Referee Evaluation Process

Articles and other works which are sent to publish are reviewed by Editorial Board whether they are in accordance with publication principles of the Journal and writing rules according to order of precedence. Articles and other works which are not be in accordance with publication principles and writing rules are not evaluated and not sent referees. However, they can be sent back to the authors in order to rewrite and revise.
Articles which pass pre-assessment of the Editorial Board are sent two referees at least in order to evaluate. Names of authors are not sent referees and names of referees are kept secret from authors as well. If the author is working as an academician, the educational titles of the referee; If the article is written in a foreign language; the language proficiency of the referee article is paid attention to.
Editorial Board has the authority of evaluating and not publishing articles which is not in accordance with publication principles in terms of scientific and national/international suitability.
Referees evaluate articles by filling the Article Evaluation Form. Articles which are accepted by two referees can be published. Yet, even if two referees accept, articles can be reviewed second time if deemed necessary by editor. If one of the results of referees’ evaluations is affirmative and the other is not, articles are sent to the third referee. If the evaluation results of the referees contradict with each other, the article is evaluated by the editor.
Editor can revise mistakes which are non-essential in terms of the publications principles, writing rules and the journal's integrity and informs the author about these.
If referees ask authors to revise articles, papers are sent back and authors make necessary corrections and sent them to the Editorial Board within the time given by the editor in this situations. Authors consider referees’ criticisms, proposals and revision requests. If there are issues which authors disagree about referees’ decisions, they have the right to object with their reasons.

Last Update Time: 6/25/21, 10:13:43 AM