Aim & Scope
Science area
Our journal contains original scientific publications. All published articles, except book reviews, interview-type studies, and editorial studies, are subject to double-blind peer review process.
Aim & Scope
The aim of the journal is to contribute to the advancement of science through the publication of high-quality papers of scientific importance. In this context, our journal publishes original and translated articles, research notes, symposium/book/thesis evaluations, critical editions, simplifications, and other works from all fields of social sciences such as History of Islamic Sects, Theology, Tafsir, Hadith, Law, History, Political Science, Economics, International Relations, etc. related to Ithnāʿashariyya (Twelver Shīʿīsm), Zaydism, Ismāʿīlīsm and other Shīʿīte sects. Our journal is an independent, double-blind peer-reviewed, open access that aims to publish articles in all fields related to Shīʿīsm. Articles should describe original data that have not been previously published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts deemed suitable for our journal's article submission rules and the scope of the journal are sent for scientific evaluation to at least two reviewers who are experts in their fields after the editorial review. Members of the Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies Editorial Board take into account the comments of the reviewers regarding each submission. The final decision for all submitted manuscripts belongs to the Editor. The Editorial Board of the Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies undertakes to comply with the criteria of the International Council of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Subject Category
Humanities: Religious Studies
Social Sciences: Cultural Studies
International Relations
Psychology
Sociology
Public administration
Language of Publication
Full-Text Publication Language:
• Primarily Language: Turkish
• Secondary Language: English
Content is written in English and Latin Alphabet:
• Article title: Turkish & English
• Author name: Turkish (in Latin Alphabet)
• Author address: Turkish (in Latin Alphabet)
• Keywords: Turkish & English
• Bibliography: Turkish (in Latin Alphabet)
Full Text: Turkish (in Latin Alphabet)
Manuscripts Submissions
Submitted articles must be in accordance with the purpose and scope of the journal. Original, previously unpublished manuscripts that are not under evaluation in another scientific publication organ and whose content and submission have been approved by the author are accepted for evaluation.
More than one article application from one author in the same period is not accepted.
The article acceptance date for the June issue of our journal is 1 December-31 May, and for the December issue, 1 June-30 November. Articles submitted after the deadlines will not be accepted for the relevant issue and will be evaluated for the next issue.
Article types
Original and translated articles, symposium/book/thesis evaluations, research notes, reviews, critical editions, and simplifications.
Audience
The academic level of the published papers is appropriate for academicians, researchers, graduate students, and related academic institutions and organizations.
Article Processing Charge
The publication of articles and the execution of article processes in the journal are free of charge. No processing fee or submission fee is charged under any other names As part of its publication policies, the Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies does not accept sponsorship or advertisements. All expenses of the Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies are covered by the publisher.
Copyright Agreement
The copyrights of the studies published in the Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies belong to their authors. The authors allow the intellectual work they submitted to be published by the Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC 4.0).
Originality of Manuscripts
Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies does not want to publish material that has already appeared in full elsewhere. But we sometimes accept articles that have already appeared in foreign language journals
Key Words:
Islamic Sect, Shīʿa, Shiʿism, Twelver Shiʿism, Zaydism, Ismāʿīlīsm.
Readership:
Academic level of published articles; It is suitable for academics, researchers, graduate students and related academic institutions and organizations.