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1. To be a journal that contributes to science and publishes academic researches.

2. To create qualified references in the field of social sciences and educational sciences, especially in the field of Turkology.

3. to offer the world an alternative to qualified academic e-journal publishing mainly in Turkey and academics in line with expectations.

4. Turcology, literature, history, social sciences and education sciences fields by or from Turkey to the world, to move to an international level from the national characteristics of this branch of science.

5. With Open Access System feature to be searched by more databases and indexes, while providing easy and unlimited access to scientists and readers.

6. System of open access journals, databases, indexes and citation of articles with DOI number to raise rates by increasing the prevalence of Turkey and the world.

7. To prepare the opportunity and environment for making original publications in the world of science by accepting and publishing the articles to be published through plagiarism programs.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES ACADEMY (USBAD); It is an international refereed e-journal published twice a year and includes articles covering all fields of Turkology, literature, history, social sciences and educational sciences. It is published electronically through Dergipark. 

The responsibility of all articles published in the journal of International Journal of Social Sciences (USBAD) in terms of language, science and law belongs to its authors and the rights of publication belongs to USBAD. Published articles may not be published or reproduced in whole or in any way without the written permission of the publisher. The Editorial Board and editors are free to publish or not to publish the articles sent to the journal. Submitted articles are not refundable.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (USBAD) PUBLICATION PRINCIPLES

General Principles

1 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (USBAD) Journal is an international peer-reviewed journal published twice a year. Special or additional issues may be published where necessary. The journal follows the Open Access Policy.

2 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (USBAD) is a journal that publishes articles on Turkology, literature, history, social sciences and educational sciences. Within this framework, it also publishes original scientific articles, translations, translation-writings, interviews, books, articles, symposiums, panel and other scientific activities and necrology texts. In addition, symposium proceedings may be published, provided that the venue, meeting and date are presented and not published elsewhere. However, any responsibility that may arise from this publication activity rests with the author.

3 Articles submitted to the Journal of International Journal of Social Sciences (USBAD) should not have been published in any media before, and when it is added to the system, another publication should not participate in the publication evaluation process.

4. International Journal of Social Sciences Academy (USBAD) for the publication of those who want to send a manuscript, https://dergipark.org.tr/usbad at the address of the Article Tracking System as a member must send here.

5. The inclusion of any manuscript in the electronic system of the Journal of the International Journal of Social Sciences (USBAD) is accepted as an application for publication and the evaluation process of the manuscript begins.

6. All the processes from the application process to the publication of the manuscript are carried out electronically.

7. The publication and publication rights of the manuscripts sent to the International Journal of Social Sciences (USBAD) for the publication are transferred to the journal. These manuscripts may not be published, reproduced or used in any other publication without permission from the journal management. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES ACADEMY (USBAD) Journal can publish its published texts in various media.

8. Any legal, legal, economic and ethical responsibility that may arise from the articles submitted to the Journal of the International Journal of Social Sciences (USBAD) belongs to the authors, even if the article has been published. The journal accepts no liability.

9th INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (USBAD) Journal is published in Turkish, English, German, French, Russian, Arabic, Persian and so on. Articles from languages ​​are also evaluated and published if it is deemed appropriate to be published by the referees.

Evaluation process

10. International Journal of Social Sciences Academy (USBAD) Journal's system is not included in the manuscript or any references to the identity of the author. The information of the authors of the manuscripts that are deemed appropriate to be published after the referee process is added by the editors at the publication stage.

11. Every article uploaded to the journal of the International Journal of Social Sciences (USBAD) is first evaluated by the editor or assistant editors for their compliance with the principles of writing and publication. As a result of this evaluation, if there are corrections to be made by the author, the manuscript is returned to the author by requesting correction.

12. Articles that do not comply with the writing principles are not sent to the referee.

13. Articles deemed suitable for evaluation in terms of writing and publication principles are directed to the referees. At least two referees are appointed for the evaluation of each manuscript that is approved by the editor. The referees determined for the manuscripts that are included in the evaluation process are selected among the persons who have expertise in the field and department represented by the manuscript.

14. The names of referees and authors are mutually confidential.

15. The evaluation period of the manuscripts sent to the referees is maximum 15 days. The referee who does not make an evaluation within 15 days is given an additional 7 days and a reminder mail is sent. At the end of this process, a new arbitrator is appointed for the article not reported.

16. The article which receives two positive referee reports from the field evaluation is entitled to be published. The manuscript receiving a positive and negative referee report is sent to a third referee and it is determined in accordance with the third referee's report whether or not the manuscript is published.

17. The referees may wish to see the manuscript they wish to correct once more before being published. If this request is stated in the report, the corrected version of the text is sent to the referee by the editor.

18. The authors may object to the arbitrator's report in a reasonable manner and with convincing data. The objections are reviewed by the journal management and, if deemed appropriate, the opinions of a different arbitrator (or referees) may be consulted.

19th INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (USBAD)The period of the evaluation process of the articles added to the ik system can be followed by the authors using their own membership information. The arbitrator process should be monitored meticulously and, as the system is entitled to change only once, any arbitrator assessments should be finalized and reports must be entered into the system for possible changes.

20. Journal editors carefully follow the corrections given by the referees. Accordingly, editors may decide whether or not to publish a manuscript.

Writing Principles

21. Download the template in the "Word" format under the "Article Template" header from the main page of Usbad International Social Sciences Academy Journal (https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/usbad). Prepare your article file by organizing your article according to this template. If there are issues not included in the template, apply the items below.

22. At the beginning of the original articles sent to the Journal of International Journal of Social Sciences Academy (USBAD) for publication, Turkish language (Abstract), English (Abstract) and 3-5 word Turkish (Keywords) consisting of maximum 200 words, English (Keywords) and Turkish and English titles should be included.

23. MLA or preferably APA should be used as citation system in the article.

24. At the end of the text, a list of sources used in the study is given under the title REFERENCES. This bibliography, which lists the references used in the study, is prepared alphabetically according to the author surname order.

25. In accordance with the template, articles are given headers, footers, and page numbers.

26. For spelling and punctuation marks, the spelling and spelling guide of TDK is taken aside, except for the differences related to the content of the text.

27. In studies where a special font (font) not included in Microsoft Word program is used, font file is added to the system along with the article.

28. The page layout of the articles to be added to the system must be made by the author and in accordance with the following values:

           Font: Verdana

          Margins: Bottom-Top-Right-Left 3 cm
        
          Font Size: 12 in title, 12 in text, 11 in abstracts, 10 points in footer-footer and footnote

          Paragraph Spacing: First 0 pt - then 6 pk

          Paragraph Indent: First Line in Text 1 cm

           Line Spacing: 1.15 in text, Single in footnotes

29. Figures, tables and photographs should not extend beyond the writing area. If necessary, this condition can be met with font size and / or line spacing.

30. Figure and Table titles that should be prepared in accordance with the 11-point Verdana character must be numbered (Table 1, such as Table 2).

31. Numbers and titles; The figure should be written under the table and photographs with 10 font size.

32. Our journal requires "Extended Abstract-Extended Abstract" for the articles to be published, as required by the applications made to be scanned in new and important indexes. Details are included in the article template.

Note: Articles that do not comply with the Editorial Principles of the Journal of International Social Sciences Journal (USBAD) are not taken into consideration.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (USBAD) charges an Article Submission Fee of 1500 TL per article, regardless of the Acceptance or Rejection status of the submitted articles (for editing, layout, spelling and spelling control, etc.). After the article application is made, the journal editorship will inform the authors to pay fees for articles that are positive for plagiarism and preliminary evaluation. The referee evaluation process will be initiated after the fee payment is made and the payment document is sent via e-mail to usbaddergi@gmail.com. Authors will not be refunded for articles that are rejected as a result of referee evaluations or withdrawn for any reason.
Within the scope of the decision taken at the General Assembly of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) dated 07.03.2019, it can be used in the declaration in the INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES ACADEMY (USBAD) Associate Professorship Applications. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (USBAD) is not classified as a Predatory/Shady Journal as it is a "journal that charges an article processing fee (APC) regardless of the Acceptance/Rejection condition during the article application".