It is ensured that the articles that pass the pre-evaluation stage go through a fair double-blind peer-review. At this stage, the articles are sent to two national/international referees for evaluation. If one of the referee reports is positive and the other is negative, the article is sent to a third referee. In line with the report of the third referee, it is decided whether the article will be published or not.
During the evaluation of the manuscripts, first of all, care is taken to ensure that the referees and authors are not from the same institution. Except for the fixed referee board of the journal, periodic referees can be appointed according to the subject of the texts applied in each issue. The referees of interdisciplinary articles are determined according to their fields of interest.
The referees are expected to make an objective evaluation according to the subjects included in the article evaluation form sent by the editorial board.
The referees should ensure that the submitted article contents remain confidential until the article is published, should not share them with third parties, and should inform the editorial board if they notice any copyright infringement and/or plagiarism by the author(s). If the referee is not sufficiently expert on the subject of the article or if it does not seem possible to provide a timely response, he should notify the editorial board of this situation and terminate the refereeing process of the relevant article.
Care should be taken to keep the identities of the referees confidential.
Authors Responsibility
Compliance of the articles with scientific and ethical rules is the responsibility of the authors. The author must declare that the article is original, has not been published elsewhere, and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, in another language. Applicable copyright laws and agreements must be observed. Copyrighted material (for example, tables, figures, or large quotations) should be used with due permission and acknowledgment. The sources used should be used appropriately and should be cited in references.
All authors must have a direct academic and scientific contribution to the submitted article, in this context “author” is someone who has made a significant contribution to the conceptualization and design of a published research, to the acquisition, analysis or interpretation of data, to writing the manuscript or to critically reviewing it in terms of content. seen as. Other conditions for being an author are planning or executing and/or revising the work on the article. Funding, data collection, or general supervision of the research group alone does not confer authorship. All individuals listed as authors must meet all the criteria listed, and any individual who meets the above criteria may be listed as an author. The naming order of the authors should be a joint decision. All authors must indicate their rank on the Copyright Agreement Form signed.
All authors must declare financial relationships, conflicts of interest, and competition of interest that have the potential to affect the results of the research or scientific evaluation. If an author detects a significant error or inaccuracy in his or her published article, it is the responsibility to immediately contact and cooperate with the editor for correction or retraction of these inaccuracies.
Editorial Board and Referee Responsibilities
The editorial board evaluates articles independently of the authors' ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, religious belief, and political philosophy. It ensures that the articles submitted for publication undergo a fair double-blind peer-review. It guarantees that all information regarding the submitted articles will remain confidential until the article is published.
editorial board; does not allow any conflict of interest between authors, editors and referees. It has full authority to appoint a referee and is responsible for making the final decision on the articles to be published in the Journal.
Referees should not have conflicts of interest with the research, with the authors and/or with the financial supporters of the research. They should reach an impartial judgment as a result of their assessment. They should ensure that all information regarding the submitted manuscripts is kept confidential and should report any copyright infringement and plagiarism on the part of the author to the editor. If the referee does not feel qualified about the subject of the article or if it does not seem possible to provide a timely response, he should notify the editor of this situation and ask him not to involve himself in the referee process.