WRITING RULES

1. All manuscripts submitted to our journal for review should be based on a sample article template (click here to download the template). After downloading the template, the texts should be adapted to the relevant parts of the template without making any changes to the template. The manuscripts that do not conform to the template/are not prepared using the template will be returned to the author(s) without being evaluated. 

Other issues to be considered are as follows:
• The manuscripts submitted to Selçuk Journal of Communication should be prepared in A4 size, using MS Office Word program, leaving 2.5 cm margins from the right, left, top and bottom edges, in normal writing style, Calibri font, first 0nk then 6nk, leaving 1.25 indent on the first line, 1.5 line spacing and justified.

• The Turkish and English titles of the manuscripts should be written left justified with the first letter of each word capitalized, in 20 point font size and bold.
The name and surname of the author(s) should be written in Calibri 16 pt, normal and left justified.

• Abstract and Abstract headings should be written in Calibri 12-point font and normal font style.

• Extended Abstract, Introduction, Conclusion, References and all other main headings should be left justified, all capitalized, 14 point, 0 indented and bold. In the second level subheadings, only the first letter of the words should be capitalized, left justified, 14 font size, 1.25 indent in the first line and bold.

• Turkish and English abstracts should be in 11-point font size and normal. Turkish and English keywords should be written in 11-point font with the first letter capitalized.

• Studies should generally follow the flow of Turkish Title, Abstract, Keywords, English Title, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Main Text, Conclusion, Extended Abstract and References.

• The manuscripts should be at least 5000 and at most 9000 words, including extended abstracts.

• Each manuscript should include a Turkish and English abstract of at least 150 and at most 250 words, and Keywords should consist of at least 5 and at most 7 words. Abstracts should be in English for studies prepared in Turkish and in Turkish for studies prepared in English. The abstract should briefly include the purpose, scope, problem, method, population/sample group, and major findings and conclusions of the study.

• The extended abstract should be written in English for studies written in Turkish and in Turkish for studies written in English. The Extended Abstract should consist of at least 750 and at most 1500 words and should be written in 12-point font. The abstract should be a holistic text that includes the purpose, scope, theoretical framework, methodology, findings and results of the study and should include all relevant parts of the study. The Extended Abstract should be placed at the end of each study, just before the References section, and the study should be uploaded to the system as a single MS Word file. Different formats are not accepted.

2. For referencing, the 7th edition of APA (American Psychological Association), which is the reference citation method for the text, should be used. In both citations and bibliography, authors should follow the spelling rules and format specified in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association published by the American Psychological Association. In this regard, the guide named "APA-7-Writing-Rules-and-Citation" should be used.

3. The references in the studies submitted to our journal must be created with the reference management tool in MS Office Word. Manually created references and bibliographies are not accepted.

4. In studies requiring ethics committee permission, information about the permission (name of the committee, date and number) should be included in the method section, as well as on the last page of the article; in case reports, information on the signing of the informed consent form should be included in the article.

5. If the study is derived from a thesis, if it was presented in a scientific meeting (congress, symposium, conference, etc.), if it was supported by a funding organization (information about the funding organization, project number, etc.), it should be reported as a footnote on the first page of the article.

6. Contributors to the study, if any, should be mentioned in the acknowledgments section.

7. Research data should be uploaded to TUBITAK's Aperta Portal.

8. All legal responsibility for the content of the studies belongs to the author(s).

9. The spelling and punctuation of the studies should be based on the Turkish Language Association Spelling Guide.

10. MORE THAN ONE article of the author(s) cannot be published in one issue.

PUBLICATION RULES

1. Selçuk Journal of Communication, which started its publication life in 1999, is a scientific refereed journal published 2 (two) times a year in April and October by Selçuk University Faculty of Communication.

2. Each volume of Selçuk Journal of Communication consists of 2 issues published in April and October. In addition, additional issues or special issues can be added to the relevant volume if the editor and editorial board deems appropriate.

3. Selçuk Journal of Communication is written in Turkish and English.

4. The other files that authors should upload to the system together with their manuscripts are as follows:
• Copyright notice text signed by all authors,
• Contribution rate and conflict of interest statement signed by all authors,
• Ethics committee permission for studies where the research object is human (field research, in-depth interviews, etc.),
• Copyright responsibility form declaring that there is no content that violates copyrights in the studies.

5. Selçuk Journal of Communication includes qualified and original studies prepared in accordance with academic standards in communication sciences and sub-disciplines.

6. The academic evaluation process can be carried out if the author(s) who submitted an article in one call of our journal can only apply with a publication in a foreign language in the next call. (An author who submitted an article in the October call can only apply with a foreign language article in the April call).

7. In each publication call period, only one work of the authors is included in the scope of evaluation. In case of multiple submissions, only one work is included in the evaluation process. This condition applies to both single-authored and multi-authored studies. There are no exceptions to this condition.

8. The works submitted to Selçuk Journal of Communication for publication must not have been submitted to any other journal or published in any medium before. In our journal, only articles produced from doctoral dissertations are evaluated in a limited number. (Studies produced from doctoral dissertations whose referee evaluation process is completed are placed in the publication queue and published in the following issues).

9. Full texts of papers presented at scientific meetings (congresses, symposiums, etc.) can be sent to our journal, provided that they have not been published digitally or in print and have been converted into article format / content.

10. The number of studies to be published in each issue is determined and limited by the editorial board. The number of articles from which type of research to be published in each issue is under the authority of the editorial board. For this reason, studies that are accepted as a result of the refereeing process are queued and put on hold for the following issues. Studies uploaded in a foreign language are prioritized regardless of the date of upload and acceptance. No commitment is made as to which issue the accepted manuscripts will be published.

11. Submission of articles to Selçuk Journal of Communication is only possible through the DergiPark system. In order to submit an article to the journal, you must have a DergiPark user account and ORCID ID number.

12. The main title of the manuscripts submitted to Selçuk Journal of Communication should not include brand names, institution names and phrases related to the objects of study (such as XX Brand Example, XX Institution Example, XX Movie Example, XX Advertisement Example).

13. All manuscripts submitted to Selçuk Journal of Communication are checked for originality both before they are evaluated by the editorial board and after the referee evaluation process is completed and the manuscript is included in the publication process.

14. The upper limit of the acceptable similarity rate for works submitted to Selçuk Journal of Communication is 15%. Studies exceeding this limit will be rejected without evaluation. For this reason, authors should determine the similarity rate before submitting their work to our journal. Since similarity programs work according to certain parameters, if there is a difference between the similarity rate of the author and the similarity rate of the editorial board of Selçuk Journal of Communication, the rate of Selçuk Journal of Communication will be taken as the basis. Authors who make a similarity check before uploading to the relevant call of the journal should select the "no repository" option. Otherwise, the similarity rate of the work will be displayed as 100% in the editorial control and the work will not be evaluated.

15. Since the manuscripts for which revisions are requested during the refereeing process are re-submitted to the referee review regardless of the type of revision (minor/major), all corrections requested in the manuscripts should be marked in red and uploaded. For manuscripts that are not uploaded in this way, the peer review will be terminated and the manuscript will be returned to the author.

16. If the authors use the referee note panel as a personal communication tool or use it in a way that reveals their anonymized identities, their evaluated works will be rejected on the grounds of ethical violation and they will be prevented from uploading their work to any call of Selçuk Journal of Communication.

Legislation

Journal of Selcuk Communication adheres to national and international standards regarding research and publication ethics. It complies with the Press Law (a), Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works (b), Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive for Higher Education Institutions (c), and Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (d). It has also adopted published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), and Council of Science Editors (CSE).

Publication Ethics Principles

Republishing

Republishing is the publication of the same article or substantially similar articles in more than one journal. The editor sends such an article back without review. The editor may then impose an embargo on the author who has attempted to republish for a certain period of time, make a public announcement in the journal in which the author has previously published (perhaps in a simultaneous announcement with the editor of the journal that published the previous article), or all of these measures together.

Simultaneous Submission of The Same Work to More Than One Journal

Authors may not submit the same article to more than one journal at the same time. If the editor learns of possible simultaneous submission, he/she reserves the right to consult with the other editor(s) receiving the manuscript. In addition, the editor may return the manuscript without review or reject the manuscript without considering the reviews, or take this decision in discussion with the other editor(s) involved, and may decide not to accept submissions from authors for a certain period of time. It may also write to the authors' employers or take all of these measures together.

Plagiarism Action Plan And Measures Of The Journal

The journal respects intellectual property rights and aims to protect and promote the original work of its authors. Having plagiarized content in articles do violate the research and originality standards. Therefore, all the authors submitting articles to the journal are expected to comply with the ethical standards and avoid all forms of plagiarism. If a submitted or published article is suspected of containing plagiarism, the Ethics Editor of the journal first examines the work. Then the work is reviewed by the Editorial Board. Afterwards, the journal contacts the author(s) and asks them to submit their justifications within two weeks. If the journal does not receive any response from the author(s) within the specified time, it would contact the affiliated university and request the investigation of the claim.

The journal will take the following serious measures for published articles that are found to contain plagiarism:
• The journal will immediately contact the university to which the author(s) are affiliated, in order to take final action against the related author.
• The journal will remove the PDF copy of the published article from the website, will remove the published article from the issue file, and will disable all links to the published article. The phrase "Plagiarized Article" will be added to the title of the published article.
• The journal will disable the author's account and reject all future submissions by the author for the following 3 years.
This journal checks for plagiarism in works submitted for review: Pre-checked articles are scanned for plagiarism using ITHENTICATE software. If plagiarism/self-plagiarism is detected, authors will be notified. If necessary, editors may check the article for plagiarism at various stages of the evaluation or production process. High similarity rates can cause a paper to be rejected before or even after it is accepted. This rate is expected to be less than 15%.

Forgery

Producing data that is not based on research, editing or modifying the work presented or published on the basis of untrue data, reporting or publishing them, and presenting a research that has not been conducted as if it has been conducted.
Falsifying research records and data obtained, showing methods, devices and materials that were not used in the research as if they were used, not evaluating data that do not comply with the research hypothesis, manipulating data and/or results to fit the relevant theory or assumptions, falsifying or shaping research results in line with the interests of the persons and organizations supported.

Protection Of Participants' Personal Data

Journal of Selcuk Communication requires that all research involving personal or sensitive data or materials relating to human participants that are not legally available to the public be subject to formal ethical review.

Addressing Allegations of Research Misconduct

Journal of Selcuk Communication adheres to COPE's Ethical Toolkit for a Successful Editorial. Journal of Selcuk Communication editors will take measures to prevent the publication of articles in which plagiarism, citation manipulation, data falsification, data fabrication and other research misconduct have occurred. Under no circumstances will the editors of the Journal of Selcuk Communication knowingly allow such misconduct to occur. In the event that the editors of the journal are aware of any allegations of research misconduct related to an article published in their journal, they will follow COPE's guidelines regarding allegations.

Ethical Violation Notifications

Readers can send an e-mail to iletisimdergi@selcuk.edu.tr if they notice a significant error or inaccuracy in an article published in Journal of Selcuk Communication or if they have any complaints about the editorial content (plagiarism, duplicate articles, etc.). We welcome submissions and will respond quickly and constructively, as they will provide an opportunity for improvement.

Correction, Retraction, Expression of Concern

Editors may consider publishing a correction if minor errors are identified in the published article that do not affect the findings, interpretations and conclusions. Editors should consider retracting the manuscript if there are major errors/violations that invalidate the findings and conclusions. Editors should consider issuing a statement of concern if there is a possibility of research or publication misconduct by the authors; there is evidence that the findings are unreliable and that the authors' institutions have not investigated the incident; or the potential investigation seems unfair or inconclusive. COPE guidelines are followed regarding correction, retraction or expression of concern.

Publication of Studies Based on Surveys and Interviews

Journal of Selcuk Communication adopts the Committee on Publication Ethics' (COPE) "Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers" in order to provide ethical assurance in scientific periodical publishing. In this context, the following points should be followed in the studies submitted to the journal:
1) For research in all disciplines that require ethics committee approval (ethics committee approval must be obtained, this approval must be stated and documented in the article.
2) In studies that require ethics committee approval, information about the permission (name of the committee, date and number) should be included in the method section and on the last page of the article; in case reports, information on the signature of the informed consent form should be included in the article.

Special Issue Publication Policy

A special issue may be published once a year upon the request of the Editorial Board. Articles submitted for inclusion in the special issue are first subjected to a preliminary editorial review. Then, they are examined for compliance with the journal's spelling rules and similarity screening is performed to prevent plagiarism. After these stages, they are included in the peer review process using the double blind model.

Editorial Confidentiality Obligation

The editors of Journal of Selcuk Communication treat all submitted manuscripts as confidential documents, which means that they will not disclose information about a manuscript to anyone without the authors' permission. During the article review process, Editors, Referees, Editorial Board Members have access to the article. The only situation in which details about a manuscript may be communicated to a third party without the authors' permission is if the editor suspects serious research misconduct.

Allegations-Suspicions of Scientific Misconduct

They are obliged to take action if the editor suspects or alleges an ethical violation. This duty extends to both published and unpublished articles. The editor should not simply reject articles raising concerns about possible misconduct. They are ethically obliged to follow up on alleged cases. The editor should follow COPE flowcharts where appropriate. Editors should first seek a response from those suspected of misconduct. If they are not satisfied with the response, they should ask the relevant employer or organization to investigate. The editor should make all reasonable efforts to ensure that an appropriate investigation into the alleged misconduct is conducted; if this fails, the editor should make all reasonable attempts to insist on a resolution to the problem. This is an onerous but important task.
Journal of Selcuk Communication adheres to COPE's Ethical Toolkit for a Successful Editorial. Journal editors will take measures to prevent the publication of articles in which plagiarism, citation manipulation, data falsification, data fabrication and other research misconduct have occurred. Under no circumstances will Journal of Selcuk Communication or its editors knowingly allow such misconduct to occur. In the event that journal editors become aware of any allegations of research misconduct related to an article published in their journal, they will follow COPE's guidelines regarding allegations.
Reviewers should inform the Editor if they suspect misconduct in the research or publication. The Editor is responsible for taking necessary action in accordance with COPE recommendations.
Journal of Selcuk Communication is committed to following the COPE flowcharts when faced with allegations of misconduct on the following or similar issues.
• What to do when republication is suspected
• What to do when plagiarism is suspected
• What to do when fabricated data is suspected
• What to do when requesting a change of authorship
• What to do when an undisclosed conflict of interest is suspected
• What to do when unfair or gift authorship is suspected
• What to do when an ethical problem is suspected in an article
• What to do when directly notified of a suspected ethical violation by e-mail, etc.
• What to do when a suspected ethical violation is announced via social media

Complaint Procedure

This procedure applies to complaints about content, procedures or policies that are the responsibility of Journal of Selcuk Communication or our editorial staff. Complaints can provide an opportunity and incentive for improvement and we aim to respond quickly, courteously and constructively.
The complaint must relate to content, procedures or policies that are the responsibility of Journal of Selcuk Communication or our editorial team. Complaints should be emailed directly to iletisimdergi@selcuk.edu.tr and will be treated confidentially. The editor will respond to complaints immediately. The editor follows the procedure outlined in the COPE flowchart regarding complaints.
Complaints are reviewed by the relevant member of the editorial team and, if not resolved, the following processes are followed:
• If this initial response is deemed inadequate, the complainant may request that the complaint be escalated to a more senior member of the journal.
• If the complainant is not satisfied, the complaint may be forwarded to the editor-in-chief.
• A full response will be provided within two weeks, if possible.
COPE publishes a code of practice for editors of scientific journals. This will facilitate the resolution of disputes with editors, journals and publishers, but only after the journal's own complaints procedures have been exhausted.

Appeal Process

We welcome serious objections to the evaluations made by editors and reviewers. If you feel that we have rejected your paper because we misunderstood its scientific content, please send an appeal message to our editorial team at iletisimdergi@selcuk.edu.tr. Do not attempt to submit a revised version of your article at this stage. If, after reading your appeal letter, we realize that your appeal is justified, we may invite you to submit a revised version of your manuscript. Your paper will then be resubmitted to the external reviewer process. Please include as much detail as possible in the appeal letter. Finally, we can only consider one appeal per article, so please take the time and effort to write a detailed letter to make your appeal clear - you have one chance, so use it well. We have found that prolonged deliberation over rejected papers is often unsatisfying for both authors and editors, so we do not process multiple appeals for the same paper.

Conflicts of Interest

A conflict of interest occurs when professional judgment about a primary interest may be influenced by a secondary interest (such as financial gain or personal competition). We believe that we need to know the competing interests of the authors in order to make the best decision about how to handle an article, and that readers need to know them if we publish the article.
Any interest, financial or otherwise, that may cause one to be conflicted in one's work, significantly impair one's objectivity, or give an unfair advantage to any person or organization. All sources of financial support received during the conduct of the research and preparation of the manuscript and the role of sponsors in the study should be disclosed. If there is no source of funding, this should also be indicated. Examples of potential conflicts of interest that should be disclosed include consultancies, salaries, grants. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed at the earliest possible stage.
Journal of Selcuk Communication has a set process for handling submissions from editors, staff or editorial board members to ensure impartial review. Such submissions are first referred to other journals. If this is not possible, the owner of the submission is suspended from the journal. These submissions are reviewed in a double blind process.
The editor should not be involved in decisions about manuscripts written by him/herself or family members. Furthermore, such a paper should be subject to all the usual procedures of the journal. The editor should follow COPE guidelines on disclosure of potential conflicts of interest by authors and reviewers.

Principles of Research Ethics

Journal of Selcuk Communication observes the highest standards in research ethics and adopts the international research ethics principles defined below. It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure that the articles comply with ethical rules.
• The principles of integrity, quality and transparency should be ensured in the design, revision of the design and conduct of the research.
• The research team and participants should be fully informed about the purpose of the research, its methods and possible anticipated uses, and the requirements and risks, if any, of participation in the research.
• Confidentiality of information provided by research participants and confidentiality of respondents must be ensured. The research should be designed to protect the autonomy and dignity of the participants.
• Research participants should take part in the research voluntarily and should not be under any coercion.
• Harm to participants should be avoided. The research should be planned in a way that does not put participants at risk.
• Research independence must be clear and explicit; any conflict of interest must be stated.
• In experimental studies with human subjects, the written informed consent of the participants who decide to participate in the research must be obtained. The consent of the legal guardian of children and those under guardianship or those with a certified mental illness must be obtained.
• If the study will be carried out in any institution or organization, approval must be obtained from this institution or organization that the study will be conducted.
• In studies with a human element, it should be stated in the "method" section that "informed consent" has been obtained from the participants and ethics committee approval has been obtained from the institution where the study is conducted.

The publication of articles in the journal and the execution of article processes are not subject to any fee. No processing or submission fee is charged for articles submitted to the journal or accepted for publication. Selçuk Journal of Communication does not accept sponsorship and advertisement in accordance with its publication policies. All expenses of Selçuk Journal of Communication are covered by Selçuk University.