Academic impartiality and scientific quality are important criteria in the evaluation of articles submitted for publication. Therefore, the recommendations of the International Standards for Editors and Authors of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) should be taken into account in scientific articles submitted to the UJHC journal.

Note: In order to increase the visibility of the articles, after the article is accepted, layout processes are made and published online as soon as possible.

• Universal Journal of History and Culture (UJHC) is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes high-quality articles on social sciences.

• UJHC is a journal published twice a year in April and October.

• One article per year of each author is published.

• The language of the articles can be English or Turkish. 

• The percentage of similarity in articles should be less than 20% excluding references.

• Article applications are not accepted via e-mail.

• The referee process is not initiated for articles that do not comply with the writing rules of the journal, without footnotes, bibliography, preface or abstract. The Editorial Board may take a decision for special cases. Click for the writing rules of the article. 

• Ethics committee approval must be obtained for all studies on clinical and experimental humans and animals.

• Manuscripts to be published must be sent via the “Submit Article” page.

NOTE: If any editor sends an article to the UJHC, the editor's access to the editorial panel is prevented. The editor follows all processes as a writer. After the process is completed, the editorial authority is given to him again.

1- Word or PDF document of the article prepared by considering the spelling rules (Author(s) information, name, surname, Orcid(s), responsible author, e-mail(s) must be found.)

2- Word or PDF document of the article prepared considering the spelling rules (There should be no information belonging to the authors. This file will be sent to the referees in accordance with the double-blind refereeing policy.)

3- Copyright Agreement and Author Acceptance Form

4- If necessary for the study, the approved version of the Ethics Committee Permit must be uploaded to the system. In addition, this approval (name of the board, date, and number) should be stated in the "Article Information Form" at the end of the study and in the method section. Ethics committee permission is requested for all kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from the participants by using survey, interview, focus group work, observation, experiment, and interview techniques, regardless of when the study was conducted. If there is no need for an ethics committee permission document, it is sufficient to upload a file stating this.

1- It is recommended to upload a plagiarism report to the system.