Journal of the Hitit University Social Sciences Institute Publication Policy 

1. Journal of the Hitit University Social Sciences Institute  [e-ISSN 2536 4944) having begun publishing in 2008 is an academic, international and peer-reviewed scientific journal that conducts a double blind peer review. This journal has a national/ international area indexes; such as TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM TR Dizin, EBSCO, CiteFactor, Sobiad, Index Copernicus, Asos Index, Türk Eğitim İndeksi, İdealonline, İSAM, Araştirmax, Acarindex, ResearchBib, Rootindexing and CEEOL, and it is published at least two times per year. This journal has been published only electronically since 2018.

2. Hitit University Journal of the Institute of Social Sciences  aims to contribute to the accumulation of knowledge in the social sciences by publishing scientific studies at the national and international level in the field of social science.

3. Hitit University Journal of the Institute of Social Sciences in the scope of science field of the Social, Humanity and Administrative Sciences such as; Econometrics, Finance, Economics, Islamic History and Arts, Urban and Environmental Policy, Finance, Accounting, Quantitative Decision Methods, Marketing, Art History, Sociology, History, Public Administration, Tourism, Turkish Islamic Art, International Relations, Production Management, Local Governments, Management and Strategy Original Articles: Articles reflecting original research with findings and results Scanning Articles: Very important scientific articles that can only be printed in the university journal and scan sufficient number of articles and criticize them by comparing findings that evaluate the subject by summarizing on the current level of knowledge are accepted as translation writing.

4. Manuscripts sent to the journal shouldn’t be published elsewhere or shouldn’t be submitted to other journals for publication.

5. Publications produced from graduate thesis should be defended at last 3 years up to the publication date of the Hitit University Journal of the Institute of Social Sciences publication. Besides, this situation should be specified as footnote ‘’In study is derived from and 123456 number master/doctorate thesis under the supervision of Prof. Dr./Assoc. Dr./ Instructor Dr. by ……… on date of……. titled ( Thesis number will be taken from YOK Thesis Center)

6. Studies presented previously as abstract paper are accepted, but due to journal publication principles studies presented as full text paper are not accepted. Articles derived from abstract paper (summary reports) should be presented at last 3 years from presentation date. Besides this situation should be specified as footnote ‘’This article presented as oral presentation between 1-2 November 2018  …. In the event named ….. organized in…. Istanbul and is the completed version of ….. headed report whose abstract published in congress / conference / symposium abstract book.

7. Manuscripts can be written in Turkish or English. Sentences should be written in accordance with the grammar and spelling rules. For Turkish articles, writers should utilize from for spelling and punctuation rules Turkish Language Association’s Current Turkish Dictionary and/or Grand Turkish Dictionary and Turkish Writing and Spelling Guide. For English articles, writers can utilize from Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary resources. By decision of the Editorial Board articles written with other languages are accepted and can be published.

8. With articles sent for publishing name, surname, title, institution and contact information; such as e-mail address, of the writer should be should be entered in web based system. There is a double-sided blind (referee) arbitration application in the journal, and for this reason in the article and in name of word doc. any information shouldn’t be written.

9. In accordance with international acceptances, for all writers using Orcid number for articles of the Hitit University Social Sciences Journal is compulsory.

10. Manuscripts should be written with Microsoft Word Programme and adjusted as in that: Paper Dimension Vertical A4, Top Side Margin 3,5 cm., Bottom Side Margin 2,5 cm., Left Side Margin 3,5 cm, Right Side Margin 2,5 cm, Writing Fond Bookman Old Style, Article Title 16 Punto with capital letters/ Left Aligned. Abstracts 8 Punto/ English Article Title 10 Punto/ Left Aligned, Normal Text Dimension 9 Punto, Line Gap Exact, before 0 nk, after 6 nk, value 14 nk, No indentation. Besides, in articles page number, upper information and sub information will not be used. In article, not invisible and hidden any writing, shape and simple things cannot be used. If any hidden thing is found, legal responsibility will be fully owned by the author(s).

11. Introduction part and main heads of article will be numbered in a sequential manner as 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Sub headers will remain as 1.1 2.2. 3.3. 4.4. 5.5. ... and only first letters will be capital letters. Detailed information is available in file named article template in information system.

12. Writing of the in-text citation and resource part, writers should obey APA 6 rules (American Psychology Association). Resource is given in accordance with the bibliography rules and writing resource part begins with first writer’s surname.

13. It is advised that manuscripts are restricted with 8.000 words (Maximum 25 papers). Permission authority of articles exceeding this limit belongs to edıtor.

14. For manuscripts sent to the journal, web based programme is used in order to prevent plagiarism and improper citations. In this context, in the software's similarity report, resource is deactivated. The total likelihood amount should not more than 20% and each match indicated by the different colour at the end of the report (for same resource) the likelihood of similarity should be maximum 5%. Manuscripts that do not meet these criteria is directly rejected by editor review. Writers should complete plagiarism report from turnitin or ithenticate programmes. In addition, writers should load this report to system as attachment. Responsibility of plagiarism belongs to writer.

15. Articles sent to Journal of the Hitit University Social Sciences Institute firstly are evaluated by editor/ editorial board. Articles that are not original and do not obey to journal’s aim and context, Turkish and English language and narration rules, publication principles are rejected.

16. If writings do not obey publication principles, they are not transferred from the pre-control process to the evaluation process and the author(s) of the article are informed according to the rules of the journal writing. In pre control process, author(s) will be allowed once for a maximum of 7 days for editing according to spelling rules. For writing rules, detail information is available in word document, whose name is installed article template.

17. After the evaluation of the editors, the articles submitted in accordance with the publication policies and accordance with the spelling rules are taken into consideration. After a preliminary examination of his / her assistants, the expert is sent to two referees. After appointment of referee, institution of writers and institution referee cannot be same.

18. If positive report come from both of two referees, editor/ editorial board decide whether article will be published. In addition, publishing of the article in which number of the journal is decided by editor/ editorial board. If a referee or both of two referees give negative view, article is rejected and is not published.

19. Manuscripts requested by the referee/referees will be sent to the author of the article to make the corrections mentioned in the referee reports and the author shall be given a maximum period of 15 days for the corrections to be made by looking at the status of the corrections required. This period may be extended by the Editor if author requests. Article is rejected if the mentioned corrections are not answered within 15 days. After the corrections are made, it is checked whether the referee warnings are taken into consideration by the Editor / Editorial Assistants (by the referee if he/she wants to see the corrections) and the final decision is made.

20. For manuscripts written by more than one author, one of the authors, it should be noted as responsible author. If responsible author is not noted, first author is accepted as responsible author.

21. Authors who wish to withdraw their articles after the preliminary control phase, should convey requests to edıtor through the system where they loaded. The editor will review the withdrawal statement and return to the author(s) within 15 days. Since the authors have transferred the copyrights of the articles to the Journal of the Journal of the Social Sciences Institute at the stage of submission of their work, they cannot send their work for evaluation to another journal unless the request for withdrawal is approved.

22. The author(s) cannot make any major changes (except for the suggestions of the editors/referees) on the completion of the judicial review process later (section, paragraph, table, picture, graphic insertion, insertion of the name of another author)

23. After number of the 2018 December, in articles, which are decided by referees, at the end of the article for Turkish articles, writing English Summary including between 500-1000 words and English articles Turkish Summary between 500-1000 words is compulsory. Summary should include the purpose, problem, method, findings and result information related to the article. In this summary, the information about the article is broader than the original one and can be found in figures and tables. This section should not include any information that is not included in article. Summary should not refer to information in the text. (For instance as it is stated at 8. page). Extended abstract should not include quotation and reference. The purpose of the broader abstract is to provide the information in a clear, detailed and consistent way and it aims to give all important information about the article and so that the reader can determine the relevance of the article.

24. Copyright form should be filled by responsible author. After copy right form is signed with a blue ink pen, this form will be uploaded to the system as an additional file in the form of a photo or colour scanned. (It is valid for number of December 2018)

25. Author(s) is responsible from thought of the article. The scientific and legal responsibility of the published article in terms of language, style, scientific ethics and content belongs to the author and is not related to the Journal administration. No copyright fee is paid to the authors whose articles are published.

26. All publication rights of the articles published and published in the journal in written and electronic media belong to the Journal of Social Sciences Institute of Hitit University. If citation is realized from articles, showing resource is compulsory.

27. Taking ethics report from the Ethics Committee of the university is required for articles that are used as measurement tool (questionnaire, test, scale, interview, observation, picture, drawing, video, film, sound recording, etc.) This report should be uploaded to the system, where article was loaded, as a separate file from. The responsibility belongs to the article's author. On the other hand, if the referee/ deems it necessary, taking ethics report from university ethics commission at 30 days is compulsory. If ın this period report is not taken, article is rejected.

28. Journal of the Hitit University Social Sciences Institute does not take fee from writers at any stage for publishing operations. Also, it do not receive sponsorship and advertising proposals

29. Privacy Statement: All data that are entered to Journal of the Social Sciences (personal information such as: name, e-post address) can be only is used for journal and academic studies of Hitit University. These data cannot be used for another aim and cannot be share with other people.

30.  Authority decide that is not specified here belongs to editor/magazine editor board.

The submitted manuscripts take into account the International Standards for Editors and Writers of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics).

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