Publication Policy
1. The Journal of Sīrah Studies (Siyer Araştırmaları Dergisi) is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes academic studies directly or indirectly related to the field of sīrah. Its regular issues are published twice a year, in April and October. By the decision of the Editorial Board, a special issue may also be published once a year on a specific theme.
2. The journal publishes original works by researchers who are pursuing graduate studies or hold a Ph.D., including Research Articles, Review Articles, Translations, Scholarly Critiques, Book Reviews, Symposium Evaluations, and Obituaries (Wafayāt) written in Turkish or English that make a scientific contribution to the field.
3. No more than one work by the same author, including co-authored Works, may be published in any given issue.
4. The Journal of Sīrah Studies (Siyer Araştırmaları Dergisi) consists of three main sections: Peer-Reviewed Articles, Letters to the Editor, and Non-Peer-Reviewed Articles. The Peer-Reviewed Articles section includes Research Articles, Review Articles, and Translations; the Non-Peer-Reviewed Contributions section includes Book reviews, Symposium Evaluations, and Obituaries (Wafayāt).
5. Manuscripts submitted to the journal must not have been previously published, accepted for publication elsewhere, or under simultaneous consideration by another publication.
6. Papers presented at academic conferences and works derived from postgraduate theses may be considered for publication, provided that their origin is disclosed at the time of submission and that they are prepared in the form of a scholarly article. No more than two such works may be published in the same issue.
7. The Journal of Sīrah Studies (Siyer Araştırmaları Dergisi) considers only one manuscripts from each author during the same submission period. An article by the same author will not be published in two consecutive issues.
8. Authors’ identification and contact details (full name, academic title, institutional affiliation, ORCID iD, email address, and acknowledgements, if any), must be entered accurately and in full in the Author Information Form and the form must be uploaded to the submission system.
9. For multi-authored articles, the Author Contribution Statement Form must be completed in full, clearly specifying the nature and proportion of each author’s contribution.
10. Manuscripts submitted for peer-review must not contain any information that could reveal the identity of the author(s), in order to ensure the proper implementation of the double-blind peer review process.
11. Manuscripts in Turkish to the Journal of Sīrah Studies (Siyer Araştırmaları Dergisi) must be between 3,000 and 10,000 words, including the Turkish and English abstracts, bibliography, figures, and tables. For manuscripts in English, the word limit is between 3,000 and 14,000 words.
12. Manuscripts must include titles in both Turkish and English; a Turkish abstract and an English abstract of between 100 and 300 words; five keywords in both language; footnote citations and a bibliography prepared in accordance with the ISNAD Citation Style (2nd Edition); and a bibliography written in the Latin alphabet in accordance with the rules of transliteration.
13. Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with the journal’s author guidelines and uploaded through the DergiPark submission system within the announced submission period.
14. All manuscripts are subject to preliminary evaluation by the Editorial Board to determine their compliance with the journal’s author guidelines, publication principles, and scope. Manuscripts found unsuitable at this stage are not sent for peer-review process and are returned to their authors by decision of the Editorial Board.
15. Similarity reports for submitted manuscripts are generated using the İntihal.net. The overall similarity rate must not exceed 25%. the Editorial Board may also review these reports by taking into account both the similarity rate and the nature of similarities, in accordance with the Similarity Policy of the Journal of Sīrah Studies (Siyer Araştırmaları Dergisi).
16. Manuscripts that pass the preliminary evaluation and similarity check are sent to at least two subject experts for double-blind peer review. The reviewers are appointed by the Editorial Board.
17. Following the completion of the peer-review process, manuscripts that receive favourable recommendations are accepted for publication by decision of the Editorial Board. Manuscripts that receive negative recommendations from both reviewers are rejected. The authors of rejected manuscripts are informed of the review reports and the outcome of the evaluation. A rejected manuscript may be reconsidered if it is revised in accordance with the reviewers’ reports and submitted as a new manuscript.
18. If the reviewers’ reports contain differing recommendations, the Editorial Board may, if it deems it necessary, send the manuscript to a third reviewer. The final decision on publication is made by the Editorial Board.
19. Submissions for special issues approved by the Editorial Board are accepted separately. The publication policy, author guidelines, and ethical principles applicable to regular issues also apply to special issues. The Editorial Board may appoint a guest editor to oversee the preparation of a special issue.
20. Authors are not charged any fees for manuscript submission, review, or publication. No royalties are paid for published works.
21. The Journal of Sīrah Studies (Siyer Araştırmaları Dergisi) has signed the Budapest Open Access Initiative Declaration and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
22. The copyright in published works belongs to the authors.
23. The scientific, ethical, and legal responsibility for all published works rests solely with their authors. the Journal of Sīrah Studies (Siyer Araştırmaları Dergisi) is not responsible for the opinions expressed, evaluations made, or conclusions reached in published works.
