The Open Access Policy

The open access policy is the presentation of publications online and free of charge by the publisher -with some restrictions if necessary-, available to all parties. The unrestricted availability of studies/research is important for the researcher(s), researchers/readers, and those who support the research financially. In this context, The Journal of Ictimaiyat signed the Budapest Open Access Declaration.
https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read/turkish-translation/
https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/sign/signatures/
The Journal of Ictimaiyat is published as open access under the license of https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en. The Journal of Ictimaiyat ensures that copyright and user rights are clear with its licensing policy. The CC BY-NC 4.0 license permits the study to be shared, copied, reproduced in any size and format other than for commercial use, and to be adapted, including re-editing, transforming, and constructing upon the original study, with proper reference to the original study.
OAI: https://dergipark.org.tr/api/public/oai/ictimaiyat/
The following can be freely done:
The study may be copied and redistributed in any condition or format.
Reconstruction can be done on the study.
The study cannot be used for commercial purposes.
When benefiting from or re-adapting the study, it should be given references in accordance with scientific rules. A link to the license should be provided and informed if any changes have been made. You can make these appropriate, but this does not show that the licensee approves of you and your use.
No restrictions may be imposed on the free use provided by the license.
Open Citation Standard
İçtimaiyat journal complies with I4OC standards for open citations, which require citations to be structured, separable, and open.

                                                                                   

Archive Policy

Articles published in the Journal of Ictimaiyat are archived in LOCKSS hosted by Dergipark. In addition, with the initiative of the author, articles can be accessed without restriction and time limit in areas such as YOKSIS, university databases (such as DSpace, AVESIS), Google Scholar, Academia, Researchgate. The Journal of Ictimaiyat not only gives the author freedom of archiving and use, but also offers the scientific articles and research published in the journal to the end users and institutions free of charge, as it has adopted the open access policy of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI). Users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, search or link the full texts of the articles published in the Journal of Ictimaiyat without requiring the permission of the publisher or the author. Thus, it is aimed to disseminate knowledge and facilitate its use.
The Journal of Ictimaiyat allows all versions of articles to be archived by the author without any restrictions. This archiving includes all versions recorded in the journal system from the first version of the article submitted to the journal until it is accepted.

Versions Published in the Journal

Publication Type: Open Access
OAI: https://dergipark.org.tr/api/public/oai/ictimaiyat
RSS: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ictimaiyat/lockss-manifest
LOCKSS: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ictimaiyat/lockss-manifest
Embargo Duration: No Duration
Open Access License: CC BY-NC 4.0
Copyright Holder: The author(s) protect the copyright.
Archive Location: Archive-based online data storage places such as Institutional Archive, Crossref, Journal Website, Institutional Site, Author's Personal Website, YÖKSIS, Google Scholar, Academia, Researchgate.
Policy Conditions: The journal should be cited in accordance with the citation and citation standards. It should be linked to the publisher version with the DOI.

Version Accepted at the End of the Reader Process

Embargo Period: None
Archive Location: Archive-based online data storage places such as Institutional Archive, Crossref, Journal Website, Institutional Site, Author's Personal Website, YÖKSIS, Google Scholar, Academia, Researchgate.
Copyright Holder: The author(s) protect the copyright.

First Text Submitted to the Journal

Embargo Period: None
Archive Location: Journal Website, Institutional Site, Author's Personal Website, Public and/or Commercial Subject Based Archives.

Repository Policy

The Journal of İçtimaiyat adopts a policy that allows authors the freedom to store their articles in any institution or repository of their choice, without imposing any embargo on all submitted, accepted or published articles. All versions of the articles are also stored as a process file in the DergiPark system. The version of the article accepted for publication is published on the journal's web page as open access.

                                                                                   

Special Issue Policy

The editors and the editorial board of the journal may publish one special issue per year, pursuant to their discretion. Interested parties may submit their proposals via e-mail to the journal for special issues, along with an introduction to the relevant scientific event. The editors and editorial board shall evaluate the proposals and ideas and, if accepted, may issue a call for papers for the special issue.
The criteria for special issues are outlined below.

Special Issue Theme
Special issues of İçtimaiyat are composed of a collection of articles focused on a current and specific research theme in line with the scope and aims of the journal. The goal of the special issues is to gather different ideas, research, and experiences in a specific issue to contribute to academic writing.
The Journal of İçtimaiyat may publish special issues, at the discretion of the editorial board, either in response to calls for papers or based on requests from researchers or organizers of scientific events such as symposia or conferences. In this context, the editorial board of İçtimaiyat welcomes special issue proposals from relevant parties. Papers presented at conferences or symposia will be reviewed by members of the editorial board and associate editors of İçtimaiyat and the decision will be made depending on whether they will be published as part of a special issue or not.
In addition, the Journal of İçtimaiyat may issue a call for papers for a special issue consisting of research articles related to an important and current topic, at the discretion of the editorial board. This special issue will be made up of 8-10 related research articles, including an introduction and a conclusion article.
The main criteria for evaluating special issue proposals are:
• The significance and up-to-dateness of the topic or approach
• The novelty it will add to the relevant literature
• Its compatibility with the journal's publication policy and scope.

Special Issue Article Format
The submission process for articles in the special issue will be conducted through the dergipark platform. The special issue should be planned to include approximately 20 articles, half of which should be in English and half in Turkish. However, the editorial board may adjust the number of articles published and the distribution of languages, if deemed necessary, as long as they announce it in advance. Articles should be prepared in accordance with the İçtimaiyat template and writing rules, similar to regular issues. Additionally, the editor of the special issue may determine the maximum and minimum number of pages for articles.

Special Issue Article Process: (submission, review, and revision)
Articles accepted for the special issue will go through the peer-review process led by the chief editor or guest editor(s) of İçtimaiyat journal. The editor of the special issue is responsible for ensuring that the articles are in line with the theme and scope of the special issue, that they are submitted on time, and that the peer-review process is carried out according to the recommendations of the reviewers. The article evaluation process is the same as for regular issues. In this process, the field editors of the İçtimaiyat journal may also be assigned as assistants to the special issue editor.

Special Issue Fee Policy
The wage policy of İçtimaiyat magazine also applies to special issues.

                                                                                       

Fee Policy

Since 2017, İçtimaiyat has been carrying out editorial, peer review and secretariat processes on a voluntary basis. To meet the increasing costs of publication processes and to sustain our scientific quality, our journal has decided to collect “Article Processing Charge” (APC) from authors/authors as of November 1, 2024. This decision was taken to cover the costs of international indexing, layout, editorial processes and other publication expenses of our journal.
The Article Processing Charge is charged before the article is sent to the referee process after preliminary evaluation, regardless of whether the article is accepted or rejected. The fee is not refunded for rejected articles. The remuneration process is organized in accordance with the Interuniversity Board (ÜAK) Associate Professorship Criteria.
In addition, in order to support our researchers from low-income countries and graduate students who are not working in any public/private sector, a 30% discount will be provided to them if they submit the relevant documents. This practice is in line with our journal's mission to support our researchers in all economic conditions.
Our new fee policy will be valid for manuscripts whose editorial processes will start as of November 1, 2024. You can contact us for detailed information or for questions about the application process. Thank you for your understanding and support.
Based on the decision made by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) on March 7, 2019, stating that “Journals (Predatory/Dubious Journals) demanding fees or additional fees from authors for publication after article acceptance cannot be used in the declaration for associate professorship applications due to the conflict of interest involved in this relationship”, the fee must be deposited into the journal’s account when the article is uploaded to the system, regardless of acceptance or rejection conditions.
All processes are charged at 80 USD. (Note: It can be sent in Turkish lira at the exchange rate of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey on the submission date). Referees are not paid.
Researchers who deposit the fee to the specified account should send their receipts to ictimaiyatdergi@gmail.com. e-mail account.

Fee Deposit Account

Submission Fees: 80.00 USD
IBAN: TR600020500009133483600001
ESENGÜL KARA-Kuveyt Türk

                                                                               

Copyright Notice Policy

Author(s);
a) The article submitted to the journal is an original work prepared by the specified author or authors and the work has not been plagiarized,
b) All authors have individually participated in the study and take full responsibility for this study,
c) All authors mentioned in the article have seen and approved the final version of the submitted article,
d) The article submitted to the journal has not been published in any platform before or has not been sent to any platform for publication,
e) They accept and undertake that the text of the article, figures, images and documents used do not violate the copyrights of other people.

Authors are deemed to have accepted the following conditions by submitting their work to the journal under the CC BY-NC license.
1. The copyright of the published article belongs to the author.
2. By submitting the article to the journal, the authors authorize the journal to publish the article and to identify itself as the original publisher.
3. Authors grant any third party the right to freely use the article when they identify the citation details with the authors in footnotes and references.
4. Nothing in this license impairs or restricts an author's right to protect the integrity and ownership of their work.
5. All commercial rights related to the article belong to the authors themselves.

The copyrights of the works published in Journal of Içtimaiyat belong to their authors. These works are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). The Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license permits the work to be shared, copied, reproduced, rearranged, transformed and adapted in any way except for commercial purposes, provided that the original work is properly attributed.