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Frequently Asked Questions

  1. Is your journal a refereed and international journal?
    Our journal is a refereed, scientific and international journal.  It is indexed by many international indices.

  2. Which fields are accepted in your journal?
    Only the papers in the fields accepted by the journal are approved.

  3. Are the readers allowed to access to the volumes and the articles without being a member of the journal?
    All the volumes can be downloaded from our website in pdf format without being a member.

  4. What is the publication frequency of the journal?
    The journal publishes four times a year; the volumes with full texts are uploaded to the system at the end of March, June, September and December. However, some special issues can be published in some cases.

  5. Are the authors informed about the evaluation process of the submissions?
    The journal is web-based, and the authors can follow all kinds of information concerning their submissions from the membership panel of the system. The authors will also be provided with the necessary information about the process and procedure.

  6. How many referees evaluate a manuscript?
    A manuscript is evaluated by 2 referees.

  7. Is any information concerning “the author and authors” confidential?
    In this journal and all the international refereed journals, information, concerning the author(s) is known only by the system editors, field editors, chief editor and assistant chief editors. This information is completely kept confidential.  The referees or members of the journal are not allowed to access to the relevant information.

  8. Are there a certain number of articles to be published in the journal?
    There are not a certain number of articles in the journal. Each article, approved by the referees and the editorial board, is accepted to be published in the journal without delay and sent for the layout process which is the final stage.

  9. Is an author allowed to submit more than one paper in the same issue?
    It is out of the question in terms of ethics. However, more than one manuscript of the same author can be published in the same journal or the following issues if the publication and editorial board approve the articles.  But this situation is only valid for specific cases and those requiring initiative. This case is only valid for special conditions and those requiring initiative.

  10. Is there sufficient number of referees in all the fields that the journal accepts articles?
    All the submissions sent to our journal are subjected to evaluation by expert academicians and scientists and referees are not getting paid for the evaluation they make. Evaluation and reports are only on a volunteer basis.

  11. What is the duty of the editorial board?
    The editorial board is responsible for solving the incompatibility problems that the referees experience; the board gives the final decision independently, and they act actively to solve such problems. The decisions of the editorial board are accepted without questioning. The decisions are applied accordingly. Their decisions cannot be changed and offered to be changed.

  12. Is an author allowed to submit his/her paper to the editorial board in a negative situation?
    This situation is out of the question. Functionality ofeditorial board occurs only with the approval of the editor-in-chief.

  13. If an author submits her/his paper simultaneously to another journal for consideration, and the paper is accepted in that journal too, what kind of procedures is taken?
    The executive board and editorial board give the final decision in such cases. As the publication board does not regard such attitudes as ethical, even if the paper has been published, it is removed from the system on condition that refutation is published, necessary institutions are informed, and the rights are reserved. However, in order to avoid such problems, the guidelines for the authors should be read carefully and the appropriate papers should be submitted. Our journal’s all rights are kept reserved under the guidance of journal’s legal advisors within the framework of Turkish Commercial Law and Law on Intellectual and Industrial Rights in such negative conditions. It defends its material and moral rights within the framework of Laws of Turkish Republic.

  14. Does your journal accept papers from other languages?
    Currently, the language of our journal is Turkish and English. However, studies in other languages are also accepted.

  15. Is an author allowed to give a name of a referee that s/he does not want her/his paper to be evaluated by?
    If such a problem occurs, and the referee is in the journal list, on condition that the process is confidential, the author should submit the necessary explanations and reasons in an official document to the editor-in-chief. If this is approved by the chief editor, necessary steps are taken; otherwise, common procedures and standard working are carried out.

  16. Are the authors to sign the transfer agreement or publishing transfer contract?
    This situation is stated on the main page of the journal in the section titled publication principles. All the submitted papers are accepted to be transferred to the journal with exclusive rights.  The author is not asked to sign the document concerning the submission. However, in some cases the author should sign the contract, required by the field editors or administrative board and submit it to the chief editor officially. Otherwise the paper will not be published.

  17. What is the process in papers requiring the approval and report of ETHICS BOARD?
    As in “Media Organs” of National and International journals, author(s) has to upload “Date of Report”, “Report Information-Report Number” to “Ethics Board Report Information” part of the publication sub­mission system of the journal in “EXPERIMENTAL, CASE STUDY and INSTITUTIONAL” works requiring ETHICS BOARD approval and report. The chief editor has the right to ask for the original report if deemed necessary with an official approval of the institution. In such cases, if the chief editor doesn’t get the ethics board report despite the request made, the manuscript cannot be included in the system and published even if it has obtained referee approval and completed the publication process. The paper is rejected with the decision of chief editor and other editors. In this case, author(s) cannot make a demand for right. This information isn’t necessary for the papers not requesting ethics board report or being lack of this report. However, this information should be uploaded to the system by author(s) for the papers requesting and having the ethics board report. Author(s) are held responsible for this situation. Our journal doesn’t accept any liability and responsibility regarding this matter. The whole responsibility in legal process belongs to author(s). Otherwise, our journal cannot bear any legal, spiritual and material responsibility. Journal management and referees cannot be imposed any liability in this matter. In case of a possible negative condition, our journal unilaterally reserves its legal rights.