PUBLICATION PRINCIPLES

The Journal of Migration Studies launched publish on June 2015. In accordance with 04/04/2013 dated and 6458 No Law-on-Foreigners-and-International-Protection and Regulation on the Publication of Directorate General of Migration Management; scientific articles, case reports, scientific critical, fieldworks and research papers related with , migrant, migration, refugee, asylum seeker, victims of human trafficking and subjects which are about economic, social, geographical, cultural, sociological, psychological, historical, logical results of human mobility are included in the Journal.

To improve literature of migration, announce the activities which are within the responsible area of Directorate General of Migration Management to whole society categories, contribute to develop social awareness and mold public opinion related with responsibilities of Directorate General of Migration Management and encourage works on migration are some aims of the Journal.

The Journal of Migration Studies is a journal which is published biannually as January-June and July-December publish seasons.

The Journal is published in Turkish and English. Titles, key words, abstract, knowledge of authors identities must be in English along with Turkish.

Articles which are intended to publish must be in accordance with the Turkish dictionary of Turkish Language Society and Turkish writing rules.

The letter of undertaking which affirms the article has not ever been published or accepted to be published or is not in a evaluation phase is signed by the authors and sent with authors’ CV in the attachment of the article.

It is possible that articles and other documents are sent via mail or electronic mail.

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.

The articles which are published in the journal are checked by an academic plagiarism detector and edited. Resemblance ratio of articles can be 20% at most. Articles which exceed this ratio can not be published. Intellectual and scientific responsibilities belong to authors only. Opinions and arguments in articles do not reflect any official opinions of Directorate General of Migration Management.

Publication rights of articles which are published belong to the Journal of Migration Studies and these articles are not sent back to the authors for no reason. Articles which are not published can be sent back to the authors by editor, if they request.

The royalty is paid to the authors whose articles are published in terms of the rules of Regulation on Copyright and Processing Fees Payable by Public Institutions and Public Organizations.

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES

The Journal of Migration Studies is based on Council of Higher Education Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive and international standards which are defined by ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) and COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics).

Authors’ Responsibilities

All of the authors who are mentioned in articles have responsibilities equally about the articles which are sent and published. Authors’ responsibilities are below:
1. Considering Council of Higher Education Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive and the standards of ICMJE and COPE
2. Getting permission from ethics committee or commissions for works which are needed to get ethics committee permission
3. Stating in the article whether ethics committee or commission’ permission and/or legal/specific permission are required
4. Including the permit date and the decision number / number in the method section of the article and also on the first / last page of the article, if it is necessary to obtain the permissions of the ethical committees or commissions
5. Stating that informed consent form is procured in case reports
6. Obtaining permission for the use of scales, questionnaires and photographs belonging to others
7. Stating that the copyright regulations are complied with for the intellectual and artistic works used.
8. Guaranteeing that article is an unique work
9. Not publishing the submitted article elsewhere before or after the publication of the Journal of Migration Studies
10. Stating clearly any possible conflict of interest
11. Avoiding from plagiarism and false data
12. Supplying that raw data of researches if referees ask them during evaluation processes
13. Complying with copyright regulations for the intellectual and artistic works used

Works Requiring Ethics Committee Permission

Works requiring ethics committee permission are below. In case of the absence of these permissions, the publication is sent back to the author at the preliminary evaluation stage.
1. All kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using questionnaire, interview, focus group work, observation, experiment, interview techniques
2. To use humans and animals (material/data included) for experimental or scientific purposes
3. Clinical researches which are studied on humans
4. Researches which are studied on animals
5. Retrospective works in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law

Referees’ Responsibilities

1. Complying with the Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive of the Council of Higher Education, ICMJE and COPE standards
2. Evaluating all of the articles by basing on a scientific context of works without considering the sex, ethnicity, race, religion, nationality and political approach of author
3. Informing the editor in cases where the content of the work sent for evaluation is considered to be incompatible with the scientific field or background of the referee, or in cases where a rapid evaluation cannot be made within the given period, and to reject the proposal for refereeing the relevant article.
4. Respecting the privacy of referee evaluation period, not sharing the information about the evaluated work or the evaluation process and afterwards with third parties.
5. Evaluating objectively and constructively without hostile or provocative and sardonic personal remarks
6. Giving information to the editor about the situation when a conflict of interest takes place
7. Keeping information or ideas obtained through referee evaluation secret and not using them for personal advantage
8. Informing the editor about the situation if there is any information that may lead to the rejection of the publication of the article

Editor’s Responsibilities

1. Complying with the Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive of the Council of Higher Education, ICMJE and COPE standards
2. Evaluating all of the articles by basing on a scientific context of works without considering the sex, ethnicity, race, religion, nationality and political approach of author
3. Avoiding conflicts of interest regarding accepted or rejected articles
4. Accepting only articles which are original and contribute studying field for publishing
5. Ensuring that works are evaluated by two referees at least according to double blind evaluation and keeping the personal information of referees secret
6. Keeping the whole information about works secret