SineFilozofi

SineFilozofi is an international, refereed, widespread, periodical electronic journal published twice a year. The journal, which has an interdisciplinary structure between the fields of cinema and philosophy, aims to provide ground for international academic debates in its field.

There is no application fee for academic content submitted for publication to the journal. This journal has adopted an open access policy, it is not for profit, and access to the journal content is free.

Scientific articles sent to the journal for publication must be in Turkish or English. The journal publishes original research, compilations, case reports, book reviews and interviews/interview articles coming from branches such as fine arts, philosophy and social sciences, which are closely related to this field, especially the intersection of cinema and philosophy, and which coincide with the publication policy.

SineFilozofi works on a voluntary basis. There is no royalty fee for the articles, book and film reviews, and conversations / interviews published in the content of the magazine. Manuscripts submitted to the journal must not have been published elsewhere or sent for publication.

To ensure that the journals's content is original, articles sent to the journal should not be published elsewhere or sent for publication. Sinefilozofi journal does not reserve the publication rights of the articles. All publication rights belong to the authors. However, articles published in the journal cannot be used without reference.

The target audience of the journal is open to anyone who thinks, especially academics, researchers, professionals, artists, students and related professional, academic institutions and organizations. The mission, vision and the target group of SineFilozofi are given detail in The Manifesto of SineFilozofi.

The Manifesto of SineFilozofi

1. Today, two prevailing orientations are observed in the studies on films in Turkey: The studies are either based on film theories or technique/form. This explicit situation also reflects to factions. However, cinema has such a big potential, namely “thought”, which cannot be assimilated under the details of theory and technique, and which cannot be massified into any clique or group.

2. The resources of thought are various: Art, Philoshopy, and Science. Philosophy, art, and science are the same in terms of essence, nevertheless they are different in terms of form. As Deleuze also emphasizes, art tries to reach its aims with thought, sensation and affection; while philosophy does the same with conceptions; and science does it with functions. Each of these is a different expression of thought.

3. SineFilozofi agrees with the notion of which Deleuze spoke that the relationship between “concept” and “sensation” is the most important answer to the problem of forming chaos. Philosophy and cinema, which works with conceptions and sensations respectively, by means of interaction, not only manifests thought in different manners, but also can build new and creative thoughts. Through mobilizing images in arts, cinema makes a central contribution to the expression and the creation of the emotional and sensational dimensions of thought. In today’s world, cinema is one of the most important arts as it helps the emotional dimension of thought, with Heidegger’s words, “cease to be hidden” and “put itself forth”.

4. In this sense, cinema is not an art just to enjoy. Asserting this kind of a sentence, for sure, does not mean to deny the entertaining aspect of the cinema. At the same time, however, cinema needs to be accepted as a mental creation about thought and philosophy. Philosophy tries to understand and give a meaning to the world, life itself, human relations and chaos by conceptions. Perhaps we can adapt Deleuze’s analysis of “deterritorializing” to cinema and philosophy in this manner: “Cinema tries to deterritorialize thought”, whereas philosophy tries to “reterritorialize” it again.

5. Nonetheless, the relation between “deterritorialization” and “territoralization” is similar to the poetic dance that was mentioned by Nietzsche in Birth of Tragedy. This is a dance
that in the period of acting its elements are not excluding one another but need the other to move, that is both tense and contradictory besides at times Apollionic but then
Dionysosic. Philosophy is not superior to cinema and vice versa in this poetic dance through which the conceptional Apollon/philosophy first forms the overflowing and enthusiastic Dionysos/cinema, then having been impressed by Dionysos falls back and finally reaches a new concept.

6. SineFilozofi is a journal which tries to go on a philosophical journey with movies, and which produces its language and perspective on these grounds. A journey with movies means feeling that we are side by side with them and experiencing emotion and conception together, simultaneously but in different modes.

7. SineFilozofi advocates that each movie has a “concern” and we can not uncover or unhide this “concern” only by dry scientific sentences, mechanical analyses, film theories and formal texts.

8. Perceiving form and content as a whole depends on finding creative and novel words to interpret different films. Concerning that his films are not watched by many people, Godard, says: “If they watched my films, they would give themselves eighty percent into them. Yet, if you go and watch Titanic, you give only ten percent of your personality into it. Good films have less viewers, but these films take a lot from them.”
SineFilozofi attempts to understand, feel and explain both kind of the films –which take a lot or only a little from their viewers. In this context, SineFilozofi, adopting a concept where masters, headworkers and apprentices work together, tries to watch different films with different poetic languages. Thus, in addition to finding the concern in the mass culture cinema products like Star Wars, it also follows a language that aims to reveal emotion and concern in the films of intellectual directors, such as Godard.

9. SineFilozofi supports the idea that cinema does not simply imitate the world, on the contrary it interferes with and constructs the world. Its fundemantal question is what
films do to us and how. The traces of the answer will be followed with the help of philosophical conceptions and cinematic images.

10. Cinema has the potential of showing not only what can be thought but also what cannot be thought. Nevertheless, SineFilozofi believes that a step beyond Wittgenstein’s understanding “whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent” is possible, instead adopts a new one: “must not be silent” with the help of the friction among philosophical conceptions and the images in films. Cinema does this by showing, whereas philoshopy does the same by continuously following new creative and productive things and new conceptions. The combination of these two is a brand new philosophy: SineFilozofi.

SineFilozofi offers to gather all the people who take cinema and philosophy in consideration seriously but are scattered around Turkey; and their forces together. Interlocked one another around the journal this independent and autonomous synergy, beyond forming any kinds of factions and cliques, is going to follow thought only. CinePhilosophical Community is open to anyone who interiorizes this slogan, or to anyone who at least ponder over it even if they do not fully interiorize. The community offers carrying out cinephilosophical translations, compilations and meetings on an intellectual and artistic plane.
Thought has philosophical and artistic appearances.

IF THE PURPOSE IS THOUGHT, IT IS NECESSARY TO UNITE FORCES.

SineFilozofi is open to all works coming from branches such as fine arts, philosophy, social sciences that are in close relationship with this field, especially the field where cinema and philosophy intersect, and that coincide with the publication policy.

SineFilozofi is open to all works coming from branches such as fine arts, philosophy, social sciences that are in close relationship with this field, especially the field where cinema and philosophy intersect, and that coincide with the publication policy.

- Article Preparation

. Language of Publication
Articles written in Turkish or English are accepted to be published in this journal.

. Submission of Articles

Articles should be submitted online at https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/journal/1707/submission/step/manuscript/new.

In addition, all processes and correspondence regarding the articles will be carried out through the DergiPark system.

In the Journal of SineFilozofi submission system, articles submitted in Word format should not contain the author's name in their full texts. Users are required to use their own names when submitting articles through the member accounts they have created.

Along with the articles, the Journal of SineFilozofi Article Information Form*, which indicates the article type and contains information about the article, the journal of SineFilozofi Copyright and Author Agreement* form (with a signature on it) and a plagiarism report from Turnitin or iThenticate programs should be uploaded.

General Rules

. The full text of the articles in Word format that are uploaded to the Journal of SineFilozofi system should not include author(s)' name(s). Users must use their own names in the member accounts they open to post articles.
. Articles should have Turkish and English abstracts. The English title of the article should be placed before the English abstract. Abstracts should be between 150-250 words.

. In the articles, there should be 5 Turkish keywords representing the content of the study under the Turkish abstract, and 5 English keywords representing the content of the study under the English abstract.

. Your work that is written in Turkish language should include an Extended Abstract of 600-800 words, which briefly summarizes the work. Extended abstract in English is only required for Turkish articles.

. It is recommended that you follow the following order in your studies: Title, Abstract, Keywords, Title in Foreign Language, Abstract, Keywords, Extended Abstract (if the study is in Turkish), Introduction, Main Text, (Method, Results, Discussion - Optional), Conclusion and Bibliography.

. It is recommended that the total word count of the articles (Research articles/Case Study/Review articles) be in the range of 6000-8000 words.
. Photographs, drawings, pictures, etc. used in articles should be named in the layout 'Image 1: name or description of the image'.

The table and figure titles should be numbered and written boldly above the table/figure. The table title should have the initial letters capitalized.

Notes and references should be separated. Notes should be numbered within the text and presented as 'footnotes.' References, on the other hand, should be organized according to the APA system.

. The names of the films mentioned in the articles, when used for the first time in the text, should be given in their original form and in parentheses in Turkish. In addition, the director of the film and the release year should be specified. For example: Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari (Dr. Caligari's Practice, Robert Wiene, 1920). For references made after the first use, the Turkish or original name of the film may be preferred, provided that it is consistent within the text. In addition, references to the film after the first use do not have to include the director's name and the year of production. All movie, book, newspaper, journal, TV program names in the text should be written in italics. All movies, books, journals, newspapers, TV programs referenced in the text should also be included in the bibliography in accordance with the APA style.

Rules for the Formal Arrangement of the Article

Arrengement of Titles

The first letters of the main title should be capitalized and it should have a font size of 13 points and it should be in bold,
The first letters of Introduction, Abstract, Conclusion and Bibliography should be capitalized, they should be aligned left, twelve font size and in bold,
The first letters of titles should be capitalized and they should be aligned left, twelve font size and in bold,
The first letters of the headings should be capitalized and they should be written in italics, aligned to the paragraph, in 12 font size and in bold

Manuscripts should be written in Microsoft Word and page dimensions should be arranged as follows:

Paper Size: A4 Vertical
Top Margin: 3 cm
Bottom Margin: 2.5 cm
Left Margin: 2.5 cm
Right Margin: 2.5 cm
Paragraph Indentation: 1 cm
Block Quote: Left 1 cm
Font: Book Antiqua
Font Style: Normal
Main Text Size: 11 points
Block Quote: 10 point
Endnote Text Size: 9 points
In-Table Data: 10 point
Paragraph Spacing: 6 pt
Line Spacing: One (1.25)

Article Writing Rules

The Journal of SineFilozofi has adopted the APA (7.0) reference order. The reference format of the submitted works should be in accordance with the APA (7.0) style. For information about APA rules:
http://www.apastyle.org/

The Turkish Language Association Spelling Guide should be the basis for spelling and punctuation in the works: https://www.tdk.gov.tr/tdk/kurumsal/yazim-kilavuzu.

Notes and references should be separated. Notes should be numbered in the text and given as “footnotes”. References should be arranged according to the APA system.

Rules for Citation and Source Attribution

In the bibliography, only sources cited/referenced in the text should be included.

All the sources used in the article should be listed at the end of the text under the heading 'References' as a separate section, alphabetically and hanging indented according to the authors' surnames.

If multiple publications from the same author and same year are utilized, the publications should be distinguished by using the labels 'a, b, c,...' sequentially. This practice should be applied both in-text during citation and in the bibliography section.

    Exp: In the text: (Erkılıç, 2018a, p. 10),….(Erkılıç, 2018b). In the “Works Cited” part: Erkılıç, H. (2018a). ….. Erkılıç, H. (2018b). …..

Direct quotations of less than 40 words should be enclosed in quotation marks. Direct quotations exceeding 40 words, however, should be presented as a separate paragraph, indented 1 cm from the left in block format, using 10-point font. In such cases, quotation marks should not be used.

When quoting directly from an original work, the omitted word(s)/sentence(s) are indicated with square brackets and three dots inside […].

If the primary source quoted in the text has not been personally read by the author and is being used through a secondary source, it should be indicated as follows: (Bergson, as cited in Sönmez, 2020, p. 48).

Citation in the Text

Single author works: (Makal, 2014, pp. 201-202)
Works with two authors; (Neyzi & Demirci, 2011, p. 72)
Works with three, four and five authors; (Connerton, Wayne & West, 2010, pp. 12–13) In repetitive uses in the text; (Connerton et al., 2010)
Works with six or more authors: (Mutlu et al., 2013)

Institutional names: First citation in the text: (World Health Organization [WHO], 2023). Repeated citations: (WHO, 2023)

Presentation of Sources in the Works Cited Section

All sources used in the article should be listed under the title of Bibliography at the end of the text, as a separate section, alphabetically and hanging according to the surnames of the authors.
For more information, please check: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples

        Books:

General Rule: Author(s) Last Name, First Initial. (Publication Year). Title of the Work (If there is an Edition). (If it's a translated book, Translator's Name). Publisher.

Note: In APA 7, there is no information about the "place of publication" in book references. If there is a DOI number, it should be appended to the end as "http...". In APA 7, the format "DOI: ..." has been removed, and the new rule requires writing the entire address starting with "http."

• Single-author books:
  Sobchack, V. (1992). The address of the eye: A phenomenology of film experience. Princeton University Press.
• If there are more than one work of the same author:
  Carlson, N. R. (2007a). Foundations of physiology and psychology. (7th Edition). Pearson Allyn & Bacon.
  Carlson, N. R. (2007b). Physiology of behaviour. Pearson Allyn & Bacon.
• Two-author books:
  Rushton, R., & Bettinson, G. (2010). What is Film Theory?. Open University Press.
• If there are more than three authors:
  Alwang, J., Siegel, P. B., Jorgensen, S. L., Alwang, J., Siegel, P. B., & Jorgensen, S. L. (2001). Vulnerability: a view from different disciplines. The World Bank.
• If there is no author:
  Name of the book. (2020). Publisher.
• Translated books:
  Frampton, D. (2013). Filmozofi: Sinemayı yepyeni bir tarzda anlamak için manifesto (C. Soydemir, Trans.). Metis.
• Edited Book (Whole Book):
  Mansell, R., Avgerou, C., Quah, D. & Silverstone R. (Eds.). (2007). The handbook of information and communication technologies. Oxford University Press.
• A book chapter in an edited book:
  Greenstein, S., & Prince, J. (2007). Internet diffusion and geography of the digital divide in United States. In E. Mansell, C. Avgerou , D. Quah & R. Silverstone (Eds.), The Handbook of Information and Communication Technologies (pp. 168-195). Oxford University Press.

Note: In books with a single editor, use (Editor). In books with multiple editors, use (Editors). In APA 7, the format "DOI: ..." has been removed, and the new rule requires writing the entire address starting with "http.

         Article:

General Rule: Author's Last Name, First Initial. (Publication Year). Article Title. Journal Name, Volume Number (If Available, Issue Number), Page Numbers of the Article.

Öztürk, S. (2022). Sinema ve düşünce ilişkisi üzerine bir tartışma: Beden sinema ve beyin sinema. İletişim Kuram ve Araştırma Dergisi, 60 (1), 93-118. https://doi.org/10.47998/ikad.1174359

Sobchack, V. (1990). Active eye: Optical movement: Transformations of attention. Quarterly Review of Film and Video, 21-36.

Note: In APA 7, the format "DOI: ..." has been removed, and the new rule requires writing the entire address starting with "http." If the article has a DOI number, it should be included." 

        Thesis:

General Rule: Author's Last Name, First Initial. (Publication Year). Thesis Title. (Unpublished Master's/Doctoral Thesis). Institute Name, City.

Üşümezgezer, Ç. (2019). Haneke sinemasının yaralanabilir seyircisi. (Unpublished Master's Thesis). Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Institute of Social Sciences, Istanbul.

        İnternet:

World Health Organization. (2018, May 24). The top 10 causes of death. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/the-top-10-causes-of-death.

        Film:

General Rule: Director's Last Name, First Initial. (Director). (Year of Production). Title of the Film [Film]. Country: Studio.

Tarantino, Q. (Director). (1994). Pulp fiction [Motion Picture]. USA: Miramax.

        An Episode in a TV Series:

General Rule: Screenwriter's Last Name, First Initial. (Screenwriter) & Director's Last Name, First Initial. (Director). (Year of Publication). Episode Title [Television Series Episode]. Producer's First Initial., Last Name (Producer), Name of the Series. Country: Studio.

Armstrong, J. (Screenwriter) & Welsh, B. (Director). (2011). The Entire History of You [Television Series Episode]. C. Brooker (Producer), Black Mirror. United Kingdom: Channel 4.

*For other citation examples needed, you can visit the following address: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/

Article Final Checklist

Make sure that you do not have a deficiency in the following items:

• Articles should be submitted to the following adress: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/journal/1707/submission/step/manuscript/new.
• The text of the articles should be in Word format and the author(s)’s names should not be included in any part of the text in accordance with double-blind peer-review policy.
• Make sure that the APA(7.0) reference system is used in your article and that your article is compatible with the publication policies, manifesto, purpose and scope. Also be sure that the main text of the article includes a Turkish and an English title, abstracts in both Turkish and English language and keywords, and an Extended Abstract if your article is in Turkish.
• Journal of SineFilozofi Article Information Form, Journal of SineFilozofi Copyright and Author Agreement and Plagiarism Report should be uploaded to the system as separate files along with the main text of the article.


Article Evaluation Process

Evaluation Stage: EDITORIAL EVALUATION PROCESS

The articles should be written in accordance with the journal's writing guidelines and in an academic language.
The papers should be original works that have not been published elsewhere and are not submitted for publication elsewhere.
Only one article per author will be published within the same year. If an author submits another article and it is accepted for publication, it will be queued for publication in the following year.
The works should demonstrate consistency in terms of purpose, topic, and content.
The papers should not contain plagiarism, and a plagiarism report from Turnitin or iThenticate programs should be uploaded to the system along with the paper. In order for the papers to be considered for evaluation, the plagiarism report from Turnitin or iThenticate should be below 20%. For questions and issues regarding plagiarism reports, please email asli.sahinkaya@gmail.com.
Papers that do not comply with these rules will be rejected by the editorial board without entering the peer review process.

Evaluation Stage: PEER REVIEW PROCESS

Once the articles pass through the editorial evaluation, the peer review process begins. In the assignment of referees, the compatibility of the referee's expertise with the subject of the article is taken into consideration.
The papers submitted to the journal are evaluated through a double-blind peer review system.
The Chief Editor makes the assignments for the study in accordance with the principle of not allowing conflicts of interest among authors, editors, and referees. The papers are sent to at least two referees according to the double-blind peer review system. Referees are expected to conduct the evaluation processes fairly and adhere to the principle of impartiality. Referees should keep all information regarding the evaluated paper confidential. Statements, information, and discussions about these papers should not be made in different media. The evaluation reports should not contain offensive or derogatory language. If a referee believes that they are faced with a conflict of interest during the evaluation process, they should inform the journal editor and refuse to review the paper.
If both referee reports are positive, the paper can be published; if they are negative, the paper will be rejected. In case one report is positive and the other is negative, a third referee is consulted. Based on the report of the third referee, the paper will be accepted or rejected. Authors may be requested to make changes and/or corrections to the paper based on the review and evaluation processes. Papers whose peer review process is not completed will be considered for evaluation in the next issue. The decision to publish is made by the Chief Editor after the authors have made the requested revisions and the peer review process is completed.

***Important Information: All the rules and processes mentioned above apply in the same manner to the published/planned Special Issues of the Journal of SineFilozofi.

Publication Ethics Statement

A double-blind peer review system is adopted in article evaluation processes. Thus, it is ensured that the authors and referees are anonymous.
Sinefilozofi journal has adopted the policy of providing open access, it is not for profit and access to the journal content is free. The journal does not charge article processing or application fees.
Sinefilozofi journal does not reserve the publication rights of the articles. All publication rights belong to the authors. However, articles published in the journal cannot be used without reference.
Sinefilozofi undertakes to fulfill its ethical responsibilities on the basis of the standards set by the "Council of Higher Education Scientific Research and Publication Ethics" standards and "COPE"; makes sure that editors, authors and referees are also aware of these responsibilities in scientific articles sent to journals.
Sinefilozofi journal also takes into account the publication ethics flow charts (https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts) determined by COPE in case of a possible abuse or violation of publication ethics.

Research Ethics

- Journal of SineFilozofi embarks on high international standards in research ethics. It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure the compliance of their studies with ethical rules.
- Researchers should initially place emphasis on the principle of transparency, originality and consistency in all processes involving the design, preparation and implementation of the research.
- In research involving human element; participants in the research should volunteer in participating and they should be asked to fill out a voluntary consent form.
- In cases where children and people under guardianship are included in the research, the consent of their legal guardians should be obtained.
- If the study will be carried out in any institution or organization, a certificate of approval for the research must be obtained from the relevant institution or organization.
- Studies involving human elements should have an Ethics Committee Permission document and researchers should state that they have it in their studies. In studies that require ethics committee permission, information about the permission (name of the committee, date and number) should be included in the method section. In addition, in case reports, information regarding the signature in the consent form should be included on one of the first/last pages of the article.
- Researchers must attach importance to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- In addition to all these items, within the scope of "Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive" (https://www.yok.gov.tr/Sayfalar/Kurumsal/mevzuat/bilimsel-arastirma-ve-etik-yonetmeligi.aspx) and scientific Actions against research and publication ethics are as follows:

Actions Contrary to Scientific Research and Publication Ethics

Article 4 - (1) Actions against scientific research and publication ethics are as follows:

a) Plagiarism: To present the original ideas, methods, data or works of others as one's own work, in whole or in part, without attribution in accordance with scientific rules,
b) Fraud: Using non-existent or falsified data in scientific research,
c) Distortion: To falsify research records or obtained data, to present devices or materials that are not used in the research as if they were used, to falsify or shape the research results in line with the interests of the people and organizations that receive support,
d) Republishing: presenting duplicate publications as separate publications for academic appointments and promotions,
e) Slicing: Presenting the results of a study as separate publications in academic appointments and promotions by dissecting the results of a research in a way that violates the integrity of the research and publishing it in more than one issue,
f) Unfair authorship: Including people who do not contribute actively or not including those who do, changing the order of authors unjustifiably and inappropriately, removing the names of those who contributed actively from the work in subsequent editions, using his/her influence to include his/her name among the authors, although he/she did not have an active contribution,

(2) Other types of ethical violations include:
a) Not mentioning the names of the supporting persons, institutions or organizations and their contributions in the publications carried out with these actors’ support
b) Using the thesis or studies that have not yet been presented or defended and accepted as a source without the permission of the owner,
c) Not complying with ethical rules in research on humans and animals, not respecting patient rights in their publications,
d) Violating the provisions of the relevant legislation in human biomedical research and other clinical research,
e) Sharing the information in a particular work during the reviewing process with others without the permission of the author before the research has been published,
f) Misuse of resources, places, facilities and devices provided or allocated for scientific research,
g) To allege unfounded, out-of-place and deliberate ethical violations
h) To publish the data obtained without the consent of the participants in surveys and attitude studies conducted within the scope of a scientific study or without the permission of the institution on the condition that the research is conducted with the help of an institution,
i) Harming animal health and ecological balance in research and experiments,
j) Not obtaining written permissions from authorized units before starting studies in research and experiments,
k) Carrying out studies in research and experiments contrary to the provisions of the legislation or international conventions to which Turkey is a party, regarding relevant research and experiments
l) Failure to comply with the obligation of researchers and authorities to inform and warn those concerned about possible harmful practices related to scientific research
m) Not to use the data and information obtained from other persons and institutions in scientific studies, to the extent and in the manner permitted, not to comply with the confidentiality of this information and not to ensure its protection,
n) Making false or misleading statements regarding scientific research and publications in academic appointments and promotions

The Ethical Responsibilities of the Authors

Scientific articles to be sent to the journal cannot have been published before, included in a program, or undergone an evaluation process for publication elsewhere. Authors cannot have their work in the application process of more than one journal at the same time.
The author should have documentation showing that he/she has the rights to use the data used, the necessary permissions for the analysis, or has performed the permission procedures for the experimental subjects.
Ethics committee approval should be obtained for research that requires ethics committee approval, and this approval should be stated and documented in the article.
In studies that require ethics committee permission, information about the permission (name of the committee, date and number) should be included in the method section. In addition, in case reports, information regarding the signature in the consent form should be included on one of the first/last pages of the article.
Manuscripts submitted to the journal must be original. Attention should be paid to citation and bibliography.
The names of all authors who contributed to the article should be included. All authors have to indicate the author rank on the Journal of SineFilozofi Copyright and Author Agreement form. Authors should indicate the Researchers’ Contribution Rate Statement. In addition, they should declare financial relations, conflicts of interest and competition of interest, if any, that may affect the results of the research or scientific evaluation.
The editorial team of the journal should be contacted about the errors noticed after the publication of the articles and necessary arrangements should be made.
If necessary, copyrights should be obtained by the author for the images used in the articles.
It is not possible to change the author responsibilities of a work whose evaluation process has begun (such as adding an author, changing the order of authors, removing an author).
The authors are ultimately responsible for situations such as material errors and possible ethical problems that may arise in the content of the articles.

Ethical Responsibilities of Referees

All information about the article being evaluated should be kept confidential. Statements, information and negotiations about these articles should not be made in different media. The documents containing the peer review process should not be shared outside the journal editorial team.
Evaluation processes should be conducted fairly. The principle of neutrality must be observed. Referees should not have conflicts of interest related to the research, with the authors and/or, if any, with the financial backers of the research.
If there is any doubt on a conflict of interest in the evaluation process, the editor of the journal should be informed. Furthermore, the referee should refuse to carry on the peer-review process of the work.
Referees should evaluate the articles within the given period of time and should not disrupt the process of the article by exceeding this time.
The evaluation process of the articles should be carried out in collaboration with the editor. The referee should convey the warnings and additional information he/she deems appropriate to the editor.

Evaluation reports should not include offensive or derogatory expressions.
Corrections requested from the author should be clearly stated.

Authorities and Ethical Responsibilities of the Editorial Team

The editor-in-chief has the authority to decide whether or not to assess a manuscript during the preliminary review phase.
Editors are responsible for applying the "Blind Refereeing and Evaluation Process" policies in the journal's publication policies. In this context, the editors ensure that the evaluation process of each work is carried out in a fair, unbiased and timely manner.
Editors are responsible for protecting the personal information of authors, referees and readers.
Editors are obliged to examine complaints from authors, referees or readers and respond in an enlightening and explanatory manner.
Editors are obliged to provide explanatory information regarding questions from authors, referees or readers.

Publication Policy


SineFilozofi is an refereed (double-blind refereeing system), widespread, periodical electronic journal published twice a year. The journal, which has an interdisciplinary structure between the fields of cinema and philosophy, aims to provide ground for international academic debates in its field.

There is no application fee for academic content submitted for publication to the journal. This journal has adopted an open access policy, it is not for profit, and access to the journal content is free.

Scientific articles sent to the journal for publication must be in Turkish or English. The journal publishes original research, compilations, case reports, book reviews and interviews/interview articles coming from branches such as fine arts, philosophy and social sciences, which are closely related to this field, especially the intersection of cinema and philosophy, and which coincide with the publication policy.

SineFilozofi works on a voluntary basis. There is no royalty fee for the articles, book and film reviews, and conversations / interviews published in the content of the magazine. Manuscripts submitted to the journal must not have been published elsewhere or sent for publication.

Only one article of an author can be published in the same year. Even if the author submits another article and the article is accepted, it is queued for publication in an appropriate issue in the following year.

Sinefilozofi undertakes to fulfill its ethical responsibilities on the basis of the standards set by the "Council of Higher Education Scientific Research and Publication Ethics" standards and "COPE"; makes sure that editors, authors and referees are also aware of these responsibilities in scientific articles sent to journal. Sinefilozofi journal also takes into account the publication ethics flow charts (https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts) determined by COPE in case of a possible abuse or violation of publication ethics.

Sinefilozofi journal does not reserve the publication rights of the articles. All publication rights belong to the authors. However, articles published in the journal cannot be used without reference. Scientific articles to be sent to the journal should not have been previously published, included in a program, or entered into the evaluation process for publication elsewhere. Authors cannot have their work in the application process of more than one journal at the same time.


Blind Review Process and Evaluation Policy

Scientific articles sent to the journal that have not been published before, that have not been included in a program or that have not entered the evaluation process for publication elsewhere are accepted and included in the evaluation process. Authors are required to submit a plagiarism report, along with their manuscript, that has been screened for plagiarism using Turnitin or iThenticate software and shows that their work has a similarity rate of less than 20%. Manuscripts that pass this stage are primarily taken into the preliminary evaluation process by the editor-in-chief. The editor-in-chief has the authority to decide whether or not to assess a manuscript during the preliminary review phase. Manuscripts that complete the preliminary review phase are sent to at least two national/international referees for evaluation by the editor-in-chief in accordance with the double-blind refereeing policy. The publication decision is made by the editor-in-chief after the arrangements made by the authors in line with the requests of the referees and the referee process.

*The Responsibilities of Editors and Referees

The editor-in-chief has the authority to decide whether or not to assess a manuscript during the preliminary review phase. The editor-in-chief does not allow any conflict of interest between the authors, editors and referees for the articles to be evaluated. The editor-in-chief and editors are responsible for applying the double-blind refereeing policies. The editor-in-chief and editors are responsible for applying the double-blind refereeing policies. . In this context, the editors ensure that the evaluation process of each work is carried out in a fair, unbiased and timely manner.

Editors are responsible for protecting the personal information of authors, referees and readers.
Editors are responsible for protecting the personal information of authors, referees and readers.
Editors are obliged to examine complaints from authors, referees or readers and respond in an enlightening and explanatory manner.
All information about the article being evaluated should be kept confidential. Statements, information and negotiations about these articles should not be made in different media.
Documents containing the refereeing process should not be shared outside of the journal’s editorial team.
Evaluation processes should be conducted fairly. The principle of neutrality must be observed.
Referees should evaluate the articles within the given period of time and should not disrupt the process of the article by exceeding this time.
The evaluation process of the articles should be carried out in collaboration with the editor. The referee should convey the warnings and additional information he/she deems appropriate to the editor.
Evaluation reports should not include offensive or derogatory expressions.
Corrections requested from the author should be clearly stated.
Referees should not have conflicts of interest related to the research, with the authors and/or, if any, with the financial backers of the research.
If there is any doubt on a conflict of interest in the evaluation process, the editor of the journal should be informed. Furthermore, the referee should refuse to carry on the peer-review process of the work.

*Referee Process

Manuscripts submitted to the journal cannot have been published elsewhere or sent for publication. Works published in the journal cannot be used without being cited. Manuscripts sent to the journal are evaluated with a double-blind refereeing system. The editor-in-chief makes the assignments of the work in accordance with the principle of not allowing conflict of interest between authors, editors and referees. Studies are sent to at least two referees in parallel to double-blind refereeing system. The referees are expected to conduct the evaluation processes fairly and to comply with the principle of impartiality. Referees must keep all information about the evaluated manuscript confidential. They shouldn’t make any statements and give information about the articles in different media. Evaluation reports should not include offensive or derogatory expressions. If there is any doubt on a conflict of interest in the evaluation process, the editor of the journal should be informed. Furthermore, the referee should refuse to carry on the peer-review process of the work.

If both referees who accept the evaluation give positive reports about the study, it can be published, if they are both negative, the study is rejected. If there is a positive and a negative report from the referees, a third referee is contacted. The study is accepted or rejected in accordance with the report of the third arbitrator. As a result of these reviews and evaluations, the author(s) of the study may be asked for changes and/or corrections. Studies that have not completed the peer review process will be evaluated for the next issue. The publication decision is made by the editor-in-chief after the arrangements made by the authors and the referee process in accordance with the requests of the referees.

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The journal does not charge article processing or application fees.
Sinefilozofi journal does not reserve the publication rights of the articles. All publication rights belong to the authors. However, articles published in the journal cannot be used without reference.
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