Research Ethics: The authors declare and undertake that the submitted article is their original work, that they have not committed plagiarism, that all authors have individually contributed to this study and assumed full responsibility for it, that all authors have seen and approved the final version of the submitted article, that the article has not been published elsewhere or submitted for publication, and that the text, figures, and documents in the article do not violate the copyrights of other individuals. Changes to authorship responsibilities (such as adding or removing authors, or changing author order) cannot be proposed once the evaluation process has begun.
Obtaining Legal/Special Ethics Committee Approval:
Separate ethics committee approvals must be obtained for research and experimental studies requiring ethics committee decisions, and such approval must be specified and documented in the article. Articles must include a statement confirming compliance with Research and Publication Ethics. In studies requiring ethics committee approval, information regarding the approval (name of the committee, date, and approval number) must be provided in the methodology section and also on the first/last page of the article.
Publication Ethics: The Journal of History and Strategy adheres to the highest standards of publication ethics and embraces the principles of ethical publishing issued by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME).
All submitted articles must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere. Authors must declare that the article is original, has not been previously published, and is not being evaluated elsewhere in any language. Copyright laws and agreements in force must be respected. Copyrighted material (such as tables, figures, or extensive quotations) must be used with appropriate permission and acknowledgment. Works and contributions of other authors or sources must be properly cited in references. Requests to change authorship during the evaluation stage cannot be accepted.
Open Access Policy: The Journal of History and Strategy is an open-access journal. Its contents are freely available to all readers. Readers may read and download articles in full text for non-commercial purposes. However, articles may not be reproduced in any form without citing the journal’s name and issue information. The Journal of History and Strategy is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
Article Withdrawal Policy: Article withdrawal may occur if the original version contains an error or if it has been mistakenly submitted both to the Journal of History and Strategy and another publisher. It may also arise from violations of scientific ethical rules such as duplicate submission, false claims, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, fraudulent data use, or similar issues. Articles that comply with the journal’s Ethical Principles and Publication Policy may be withdrawn at the author’s request by submitting a signed Article Withdrawal Petition to the Editorial Board. Withdrawal requests for articles already in the publication stage will not be considered.
Conflict of Interest: Editors, associate editors, or reviewers cannot use unpublished materials from submitted articles in their own research. All authors must include a statement disclosing any financial or other conflicts of interest that could affect the interpretation of their article’s results or conclusions. Authors must declare all sources of financial support for their work. Readers must be informed of any funding for the research and the role of funders, if applicable.
Evaluation Process and Plagiarism Policy
Editorial Evaluation: Each submission through the DergiPark system is first evaluated by the Editorial Office for theme and content. Articles with more than 15% similarity (excluding references and bibliography) are rejected before entering the evaluation stage. All responsibility for complying with ethical rules and scientific citation and plagiarism regulations lies with the author(s). Authors must guarantee the originality of their submissions. Articles within the journal’s scope are evaluated for compliance with editorial principles and formatting (number of articles, abstracts and keywords, consistency with foreign language equivalents, reference rules, etc.). Articles not meeting formal requirements are returned to the author for revision.
The editor evaluates articles regardless of the authors’ ethnic origin, gender, nationality, religious beliefs, or political philosophy. The editor guarantees confidentiality of all information regarding submitted articles until publication. When selecting reviewers, the editor considers their impartiality and field of expertise and ensures confidentiality until the article is published. A new article from a previously published author may only be considered after at least two issues have passed.
Editorial Board Evaluation and Reviewer Selection: Articles meeting formal requirements are anonymized and submitted to the Editorial Board. The Editorial Board—consisting of the editor, associate editors, and academics from various universities—reviews articles individually under the principle of “Blind Editorial Board Review.” Decisions are made primarily by consensus, or when necessary, by voting, resulting in one of three outcomes: “send to reviewers,” “revise,” or “reject.” Articles not conforming to the journal’s editorial and scientific standards and deemed uncorrectable are rejected. Articles approved for peer review enter the reviewer process within 10 business days. Each article is reviewed by two anonymous reviewers. If one report is positive and the other negative, a third reviewer is assigned. The maximum target period for the entire process—from editorial evaluation to reviewer decision—is 90 days. If the editor later identifies and documents ethical violations in an article already under review or positively reviewed, the article is withdrawn from the publication process.
Peer Review: Reviewers evaluate articles regardless of the authors’ ethnic origin, gender, nationality, religious beliefs, or political philosophy. Reviewers must not have conflicts of interest or competitive relationships with the authors or sponsors of the evaluated articles. Reviewer decisions must be objective. If a reviewer has contributed to the article’s writing process in any way or knows the author, they must decline the review. Reviewers must complete the evaluation form thoroughly and provide detailed justifications in their reports. They must not use information obtained during peer review for personal, institutional, or third-party advantage or disadvantage. If the article does not fall within their field of expertise or cannot be reviewed within the given time, reviewers must notify the editor and withdraw from the process.
Copyright Regulation: Articles submitted to the Journal of History and Strategy for evaluation must not have been previously published in any form or submitted for publication elsewhere. It is the author’s responsibility to obtain signed permission from the copyright holder for reproducing or using previously published texts, images, tables, etc., in electronic or printed form. The signed permission letter must be submitted together with the signed cover letter.
Fee Policy: The Journal of History and Strategy is an open-access journal. No fees are charged to authors for submission or publication. Authors do not receive payment for published articles. The editorial board and reviewers also receive no payment. If applicable, all financial and legal copyright arrangements for translations must be handled by the author. Authors may archive their published articles on personal websites and institutional academic repositories.