Pamukkale University Journal of Social Sciences Institute

While Pamukkale University adopts the mission of engaging in research and development activities suited to the requirements of the age, guided by universal and national values, its vision is to become an international university that directs scientific developments, is innovative, generates value, and prioritizes excellence. In light of the University's vision and mission, the Pamukkale University Journal of Social Sciences Institute (PAUSBED) aims to foster interaction both among field experts and between science and society by publishing high-quality studies related to the fields of social sciences.

The Pamukkale University Journal of Social Sciences Institute (PAUSBED) is an academic publication featuring high-quality studies related to the fields of social sciences. PAUSBED commenced its publication life with two issues published in 1998. The journal began to demonstrate continuity after 2008, was published as three issues per year until 2017, and has been published as an E-journal since 2017.

After 2018, PAUSBED decided to be published four times a year in January, April, July, and October. As of 2021, the frequency was increased to six issues per year, and the journal is currently published in January, March, May, July, September, and November.
 

PAUSBED is an international peer-reviewed journal published electronically. The publication languages of PAUSBED are Turkish, English, and French. For studies in Turkish, the "Spelling Guide" published by the Turkish Language Association is taken as the basis, while for manuscripts in foreign languages, the grammar rules of those respective languages are followed.

PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE AUTHOR GUIDELINES

Journal Policy Pamukkale University Journal of Social Sciences Institute (PAUSBED) is an academic publication featuring high-quality studies in the field of social sciences. PAUSBED is a "peer-reviewed" journal. Manuscripts submitted for publication are evaluated by field expert reviewers determined by the Editorial Board, with the identities of both authors and reviewers kept confidential (double-blind review). PAUSBED is published six (6) times a year in January, March, May, July, September, and November.

The publication languages of PAUSBED are Turkish, English, French, and German. For studies in Turkish, the "Spelling Guide" published by the Turkish Language Association is taken as the basis; for manuscripts in foreign languages, the grammar rules of those respective languages are followed.
 

Important Note: PAUSBED does not accept manuscripts other than those prepared using the template file prepared in Turkish and English (French and German texts must use the English template). PAUSBED does not accept texts prepared in LaTeX format.

FILES REQUIRED FOR SUBMISSION

The mandatory and optional (supplementary) files expected to be uploaded by authors via the DergiPark system are listed below:

Anonymous Full Text (Mandatory): This is the full draft text of the work that does not contain any information about the author or institution (including project numbers) in any way. It must include the title, abstract, keywords, main body, and references.

Title Page (Mandatory): This file must include the Title, Name/Surname, Address Details, Institution, City, Country, E-mail, ORCID ID, and Phone Number of all authors added to the DergiPark system. Additionally, the title of the work, abstract (in Turkish and English/German/French), keywords, and JEL codes (if applicable) must be included. If the work is supported by any institution and/or if its abstract has been presented as a paper at a congress/symposium, it must be stated in this document. This title page must be uploaded to the system separately from the article text. No author-identifying information should be written/added to any manuscript file other than this document.

Copyright Agreement Form (Mandatory): PAUSBED does not assume the copyright of the publication in any way. Matters regarding copyright are regulated by the Copyright Agreement Form. The form must be filled out completely, signed by all authors, and uploaded to the system.

Similarity Report (Mandatory): All studies submitted to our journal are processed with a similarity screening report (intihal.net, Turnitin, or iThenticate). DergiPark generates a free similarity report via intihal.net for authors/editors. This report can be used at this stage. However, in addition to the intihal.net report, PAUSBED generates a report once again during the editorial process using Turnitin or iThenticate. Authors may upload a report from their preferred similarity software at this stage.

Ethics Committee Approval Document (Preferable/Conditional): For studies based on surveys and interviews, if an ethics committee approval document is required to establish ethical assurance in scientific periodical publishing, it must be uploaded to the system as a supplementary document. To determine which studies require an Ethics Committee Approval Document, TRDIZIN rules can be reviewed.

Supplementary File (Preferable): Any document related to special circumstances of the study that may need to be conveyed first to the Editor and then to the reviewers can be uploaded to the DergiPark system as a supplementary file.

GENERAL WRITING AND FORMATTING RULES

Manuscripts that do not comply with the writing rules will not be processed at the secretariat stage and will be returned to the author.

In addition to the Intihal.net report generated by DergiPark, authors may obtain reports from other similarity screening systems such as iThenticate or Turnitin and upload them with the study. (As a multidisciplinary journal, PAUSBED refrains from setting a specific limit on the similarity rate. For detailed information, please review the Ethical Principles and Publication Policy page). Based on the Editorial Board's decision, texts with a similarity rate suspected of plagiarism may receive a desk rejection.

Authors must upload the Copyright Agreement Form along with the study. (The form may occasionally fail to open in Google Chrome; please try using a different browser).

To our current and prospective authors: Please do not pressure the editorial team and the journal secretariat to speed up the article processes or to publish articles immediately for Associate Professorship applications. Publishing articles is for contributing to science; publishing articles solely for personal employee rights is not acceptable.

Multiple Submissions: More than one article involving the same researcher as an author cannot be published within the same year. PAUSBED has adopted this decision to maintain publication quality and increase author diversity.

Open Access Policy: PAUSBED adopts the principles of the TUBITAK DergiPark Academic Open Access System and the "Budapest Open Access Initiative". According to these principles, peer-reviewed scientific studies should be freely accessible, readable, downloadable, copyable, distributable, printable, searchable, linkable to full texts, indexable, and usable for any legal purpose without financial, legal, or technical barriers.

License: Authors whose articles are accepted are deemed to have agreed that the information in their studies may be shared with reference, in order to protect copyright and the rights of the journal under the Creative Commons Attribution License. In this direction, PAUSBED applies the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License for all articles it publishes.

 

Language and Punctuation Notes

"TURKIYE" Usage: In English articles and titles, the phrase TURKIYE (Turkiye) should be used instead of TURKEY.

Capitalization: In English, there is no capital "İ"; there is "I". Please pay attention to this in the English title of the text and author surnames in the References.

Decimals: Decimal numbers are shown with a comma in Turkish and a dot in English. The percent sign comes before the number in Turkish and after the number in English. (e.g., In Turkey, 20.2% of men are obese.)
 

FORMATTING GUIDELINES (Template Rules)

1. HEADINGS Section headings such as Introduction, Method, Findings, Conclusion, and References must be written in 11-point font, all uppercase, and Bold, and must be numbered. Section headings should be left-aligned with 6 pt spacing before and after.

1.1. Second-Level Headings: Must be numbered, 11-point, Bold, and left-aligned. Each word in the heading must be capitalized (Title Case) except for conjunctions. No punctuation marks (such as periods or colons) should be used at the end (? excepted). Spacing: 6 pt before and after.

1.1.1. Third-Level Headings: Must be numbered, 11-point, Bold, and left-aligned. No punctuation at the end. Spacing: 6 pt before and after.

1.1.1.1. Fourth-Level Headings: Must be numbered, 11-point, Bold, and left-aligned. No punctuation at the end. Spacing: 6 pt before and after.

1.1.1.1.1. Fifth-Level Headings: Must be numbered, 11-point, Bold and Italic, and left-aligned. No punctuation at the end. Spacing: 6 pt before and after.

2. PARAGRAPHS Paragraphs should have a 0.5 cm indentation. A paragraph must contain at least 3 sentences. Single line spacing with 6 pt before and after should be left between paragraphs.

3. TABLES Tables must be arranged in academic table format. This is defined as a style where vertical lines are not used, and only three horizontal lines are used (top line, bottom line, and the line separating the header row from the data).

Spacing: Single line spacing, 0 pt before and after within the table.

Font: 10 pt.

Alignment: Tables must always be left-aligned.

Statistical Data: Use a maximum of two decimal places (except for p-values). P-values can be given as two or three decimals (e.g., p=0.05 or p=0.001). However, values smaller than 0.001 should be expressed as p<0.001.

4. FIGURES Figures must be left-aligned. Figure captions should be written immediately above the figure, in italics, with only the first letter of the first word capitalized (Sentence case), and should not end with a period.

Example: Figure 1. Figure explanation section (Calibri, 10 pt, Normal)
 

CITATION AND REFERENCES (APA 7)

5. IN-TEXT CITATION Examples of in-text citation according to APA 7:

Single author: ... (Sönmez, 2007).

Two authors:

Outside parentheses: Tunç and Alim (2006) stated that...

Inside parentheses: (Tunç & Alim, 2006).

Three or more authors: (From the first use): ... (Atakan et al., 2005: 21).

Multiple sources: Separate with semi-colons (;), ordered alphabetically by the first author: (Kurt et al., 2012; Sabah, 2023; Tatar, 2004).

Secondary sources: Aeron (2000, as cited in Salih, 2003)...

6. FOOTNOTES PAUSBED uses the APA 7 citation system. Scientific citations should not be given in footnotes unless necessary. Footnotes should be used for additional information, explanations, and to state that necessary permissions have been obtained for visual/data tools belonging to others.

Format: 8-point Calibri font. Single line spacing with 6 pt before and after.

7. DIRECT QUOTATIONS

a) Short Quotations (1-39 words): Specified within the text with double quotation marks "...", written in normal font (not italic), and must include the page number.

Example: "Always provide the page number when quoting directly..." (APA 7 Manual, 2019, p. 471).

b) Long Quotations (40+ words): Block quotations. Written as a separate paragraph, normal font (not italic), indented 1.25 cm from the left, without quotation marks. The page number is added at the end. The period is placed before the parenthesis containing the page number.

8. REFERENCES SECTION APA 7 rules apply.

* Sort alphabetically by surnames.
* Use a hanging indent of 0.5 cm for the second and subsequent lines.
* Do not separate sources by type (e.g., Books, Articles).
* Avoid bold font in the reference list.
* Italicize book, journal, newspaper, and thesis titles.
* Do not use abbreviations like "Ltd.", "Inc." in publisher names.
* List all authors (not just the first one).
* For English articles, use "&" instead of "ve" and "et al." instead of "ve diğ.".

Reference Examples: (Please format your references strictly according to the structure below)

Book: Newton, I. (1998). Mathematical principles of natural philosophy (A. Yardımlı, Trans.). İdea Publishing.

Book Chapter: Kangallı Uyar, S. G. & Uyar, U. (2021). Title of chapter. In M. Ural & Ü. Aydın (Eds.), Financial Econometrics Applications (1st ed., pp. 309-336). Seçkin Publishing.

Article: McDaniel, S. H., Salas, E., & Kazak, A. E. (2018). The science of teamwork [Special issue]. American Psychologist, 73(4), 51-104. https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.1495067

Thesis: Miranda, C. (2019). Exploring the lived experiences... (Publication No. 27542827) [Doctoral dissertation, Pepperdine University]. PQDT Open.

Internet: Schaeffer, K. (2021, October 1). What we know about online learning... Pew Research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org/...

Conference Paper: Davidson, R. J. (2019, August 8–11). Well-being is a skill [Conference session]. APA 2019 Convention, Chicago, IL, United States.

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND PUBLICATION POLICY

PUBLICATION POLICY

Pamukkale University Journal of Social Sciences Institute (PAUSBED) is an open-access, peer-reviewed academic journal published electronically six (6) times a year, featuring original and scientifically qualified studies in the field of Social Sciences. The entire responsibility for the scientific content and statements in an article published in the journal belongs to the authors.
 

Pamukkale University Journal of Social Sciences Institute can be accessed online free of charge at [https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/pausbed](https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/pausbed). All articles published in the journal are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

The ethical duties and responsibilities in PAUSBED have been prepared by taking into account the publication policies of journals indexed in national and international fields, as well as the guides and policies published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) as open access.
 

PAUSBED also adheres to the *Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing* published jointly by COPE, the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), and the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA). The ethical standards summarized below serve as a guide for editors, reviewers, and authors contributing to the Pamukkale University Journal of Social Sciences Institute.
 

PAUSBED uses a double-blind peer review system. Applications deemed appropriate are directed to two or three reviewers working in relevant fields. The names of the reviewers are kept confidential, and reviewer reports are archived. If one of the reviewer reports is positive and the other is critical, the article may be sent to a third reviewer for further examination, or the Editorial Board may make a decision depending on the nature of the three reports. Authors are obliged to revise their articles in line with the comments and suggestions of the reviewers and the Editorial Board. If they feel uncomfortable at any point, they may object by stating their reasons appropriately.
 

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES

We expect all authors to read and understand our publication policy before submitting an article to our journal. This is part of our commitment to preventing ethical misconduct, which we recognize as a growing problem in academic and professional publications. It is important to note that most cases of plagiarism, duplicate publication, copyright infringement, or similar incidents stem from a lack of information rather than fraudulent intent. Our policy is focused on prevention, not persecution. If you have any questions, please contact the editorial office.
 

Submission of an article to PAUSBED implies that all authors have read and accepted the content of the article and that the article complies with the journal's policies.
 

ETHICS APPROVAL

Human participants, human material, or human data must have been used in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and an appropriate ethics committee must have approved the study. All articles reporting such research must include a statement explaining this after the article, including the name of the ethics committee and the reference number, if applicable. If a study has been exempted from the ethics approval requirement, this must be stated in the article (including the name of the ethics committee granting the exemption). Upon request, supplementary materials and documents must be made accessible to the Editor. If the Editor believes that the research was conducted outside an appropriate ethical context, the manuscript may be rejected. In exceptional cases, the Editor may contact the ethics committee for further information.

ETHICAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EDITORS

General Duties and Responsibilities

Editors are responsible for:

* Ensuring the development of the journal in the national and international arena,

* Managing processes to increase the quality of published studies,

* Executing the processes of applying ethical rules for all stakeholders of the journal,

* Updating publication and ethical policies to contribute to the development of the journal,

* Organizing the journal's website and keeping it up to date.

Relations with Readers

Editors are obliged to:

* Take into account reader feedback regarding journal publication, scope, and ethics,

* Improve the studies published in PAUSBED by considering the interests and needs of the readers,

* Answer questions from readers, provided they remain within the framework of ethical rules.
 

Relations with Authors

Editors are responsible for:

* Submitting studies sent to the journal to the publication board, which decides whether to send them to reviewers,

* Informing authors about publication and ethical policies,

* Preventing possible conflicts of interest between authors and reviewers,

* Ensuring an impartial evaluation by conducting the "Blind Review" concept effectively,

* Evaluating authors' requests regarding conflicts of interest and requests not to send their work to specific reviewers with appropriate justifications,

* Positively responding to authors' requests to withdraw their studies while they are still in the evaluation process,

* Evaluating authors' objections to reviewer and editor decisions/reports and initiating a new evaluation process if deemed appropriate.
 

Relations with Reviewers

Editors are responsible for:

* Determining a reviewer suitable for the subject of the study,

* Providing the information and guidance reviewers will need during the evaluation phase,

* Observing whether there is a conflict of interest between authors and reviewers,

* Keeping information regarding the evaluating reviewer confidential,

* Encouraging reviewers to be impartial,

* Answering reviewers' questions regarding publication and ethical policies,

* Making updates to improve the reviewer pool,

* Reminding reviewers regarding the evaluation period,

* Encouraging reviewers to evaluate in a constructive, polite, and appropriate language.

Relations with the Editorial Board

Editors are responsible for:

* Holding meetings with the Editorial Board at certain intervals,

* Providing the information and guidance the Board will need regarding PAUSBED's publication and ethical policies,

* Improving the journal by taking into account feedback from the Board,

* Ensuring that Board members are impartial,

* Encouraging the Board to evaluate studies within the framework of scientific criteria.

ETHICAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF AUTHOR

* The submitted work must not have been published previously and must not be under evaluation in another journal.

* All sources must be cited completely and correctly.

* Only persons who contributed directly to the study should be listed as authors.

* Citations must be given clearly in quotation marks and properly referenced.

* Ethics committee approval must be obtained for research involving human or animal experiments, surveys, interviews, or observations.

* Authors may identify reviewers to whom they do not wish their work to be sent due to conflicts of interest and/or ethical reasons.

* They may withdraw their unpublished studies while in the evaluation process.

* They have the right to object to reviewer reports and editor decisions.

* In case of an error detected in the publication, the author must inform the editorial board immediately.

* Possible conflicts of interest must be declared clearly.

ETHICAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF REVIEWERS

Studies submitted to PAUSBED are sent anonymously to at least two reviewers in the relevant field. In case of equality of positive and negative opinions about the article in reviewer evaluations, the opinion of the editor or a third reviewer is sought.

A double-blind peer review process is adopted in PAUSBED; the author and the reviewer are unaware of each other's identities. In this context, reviewers evaluating studies in PAUSBED are expected to have the following ethical responsibilities:

* To read the publication principles of PAUSBED,

* To accept evaluating only studies related to their field of expertise. Not to accept evaluation just to have an idea about the subject of the article if it is not their field of expertise,

* To refuse to evaluate when they realize that they cannot be impartial,

* To complete the evaluation process within a specific timeframe,

* To evaluate within the framework of impartiality and confidentiality,

* To refuse evaluation and report the situation to the editor when they encounter a situation such as a conflict of interest,

* To report to the editor when they detect that the article they are evaluating has been sent to another journal at the same time,

* To make the evaluation in a constructive and polite language. Not to make personal comments such as hostility, insults, and slander,

* To ensure that evaluations are related to the content of the article. To be sensitive that factors such as belief, sect, race, gender, and political opinion do not influence the evaluation process.

OPEN ACCESS STATEMENT

PAUSBED is a non-profit journal that adopts an open-access policy. Published content is offered directly to open access free of charge. Users can read, save, print full-text articles, and link to articles from PAUSBED without permission, provided that the source is cited. No fee is charged for processes such as article submission, evaluation, and publication. Furthermore, PAUSBED does not accept sponsorship or advertising offers. All articles published in PAUSBED are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
 

COPYRIGHT

Authors allow their works to be published under the **Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)** license. Pamukkale University Journal of Social Sciences Institute does not assume the copyright of the publication in any way. Matters regarding copyright are regulated by the **Copyright Agreement Form**. Journals and articles are published under the **Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License**, accessible at [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en).

Authors are free to make the pdf files of their articles accessible as they deem necessary. Therefore, the journal allows the published version to be self-archived without any restrictions. Authors are free to use all or part of their content (text and figures), including edits and adaptations, in other publications; however, the original publication in PAUSBED must always be cited. No royalties are paid to authors for published studies. Any scientific, ethical, and legal responsibility likely to arise from articles published in PAUSBED belongs to the author(s). The Journal does not accept any liability in this regard. The content of all articles in our journal, which adopts an open-source access policy, is open to access. Authors accepting these points must sign the Copyright Agreement Form and transmit it to the editors. Articles of authors who do not submit this form will not be published.

SIMILARITY POLICY

All studies submitted to our journal are taken into the publication process with a similarity screening report (intihal.net, Turnitin, or iThenticate). Matches resulting from the plagiarism check are examined, and a report is generated. Since the journal publishes in very different disciplines, there is no fixed maximum similarity rate. The examination is carried out by the Editors within the framework of ethical rules. At this point, if the work is significantly similar to a publication (single source) with or without citation, this is conveyed to the authors as it may constitute ethical accusations, and corrections are requested. Editors may issue a **desk rejection** decision due to a high total similarity rate or a high similarity rate specific to a certain work (single source) when deemed necessary.

DOI NUMBER

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) enables the identification and access to the copy of studies published in the electronic environment. A DOI number is assigned to studies submitted to and accepted by PAUSBED, and the official information of the study in the electronic environment is secured.

PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

Studies submitted to PAUSBED are under protection within the scope of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data. No information, process, or correspondence belonging to the author and reviewers is shared with third parties and institutions other than the legal means specified in the Law.
 

POLICIES ON THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TOOLS

Authorship and Responsibility

Under no circumstances should generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools be listed as authors or co-authors of an academic article. The author(s) bear full responsibility for the content, accuracy, and originality of the submitted work. The use of AI tools does not eliminate the scientific, ethical, and intellectual responsibilities of the authors. PAUSBED strictly prohibits the use of AI to create fake authors or distort identity.
 

Transparency and Declaration

The use of any AI tool during research, writing, or processes must be clearly and transparently declared within the article. This declaration should be included in the "Methods" or "Acknowledgments" section where appropriate. It is necessary to specify in detail how and for what purpose these tools were used, along with the full names and version numbers of the AI tools used in the statement.

Confidentiality and Intellectual Property Responsibility

PAUSBED editors should not upload unpublished articles, files belonging to them, images, or any related information to AI tools. Protecting the confidentiality of submitted content and securing the intellectual property rights of authors are among the fundamental responsibilities of editors.

Use of AI in the Evaluation Process

PAUSBED editors may use AI tools at certain stages of the editorial workflow—such as initial eligibility screening or reviewer selection—only with the explicit approval of the journal management. Such AI use must be transparently notified to the authors.
 

Management of Suspected Misuse

In case of uncertainty or concern regarding AI use, PAUSBED editors will establish open and transparent communication with the authors and may request supporting evidence if necessary.

Evaluation of Authors' Statements on AI Use

PAUSBED editors are expected to carefully examine authors' statements regarding the use of AI tools and request clarification or additional information when necessary. It is the editors' responsibility to evaluate whether the declared AI use complies with the journal's established policies.

Tracking Policy Developments

PAUSBED editors must closely follow developments in generative AI technologies and be informed about the journal's updated policies in this area.

Detection of AI Use by Reviewers

Reviewers are encouraged to attempt to detect potential undeclared AI use in the articles they evaluate and to inform editors if they suspect such a situation. However, such evaluations must be based on clear and objective assessment criteria.

Confidentiality and Ethical Responsibility of Reviewers

Reviewers must not, under any circumstances, upload unpublished articles or any related documents sent for peer review to generative AI platforms. Such action may violate confidentiality and infringe on intellectual property rights. The evaluation process must be conducted with the reviewer's own level of expertise and knowledge accumulation.

Reviewers' Ethics of Evaluation

Reviewers must evaluate authors' AI use impartially; they should not allow personal opinions or biases to interfere with the journal's established policies. Any feedback or criticism regarding AI use should be constructive and compatible with the journal's official guidelines.

PERMITTED USES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

* Conceptual Diagrams and Explanatory Visuals: Generative AI can be used to visually express theoretical ideas, conceptual frameworks, or processes. Visuals created in this way must accurately reflect the author's own understanding and explanations.

* Data Visualization: Authors may use AI tools to improve the visual presentation of research data. These tools can be particularly useful in enhancing the design and comprehensibility of graphs, tables, and diagrams.

* Graphical Depictions and Representative Visuals: Visuals created with AI can be used as symbolic or explanatory representations to simplify and clarify complex ideas. Such visuals should support the reader's better understanding of the subject and should not distort or misrepresent the concepts described.
 

RESTRICTED OR PROHIBITED AREAS IN AI USE

* Content Generation: It is not appropriate for AI to generate significant sections of an article—such as the abstract, introduction, literature review, or discussion. Content generated by AI should only be considered as a draft or suggestion and must be carefully reviewed, rewritten, and improved by the author(s) to ensure academic rigor and originality.

* Generation and Interpretation of Research Findings: AI tools should not be used for the purpose of generating, reporting, or interpreting research results. All responsibility regarding the accuracy, scope, and validity of data analysis belongs solely to the author(s).

* Reference Generation and Citation: Creating fabricated, unverifiable, or non-existent sources with AI tools is strictly prohibited. All cited sources must be verifiable in accordance with academic standards, correctly cited, and approved by the author(s).

* Academic Writing and Justification: The development of the article's fundamental arguments, theoretical contributions, and main thesis is solely the responsibility of the author(s). AI can only be used as an auxiliary tool in the writing process; it cannot replace the author's critical thinking or original academic contribution.
 

Process to be Followed in Case of Policy Violation

If the use of AI tools is not clearly declared or is used in violation of these guidelines, the article may be rejected during the evaluation process. If a violation is detected after publication, corrective actions such as publishing a correction or retracting the article may be applied. Repeated or serious violations of this policy may lead to the rejection of future submissions by the author(s) by the journal.

PUBLICATION LANGUAGE

Pamukkale University Journal of Social Sciences Institute accepts scientific articles written in Turkish, English, French, and German. Submitted studies are expected to be at a level ready for publication in terms of grammar and academic style. During the evaluation process, linguistic and formal edits may be requested from the author(s) if deemed necessary.

PUBLICATION FREQUENCY

Pamukkale University Journal of Social Sciences Institute is published electronically six times a year, in January, March, May, July, September, and November. Special issues may be published with the decision of the editorial board when necessary.

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