A new era for TUJNS: quality, transparency, and visibility through professional publishing

In June 2025, the Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences (TUJNS) reached an important milestone: by partnering with Galenos Publishing House, the journal entered a new phase of professional publishing and began restructuring its editorial and production processes within a more systematic framework. The rationale for this decision was clear. As TUJNS expanded in thematic range and methodological depth, aligning the journal with a publishing environment that is more standardized, more traceable, more ethically transparent, and more discoverable became essential. Galenos is an independent academic publisher founded in 1997 that strongly emphasizes editorial ethics, scientific integrity, digital infrastructure, and international visibility. In this new period, we strengthened our workflows so that readers can access high-quality science more rapidly and clearly, while authors can benefit from a more predictable editorial experience. At the same time, the journal’s website was updated and given the domain name www.tujns.org. The journal’s scope, policies, author and reviewer guidance, and archive access were reorganized in a more integrated and accessible manner. The redesigned website aims to improve the visibility of TUJNS through clearer archive navigation, more consistent article metadata, and more transparent policy pages. As a result, archive browsing and topic-based discovery have become more practical for readers, while key publishing components, including the journal’s scope, ethical principles, data availability policy, peer review procedures, and appeal and complaint mechanisms, are now more clearly presented for authors.