Articles that do not comply with the writing rules of Kastamonu Journal of Communication Research and APA7 citation principles, that are not ready for publication, that are missing documents and signatures, that have a similarity rate exceeding 15% as stated in the Ethical Principles and Publication Policy, or whose similarity report is not obtained through iThenticate /Turnitin programme will not be evaluated.

The manuscript evaluation process takes an average of 4-5 months to complete, depending on the intensity of the manuscript, the publication ranking established by the editorial board, referee feedbacks, and the timely revisions of the authors. In some cases, this period may exceed 1 year!

With the decision of the editorial board of our journal, as of the December 2024 issue (including the article acceptance period of 15 August-15 September 2024), studies derived from master's thesis will not be evaluated. Only manuscripts derived from a PhD thesis and co-authored with the thesis supervisor will be considered.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Articles submitted to Kastamonu Journal of Communication Research are first reviewed by the Editor-in-Chief in terms of academic/scholarly suitability and the ethical principles and publication policy of the journal; unsuitable articles may be rejected at this stage. After the first review, an assistant editor is appointed. This process varies according to the intensity of the manuscript, but averages 3 weeks.
ASSISTANT EDITOR The Deputy Editor checks the requested documents, signatures and general formal features of the manuscript during submission. Articles that are not deemed appropriate in terms of the ethical principles and publication policy of the journal may be rejected at this stage. If deemed necessary, the article is sent to the author for revision. If the revision completed by the author is approved, it determines the field in which the article will be evaluated and is notified to the Editor-in-Chief to appoint a field editor. This process varies according to the intensity of the article, but is approximately 3 weeks. The necessary procedures of the articles that have been finalised positively and have reached the publication stage are carried out by the deputy editor. Even if the articles have reached the publication stage, the deputy editor may send a revision request to the author when deemed necessary. After this stage, the articles are sent to the layout editor for layout and other publication procedures.

FIELD EDITOR: Evaluates the article in terms of its suitability for the field. Unsuitable articles may be rejected at this stage. Assigns a Language Editor to the article. After the language check, the article is sent to the author for corrections, if any. Although this process varies according to the intensity of the article, it takes an average of 3 weeks. The Field Editor assigns referees at the next stage. In the light of the reports from the referees, it decides on Acceptance, Rejection, Minor Revision or Major Revision. At this stage, the manuscript is sent to the author for corrections (if any). If the referee wants to see the corrections, the manuscript is sent to the referee again. If the final decision of the referees is favourable, the evaluation process of the article continues.
REFEREE PROCESS: Articles submitted to Kastamonu Journal of Communication Research are subjected to double-blind peer review by at least two referees. If both referees reject the article, the article is rejected directly. In case of one acceptance and one rejection, the manuscript is sent to a third referee. Although the peer review process varies according to the intensity of the article, it takes an average of 1 month.

LANGUAGE EDITOR: The English and Turkish Language/Spelling Editor evaluates the article in terms of its conformity with the journal's spelling rules, its conformity with the principles of citation, and its conformity to Turkish/English in terms of spelling and spelling rules. It may request revision when necessary. This process varies according to the intensity of the article, but it takes an average of 2 weeks. The revisions received from the language editor are forwarded to the Field Editor, and the Field Editor sends the article to the author. This process varies according to the intensity of the article, but is on average 1 week. The manuscripts whose evaluation process is completed are sent to the English Language/Spelling editor to review the English abstracts and make corrections, if any. This process varies according to the intensity of the article, but is approximately 2 weeks. Then, the articles that are ready for the publication process are reviewed for the last time by the Language/Writing Editor. If necessary, the file is forwarded to the Field Editor for correction. The Field Editor forwards the article to the author.
EDITOR'S BOARD: It meets at frequent intervals to evaluate the density of the articles in the journal, their compliance with the journal's editorial policy, their suitability in terms of content, their suitability for the field and the issue in which they will be published.

AUTHORS: Authors are required to fill in the documents requested during the submission of the article in full and completely, and upload them to the system in wet signed and scanned form. The manuscripts must be edited according to the spelling rules of Kastamonu Journal of Communication Research and APA6 reference citation principles and must be ready for publication. Authors are obliged to make corrections from both editors and referees on time.