Publication Ethics
- Authors must ensure originality, proper citations, and ethical compliance.
- Ethical board approval is required for studies involving humans or animals.
- Manuscript submissions should not include author names and must not be under review elsewhere.
- Referees are responsible for assessing the manuscript objectively, confidentially, and without bias.
- Section editors are responsible for ensuring double-blind review, ethical compliance, and managing conflicts of interest.
- Manuscripts undergo plagiarism checks before peer review (maximum accepted level of similarity is 20%)
Publication Policies
- BUJER publishes articles only within the scope of the journal
- Issues are published twice a year (June & December)
- All articles are open-access and made available free of charge
- All articles are available under the CC BY-NC 4.0 License
- All articles must follow APA 7th Edition guidelines
- Published articles are archived in Bartın University Library and on other indexes
- BUJER may reject manuscripts due to various reasons such as scientific significance, use of language or alignment of scope.
Publication Process
- Initial review: Suitability check by editor-in-chief
- Secretariat review: Plagiarism and document check
- Language review: Initial language suitability check
- Review process: Section editor appoints at least two referees
- Decision: Following the referee's feedback, the section editor makes the decision (this process differs for each manuscript)
- Final revisions: The manuscript is sent back to the author for final adjustments and adding personal information
- Layout: The manuscript is edit for publication
- Issue assignment: The manuscript is assigned to an issue (may be early preview)
Last Update Time:
17 September 2025