Publication Principles
• Papers on Social Science is based on scientific publication ethical standards and obligations prepared based on recommendations of The European Association of Science Editors (EASE) and recommendations and guidelines developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) for journal editors.
• The articles sent to the Papers on Social Science should not have been published in another journal before or should not be evaluated for publication.
• Papers presented with a summary/extensive summary at a scientific meeting can be accepted into the evaluation process, provided that it is stated. Still, studies that have been presented/published in their entirety will not be included.
• Every study sent to the Papers on Social Science is evaluated impartially determined by the referees determined by the editors and the evaluation process is kept confidential.
• The authors named in the article are responsible for the entire content of the paper.
• Authors can withdraw their articles provided a reasonable justification and signature provided with the Article Withdrawal Form.
Evaluation Process
• In order to submit an article to the Papers on Social Science, authors must be a member of the DergiPark system.
• The report states that the articles sent to the journal are passed through similarity scanning software such as Turnitin, iThenticate, etc. They show a maximum of 15% similarity must be uploaded to the system. In addition, the "Copyright Form" filled and signed by the authors must be uploaded to the system.
• Since the editors will notify the authors of the developments in the evaluation process through the system, the authors must enter their current e-mail addresses into the system.
• The article submitted to the journal is first reviewed by the editor-in-chief and the editor. In the preliminary examination, the article is evaluated in terms of "quality" (originality of the subject, topicality, contribution to the field) and "formal" aspects (compliance with spelling rules). Articles that do not meet these criteria are not included in the evaluation process or changes are requested.
• After the preliminary examination, the candidate articles are sent to two referees who are experts in their fields and have at least Ph.D. titles. Referees are given 20 days to complete their assessments. Evaluation periods can be extended at the request of the referees.
• The referees complete their evaluations within the specified time and upload their reports and evaluation form to the system. The invitations of the referees who do not complete the evaluation within the specified time are canceled and the new referee process is started.
• A double-blind peer-review system is used, where the names of the referees and authors are kept confidential. At the end of the evaluation process, the referees can "accept" the article, "reject" or request "correction".
• For an article to be accepted for publication, at least two referees must give a positive opinion. If one of the referee's reports is "positive" and the other is "negative", the article is sent to a third referee.
• Referee reports and evaluation forms are shared with the authors and they are requested to complete the corrections suggested by the referees and upload them to the system.
• When the evaluation process of the article is completed positively, the article journal writing rules are reviewed within the framework of the APA6 writing principles and the layout is arranged. Authors may be asked to make arrangements with respect to the journal's layout requirement at the final control stage. The article is published in order of application and acceptance dates.
Responsibilities of Editors
• They have to carry out the evaluation process for the articles sent to the journal, without any prejudice, in line with the principles of openness, transparency, scientificity and impartiality.
• They contribute to increasing the scientific quality of the evaluation process by sending the articles to expert referees.
• They notify the parties of the decisions taken during the evaluation process.
• They are responsible for following the evaluation process under the journal standards, reducing the disruptions and concluding the process.
• During the evaluation process, the authors and referees are responsible for hiding information that may lead to their identification.
• They do not interfere in any way with referee reports and decisions.
Duties of Referees
• They should evaluate the article for which they are assigned as evaluators under the journal rules and academic requirements.
• In cases where they don't want to evaluate the work for reasons such as conflict of interest, personal or professional affinity, conflict of interest and time constraint, they eventually should notify the editor.
• They adopt the double-blind referee evaluation process and fulfill the requirements of the process.
• They should agree to evaluate within the specified time interval and inform the editor in case of time extension.
• The referees should express their opinions and suggestions about the study clearly and understandably and evaluate scientific ethics.
• Reviewers should not use the work in their research before the work is published; they should not allow others to use it.
• Referees should evaluate the quality of the manuscript, the experimental and theoretical parts of the study, its interpretation and presentation, adhering to scientific principles.
Responsibilities of Authors
• A study submitted to the Papers on Social Science must be original and the authors must undertake that the text has not been published in any journal before.
• The authors are responsible for the content of the articles sent to the Papers on Social Science. It is assumed that all authors accept all responsibilities in the Statement of Publication Ethics with the application to the journal.
• Authors can not submit more than one article to the same issue of the journal.
• Authors must sign and upload the Copyright Transfer and Conflict of Interest Notice Form to the system.
• Authors are required to upload a report showing that their work has a maximum of 15% similarity by passing them through plagiarism detection software (iThenticate, Turnitin, etc.) to the system at the time of application.
• Authors must comply with the journal template, spelling rules, and academic writing standards.
• Authors should make the changes requested by the referee, editor or editor-in-chief in a timely and diligent manner.
• When the authors want to withdraw their work under evaluation or editing, they must fill in the scanned and signed ARTICLE WITHDRAWAL FORM by each author and submit it to the Papers on Social Science. The work cannot be submitted for evaluation to another journal unless the withdrawal request is approved. If the author or authors withdraw the articles without informing the editor, without submitting the withdrawal form, the responsibility thereunto belongs to the authors.
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