Journal Boards

Editor-in-chief

Yeliz Çakır Koçak
Asst. Prof. Dr. Yeliz Çakır Koçak
BARTIN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, EBELİK BÖLÜMÜ
Obstetrics and Gynocology Nursing, Preventative Health Care, Health Promotion, Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine (Other), Midwifery, Women's Studies

Ethics Editors

Çağatay Üstün
Prof. Dr. Çağatay Üstün
Ege Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Tıp Tarihi ve Etik Anabilim Dalı
Medical Ethics, Bioethics, History of Medicine

Editors

Prof. Dr. Elif Çadırcı
ATATURK UNIVERSITY
Basic Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
MZ
Inorganic Green Chemistry, Catalysis and Mechanisms of Reactions, Nanochemistry
BD
Prof. Dr. Bahar Demirel
FIRAT ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Construction Materials
Özlem Demirel Bozkurt
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özlem Demirel Bozkurt
Ege Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi, Kadın Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Hemşireliği AD.
Obstetrics and Gynocology Nursing, Nursing, Midwifery, Health Sciences, Sight Disabled Education
Gülsevim Evsel
Assoc. Prof. Gülsevim Evsel
VAN YÜZÜNCÜ YIL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Technology Management, Sociology of Gender, Social Policy, Environmental Sociology, Women's Studies, Labor Sociology, Body Sociology, Sociology of Family and Relationships, Innovation Management, Qualitative Methods in Sociology
AL
Dr. Alma Lama
University for Business and Technology
Early English Languages, English As A Second Language, Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators
Nuriah Arma
Dr. Nuriah Arma
Institut Kesehatan Helvetia (Helvetia Health Institute)
Clinical Midwifery, Midwifery (Other), Models of Care and Place of Birth
Ebru Cirban Ekrem
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ebru Cirban Ekrem
Bartın Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Doğum-Kadın Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Hemşireliği Anabilim Dalı
Obstetrics and Gynocology Nursing
Burak Savaş Sarıçoban
Information Systems Organisation and Management, Database Systems, Big Data, Social and Community Informatics, Information Research Behavior, Library Studies, Documentation, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Organisation of Information and Knowledge Resources, Information Interaction, Information Retrival, Business Information Management, Archive, Management Information Systems, Open Access, Accessible Computing, Data Models, Storage and Indexing

Assistant Editors

Suzi Özdemir
Asst. Prof. Dr. Suzi Özdemir
KOCAELİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Models of Care and Place of Birth, Midwifery, Midwifery (Other), Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Clinical Midwifery, Psychosocial Aspects of Childbirth and Perinatal Mental Health
Ebru Bulut
Res. Assist. Dr. Ebru Bulut
Bartın Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Ebelik Bölümü
Psychosocial Aspects of Childbirth and Perinatal Mental Health, Models of Care and Place of Birth, Clinical Midwifery, Midwifery

1. Social Sciences Field Editors

SA
Assoc. Prof. Sunay Akkaya
BARTIN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Turkish Folklore (Other), Turkish Folklore, Language Studies (Other)
Onur Yerlikaya Şaşmaz
Youth Sociology , Gender and Politics, Women's Studies, Political Sociology
Elvan Yıldız
Asst. Prof. Dr. Elvan Yıldız
GAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, GAZİ EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ
Education, Psychology Education, Applied and Developmental Psychology, Career Counseling

2. Educational Sciences Field Editors

Şule Çeviker Ay
Assoc. Prof. Şule Çeviker Ay
DÜZCE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ
Education, Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators, Curriculum and Instration , Curriculum Development in Education, Curriculum and Instration (Other), Instructional Design, Multicultural Education
Bedri Şahin
Dr. Bedri Şahin
Die Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (DVPW)
Far East Studies, International Migration, Migration, European Studies, International Security, Studies of Asian Society

3. Health and Medical Sciences Field Editors

Ummahan Yücel
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ummahan Yücel
EGE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, EBELİK BÖLÜMÜ
Public Health, Obstetrics and Gynocology Nursing, Midwifery, Health Sciences
Sakshi Chaturvedi
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sakshi Chaturvedi
Banasthali Vidyapith University
Educational Technology and Computing, Midwifery (Other), Preventative Health Care, Public Health Nursing

5. Environment and Ecology Field Editors

Mustafa Artar
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Artar
BARTIN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Landscape Techniques, Landscape Planning, Landscape Architecture, Sustainable Architecture, Landscape Ecology, Ecology (Other), Landscape Management

6. Engineering and Architecture Field Editors

SY
Dr. Instructor Savaş Yağlıkçı
ANKARA UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Renewable Energy Resources , Energy, Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion, Chemical Thermodynamics and Energetics, Energy Efficiency
AY
Doctoral Aslı Yılmaz
Medastech Yazılım Teknolojileri Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi
Computer System Software, Fundamentals of Nursing, Serious Games and Simulations

8. Arts and Humanities Field Editors

LK
Filmmaking and Directing, Cinema Theories, Movie Review, Communication and Media Studies, Turkish Cinema
Ahmet Yadi
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Yadi
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi
Late Modern Ottoman History, Late Modern Renewal History, Late Modern History (Other)
AZ
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anja Zalta
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts
Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Gender

9. Scientific Research and Ethics Field Editors

AB
Asst. Prof. Dr. Arzu Bilgin
Recep Tayyip Erdogan University
Biological Mathematics, Dynamical Systems in Applications, Applied Mathematics, Ordinary Differential Equations, Difference Equations and Dynamical Systems, Numerical Solution of Differential and Integral Equations, Mathematical Sciences

Statistics Editor

Ali Vasfi Ağlarcı
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali Vasfi Ağlarcı
KASTAMONU ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Health Sciences, Biostatistics, Statistics

Copy Editor

Burcu Küçükkaya
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Burcu Küçükkaya
ESKİŞEHİR OSMANGAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, HEMŞİRELİK BÖLÜMÜ, DOĞUM VE KADIN HASTALIKLARI HEMŞİRELİĞİ ANABİLİM DALI
Traditional Chinese Medicine and Treatments, Artificial Intelligence (Other), Health Sciences, Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine (Other), Obstetrics and Gynocology Nursing, Nursing

Language Editor (Turkish)

Sedat Balyemez
Prof. Dr. Sedat Balyemez
BARTIN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Turkish Language and Literature, New Turkish Language (Turkish of Old Anatolia, Ottoman, Turkiye)

Language Editor (English)

Ahmet Yirmibeş
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Yirmibeş
BARTIN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Education, Higher Education Policies, Education Policy, Higher Education Management, Education Management
Sinem Çapar İleri
Res. Assist. Dr. Sinem Çapar İleri
Giresun Üniversitesi Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü
British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture
AV
Aleyna Damla Vural
BARTIN UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF EDUCATION
Phonetics and Speech Science, English As A Second Language, Multicultural, Intercultural and Cross-Cultural Studies, Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax), Cognitive Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Translation Studies

Technical Editor

Emine Güneş Şan
Pediatric Health and Illnesses Nursing

Layout Editor

MA
Graphic Design

Proofreader

İlkay Ünal
Clinical Midwifery, Health Sciences, Models of Care and Place of Birth

Editorial Asistant / Secreter

Ayşenur Açıkel
Instructor Ayşenur Açıkel
Bartın Üniversitesi
Organisational, Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication, Organizational Culture, Organisational Behaviour, Strategy, Strategy, Management and Organisational Behaviour
SZ
Leadership, Quality Management, Corporate Social Responsibility in Management, Innovation Management, Corporate Governance, Strategy, Management and Organisational Behaviour (Other), Entrepreneurship

Advisory Board

Aslı Yazıcı
Prof. Dr. Aslı Yazıcı
BARTIN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Applied Philosophy (Other), 21st Century Philosophy , 20th Century Philosophy, 18th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Art, Ethics, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Education, Philosophy of Value, Philosophy, Applied Ethics, Teaching Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Hellenistic Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Contemporary Philosophy
Birsen Karaca Saydam
Midwifery (Other), Midwifery, Health Sciences, Nursing
Serap Ejder Apay
Prof. Dr. Serap Ejder Apay
ATATURK UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Clinical Midwifery, Midwifery, Obstetrics and Gynocology Nursing, Models of Care and Place of Birth
Tuba Uçar
Prof. Dr. Tuba Uçar
INONU UNIVERSITY
Psychosocial Aspects of Childbirth and Perinatal Mental Health, Models of Care and Place of Birth, Clinical Midwifery, Midwifery (Other)
ZC
Prof. Dr. Zafer Ceylan
Bartın Üniversitesi
Molecular Genetics
ÖÖ
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özge Özgür
BARTIN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, SOSYAL HİZMET BÖLÜMÜ, SOSYAL HİZMET ANABİLİM DALI
Counselling, Wellbeing and Community Services, Clinical Social Work Practice, Family Resources Education
AG
Models of Care and Place of Birth, Psychosocial Aspects of Childbirth and Perinatal Mental Health, Clinical Midwifery, Health Sciences Education and Development of Programs: Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Midwifery (Other)
Prof. Dr. Selma Şen
MANİSA CELÂL BAYAR ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Models of Care and Place of Birth, Obstetrics and Gynocology Nursing, Midwifery (Other), Health Sciences, Clinical Midwifery
Hacer Yalnız Dilcen
Midwifery, Psychosocial Aspects of Childbirth and Perinatal Mental Health, Models of Care and Place of Birth, Clinical Midwifery
ZT
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zeynep Turhan
BARTIN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Social Program Evaluation, Family Resources Education, Counselling, Wellbeing and Community Services
Mustafa Fidan
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Fidan
Bartın University, Education Faculty, Bartın, Turkey
Instructional Technologies, Curriculum Evaluation in Education, Curriculum and Instration , Education, Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators
Özge Özbay Kara
Classical Turkish Literature, Turkish Language and Literature (Other), Classical Turkish Literature Out of Ottoman Field, Classical Turkish Literature of Ottoman Field
TT
Public Health Nursing, Health Promotion, Clinical Midwifery, Midwifery (Other), Models of Care and Place of Birth, Psychosocial Aspects of Childbirth and Perinatal Mental Health, General Practice
Zübeyde Aksay
Professional Zübeyde Aksay
Aksay Hukuk Bürosu
Labour and Social Security Law, International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law, Family Law, Legal Practice, Lawyering and The Legal Profession, Access To Justice, Law and Society and Socio-Legal Research, Law, Gender and Sexuality, Race, Ethnicity and Law, Equity and Trusts Law, Labour Law
Gülay Gecü
Post Graduate Gülay Gecü
Journey Academy Ltd
Communication Psychology, Gender Psychology, Family Psychology , Trauma Psychology, Sociology of Family and Relationships, Gender and Politics, Social and Personality Psychology (Other)
SA
Post Graduate Selin Akköse
University of Padova
Women's Studies, Clinical Psychology
AV
Aleyna Damla Vural
BARTIN UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF EDUCATION
Phonetics and Speech Science, English As A Second Language, Multicultural, Intercultural and Cross-Cultural Studies, Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax), Cognitive Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Translation Studies
Last Update Time: August 5, 2026

Bartın University Journal of Woman, Child and Family Studies (BARU-JWCFS) is a peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal published by Bartın University. The journal publishes original research articles that focus on women, children, and family studies from multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary perspectives. All manuscripts undergo a double-blind peer review process. No submission or publication fees are charged to authors under any circumstances.