of the journal 's policies and the meetings d for development must et organized.
Relations with the magazine owner and publisher
The relationship between editors and publisher is based on the principle of editorial independence. Editors and publishers access to adequately written agreement between the good, the editors take all ke r ar magazine publishers and owners is independent of the other.
Editorial and blind review processes
Editors; It is obliged to implement the " Blind Refereeing and Evaluation Process " policies in the journal publishing policies . In this context, Edito r each work is fair, t au posted, and was valued time allows the completion of the research process.
Quality assurance
Editors; He is responsible for publishing every article published in the journal in accordance with the journal publishing policies and international standards.
Meet the protection of flood data
Edito r s; It is obliged to ensure the protection of personal data regarding the subjects or images in the evaluated studies. Unless the express consent of the individuals used in the studies is documented, they are married to refusing to work . In addition, the editors; or z R b of referees and readers are responsible for maintaining the data vidual.
Prevention against possible misconduct and misconduct
Editors; is obliged to take precautions against possible abuse and misconduct . In this case, the complaints directed ba la irlen and rigorous and objective evaluation of an issue favors as well as for the making, sharing of relevant findings are among the responsibilities of the editor.
To ensure academic publication integrity
Editors errors contained in the study, t u tarsızlık mislead or import shall ensure rapid correction of renin judgment.
Protection of intellectual property rights
Editors; The intellectual property of all articles published to protect the rights, possible violations of the magazine and the author (s) the right A is obliged to defend the run. In addition, editors are obliged to take the necessary measures to ensure that the content in all published articles does not violate the intellectual property rights of other publications.
Or pıcılık openness and discussion
Editors;
• Works have published in the journal r e for convincing addressed should consider styrene and must demonstrate a constructive attitude towards these criticisms.
• It should give the author (s) the right to reply to the criticized studies.
• He should not ignore or exclude studies with negative results .
Copies of t s
Editors; is obliged to respond in an enlightening and descriptive manner by carefully examining the complaints from authors, referees or readers.
Political and Commercial concerns
Der gun owner, publisher and no other political and commercial elements, the editor b does not affect their decision to take reticulated.
Conflicts of interest
Editors; It guarantees the independent and impartial completion of the publication process, taking into account the conflicts of interest between the author (s), referees and other editors .
Hakem’s Ethical Responsibilities
The evaluation of all studies by " Blinding Refereeing " directly affects the quality of the publication. This process provides confidence through objective and independent evaluation of the publication . History Review Journal evaluation process of double scanning for executed blinded by the li policy. Referees cannot communicate directly with the authors , evaluations and comments are communicated through the journal management system. In this process , referee comments on evaluation forms and full texts are forwarded to the client (s) through the editor . In this context , it is expected that the referees who evaluate the study for the Journal of Historical Studies have the following ethical responsibilities:
• It should only accept study evaluation related to the specialty .
• Evaluation should be made in terms of impartiality and confidentiality .
• If he / she thinks that he / she faces a conflict of interest during the evaluation process, he / she should refuse to examine the study and inform the editor of the journal .
• Due to the confidentiality principle, they should destroy the studies they examine after the evaluation process . They can only use the final versions of the studies they have reviewed, after they are published.
• He should make the assessment objectively only in relation to the content of the study . It should not allow nationality, gender, religious beliefs, political beliefs and business concerns to influence the assessment.
• The assessment should be made in a constructive and courteous language. He should not make derogatory personal comments that include hostility, slander and insult .
• They should carry out the work they have accepted to evaluate on time and with the above ethical responsibilities.
Publisher's Ethical Responsibilities
Editors and Editorial Board of Eastern Geography Journal act with the awareness of the following ethical responsibilities :
• Editors, East Geography Derg is the ' what past work of lara is responsible for the entire process. In this context, the decision makers are editors, regardless of economic or political gains.
• Independent editorial decision was formed to rule undertake.
• It protects the property and copyright of every article published in the Eastern Geographical Journal and undertakes the obligation to keep a record of every published copy.
• It has the responsibility to take all kinds of scientific misconduct, citation fraud and plagiarism related to editors .
If You Encounter an Unethical Stop
If you encounter any unethical behavior or content other than the above mentioned ethical responsibilities in the Eastern Geography Journal, please report it to ifevzi@atauni.edu.tr via e-mail .
Blind Review and Evaluation Process
For example, peer review is a method applied to publish scientific publications with the highest quality . This method forms the basis of the objective evaluation process of scientific studies and is preferred by many scientific journals . The referee vision to ri, in the eastern regions Magazine has a decisive place in broadcast quality. All studies submitted in the Journal of Eastern Geography are blindly evaluated according to the following stages .
Blind Arbitration Type
The Journal of Eastern Geography uses the double blind method in the evaluation process of all studies . In the double blind method, the identities of the authors and referees of the studies are hidden.
Initial Evaluation Process
D scrubbing Geography Magazine ' s e sent to work first by the editors of arak value is imbibed. At this stage, studies that do not comply with the purpose and scope of the journal, are weak in terms of language and expression rules in Turkish and / or English, contain scientific critical errors, do not have original value and do not meet the publication policies are rejected . Red ficant author of the study, informed within one month from the date of shipment. Studies that are deemed appropriate are sent to a member of the Editorial Board for the field in which the study is relevant for pre-evaluation .
Pre-Evaluation Process
In the preliminary evaluation process, the journal editorial board member of the field expert examines the introduction and literature, method, findings, conclusion, evaluation and discussion sections of the studies in detail in terms of journal publication facts and scope and originality . Studies deemed unsuitable as a result of this review are returned within one month at the latest. Studies found appropriate are taken into the refereeing process.
Refereeing Process
Studies are enhanced according to their content and expertise of the referees . Study area specialize man magazine editorial board member, East Geographical Journal referees according to pool the expertise of at least two arbitrators shall propose a new arbitrator or the appropriate field of study item can users. Field specialist journal publications from the board members had to suggestions from the referees tolerate evaluated by R and studies forwarded to the referees. The referees must guarantee that they will not share any process and document about the work they evaluate .
Referee Reports
Referee the ratings Çalışm to generally get rid; It is based on originality, method used, compliance with ethical rules, consistent presentation of findings and results, and review of the literature. This review is based on the following:
Check-in and line pushes the IMP is , Methods , Results , Value tion and discussion , conclusion and recommendations , style and expression , Overall assessment
During the evaluation process, the referees are not expected to make adjustments according to the typographical features of the study.
Referee Evaluation Process
The time given to the referees for the referee evaluation process is 2 weeks. Correction suggestions from referees or expert editorial board members must be completed within 1 month by the authors in line with the " correction directive ". The referees can examine the corrections of a work and decide for the sake of suitability or request corrections more than once if necessary .
Value tion Result
The opinions of the referees are reviewed by the editors within 2 weeks at the latest. As a result of this review, the editors make their final decision regarding the study .
Editorial Board Decision
Editors prepare the opinions of the editorial board about the study based on the referee opinions . The opinions prepared are forwarded to the author (s) by the editor together with the referee recommendations within 1 week at the latest. In this process, the works that are given negative opinions are returned without requesting a plagiarism check. The results are searched for positive opinions , plagiarism is given according to the results of audit reports.
How Long Does the Broadcast Evaluation Process Take?
East Geography Magazine to send man s publication of the study assessment of ureC be concluded within approximately 6 months is foreseen. However , the period between the date when the referees or editors request a correction from the author (s) and the date when the author (s) complete the corrections are not included in this 6-month period.
Objection to the Evaluation Result
East regions Dergisi'nd e evaluation s tenth the author (s) 's right to appeal reserved. Author (s), the results of the evaluation for their work views and objections reasons for the review of the s scientific language and legs to run on with reference to " ifevz the @ atau of the .edu.t " AdRe since e-pos must submit tayla. The objections made are examined by the editors within one month at the latest (opinions can be requested about the objections made to the referees of the study ) and a positive or negative response is provided to the author (s) . If the author (s) objections to the evaluation result are found positive, the editorial board starts the evaluation process again by making new referees in accordance with the subject area of the study.
After Admission
East Geography Journal of the value yours to accept the result of the studies, respectively; It goes through the processes of checking the text , organizing the bibliography, citation and referencing, layout and typesetting, giving the DOI number . There is no source of income as Eastern Geography Journal does not charge article processing fee ( evaluation fee or printing fee) and subscription fee for accessing the articles . However, the financial liabilities of the studies accepted as a result of the evaluation for some titles below are under the responsibility of the author ( s).
Giving the DOI Number
The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is a unique access number that allows the identification and access of every work published electronically . After the acceptance stage, the works whose plagiarism check, bibliography check and print version are prepared are given by the editorial board a DOI number.
Language Regulation
Manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Eastern Geography must have a plain and distinctive language quality in accordance with the grammar languages and scientific literature of the full text language (Turkish or English) . Studies should be written in a clean and fluent language free from foreign words. Studies in this area of the internal evaluation was redacted before sending it in line process of the broadcasting scheme of a healthier l s enables the ürdürül.
The editorial board can request language editing services during the evaluation process of the submitted works or after the acceptance phase . 

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