Hitit Journal of Social Sciences (formerly known as the Journal of the Social Sciences Institute of Hittite University), which began its publication life in 2008, is an academic, international, and peer-reviewed scientific journal that is indexed in national/international field indexes and published three issues a year (in April, August, and December) with a double-blind peer review process. Since 2018, it has been published electronically only.

Before submitting an article, please ensure that all requirements specified in the publication policies and writing rules are met. All necessary information is available under the relevant menu titles. To proceed to the Editor's preliminary review without being rejected in the pre-check, it is recommended to "DEFINITELY use the article template and carefully fulfill all specified requirements completely.

• The official languages of publication for the journal are Turkish and English.

• All submission, evaluation, and publication processes are managed through the DergiPark system.

• Manuscripts submitted to the journal must not have been previously published or accepted for publication elsewhere.

• Submissions must adhere strictly to the journal’s formatting and submission guidelines.

• The similarity index of the submitted work, excluding references, must not exceed 20%.

• For studies requiring ethical clearance, the Ethical Committee Approval Certificate must be uploaded to the system.

As the Hitit Journal of Social Sciences, we exclusively accept original research articles and do not consider the following types of submissions for review:

1.  Review articles/literature reviews,
2. Quantitative or qualitative studies lacking in-depth analysis.