The Journal of Soft Computing and Artificial Intelligence (JSCAI) accepts Research Articles and Review Articles in the fields of soft computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, computational intelligence, intelligent systems, and related interdisciplinary applications.

All manuscripts submitted to JSCAI must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts must comply with the journal’s Aim & Scope, Peer Review Policy, Ethical Principles and Publication Policy, Open Access, Copyright and Licensing, Price Policy, and Data Availability and Repository Policy.

• Article Types

JSCAI accepts the following article types:

Research Articles
Research articles should present an original scientific contribution, a clearly defined research problem, an appropriate methodology, sufficient theoretical or experimental analysis, and a discussion of the findings in relation to the existing literature.

Review Articles
Review articles should provide a critical, systematic, and up-to-date evaluation of a clearly defined research area. Review articles should identify current developments, limitations, research gaps, and future research directions.

• Manuscript Language

The publication language of JSCAI is English.

Manuscripts must be written in clear, academic, and grammatically correct English. Authors are responsible for the language quality, clarity, and academic style of their manuscripts before submission.

• Manuscript Template and Formatting

Authors should prepare their manuscripts in accordance with the JSCAI Manuscript Template.

Manuscripts should be formatted clearly and consistently. The manuscript file should include all required sections, author information, ethical declarations, references, tables, figures, and supplementary information where applicable.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that the manuscript complies with the journal format before submission.

• Manuscript Title Page

The first page of the manuscript should include the following information:

Article title
Author name(s)
Author affiliation(s)
Corresponding author information
ORCID iD of each author, if available
Article type: Research Article or Review Article
Abstract
Keywords

The title should be concise, informative, and clearly reflect the content of the manuscript.

Author affiliations should include institution, department or faculty where applicable, city, country, and e-mail address of the corresponding author.

• Abstract

The abstract should clearly summarize the purpose, methodology, main findings, and contribution of the study.

The abstract should be written as a single paragraph and should not include references, tables, figures, equations, or unexplained abbreviations.

• Keywords

Authors should provide 4 to 6 keywords that accurately represent the main topics of the manuscript.

Keywords should be listed below the abstract.

• Main Manuscript Structure

Research articles should generally include the following sections:

1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods / Methodology
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusion
Article Information
References

Depending on the nature of the study, section titles may be adapted. However, the manuscript should have a clear academic structure and should present the research problem, method, findings, interpretation, and conclusion in a coherent order.

Review articles should generally include an introduction, a clear review methodology or review framework, thematic or systematic discussion sections, conclusion, article information, and references.

• Headings and Subheadings

Main headings should be numbered consecutively.

Example:

1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusion

Subheadings should be numbered according to their section.

Example:

2.1. Dataset
2.2. Experimental Setup
2.3. Evaluation Metrics

Headings should be clear, concise, and consistent throughout the manuscript.

• Tables and Figures

Tables and figures should be numbered consecutively according to their order of appearance in the manuscript.

Examples:

Table 1. Performance comparison of machine learning models
Figure 1. Confusion matrix of the proposed model

Each table and figure must be cited in the text before it appears.

Tables and figures should be clear, readable, and suitable for academic publication. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for any copyrighted visual material used in the manuscript.

• Equations

Equations should be clearly written and numbered consecutively when necessary.

All mathematical symbols and abbreviations should be defined in the text.

• References and Citation Style

References must be accurate, complete, and consistent.

All sources cited in the text must appear in the reference list, and all references listed must be cited in the text.

Where available, DOI numbers should be included in the reference list.

Authors are responsible for the accuracy of citations and references.

• Article Information Section

All manuscripts submitted to JSCAI must include an Article Information section before the References.

This section should include the following declarations where applicable:

Funding Statement
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions Statement
Conflict of Interest Statement
Data Availability Statement
Ethics Approval Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Declaration of AI and AI-assisted Technologies
Plagiarism Statement

The Declaration of AI and AI-assisted Technologies must be included in all manuscripts, whether AI-assisted tools were used or not.

If ethics approval is not required, authors should state:

Not applicable. This study did not involve human participants, animals, or sensitive personal data.

If informed consent is not applicable, authors should state:

Not applicable.

• Funding Statement

Authors must declare whether the study received financial support.

If funding was received, the funding agency, grant number, and role of the funder should be stated.

If no funding was received, authors should write:

The author(s) received no external funding for this research.

• Acknowledgments

Authors may acknowledge individuals or institutions that contributed to the study but do not meet the criteria for authorship.

If there is no acknowledgment, this section may be omitted.

• Author Contributions Statement

Authors must clearly state their contributions to the manuscript.

For single-author manuscripts, the following statement may be used:

The author solely conceived the study, conducted the research, analyzed the results, and wrote the manuscript.

For multi-author manuscripts, author contributions should be stated clearly. Contributions may include conceptualization, methodology, software, validation, formal analysis, investigation, data curation, writing-original draft, writing-review and editing, visualization, supervision, and project administration.

All authors must approve the final version of the manuscript and agree to its submission to JSCAI.

• Conflict of Interest Statement

Authors must disclose any financial, personal, academic, or institutional conflicts of interest that may influence the research.

If there is no conflict of interest, authors should write:

The author(s) declare that there is no conflict of interest.

• Data Availability Statement

Authors must include a data availability statement.

If datasets were used, authors should state where the data can be accessed.

If no datasets were generated or analyzed, authors should write:

No datasets were generated or analyzed during the current study.

If data cannot be shared due to ethical, legal, privacy, confidentiality, commercial, or institutional restrictions, this must be clearly explained.

• Ethics Approval Statement

For studies involving human participants, animals, clinical data, personal data, surveys, interviews, images, or sensitive information, authors must provide ethics committee approval information.

Ethics approval information should include the name of the ethics committee, approval date, and approval number or code where applicable.

For studies that do not require ethics approval, authors should write:

Not applicable. This study did not involve human participants, animals, or sensitive personal data.

• Informed Consent Statement

For studies involving human participants, informed consent must be obtained where applicable.

If informed consent is not applicable, authors should write:

Not applicable.

• Declaration of AI and AI-assisted Technologies

Authors must declare whether AI-based or AI-assisted tools were used in the preparation of the manuscript.

AI tools must not be listed as authors. Authorship requires human responsibility and accountability.

If no AI tools were used, authors should write:

The author(s) declare that no AI-based or AI-assisted tools were used in the preparation of this manuscript.

If AI tools were used, authors should clearly explain how they were used. For example:

AI-assisted tools were used only for language editing and grammar improvement. The author(s) reviewed and approved the final content and take full responsibility for the manuscript.

The use of AI tools to fabricate data, generate false references, manipulate images, create misleading results, conceal plagiarism, or replace author responsibility is not acceptable.

• Plagiarism Statement

All manuscripts are checked for plagiarism and similarity during the editorial process.

Authors must confirm that their manuscript is original and that all sources have been properly cited.

Authors may use the following statement:

The author(s) declare that this manuscript is original and that all sources have been properly cited.

Manuscripts involving plagiarism, duplicate publication, inappropriate text recycling, data fabrication, data falsification, citation manipulation, or unethical authorship practices may be rejected.

• Plagiarism and Similarity Check

All submissions are evaluated for similarity and plagiarism.

A similarity report is assessed by the editorial office. The overall similarity percentage is not the only criterion; the nature, source, and distribution of similarity are also considered.

The journal does not accept plagiarism, self-plagiarism, inappropriate text recycling, duplicate publication, uncited use of previously published material, fabricated references, or misleading paraphrasing.

Manuscripts with serious ethical concerns may be rejected at any stage of the editorial process.

• Copyright and Licensing

Authors retain the copyright of their published articles.

Articles published in JSCAI are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

JSCAI does not require authors to transfer full copyright ownership to the journal or publisher.

By submitting a manuscript to JSCAI, authors agree that, if accepted, the article will be published under this open access license.

• Open Access Policy

JSCAI provides immediate open access to all published content.

Published articles are freely and permanently available online without subscription, registration, embargo, or access fees.

Readers may access, read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, and link to the full texts of published articles in accordance with the journal’s license terms.

• DOI and Archiving

Accepted articles are assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) through Crossref.

Published articles are made available through the DergiPark platform in digital formats, including PDF and XML where applicable.

JSCAI supports the long-term accessibility, discoverability, citation tracking, metadata visibility, and preservation of published scholarly content.

• Submission Process

Manuscripts must be submitted through the DergiPark submission system.

The corresponding author is responsible for submitting the manuscript, providing accurate metadata, uploading required files, and responding to editorial and reviewer comments.

Submission of a manuscript implies that all authors have approved the final version and agree with its submission to JSCAI.

• Initial Editorial Screening

All submitted manuscripts are first evaluated by the editorial office.

At this stage, manuscripts are checked for:

Compliance with the journal scope
Manuscript format
Language quality
Completeness of required declarations
Similarity and plagiarism
Ethical compliance
Scientific suitability

Manuscripts that do not comply with the journal’s policies or fall outside the journal scope may be rejected before peer review.

• Peer Review Process

Manuscripts that pass the initial editorial screening are sent to at least two independent reviewers under a double-blind peer review process.

In the double-blind peer review process, the identities of both authors and reviewers are kept confidential.

The final decision is made by the Editor-in-Chief or assigned qualified editor based on reviewer reports, editorial evaluation, ethical compliance, and journal policies.

For detailed information, authors should refer to the journal’s   Peer Review Policy.

• Revision Process

Authors must respond to reviewer and editor comments carefully and submit a revised manuscript together with a response letter.

The response letter should explain how each reviewer and editor comment has been addressed.

Revised manuscripts may be sent back to reviewers or evaluated by the editor depending on the nature and extent of the revisions.

• Submission Checklist

Before submission, authors should ensure that:

The manuscript is within the journal’s aim and scope.
The manuscript is original and has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
The manuscript is written in English.
The manuscript follows the JSCAI Manuscript Template.
Author names, affiliations, and ORCID information are included where available.
The abstract and keywords are included.
All tables and figures are numbered and cited in the text.
All references are cited in the text and listed in the reference list.
DOI numbers are included in references where available.
Funding Statement is included.
Author Contributions Statement is included.
Conflict of Interest Statement is included.
Data Availability Statement is included.
Ethics Approval Statement is included where applicable, or “Not applicable” is stated with a clear reason.
Informed Consent Statement is included where applicable, or “Not applicable” is stated.
Declaration of AI and AI-assisted Technologies is included in all manuscripts, whether AI-assisted tools were used or not.
Plagiarism Statement is included.
The manuscript complies with the journal’s ethical policies.

• Final Responsibility

Authors are responsible for the originality, accuracy, ethical compliance, and scientific integrity of their manuscripts.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that all information, data, references, declarations, authorship details, and submitted files are accurate and complete.

JSCAI reserves the right to reject manuscripts that do not comply with the journal’s Author Guidelines, publication ethics,   Peer Review Policy, or academic standards.