Volume: 27 Issue: 47

Disclaimer
Statements or opinions expressed in the manuscripts published in the journal reflect the views of the author(s) and not the opinions of the editors, editorial board, and/or publisher; the editors, editorial board, and publisher disclaim any responsibility or liability for such materials.

Open Access Statement
East Geography Journal is an open access publication, and the journal’s publication model is based on Budapest Access Initiative (BOAI) declaration. All published content is available online, free of charge at https://eastgeography-ataunipress.org/. The journal’s content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) 4.0 International License which permits third parties to share and adapt the content for non-commercial purposes by giving the appropriate credit to the original work.

Editor in Chief: İbrahim Fevzi Şahin
Address: Department of Social Studies Education, Atatürk University, Faculty of Kazim Karabekir Education, Erzurum, Turkey
E-mail: ifevzi@atauni.edu.tr

Publisher: AVES
Address: Büyükderece Cad., 105/9 34394 Şişli, İstanbul, Turkey
Phone: +90 212 272 13 50
E-mail: info@cordus.com.tr
Webpage: www.cordus.com.tr

Writing Rules

East Geography Journal is a scientific, open access, online-only periodical published in accordance with independent, unbiased, and double-blinded peer-review principles. The journal is official publication of the Atatürk University, Kâzım Karabekir Faculty of Education, Geography Education Department and published biannually in June and December. The publication languages of the journal are Turkish and English.

East Geography Journal aims to contribute to the literature by publishing manuscripts at the highest scientific level in geography sciences. The journal publishes original articles that is prepared in accordance with ethical guidelines. The scope of the journal includes but not limited to radio, physical, human, natural environment and geographic information systems.

The target audience of the journal includes researchers and specialists who are interested or working in all fields of physical and human geography.

EDITORIAL AND PUBLICATION PROCESS
The editorial and publication processes of the journal are shaped in accordance with the guidelines of the Council of Science Editors (CSE), the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the European Association of Science Editors (EASE), and National Information Standards Organization (NISO). The journal conforms to the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (doaj.org/bestpractice).

Originality, high scientific quality, and citation potential are the most important criteria for a manuscript to be accepted for publication. Manuscripts submitted for evaluation should not have been previously presented or already published in an electronic or printed medium. The journal should be informed of manuscripts that have been submitted to another journal for evaluation and rejected for publication. The submission of previous reviewer reports will expedite the evaluation process. Manuscripts that have been presented in a meeting should be submitted with detailed information on the organization, including the name, date, and location of the organization.

PEER REVIEW PROCESS
Manuscripts submitted to East Geography Journal will go through a double-blind peer-review process. Each submission will be reviewed by at least two external, independent peer reviewers who are experts in their fields in order to ensure an unbiased evaluation process. The editorial board will invite an external and independent editor to manage the evaluation processes of manuscripts submitted by editors or by the editorial board members of the journal. The Editor in Chief is the final authority in the decision-making process for all submissions.

ETHICAL GUIDELINES
All authors who submit articles to the journal are expected to comply with universal ethical principles in their studies. These principles are; accuracy in scientific method, data and analysis accuracy, corporate honesty, impartiality and social responsibility.

PLAGIARISM AND ETHICAL MISCONDUCT
East Geography Journal is extremely sensitive about plagiarism. All submissions are screened by a similarity detection software (iThenticate by CrossCheck) at any point during the peer-review and/or production process.

When you are discussing others' (or your own) previous work, please make sure that you cite the material correctly in every instance.

Authors are strongly recommended to avoid any form plagiarism and ethical misconduct that are exemplified below.

Self- plagiarism (text-recycling): Overlapping sections or sentences with the author’s previous publications without citing them. Even if you are the author of the phrases or sentences, the text should not have unacceptable similarity with the previously published data.
Salami slicing: Using the same data of a research into several different articles. Reporting the same hypotheses, population, and methods of a study is into different papers is not acceptable.
Data Fabrication: It is the addition of data that never occurred during the gathering of data or the experiments. Results and their interpretation must be based on the complete data sets and reported accordingly.
Data Manipulation/Falsification: It means manipulating research data with the intention of giving a false impression. This includes manipulating images (e.g. micrographs, gels, radiological images), removing outliers or ‘inconvenient’ results, changing data points, etc.

In the event of alleged or suspected research misconduct, e.g., plagiarism, citation manipulation, and data falsification/fabrication, the Editorial Board will follow and act according to COPE flowcharts.

AUTHORSHIP
Each person listed as an author should fulfill the authorship criteria recommended by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE - www.icmje.org). The ICMJE recommends that authorship is based on the following four criteria:

1. Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND
2. Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; AND
3. Final approval of the version to be published; AND
4. Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

In addition to being accountable for the parts of the work he/she has done, an author should be able to identify which co-authors are responsible for specific other parts of the work. Also, authors should have confidence in the integrity of the contributions of their co-authors.

All those designated as authors should meet all four criteria for authorship, and all who meet the four criteria should be identified as authors. Those who do not meet all four criteria should be acknowledged in the title page of the manuscript.

East Geography Journal requires corresponding authors to submit a signed and scanned version of the Copyright Agreement and Acknowledgement of Authorship form (available for download at https://eastgeography-ataunipress.org/) during the initial submission process to act appropriately on authorship rights and to prevent ghost or honorary authorship. If the editorial board suspects a case of “gift authorship,” the submission will be rejected without further review. As part of the submission of the manuscript, the corresponding author should also send a short statement declaring that he/she accepts to undertake all the responsibility for authorship during the submission and review stages of the manuscript.

CHANGE OF AUTHORSHIP

East Geography Journal reviews the authorship according to the author’s declaration in the Title Page, thus it is the authors responsibility to send the final order of the complete author names. Requests in the change of authorship (e.g. removal/addition of the authors, change in the order etc) after submission are subject to editorial approval. Editorial Board will investigate this kind of cases and act following COPE flowcharts.

Change of authorship requests should be submitted to the Editorial Office with an official letter stating the reasons of the change. The letter must be signed by all authors and include their approval on the change in authorship. If the request is approved by the Editorial Board, authors need to submit a new Copyright Agreement Form according to the final order list.

DECLARATION OF INTEREST
East Geography Journal requires and encourages the authors and the individuals involved in the evaluation process of submitted manuscripts to disclose any existing or potential conflicts of interests, including financial, consultant, and institutional, that might lead to potential bias or a conflict of interest. Any financial grants or other support received for a submitted study from individuals or institutions should be disclosed to the Editorial Board. To disclose a potential conflict of interest, the ICMJE Potential Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form should be filled in and submitted by all contributing authors. The journal’s Editorial Board resolves cases of a potential conflict of interest of the editors, authors, or reviewers within the scope of COPE and ICMJE guidelines.

APPEALS AND COMPLAINT
The Editorial Board of the journal handles all appeal and complaint cases within the scope of COPE guidelines. In such cases, authors should get in direct contact with the editorial office regarding their appeals and complaints. When needed, an ombudsperson may be assigned to resolve claims that cannot be resolved internally. The Editor in Chief is the final authority in the decision-making process for all appeals and complaints.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
East Geography Journal requires each submission to be accompanied by a Copyright Agreement and Acknowledgement of Authorship form (available for download at https://eastgeography-ataunipress.org/). By signing this form, authors retain the copyright of their work and agree that the article, if accepted for publication by the East Geography Journal will be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) 4.0 International License which permits third parties to share and adapt the content for non-commercial purposes by giving the appropriate credit to the original work.

When using previously published content, including figures, tables, or any other material in both print and electronic formats, authors must obtain permission from the copyright holder. Legal, financial and criminal liabilities in this regard belong to the author(s).

DISCLAIMER
Statements or opinions expressed in the manuscripts published in East Geography Journal reflect the views of the author(s) and not the opinions of the editors, the editorial board, or the publisher; the editors, the editorial board, and the publisher disclaim any responsibility or liability for such materials. The final responsibility regarding the published content rests with the authors.

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

Manuscripts can only be submitted through the journal’s online manuscript submission and evaluation system, available at https://eastgeography-ataunipress.org/. Manuscripts submitted via any other medium and submissions by anyone other than one of the authors will not be evaluated.

Manuscripts submitted to the journal will first go through a technical evaluation process where the editorial office staff will ensure that the manuscript has been prepared and submitted in accordance with the journal’s guidelines. Submissions that do not conform to the journal’s guidelines will be returned to the submitting author with technical correction requests.

Authors are required to submit the following:
· Copyright Agreement and Acknowledgement of Authorship Form,
(should be filled in by all contributing authors) during the initial submission. These forms are available for download at https://eastgeography-ataunipress.org/.

Preparation of the Manuscript
Title page: A separate title page should be submitted with all submissions and this page should include:
· The full title of the manuscript as well as a short title (running head) of no more than 50 characters,
· Name(s), affiliations, highest academic degree(s), and ORCID IDs of the author(s),
· Grant information and detailed information on the other sources of support,
· Name, address, telephone (including the mobile phone number), and email address of the corresponding author,
· Acknowledgment of the individuals who contributed to the preparation of the manuscript but who do not fulfill the authorship criteria.

Abstract: An abstract should be submitted with all submissions except for Letters to the Editor. The abstract of Research Articles should be unstructured. Please check Table 1 below for word count specifications.

Keywords: Each submission must be accompanied by a minimum of three to a maximum of five keywords for subject indexing at the end of the abstract. The keywords should be listed in full without abbreviations. The keywords should be selected from the National Library of Medicine, Medical Subject Headings database (https://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html).

Manuscript Types
Research Articles: This is the most important type of article since it provides new information based on original research. Acceptance of original papers will be based upon the originality and importance of the investigation. The main text of original articles should be structured with Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion and Recommendations subheadings. Please check Table 1 for the limitations for Original Articles.

Table 1. Limitations for each manuscript type

Type of manuscript	Word limit*	Abstract word limit	Reference limit	Table limit	Figure limit
Research Article	4000	250 (Structured)	35	6	5 or total of 10 images

*Word limit should not include the abstract, references, tables, and figure legends.

Tables
Tables should be included in the main document, presented after the reference list, and they should be numbered consecutively in the order they are referred to within the main text. A descriptive title must be placed above the tables in title case in italics. Abbreviations used in the tables should be defined below the tables by footnotes (even if they are defined within the main text). Tables should be created using the “insert table” command of the word processing software and they should be arranged clearly to provide easy reading. Data presented in the tables should not be a repetition of the data presented within the main text but should be supporting the main text.

Table Examples in APA Format

Source: Sample Tables, APA accessed https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/tables-figures/sample-tables

Figures and Figure Legends
Figures, graphics, and photographs should be submitted as separate files (in TIFF or JPEG format) through the submission system. The files should not be embedded in a Word document or the main document. When there are figure subunits, the subunits should not be merged to form a single image. Each subunit should be submitted separately through the submission system. Images should not be labeled (a, b, c, etc.) to indicate figure subunits. Thick and thin arrows, arrowheads, stars, asterisks, and similar marks can be used on the images to support figure legends. Like the rest of the submission, the figures too should be blind. Any information within the images that may indicate an individual or institution should be blinded. The minimum resolution of each submitted figure should be 300 DPI. To prevent delays in the evaluation process, all submitted figures should be clear in resolution and large in size (minimum dimensions: 100 × 100 mm). Figure legends should be listed at the end of the main document.

All acronyms and abbreviations used in the manuscript should be defined at first use, both in the abstract and in the main text. The abbreviation should be provided in parentheses following the definition.

All references, tables, and figures should be referred to within the main text, and they should be numbered consecutively in the order they are referred to within the main text.

Limitations, drawbacks, and the shortcomings of original articles should be mentioned in the Discussion section before the conclusion paragraph.

References
Both in-text citations and the references must be prepared according to the APA Manual Seventh Edition.

While citing publications, preference should be given to the latest, most up-to-date publications. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of references. In the main text of the manuscript, references should be cited by author’s name and the publication year in parenthesis. In the case of direct citations in the main text, only publication year should be stated in parenthesis after the name of the author. Please see below the examples.

Reference List

The reference styles for different types of publications are presented in the following examples.

Journal Article: Klimonske, R., & Palmer, S. (1993). The ADA and the hiring process in organizations. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 45(2), 10-36.

Journal Article with more than one author: Jerrentrup, A., Mueller, T., Glowalla, U., Herder, M., Henrichs, N., Neubauer, A., & Schaefer, J. R. (2018). Teaching medicine with the help of “Dr. House.” PLoS ONE, 13(3), Article e0193972. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193972

Article in Turkish: Mutlu, B., & Savaşer, S. (2007). Çocuğu ameliyat sonrası yoğun bakımda olan ebeveynlerde stres nedenleri ve azaltma girişimleri [Source and intervention reduction of stress for parents whose children are in intensive care unit after surgery]. Istanbul University Florence Nightingale Journal of Nursing, 15(60), 179–182.

Books
By a Single Author: Kimmel, M. S. (2007). The gendered society. Oxford University Press.
By Two or More Authors: DiFonzo, N., & Bordia, P. (2007). Rumor psychology: Social and organizational approaches. American Psychological Association.
By a Corporate (Group) Author: American Sociological Association. (1975). Approaches to the study of social structure. Free Press.
Edited Book : Rhodewalt, F. (Ed.). (2008). Personality and social behavior. Psychology Press.
Book Chapter with Editor(s): McCormack, B., McCance, T., & Maben, J. (2013). Outcome evaluation in the development of person-centred practice. In B. McCormack, K. Manley, & A. Titchen (Eds.), Practice development in nursing and healthcare (pp. 190-211). John Wiley & Sons.

Dissertation or Thesis: Valentin, E. R. (2019, Summer). Narcissism predicted by Snapchat selfie sharing, filter usage, and editing [Master's thesis, California State University Dominguez Hills]. CSU ScholarWorks. https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/concern/theses/3197xm925?locale=en
No Author: The universal declaration of human rights. (1974). U.S. Catholic Conference, Division of Latin America.
Web sites: Sparks, Dana. (2018, September 12). Mayo mindfulness: Practicing mindfulness exercises. Mayo Clinic.

In the seventh edition, up to 20 authors should now be included in a reference list entry. For sources with more than 20 authors, after the 19th listed author, any additional authors' names are replaced with an ellipsis (…) followed by the final listed author's name:
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., Author, C. C., Author, D. D., Author, E. E., Author, F. F., Author, G. G., Author, H. H., Author, I. I., Author, J. J., Author, K. K., Author, L. L., Author, M. M., Author, N. N., Author, O. O., Author, P. P., Author, Q. Q., Author, R. R., Author, S. S., . . . Author, Z. Z.

REVISIONS
When submitting a revised version of a paper, the author must submit a detailed “Response to the reviewers” that states point by point how each issue raised by the reviewers has been covered and where it can be found (each reviewer’s comment, followed by the author’s reply and line numbers where the changes have been made) as well as an annotated copy of the main document. Revised manuscripts must be submitted within 30 days from the date of the decision letter. If the revised version of the manuscript is not submitted within the allocated time, the revision option may be canceled. If the submitting author(s) believe that additional time is required, they should request this extension before the initial 30-day period is over.

Accepted manuscripts are copy-edited for grammar, punctuation, and format by professional language editors. Once the publication process of a manuscript is completed, it is published online on the journal’s webpage as an ahead-of-print publication before it is included in its scheduled issue. A PDF proof of the accepted manuscript is sent to the corresponding author and their publication approval is requested within 2 days of their receipt of the proof.

Editor in Chief: İbrahim Fevzi Şahin
Address: Department of Social Studies Education, Atatürk University, Faculty of Kazim Karabekir Education, Erzurum, Turkey
E-mail: ifevzi@atauni.edu.tr

Publisher: AVES
Address: Büyükderece Cad., 105/9 34394 Şişli, İstanbul, Turkey
Phone: +90 212 272 13 50
E-mail: info@cordus.com.tr
Webpage: www.cordus.com.tr

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

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 .