Katre International Human Studies Journal

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Katre International Human Studies Journal is an international, double-blind peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by the Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture since 2016. It publishes in Turkish and English, with two issues each year, in June and December. Its ISSN is 2146-8117, and its e-ISSN is 2148-6220.

The journal publishes original research in Islamic thought and civilization, religious studies, and the social sciences and humanities. Its scope encompasses history, culture, education, art, literature, anthropology, sociology, economics and administrative sciences, and philosophy. It welcomes experimental, descriptive, theoretical, and interdisciplinary research in these fields.

Katre aims to disseminate research examining human beings, society, and culture through diverse scholarly approaches. It particularly welcomes original studies that address contemporary intellectual, social, and cultural issues in relation to the heritage of Islamic thought and civilization. Alongside research articles, the journal publishes translations, book reviews, and symposium reviews. Its readership includes academics, researchers, graduate students, and relevant academic institutions and organizations.

Submissions must not have been published previously, accepted for publication elsewhere, or be under simultaneous consideration by another journal. Research articles must include Turkish and English abstracts of 150-250 words each, together with keywords in both languages. Manuscripts must follow the journal’s Author Guidelines and the relevant manuscript template.

Submissions are made through DergiPark. Authors must upload two separate files. The Anonymous Manuscript File contains the complete scholarly text without author-identifying information or declaration sections. The separate Title Page contains author information and all declarations, including ethics approval, conflicts of interest, funding, author contributions, and artificial intelligence use. The Title Page is intended for editorial use and is not shared with reviewers.

Submissions undergo an initial assessment of their aims, scope, content, methods, ethical compliance, and conformity with the Author Guidelines, together with similarity screening. Suitable research articles are sent to two reviewers with relevant expertise. Author and reviewer identities are concealed from one another throughout the review process. Where reviewer reports differ, the editor considers them together and may seek a third reviewer’s opinion where necessary.

Authors must prepare their revisions in light of the editors’ and reviewers’ assessments. The final publication decision rests with the editors. Accepted manuscripts undergo language checks, copyediting, and proofreading before being scheduled for publication. Authors are informed of progress through DergiPark.

The journal aims to complete the review process in approximately 90 days. This timeframe may vary depending on reviewer assignments, the completion of reports, and the extent of the revisions required.

Katre is an open-access journal. The full texts of published articles are freely available. Authors retain copyright in their work. Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). Content may be used with appropriate attribution and in accordance with the licence terms. Authors bear scholarly and legal responsibility for their work.

No submission, review, or publication fees are charged to authors or their institutions. Authors receive no royalties and are provided with a complimentary copy of the issue in which their work appears.