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Eskiçağ Tarihi
İktisat Teorisi, Ekonomi, Finansal Ekonomi
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Operations Research İn Mathematics, Quantitative Decision Methods , Decision Support and Group Support Systems, Planning and Decision Making, Time-Series Analysis, Operations Research, Multiple Criteria Decision Making
Turkish Folklore in the Türkiye Field, Turkish Folklore (Other), Turkish Folklore Outside Türkiye, Alawism Bektashism Studies, Turkish Folklore
Prof. Dr.
Ahmet ŞAHBAZ
NECMETTİN ERBAKAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SİYASAL BİLGİLER FAKÜLTESİ
0000-0001-8355-5367
0000-0001-8355-5367
Education, Education Management, Leadership in Education
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Ahmet Şakir DOKUZ
NİĞDE ÖMER HALİSDEMİR ÜNİVERSİTESİ, MÜHENDİSLİK FAKÜLTESİ, BİLGİSAYAR MÜHENDİSLİĞİ BÖLÜMÜ
0000-0002-1775-0954
0000-0002-1775-0954
Information and Computing Sciences
Ottoman Central Organization, Ottoman Field Service, Ottoman Society, Ottoman Institutions and Civilization, History of Ottoman Socio-Economy
Disabled Groups, Education Management
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Alper MUMYAKMAZ
Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi
Sociology
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Atalay BAHAR
POLICE ACADEMY, POLİS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, POLICE VOCATIONAL TRAINING PR.
0000-0002-3146-1833
0000-0002-3146-1833
Communication Studies, Cyber Espionage, Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies
Strategy, Corporate Social Responsibility in Management, Strategy, Management and Organisational Behaviour, Institutional Governance, Human Resources Management, Management Psychology, International Corporation, Organisational, Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication
Prof. Dr.
Bahattin GENCAL
BOLU ABANT İZZET BAYSAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, FEN-EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ, TARİH BÖLÜMÜ, YENİÇAĞ TARİHİ ANABİLİM DALI
History of Central Asia
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Canser KARDAŞ
Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi,Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı, Türk Halk Edebiyatı ABD
0000-0001-8557-8706
0000-0001-8557-8706
Turkish Folklore, Social and Cultural Anthropology (Other), Turkish Folklore in the Türkiye Field, Alawism Bektashism Studies
Contemporary History of Iran, Turkish Cultural History, General Turkish History
Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Psychological Counseling Education, School Counseling, Family Counseling, Education
Assoc. Prof.
Egemen HANIMOĞLU
Çukurova Üniversitesi
Applied and Developmental Psychology, School Counseling, Education
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Eralp ERDOĞAN
NAMIK KEMAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
General Turkish History
Asst. Prof. Dr.
Erdinç BURULDAĞ
Çankırı Karatekin Üniversitesi, Edebiyat Fakültesi
0000-0003-3075-5503
0000-0003-3075-5503
Archaic Period Archeology, Archaeology, Numismatics, Hellenistic Period Archeology, Greek and Roman Period Archeology, Classical Greek and Roman History, Classical Period Archeology
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Erhan SOLMAZ
UŞAK ÜNİVERSİTESİ İNSAN VE TOPLUM BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ
South-East (Latest Uyghur/Uzbek) Turkic Dialects and Literatures, Turkish Folklore
Political Sociology, Comparative Political Movement, Political Theory and Political Philosophy, Turkish Political Life, Political Movement
Prof. Dr.
Esma ŞİMŞEK
Fırat Üniversitesi
Turkish Folklore (Other), Turkish Folklore in the Türkiye Field, Turkish Folklore Outside Türkiye, Turkish Folk Literature
Late Modern Ottoman History, Late Modern History, Late Modern African History, Late Modern Urban History, Late Modern History of Middle East
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Fatih DEMİR
FIRAT ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Deep Learning, Machine Vision , Supervised Learning, Machine Learning Algorithms, Engineering
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Fatih ERHAN
OSMANİYE KORKUT ATA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Numismatics, Greek and Roman Period Archeology
Late Modern American History, Ottoman history, American Studies, American Political History, Late Modern Ottoman History
Labor Economics and Industrial Relations, Labor Economics and Economic Demography , Occupational Health and Safety, Welfare Studies
Data Analysis, Business Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Business Process Management
Prof. Dr.
Hatice DEMİRBAŞ
Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi
Health Psychology, Clinical and Health Psychology (Other)
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Hüseyin MERTOL
TOKAT GAZİOSMANPAŞA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, FEN-EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ, COĞRAFYA BÖLÜMÜ, BÖLGESEL COĞRAFYA ANABİLİM DALI
0000-0002-3507-2712
0000-0002-3507-2712
Rural and Regional Geography
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Mahmut AYDIN
Batman Üniversitesi
Archeometry, Greek and Roman Period Archeology, Habitat Archeology, Numismatics, Classical Period Archeology
Counselling Psychology, Applied and Developmental Psychology, Personal Development
Asst. Prof. Dr.
Mehmet ÖZTÜRK
AKSARAY ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ, ULUSLARARASI İLİŞKİLER BÖLÜMÜ
International Relations
Strategy, Management and Organisational Behaviour, Human Resources Management, Strategy
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Mehmet Serkan ŞAHİN
DİCLE ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Ataturk's Principles History of Revolution, History of The Republic of Turkiye, Turkish Political Life
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Mehmet İnanç ÖZEKMEKÇİ
Erciyes Üniversitesi, İİBF, Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü-Melikgazi/Kayseri
Political Movement, Modernization Sociology, Political Science, Comparative Political Institutions
Late Modern Ottoman History, Migration, Ottoman history
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Mesut CEYLAN
Atatürk University, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Letters, Erzurum, Turkey
0000-0002-3383-0479
0000-0002-3383-0479
Numismatics, Greek and Roman Period Archeology, Hellenistic Period Archeology
Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Image Processing, Decision Support and Group Support Systems, Information and Computing Sciences
Prof. Dr.
Mikail ACIPINAR
İzmir Katip Çelebi Üniversitesi
History of Ottoman Socio-Economy, Early Modern Mediterranean History
Turkish Political Life
Assoc. Prof.
Nermin Zahide AYDIN
Kilis 7 Aralık Üniversitesi, Muallim Rıfat Eğitim Fakültesi.
History of The Republic of Turkiye
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Nuran AKYURT
MARMARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Organisational, Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication, Health Management, Health Sciences, Radiology and Organ Imaging
Prof. Dr.
Ogün COŞKUN
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION, ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY, KAZIM KARABEKİR FACULTY OF EDUCATION, ERZURUM, TÜRKİYE.
0000-0002-0296-4108
0000-0002-0296-4108
Economic Geography, Ecology, Sustainability and Energy, Turkish Human Geography, Population Geography, Cultural Geography, Human Geography, Turkish Economic Geography
Prof. Dr.
Oktay TANRISEVER
Orta Doğu Teknik Universitesi
International Relations (Other), Turkish Foreign Policy, Regional Studies, International and Development Communication
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Orhan ŞİMŞEK
ARTVİN ÇORUH ÜNİVERSİTESİ, HOPA İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ
0000-0002-1636-9684
0000-0002-1636-9684
Heterodox Economics, Macroeconomic Theory, Development Economics - Macro, Political Economy, International Economics, Regional Development and Globalisation in International Economics, Economic Development Policy, History of Turkiye Economy, International Trade, Political Economy Theory
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Oya MORTAN SEVİ
YAŞAR ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İNSAN VE TOPLUM BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, PSİKOLOJİ BÖLÜMÜ, PSİKOLOJİ PR. (İNGİLİZCE) (ÜCRETLİ)
Psychotherapy Practise and Research, Applied and Developmental Psychology, Clinical Psychology
Historical Studies of Crime, Ottoman Society, Ottoman Field Service, Late Modern History, Late Modern Urban History, Ottoman history, Late Modern Ottoman History
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Pınar DURSUN KARSLI
Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi Psikoloji Bölümü Klinik Psikoloji ABD
0000-0002-1451-0998
0000-0002-1451-0998
Clinical Psychology, Trauma Psychology, Psychotherapy Practise and Research, Psychopathology
International Economic Foundation, International Economics, Foreign Trade
Prof. Dr.
Rasim Özgür DÖNMEZ
BOLU ABANT İZZET BAYSAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ, ULUSLARARASI İLİŞKİLER BÖLÜMÜ
International Politics, Turkish Political Life, Political Science, Political Sociology
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Rojan GÜMÜŞ
DICLE UNIVERSITY ATATURK VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF HEALTH SERVICES
0000-0001-8113-6193
0000-0001-8113-6193
Digital Health, Health Sciences, Biostatistics, Health Management
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
S. Sezin SEZER
KAFKAS ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Archaeology
Prof. Dr.
Savaş SERTEL
Munzur Üniversitesi
History of The Republic of Turkiye, European Political History, Political History (Other)
Technology Management and Business Models, Technology Management, Innovation Management
Dr.
Sema ALİMOĞLU ÖZKAN
SAKARYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Industrial and Organisational Psychology (Incl. Human Factors), Organisational Behaviour
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Serdar V. UYGUN
NEVŞEHİR HACI BEKTAŞ VELİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ
0000-0001-6420-641X
0000-0001-6420-641X
Public Relations Methods and Instruments, Human Resources Management, Police and Internal Security Studies, Public Policy, Public Administration, Participation and Governance, Management Psychology
Information and Computing Sciences, Decision Support and Group Support Systems, Information Security and Cryptology, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Data Management and Data Science, Business Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence
Late Modern History, International Security, Terrorism in International Relations
Comparative Political Institutions, Turkish Political Life, Comparative Political Movement
Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field
Time-Series Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks, Deep Learning, Management Information Systems, Decision Support and Group Support Systems, Information Systems Organisation and Management, Marketing Technology, Digital Marketing, Marketing
Asst. Prof. Dr.
Zeynep ÖZER
BANDIRMA ONYEDİ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, ÖMER SEYFETTİN UYGULAMALI BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ
Deep Learning, Management Information Systems, Machine Learning Algorithms
Asst. Prof. Dr.
Zühre AYVAZ
ERZİNCAN BİNALİ YILDIRIM ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ, SİYASET BİLİMİ VE KAMU YÖNETİMİ BÖLÜMÜ, SİYASET VE SOSYAL BİLİMLER ANABİLİM DALI
Turkish Political Life, Gender and Politics, Political Sociology, Public Administration, Political Science, Comparative Political Movement
European Political History, History of The Republic of Turkiye
Turkish Political Life, European Union-Turkiye Relations, Information Systems User Experience Design and Development, Information Security Management, Information Systems Education, Politics in International Relations, Globalisation
Prof. Dr.
Özgür SARI
SİNOP ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Sociology
Prof. Dr.
Özlem SERTKAYA DOĞAN
İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Coğrafya Bölümü
0000-0001-7435-626X
0000-0001-7435-626X
Turkish Economic Geography, Population Geography, Human Geography, Turkish Human Geography, Social Geography
Late Modern History
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
İlknur BEYAZ ÖZBEY
ARTVİN ÇORUH ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Sociology of Migration, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism, Urban Sociology and Community Studies, Sociology
Aim & Scope
FOCUS
The Fırat University Journal of Social Sciences (p-ISSN 1300-9702, e-ISSN 2149-3243) is an international peer-reviewed journal published triannually in print and electronic formats in January, May, and July, providing a platform for researchers and scholars in the social sciences to present their scientific studies.
SCOPE
The primary objective of the Fırat University Journal of Social Sciences is to advance the field of social sciences by disseminating research that addresses "domestic and national" subjects in accordance with universal scientific principles, values, and methodologies. The journal serves as a platform for the publishing of innovative scientific findings at both national and international levels.
Open Access Policy
As an Open Access publication, Fırat University Journal of Social Sciences makes its published work immediately available to the public. The journal aims to enhance the advancement and support of research via its "Open Access" policy. The rights of all uses (online linking, copying, printing, duplication, distribution, etc.) are exercised through the Creative Commons Tic-Non-Commercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC), unless otherwise specified in the relevant content, provided that recognized standards are cited, excluding commercial use and modifications of the content. Permission from the journal editor is required for commercial use of the material.
Evaluation Process
1) The "Blind Referee" system is applied in the evaluation process of the articles sent to the journal. With this system, the referee makes his/her review and evaluation without seeing the name of the article author(s). The authors are also unaware of the referee names throughout the process.
2) Translation and publication evaluation studies sent to the journal are also subjected to a blind review process just like copyright works.
3) The Journal Editorial Board sends the articles it deems appropriate in terms of format and fields to referees (two referees) who are experts in the subject, and if both of the evaluations are positive, the article is accepted for publication. If one is positive and the other is negative, the article is sent to a third referee.
4) Manuscripts that are decided to be corrected for publication must be submitted by their authors within 20 days at the latest. The revised text can be reviewed by the referees who request changes, if deemed necessary.
5) Submitted articles are published with the final decision of the Editorial Board, after the approval of two field experts "can be published". Authors must take into account the criticism, evaluation and corrections of the referee and the Editorial Board. In case of disagreement, the author has the right to report on a separate page with justifications.
6) Articles sent to the journal are not returned to the author, whether published or not.
7) The opinions in the articles published in Fırat University Journal of Social Sciences are the personal opinions of their authors and do not constitute the official opinion of Fırat University Journal of Social Sciences.
Publication Frequency
Fırat University Journal of Social Sciences is published twice a year in print and electronic form, in "January" and "July". Articles are not accepted for a certain issue. Authors can submit their scientific studies at any time.
Submission / Article Processing Charges
Fırat University Journal of Social Sciences is an open access journal under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Disclosure 4.0 International License (CC-BY-NC). The journal does not charge authors' fees for submission and article printing, nor does it pay royalties to the author(s) for articles.
Plagiarism Detection
Fırat University Journal of Social Sciences obliges every study that has passed the "Blind Review Process" to be checked for plagiarism in order to protect its integrity. In this context, every work is passed through the plagiarism control system approved by the editorial board.
Copyright Policy
The copyright of the published articles belongs to Fırat University Journal of Social Sciences. The author (s) acknowledges that all copyrights of the manuscript approved for publication in Fırat University Journal of Social Sciences have been transferred to the journal. Articles previously published elsewhere cannot be published in Fırat University Journal of Social Sciences.
Writing Rules
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Articles intended for publication in the Fırat University Journal of Social Sciences should primarily be original works that contribute to the field of social sciences and must possess the following qualities:
1. Titles in Turkish and foreign languages should be compatible with the scope of the article; they should reflect the subject of the article briefly, clearly, and adequately.
2. Summaries in Turkish and foreign languages should reflect the purpose, scope, and results of the writing and should be prepared in a way that can be published separately from other sections of the text.
3. The writing should adhere to grammatical rules in terms of language and expression, follow a clear and straightforward narrative style, avoid unnecessary information that goes beyond the purpose and scope, and comply with the rules of article writing.
4. In the preparation of the article, established scientific methods should be followed, and information such as the subject, purpose, scope, and rationale for the preparation of the study should be provided adequately and in a specific order. The figures, tables, photographs, and other documents used in the article should be prepared in accordance with scientific standards, selected in line with the purpose and scope of the writing, and unnecessary documents and sources that are not mentioned in the text should not be included.
5. The figures, tables, photos, and other documents used in the article must have a clear and sufficient explanation that is easy to understand.
6. The sources used in the text should be organized according to writing rules, and every document mentioned should be included in the references section; however, documents that are not referenced in the text should not be included in the references section.
7. The results should be consistent with the aims and scope of the research, presented in a concise and essential manner, and should not include data or findings that are not mentioned in the text.
8. For any research conducted using qualitative or quantitative approaches that involve data collection from participants through surveys, interviews, focus group studies, observations, experiments, or other interview techniques, an "Ethics Committee Approval Document" must be obtained.
9. All articles to be submitted to our journal must include a "Similarity Report" (Plagiarism Report).
10. The article file should be uploaded in two separate instances, one of which must include the authors' names within the work, while the other must not contain any author information. The file name should also include the title of the work, not just the author's name.
Example file name:
V1_untitled_article title
Article titled V1.
11. An author can only have one article published in any issue of our magazine, regardless of the order of authorship.
12. Considering the TR INDEX criteria (in your institution, the number of articles and the peer review ratio should be at most 1/3) and taking into account the journal density, an author will have only one publication in a year.
Ethical Principles and Publication Policy
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND PUBLICATION POLICY
Publication Ethics
The publishing processes applied in Fırat University Journal of Social Sciences constitute the basis for the development and distribution of information in an impartial and respectful manner. The processes implemented in this direction are directly reflected in the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support the authors. Peer-reviewed studies are studies that embody and support the scientific method. At this point, it is important that all shareholders of the process (authors, readers and researchers, publishers, referees and editors) comply with ethical principles. Fırat University Journal of Social Sciences expects all shareholders to bear the following ethical responsibilities within the scope of publication ethics.
The ethical duties and responsibilities below have been prepared by taking into account the guidelines and policies published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) as open access.
Ethical Responsibilities of the Authors
The author(s) who send the Fırat University Journal of Social Sciences are expected to comply with the following ethical responsibilities:
1) Articles submitted by the author(s) must be original. If the author(s) benefit from other studies or use other studies, they must cite the studies they have used completely and accurately and/or cite them completely and accurately.
2) Persons who do not contribute to the content intellectually in the creation of the study should not be specified as authors.
3) The situations and relationships of all studies submitted for publication that may constitute a conflict of interest -if any- are explained.
4) Raw data related to their articles can be requested from the author(s) within the framework of evaluation processes; in such a case, the author(s) should be ready to present the expected data and information to the editorial board.
5) The author(s) must have a document showing that they have the rights to use the data used, the necessary permissions for the research/analysis, or the consent of the experimental subjects.
6) In the event that the author(s) notices a mistake or error in their published work at the early view or evaluation stage, he/she has an obligation to inform the journal editor of the publisher and cooperate with the editor in, correcting or withdrawing.
7) Articles submitted to the journal cannot be sent to more than one journal at the same time. Each application is initiated following the completion of the previous application. A study published in another journal cannot be sent to Fırat University Journal of Social Sciences.
8) Changing the author responsibilities of a study whose evaluation process has started (such as adding authors, changing author order, removing authors) cannot be proposed.
Ethical Duties and Responsibilities of the Editors
Fırat University Social Sciences Journal editors have the following ethical duties and responsibilities on the basis of "COPE Code of Conductand Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors", which are published by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) as open access.
General Duties and Responsibilities
Editors are responsible for every publication published in Fırat University Journal of Social Sciences. In the context of this responsibility, editors have the following roles and responsibilities:
1) They make an effort to meet the information needs of readers and writers.
2) They ensure the continuous development of the journal.
3) They carry out the processes to improve the quality of the studies published in the journal.
4) They support freedom of thought.
5) They provide academic integrity.
6) They continue their business processes without compromising intellectual property rights and ethical standards.
7) They show clarity and transparency in terms of publication in matters that require correction and explanation.
Relationship with the Readers
Editors make decisions by considering the knowledge, skills and experience expectations of all readers, researchers and practitioners. They pay attention to the fact that the published studies contribute to the reader, researcher, practitioner and scientific literature and to be original. In addition, editors take into account the feedback from readers, researchers and practitioners, and provide explanatory and informative feedback.
Relationship with the Authors
Editors' duties and responsibilities towards authors are as follows:
1) Editors make positive or negative decisions based on the importance, original value, validity, clarity of expression, and the journal's goals and objectives.
2) Editors take the works suitable for the scope of the publication to the pre-evaluation stage unless they have serious problems.
3) Editors do not ignore the positive referee suggestions unless there is a serious problem with the work.
4) New editors cannot change the decisions made by the previous editor(s) for the work unless there is a serious problem.
5) Editors publish the "Blind Refereeing and Evaluation Process" and prevent possible deviations in the defined processes.
6) Editors provide descriptive and informative notification and feedback to the authors.
Relationship with Referees
The duties and responsibilities of editors towards referees are as follows:
1) Editors determine the referees in accordance with the subject of the study.
2) Editors provide the information and guides that referees will need during the evaluation phase.
3) They observe whether there is a conflict of interest among editors, authors and referees.
4) Editors keep the identity information of referees confidential in the context of blind refereeing.
5) Editors; encourage referees to consider working in an impartial, scientific and objective language.
6) Editors evaluate the referees with criteria such as timely return and performance.
7) Editors determine practices and policies that increase the performance of referees.
8) Editors take the necessary steps to dynamically update the referee pool.
9) Editors avoid impolite and unscientific reviews.
10) Editors take steps to ensure that the referee pool is made up of a wide variety.
Relationship with the Editorial Board
Editors ensure that editorial board members progress in accordance with processes, publishing policies and guidelines. They inform the editorial board members about the publishing policies and keep them informed of the developments. They train new editorial board members on broadcasting policies and provide the information they need.
Also the editors:
1) ensure that the editorial board members evaluate the works impartially and independently.
2) select the new editorial board members from amongst the faculty members who can contribute and are qualified.
3) send the editorial board members the works appropriate to their field of expertise for evaluation.
4) regularly interact with the editorial board.
5) organize meetings with the editorial board at regular intervals for the development of publishing policies and the journal.
Relationship with the Owner and Publisher of the Journal
The relationship between editors and publisher is based on the principle of editorial independence.
Editorial and Blind Review Processes
Editors follow the "Blind Review and Evaluation Process" policies in the journal publishing policies. In this context, editors ensure that each work is completed in a fair, impartial and timely evaluation process.
Quality assurance
Editors publish every article published in the journal in accordance with the journal's publication policies and international standards.
Protection of Personal Data
Editors ensure the protection of personal data regarding the subjects or images included in the evaluated studies. They protect individual data of authors, referees and readers.
Ethics Committee, Human and Animal Rights
Editors ensure the protection of human and animal rights in the studies evaluated. In the absence of the ethics committee approval for the subjects used in the studies, they refuse to work in the absence of permission for experimental research.
Prevention Against Possible Misuse and Misconduct
Editors take action against possible abuse and misconduct. They conduct a meticulous and objective investigation and share their findings on the identification and evaluation of complaints regarding this situation.
Ensuring Academic Publication Integrity
Editors quickly correct judgments that contain errors, inconsistencies, or misdirections in their work.
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
Editors protect the intellectual property rights of all published articles, defend the rights of the journal and author(s) in possible violations. In addition, they take necessary measures to ensure that the content in all published articles does not violate the intellectual property rights of other publications.
Constructiveness and Openness to Discussion
Editors:
1) They take into account the persuasive criticisms of the works published in the journal and display a constructive attitude towards these criticisms.
2) They give the author (s) the right to reply to the criticized studies.
3) They do not ignore studies with negative results.
Complaints
Editors respond in an enlightening and descriptive way by carefully examining complaints from authors, referees or readers.
Political and Business Concerns
Journal owner, publisher, and any other political or commercial aspect does not affect the editors' independent decision making.
Conflicts of Interest
Editors guarantee the completion of the publication process in an independent and impartial manner, taking into account the conflicts of interest between the author(s), referees and other editors.
Ethical Responsibilities of Referees
The evaluation of all studies with "Blind Review" directly affects the quality of the publication. This process provides confidence through objective and independent evaluation of the publication. Fırat University Journal of Social Sciences, the evaluation process is carried out with the principle of double-blind review. Referees cannot contact the authors directly, evaluations and comments are submitted through the journal management system. In this process, referee comments on evaluation forms and full texts are sent to the author(s) through the editors. In this context, referees evaluating articles for Fırat University Journal of Social Sciences are expected to have the following ethical responsibilities:
1) They only agree to evaluate studies related to their field of expertise.
2) They make evaluations in impartiality and confidentiality.
3) If they think that they are faced with a conflict of interest during the evaluation process, they refuse to examine the study and inform the editor of the journal about the issue.
4) In accordance with the principle of confidentiality, they destroy the works they examine after the evaluation process.
5) They only use the final version of the studies they examine, after they are published.
6) They make the evaluation objectively only in relation to the content of the study.
7) They do not allow nationality, gender, religious and political beliefs, and commercial concerns to influence evaluation.
8) They make the assessment in a constructive and courteous language. They do not make derogatory personal comments that include hostility, slander and insults.
9) They perform the work that they accept to evaluate, on time and within the framework of the above ethical responsibilities.
If you encounter any unethical behavior or content in Fırat University Journal of Social Sciences other than the above mentioned ethical responsibilities, please report to sbedergi@firat.edu.tr via e-mail.
PRIVACY STATEMENT
Fırat University Journal of Social Sciences is an "Open Access" journal and offers its published content directly to open access. The journal aims to contribute to the support and development of science with its "Open Access" policy with its published content. Provided that the source is cited in known standards, it offers all usage rights (linking online, copying, printing, duplicating in any physical medium, distributing, etc.) other than commercial use and content modification (unless otherwise specified in the relevant content) through the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) license. For commercial use of the content, permission from the journal editor is required.
Price Policy
Journal of Social Sciences is an open access journal.
