SDE Academy

SDE Academy Journal is a national scientific and refereed journal published by the Strategic Thinking and Research Foundation.
The journal aims to increase and disseminate scientific studies that will contribute to the scientific development of all disciplines in the social sciences and humanities in Turkey and the world.
The aim of our journal, which will be published in three issues a year, is to bring original articles of academic quality prepared in the fields of defense, security, international relations, political science and political economy as special fields of social sciences and humanities in Turkey and the world to our world of thought.

Our journal is a national refereed journal that publishes original academic studies in the fields of defense, security, international relations, political science and political economy.
The studies submitted to the Journal should be of a quality that examines the developments and problems related to the scope of the Journal in depth, presents scientific field writing from an objective perspective, develops measurable and applicable suggestions to developments and problems based on scientific methods, and directly contributes to the field.

Studies that are not associated with the purpose, focus and scope of the Journal are not published.

I. General Rules

Since 2020, SDE Academy Journal has been published as a “Refereed Journal” and three issues a year (January, May, September).

For articles to be submitted to SDE Academy Journal in Turkish, an abstract of 150-250 words in English and for articles to be submitted in English, an abstract of 150-250 words in Turkish is required. At the end of the article written in Turkish, an English abstract “Extended Summary” of not less than 750 words will be added. Likewise, for articles written in English, an “Extended Summary” of not less than 750 words will be added at the end of the article. The Turkish and English abstracts should cover the purpose, method, scope and main findings of the study.

Regardless of the language in which the manuscript is written, the title of the manuscript should be included in Turkish and English, and (3) keywords should be specified in Turkish and English.

Manuscripts submitted to the journal should not have been published elsewhere or submitted for publication. The length of the manuscripts should be between 5.000-8000 words in journal format. When the articles are accepted for publication, SDE Academy Journal will own all publication rights. The Editorial Board reserves the right to make the final decision on article acceptance in terms of both content and format.

Language and expression should be clear and comprehensible in accordance with scientific standards. The study should be based on a well-defined problematic and the titles should be compatible with this problematic. The references used should be rich and sufficient to reflect the scope of the study.

The articles uploaded to the system by the authors are reviewed by the editorial board and it is decided whether the article should be evaluated or not.

The manuscripts to be submitted to the journal will be sent to two referees after the first evaluation by the Editorial Board, and in line with the report from the referees, it will be decided to publish the article, to correct it within the framework of the report, to reject the article or to send it to a third referee, and the situation will be notified to the author as soon as possible. Unpublished manuscripts will not be sent back to the author.

Authors should provide their titles, institutions, contact addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) number. (http://orcid.org)
If the author requests a correction, the correction must be made within (1) month at the latest and submitted to the Editorial Board.

It will be accepted that the manuscripts sent to the Journal of SDE Academy have been checked for spelling and the author has given “print” for the manuscript via e-mail. After the manuscript is submitted, it will not be sent to the author for printing corrections. For this reason, the fact that spelling mistakes are more than usual will be considered sufficient for the rejection of the manuscript.
Authors are also not paid royalties.
II. Writing Rules
The manuscript should be written in word format, 1.5 line spacing, 12-point font size in main sections, 10-point font size in sections such as footnotes, abstract, bibliography, tables, etc. and Times (New Roman) character.
The introduction and conclusion sections of the article should not be numbered. Subsequent sections should be numbered with only the first letters capitalized.
III. References, Footnotes and Bibliography:

References to be made in the text will be shown in brackets. The bibliography will also be prepared in accordance with this citation system. The following are examples of how different types of sources are cited in the text and written in the bibliography:
Single-author books and articles:

In-text citation for the book:
(Karpat, 2011:49).

In the bibliography:
Karpat, Kemal H. (2011). Turkish Political History, Trans. Ceren Elitez, Istanbul: Timaş Publications.

In-text citation for the article:
(Tanrısever, 2015:11).

In the bibliography:
Tanrısever, Oktay (2015). “Energy Diplomacy in an Increasingly Interdependent and Globalizing World”, Energy and Diplomacy Journal, Vol.1, No.1, pp. 5-16
Articles in editorial publications:

In the citation in the text:
(Alpar, 2020: 273).

In the bibliography:
Alpar, Güray. (2020), “Clifford Geertz”, in Erdem, T. (Ed.), Nationalism, Istanbul: Otorite: 271-281.
Kurum publications:

Citation in the text:
(DPT, 1989: 145).

In bibliography:
DPT (1989). Sixth Five-Year Development Plan, 1990-1994 (Ankara).
Internet sources:

In in-text citation:
(Pınar, 2020).

Bibliography:
Pınar, Abuzer. (2020), “Corona Positive Interest Negative”, https://www.sde.org.tr/abuzer-pinar/genel/corona-pozitif-faiz-negatif-kose-yazisi-16531, (20.09.2020)

Citation in the text:
(Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2010).

In bibliography:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2010),http://www.mfa.gov.tr/default.tr.mfa(16.06.2010).

Footnotes should be used for explanations other than references.
Contact Information

Address Strategic Thinking Institute
Çetin Emeç Bulvarı Öveçler Mh1330.Cadde No:12 Çankaya - ANKARA

Manuscripts should be sent as a single file in Word format.

SDE Academy adheres to national and international standards on research and publication ethics. It complies with the Press Law (a), the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works (b), and the Directive on Scientific Research and Publication Ethics of Higher Education Institutions (c). It has also adopted the International Code of Ethical Publishing (d) published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME).

a) Press Law
b) Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works
c) Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive
d) Transparency and Best Practice Principles in Academic Publishing


Publication of Studies Based on Surveys and Interviews
SDE Academy adopts the Committee on Publication Ethics’ (COPE) “Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors” and “Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers” in order to provide ethical assurance in scientific periodical publishing. In this context, the following points should be followed in the studies submitted to the journal:
1) For research in all disciplines that require ethics committee approval (ethics committee approval must be obtained, this approval must be stated and documented in the article.
2) In studies requiring ethics committee approval, information about the permission (name of the committee, date and number) should be included in the method section and on one of the first/last pages of the article; in case reports, information on the signature of the informed consent form should be included in the article.

Special Issue Publication Policy
A special issue may be published once a year upon the request of the Editorial Board. Articles submitted for inclusion in the special issue are first subjected to a preliminary editorial review. Then they are examined for compliance with the journal’s spelling rules and similarity screening is performed to prevent plagiarism. After these stages, the manuscripts are subjected to a peer review process using a double blinded model.


Correction, Retraction, Expression of Concern
Editors may consider publishing a correction if minor errors are identified in the published article that do not affect the findings, interpretations and conclusions. Editors should consider retracting the manuscript if there are major errors/violations that invalidate the findings and conclusions. Editors should consider issuing a statement of concern if there is a possibility of research or publication misconduct by the authors; there is evidence that the findings are unreliable and that the authors’ institutions have not investigated the incident; or the potential investigation seems unfair or inconclusive. COPE and ICJME guidelines are followed regarding correction, retraction or expression of concern.


Plagiarism Action Plan and Journal’s Measures
The journal respects intellectual property and aims to protect and promote the original work of its authors. Plagiarized manuscripts are contrary to the standards of quality, research and innovation. Therefore, all authors submitting manuscripts to the journal are expected to adhere to ethical standards and avoid plagiarism in any form. If an author is suspected of plagiarism in a submitted or published manuscript, the Ethics Editor of the journal will first review the manuscript. The paper is then reviewed by the Editorial Board. The Journal then contacts the author(s) to send a statement within two weeks. If the journal does not receive a response from the author(s) within the specified period, the journal will contact the author’s affiliated university to request an investigation of the allegation.

The Journal will take the following serious measures against published manuscripts found to contain plagiarism:

1. The journal will immediately contact the university to which the author(s) is affiliated to take definitive action against the author(s) concerned.
2. The journal will remove the PDF copy of the published article from its website and disable all links to the full-text article. The phrase Plagiarized Article will be added to the title of the published article.
3. The journal will deactivate the author’s account and reject all future submissions from the author for 3 years.

This journal checks for plagiarism in manuscripts submitted for review: Pre-checked manuscripts are scanned for plagiarism using TURNITIN software. Authors are notified if plagiarism/self-plagiarism is detected. If necessary, editors may check the article for plagiarism at various stages of the review or production process. High similarity rates may result in a manuscript being rejected before or even after acceptance. This rate is expected to be less than 20%.

Author(s)
- Articles submitted to SDE Academy Journal must be original works in the field of social sciences and humanities.
- All sources used in the articles (authors, online pages, personal interviews, etc.) must be cited correctly and appropriately.
- It should be stated that the articles submitted to the journal have not been submitted to another journal and the Copyright Transfer Form should be filled in.
- Individuals who have not contributed intellectually to the article should not be listed as authors.
- Conflicts of interest regarding the submitted article should be stated and the reason should be explained.
- Authors should inform the editor and the editorial board when they detect an error in their manuscript and collaborate in the correction or retraction process.

Referees
All articles submitted to SDE Academy are evaluated through a double blind review process. Double blind reviewing means that the authors are kept confidential from the referees and the referees are kept confidential from the authors in order to ensure an unbiased, objective and independent evaluation process. Articles are sent to the reviewers for evaluation through the journal management system. The referees are required to fill out a form that includes the contribution of the article to the field of humanities and social sciences, their decision on whether the article is publishable or not, and the reasons for their decision. The ethical responsibilities and roles of the reviewers of SDE Academy are as follows:
- Reviewers are only required to review articles related to their areas of expertise.
- Reviewers are expected to agree to review articles that do not present conflicts of interest. Referees should inform the editor if they recognize any conflict of interest and refuse to referee the relevant article.
- Reviewers should evaluate the articles impartially and objectively.
- Reviewers are required to fill out the Referee Evaluation Form for the articles they evaluate, and are expected not to indicate their names on the forms in order not to damage the double blind review process. The referees are also required to state their decision on whether the manuscript is publishable or not and the reasons for their decision in this form.
- The style used by the referees in their suggestions should be polite, respectful and scientific. Reviewers should avoid offensive, disrespectful and subjective personal comments. When referees are found to have made such unscientific comments, they may be contacted by the editor or editorial board to revise and correct their comments.
- Reviewers are required to complete their reviews within the time given to them and are expected to abide by the ethical responsibilities outlined herein.

Editor
General Responsibilities
- The editor is obliged to make efforts to improve the quality of the journal and to contribute to its development.
- The editor needs to support the freedom of expression of the authors.
Relations with Readers
- The editor should ensure that sections of the journal where peer review is not required (letters to the editor, invited papers, conference announcements, etc.) are clearly indicated.


Relations with Reviewers
- The editor should ask the reviewers to evaluate the articles in accordance with their knowledge and expertise. Thus, it should be ensured that the articles are appropriately evaluated by experts in the field.
- The editor is obliged to require reviewers to declare that they have no conflicts of interest before evaluating an article.
- The editor should communicate all necessary information about the peer review process and what is expected of the reviewers to the reviewers.
- The editor should ensure that the peer review process is conducted in a double blind review process and should not disclose authors to reviewers and reviewers to authors.
- The editor should evaluate reviewers based on their timeliness and performance.
- The editor should maintain a database of reviewers and update the database according to the performance of the reviewers.
- The editor should remove reviewers from the reviewer list who make rude and unqualified comments or return late.
- The editor should constantly renew and expand the referee list according to the referees' areas of expertise.

Relations with Authors
- The editor should continuously update the publication and writing rules and the sample template to inform the authors of what is expected of them.
- The editor should evaluate the manuscripts submitted to the journal in terms of the journal's editorial guidelines, the importance and originality of the work, and if he/she decides to reject the manuscript during the initial submission process, he/she should clearly and impartially communicate the reasons to the authors. In this process, if it is decided that the manuscript needs to be revised in terms of grammar, punctuation and/or spelling rules (margins, proper referencing, etc.), the authors should be informed about this and given time to make the necessary corrections.
- Manuscripts should include the dates of submission and acceptance for publication.
- When authors request information about the status of their manuscripts, the authors should be informed about the status of their manuscripts in a way that does not disrupt the double blind review process.

Relations with the Editorial Board
- The editor should communicate the publication and writing rules to the new editorial board members and explain what is expected of them.
- The editor should communicate the most up-to-date version of the publication and editorial guidelines to the editorial board members.
- The editor should evaluate the members of the editorial board and select members who will actively participate in the development of the journal.
- The editor should inform the members of the editorial board about their roles and responsibilities as follows
- Supporting the development of the journal
- Writing reviews on their areas of expertise when asked to do so
- Reviewing and improving publication and writing rules
- To fulfill the necessary responsibilities in the operation of the journal
Publisher
Published by SDE Academy Journal.
The ethical responsibilities of the publisher are as follows:
- The publisher acknowledges that the decision-maker and the refereeing process in the process of publishing an article in SDE Academy Journal is the responsibility of the editor.
- The publisher provides open, electronic and free access to the journal on the journal's website.

Plagiarism and Unethical Behavior
All articles submitted to SDE Academy Journal are scanned by IThenticate (http://www.ithenticate.com/) or Turnitin (https://www.turnitin.com/) software program before being published. Articles with a similarity rate below 20% are accepted for publication. Manuscripts that exceed this rate are reviewed in detail and, if deemed necessary, are sent back to the authors for revision or correction, and if plagiarism or unethical behavior is detected, publication is rejected.
Some unethical behaviors are listed below:
- Citing people as authors who did not contribute intellectually to the study.
- Failure to acknowledge the intellectual contributors as authors.
- Failure to indicate if the article is derived from the author's master's/doctoral thesis or a project.
- Slicing, i.e. publishing more than one article from a single study.
- Failure to declare conflicts of interest regarding submitted articles.
- Deciphering the double blind review process.
Publication Evaluation Policy
The article submitted to SDE Academy Journal is evaluated by the Editorial Board in terms of the focus and scope of the Journal and its compliance with the Author Guidelines. If deemed appropriate, the article is sent anonymously to two referees. In case of one rejection and one acceptance or correction, the article is sent to the third referee. In the case of Correction with Severe Changes, it may be decided to reject the article. If deemed necessary, the Editorial Board may send the article to more referees. In line with the opinions of the referees, it is decided to publish the article directly or partially corrected or to reject it. The decision is notified to the author(s). In case a correction is requested, the corrected article must be uploaded again via DergiPark within 15 days at the latest. Corrected manuscripts that are not returned within the specified period will be accepted for re-evaluation in subsequent issues.

No PUBLICATION FEES (article processing fees, editorial processing fees, language editing fees, color fees, submission fees, page fees, membership fees, print subscription costs, other additional fees, other fees) are required for the publication of articles in this journal.