The Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies [OSMED] is a peer-reviewed, international journal that publishes original studies that aim to contribute to Ottoman History and Ottoman Civilization.
The Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies [OSMED] is published twice a year, in April and October [2015-2022]. As of 2023, it has been published four times a year: March, June, September, and December. Our journal includes Turkish and English scientific articles. If deemed necessary, the special issue(s) are published as well. The journal also publishes articles promoting scientific translation and books.
Authors who submit their articles to the journal are assumed to agree to grant the journal copyright. The Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies [JOCS] owns the publication rights to all accepted publications.
OSMED organizes or supports academic conferences, symposia, workshops, and related events in-country or abroad. It includes the full versions of the proclamations submitted to these studies only if they have not been published elsewhere.
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The journal's appraisal process takes 4 months per article, depending on peer assessments.
After the preliminary review of the papers presented orally at the symposium, it is decided whether or not to send them to the referees according to the decision of the editorial board or the field editor.
About Article Acceptance
[Announcement Date: July 5, 2025].
An author's second work will be included in the publication queue after at least six issues and one year after publication.
Periods
The Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies is published four times yearly: March, June, September, and December.

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Indexes
SCOPUS, TÜBİTAK/ULAKBİM TR DİZİN [SBVT]
INDEX COPERNİCUS [ICI], ISAM, SOBIAD and Scilit.

Unless otherwise stated, the articles published in our magazine are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. All authors and translators who submit texts for publication in the journal are expected to be the sole copyright holders of the submitted text or to have obtained the necessary permissions. By submitting texts to the journal, authors and translators implicitly accept that these texts will be licensed under CC BY 4.0 unless explicitly stated otherwise to the editors at the outset.