Peer Review Process

Once your paper has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will then be peer-reviewed by independent, two or three expert referees. Publication decision for submitted manuscripts is based on peer review process. But the Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. This journal makes articles available online as soon as possible after acceptance. Authors are responsible for their articles’ conformity to scientific and legal rules.

Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract, an academic thesis, or poster presentation), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. However, this situation should be noted as a footnote by the author(s) on the title page.

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New Submissions

Submission to this journal proceeds totally online and you will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of your files. Manuscripts should be prepared by Word “doc, docx” format.  

Manuscript Preparation

There are no strict formatting requirements but manuscripts should contain the main sections like introduction, methods, results, conclusion, and discussion. Abbreviations should be defined at first mention in the text and in each table and figüre. The personal and institutional acknowledgments are placed at the end of the article, before the references.

Your paper should be written by 11 font size of Times New Roman,  double-line spaced and aligned to the left throughout with margins of 2.5 cm. The page numbers should be placed in the upper right corner of each page. At the beginning of a paragraph, there should be no indentation. No spaces should be left before and after paragraphs.

The headings and subheadings should be appeared in 11 and 10 font size, respectively. They should be bold and left justified (unindented), and also numbered as 1. 1.1., 1.1.1., 1.1.2., 1.1.2.1. The headings should be capitalized and subheadings should appear in lower case (initial word capitalized). The headings should be partitioned no more than 4 levels. There should be one blank line before the subheadings; no blank line should be given after the subheadings.

Tables and Figures
Tables and figures should be numbered consecutively (e.g., Table 1, Table 2, Figure 1) and must be referred to in the text at the appropriate points. The title of a table should be placed above the table; the title of a figure should be placed below the figure. The first letters of each title for tables and figures should be capitalized. The references for the table or figure should be listed directly beneath it. Tables and figures, along with their titles, should be centered within the text, and a single line space should be left between the text and the tables or figures.

In the text, each table and figure should be explicitly referred to. This ensures that readers can easily access the relevant visual material.

Example Titles for Tables and Figures:
Table 1. Literature Review on Performance Measurement at Ports
Figure 1. Conceptual Model of the Study
These modifications facilitate the effective integration of visual materials into the text and help readers better understand the content.

 Abstract and Keywords
The manuscript should contain the Turkish and English abstract of no more than 200 words. First letter of the abstract should be in capital case (Abstract) as bold in 9 font size. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results, and major conclusions. Abbreviations should not be used in the abstract. The authors should list three to five keywords which can be used for indexing purposes. Keywords should be written in lower case with semicolons.

Title Page
The title page should include a concise and informative title (Turkish and English), the name(s) and complete affiliation(s) of the author(s), and the address for manuscript correspondence including e-mail address, telephone, and fax numbers. All authors are recommended to provide an open researcher and contributor ID (ORCID)(http://orcid.org). Information about the identity of the name and organization should not be given on any page other than the title page. The Turkish and English title of the article should be written in capital letters, using font size 12 and bold and it should be set centered. Full names of the authors should be written under the main title and aligned to the left. First letter of the author(s) name and last name should be in capital case with 11 font size. The affiliations(s) and contact information of the author(s) should be written with font size 10.

Emphasis
In the text, bold words cannot be used. If you want to emphasize, you should be used italic font.

Footnotes
Footnotes should only be used for explanation and numbered at the end of the page. The number should be used when adding footnotes.

Sorting Bullets
Sorting in the text should be preferred such as (•) bullets instead of (1, 2, 3) numbers.

Appendices
Other elements such as survey form, data set, and statistical analysis etc. can be given in appendices part. If there is more than one additional material, they should be numbered for each addition. Appendices should be given at the end of the references.

Direct Citations
Direct quotations should be typed in quotation marks “ ” with 9 font size. 

Citation Within The Text

Authors must follow common rules suggested by American Psychological Association (APA) when preparing manuscripts to be published in Journal of University Research. In citations with up to five authors, all author names should be given. A work by three to five authors should be cited with listing all the authors at first time. In subsequent citations only the first author’s name followed by “et al.”. In citations of the works by six or more authors, only the first author’s name followed by “et al.” should be used. Some examples are given below:

- If referring will be done at the end of the sentence, the name of the author and the publication year must be cited in parentheses.

 (Matthews, 2001)

(Wegener & Petty, 1994)

(Kernis et al., 1993)

- If referring will be done in the beginning and middle of the sentence, the name of the author and the publication year must be cited in parentheses.

Research by Wegener and Petty (1994) supports……….

Harris et al. (2001) argued………

- When it is required to cite more than one work at the same sentence, sources are specified within parenthesis by ordering author names alphabetically separated with semicolons.

 (Berndt, 2002; Harlow, 1983)

 (Miller, 1999; Shafranske & Mahoney, 1998; Smith et al., 2003)

- When direct citations are used, page numbers should be specified.

As Smith (2012, p. 67) points out “……….”

……… evaluation of children has been studied elsewhere (Matthews, 1979, pp. 34-35).

- When authors have the same last name, first initials should be used with the last names.

(E. Johnson, 2001; L. Johnson, 1998)

- Institutional source

Ministry of Health (2000) showed that tobacco consumption ..........

As stated in the Children's Education Guide (2008)……….

……….(Ministry of Family and Social Policy [MFSP], 2003, p. 5).

……….student number will increase (Ministry of National Education, 2012, p. 7).

References

Authors should follow instructions in the Publication Manual of the APA for the references. The list of references should be provided at the end of the article. Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last names of the first author of each work. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters 'a', 'b', 'c', etc., placed after the year of publication. Use of DOI is highly encouraged. All references should be written by 10 font size. Some examples are given below:

- Journal articles

• Berndt, T. J. (2002). Friendship quality and social development. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11, 7-10.
  
• Wegener, D. T., & Petty, R. E. (1994). Mood management across affective states: The hedonic contingency hypothesis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 66(1), 1034-1048.
  
• Kernis, M. H., Cornell, D. P., Sun, C. R., Berry, A., Harlow, T., & Bach, J. S. (1993). There's more to self-esteem than whether it is high or low: The importance of stability of self-esteem. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 1190-1204.
  
• Berndt, T. J. (1981a). Age changes and changes over time in prosocial intentions and behavior between friends. Developmental Psychology, 17(2), 408-416.
  
• Brownlie, D. (2007). Toward effective poster presentations: An annotated bibliography. European Journal of Marketing, 41, 1245-1283. doi:10.1108/03090560710821161

- Book

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher.

• Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. 

- Edited book

Author, A. A. (Ed.). (Year of publication). Title of work. Location: Publisher.

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work. Name of Editor (Ed.). Location: Publisher.

• Duncan, G. J., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (Eds.). (1997). Consequences of growing up poor. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation.
• Plath, S. (2000). The unabridged journals. K. V. Kukil (Ed.). New York, NY: Anchor. 

- Translated book

• Laplace, P. S. (1951). A philosophical essay on probabilities. (F. W. Truscott & F. L. Emory, Trans.). New York, NY: Dover.

- Article or chapter in an edited book

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Title of chapter. In A. A. Editor & B. B. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pages of chapter). Location: Publisher.

• O'Neil, J. M., & Egan, J. (1992). Men's and women's gender role journeys: A metaphor for healing, transition, and transformation. In B. R. Wainrib (Ed.), Gender issues across the life cycle (pp. 107-123). New York, NY: Springer.

- Electronic sources

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Online Periodical, volume number(issue number if available). Retrieved from 
http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

• Murray, G. (2005). A duty of care to children and young people in Western Australia: Report on the quality assurance and review of unsubstantiated allegations of abuse in care: 1 April 2004 to 12 September 2005. Retrieved from Western Australia, Department of Child Protection website: http://www.community.wa.gov.au/NR/rdonlyres/851183A4-A822-4592-AB66-C410E453AEEC/0/DCDRPTGwennMurrayreportwithcover2006.pdf
• Goldberg, I. (2000). Dr. Ivan's depression central. Retrieved from http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.html 

- Conference proceeding

Author of  Paper, A., & Author of Paper, B. (Year, Month date). Title of paper. In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor. Title of Published Proceedings. Paper presented at Title of Conference: Subtitle of Conference, Location (inclusive page numbers). Place of publication: Publisher.

Author of  Paper, A., & Author of Paper, B. (Year, Month date). Title of paper. Paper presented at Title of Conference: Subtitle of Conference, Location. doi:10.XXX/XXXXX.XX

Editor, A., & Editor, B. (Eds.). (Year). Title of conference: Subtitle of conference, Location, Date. Place of publication: Name of  Publisher.

• Bickman, L., & Ellis, H. (Eds.). (1990). Preparing psychologists for the 21st century: Proceedings of the National Conference on Graduate Education in Psychology, University of Utah, 1988. Hillsdale, NJ: L. Erlbaum.
• Balakrishnan, R. (2006, 25-26 March). Why aren't we using 3d user interfaces, and will we ever? Paper presented at the IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces. doi:10.1109/VR.2006.148
• Brown, S., & Caste, V. (2004, May). Integrated obstacle detection framework. Paper presented at the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, Detroit, MI.
• Wilkinson, R. (1999). Sociology as a marketing feast. In M. Collis, L. Munro, & S. Russell (Eds.), Sociology for the New Millennium. Papers presented at The Australian Sociological Association, held at Monash University, Melbourne, 7-10 December (pp. 281-289). Churchill, Victoria: Celts.

- Newspaper article

Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of article. Title of Newspaper. Retrieved from 
http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

• Parker-Pope, T. (2008, May 6). Psychiatry handbook linked to drug industry. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/psychiatry-handbook-linked-to-drug-industry/?_r=0

- Published dissertation

Lastname, F. N. (Year). Title of dissertation (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Name of database. (Accession or Order Number)

• Biswas, S. (2008). A neuroprotective treatment target in Parkinson's disease. Retrieved from ProQuest Digital Dissertations. (W20XXXXXX).

- Unpublished dissertation

Lastname, F. N. (Year). Title of dissertation (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Name of Institution, Location.

• Biswas, S. (2008). A neuroprotective treatment target in Parkinson's disease (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia. 

- Institution

National Institute of Mental Health. (1990). Clinical training in serious mental illness (DHHS Publication No. ADM 90-1679). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

- Data set

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. (2008). Indiana income limits [Data Files]. Retrieved from http://www.huduser.org/Datasets/IL/IL08/in_fy2008.pdf

- Powerpoint

Roberts, K. F. (1998). Federal regulations of chemicals in the environment [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from http://siri.uvm.edu/ppt/40hrenv/index.html

 

Journal of University Research - Üniversite Araştırmaları Dergisi (ÜAD)follows certain ethical standards for publication, existing to ensure high-quality scientific publications, public trust in scientific findings, and due credit for original ideas. ÜAD is connected to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), abides by its Code of Conduct, and aims to adhere to its Best Practice Guidelines.
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). (2011, March 7). Code of Conduct and Best-Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. Retrieved from https://publicationethics.org/files/Code_of_conduct_for_journal_editors_Mar11.pdf 

Authors who submit papers to ÜAD certify that his or her work is original and is not published or under publication consideration elsewhere. In addition, authors confirm that submitted papers have not been copied or plagiarized, in whole or in part, from other papers or studies. Authors certify that he or she does not have potential conflicts of interest or partial benefits associated with his or her papers.

ÜAD will check for plagiarism in all submitted articles prior to publication. If plagiarism is detected at any stage of the publication process, the author will be instructed to rewrite the manuscript. Every submission will be scanned by Turnitin to prevent plagiarism. If any manuscript is 20% plagiarized the article will be rejected and the author will be notified. We strongly recommend that authors check paper content before submitting for publication. Plagiarism can be checked by using free online software, like (FREE PLAGARISM CHECKER at http://www.quetext.com.)
ÜAD is committed to objective and fair blind peer reviews of submitted papers and the prevention of any actual or potential conflicts of interest between writers and reviewers.

Authors must confirm the following:
1. Manuscripts must be the original work of the submitting author.
2. Submitted manuscripts must be unpublished.
3. There should be no conflict of interest. If it exists, it must be clearly stated.
4. Authors should cite all data sources used in the preparation of the manuscript.
Please note: It is unethical to submit a manuscript to more than one journal concurrently.

Reviewers must confirm the following:
1. Manuscripts are reviewed fairly based on the intellectual content of the paper regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, citizenship or political view of the author(s).
2. Any observed conflict of interest during the review process must be sent to the editor.
3. Information that may be a cause for rejection of publication must be sent to the editor.

Editors must confirm the following:
1. Manuscripts are reviewed fairly based on the intellectual content of the paper regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, citizenship or political view of the author(s.)
2. Information pertaining to manuscripts is kept confidential.
3. Any observed conflict of interest pertaining manuscripts must be disclosed.
Please note: The Editorial Board takes responsibility for making publication decisions on submitted manuscripts based on the reviewer’s evaluation of the manuscript, policies of the journal editorial board, and legal efforts to prevent plagiarism, libel, and copyright infringement
Note: Author should make corrections in 2 months, otherwise paper will rejected.

Policies

Peer Review Policy
The author(s) of the present study and the journal accept(s) the ethical responsibilities that fit the PUBLICATION ETHICS. Each author is responsible for the content of his or her article. Articles submitted for publication are checked by the Turnitin (Professional Plagiarism Prevention) program. If an article contains plagiarism or self-plagiarism in more than 20% of the manuscript, it will be returned to the author for appropriate citation and correction.

• Submission of the same manuscript to different journals will not be accepted.
• Submissions with contents outside the scope of ÜAD will not be considered for review.
• Submissions will have a double-blind peer review.
• All papers are expected to have original content. They should not have been previously published or under review.
• The journal requires a minimum of three independent reviewers. All submissions are subject to a blind peer review.
• Publication decisions are made by the journal's Editor-in-Chief on the basis of the reviewer' reports.
• Submitted papers and reviewer reports are archived whether they are published or not and are not returned.
• Authors who want to discontinue the publication process after submission to ÜAD have to apply to the editorial board in a written correspondence.
• Authors are responsible for the writing quality of his or her papers.
• After submitting an article to the ÜAD, a fee is charged regardless of the acceptance/rejection condition.

Open Access Copyright Policy
Open access (OA) journals are scholarly journals that are available online "without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself.” Open Access (OA) provides unlimited access and reuseability of research publications online for free. Therefore, the open access creates the network for reaching the widest possible audience, sharing the entire papers and building upon them.

Journal of University Research - Üniversite Araştırmaları Dergisi (ÜAD)has signed the Budapest Open Access Initiative and shows its “openness” clearly in a standardized form.
ÜAD also supports the Budapest Open Access Initiative definition of ''Open Access,'' which is defined as:
“It has free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself. The only constraint on reproduction and distribution, and the only role for copyright in this domain, should be to give authors control over the integrity of their work and the right to be properly acknowledged and cited.”

Articles published in ÜAD will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License
ÜAD is licenced by Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

You can find information about CC-BY please click https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode 

The auhtor(s) retain all copyrights of their articles. However, authors grant the publisher non-exclusive publishing rights to publish the articles.

Archieving Policy (LOCKSS)
The LOCKSS system has permission to collect, preserve, and serve this Archival Unit.
The Journal of University Research - Üniversite Araştırmaları Dergisi is using the LOCKSS archiving system.
The LOCKSS Program, based on the program used at Stanford University Libraries, provides libraries and publishers with award-winning, low-cost, open source digital preservation tools to preserve and provide access to persistent and authoritative digital content.
The LOCKSS Program (https://www.lockss.org) is an open-source, library-led digital preservation system built on the principle that “lots of copies keep stuff safe.” The LOCKSS Program develops and supports libraries using an open source peer-to-peer digital preservation software.
The LOCKSS system allows librarians to access to the e-content to which they subscribe, restoring the print purchase model with which librarians are familiar.
The Global LOCKSS Network preserves today's e-journals and e-books for tomorrow's readers. The Global LOCKSS Network is a proven preservation approach that uniquely empowers both libraries and publishers. It enhances a library's value by restoring library collections via a locally installed "LOCKSS box", which is essentially a digital bookshelf. The Global LOCKSS Network enhances a publisher's value by preserving the original published artifact, including branding, historical context, and underlying files. It protects the publisher's interest by driving all reader traffic to their web site. The Global LOCKSS Network is administered and managed by the Stanford University Libraries LOCKSS Program. See the LOCKSS Program website for additional information, http://www.lockss.org/lockss/Home.
A detailed explanation of what sets the LOCKSS software apart and how preservation works in the LOCKSS network (e.g. technical infrastructure, security) can be found in the following link: https://www.lockss.org/about/how-it-works/ .
ÜAD LOCKSS data can be found in the following link: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/uad/lockss-manifest 


Complaint Policy
Complaints are welcome as they provide an opportunity for improvement. Responses to complaints should be quick, helpful, and constructive. Please address complaints with a volume number, issue number, paper ID, paper title, and page number.
Journal of University Research - Üniversite Araştırmaları Dergisi (ÜAD) accepts the following complaints:
• Authorship complaints
• Plagiarism complaints
• Multiple, duplicate, and concurrent publications or simultaneous submissions
• Allegations of research errors and fraud
• Research standards violations
• Undisclosed conflicts of interest
• Reviewer bias or competitive/harmful acts by reviewers

Policy for Handling Complaints
If the Journal receives a complaint that any contribution to the Journal infringes intellectual property rights or contains material inaccuracies, libelous materials, or otherwise unlawful materials, the Journal will investigate the complaint. An investigation may include a request that the parties involved substantiate their claims (the Journal will make a good faith determination whether to remove the allegedly wrongful material). A decision not to remove material should represent the Journal's belief that the complaint is without sufficient foundation, or if well‐founded, that a legal defense or exemption may apply. The Journal will document its investigation and decision. We strive to ensure that ÜAD is of the highest quality and is free from errors. However, we accept that occasionally mistakes might happen.

Editorial Complaints Policy
The Managing Editor and staff of ÜAD will make every endeavor to resolve issues as soon as possible in the most appropriate way, offering a right of reply when necessary. We will investigate complaints in a blame-free manner, looking to see how systems can be improved to prevent mistakes occurring.

Guiding Principles
Our general approach to complaints is that they are a rare but inevitable part of a process that involves putting together complex material at great speed. Despite rare mistakes, we will spend effort to treat complaints with urgency. Timely solutions can prevent the escalation of problems. All substantial errors and complaints are referred to senior executives within the editorial staff.

The procedure outlined below aims to be fair to the submitting authors who have complaints as well as the things they complain about. All complaints will be acknowledged within three working days if by email. If possible, a definitive response will be made within two weeks. If impossible, an interim response will be given within two weeks. Interim responses will be provided until the complaint is resolved. Escalated complaints are sent to the editor.

How to Make a Complaint
Complaints about editorial content should be made as soon as possible after publication, preferably by email to: uadergisi@gmail.com


Article Correction Policy
The online, published version of an article is considered the final and complete version. Even though it is possible to correct this version, our policy (in common with other publishers) is not to do so, except in very rare circumstances.

The only typographical errors that can be corrected are: author names, affiliations, article titles, abstracts, and keywords. In such cases, an erratum or corrigendum would be necessary as well (see below) so that there is a record of the difference between the online and print versions.

We can publish a correction to your article if there is a serious error, for example with regard to scientific accuracy, or if your reputation or that of the journal would be affected. We do not publish corrections that do not affect the contribution in a material way or significantly impair the reader’s understanding of the contribution (such as a spelling mistake or a grammatical error).

Please send an email to uadergisi@gmail.com in the event a correction is needed.

Errata
An erratum will be used if an important error has been found during the publication process of the journal article. Errors requiring an erratum include: an error that affects the publication record, the scientific integrity of the paper, the reputation of the authors or of the journal, and errors of omission (e.g. failure to make factual proof corrections requested by authors within the deadline provided by the journal and within journal policy).

Erratas are not published for typing errors except where an error is significant (for example, an incorrect unit.) A significant error in a figure or table is corrected by the publication of a newly- corrected figure or table as an erratum. The figure or table is republished only if the editor considers it necessary.

Corrigenda
A corrigendum is a notification of a significant error made by the authors of the article. All authors must sign a corrigenda that is submitted for publication.
In cases where co-authors disagree, the editors will take advice from independent peer-reviewers and impose the appropriate amendment; noting the dissenting author(s) in the text of the published version.

Addenda
An addendum is a notification of a peer-reviewed addition of information to a paper. An example is a response to a reader’s request for clarification. Addenda do not contradict the original publication. If the author inadvertently omits significant information, the information can be published as an addendum after peer review.
Addenda are published only rarely and only when the editors decide that the addendum is crucial to the reader’s understanding of a significant part of the published contribution.

After submitting an article to the Journal of University Studies, a fee is charged regardless of the acceptance/rejection condition. In order to start the evaluation process of the articles sent to the journal, digital printing, typesetting, journal staff fee and layout software etc. are required. A participation fee will be requested as a contribution to the costs. Article Submission Fee: 900.00 TL