Yegah Musicology Journal

 Yegah, in 2018 Yegah Musicology Magazine (e-ISSN: 2636-8838) and at the end of 2021, due to foreign characters in its name in international correspondence (e-ISSN: 2792-0178) its name was changed and its new name was "Yegah Musicology Magazine". changed to ".

Our journal continues to be both a national and international academic journal published four times a year in March, June, September and December due to the intense requests for Associate Professor application periods. The articles sent for publication are first submitted to a plagiarism report and then, if there is a requirement for ethical declaration, our authors are notified. The similarity report limit is 20% in our journal. If exceeded, the article is immediately rejected. At the end of these stages, the editorial process begins, and after the necessary corrections, the article is sent to at least two referees. As a result of the feedback, if one rejection is received from the referees, the article is sent to a final referee. Accordingly, the publication of the article can not be published/published after being accepted/rejected. The blind system is preferred in the articles sent to the referees.

Music, music discussions, corpora, translation articles, research articles, criticism and new formations are evaluated in our journal. Research notes, thesis presentations, symposium activity evaluations, etc. in interdisciplinary fields. studies are also included. Each article should contain an abstract/abstract between minimum 250 words in Turkish/English.

Our journal has started to be scanned in the Citation index "Scopus" index as of 15.04.2024. It is also scanned in other international important indexes (EBSCO, Rilm, Music Index with Full Text and DOAJ).

26.01.2025 YMD Spelling Guide

Scope

It is a peer-reviewed journal that carries out its national and international activities.
It broadcasts four times a year in March, June, September and December.
Music, music discussions, compilations, research articles, criticism and new formations are evaluated in our journal. Research notes, thesis presentations, symposium activity evaluations, etc. in interdisciplinary fields. studies are also included.
Authors specify their titles and place of duty together with their names and surnames, and their Orcids if it is optional.
Four articles of an author can be accepted in a year.
Each article should include a title, abstract  (150-250) and keywords min. 5 words in both Turkish and English.

An author cannot send an article to the journal for publication for the second time in a year, no matter what. Even if they do, that article will either not be processed or will be rejected outright before the next year.

In addition, as of 2022; After the references in our journal, an "extended Abstract" has become mandatory, and the limit must be at least 800 words. The articles of our authors who send abstracts under this are rejected.
Language and spelling guide is given as a document at the time of sending the articles and "APA" is used as the system according to these principles.
All kinds of publications and copyrights of the published articles belong to Yegâh Music Magazine. All responsibilities of the articles belong to their authors.
Manuscripts are delivered to the editors via the Dergipark system, with the translations in their original texts.


Rules and Evaluation Process
The articles submitted to the journal should not have been published anywhere before and should not have been decided for publication.
Although the written language of the journal is Turkish, our journal has the right to publish an article in both Turkish, English or German, if it wishes, upon the permission of the author.
Articles written in two different languages ​​are published reciprocally on the pages, rather than as separate articles. Article pages in a foreign language are on the left side of the journal and the Turkish version is on the right. However, it should be noted that some words in foreign languages ​​do not have the exact equivalents in our language. For this reason, the authors are asked to make the closest translation suitable for Turkish.
Manuscripts sent to the journal for publication are reviewed by the editorial board in terms of purpose, scope, content, method, and compliance with spelling rules. The articles found suitable are sent to two referees who are experts in their fields to be evaluated in terms of their scientific competencies. If the referee reports are positive, the study is published; If one of the referees gives a negative report, the article is sent to a third referee. In line with the decision of the third referee, it is decided whether the article will be published or not. The study, which is decided to be published, is placed in the publication queue. Referee reports are confidential. The author(s) are answered within the period related to their work.
Authors must take into account the reports of the editorial board and referees. Scientific and legal responsibility of the published articles belongs to the author. The editorial board is free to publish or not publish the submitted article. Submitted articles are non-refundable whether they are published or not. Published articles of authors can be removed from publication in line with the decision of the editorial board. Published articles cannot be withdrawn except by the decision of the Editorial Board. No royalties are paid to authors.
All rights of the published articles belong to Yegâh Music Journal. It is not possible to quote from the articles published in the journal without showing the source.


Broadcast frequency
Yegâh Music Journal is a peer-reviewed academic journal published four times a year.
open access policy
This journal has adopted the policy of providing open access at the time of publication. Open access will increase the global exchange of information and have beneficial consequences for humanity.

Instructions for authors
Thank you for choosing to submit your paper to YEGAH. These instructions will provide we have everything required so your paper can keep going through peer review, production and publication smoothly. Please take the time to read and follow them as closely as possible, as doing so will ensure your paper matches the YEGAH’s requirements.

Click first on the link for the Spelling Rules on the bottom. The file you will download is also a template prepared in accordance with the format of our journal. You can add your text. In order to download the Spelling Guide from here, you may need to be logged in with your Dergi Park subscription. If the download does not happen when you click with the left button, press the right button and download with the "Save link as" option. In addition, after you become a member, while sending the article, the "Writing Guide" of our journal will appear on the screen for you to download. You can also download it at that stage. We wish you good work.

Download: 20.03.2025 YMD Spelling Guide

Yegah Music Journal uses OJS to peer review manuscript submissions. Complete guidelines for preparing and submitting your manuscript to this journal are provided below.

About the Journal
Yegah Music Journal (Yegah) is a regional refereed journal which draws its contributions from a wide community of researchers. The main focus of the Yegah is firmly the analysis of Turkish music including Turkic world, eastern and Islamic civilization. Please see the journal's Aims & Scope for information about its focus and peer-review policy.

Publication Language
Please note that this journal publishes manuscripts in English and Turkish. Article Titles and Article Abstracts are both in English and Turkish. Extended abstract in English should be written for articles written in Turkish.

Yegah Music Journal accepts the following types of article: original research articles, reviews articles and book reviews.

It is the purpose of Yegah Music Journal to publish original articles representing a wide range of approaches to the study of music, including historical and archival studies, theory and analysis, anthropology of music, interdisciplinary explorations, critical and interpretive essays, and reports and reflections on Turkish music including Turkic world, eastern and Islamic civilization.

Peer Review and Ethics
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.

Peer review
YEGAH is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. Once your paper has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will then be double-blind peer-reviewed by anonymous expert referees. Find out more about what to expect during peer review and read our guidance on publishing ethics.

What is peer review, and what do you need to know as an author?
Step 1: Editor assessment
Peer review follows a number of stages, beginning with submitting your article to a journal. At this first stage, the journal editor will decide if it’s suitable for the journal, asking questions such as:

Has the author followed the journal’s guidelines?
Is this the right journal for this article?
Will the journal’s readers find it interesting and useful?
The editor might reject the article immediately, but otherwise, it will move to the next stage, and into peer review.
Step 2: Peer review
The editor will find and contact two or three other researchers or academics who are experts in your field. They will be asked to read your article and advise the editor whether to publish your paper in that journal.

So what are they looking for? This depends on the subject area, but they will be checking:
your work is original or new;
your study design and methodology are appropriate and described so that others could replicate what you’ve done;
you’ve presented your results clearly and appropriately;
your conclusions are reliable and significant;
the work is of a high enough standard to be published in the journal.

Ethics checklist
Before you submit, make sure:
You’ve read the journal’s instructions for authors, and checked and followed any instructions regarding data sets, ethics approval, or statements.
All authors have been named on the paper and the online submission form.
All material has been referenced in the text clearly and thoroughly.
Data has been carefully checked and any supplemental data required by the journal included.
Any relevant interests have been declared to the journal.
You’ve obtained (written) permission to reuse any figures, tables, and data sets.
You’ve only submitted the paper to one journal at a time.
You’ve notified all the co-authors that the paper has been submitted.

Preparing Your Paper
Title
(Trebuchet MS, 14 font size, bold, left-justified, only the first letter of the title is capital and the others are lower cases excluding special names) (Türkçe Yazım Klavuzu İçin Tıklayınız).

Author Affiliation Details
Names and institutional affiliations – including country – and addresses of all contributing authors are required.
Author’s Name and Surname1, Author’s Name and Surname2, left-justified (12 font size)
1Department, University, City, Country, full address, orcid, E-mail (8 font size)
2Department, University, City, Country, full address, orcid, E-mail (8 font size)

Abstract(11 font size): Abstract should be written with 8 font size, Trebuchet MS, justified, single line spacing. The objective, method, and findings are summarized in this section.

Keywords(11 font size)

this section should contain 5 words that are written in 10 font size and separated with commas, full italic and all lower case including names.

Heading 1 (11 font size, bold)

The introduction section should (1) present the scope and objective of the paper and state the problem, (2) briefly review the pertinent literature and (3) provide an overview of the main results of the work.

Heading 2
Heading 3
Methods
The methodology must be clearly stated and described in sufficient detail related to methods or with sufficient references.

Findings And Argument
The findings and arguments of the work should be explicitly described and illustrated. Supporting figures, tables and images of the results (no more than two figures and two tables) may be included in the extended abstract. All the tables, images and figures should be centered. Figures and images should be numbered (see Figure 1 for an example) and figure headers should be placed under the figure or image; as for the tables, they should also be numbered (see Table 1 for an example) and the table header should be placed at the top. References (if any) of the tables, figures, and images should be presented right under the tables, figures, and images in the form of author surname and publication date.

set your figure here.
Figure 1. Type your caption here

Table 1. Type your title here.
set your table here.
Conclusions
Conclusions should include (1) the principles and generalizations inferred from the results, (2) any exceptions to, or problems with these principles and generalizations, (3) theoretical and/or practical implications of the work, and (5) conclusions drawn and recommendations.

References
References should be listed in alphabetical order and presented in a format according to the Chicago Manual of Style: https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-2.html

APA and Vancouver of reference styles are also welcome.

Bibliographic Information in Roman Script
Cited references, names, and affiliations must be published in Roman script.

Formatting and Templates
Papers may be submitted in Word format. Figures and tables should be saved separately from the text. To assist you in preparing your paper, we provide formatting template(s). PDF and Word templates are available for this journal.

Biographical note
Please supply a short biographical note for each author.

Figures
Figures should be high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for color, at the correct size). Figures should be supplied in one of our preferred file formats: EPS, or Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX) files are acceptable for figures that have been drawn in Word.

Submitting Your Paper
Yegah Music Journal uses Dergipark (OJS) to manage the peer-review process.

Publication Charges
There are no submission fees, publication fees or page charges for this journal.

Copyright Options
Copyright allows you to protect your original material, and stop others from using your work without your permission.

Content Access
Yegah is an open-access journal.
Queries
Should you have any queries, please contact with us.

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy
Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement
Yegah Musicology Journal follows the COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors and the Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers. Authors, reviewers and editors are expected to follow the best-practice guidelines on ethical behaviour contained therein. A selection of key points is included below, but you should always refer to the two documents listed above for complete details.

Duties of Editors
Fair play and editorial independence
Editors evaluate submitted manuscripts exclusively based on their academic merit (importance, originality, study’s validity, clarity) and their relevance to the journal’s scope, without regard to the author’s race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, citizenship, religious belief, political philosophy or institutional affiliation. The policies of governments or other agencies outside the journal itself do not determine decisions to edit and publish. The Editor-in-Chief has full authority over the entire editorial content of the journal and the timing of publication of that content.

Confidentiality
Editors and editorial staff will not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest
Editors and editorial board members will not use unpublished information disclosed in a submitted manuscript for research purposes without the author’s explicit written consent. Privileged information or ideas obtained by editors handling the manuscript will be kept confidential and not used to their advantage. Editors will recuse themselves from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships/connections with any of the authors, companies or institutions connected to the papers; instead, they will ask another editorial board member to handle the manuscript.

Publication decisions
The editors ensure that all submitted manuscripts being considered for publication undergo peer review by at least two expert reviewers. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for deciding which of the manuscripts submitted to the journal will be published, based on the validation of the work in question, its importance to researchers and readers, the reviewers’ comments, and such legal requirements as are currently in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The Editor-in-Chief may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Involvement and cooperation in investigations
Editors (in conjunction with the publisher and society) will take responsive measures when ethical concerns are raised about a submitted manuscript or published paper. Every reported unethical publishing behaviour will be looked into, even if discovered years after publication. Yegah editors follow the COPE Flowcharts when dealing with cases of suspected misconduct. If, on the investigation, the ethical concern is well-founded, a correction, retraction, expression of concern or other note as may be relevant will be published in the journal.

Duties of Reviewers
Contribution to editorial decisions
Peer review assists editors in making editorial decisions and, through editorial communications with authors, may assist authors in improving their manuscripts. Peer review is essential to formal scholarly communication and lies at the heart of scientific endeavour. Yegah shares the view of many that all scholars who wish to contribute to the scientific process must do a fair share of reviewing.

Promptness
Any invited referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should immediately notify the editors and decline the invitation to review so that alternative reviewers can be contacted.

Confidentiality
Any manuscripts received for review are confidential and must be treated as such; they must not be shown to or discussed with others except if authorized by the Editor-in-Chief (who would only do so under exceptional and specific circumstances). This also applies to invited reviewers who decline the review invitation.

Standards of objectivity
Reviews should be conducted objectively, and observations formulated clearly with supporting arguments so that authors can use them to improve the manuscript. Personal criticism of the authors is inappropriate.

Acknowledgement of sources
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that the authors have not cited. Any statement that is an observation, derivation or argument reported in previous publications should be accompanied by the appropriate citation. A reviewer should also notify the editors of any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other (published or unpublished) they have personal knowledge of.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest
Any invited referee who has conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies or institutions connected to the manuscript and the work described therein should immediately notify the editors to declare their conflicts of interest and decline the invitation to review so that alternative reviewers can be contacted. Unpublished material disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer’s research without the express written consent of the authors. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for the reviewer’s advantage. This also applies to invited reviewers who decline the review invitation.

Duties of Authors
Reporting standards
Authors of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed and the results, followed by an objective discussion of the significance of the work. The manuscript should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Review articles should be accurate, objective and comprehensive, while editorial 'opinion' or perspective pieces should be identified. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.

Data access and retention
Authors may be asked to provide the raw data of their study together with the manuscript for editorial review. They should be prepared to make the data publicly available if practicable. In any event, authors should ensure accessibility of such data to other competent professionals for at least ten years after publication (preferably via an institutional or subject-based data repository or other data centre), provided that the confidentiality of the participants can be protected and legal rights concerning proprietary data do not preclude their release.
Originality and plagiarism
Authors should ensure that they have written and submitted only entirely original works, and if they have used the work and words of others, that this has been appropriately cited. Publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the work reported in the manuscript should also be mentioned. Plagiarism takes many forms, from "passing off" another's paper as the author's own, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another's paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

Multiple, duplicate, redundant or concurrent submission/publication
Papers describing the same research should not be published in multiple journals or primary publications. Hence, authors should not submit for consideration a manuscript already published in another journal. Submission of a manuscript concurrently to more than one journal is unethical publishing behaviour and unacceptable.

Publishing some kinds of articles (such as clinical guidelines and translations) in multiple journals is sometimes justifiable, provided that certain conditions are met. The authors and editors of the journals concerned must agree to the secondary publication, which must reflect the same data and interpretation of the primary document. The direct reference must be cited in the secondary publication.

Authorship of the manuscript
Only persons who meet these authorship criteria should be listed as authors in the manuscript as they must be able to take public responsibility for the content: (i) made significant contributions to the conception, design, execution, data acquisition, or analysis/interpretation of the study; and (ii) drafted the manuscript or revised it critically for important intellectual content; and (iii) have seen and approved the final version of the paper and agreed to its submission for publication. All persons who made substantial contributions to the work reported in the manuscript (such as technical help, writing and editing assistance, and general support) but who do not meet the criteria for authorship must not be listed as an author but should be acknowledged in the "Acknowledgements" section after their written permission to be named as been obtained. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate coauthors (according to the above definition) and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the author list and verify that all coauthors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and agreed to its submission for publication.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest
Authors should—at the earliest stage possible (generally by submitting a disclosure form at the time of submission and including a statement in the manuscript)—disclose any conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or their interpretation in the manuscript. Examples of potential conflicts of interest that should be disclosed include financial ones such as honoraria, educational grants or other funding, participation in speakers’ bureaus, membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest, and paid expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements, as well as non-financial ones such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge or beliefs in the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. All sources of financial support for the work should be disclosed (including the grant number or other reference number, if any).

Acknowledgement of sources
Authors should ensure that they have properly acknowledged the work of others and cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. Information obtained privately (from conversation, correspondence or discussion with third parties) must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source. Authors should not use information obtained while providing confidential services, such as refereeing manuscripts or grant applications, unless they have obtained the explicit written permission of the author(s) of the work involved in these services.

Hazards and human or animal subjects
If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment with any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the authors must identify these in the manuscript. Suppose the work consists of the use of animals or human participants. In that case, the authors should ensure that all procedures comply with relevant laws and institutional guidelines and that the appropriate institutional committee(s) has approved them; the manuscript should contain a statement to this effect. Authors should also include a message in the manuscript that informed consent was obtained for experimentation with human participants. The privacy rights of human participants must always be observed.
Peer review
Authors must participate in the peer review process and cooperate fully by responding promptly to editors’ requests for raw data, clarifications, proof of ethics approval, patient consent and copyright permissions. In the case of a first decision of "revisions necessary", authors should respond to the reviewers’ comments systematically, point by point, and promptly, revising and re-submitting their manuscript to the journal by the deadline.

Fundamental errors in published works
When authors discover significant errors or inaccuracies in their own published work, they must promptly notify the journal’s editors or publisher and cooperate with them to correct the paper as an erratum or retract it. Suppose the editors or publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error or inaccuracy. In that case, the authors must promptly correct or retract the paper or provide evidence to the journal editors of the correctness of the article.

Duties of the Publisher
Handling of unethical publishing behaviour
In cases of alleged or proven scientific misconduct, fraudulent publication or plagiarism, the publisher, in close collaboration with the editors, will take all appropriate measures to clarify the situation and to amend the article in question. This includes the prompt publication of an erratum, clarification or, in the most severe case, the retraction of the affected work. The publisher and the editors shall take reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred and under no circumstances encourage or knowingly allow such misconduct to occur.

Article Processing Charge
All articles published in Yegah Musicology Journal are open-access and available online immediately upon publication. This is made possible by an article-processing charge (APC) that covers the range of publishing services we provide. This includes the online tools for editors and authors, reviewers, editors and reviewers progress payments, article copyediting, production and hosting, layout editing, liaison with abstracting and indexing services, and customer services.

As a matter of ethics, Article Processing Charge is paid when the author uploads the article to the journal management system. No editorial evaluation and review process is initiated without payment. This payment does not indicate that the article uploaded by the author will undoubtedly be published. This payment is only related to the article processing process.

As per the resolution passed by Turkish Higher Education Council at the General Assembly dated March 03, 2019, an article published in Yegah Musicology Journal can be included in the applications (declaration) for associate professorship since the journal falls under the clause of "Journals that charge fees -regardless of acceptance/rejection condition- during application".

"According to the decision taken by the Turkish Higher Education Council in the General Assembly dated 07.03.2019, an article published in the YegahJournal can be used in the applications for associate professorship (declaration) since the article meets the article - journals that receive a fee regardless of the acceptance/rejection decision at the time of application."

Note: YMD reserves the right to offer discounts or no fees (APC) for particular articles or authors.

Article Publication Charge
Yegah Musicology Journal does not charge article publishing fees.

The subject of Changes Made/To be Made in the Journal:

YMD management; when it deems necessary, may change the services offered on the site and the terms of this contract wholly or partially. Changes will be effective from the date of publication on the site. It is the User's responsibility to follow the changes. The User is deemed to have accepted these changes by continuing to benefit from the services offered.

Yegah Musicology Journal has eliminated the risk of becoming a predatory journal by requiring upfront article processing charges, regardless of acceptance or rejection, in line with the recommendations of YÖK, ÜAK, and ULAKBİM. (It is included in the category of "journals that charge publication fees during the application process, regardless of acceptance or rejection" for ÜAK Associate Professorship applications. Therefore, it can be used for all academic applications, academic incentives, and associate professorship applications.) For this reason, the review process for articles will not begin without the required fee payment.

Initially, when articles are uploaded to the system along with other documents, authors are required to pay the article fee to cover processing costs, editorial services, layout, and all other expenses.

"If the article's extended abstract contains a minimum of 800 words and the total length of the text, including the references, exceeds 9,000 words or 40 pages, the author must pay an additional layout fee equal to 10% of the editorial fee. However, under no circumstances will an article be evaluated if it exceeds 50 pages or 10,000 words in total, including the abstract and references. Since such an article is at the level of a book, it is not recommended to be used as an article. Please be sure to calculate the page and word count of your article before sending it."

After the secretariat verifies the information, the authors' articles are first subjected to a similarity report through Ithenticate. Articles with less than 20% similarity are checked for compliance with the writing guide and sent to the editor for scientific evaluation. The editor checks the payment receipt for articles approved by the editor and the peer review process begins. The peer review process will not begin for articles for which the fee has not been paid. In addition, authors will be informed of all necessary developments via the media at this stage.

Accordingly;
1- In case of editorial rejection: 80% of the fee paid by the authors of articles rejected as a result of the editor's evaluation will be refunded. The remaining 20% will be deducted as secretariat, operation, and editorial fees.
2- In case of rejection by reviewers: For authors whose articles are rejected as a result of the evaluations of both the editor and the reviewers, 50% of the fee they paid will be refunded, depending on the reviewers' evaluation. The remaining fee will be deducted as secretariat, editorial review, and operation fees.

Important Note: For any questions regarding the fee, please contact the secretariat in the bottom right corner of the page.