The journal of Social Sciences Institute of Ataturk University, published four times a year with the 1304-4990 ISSN number, is an internationally refereed and scientific official journal. In our journal, scientific research papers, carried out in different disciplines of social sciences, are published. The manuscripts that are sent to the Journal must be original, unpublished and cannot be submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere. The format of the manuscripts should be designed in accordance with the writing and publication guidelines approved by the Executive Board of the Institute. The manuscripts are subjected to pre-assessment by the editorial board taking publication principles into consideration. The manuscripts which are scanned by the editorial board are sent to two blind referees for evaluation in terms of form and content. The manuscripts that are considered, at least by two referees, issuable are put in line for publication. The manuscripts which may require corrections by the referees are sent back to the authors for the necessary adjustments. It is the author’s responsibility to transmit the reedited manuscript to the journal within the specified time. The reedited manuscript is re-evaluated by the referees if necessary. The editorial board makes the last decision for the publication of the manuscript. The editorial board has the right to make alterations to some vocabulary. The manuscripts, published or unpublished in the Journal, are not sent back to the authors. The same e-journal web address above can be used for the details of publication guidelines of the Journal and the format of manuscripts. All responsibilities related to dictation, legal and scientific ethics belong to the authors of the manuscripts. All rights over the published manuscripts reserved to the Journal, and no citation can be made without the reference of the Journal.

The journal of Social Sciences Institute of Ataturk University, studies and researches on Social Sciences prepared according to scientific criteria.

All articles published in Atatürk University Journal of Social Sciences (original research article, case report, review) go through a rigorous evaluation process first by the Journal's editor and then by at least 2 referees. The aim of this process is to increase the originality and scientific quality of the articles, as well as to eliminate low quality articles and plagiarism.

Article Publishing Process

1. Original research article, case report and review articles written by the author are submitted to the journal with the "Article Control Form".

2. Articles submitted to the journal are subjected to preliminary evaluation by the journal editor (journal writing rules, scientificity and plagiarism). At this stage, the article may be rejected by the editorial office, a revision may be requested, or a decision to be subjected to referee evaluation.

3. The articles that are decided to be evaluated by the referee are submitted to at least 2 referee evaluation on the subject of the article.

4. Article authors do not know the referees, and the referees do not know the authors.

5. Referees evaluate the articles in areas such as journal writing rules, scientific quality, contribution to national / universal science and practice.

6. The article is returned to the Editor with a recommendation by the referee regarding the rejection, revision or acceptance of the article.

7. Editor makes a decision in line with the referee suggestions to be notified to the author.

8. The article is sent back to the author along with the referee reports.

9. The editor makes the necessary checks after obtaining the final revised version of the article by the author and places the article in print order by submitting an acceptance letter.

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