1. Preliminary Evaluation: In this process, the documents uploaded by the author(s) are formally evaluated by the journal secretariat. EGE AKADEMİK BAKIŞ JOURNAL returns the manuscripts to the authors if the documents deemed necessary to initiate the publication process are missing (see EGE AKADEMİK BAKIŞ Writing Rules, https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/eab/writing-rules). If there is no deficiency in the documents, the article is forwarded to the relevant field editor.

2. Editorial Evaluation: The field editors who evaluate the submitted articles follow the following steps:

- They check whether the article is within the scope of the journal.

- They check whether the article is prepared in accordance with the journal writing rules.

- They check whether the article contains any plagiarism.

- When necessary, they check whether the article has the approval of the ethics committee.

The field editor decides on the status of articles that are outside the scope of the journal or that are not uploaded to the system correctly and completely, as well as articles that do not comply with the journal article writing rules. This decision may be in the form of sending the manuscript back to the authors for the necessary corrections or rejection of the manuscript, if necessary. If the manuscript contains plagiarism or there is a possibility of plagiarism, or if the similarity rate exceeds the rules of the Aegean Academic Review, the manuscript will be rejected directly by the editor. You can find more detailed information about this issue on the EGE AKADEMİK BAKIŞ Journal Writing Rules page (https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/eab/writing-rules). The decision of the editor is notified to the author(s).

3. Double Blind Peer Review: After successfully completing the pre-evaluation and editorial processes, the articles are included in the peer review process. EGE AKADEMİK BAKIŞ JOURNAL uses a double-blind peer review system for the evaluation of articles. This system has an important role in improving the quality of academic publications. In this process, the identities of the author and the referee are kept mutually confidential and there is absolutely no communication. Any text or symbol that can reveal the identity of the author cannot be included in the article. Referees send their evaluation reports directly to the journal editor and the editor is responsible for forwarding the reports to the authors. It is checked that the reports are created in a way that does not reveal the identities of the reviewers. Feedback to the authors is also made through the editor. If it is decided that the article will be evaluated by referees, at least two expert scientists suitable for the subject of the article are determined as referees and the article is sent to the referees via the system. The referees submit the results of the scientific review to the editor via the system together with the "Referee Evaluation Report" and, if necessary, the relevant files.

The referee indicates one of the following decisions in his/her report:

- The article is directly publishable.

- The article can be published after the corrections specified in the article are made.

- The article needs to be reviewed again after the corrections specified in the article are made.

- The article is not deemed suitable for publication.

In order for articles to be published, at least two referees must give a "positive" opinion. If one of the referees gives a "positive" opinion and the other one gives a "negative" opinion, the article is sent to a third referee. In case there are requests for corrections and/or suggestions in the referee reports, the editor will forward the referee reports to the author of the article and request the corrections to be made within 2 months at the latest. Failure to make the specified corrections within this period may result in rejection of the article. When deemed necessary, the editor sends the article to the "language editor" to correct language errors and obtains the author's approval.

4. Final Evaluation: After at least two positive opinions have been reported by the referees and the article has passed through the language editor when deemed necessary, it passes to the final evaluation stage. At this stage, the manuscripts are once again reviewed by the Editorial Board and, if necessary, corrections may be requested. If all edits are approved by the Editorial Board, the article is considered "publishable". The Editorial Board also decides in which issue the article will be published.