Principles of the Referee Process
Principles of the Referee Process
Evaluation Principles
- Manuscripts that have not been previously published or are not currently under review for publication in another journal and are approved by each author are accepted for consideration.
- Submitted and pre-checked articles are scanned for plagiarism using Ithenticate software.- Journal of Selcuk Communication conducts a double blind review process. All manuscripts will first be evaluated by the Editor for suitability to the journal and contribution to the communication literature. Appropriate articles are sent to at least two independent expert referees to assess the scientific quality of the article.
- The Editor evaluates articles independently of the ethnicity, gender, nationality, religious beliefs and political philosophy of the authors. He/she ensures that manuscripts submitted for publication undergo fair double blind peer review.
- The editor does not allow conflicts of interest between authors, associate editors and referees.
- The editor is responsible for the final decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of manuscripts. The editor's decision is final.
- Editors are not involved in decisions about manuscripts written by themselves or by family members or colleagues, or about products or services in which the editor has an interest. Any such submission is subject to all of the journal's usual procedures.
Review Process Review Guidelines
Refereeing Type: Double BlindDouble-Blinding: After plagiarism check, eligible manuscripts are evaluated by the Editor for originality, methodology, importance of the topic covered and compatibility with the scope of the journal. The Editor ensures that the manuscripts undergo a fair double blind review and, if the manuscript meets the formal requirements, submits the manuscript to the evaluation of at least two referees from Turkey and/or abroad. If the referees deem necessary, they approve the publication of the manuscript after the requested changes are made by the authors.
Review Time: Pre-Publication
Author-Referee Interactions: Editors mediate all interactions between reviewers and authors.
Time in Review: The time taken until the first decision is approximately 15 days for research articles that are taken to the referee process for review in Journal of Selcuk Communication.
Acceptance Rate: Approximately 40% of the articles received by the Journal of Selcuk Communication are published. Approximately half of all submissions are rejected in the preliminary review before being sent for peer review.
Plagiarism Check: Yes -Ithenticate scans articles to prevent plagiarism.
Number of Reviewers Reviewing Each Article: Two-Three
Allowable Duration: 10 days. This period can be extended by adding 10 days.
Decision: In order for the article to be accepted for publication by the Editor, at least two referees must make an acceptance decision.
Suspected Ethical Violation: 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.
The Editor reviews the research article on the day of submission and, if he/she feels that the article merits further consideration, sends it to the Associate Editor for further review. For research articles, the deputy editor usually reads each article from start to finish. If the Journal of Selcuk Communication is not considered to be the right journal for the study, the authors are notified immediately so that they can submit their work elsewhere without delay. The usual reasons for rejection at this stage are insufficient originality and the topic being outside the scope of the journal.
If the manuscript is suitable for Journal of Selcuk Communication, the deputy editor sends the manuscript to two external referees. The referees advise the Editor, who makes the final decision. The referees are asked to approve their reports and declare if they have any conflicts of interest on the article sent to them. The final decision is made by the Editor after the external peer review process.
In cases where some articles are suspected of serious research misconduct, they may also be reviewed by the Ethics Editor of Journal of Selcuk Communication and third parties deemed appropriate by the Editor.
Journal of Selcuk Communication aims to reach a final decision on publication within 4 to 6 weeks after submission for all articles.
As part of its commitment to readers and authors Journal of Selcuk Communication provides open access to articles. All articles are freely available online.
Editor's Responsibilities
Editors are responsible for every publication in the journal. In the context of this responsibility, editors have the following roles and obligations:
- The editor evaluates manuscripts for scholarly content regardless of the authors' ethnicity, gender, citizenship, religious beliefs or political opinions.
- The editor endeavors to meet the information needs of readers and authors and ensures the continuous development of the journal to ensure academic integrity.
- The Editor conducts fair double-blind peer review of manuscripts submitted for publication and ensures that all information about the submitted manuscripts is kept confidential before publication.
- The editor informs reviewers that manuscripts are confidential and that this is a privileged interaction. Reviewers and the editorial board cannot discuss manuscripts with other people. The anonymity of reviewers must be ensured. In certain cases, the editor may share a reviewer's review with other reviewers to clarify a particular point.
- The editor is responsible for the content and overall quality of the publication. It is also his/her responsibility to issue a correction note or retraction when necessary.
- The editor does not allow any conflict of interest between authors, associate editors and reviewers. He/she has full authority to appoint reviewers and the Editorial Board is responsible for the final decision regarding the publication of manuscripts in the journal.
- The editor maintains business processes without compromising intellectual property rights and ethical standards.
Responsibilities of Referees
The quality of publication is directly affected by the "double blind review" of all studies. This process provides confidence through objective and independent evaluation of the publication. The evaluation process of Journal of Selcuk Communication is carried out with the principle of double blind review. Reviewers cannot communicate directly with the authors, and evaluations and comments are communicated through the journal management system. In this process, reviewer comments on evaluation forms and full texts are communicated to the author(s) through the editor. In this context, referees who evaluate studies for our journal are expected to have the following ethical responsibilities:- They should only accept to evaluate studies related to their field of expertise.
- Reviewers should not have any conflicts of interest related to the research, authors and/or research funders. If he/she thinks that he/she is faced with a conflict of interest during the evaluation process, he/she should refuse to review the study and inform the journal editor.
- Reviewers' evaluations should be objective. They should not allow nationality, gender, religious beliefs, political beliefs and commercial concerns to influence the evaluation.
- The language and style used by reviewers should not offend the author. They should not make derogatory personal comments containing hostility, slander and insult.
- Reviewers should ensure that all information regarding the submitted articles remains confidential until the article is published. In accordance with the principle of confidentiality, they should destroy the studies they have reviewed after the evaluation process. They may only use the final versions of the manuscripts they review only after publication.
- Reviewers should notify the editor if they notice copyright infringement or plagiarism in the work they review.
- A reviewer who feels inadequate to review a manuscript or who feels that he/she cannot complete the review in the specified time should withdraw from the review process.
- During the review process, reviewers are expected to consider the following points: Does the article contain new and important information? / Does the abstract clearly and accurately describe the content of the article? / Is the methodology described in a coherent and understandable manner? / Are the interpretations and conclusions supported by the findings? / Are there sufficient references to other studies in the field? / Is the language quality adequate?
Authors' Responsibilities
The author(s) submitting a study to Journal of Selcuk Communication are expected to comply with the following ethical responsibilities:- The work submitted by the author(s) is expected to be original. In case the author(s) utilize other works or use other works, they are required to cite and/or quote them completely and accurately.
- Individuals who did not contribute intellectually to the content of the study should not be listed as authors.
- All manuscripts submitted for publication must disclose any conflicts of interest and relationships.
- The author(s) may be requested to provide raw data on their manuscripts within the framework of the evaluation processes, in such a case, the author(s) should be ready to present the expected data and information to the editorial board and scientific committee.
- The author(s) should have a document showing that they have the rights to use the data used, the necessary permissions related to the research/analyses, or the consent of the experimental subjects.
- In the event that the author(s) becomes aware of an inaccuracy or error in the published, early view or under review manuscript, the author(s) has the obligation to notify the journal editor or publisher and to cooperate with the editor in correcting or withdrawing the manuscript.
- Authors cannot have their work in the submission process of more than one journal at the same time. Each submission can be initiated following the completion of the previous submission. Manuscripts published in another journal cannot be submitted to us.
- It cannot be proposed to change the author responsibilities (such as adding an author, changing the author order, removing an author) of a study whose evaluation process has started.
Relations with the Reader
Editors should make decisions by taking into account the expectations of knowledge, skills and experience needed by all readers, researchers and practitioners. They should pay attention to the contribution of the published studies to the readers, researchers, practitioners and scientific literature and that they are original. In addition, editors are obliged to take into account the feedback from readers, researchers and practitioners and to provide explanatory and informative feedback.Author Relations
The duties and responsibilities of editors towards authors are as follows:- Editors should make a positive or negative decision based on the importance, original value, validity, clarity of expression and the aims and objectives of the journal.
- Unless there is a serious problem with the manuscript, it should be included in the preliminary evaluation stage.
- Editors should not ignore positive referee recommendations unless there is a serious problem with the study.
- New editors should not change the decisions made by the previous editor(s) unless there is a serious problem.
- The "Blind Review and Evaluation Process" should be published and editors should prevent deviations from the defined processes.
- Editors should publish an "Author's Guide" that covers in detail every issue that will be expected of them by the authors. These guidelines should be updated at certain time intervals.
- Authors should be notified and returned in an explanatory and informative manner.
Relations with Referees
The duties and responsibilities of the editors towards the reviewers are as follows:- Determine the reviewers in accordance with the subject of the study.
- They are obliged to provide the information and guidelines that the reviewers will need during the evaluation phase.
- Monitor whether there is a conflict of interest between authors and reviewers.
- Keep the identity information of the reviewers confidential in the context of double blind reviewing.
- Encourage reviewers to evaluate the manuscript in an impartial, scientific and objective manner.
- Evaluate reviewers on criteria such as timeliness and performance.
- Determine practices and policies to improve the performance of reviewers.
- Take the necessary steps to dynamically update the referee pool.
- Prevent unkind and unscientific evaluations.
- Take steps to ensure that the referee pool consists of a broad spectrum.
Relations with the Editorial Board
Editors should ensure that all editorial board members carry out the processes in accordance with editorial policies and guidelines. They should inform editorial board members about editorial policies and keep them informed about developments. They should train new editorial board members on editorial policies and provide them with the information they need.Editors should also;
- Ensure that editorial board members evaluate the studies impartially and independently.
- Identify new editorial board members who can contribute and have appropriate qualifications.
- Send manuscripts suitable for the expertise of editorial board members for evaluation.
- Interact regularly with the editorial board.
- Organize meetings with the editorial board at regular intervals for the development of editorial policies and the journal.
Editorial and Blind Review Processes
Editors are obliged to implement the "Blind Review and Evaluation Process" policies in the journal publication policies. In this context, editors ensure that the evaluation process of each study is completed in a fair, impartial and timely manner.Quality Assurance
Editors are responsible for the publication of each article published in the journal in accordance with the journal's editorial policies and international standards.Protection of Personal Data
Editors are responsible for ensuring the protection of personal data regarding the subjects or images included in the evaluated studies. Unless the explicit consent of the individuals used in the studies is documented, they are responsible for rejecting the study. Editors are also responsible for protecting the personal data of authors, reviewers and readers.Ethics Committee, Human and Animal Rights
Editors are responsible for ensuring that human and animal rights are protected in the studies evaluated. They are responsible for rejecting the study in the absence of ethics committee approval for the subjects used in the studies and permissions for experimental research.Precautions Against Possible Abuse and Misconduct
Editors are obliged to take precautions against possible misconduct and malfeasance. In addition to conducting a rigorous and objective investigation in identifying and evaluating such complaints, it is among the responsibilities of the editor to share the relevant findings.
Ensuring the Integrity of Academic Publications
Editors should ensure that errors, inconsistencies or misleading judgments are corrected quickly.
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
Editors are responsible for protecting the intellectual property rights of all published articles and defending the rights of the journal and the author(s) in case of possible violations. In addition, editors are obliged to take the necessary measures to ensure that the content of all published articles does not violate the intellectual property rights of other publications.Constructivism and Openness to Discussion
Editors;- Should take into account the convincing criticisms of the works published in the journal and show a constructive attitude towards these criticisms.
- They should give the author(s) of the criticized studies the right to reply.
- They should not ignore or exclude studies with negative results.
Complaints
Editors are obliged to carefully review complaints from authors, reviewers or readers and respond in an informative and explanatory manner.Political and Commercial Concerns
The journal owner, publisher, and no other political or commercial considerations influence the independent judgment of the editors.Conflicts of Interest
Editors ensure that the publication process of manuscripts is completed in an independent and impartial manner, taking into account conflicts of interest between the author(s), reviewers and other editors.Ethical Responsibilities of the Publisher
The Board of Directors of the Journal acts with the awareness of the following ethical responsibilities:- Editors are responsible for all processes of the manuscripts submitted to the journal. In this context, editors are the decision-makers, regardless of economic or political gains.
- It is committed to independent editorial decision-making.
- It has the responsibility to take measures against all kinds of scientific misconduct, citation mongering and plagiarism related to editors.
