The manuscript submitted to Oksident for publication may not be previously published or accepted for publication by another publisher.

Preliminary Examination and Plagiarism Screening: The editor reviews the submission for compliance with the journal publication principles, academic writing rules, and the MECRA Citation Style. It is scanned about plagiarism using the iThenticate program. The plagiarism similarity rate is required to be less than 15%. This review is completed in a maximum of 10 days. iThenticate is the leading provider of professional plagiarism detection and prevention technology used worldwide by scholarly publishers and research institutions to ensure the originality of written work before publication. iThenticate helps editors, authors, and researchers prevent misconduct by comparing manuscripts against its database of over 50 billion web pages and 130 million content items, including 40 million works from 590 scholarly publisher participants of CrossCheck, a service offered by CrossRef and powered by iThenticate software. iThenticate is developed by Turnitin, the leader in plagiarism and originality checking for educational institutions worldwide.

Section Editor Review: After the Preliminary Review and Plagiarism Screening phase, the field editor examines the manuscript regarding problematic and academic language style. Editorial board members may act as field editors for submissions within their respective areas of expertise. This review is completed in a maximum of 15 days.

Referee Process (Academic Evaluation): After the review by the field editor, the manuscript is sent for academic evaluation to at least two referees who preferably have a doctoral thesis, book, or article on the subject. The arbitration procedure is conducted confidentially within the framework of double-blind peer review, which means that neither the evaluators nor the authors are aware of the identities of the other. Referee names are kept strictly confidential. Referee identities may only be disclosed to journal Editorial Board members, who are also instructed to maintain confidentiality. The referee is required to present his/her opinion about the reviewed study either in the text or to justify it with an explanation of at least 150 words on the online referee form. The author is given the right to defend his / her objections and opinions if he/she disagrees with the referee’s opinion. The field editor communicates with the author and the referee while maintaining confidentiality. The arbitration process is completed within a maximum of 30 (20 + 10) days. If both referee reports are positive, the study is submitted to the Editorial Board with a proposal to evaluate its publication. If one of the two judges declares a negative opinion, the study is sent to a third referee. The studies can be published with at least two positive decisions.

Correction Phase: If the referees request corrections to the text they have reviewed, the pertinent reports are forwarded to the author so they can make the necessary changes. The correction is requested to be completed within 10 days. The author transmits the revised text to the field editor, highlighting the changes in red.

Section Editor Control: The editorial field assesses whether the author has implemented the requested revisions in the manuscript. This process is concluded within a maximum duration of 5 days.
Referee Control: The referee who requests correction checks whether the author has made any corrections requested from him in the text. The inspection process is completed within a maximum of 7 days.

Preparing an Extended Summary: The authors submit a comprehensive summary of at least 750 words in Turkish and English following the acceptance decision within a maximum of 7 days.

Turkish Language Control: At this stage, the Turkish Language Editor reviews the manuscripts and requests corrections from the author, if necessary. The duration of the procedure is no longer than 15 days.

English Language Control: The English Language Editor reviews the manuscripts and requests corrections from the author, if necessary. The duration of the procedure is no longer than 15 days.

Editorial Board Review: After technical, academic, and linguistic evaluations, the Editorial Board determines the publication status of a manuscript. In the event of member objection, the Board decides by majority vote.

Typesetting and Layout: The works decided to be published by the Editorial Board are ready for publication by making typesetting and layout of the works.

Data Transmission to National and International Indexes: The printed copies of the published issue shall be submitted to local and external reference libraries within 60 days at the latest; article metadata is transmitted to related Indexes within 15 days.