Responsibilities of Referees

Contribution to the Evaluation Process
• In our journal, the researches that pass the evaluation of the Editorial Board are subjected to the review of referees who are experts in their fields within the scope of double blind refereeing.
• The referee is obliged to take into account the “Referee Evaluation Criteria” in the evaluation process from the moment he / she is assigned through the system and accepts the task.
• It indicates the completion of other articles, works, sources, references, citations, rules and similar deficiencies related to the article.
• Reviewers should identify relevant published works not cited by the authors.
• If for any reason he/she cannot review the article, he/she should inform the editor immediately.

Confidentiality
• A reviewer should not share the information contained in a study that he/she has been assigned to review with others before publication.
• Reviewers recognize that manuscripts submitted for review are the private property of the authors. This also applies to reviewers who decline the invitation to review.
• The names of the reviewers are not disclosed/published.
• Since double blind reviewing is applied in our journal, author/referee information is not included in the article file. File information is deleted by the editorial team from the files uploaded by reviewers/authors to Dergipark.

Impartiality
• Reviewers should be objective in their decision to publish the research they review.
• Comments on the manuscript proposal should be made impartially, and suggestions should be made in such a way that the authors can use them to improve the manuscript.
• Personal criticism of authors is not appropriate.

Ethics
• If the reviewers detect any ethical violations, plagiarism, etc. in the manuscript at any stage of the evaluation process, they should notify the Editor.

Conflicts of interest
• In case of any conflicts of interest during the peer review process and assignment outside the field of expertise, it is recommended to inform the Editor of the situation and, if necessary, to withdraw from the review.

Fee
• Reviewers are not paid any fee for the review/evaluation process.

Article Evaluation Steps
• Login with your username and password.
• Log in by selecting Tokat İlmiyat Journal in the top menu.
• Click the “Articles in Process” button on the top menu.
• On the page that opens, you will see the name and status of the article you are asked to evaluate. Click on the article name.
• On the new page that opens, you are asked whether you agree to evaluate the article. To accept, you must click on the “I want to evaluate” button.
• After accepting the evaluation, you can download the article file and article evaluation form by clicking on the “Evaluation Version” title in the dialog section.
• You can fill in the article file and the article evaluation form that you have corrected and upload it to the system from the ADD-FILE-SEND section.