International Journal of Social Political and Financial Researches Authorship Rules and Publication Policy

1. APA 7 should be used as the citation style in studies submitted to the International Journal of Social Political and Financial Research. See ANNEX-1 for APA 7 “Citation Guide”.
2. Studies sent to the International Journal of Social Political and Financial Research; It should cover areas such as finance, economics, business administration, political science and public administration, international relations, international trade, labor economics and industrial relations, finance and banking, health management, management and information systems, econometrics and financial econometrics.
3. Studies conducted in accordance with scientific research, publication ethics and writing rules must not have been published anywhere before. All responsibility in this regard belongs entirely to the author(s).
4. The journal does not request any fee from the authors, nor does it pay any royalty fees to the authors.
5. Only one article by an author is published in the same year (excluding special issues). Even if the author's second article sent to the journal in the same year is accepted, it will be queued for the issue to be published the following year.
6. Studies written in either Turkish or English are accepted for the journal.
7. Blind refereeing is essential in accordance with the quality and ethical principles of scientific studies to be published in the journal. The study, which is approved by the editor, is sent to at least two referees for evaluation. For the study to be accepted, both referees who evaluate the study must express a positive opinion. If one of the referees expresses a negative opinion, the study is sent to a third referee. If the third referee expresses a positive opinion, the study is accepted. Otherwise, the work will be rejected. Referees' correction requests must be fully met by the authors and delivered to the editor. However, due to the nature of science, authors may object to referees' correction requests. In this case, the authors have to show counter-evidence.
7. The copyright and publishing rights of the published works belong to the journal. For this reason, when submitting studies to the journal, a copyright transfer form is also requested from the authors. The Copyright Transfer Form must be signed by all authors. See ANNEX-2 for the “Copyright Transfer Form”.
8. Articles to be sent to the journal should not exceed 25 pages, including abstract, bibliography, references and tables.
9. For articles submitted to the journal, authors are requested to send a similarity report using a plagiarism scanning program (iThenticate, Turnitin). Articles of authors who do not submit this report will not be published. The upper limit for similarity reports is set at 20%, excluding bibliography (This condition is not required for publications derived from postgraduate theses, and at this point, the authority is exercised by the journal editor). Articles that are more similar than this ratio are rejected by the editorship, even if the process is completed.
10. In publications presented at scientific meetings, published in abstracts, or derived from postgraduate theses, the author must indicate this on the article cover page. The responsibility for any shortcomings in this regard lies with the author(s) and the journal cannot be held responsible.
11. Studies submitted to the journal must be prepared in accordance with the template in Microsoft Word (doc.) format. For “Template” see ANNEX-3. The journal's writing template includes all general text formatting, page margins, paragraph formatting, table and figure formatting, and heading formats. Since no fee is requested from the authors for the works sent to the journal, the authors must prepare and submit their works in accordance with the writing guide and template. Studies that are not prepared in accordance with the template will not be sent to the referees and will be rejected by the editor.
12. As stated in the journal template, Turkish and English abstracts should be between 100-200 words. There should be 3-5 keywords and 2-4 JEL codes at the end of the abstracts.
13. If the studies submitted to the journal are supported by an institution, this information should be stated by the author in the footnote on the first page.
14. For studies that do not require ethics committee permission, the form in ANNEX-4 must be filled out and uploaded to the system. For studies that require ethics committee permission, the Ethics Committee Permission Document must be uploaded to the system by the authors.

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Annex-4

Editors' Responsibilities

The editor and field editors of the International Journal of Social, Political and Financial Research, in accordance with the “COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors” and “COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors” published as open access by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Must have the ethical duties and responsibilities listed below:

• To decide whether the articles submitted for publication comply with the journal's purpose and publication policies.
• To check that there is nothing degrading, insulting or in violation of copyright in the articles sent, and to make the necessary decision within the framework of legal legislation when necessary.
• To ensure the continuous development of the magazine and to ensure that its content and quality continue to increase.
• To ensure that any information about the articles sent to the journal is not disclosed by the editor to anyone other than the editorial board, referees and the journal owner.
• Not to allow anyone to use unpublished materials and other information and data in the texts submitted to the journal by the author(s) in their own work without the express and written permission of the author(s).


Responsibilities of referees

• If referees do not find the work assigned to them relevant to their field, feel inadequate in evaluating the article, or do not have the required time for evaluation, they should withdraw from the task.
• Referees should never give information about the article they receive to anyone other than the journal editor. The article should not be discussed in other environments and confidentiality should be maintained from the beginning to the end of the process.
• Referees must make their criticisms objectively, fairly and in accordance with scientific ethics. Referees should not direct any personal criticism towards the author of the article, should not make comments focused on the authors' ethnicity, gender or political philosophy, and should ensure that the blind referee process continues fairly to evaluate the texts.
• Referees must review the entire text in accordance with the publication rules, and if the study is similar to another previously published study beyond legal standards, they must notify the editor.
• Care should be taken to ensure that referees have no connection with the author. If a possible conflict of interest arises, arbitrators must withdraw from the arbitration process.
• Referees should contribute to the editors to make the texts submitted to the journal more qualified.

Responsibilities of Authors

All works submitted to USSMAD must be original. Author(s) must undertake that the text they submit has not been previously published in any journal or publication.
• The text must be written within scientific criteria and contain sufficient resources.
• Author(s) are obliged to carefully examine the journal publication rules and prepare their articles in accordance with these rules.
• The author(s) must make all corrections suggested by the editor or referee in a timely and meticulous manner.
• Author(s) must upload all information and documents requested by the journal editor to the system within the time given to them.
• If the requirements requested by the editor or referee are not fulfilled during the process, the article is deemed to be withdrawn by the author(s).
• In case of a possible problem or need, the author(s) must preserve the raw data that forms the basis of their articles until the appropriate time following the publication of the article.


CODE OF ETHICS
1. In the uploaded study sent by the author(s) to the International Journal of Social, Political and Financial Research, all ethical rules were complied with, and all sources used were cited in accordance with the spelling rules.
2. All individuals and institutions that contributed to the study are included in the study.
3. This is an original study, it has not been published anywhere before, it has not been sent for publication, it is not a study accepted for publication and put on hold, it will not be sent to another journal while the International Journal of Social, Political and Financial Research is in the publication process.
4. If the study is produced from a thesis or derived from a paper, this is stated as a footnote on the first page of the article.
5. All authors of the article have reviewed the final version of the article and allowed it to be uploaded to the journal.
6. There was no ethical violation against all subjects and subjects whose data were used in the study, no illegal methods were used during the research, all legal permissions were obtained for the study and ethical rules were followed. There is no criminal element or illegal expression in the work.
7. All information and documents regarding the evaluation process of the study have not been and will not be shared with third parties.
8. The publishing rights, financial rights, processing, reproduction, representation, printing, publication, distribution and all communication rights to the public, including transmission via the internet, of all articles sent to the journal and accepted for publication belong to the International Journal of Social, Political and Financial Researches.