International Journal of Politics and Security

IJPS is published twice a year in MAY and OCTOBER.

Any fees or charges are not required for manuscript processing and publishing in IJPS.

The author(s) are responsible for compliance with scientific ethics. Any views expressed in the manuscripts which are published by IJPS are the views of the author(s) not the views of IJPS.

IJPS accepts academic works in the fields of International Relations (IR), International Politics (IP), and Security Studies (SS) and publishes issues every May and October as an e-journal that adopts the Open Access Policy.

Submissions of manuscripts are accepted via the Dergi Park platform which TÜBİTAK (National Science Agency of Turkey) gives hosting service. Each step and correspondence between the editor, referees, and authors is registered by Dergipark (an online hosting service and an editorial workflow management system in Turkey).

Before submission, the author(s) should have an ORCID ID. The author(s) who does not possess an ORCID ID, can register via https://orcid.org/signin and receive an ORCID ID.

IJPS supports accessibility, diversity in science, and freethinking. Critical ideas and speculative thoughts are welcomed and respected in the context of academic ethical rules. Editorial evaluations and decisions are only based on scholarly merit.

The review and publication process is not affected by any discrimination based on regions, religions, nationality, or ethnicity. We believe in the universality of science and knowledge. 

AUTHOR GUIDELINES
• IJPS accepts submissions written in one of the languages of English and Turkish. Turkish submissions should have an English abstract that includes 200-250 words
• IJPS accepts four types of submissions: research articles, reviews, book/report summaries, and letters to the Editor.

• Articles submitted to the journal for evaluation should be in MS Word format, not PDF.
• The cover page should be uploaded to the system in Word format separately from the main text and should include the title of the paper, author name(s), affiliation, ORCID ID, and e-mail
• The main text should start with the section “Introduction”. In this section, the importance of the research, summarized information about previous research on this subject, the main problem or hypothesis of the research, and the methodology of the research should be included and mentioned.
• Main headings after the introduction should be numbered and written in bold type in the normal sentence layout. Sub-headings following main headings should be properly numbered and written in bold and italic type.

SPELLING GUIDELINES

• Submissions to IJPS should follow the style guidelines described in the Chicago Manual of Style.
• Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and “Türk Dil Kurumu Yazım Kılavuzu” should be consulted for spelling.
REFERENCES
• Citations should be numbered sequentially in the text using superscripted digits, by Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed.) guidelines.
• The first citation of a reference should include full bibliographic information. For subsequent citations, a shortened bibliographic form such as the author’s name, title, and page number should be used.
• When consecutive citations refer to the same work, “Ibid.” should replace the bibliographical information in citations after the first, with the page number(s) added if the cited page(s) differ from those included in the immediately preceding citation. Examples of common citation types appear below:
a) Book with Single Author or Editor:
Joseph S. Nye, Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics, 1st ed. (New York: Public Affairs, 2004), 48-49.
b) Book with Multiple Authors:
Timothy Dunne, Milja Kurki ve Steve Smith, International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, 1st ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013), 26.
c) Book with Author Plus Editor or Translator
Barrington Moore, Diktatörlüğün ve Demokrasinin Toplumsal Kökenleri: Çağdaş Dünyanın Yaratılmasında Soylunun ve Köylünün Rolü, Çev. Şirin Tekeli ve Alaeddin Şenel, 1. Baskı. (Ankara: V Publishing, 1989).
d) Chapter in an Edited Book
Wolfgang Kersting, “Politika, Özgürlük ve Düzen: Kant’ın Politika Felsefesi”, Kant Felsefesinin Politik Evreni içinde, ed. Hakan Çörekçioğlu, 1. bs (İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2010), 60.
e) Journal Article
Christopher Layne, “The Unipolar Illusion: Why New Great Powers Will Rise”, International Security 17, no. 4 (1993): 8-9.

Author (s)
a. Articles that are sent to the IJPS should be original studies in the fields of International Relations, International Politics, and Security Studies.
b. All sources (authors, online pages, personal interviews, etc.) used in the articles should be cited correctly and appropriately.
c. It should be noted that the articles submitted to the journal are not sent to another journal and the Copyright Form should be filled out.
d. Individuals who do not contribute to the article intellectually should not be specified as authors.
e. Conflicts of interest regarding the submitted article should be stated and the reason should be explained.
f. Authors may be asked to transmit the raw data regarding their works to the editorial board while the referee is in the process, in that case, the authors should share their raw data with the editorial board. The authors are responsible for keeping the data for a published article for five years.
g When the authors detect a mistake in their work, they should inform the editor and the editorial board and cooperate for the correction or withdrawal process.

Referees
All articles which are sent to IJPS are evaluated by the process of bilateral blind review. Bilateral blind review means that the authors are kept confidential from the referees and the referees are kept confidential from the authors in order to ensure an impartial, objective, and independent process. Articles are sent to referees through the journal management system for evaluation. Referees should fill a form that includes the article”s contribution to fields of Political Science, International Relations, International Politics, and Security Studies, and their decisions whether the article will be published or not, and their justifications related to the decision. The ethical responsibilities and roles of the referees of IJPS are as follows:
a. Referees should referee articles related to only their speciality.
b. Referees are expected to agree to referee articles without conflicts of interest. When referees notice any conflict of interest, they should inform the editor and refuse to be referee on the related article.
c. Referees should evaluate articles impartially and objectively.
d. Referees are required to fill in the Referee Evaluation Form regarding the articles they evaluate, and they are expected not to indicate their names in the forms in order not to harm the bilateral blind review process. Referees should also state their decisions on whether the article publishable or not and their justification for their decisions.
e. The style used by the referees in their suggestions should be polite, respectful, and scientific. Referees should avoid aggressive, disrespectful, and subjective personal comments. When it is detected that referees make such unscientific comments, they can be contacted by the editor or editorial board to review and correct their comments.
f. Referees are required to complete their evaluations within the given time and are expected to comply with the ethical responsibilities stated herein.

Editor
COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal”, published by the Editor”s Editorial Ethics Committee (Committee on Publication Ethics - COPE (https://publicationethics.org/)) Editors (https://publicationethics.org/files/Code_of_conduct_for_journal_editors_Mar11.pdf)) and “Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (https://publicationethics.org/files/u2/ Best_Practice.pdf)) and listed below, must comply with the ethical responsibilities listed below.
The editor is responsible for all articles published in the journal. The editor”s ethical duties and responsibilities are as follows:
a. General Responsibilities
• The editor is obliged to make an effort to increase the quality of the journal and contribute to its development.
• The editor should support the authors' freedom of expression.
b. Relationships with Readers
• The editor should be sure that the sections (letter to the editor, invited articles, conference announcements, etc. ) which do not need referees evaluation in the journal are clearly stated.
• The editor must make an effort to ensure that the published articles are compatible with the knowledge and skills of journal readers.
c. Relationships with Referees
• The editor should ask the referees to evaluate the articles appropriate for their knowledge and expertise. Thus, articles should be evaluated appropriately by experts in their field.
• The editor is obliged to request that the referees indicate that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the article before evaluating an article.
• The editor must convey all the necessary information regarding the referee evaluation process and what is expected from referess.
• The editor must ensure that the peer-review process is carried out with a bilateral blind review and does not disclose referees to authors and authors to referees.
• The editor should evaluate referees based on their timing and performance.

• The editor should create a database of referees and update the database according to the performance of the referees.

• The editor should remove the referees who make rude and unqualified comments or return late.
• The editor should update and expand the list of referees according to referees' specialties.
d. Relationships with Authors
• The editor should constantly update the publishing and writing rules and the sample template on what the authors expect.
• The editor should evaluate the articles that are sent to the journal in terms of journal writing rules, the importance and originality of the study, and if he decides to reject the article during the first submission process, the author should convey the reason for it clearly and impartially. In this process, if it is decided that the article should be revised in terms of grammar, punctuation, and/or spelling rules (margins, referencing appropriately, etc.), the authors should be informed and given time to make necessary corrections.
• Articles should include submission and publication dates.
• When authors request information about the status of their articles, authors should be informed about the status of their articles, so as not to disrupt the bilateral blind review process.
e. Relationships with the Editorial Board
• The editor should convey the publishing and writing rules to the members of the new editorial board and explain what is expected of them.
• The editor should convey the most up-to-date version of the publication and writing rules to the editorial board members.
• The editor should evaluate the members of the editorial board and elect the members who will actively participate in the development of the journal to the editorial board.
• The editor should inform the editorial board members of the roles and responsibilities listed below.
- To support the development of the journal
- To write compositions related to their specialties when asked
- To review and improve publishing and writing rules
- To fulfill the necessary responsibilities in the journal’s operation

Publisher
The publisher”s ethical responsibilities are as follows:
a. The publisher acknowledges that the decision-maker and the refereeing process are the responsibility of the editor during the article publishing in IJPS.
b. The publisher provides open, electronic, and free access to the journal on the journal’s website.

Articles with a similarity rate of 20% and below are accepted for publication. Articles exceeding this rate are examined in detail and, if necessary, are sent back to authors for review or correction, and if plagiarism or unethical behavior is detected, their publication is refused.

Some unethical behaviors are listed below:
• Indicating the people who do not contribute to the study as an author.
• Not indicating the people who contribute to the study as an author.
• Not indicating if the article is produced from the author”s master's / doctoral thesis or a project.
• Making dissection, that is, publishing multiple articles from a single study.
• Not reporting conflicts of interest regarding the submitted articles.
• Deciphering the bilateral blind review process.

No fee is charged for articles submitted for publication in IJPS.