Our referees are expected to review the articles for compliance with the following criteria. It will be beneficial for our authors to re-check their works within the framework of the following criteria before article submission.

1. Scientific qualification of the article

2. Original contribution of the article to the relevant discipline

3. Usage of literature

4. Revealing the problem and the purpose

5. Compliance with article preparation systematic

6. Compliance with scientific writing rules

7. Adequacy of the summary in Turkish language

8. Adequacy of the summary in a foreign language

9. Consistency of the title and content of the article

10. Easy understanding of the language used in the article

11. Adequacy of the research method used (in field research)

12. Making sufficient conclusions from the findings

13. Intelligibility of tables

14. Intelligibility of Figures

The articles undergo double-blind peer-review process during review phase.

The referees can accept, reject the article, or ask the authors to make corrections about the format and/or essence. An article can be accepted with at least two positive referee reports.

The authors must make the corrections requested by the referees within 20 days. Manuscripts that are not accepted for publication will not be re-sent to their authors.

The peer-review process takes an average of 2 months, and the article acceptance process takes an average of 3 months.

In addition, the responsibilities of referees and authors are detailed in our Publication Policy and Ethics page.