Publication Principles

1. Çeşm-i Cihan is an electronic journal published twice a year (in July and December). When necessary, special issues are also published on various topics. In the journal, all scientific researches in the field of arts and humanities, especially studies about Bartın and its region, are included.

2. Publication language is Turkish and English.

3. Papers to be published in the journal must not have been published anywhere before. Since it has not been stated or determined that it has been published anywhere before, the legal consequences related to the copyrights of the published works belong entirely to the author.

4. Publication of papers read in any conference is subject to the condition that this situation is clearly stated in the article. Articles that are produced from those papers but does not bear the statement will be removed from the publication order.

5. The publication of articles produced from graduate theses is subject to the condition that this situation is clearly stated in the article. Articles that are produced from a graduate thesis but this situation is not clearly stated will be removed from the publication order.

6. Only two papers by the same author can be included in one issue.

7. There is an obligation to comply with the writing rules and publication principles of the journal (except for the field-specific spellings). The author has to fulfill the correction suggestions specified by the reviewers or the editorial board. The Editorial Board has the right to make any changes in the form of the submitted article.

8. Responsibilities of articles that do not comply with the abovementioned rules and principles belong to the author(s). The Editorial Board of the Journal has the right to "reject" the articles that do not comply with the relevant rules and principles without putting them into the "peer-reviewing process".

9. The order based on the publication is made according to the end date of all reviewing processes. From the date of the acceptance of the article, early submission to the journal, early initiation of the referee process and early conclusion of the evaluation affect the order of publication.

10. The articles whose review process is completed after the start of the layout of issue (at the latest 1 December for the winter issue, 1 June at the latest for the summer issue) are transfered to the next issue.

11. All legal responsibilities regarding the contents of the published articles belong to the author

12. No royalties are paid to authors of published works. Authors can publish or reproduce their papers published in our journal elsewhere without the approval of the journal.

13. Published articles cannot be quoted without citing the source.

Submission checklist
At the time of submission, authors should check that their submissions comply with all the items in the list below. Submissions that do not comply with these guidelines will be returned to the authors.

The submitted manuscript has not been previously published and has not been submitted for consideration to a journal for publication.
The submitted file is in Open Office, Microsoft Word, RTF, or Word Perfect document file format.
The text is single-line, Cambria 11-point, italicized instead of underlined (with valid URL addresses), and all figures, pictures, and tables are placed at appropriate points in the text rather than at the end of the page.
If you are sending your article to a peer-reviewed journal section, be sure to prepare it in accordance with blind reviewing.

Çeşm-i Cihan: Publication Ethics and Declaration of Contrary Action of E-Journal of History, Culture and Art Studies

Çeşm-i Cihan: E-Journal of History, Culture and Art Studies is an independent publication about scientific research and the editor determines the publication policy. This declaration includes the ethical behavior of the journal publisher, editor, referees and authors. The Ethical Statement of Çeşm-i Cihan: E-Journal of History, Culture and Art Studies is based on the COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors and COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors and these resources are freely available at www.publicationethics.org. as shared. Çeşm-i Cihan: E-Journal of History, Culture and Art Studies adopts the ethical publishing principles published by the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).

Open Access Policy

Çeşm-i Cihan: E-Journal of History, Culture and Art Studies follows an open access policy and makes all published content available free of charge.

1. Responsibilities of the Journal Publisher:

1.1. Editorial Independence
Çeşm-i Cihan: E-Journal of History, Culture and Art Studies is committed to ensuring the independence of editorial decisions without the influence of anyone or its commercial partners.

1.2. Intellectual Property and Copyright
Çeşm-i Cihan: E-Journal of History, Culture and Art Studies protects the property and copyrights of the articles published in the journal and keeps a record of the published version of each article. Çeşm-i Cihan: E-Journal of History, Culture and Art Studies ensures the integrity and transparency of each published article.

1.3. Scientific misconduct
Çeşm-i Cihan: E-Journal of History, Culture and Art Studies always takes appropriate precautions against fraudulent publication or plagiarism.

2. Responsibilities of the Editor:

2.1. Publication and Liability Decision
The editor of Çeşm-i Cihan: E-Journal of History, Culture and Art Studies keeps everything in the journal under control and strives to meet the needs of readers and writers. The editor is also responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal will be published in the journal and which will be subject to the guidelines of the law regarding defamatory publication, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The Editor may negotiate with the reviewers in making publication decisions. The editor is responsible for the content and overall quality of the publication. The editor must ensure that the peer review process is fair and appropriate.

2.2. Impartiality
Articles submitted to the journal will always be evaluated without bias.

2.3. Confidentiality
Any information about an article submitted to the journal should not be disclosed by the editor to anyone other than the editorial board, reviewers, and the owner of the journal.

2.4. Conflict of Interest and Disclosure
The editor of Çeşm-i Cihan: E-Journal of History, Culture and Art Studies does not allow any conflict of interest between the parties such as authors, reviewers and editors. Unpublished materials in an article submitted to the journal should not be used by anyone without the express written permission of the author.

3. Responsibilities of Reviewers:

3.1. Reviewing
Reviewers evaluate papers without regard to the origin, gender, sexual orientation, or political philosophy of the authors. Reviewers also provide a fair blind peer review process for the evaluation of manuscripts submitted to the journal.

3.2. Confidentiality
All information about articles submitted to the journal is kept confidential. Reviewers should not communicate with anyone other than those authorized by the editor.

3.3. Disclosure and conflicts of interest
Reviewers, authors, funders, editors, etc. There is no conflict of interest with these parties.

3.4. Editorial support
Reviewers assist editors in decision making and may also assist authors in improving manuscripts.

3.5. Impartiality
Reviewers always make an objective decision. Reviewers express their views clearly with appropriate supporting arguments.

3.6. References
Reviewers should also inform the editor of any significant similarity or overlap between any other published article of which they are aware and the text submitted to the journal.

4. Author Responsibilities:

4.1. Submission standards
A text submitted to the journal must be original and authors must ensure that the text has not been published previously in any journal. The data of the research should be fully stated in the article. A manuscript submitted to the journal should contain sufficient details and references to allow others to derive the work.

4.2. Originality
Authors wishing to submit their work to the journal should ensure that their work is completely original, and words and phrases from the literature should be appropriately cited.

4.3. Multiple submissions
Authors should not submit the same paper for publication in more than one journal. Simultaneous submission of the same study to more than one journal is unethical and unacceptable.

4.4. References
Appropriate reference should be made to the work of others. Authors should cite publications that were influential in determining their work. All sources used in the study process should be cited.

4.5. Article Authoring
Article authoring should be limited to those who have made significant contributions to the work. If there are others involved in the research process, those who are contributors should be listed. Authorship should also include an author who is responsible for correspondence with the journal editor. The corresponding author should ensure that all co-authors are listed on the manuscript.

4.6. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
All sources of financial support must be disclosed. All authors must disclose any conflict of interest in the preparation of their work.

4.7. Major errors in published studies
If authors find a significant error in their submitted work, they must immediately notify the journal of the error. Authors are required to work with the editor to ensure that errors are corrected.