PUBLICATION ETHICS

MSFAU Journal of Social Sciences adopts the "Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers" of the Publication Ethics Committee (COPE) in order to create ethical assurance in scientific periodicals. MSFAU Journal of Social Sciences complies with international standards as per the TR Index criteria. All editors of the journal make sure that each research is approved by the relevant boards and commissions before the research, and the issue editor requests the necessary documents from the author.

Notes for Referees

1. The referee should take into account the "International Ethical Standards" of the Publication Ethics Committee in line with the guidance of TR Index during the evaluation process of the articles.

2. The referee has the right to request ethics committee approval from the author for research that requires ethics committee permission, to indicate this approval in the relevant sections of the article and to send the relevant documents to the journal. The referee should make sure that the process related to these requests is carried out by the editor.

3. In studies that require ethics committee approval, information about permission should be included in the article.

4. If the criteria of the Publication Ethics Committee are not fulfilled by the authors, the referee has the right to request from the editor to withdraw the manuscript (even if it has previously been approved).

5. The referee must make sure that the copyright regulations are strictly respected for the intellectual and artistic works used in the research and transferred to the article. They have the right to make all kinds of demands from the authors in order to fulfill this requirement.

6. The referee is responsible for maintaining the confidentiality between the author and the editor during or after the article evaluation and publication process. The referee is responsible for any breach of confidentiality that is not caused by the authors and editors. In such cases, the editor's authority to dismiss the referee is reserved.

Notes for Authors

1. The author is obliged to take into account the international standards set by the Publication Ethics Commission for authors.

2. The author should receive ethics committee approval for research in all disciplines that require ethics committee approval, should state this approval in the article and, document and forward it to the journal editor. The author is obliged to fulfill the requests of the editors and referees regarding these permissions. Otherwise, the editor's right to withdraw the article from publication is reserved.

3. It is absolutely necessary to comply with the copyright regulations for the intellectual and artistic works used in the research and transferred to the article.

4. The author is obliged to maintain confidentiality between the author and the referee during or after the article evaluation and publication process. The author is responsible for any breach of confidentiality that is not caused by the editor and the referees.

Notes for Editors

1. The editor is obliged to take into account the "International Standards for Editors" determined by the Publication Ethics Commission.

2. The editor should request ethics committee approval from the author for research in all disciplines that require ethics committee permission, and make sure that this approval is stated in the relevant parts of the article and that the relevant documents are delivered to the journal.

3. If the criteria of the Publication Ethics Committee are not fulfilled by the authors, the editor has the right to withdraw the article from publication (even if it is approved by the referees).

4. The editor should make sure that the copyright regulations are strictly respected for the intellectual and artistic works used in the research and transferred to the article. They have the right to make all kinds of demands from the authors in order to fulfill this requirement.

5. The editor is obliged to maintain confidentiality between the author and the referee during or after the article evaluation and publication process. The editor is responsible for any breach of confidentiality that is not caused by the author and referees.

PUBLICATION POLICY

1. MSFAU Journal of Social Sciences is a national peer-reviewed journal published twice a year.

2. Manuscripts submitted for publication in the journal must be original scientific articles, research, reviews, field reviews, translations, book reviews/criticisms, and conversations that will contribute to the field.

3. Manuscripts submitted to the journal must be in Turkish or English.

4. Manuscripts are sent to the referees after the preliminary evaluation of the editorial board. In the evaluation process of the manuscripts, the "blind refereeing" is applied.

5. Before the peer-review process is started, the “originality report” of the articles sent to the journal is obtained from Turnitin. In cases where the “similarity rate” is 20% or more, the articles are directly rejected and the refereeing process is not started. After the “originality report” is provided, the manuscripts are sent to the referees.

6. In the evaluation process of the manuscripts, international ethical principles determined by the Publication Ethics Commission are taken as a basis in cases where scientific publication ethics (such as abuse, conflict of interest, copyright violations) are violated.

7. MSFAU Journal of Social Sciences adheres to international open access principles for the dissemination of academic knowledge in order to provide social benefit. It is accepted that the articles published in the journal after the peer-review process can be used within the framework of international open access definitions.

8. All authors whose manuscripts and articles are published in the journal accept open source access.

9. An expert theme editor is determined for each issue. Theme editors undertake the publication ethics responsibilities defined for journal editors from the stage of the call for the article until the issue is published.

10. Manuscripts submitted to the journal should use the APA reference system.

11. The scientific and linguistic responsibility of the articles published in the journal belongs to the authors.