Bartın University Journal of Woman, Child and Family Studies

Bartın University Journal of Woman, Child and Family Studies (BARU-JWCFS) is a peer-reviewed, open-access, international academic journal published by Bartın University. The journal aims to promote interdisciplinary knowledge production by addressing scientific research conducted in the fields of women, children, and family through multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches. Publishing original research articles that cover social structure, health, education, psychology, social work, environment, technology, culture, and ethics, the journal adopts scientific quality, ethical publishing, societal contribution, and international visibility as its core principles. BARU-JWCFS supports studies aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and does not charge authors any submission or publication fees. The journal is published twice a year, in March and September.

The journal applies a double-blind peer-review system. Under this system, the identities of the authors are not disclosed to the reviewers, and the identities of the reviewers are not disclosed to the authors. Manuscripts submitted to the journal first undergo a preliminary editorial review in terms of the journal’s aims and scope, compliance with the author guidelines, scientific quality, ethical declarations, and similarity rate. Manuscripts that successfully pass the preliminary review are sent to at least two independent reviewers who are experts in the relevant field.

The publication processes of the Bartın University Journal of Woman, Child and Family Studies are conducted in accordance with the principles of research and publication ethics, editorial independence, impartiality in peer review, transparency, academic integrity, open access, and the free circulation of scientific knowledge. The journal takes into consideration national and international academic publishing standards, principles of scientific publication ethics, and the evaluation criteria of relevant indexes.

The scientific, ethical, legal, and linguistic responsibility for the articles published in the journal rests with the authors.

The journal adopts an open-access publishing model. All articles published in the journal are freely accessible to readers from the moment of publication without any access fee, subscription, registration requirement, or embargo period.

Article Template (Manuscript Format) Access Link

To enable authors to prepare their manuscripts in accordance with the journal’s author guidelines, the current TR Article Template (Word), ENG Article Template (Word) are available. In addition, the Author Guidelines and all other forms can be accessed through this link.

• The manuscript template must be uploaded to the system without including the authors’ names.