Journal of Young Intellectuals

Dear Scholars,

For the October 2026 issue, Genç Mütefekkirler Journal will prioritize English-language submissions in order to enhance its international visibility and align with indexing standards. Submissions in other languages will be considered in a limited capacity.

The use of systems such as Zotero, Mendeley, etc. is mandatory for articles submitted to our journal. Therefore, articles must comply with the style guidelines and be uploaded after being converted to the sample article format via the ‘Forms’ section. 

Journal of Young Intellectuals is a peer-reviewed electronic journal that began its publication life in 2020. The journal is open to interdisciplinary studies in the field of social sciences and is committed to ethical principles and national and international standards in academic publishing.

Published biannually, the journal aims to contribute original scholarly works by researchers and academics to the academic community. Articles selected for each issue undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process. Authors are expected to strictly adhere to the submission guidelines and ethical principles announced during the application process.

The Journal of Young Intellectuals supports open access and makes all published works freely available under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. Copyright of the published articles remains with the authors.

The target audience of the journal includes researchers, academics, postgraduate students, and all readers interested in the fields of social sciences and theology.

In accordance with the TR Index Evaluation Criteria, which require that ethical committee approval must be obtained, stated, and documented for research involving clinical and experimental studies on humans and animals, as well as other studies requiring ethical approval in all fields of science, authors submitting manuscripts that require ethical committee approval must upload the relevant approval document as a supplementary file or clearly state it within the manuscript.

The journal may publish special issues based on the recommendation of the organizing committee of national or international symposiums.

Upon the request of the author or the editorial board, interviews discussing published articles are conducted and shared on the journal’s official YouTube channel:
https://youtube.com/@gemder2020