Folklor/Edebiyat

Scope
The Journal of folklore&literature is a Cyprus International University publication that publishes original
work in the fields of folklore, literature, anthropology, language, linguistics, that are based on analysis and research
conducted in accordance with the scientific method. The scope of the journal includes a variety of different pieces
that range from original theoretical works to original research and analyses; to documents and interpretations; to
applications or application based works; to educational works, meta-analyses, critiques, evaluations, and book
reviews.


Scientific - Academic Principles

The goal of a scientific article is to disseminate its findings acquired from research conducted by
experienced field researchers, to the larger scientific community. Scientific ethics is the starting point of a study.
TUBA (Turkey’s Scientific Academy) defines ethics as “the field of thought where people contemplate on the foundations of living a moral life and based on these foundations, they differentiate between right and wrong search for accurate behaviors, and develop theoretical and scientific tools that can be applied”. This perspective is the basic principle underlying article acceptance for the Journal of folklore/ literature. The journal publishes articles that are in accordance with TUBA and TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey)’s publication principles.

Articles with exceptional academic quality that are accepted to the journal should contain an Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion section. In the introduction, a clear and concise description of the problem the article is covering should be given. In the methods section, how the problem was approached should be describedin detail and the choice of scientific method used should be explained and justified. In the results-discussion section, examination of the findings via the scientific method should be described and suggestions for future research as well developmental implications should be offered

Peer Review Process

Articles sent to the journal are initially examined and evaluated according to their appropriateness with the journal’s publication principles and publication rules as determined by CIU’s Preliminary Evaluation Committee.
All other technical additions/changes that are beyond this Committee’s jurisdiction are done in collaboration with the author(s). Upon receiving approval from the Publication Committee and Editor, the article is sent to two expert reviewers in the associated field. During the evaluation period, the article will go through a blind review process. In the event there is a conflict between reviewer’s final reports, the article will either be sent to a third reviewer or a decision will be made by both the Publication Committee and Editor. Authors are required to make the suggestedor necessary corrections during the evaluation process. In the event where authors disagree with the suggestions made, they need to indicate this with justifications. The final decision is made by the Publication Committee.
Articles sent to the journal are not returned.

General Principles
 
Basic publication principles include article originality, high potential to receive citations, and suitability
with academic standards. The scientific, ethical, and legal responsibilities belong to the article authors. Papers submitted in the field of psychology must have ethical committee approval, especially for articles being submitted as original research that contain human participants and/or animal subjects. It is imperative that articles sent to
Folklore & Literature have not been published anywhere else and that they are structurally appropriate with theinstructions indicated below.
Articles can be written in either in Turkish or English. Scientific articles should be no more than 40,000
characters (without space); analysis/discussion/critiques should be no more than 20,000 characters (without space); and media, book review/critiques should be no more than 5000-9000 characters (without space). Authors whose articles are accepted for publication will receive a hard copy of the journal and a pdf of their article. No royalties will be paid to the author. Published articles can be published elsewhere as long as it stated in the masthead.
 
Scientific - Academic Principles
 
The goal of a scientific article is to disseminate its findings acquired from research conducted by
experienced field researchers, to the larger scientific community. Scientific ethics is the starting point of a study.
TUBA (Turkey’s Scientific Academy) defines ethics as “the field of thought where people contemplate on the foundations of living a moral life and based on these foundations, they differentiate between right and wrong, search for accurate behaviors, and develop theoretical and scientific tools that can be applied”. This perspective is the basic principle underlying article acceptance for the Journal of Folklore & Literature. The journal publishes articles that are in accordance with TUBA and TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey)’s publication principles.
Articles with exceptional academic quality that are accepted to the journal should contain an Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion section. In the introduction, a clear and concise description of the problem the article is covering should be given. In the methods section, how the problem was approached should be described in detail and the choice of scientific method used should be explained and justified. In the results-discussion section, examination of the findings via the scientific method should be described and suggestions for future research as well developmental implications should be offered
 
Peer Review Process
 
Articles sent to the journal are initially examined and evaluated according to their appropriateness with the journal’s publication principles and publication rules as determined by CIU’s Preliminary Evaluation Committee.
All other technical additions/changes that are beyond this Committee’s jurisdiction are done in collaboration with the author(s). Upon receiving approval from the Publication Committee and Editor, the article is sent to two expert reviewers in the associated field. During the evaluation period, the article will go through a blind review process. In the event there is a conflict between reviewer’s final reports, the article will either be sent to a third reviewer or a decision will be made by both the Publication Committee and Editor. Authors are required to make the suggested or necessary corrections during the evaluation process. In the event where authors disagree with the suggestions made, they need to indicate this with justifications. The final decision is made by the Publication Committee.
Articles sent to the journal are not returned.
 
Instructions for Authors
 
Articles should be written in “Microsoft Word Document” format where “Times New Roman” font and “12” sizes are used. Spacing should be set at 1.5 cm and margins should be 2.5 cm all around. End of sentence words should not be separated according to their syllables. Text orientation should be justified without any indentations, no spacing between paragraphs; however, in the spacing section of MS Word, the “before” option should be set at 6.
First page design:
1– Author’s name (right corner, aligned right)
2– Article title (aligned right)
3– For articles that are translated, the translator’s name (aligned right)
4– For original Turkish articles, the abstract should be between 150-200 words in both English and Turkish.
The English translation of the article’s title is placed under the Turkish title, which is placed over the abstract. For articles in English, a Turkish abstract of at least 250 words should be prepared.
5- Five to six keywords in the article’s original language, then in the abstract’s language should be provided.
6- Information to be given as footnotes at the bottom of the page include:
• Author information, denoted with a (*)
• In translated texts, information about the translated source in association with the article, denoted with (**)
• Information about the translator, denoted with (***)
 
Other Writing and Presentation Rules
Footnotes and Works Cited should be prepared according to the American Psychological Association’s Publication Manual, 7. Primary sources must be indicated when secondary source citations are used. For in-text citations and other technical applications, please visit http://www.apastyle.org/ for further details.
Contact Us
For articles you wish to have published in the Journal of Folklore & Literature, please send two files by
e-mail; one with detailed author information and one with no identifying names that have been saved as a MS Word document.
For all forms of communication, authors should use the following address and details
CIU Faculty of Arts and Sciences Deanship
Haspolat Kavşağı – Lefkosa, KKTC
Telephone : (392) 671 11 11- 2600/2601
Fax: (392) 671 11 65
E-mail : folkloredebiyat@ciu.edu.tr • mkaradag@ciu.edu.tr

Ethical Guidelines

Cyprus International University folklor/edebiyat journal is a refereed journal that operates under the following ethical principles and rules in order to publish high-quality scientific articles in the fields of folklore, literature, anthropology, language / linguistics. The articles submitted to the International Cyprus University folklor/edebiyat journal are evaluated by the peer review process and are published electronically with open access. Below are the ethical responsibilities, roles and duties of the authors, journal editors, the referees and the publisher. The following ethical principles and rules have been prepared in accordance with the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). On the other hand, information on plagiarism and unethical behaviors is given in folklor/edebiyat journal.

Author(s)

• The articles submitted to folklor/edebiyat journal should have methodological qualifications made in the fields indicated.
• References should be sourced correctly and appropriately for all resources used in the articles (authors, online pages, personal interviews, etc.).
• It should be stated that the articles submitted to the journal are not sent to another journal and the authors should be notified in writing of the acceptance that the copyright of the final article is transferred to the journal.
• Conflicts of interest relating to the submitted article must be specified and explained.
• When authors find a mistake in their work, they should inform the editor and the editorial board and establish cooperation for the correction or withdrawal process.

Referees

All articles submitted to folklor edebiyat j urnal are evaluated by the double blind peer review process, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process in order to provide an unbiased, objective and independent evaluation procedure. The articles are transmitted to the referees through the journal management system for evaluation.This system is realized through www.folkloredebiyat.org.The ethical responsibilities and roles of folklor/edebiyat  journal referees are as follows:

• Referees are required to referee only to their articles of expertise
• Referees are expected to agree to referee the articles for which there are no conflicts of interest. Referees should inform the editor when they notice any conflict of interest and refuse to do so.
• Referees should evaluate the articles neutrally and objectively
• Referees are required to fill out the form in the Article Tracking System in the journal site about the articles they evaluate and are not expected to specify their names on the forms in order not to harm the double blind review process. The judges should also
  state the reasons for their decision on whether the article they are evaluating is publishable or not and the reasons for their decision in this form.
• Referees are required to complete their assessments within the time frame given to them and are expected to comply with the ethical responsibilities set out herein

Editors

Editors are are required to comply with the "COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" published by the Committe on Publication Ethics - COPE and the ethical responsibilities listed below.

The editor is responsible for all articles published in the magazine. The editorial tasks and responsibilities of the editor are as follows:

Application to Referees

• The editor should ask referees to evaluate articles that are relevant to their knowledge and expertise. It should be ensured that the articles are appropriately evaluated in the field by experts.
• The editor is obliged to ask the referees to indicate that there are no conflicts of interest on the article before evaluating the article.
• The editor needs to inform all the necessary information about the “referee evaluation process” and what the referees are expected to do.
• The editor should be certain that the referee evaluation process is sustained by double blind procedure and should not disclose the referees to the authors or vice versa.
• The editor should evaluate the referees according to their timing and performances.
• The editor should create a database of referees and update the database according to the referees' performance.
• The editor should remove referees from the referee list who are in rough or unqualified interpretations or are late.
• The editor should remove referees from the referee list who are rough or unqualified in interpretations or are late.
• The editor should continually renew and expand the referee's list according to the referee's areas of expertise.

Application to Authors

• The editor should update the Editorial Publishing Ethics Guidelines on what to expect from the authors.
• The editor must evaluate the submitted articles in terms of journal’s manuscript submission guidelines, the importance and the authenticity of the work, and if he/shedecides to reject the article in the initial submission process, the editors must communicate the reason for this clearly and unambiguously. In this process, if it is decided that the article should be revisited in terms of grammar, punctuation, and / or
  writing rules (margins, proper reference, etc.), the author(s) should be informed and be given enough time to make the necessary corrections.

Publisher

folklor/ edebiyat j ournal is published by the Cyprus International University. The publisher's ethical responsibilities are as follows:

• The publisher acknowledges that the folklore / edebiyat is responsible for the editor of the decision making process and the arbitration process in the process of publishing the article.
• The publisher acknowledges that the decision maker for the publication and scholarly peer review process is the editor of the folklor / edebiyat j ournal.
• Publisher provides open, electronic and free access to the Journal: www.folkloredebiyat.org

Plagiarism and Other Unethical Practices

All articles submitted to folklor/edebiyat  j urnal are scanned with the IThenticate (or Turnitin) software program before printing. The highest accepted similarity rate is 20 %(Shafer, 2011). Articles exceeding this rate are examined in detail and, if deemed necessary, sent back to the authors for review or correction. Manuscript may be refused if plagiarism or other forms of unethical behavior is detected.

Below are some unethical behaviors listed:

• Specification of those who are not contributors to the study as authors.
• Non-specification of those who are contributors to the study as authors.
• Not stating the fact that the manuscipt is produced from the author’s master's / doctoral thesis or from another project.
• Salami slicing, which is publishing multiple articles from a single work.
• Not declaring conflicts of interest in submitted articles.
• Disclosing the double blind peer review process.

Resource: Shafer, S. L. (2011). You will be caught. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 112(3), 491-493.

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