Firat University Journal of Social Sciences

The Fırat University Journal of Social Sciences (p-ISSN 1300-9702, e-ISSN 2149-3243) is an international, peer-reviewed journal published triannually in January, May, and September, offering a platform for researchers to present original scientific studies, share innovative ideas, and contribute to the advancement of social sciences through high-quality academic discourse and interdisciplinary collaboration.

DEAR AUTHOR/AUTHORS
Important Points Regarding the Preliminary Evaluation Processes of Articles
1) All processes related to the submitted articles are conducted through the Dergipark system, and other communications are provided via the message section of the system and the journal's email address. Please refrain from contacting the editors regarding this matter in any way.
2)According to the TR INDEX criteria and journal policy, more than one-third of the published articles will not be from the same institution.
3) In plagiarism/similarity reports obtained by authors through programs such as iThenticate, Turnitin, plagiarism.net, and similar tools, the similarity rate from any single source should not exceed 3%, and the total similarity rate should not exceed 20%.
4)In the file, the author's ORCID number, membership, and bibliographic information must be sufficiently provided.
5) In the anonymously uploaded file, the author's name should not be present on the first page, in the header, in the responsible author's section, in the body, or in the file name.
6) It should be prepared according to the journal's writing rules and especially the sample article template.
7) For Turkish publications, the English summary should be prepared properly and must not exceed a minimum of 150 and a maximum of 200 words.
8) Without considering the author order, a second article submitted by an author in the same year will not be taken into account.
9) In the preliminary review conducted by the Editorial Board, the content must be sufficient in terms of content, organization, sources, evaluation, methodology, language, etc.
10) The total number of pages in the article should not be less than 10 pages and should not exceed 18 pages.
11) An article that has been previously rejected should not be resubmitted.
12) Approval from the ethics committee must be obtained; those without ethics committee approval should not submit articles, or the date of the ethics committee decision should not be close to the article submission date.
13) Articles prepared using artificial intelligence technologies will not be evaluated or published.