Editorial Principles

Articles sent to the journal through the DergiPark system are first reviewed by the editors and assistant editors. In the general review phase, first of all, the compliance of the study with the journal's publication field and publication ethics / principles, as well as the complete implementation of the journal writing rules and the adequacy of the study within the framework of journal publication standards are examined. After the general review, the opinion of the field editor suitable for the field of study is taken for the article. With the detailed examination of the field editor, it is determined whether the submitted article is qualified to go to the referee, and the decision to pass to the evaluation stage is made.

* The submitted work must not have been previously rejected in KAUJEASF, not peer-reviewed, not published anywhere, or not under review by another journal.

* Not only studies from academicians, but also studies from researchers and practitioners are taken into consideration.

* More than one article by the same author in the next two volumes is not published.

* A maximum of three articles from the same university are included in one issue.

* A maximum of three review articles are included in one issue.

* Publication languages ​​are Turkish and English.

* Uploaded articles must comply with the journal's spelling rules.

* The iThenticate similarity report should not exceed 20%, excluding the bibliography.

* Research articles written in English and containing in-depth analysis and method (qualitative/quantitative research) are in priority.

* Previously submitted papers can be sent by expanding and specifying this situation by giving footnotes to the article title.

* Articles derived from master's or doctoral thesis must be submitted in English. Footnotes should be given in the title of the article from which these studies are derived from the thesis.

* Authors must have prepared the articles submitted for publication in the journal in accordance with the rules of research and publication ethics. Ethics committee approval should be obtained separately for the researches carried out and for the studies that require obtaining data from human participants (survey studies, laboratory experiments, field experiments, interviews, examinations, etc.) For the use of scales, questionnaires and photographs belonging to others, permission must be obtained from the owners and this must be stated in the article.

* Manuscripts that are not submitted in accordance with the spelling rules, whose ethics committee approval is not documented when necessary, and/or have a high similarity rate (maximum 20% excluding references) can be rejected by the editor.

* The rule of "anonymous author anonymous referee" is applied in the refereeing process. Articles are sent to at least 2 referees who are experts in their fields. If the opinions of the two referees differ, the opinion of the third referee is taken. The final decision is made by the editor.

* No royalties are paid for the works published in the journal.

* Article submissions are welcomed and no publication fee is charged at any stage.

* Published articles can be used in accordance with our Open Access Policy and Creative Commons license, provided that the source is indicated.

* The opinions and responsibilities in the articles published in the journal belong to the authors.

* For article submissions, *Commitment must be filled in, signed and uploaded through the DergiPark system.

* Articles must be uploaded to the system in MS Office Word program, in .doc or .docx format after user registration in DergiPark system.

* In order for the presented studies to be accepted as research articles, it is necessary to make an in-depth analysis, explain the method (qualitative or quantitative) in detail, or be of a type that will contribute to the literature.

* The method (qualitative or quantitative) used in research articles should be explained in detail.

* Research articles must contain new or original views on the subject.

* Authors submitting a research article should pay attention to the fact that the content of the article contains findings, results, evaluations or discussions that will contribute to the literature on the subject of the study, and that they explain the method or methods they use in the text.

* The content of the review articles should be objective and concrete.

Last Update Time: 9/13/22, 4:43:32 PM

KAUJEASF is the corporate journal of Kafkas University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Journal Publishing.

KAUJEASF has been included in Web of Science since 2022 and started to be indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI ), a Clarivate product.

2025 June issue article acceptance and evaluations are ongoing.