Process of an Article

Dear authors, the Journal of Islamic Civilization Studies, which publishes three issues a year, is always open to receive articles.

Manuscripts that meet our publication requirements are assigned a doi when their processes are completed and made available in early view.

Important Note: The fact that our journal is always open for submissions does not mean that submitted manuscripts will be published in the first issue after submission. Depending on the response time of the actors in the process (editors, authors and referees) and the intensity of demand in the journal, articles may be published in subsequent issues.

Publication Process

• The uploaded manuscripts are automatically subjected to a plagiarism test. The similarity rate must be below 15% for the process to start.
• After the editor is assigned to the submitted manuscript, it is checked whether the manuscript meets the conditions specified on the Writing Rules page. Manuscripts that do not meet the requirements are returned to the author without any justification.
• Manuscripts that contain spelling and punctuation errors in the text and footnotes, as well as narrative disorders in the content, may be returned to the author without any request for editing. It is the author's responsibility to ensure that the manuscript is uploaded without errors and in accordance with the spelling rules in the first upload. In addition, the editor may send a one-time correction request to the author to edit the manuscript. If it is seen that the request is not met in the whole manuscript, the manuscript will be rejected.
• Manuscripts that pass the format and spelling step are subject to internal evaluation. Our editorial board checks whether the manuscript meets the requirements of our journal.
• Manuscripts deemed appropriate for evaluation by the editorial board are sent to the English language editor when necessary.
• Manuscripts whose English language control is completed are subjected to external evaluation according to the double blind review procedure. The identity of the author and the referees are concealed from each other and the manuscript is submitted to the opinion of at least two referees who are experts in their fields.
• According to the feedback of the reviewers, the article may be accepted, the author may be asked for revision or rejected.

• Manuscripts that pass the peer review step are sent back to the author to remove the reviewer's notes and marks and to finalize the manuscript.
• In this step, the author is asked to enter the bibliography information into the Dergipark system and check that the abstract and keywords in the file are the same as in the Dergipark metadata.
• The article, whose metadata and bibliography have been edited and finalized by the author, is sent to the layout editor to add the issue and volume information.
• After the layout editor adds the cover and necessary information, the manuscript is sent to proofreading for a final check
• The manuscript approved by the proofreader is assigned doi, published in early view and queued for issue assignment.

Assignment of Article to Issue

• The described publication process can be more complicated than described, with additional reviewers being requested and the author being asked to edit the manuscript more than once.
• Our average article acceptance period is 75 days, excluding the publication process.
• The manuscript acceptance process consists of pre-checking and peer review. We estimate 30 days for pre-checking, 45 days for peer review and 20 days for the publication process.
• The completed articles are assigned a doi without delay and made available in early view, but which issue they are assigned to depends on the quotas of future issues.
• A maximum of 15 research articles are published in each issue. Articles exceeding 15 in the ranking according to the date of acceptance are held for publication in the next issue.

Dear Authors Please Note That:

• In order for the articles you submit to be subjected to the exhausting and labor-intensive processes listed above, they must meet the conditions specified on our Writing Rules page.
  
• Since we work on a voluntary basis, we do not provide services such as editing and layout.
  
• And we expect you to make the necessary corrections in the articles.

Dergipark Process Guide

Author's Panel

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Returning the Article

• Question.
  
• What does return article mean? What does article retracted mean?
  
• Information
  
• The editorial office has the authority to return articles that are not suitable for the journal. For example, if the author submits an article that is not compatible with the subject of the journal, the editorial office may return the article.
  
• During the return, the editorial office adds a justification and returns the article to the author. An e-mail is sent to the author at this time. The author can send the article to another journal if they wish.
  
• The returned article can be returned by the editor as long as it is within 1 week.
  

• Withdrawal
  
• The author can withdraw his submitted article. For example; If he realizes that he has sent his article to the wrong journal, he can withdraw his article.
  
• If the journal allows the withdrawal process, he can withdraw it. Otherwise, he should notify the relevant journal editor for the withdrawal request.
  
• He can send the retracted article to another journal.
  
  
• The returned article is shown among “Returned” in the editor's and author's panel.
  
• The withdrawn article will be shown as “Withdrawn” in the editor's and author's panel.
  
• Only the author and the relevant journal editor can see if the article has been returned or withdrawn. Other journals, editors or users cannot see that the article is in this status

Withdrawing Chart

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