The ability to evaluate and publish the articles sent to our journal depends, first of all, on the editors' decision about the article's suitability for the journal. Editors may directly reject an article that they deem inappropriate or inadequate in terms of form or content, without going through the referee process. However, receiving a positive report from the referees does not mean that the article will definitely be published. The editor, editorial board or field editor may decide not to publish an article even if a positive report is received from the referees. However, in such a case, the editor is obliged to inform the author of the justification.
Articles sent to Siirt University Social Sciences Institute Journal are scanned by iThenticate. An article whose similarity rate exceeds 20%, including citations, will be rejected. However, this rate can be updated by the editor depending on the scope of the study and the factor that causes the similarity rate to be high (compilation, same text, archive scanning, etc.).
Articles submitted to our journal may be withdrawn while they are at the preliminary review stage before proceeding to the evaluation stage. Articles that have been sent to the referees and have passed the evaluation stage cannot be withdrawn. Authors are required to follow the process of the article only through the system. When necessary, a letter can be written to the editor only for technical problems. Apart from this, no letter can be written to the editor regarding the functioning of the article in the referee process. In addition, the editor and the editorial board cannot be held responsible in any way for the decisions made by the referees.
The decision-making authority for matters not stated here belongs to the journal editor and editorial board.
A maximum of 1 (one) article by the same author (including articles with co-authors) can be published in a calendar year. In order for the author's new article to be published in the journal, at least 2 (two) issues must be published.