Reviewing Principles:
1. The journal is an online double-blind peer-reviewed academic publication. It publishes only original scientific studies.
2. In order for the articles to be published, they must not have been previously published elsewhere, accepted for publication or submitted simultaneously to any journal. Articles presented in scientific meetings such as symposiums and congresses but unpublished and studies produced from graduate theses are accepted for publication.
3. Republishing is the publication of the same article or substantially similar articles in more than one journal. The editor returns this type of article without review. After that, the editor may impose an embargo on the author attempting to republish for a certain period of time, explain this situation to the public in the journal in which the author has previously published, or apply all of these measures together.
4. The similarity rate of the manuscripts submitted to the journal should be below 20%. Before the manuscripts are included in the reviewing process, they are passed through the iThenticate program and a similarity report is obtained. Manuscripts with a similarity rate above 20% are rejected by the Editorial Board. Plagiarism, duplication, false authorship/denied authorship, research/data fabrication, article slicing, copyright infringement and concealment of conflict of interest are considered unethical behaviors. All manuscripts that do not comply with accepted ethical standards are removed from the publication.
5. The responsibility of the articles sent to the journal belongs to the authors. For this reason, the author/s must sign and scan the Copyright Notice Text, upload it to the system during the application and send it to the journal. The Copyright Notice Text can be accessed from the files title in the 'submit an article' button on the journal web page.

Reviewing Process:
1. Reviewers should adopt the double-blind peer review process and fulfill the requirements of this process.
2. Manuscripts submitted to the journal are reviewed by the editorial board in terms of compliance with journal principles.
3. Manuscripts approved by the Editorial Board are checked by the secretariat for spelling and language control. If there are parts that do not comply with the journal writing rules, the manuscript is sent to the author and he is asked to make corrections within 7 days.
4. Manuscripts that are found suitable for spell check are sent to two reviewers in the relevant field. Author information is not shared with reviewers in any way. The identity of the reviewer is kept confidential and the reviewer report is kept for five years.
5. Reviewers may reject the manuscript, or request corrections after the reviewing process. The reviewer arranges the reviewing report accordingly, sends the copy of the manuscript on which the parts requested to be corrected are marked and the reviewing report to the journal. Journal management is responsible for forwarding the correction request to the author. The author is responsible for making the corrections requested by reviewers within a month and sending the edited version of the manuscript to the journal. The author/s should take into account the criticisms and suggestions of reviewers and the editorial board. If there are issues that they do not agree with, they can object with their justifications.
6. If one of the reviewer reports is negative, the study is sent to the third reviewer or the editorial board makes the final decision.
7. In case of acceptance from two reviewers, the manscript is published in the following issue.
8. During the acceptance of the manuscript , it becomes visible in the “Accepted Articles” tab on the journal web page.

Suspected Ethical Violation
When readers notice a significant error or mistake in an article published in International Journal of Language and Translation Studies, or have any complaints about editorial content (plagiarism, duplicate articles, etc.), they can send an e-mail to selcuklotus@gmail.com. Applications are welcomed as it will provide an opportunity for improvement, and feedback is provided in a fast and constructive manner.
Reviewers should notify the Editor when they suspect research or publication misconduct. The editor is responsible for carrying out the necessary actions by following the COPE recommendations.
The Editor-in-Chief reviews the research article on the day it is sent, and if they think the manuscript is worthy of further consideration, they send it to the assistant editor for further review. For research articles, the assistant editor usually reads each article from beginning to end. We aim for an initial decision on all articles within two or three weeks, but usually the initial decision is made within a few days of submission. If we do not think that International Journal of Language and Translation Studies is the right journal for the study, we immediately notify the authors so that they can send their work elsewhere without delay. The usual reasons for rejection at this stage are insufficient originality and the subject being outside the scope of the journal.
The next step for your manuscript is our Editorial Board meeting. Members will read your article and discuss its importance, originality and scientific quality. We mainly focus on the research question to make editorial decisions for research articles. Even if the subject of the article is relevant to the scope of the journal, current and important, we can reject the article if there is no research question. Of course, the manuscript will be rejected if it has serious defects. Everyone attending the manuscript meeting is asked to declare relevant conflicting interests at the outset, and anyone 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 manuscript is eligible for International Journal of Language and Translation Studies, the section editor will send your article to two external reviewers. Reviewers advise the editors, who will make the final decision. We ask reviewers to approve their reports and declare any conflicts of interest on the article we send them. The final decision is made by the Editor-in-Chief after the external reviewing processes.
Some articles may also be viewed by the ethics editor of International Journal of Language and Translation Studies and third parties deemed appropriate by the editor, in cases where serious research misconduct is suspected.
For all articles, we aim to reach a final decision on publication within 6 to 8 weeks after submission. If we propose a publication subject to revision, we usually ask the authors to revise and upload their manuscripts to the system within the next month.
Accepted manuscripts are published at https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/lotus as they are prepared. After publication, articles are selected for the next issue.
International Journal of Language and Translation Studies provides open access to articles as part of its commitment to readers and authors. All of our articles are freely available online.

Responsibilities of the Editorial Board:
1. The Editorial Board is responsible for reviewing the manuscripts regardless of the authors' ethnic origin, gender, nationality, religious belief and political philosophy.
2. The Editorial Borad has full responsibility and authority to accept or reject a manuscript. It is authorized to consider the original value of the study, its contribution to the field, the validity and reliability of the research method, the clarity of the narrative, and the purpose and scope of the journal when making a positive or negative decision about the studies.
3. The Editorial Board is responsible for the overall quality of the content and publication. It has the authority to publish an error page or make corrections when necessary.
4. The Editorial Board is responsible for being the liaison between the author and the reviewer and communicating with everyone involved in the publication process.
5. The Editorial Board should keep the names of the reviewers confidential and prevent plagiarism/fake data. It is responsible for implementing the blind reviewing and publication process policies, which are among the publication policies of the journal.
6. The Editorial Board has the authority to withdraw the manuscript in question if they detect an error in the published version and this error invalidates the study or important parts of it, contains plagiarism, and is unethical.
7. The Editorial Board does not allow any conflict of interest between the authors and the reviewers. They consider whether there is a conflict of interest between the reviewers and the author(s).
8. The Editorial Board clearly states that the author information of the manuscripts sent for review is confidential and this is a privileged type of communication.
9. The Editorial Board ensures that each study is reviewed impartially and in due time.
10. The Editorial Board is responsible for keeping the identity of the reviewers confidential.
11. The Editorial Board submits the studies by taking into account the expertise of the reviewers, and is responsible for making the reviews impartially and independently.
12. The Editorial Board strives to continuously improve the journal and increase its publication quality.
13. The Editorial Board has the right not to accept non-scientific and non-academic reviews.
14. The Editorial Board takes into account the consistent criticisms of the studies published in the journal, and gives the right to reply to the author(s) of the criticized manuscript.

Responsibilities of Reviewers:
1. Reviewers should make the evaluation with impartiality and confidentiality.
2. If the reviewer does not consider themselves expert enough on the subject of the study, is able to review only some of them, or if it does not seem possible to provide a timely response, they should inform the editor about this situation and ask them not to involve themselves in the reviewing process.
3. Reivewers should adopt the double-blind peer reviewing process and fulfill the requirements of this process.
4. When reviewers realize that there is a conflict of interest between the authors or others, they should refuse to review the manuscript and inform the editors.
5. If the reviewer detects errors in the studies sent to them for review and this error invalidates the study or important parts of it, contains plagiarism, and/or is unethical, they are responsible for informing the editors about this issue.
6. Reviewers should make the assessment in a constructive language in accordance with academic etiquette. Personal comments that contain insults and hostility should be avoided.
7. The reviewer should review the manuscript within the time limit. They should give a positive or negative response within the time interval specified in the DergiPark system.
8. Reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of the study and reviewing process.

Responsibilities of the Author(s):
1. Responsibility for opinions in studies, compliance with scientific and ethical rules belongs to the author(s).
2. The author(s) is responsible for preparing the manuscript according to the journal writing rules.
3. The author(s) are responsible for stating that the manuscript is original, has not been published elsewhere/in another language before, or is not under review, and is not accepted for publication.
4. The author(s) is responsible for signing the Copyright Notice Text of the International Journal of Language and Translation Studies.
5. The author(s) should use the copyrighted materials found in their manuscript (for example, tables, figures, or large quotations) with due permission and acknowledgment. The manuscripts of other authors, contributors, or references should be used appropriately and cited in references.
6. The author(s) is responsible for not committing ethical violations such as plagiarism, theft of labor, illegal references, and forgetting references. If the opposite is detected, the article will be rejected.
7. If the author(s) has received study/research support, they should state their source in their study.
8. The author(s) may not publish the same paper, in whole or in part, in more than one journal without proper justification, permission or cross-reference.
9. If(s) the author(s) detect(s) errors and inaccuracies after the review, early appearance or publication of the manuscript, it is responsible for notifying the journal editorial board so that appropriate action is taken.
10. All authors should have a direct academic and scientific contribution to the study submitted to the journal. In cases where it is determined otherwise, the decision-making authority belongs to the editorial board of the journal.
11. In studies with more than one author, the naming order of the authors should be a joint decision. All authors should indicate the author rank as signed in the In the Copyright Notice Text. It should not be recommended to change the author order, remove an author, or add an author of a manuscript that is applied for publication.
12. The author(s) should pay attention to ethical principles during the data collection process.

Preliminary Review and Plagiarism Detection
The similarity rate of the studies submitted to the journal should be below 20%. Before the manuscripts are included in the reviewing process, they are passed through the iThenticate program and a similarity report is obtained. Studies with a similarity rate above 20% are rejected by the Editorial Board. Plagiarism, duplication, false authorship/denied authorship, research/data fabrication, article slicing, slicing, copyright infringement and concealment of conflict of interest are considered unethical behaviors. All manuscripts that do not comply with accepted ethical standards are removed from the publication.

Section Editor Review
The study, which has passed the Preliminary Review and Plagiarism Detection phase, is examined by the relevant section editor in terms of problematic and academic language-style. This review will be completed in a maximum of 15 days.

Reviewing Process (Academic Evaluation)
The study, which passes the review of the section editor, is submitted to the review of at least two external reviewers who have a doctoral thesis, book or article on the subject. The reviewing process is carried out in secrecy within the framework of the double-blind reviewing practice. The reviewer is requested to either state his opinion and opinion on the study he has examined on the text or justify it with a minimum 150-word explanation on the online review form. If the author does not agree with the reviewer’s opinions, they are given the right to object and defend their opinions. Mutual communication is provided between the section editor, author and reviewer by maintaining confidentiality. If both reviewer reports are positive, the study is submitted to the Editorial Board with a proposal to evaluate its publication. If one of the two reviewers has a negative opinion, the study is sent to a third reviewer. Studies can be published with the positive decision of at least two reviewers. The publication of book and symposium evaluations and doctoral thesis abstracts is decided upon the reviewing of at least two internal reviewers (relevant section editors and/or editorial board members).

Correction Stage
If the reviewer wants correction in the text they have examined, the relevant reports are sent to the author and they are asked to correct his manuscript. The author makes the corrections with the "Track Changes"feature turned on in the Word program or indicates the changes in the text with red color. Afterwards, they submit the edited text to the section editor.

Section Editor Check
The section editor checks whether the author has made the requested corrections in the text.

Reviewer Check
The reviewer requesting correction checks whether the author has made the requested corrections in the text.

Extending the Abstract
The authors of the studies, about which both reviewers have decided to be "publishable", are asked to expand the abstract/abstract part of the articles to 200-250 words.

Turkish Language Check
Studies that have passed the peer-review process are reviewed by the Turkish Language Editor and Editor-in-Chief, and if necessary, corrections are requested from the author. The control process is completed within a maximum of 15 days.

English Language Check
The manuscripts that pass the Turkish language control are examined by the English Language Editor and if necessary, corrections are requested from the author. The English language editor's control process is completed within a maximum of 15 days.

Editorial Board Review
The articles that have passed technical, academic and linguistic examinations are examined by the Editorial Board, and whether they will be published or not, and if they will be published, in which issue they will be included. The Board decides by majority vote. In the event of a tie, the final decision is made in the direction of the editor's decision.

Typesetting and Layout Phase
The typesetting and layout of the manuscripts decided to be published by the Editorial Board are made ready for publication and sent to the author for review. This stage lasts for a maximum of 15 days.

Data Submission to National and International Indexes
The data of the published issue is transmitted to the relevant indexes within 15 days.