Journal of New Theory

Authors should prepare the article using the Journal’s templates. The following links can access article templates (LaTeX and Microsoft Word), Copyright Form, and Response Letters.

Author who submitted the article for publication manages all communication and correspondence with the JNT. To submit a manuscript, kindly log in to https://dergipark.org.tr/en/login

Author declares that the article is clean regarding plagiarism. The legal and ethical responsibility of the article belongs to Author.

Author also accepts that the manuscript will be subjected to a plagiarism check using plagiarism detection software.

Allowed Article Types

Research Article and Review

Submission Checklists

All Authors have read and approved the most recent version of the paper.

The .tex file has been uploaded as a Latex Source File. / The .docx file has been uploaded as a Supporting File.

The paper (Full Text) and the Copyright Form are in “.pdf”.

The Authors’ title has not been included in any personal information, such as Prof, Mr, and Dr.

All the Figures have been uploaded since the paper format is “.tex”. / Any Figures have not been uploaded since the paper format is “.docx”.

The paper has been prepared using JNT’s template.

The paper’s similarity rate, excluding Sources less than 1% and Bibliography, on iThenticate is 30% or less.

Any abbreviation has not taken part in the authors’ first names, middle names (if any), and last names.

The Authors’ ORCIDs have been filled by right-clicking on the ORCID icons and then clicking the edit hyperlink (for .docx).

The first or middle names have been unused in the text. For example, “Jassim proposes ...” has been used instead of “Jassim R. H. proposes ...”.

Necessary Files (When submitting the paper)

Full-Text File The paper (pdf) Title: The first five words of the paper’s title

Latex Source File The paper(.tex) OR Supporting file The paper(.docx) Title: The first five words of the paper’s title

Figures For only LaTeX (pdf, png, etc.) Title: Figure1, Figure2, ...

Supporting File (if any) For only LaTeX (bib) Title: The last name of the Corresponding Author with small letters

Necessary Files (After revisions)

Full-Text File The paper (pdf) Title: The first seven words of the paper’s title

Latex Source File The revised paper(.tex) OR Supporting file The revised paper(.docx) Title: The first seven words of the paper’s title

Figures for only LaTeX (pdf, png, etc.) (If there exist any changes) Title: Figure1, Figure2, ...

Response to Reviewers The Response Letter (pdf) Title: Response Letter

Supporting File Highlighted Paper (pdf) Title: Highlighted Paper

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Publication Ethics

The governance structure of JNRS and its acceptance procedures are transparent and designed to ensure the highest quality of published material. Journal of New Results in Science adheres to the TR Index Principles of Ethics and the international standards developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

In situations such as manipulating and distorting the data used in the articles and using make-up data are detected, this situation will be officially reported to the institutions of the author(s), and the manuscript will be rejected. The journal has the right to request the output files of the authors' analysis results according to the feedback given by the editors and/or referees.

Notification of the Editor for the Unethical Cases

In case of encountering an unethical case regarding editors, referees, and authors or the manuscript in an early view or in the review process that does not comply with ethical principles, it should be reported to jnrs@gop.edu.tr e-mail address.

Journal Publishing Policy The flowcharts of the review process in effect are as follows:

Review-Procedure Flowchart

Minor-Revision Flowchart

Major-Revision Flowchart

Workflow Settings

Additional time for all assigned users when Editor extends the due date: 7 Days

Time to take action when a new submission arrives before becoming overdue: 10 Days

Time for Editor to assign an Editor in “checked” status before becoming overdue: 10 Days

Time for the assigned Editor to take action in “With Editor” status before becoming overdue: 10 Days

Time for the assigned editors to take action in “Ready for Decision” status before becoming overdue: 10 Days

Time for Editor to make a decision before becoming overdue: 10 Days

Time for the assigned Editor to prepare the article for publishing after it is accepted before becoming overdue: 21 Days

Time for the Copyeditor, Statistics Editor, Layout Editor, and Proofreader to complete the task before becoming overdue: 21 Days

Time for the Author to respond to the requested action - i.e., resubmission or revision requested, before becoming overdue: 7 Days

Time for the Author to take action before becoming overdue: 21 Days

Time for the reviewer(s) to respond to the invitation before becoming overdue: 7 Days

Time for the reviewer to review the article after accepting the invitation before becoming overdue: 21 Days

Publisher’s Ethical Responsibilities

Journal of New Theory is in the public interest and is non-profit.

Editors are faculty members who hold at least a Ph.D. degree.

Editorial Board consists of an Editor-in-Chief, three Associate Editors-in-Chief, Section Editors, a Statistics Editor, a Language Editor, a Layout Editors, and a Production Editor.

In reviewing a paper in which Editors are co-authors, an Editor is assigned among the other Editors of JNT who do not have any conflict of interest with the authors. The peer review is carried out like that of other papers. In a year, the number of articles in which Editors are its Authors/Co-Authors cannot exceed 1/5 of the total articles published in the respective year.

Responsibilities of Editorial Board

Editorial Board is responsible for every manuscript submitted to the journal.

Editorial Board regularly tries to improve the journal and increase its publication quality.

Editorial Board determines and implements the journal’s policies, such as publication, blind review, and ethical principles.

Editorial Board assesses whether intellectual property rights have been observed and checks manuscripts and journals for unscientific and unethical behaviors - e.g., plagiarism.

Editorial Board is responsible for appointing an expert reviewer to process manuscripts.

Editorial Board is responsible for managing the review process.

Ethical Responsibilities of the Editorial Board

While deciding whether to publish submitted manuscripts, Editors pay attention to considering the original value and similarity rate of the manuscripts, their contribution to the literature, the validity and reliability of the research method, the clarity of the language, and the journal’s purpose and scope.

Editors carry out the policies of blind review and review process, among the journal’s publishing policies, keep confidential the identity information of Reviewers, and ensure each manuscript is reviewed objectively and on time.

Editors send manuscripts by taking notice of the editors’ and referees’ fields of expertise, and they pay attention to an objective and independent review of the manuscript.

Editors endeavor to ensure the Reviewers’ diversity and change.

Editors protect personal data in reviewed manuscripts.

Editors protect human rights in the manuscripts and document the participants’ explicit consent. They reject the manuscripts if the authors do not have the Ethics Committee’s approval of the manuscripts’ participants.

Editors make provisions against misconduct. If there are misconduct complaints, they make an objective investigation and share the complaints’ findings.

Editors consider the consistent criticism of manuscripts published in the journal and provide the right to reply to Author (s) for the criticism.

Editors investigate the complaints submitted to the journal and make necessary statements.

Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers

In reviewing the manuscripts, the single-blind refereeing principle is applied.

Reviewers do not contact directly with the authors. The manuscript review forms, the notes specified on the manuscript, and requests for correction are conveyed to the Author (s) by Editors through the journal management system.

Reviewers must only accept manuscripts related to their field of expertise.

Reviewers should notice the objectivity and confidentiality of the review process. In a conflict of interest, Reviewers should deny reviewing the manuscripts and acquaint Editors.

Reviewers should review the manuscripts with constructive comments by academic ethics principles and avoid personal comments containing insults and hostility.

Reviewers should review their accepted manuscripts within the time specified.

Reviewers should provide clear reasons for acceptance or refusal.

The report you prepared must include details. The reference-excluded similarity report of the manuscript is available in the Editorial System.

Reviewers do not request the Author (s) to add Reviewers’ articles as a reference if it is not required.

Reviewers avoid personal comments containing insults and hostility.

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors

Author(s) should not submit to the Journal of New Theory a manuscript they have published elsewhere or submitted to be published elsewhere.

The manuscript submitted by Author (s) should be original.

Author(s) should pay attention to ethical principles for references in the manuscript.

The names of people who do not contribute to the manuscript should not be added as Author (s).

It should not be suggested to change the order of Author (s), remove Author (s), or add Author (s) for the manuscript submitted for publication.

If information or data about the manuscript is requested from Author (s) during the review process, Author (s) should provide the editors’ asked information.

Author(s) should provide Ethics Committee’s approval for the research that requires quantitative or qualitative data collection methods such as experiments, questionnaires, scales, interviews, observations, and focus group studies. The document indicating the Ethics Committee decision should be uploaded with the manuscript’s application to the system.

Obtaining Legal / Private Ethical Committee Approval

The researches that require ethical committee approval are as follows, and the permission mentioned above must be obtained for the publication of such studies (for more details, https://trdizin.gov.tr/en/criteria/):

All kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches require data collection from participants using a questionnaire, interview, focus group study, observation, experiment, and interview techniques.
Use of humans and animals (including material/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,
Clinical research on humans,
Research on animals,
Retrospective studies by the law on the protection of personal data.