ORAFAM Journal

Middle East and Africa Research and Application Center (ORAFAM) is an international academic journal published by Mus Alparslan University. ORAFAM Journal is published in January and July each year. It aims to help the publication of original and qualified studies from different disciplines related to the Middle East and Africa.

Scientific Research Ethics
• Scientific methods are used in obtaining, analyzing, interpreting and reaching results. Non-scientific results cannot be shown as research results.
• While continuing the research, it is necessary to adhere to national and international agreements and to obtain permission from the competent authorities.
• The data obtained in the studies should be used to the extent and in the manner permitted by the authorities. It should be essential that the data that should not be presented be kept confidential.
• Researchers are obliged to inform the relevant persons and institutions about the negative situations that may occur as a result of the research. Every researcher has the right not to participate in the research due to these negative situations that may occur.

Publication Ethics
• Persons who do not contribute to the study during scientific research and writing should not be cited as authors.
• Author(s) should avoid situations such as irresponsible authorship, piracy, multi-publishing, split-posting, biased source, biased publication, violation of human-animal ethics, which are stated as unethical behaviors.
• The author(s) should act in accordance with the citation system specified in the journal during the writing phase of the candidate article.
• Unpublished or unpublished works should not be cited as a source.
All or part of any work cannot be published without permission or without reference (plagiarism).
• The author(s) should indicate the financial sources of the study, if any.

Referee Ethics
Referee(s);
• The candidate must be experts in the fields addressed by the article.
• Responsible for making his/her criticisms objectively and clearly. He/She should not act in line with his/her own personal interests/opinions, and should not agree to act as an arbitrator if necessary.
• Considering that the texts are personal in the arbitration process, they should not be shared with third parties.
• The candidate in the refereeing process should not transfer information from the article for their own studies, and should not pursue any academic/personal interests.
• Candidates for rejection should provide clear and detailed justifications for the articles.
• It should also consider the scientific research and publication ethics rules of the journal.

Editorial Ethics
Editor(s);
• The candidate is obliged to appoint at least two referees suitable for the subject of the article.
• It should ensure the communication between the referee(s) and the corresponding author, taking into account the blind review process.
• It should maintain its relations in a transparent and objective manner without discriminating between any authors and referees.
• They should not use their current position for their own personal and academic interests.
• Candidates for rejection should provide clear and detailed justifications for the articles.
• It should also consider scientific research, publication and referee ethics.

PUBLICATION POLICY

Evaluation process
• Manuscripts sent to ORAFAM Journal are primarily examined in terms of form. Manuscripts that do not comply with the publication and writing principles are returned to the author for necessary corrections without being subjected to content review.
• The articles to be published in the ORAFAM Journal must first be original and academic studies prepared using research methods suitable for their field. Studies submitted to the journal should not have been published elsewhere or sent for publication. Submissions to our journal are scanned with the Turnitin plagiarism detection program. Manuscripts with plagiarism are rejected without being included in the referee process.
• Manuscripts submitted for publication to ORAFAM Journal are sent to expert referees determined by the editorial board after preliminary examination. It is decided to publish the article with at least two positive referee reports. If two referees express a negative opinion, the article will not be published. When there are positive and negative referee reports for the same article, the article is either rejected by the editor or a decision of acceptance or rejection is given, supported by another referee's report.
• In the studies submitted to ORAFAM Journal, the authors take into account the criticisms and suggestions of the referee and the Editorial Board. If there are issues that they do not agree with, they have the right to object together with their reasons. The authors must make the corrections requested by the editor or the referees within three weeks at the latest. Studies that are not corrected within this period are returned to the author.
• The pre-evaluation phase of ORAFAM Journal, which consists of reviewing the referee evaluation process, editor-in-chief, field editor, language editor, is 1 month; the referee evaluation process is 5 months. However, due to the lack of timely return from the referees, re-appointment of referees etc. For reasons, the referee evaluation process may take longer.
• In ORAFAM Journal, History, Sociology, Philosophy, Literature, Language, Religion, International Relations, Public Administration, Political Science and Art etc. related to the Middle East and Africa. Original and qualified scientific studies of all social sciences are included.
• The work to be submitted to the ORAFAM Journal should be an original article that fills a gap in its field, or it should be a review that evaluates previously published studies and presents new and remarkable views on the subject.
• Manuscripts to be sent to ORAFAM Journal should be in the type of article, translation and book promotion. For the translated articles sent to our journal, the publication permission of the article owner and the original text are required.
• The publication language of ORAFAM Journal is Turkish, English, Arabic, Russian, Kurdish or Persian.
• Studies submitted to the ORAFAM Journal must not have been published anywhere before and not currently submitted for publication. Papers presented at a scientific meeting can be sent to the journal, provided that the situation is clearly stated.
• ORAFAM Journal is an international peer-reviewed journal published twice a year (January, July).
• No copyright is paid for the articles sent to ORAFAM Journal. The copyright of the published articles belongs to the journal.
• Scientific and legal responsibility of the articles published in ORAFAM Journal belongs to the authors.
• The views and opinions in the articles in ORAFAM Journal are the personal views of the authors and do not reflect the views of the journal and its affiliated institutions.
• Studies submitted to ORAFAM Journal are sent electronically via TUBITAK ULAKBIM’s DergiPark System (UDS). This system can be accessed from the "User Page/New Post" link at https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/orafam after registering to the system and submitting the article, the developments related to the referee process and the referee evaluation reports can be easily followed by the authors.

No fee is charged from either the author or the reader at any stage of our journal.