Submission Policy for Articles from Thesis

The journal accepts articles derived from master's and doctoral theses. However, to maintain the integrity of the double-blind peer review process and uphold academic publication ethics, authors must comply with specific requirements.
First, the thesis from which the article is derived must be clearly identified. To protect the authors' anonymity, it is recommended that authors publish their theses with restricted access on the YÖK Thesis Center website, if possible. This measure helps prevent reviewers from identifying the authors during the publication process. Additionally, the article's title and abstract should differ significantly from those of the thesis to further reduce the risk of author identification. It is even advisable to rewrite the article abstract entirely.
The article should be restructured and simplified to align with the expectations of academic journal readers. Specifically, sections such as the literature review and methods, which tend to be more extensive in theses due to detailed explanations, should be condensed to suit the article format. To prevent the risk of duplicate publication, the article must not directly copy sentences, paragraphs, or text from the thesis. Instead, it should be rewritten using the original language. Additionally, the currency of the data is crucial; articles based on outdated data will not be accepted.
Authors cannot refuse to make revisions requested by editors and reviewers on the grounds that their thesis has already been officially approved. The peer review process is independent, and all feedback should be carefully considered.
Some graduate theses consist of articles that have been published in academic journals, either in whole or in part. Such articles cannot be republished as original work.
Articles derived from theses that have not yet been defended before a jury may be submitted to our journal; however, this must be clearly stated in the declaration. Please note that the publication process cannot be expedited to fulfill the publication requirement for thesis defense.

Conference Paper-Based Article Submission Policy

The journal accepts article submissions based on work previously presented at conferences, subject to certain conditions. Only papers that have been presented orally and whose abstracts have been published in the conference proceedings may be submitted as revised articles. If the full text of the work has already been published in the conference proceedings, it will be considered duplicate publication and will not be accepted.
Articles based on papers must clearly state the conference name, date, location, and specify, via the Author Declaration Form, if only the abstract was published.
The title and abstract of the paper published on the conference or congress website must be significantly revised to ensure anonymity. All identifying information must be removed.
The article should not consist solely of a revised version of the paper; it must provide significant new contributions and original value.

Preprint Policy

A preprint is a publication format that enables articles that have not undergone peer review to be rapidly made available to the public under open access licenses, typically free of charge to authors. The journal accepts articles previously published on recognized preprint servers (e.g., arXiv, SSRN) under certain conditions. The preprint status must be clearly indicated on the Author Declaration Form during article submission, and the DOI or URL must be provided. Submitted articles must represent a substantial improvement over the preprint version and must not contain identical content. Submissions with content identical to the preprint will not be accepted.
The article will undergo the journal's standard double-blind peer review process. A work published as a preprint is not considered previously published. However, the editor will determine whether to accept the article for publication after evaluating its content.

Warning: If non-compliance with these policies is detected, the article may be rejected or returned at any stage of the review process, whether pre-review or peer review.