Evaluation Principles
1) Articles that have not been published before or are not currently being evaluated in another journal for publication and approved by each author are accepted for evaluation.
2) Submitted and pre-checked articles are scanned for plagiarism using the Ithenticate (or others) software.
3) Konya Art Journal conducts a double-blind arbitration process. All studies will be evaluated primarily by the editor in terms of suitability for the journal. The articles deemed appropriate are sent to at least two independent expert referees to evaluate the scientific quality of the article.
4) The Editor-in-Chief evaluates the articles independently of the authors' ethnic origin, gender, nationality, religious belief and political philosophy. It ensures that the articles submitted to the publication undergo double-blind peer review in a fair way.
5) The editor-in-chief does not allow conflicts of interest between authors, editors and referees. Dec.
6) The editor is responsible for the final decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of the articles. The editor's decision is final.
7) Editors are not involved in decisions about articles written by themselves or family members or colleagues, or related to products or services that the editor is interested in. Any such submission is subject to all the usual procedures of the journal.
Referees should ensure that all information about submitted articles remains confidential until the article is published, and if they notice any copyright infringement and plagiarism on the part of the author, they should report it to the editor.
If the referee does not feel qualified about the subject of the article or it does not seem possible to provide timely feedback, he should inform the editor of this situation and ask him not to involve himself in the referee process.
During the evaluation process, the editor clearly states that the articles sent to the referees for review are the private property of the authors and that this is a privileged communication. Referees and editorial board members cannot discuss articles with other people. Care should be taken to keep the identity of the referees confidential.

Evaluation Process
Type of Refereeing: Double Blinding
Double-Blinding: After plagiarism control, the eligible articles are evaluated by the editor-in-chief in terms of originality, methodology, importance of the topic covered and compatibility with the journal scope. The editor ensures that the articles pass through double-blind peer review fairly and submits the incoming article to at least two referees from home and /or abroad for evaluation if the article complies with the formal principles, and the referees approve publication after the requested changes to the article have been made by the authors, if deemed necessary.
Review Time: Before Publication
Author-Referee Interaction: Editors mediate all interactions between referees and authors.Dec.
Time Taken in the Review: The time taken until the first decision for research articles submitted to the referee process for review in Konya Sanat Dergisi is approximately 15 days.
Acceptance Rate: We publish about 50% of the articles that reach our journal.
Plagiarism Control: Yes -Ithenticate scans articles to prevent plagiarism.
Number of Referees Reviewing Each Article: Two-three
Allowed Time: 20 days. This period can be extended by adding 10 days.
Decision: At least two referees must make an acceptance decision in order for the article to be accepted for publication by the editor.
Suspected Ethical Violation: Referees should inform the Editor of the situation when they suspect the misconduct of the research or publication. The editor is responsible for carrying out the necessary operations in accordance with COPE's recommendations.
The Editor-in-Chief reviews the research article on the day it is submitted, and if he thinks the article is worthy of further evaluation, he sends it to the deputy editor for a more detailed review. For research articles, the assistant editor usually reads each article from beginning to end. We aim to reach the first decision for all articles within two or three weeks, but usually the first decision is made within a few days after submission. If we do not think that Konya Art Journal is the right Journal for the study, we will inform the authors immediately so that they can send their work to another place without delay. The usual reasons for rejection at this stage are insufficient originality and the fact that the topic is outside the scope of the journal.
The next step for your research paper is our Editorial Board meeting. Members will read your article and discuss its importance, originality and scientific quality. In order to make editorial decisions for research articles, we mainly focus on the research question. Even if the subject of the article is relevant, current and important to the scope of the journal, we may reject the article if there is no research question. Of course, if there are serious defects, the study will be rejected. Everyone attending the article meeting is initially asked to declare relevant conflicting interests, and everyone with a significant conflicting interest either leaves the room or speaks last while the relevant article is being discussed (depending on the nature and scope of their interest).
If your article is suitable for Konya Sanat Journale, the section editor sends your article to two external referees. The reviewers advise the editors, who will make the final decision. We ask the referees to approve their reports and declare if there are conflicts of interest on the article we sent to them. The final decision is made by the Editor-in-Chief after the external referee evaluation processes.
Some articles may also be viewed by the ethics editor of Konya Art Journal and third parties deemed appropriate by the editor in cases where serious research misconduct is suspected.
We aim to reach a final decision on publication within 4 to 6 weeks after submission for all articles. If we make an offer for a publication subject to revision, we usually ask the authors to upload their articles to the system by revising them within the next month.
As the accepted articles are prepared https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ks it is published at the address. After publication, the articles are selected for the next issue.
Konya Art Journal provides open access to articles as part of its commitment to readers and authors. All our articles are accessible online for free.
If you notice any errors in your published article, send an email to the editor-in-chief, who will let you know if a correction will be made.

Principles of the Referee Process for the Work of the Editorial Staff
Editorial articles and analysis articles written by our Journal's own editors do not undergo external peer review. Original research articles are sent to at least two external referees within the scope of blind arbitration. During this period, the roles of those editors are suspended.

Responsibilities of Authors
The author must comply with research and publication training.
The author should not attempt to publish the same work in more than one journal.
The author should indicate the works used in the writing of the article in the bibliography in full.

Responsibilities of the Editor
The editor evaluates the articles in terms of scientific content regardless of the ethnic origin, gender, citizenship, religious belief or political opinion of the authors.
The editor conducts a fair double-blind peer review of the articles submitted for publication and ensures that all information about the submitted articles is kept confidential before publication.
The editor informs the referees that the articles are confidential information and that this is a privileged interaction. The referees and the editorial board cannot discuss the articles with other people. The anonymity of referees should be ensured. In certain cases, the editor may share a reviewer's review with other reviewers to clarify a certain point.
The editor is responsible for the content and overall quality of the publication. It is also his responsibility to publish a correction note or apply a withdrawal procedure if necessary.
The editor does not allow any conflict of interest between the authors, editors and referees. Dec. Only the referee has full authority to appoint and the Editorial Board is responsible for the final decision on the publication of the articles in the journal.

Responsibilities of Referees
Referees should not have any conflict of interest related to research, authors and/or research funders.
The evaluation of referees should be objective.
The language and style used by the referees should not be offensive to the author.
Referees should ensure that all information about submitted articles remains confidential until the article is published.
Referees should inform the editor if they notice copyright infringement or plagiarism in the work they are reviewing.
A referee who feels inadequate about reviewing an article or thinks that he cannot train the review within the specified time should withdraw from the review process.
During the arbitration process, the referees are expected to make their evaluations taking into account the following issues: Does the article contain any new and important information? / Does oz clearly and properly describe the content of the article? / Is the method defined in a complete and understandable way? / Are the comments made and the conclusions reached proved by the findings? / Have sufficient references been given to other studies in the field? / Is the language quality enough?
The “Preliminary Examination Form”, “Article Evaluation Form” and “Book Review Evaluation Form” used in Konya Art Journal can be examined from the journal website.

Preliminary Examination and Plagiarism Screening
The study is reviewed by the editor in terms of compliance with the journal publication principles, academic writing rules and APA Citation System and is subjected to plagiarism screening using the iThenticate or Turnitin program. The preliminary examination is completed within a maximum of 15 days. The plagiarism similarity rate should be less than 15%. Although the similarity rate appears to be 1%, if the citation and citation were not made in accordance with the procedure, there may still be plagiarism. In this respect, the citation and citation rules should be known by the author and carefully applied: