•Manuscripts must be submitted to the editor using the Article Template.
• During submission, Publicatıon Agreement Form must be completed in full and uploaded to the system.
• Research submitted for publication in Manas Journal of Religious Sciences must be scientific, original, and contribute to the field. Submitted articles must not have been previously published, submitted to another journal for publication, or accepted for publication. Furthermore, manuscripts that are substantially similar to a previously published study will not be considered. Manuscripts that have been presented at a scientific conference but not yet published must include the name, location, and date of the conference in a footnote.
• Research submitted to Manas Journal of Religious Sciences is reviewed by the editors for general form and content to determine whether it is worthy of publication in the journal. Suitable research is then sent to two expert reviewers. The reviewers report their objective evaluation, based on scientific and technical criteria, to the editorial board in a ‘Reviewer Evaluation Report.’ There is absolutely no compromise in fulfilling the requirements of the review process and the editorial board. In this context, the article itself is prioritised over the author.
• The decision to publish or not publish a study is made based on the opinions of the referees, who indicate their views using the options ‘Publishable’, ‘Publishable after corrections’ and ‘Not publishable’
• For a study to be published, at least two referees must give a positive evaluation.
• Manuscripts that are deemed ‘not publishable’ by two referees are not published.
• In the event of one positive and one negative referee evaluation, a third referee is consulted.
• In cases where the option ‘publishable after corrections’ is selected, the research is submitted to the author for revision, and the editorial board decides on the publication of the revised copy.
• The research is resubmitted to referees who wish to review it again after corrections.
• For articles/studies requiring data collection from individuals using scales, questionnaires, interviews, and other data collection tools, an Ethics Committee Decision is mandatory. Accordingly, the author must have obtained approval from the Ethics Committee. The committee's approval must be indicated on the first page of the article with the committee name, date, and number. The start and end dates of data collection must be stated in the methods section of the article. When the article is uploaded to the system, the ethical approval document must also be uploaded as an additional file.
Publication Acceptance
• Articles submitted for publication in Manas Journal of Religious Sciences must be consistent with the journal's aims and scope.
• Articles submitted for publication in Manas Journal of Religious Sciences should primarily be original and academic works prepared using research methods appropriate to their field. Translations, book reviews, critiques, and evaluations that contribute to the scientific field are also accepted.
• For the publication of translated works, a letter of permission from the institution publishing the work must be submitted.
• Photocopies or PDFs of the original texts must be attached to translations, simplifications, and transcriptions. In addition, a picture of the book cover must be attached in image format to book reviews and evaluations.
• Only one work (of any type) by the same author may be published in a single publication period.
• Articles, including any images, figures, maps, etc., should not exceed 9,000 words (25 pages).
• Articles submitted to the journal must strictly comply with our journal's Writing Principles. Works not prepared in accordance with these principles will be rejected outright.
Evaluation Process
Preliminary Evaluation and Plagiarism Screening: The work is reviewed by the journal editors for compliance with the journal's publication principles, academic writing rules, and the ISNAD Citation System, and is screened for plagiarism using special software (İntihal.net). The preliminary review is completed within a maximum of one month.
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Submissions rejected during the preliminary review stage due to a breach of publication ethics will not be reconsidered during the same publication period and will be rejected by editorial decision and returned to the author.
If an author whose submission was rejected during the preliminary review stage due to a breach of publication ethics submits a different publication during the same publication period, their submission will not be considered and will be rejected by editorial decision and returned to the author.
In order to expedite the journal's publication processes and enable authors to submit their publications to different journals by quickly finalising their submissions, applications will be rejected by the editor's decision and returned to the author without being included in the evaluation process in the following cases:
If the submitted publications are outside the scope and purpose of Manas Journal of Religious Sciences,
If the submitted publication application has been sent without reviewing the Manas Journal of Religious Sciences Publication and Writing Principles,
If the correction/change requests indicated in the Preliminary Review conducted in accordance with the Manas Journal of Religious Sciences Publication and Writing Principles for the submitted publication application are not fulfilled and/or are not intended to be fulfilled,
Field Editor Review: The work that has passed the Preliminary Review and Plagiarism Screening stage is reviewed by the relevant field editor in terms of problematic and academic language and style. This review is completed within a maximum of two weeks.
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Referee Evaluation: The work that passes the field editor's review is submitted for evaluation to at least two referees who have a doctoral thesis, book or article on the subject. The referee process is conducted confidentially within the framework of double-blind refereeing. For this reason, the journal does not publish the publications of its editors. If any of the field editors apply, their access is restricted and they are not assigned any tasks in order not to compromise the blind peer review system. The reviewer is requested to either indicate their opinion and views on the reviewed work in the text or justify them with an explanation of at least 150 words on the online reviewer form. The author is given the right to object and defend their views if they disagree with the reviewers' opinions. The field editor facilitates mutual communication between the author and the reviewers, maintaining confidentiality. The review process is completed within a maximum of 30 (20 + 10) days. If both reviewer reports are positive, the work is submitted to the Editorial Board for consideration of publication. If one of the two reviewers expresses a negative opinion, the work is sent to a third reviewer. Papers can be published with the positive decision of at least two reviewers. Translated articles are sent to language and subject matter experts for evaluation in terms of accuracy to the original, appropriate use of subject matter concepts, and language. Translations for which the experts express a negative opinion are not published. The decision to publish book and symposium reviews and doctoral thesis abstracts is made based on the evaluation of the relevant subject editors.
Revision Stage: If the reviewers request revisions to the text they have reviewed, the relevant reports are sent to the author and they are asked to revise their work. The revisions must be completed within a maximum of 10 days. The author submits the revisions to the field editor, indicating them in red.
Reviewer Check: The reviewer requesting corrections checks whether the author has made the requested corrections to the text. The checking process is completed within a maximum of 7 days.
Language Check: Works that have successfully completed the peer-review process are reviewed by Language Editors in English, Kyrgyz, Arabic, and Russian. If deemed necessary, authors are requested to make the required revisions. The language review process is completed within a maximum of fifteen days.
Publication Board Review: Papers that pass technical, academic, and linguistic reviews are examined by the Publication Board, and a final decision on publication is made. If there are objections from members, the Board decides by majority vote. Manuscripts not published in the journal are not returned. Submissions are processed in the order they are received. As our journal is also published in print, only a limited number of articles determined by the Editorial Board are published in each issue.
Typesetting, Layout and Printing Stage: Manuscripts approved for publication by the Editorial Board are typeset and laid out to prepare them for publication.
DOI Number: A DOI number is assigned to each article ready for publication.
Archiving: Printed copies of the published issue shall be sent to reference libraries within and outside the country within 60 days at the latest; article metadata shall be submitted to the relevant indexes within 15 days.