Kayseri University Journal of Social Sciences

Kayseri University Journal of Social Sciences aims to create scientific contributions by carefully evaluating qualified and original studies that are in accordance with scientific norms and scientific ethics, and to be among the leading periodicals by being preferred in the field.

Kayseri University Journal of Social Sciences publishes conceptual theoretical and applied research in all fields of social and humanitarian sciences.

1. Our journal publishes articles in Turkish and English. In articles, the Turkish abstract must be given at the beginning of the text and the English title and abstract must be given below.
Articles sent for publication must be original works that have not been published or sent for publication before.Authors must fill out the "Copyright Transfer" form in their signed petitions stating that their articles are original works that have not been published or sent for publication before. The works of authors who do not include the Copyright Agreement in their article application will not be included in the evaluation process.

2. Our journal does not charge any fees to the authors during the evaluation, preparation and publication of articles.

3. The identity information of the author(s) should not be directly or indirectly mentioned anywhere in the article. Information such as whether the study was produced from a thesis, supported by a project, or presented at a congress will be included during the editing phase -if the article is accepted-. The similarity rate of the articles to be sent for evaluation should be at most 30%, obtained by the author using any plagiarism program. After the conformity and similarity checks are carried out during the pre-control process, they will be sent to the referees for evaluation. A positive opinion from at least 2 referees is required for the articles to be accepted for publication. Articles should not exceed 25 pages.

4. References to sources should be made in parentheses within the text instead of footnotes.

5. Explanations other than the reference to the source should be given on a separate page at the end of the article under the title "Notes", before the References.

6. Sources used, if any, should be given on a separate page under the title “REFERENCES” after the notes.

7. A space should be left after each punctuation mark.

The article should be prepared using the article template, in accordance with the format requirements in this template, and according to the rules on our Turkish page and APA 7.

Kayseri University Journal of Social Sciences is committed to implementing publication ethics at the highest standards and to complying with the following principles of the Declaration of Publication Ethics and Misconduct. This declaration has been prepared based on the recommendations and guidelines developed for journal editors by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Council of Science Editors (CSE), World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) and International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).

• Manuscripts submitted to the journal for publication should not have been previously published in another journal (including abstracts presented at scientific meetings and published in full text) or should not have been simultaneously submitted to any journal for publication.

• Articles sent to the journal are subject to a double-blind peer review process by being reviewed by an Editor and at least two referees. The right is reserved for the submitted articles to be reviewed for plagiarism at any stage using software for the purpose. For this purpose, articles that are not compliant with the standards and that include unauthorized citations or fabricated data, forgery (fabrication or manipulation of tables, figures or research data) and inappropriate use of human or animal material in the research will not be published in the journal. This rule is also valid in cases where non-compliance with the standards is detected at the post-publication stage and requires the withdrawal of the article from publication. Our journal reminds us of its responsibility to report cases of plagiarism or double publication suspicions, as required by publication ethics.

The publication processes implemented in KAYU Journal of Social Sciences form the basis for the development and distribution of knowledge in an impartial and respectful manner. The processes implemented in this direction directly reflect on the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support the authors. Peer-reviewed studies are studies that embody and support the scientific method. At this point, it is important for all stakeholders of the process (authors, readers and researchers, publisher, referees and editors) to comply with the standards regarding ethical principles. Our journal expects all stakeholders to carry the following ethical responsibilities within the scope of publication ethics.

Some of the actions considered to be contrary to scientific research and publication ethics:

Our journal does not charge any fees to authors during the evaluation, preparation or publication of articles.