Eskişehir Osmangazi University Journal of Social Sciences aims to contribute to the development of social sciences by publishing qualified scientific studies in diverse fields of social sciences.
The journal publishes scientific articles in Turkish and English in the fields of Art and Design, Business, Comparative Literature, Economics, Finance, History, International Relations, Law, Psychology, Political Science and Public Administration, Sociology, Theology, Tourism, and Turkish Language and Literature.
2. After the applications are uploaded to the submission system, they are subjected to preliminary editorial evaluation.
3. Authors should prepare their manuscripts using our typesetting template in Microsoft Office Word. Manuscripts that do not comply with the article template will be subject to editorial desk rejection. For the template, please refer here.
4. Information about the author(s) in the files uploaded to the system will be eliminated by the journal editor to ensure a double-blind review process.
5. Authors must provide their ORCID ID in the template form for each author and provide them in the Journal Submission System. Authors can obtain their ORCID ID from https://orcid.org/signin.
6. Authors should upload their plagiarism reports using applicable outlets such as iThenticate or Turnitin. In addition, they should also sign and upload the Copyright Transfer Form. Click here for the copyright form.
7. If the article is the outcome of a thesis or a project, it should be mentioned in a footnote on the article's first page.
8. The Journal does not publish work conducted with anonymous internet-based or other sources if their content does not include any form of scientific evaluation. All articles submitted to the Journal must be original work and must not have been included in other publication processes. Manuscripts presented in congresses and published as full texts are not accepted. If a manuscript is submitted for evaluation, it is assumed that the authors accept these rules. No royalties are paid to authors. The Editorial Board reserves the right to reject the articles if they do not comply with the rules, to request corrections and revisions.
9. Regardless of whether the articles are in Turkish or English, they must include an extended summary in English of 1500 words.
1. All manuscripts submitted to Eskisehir Osmangazi University Journal of Social Sciences should not have previously been published elsewhere, should not be submitted for publication in another journal, or be in the review process of another journal.
2. Author(s) are fully responsible for studies published in Eskisehir Osmangazi University Journal of Social Sciences and those under review processes. Articles published in the journal do not reflect the opinions of Eskisehir Osmangazi University.
3. Copyrights of all accepted manuscripts and published articles (printed or electronic) belong to Eskisehir Osmangazi University Journal of Social Sciences, without any further action.
4. The Journal publishes articles written in Turkish and English.
5. Any study supported by an institution or derived from a thesis should indicate this by using the (*) sign at the top of the last word on the title of the work and giving information in a footnote on the same page. Authors of an article derived from the thesis, the thesis owner should be placed in the first place while the adviser should be the second author.
6. All manuscripts submitted to the journal are subject to initial review by the editorial board. Content and format changes may be requested from the authors.
7. Editor and editorial board decide the review process. Manuscripts that passed the initial review are sent to at least two referees.
8. The identity of both author and referees is kept strictly confidential during the evaluation process.
9. According to the referees' reports, the manuscript may be accepted for publication, revision, or additional information and shortening may be requested from the author(s), or it may be rejected, and the author (s) is notified of the decision made.
10. Author (s) is required to make all the changes requested by referees. The manuscript cannot be published without the requested changes have been made. The author (s) should submit a report containing changes that have been made to the referees' reports.
11. An author can publish only one article in one issue. Also, an author cannot publish more than one article in two consecutive issues.
12. Manuscripts submitted to a journal cannot be returned to the author(s).
13. This journal adopts open access policy. When an issue is published, it will be freely open to the public.
14. Journal of Social Sciences, Eskişehir Osmangazi University is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and observes the following principles of Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement, which is based on the recommendations and guidelines for journal editors developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). For detailed information, please visit the website of the journal, which is available at http://sbd.ogu.edu.tr/
If the article passes the Editorial Board's preliminary evaluation, the authors must deposit the specified amount to the ESOGÜ SBE bank account in order to cover the costs for the journal. The peer review process will only begin after the submission fee is paid. Article ID must be stated in the payment description. The submission fee is not refundable if the article is rejected and/or not published as a result of referee evaluations or by the decision of the Editorial Board. Refund requests made based on different interpretations of referee or editor evaluations will not be taken into consideration.