Publication Policy

The Journal of Turkish World Studies adheres to the highest standards of publication ethics and fully embraces the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing, as jointly established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), accessible at https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines-new/principles-transparency-and-best-practice-scholarly-publishing.

Manuscripts submitted for consideration must be aligned with the stated aims and scope of the Journal of Turkish World Studies. Only those submissions that have been approved by all listed authors, have not been previously published, and are not currently under review by another journal will be considered for peer review.

Any request to amend the authorship of a submitted manuscript, including the addition, removal, or reordering of authors, must be supported by a signed written consent from all previously listed authors.

Acts such as plagiarism, duplicate publication, false authorship or denial of rightful authorship, fabrication or falsification of data, “salami slicing” or redundant publication, infringement of copyright, and failure to disclose conflicts of interest are deemed unethical. Manuscripts found to violate ethical standards will be retracted or withdrawn from the publication process. This policy also applies to any form of misconduct identified after the article has been published.

Plagiarism

All submissions that pass preliminary editorial screening are subject to plagiarism detection through the iThenticate software. In cases where plagiarism or self-plagiarism is identified, the authors will be duly notified. Editors reserve the right to resubmit the manuscript for plagiarism review at any stage of peer review or production if deemed necessary. Manuscripts exhibiting high similarity indices may be rejected, regardless of whether such similarity is detected before or after acceptance. Generally, depending on the article type and the distribution of similarity across sources, the total similarity score should not exceed 20%.

Double-Blind Peer Review

Following the plagiarism screening, manuscripts that meet the journal’s formal requirements are evaluated by the editors-in-chief in terms of originality, methodological rigor, scholarly significance, and alignment with the journal’s scope. Submissions deemed suitable are subjected to a double-blind peer-review process involving at least two national or international experts in the relevant field. Manuscripts may be accepted for publication upon necessary revisions made in accordance with the reviewers’ recommendations.

Please note: The Journal of Turkish World Studies exclusively accepts submissions from doctoral candidates and Ph.D. graduates. Submissions from undergraduate or master’s level students, as well as those who have completed these programs, are not considered for publication.

Authors may submit a subsequent article only after a period of two years (four issues) following the publication of their first article in the Journal.

Open Access Statement

The Journal of Turkish World Studies is an open access publication, and all content is made available to users and their affiliated institutions free of charge. In accordance with the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), users are permitted to read, download, copy, print, search, or provide links to the full texts of articles published in the Journal without seeking prior authorization from either the publisher or the authors, provided such use is not for commercial purposes.

All open access articles published in the Journal are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.

Article Processing Charge

All financial expenses associated with the Journal are fully covered by Ege University. Accordingly, no fees are charged to authors at any stage of the publication process. The Journal does not impose any article processing charges (APCs) or submission fees for manuscripts submitted, accepted, or published.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with the Journal retain the copyright to their work, which is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). By submitting their work, authors grant the Publisher a non-exclusive right to publish the work for non-commercial purposes. The CC BY-NC 4.0 license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the use is non-commercial in nature and the original work is properly cited.

Corrections, Retractions, and Expressions of Concern

The Editor may issue a correction if minor errors are identified in a published article, provided such errors do not affect the study’s results, interpretations, or conclusions. In cases where major errors or misconduct that compromise the validity of the findings are detected, the Editor may consider retracting the article.

An expression of concern may be issued when there is credible evidence of potential research or publication misconduct; where the reliability of the findings is in question; and when the authors’ affiliated institutions fail to conduct an investigation, or the outcome of such an investigation appears to be inconclusive, biased, or unfair.

The Journal adheres to the guidelines established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) concerning corrections, retractions, and expressions of concern.

Retraction

In cases requiring retraction, the Journal follows the Retraction Guidelines issued by COPE.

The Editor reserves the right to retract a published article under the following circumstances:

• There is clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, whether due to major error (e.g., miscalculation or experimental mistake), fabrication (e.g., falsified data), or manipulation (e.g., image alteration).
• The article contains plagiarized content.
• The work has been published elsewhere without appropriate citation or acknowledgment.
• The article includes data or material used without proper authorization.
• Copyright infringement or other serious legal issues are present.
• The research described is found to be unethical.
• The peer-review process was compromised or manipulated.
• The author(s) failed to disclose a significant conflict of interest that, in the Editor’s judgment, would have materially influenced the interpretation of the work or the editorial and peer-review process.

In the event of a retraction, the following procedures will be followed:

• A retraction notice, including the title of the article, will be published in a subsequent issue of the Journal. This notice will be paginated and included in the table of contents.
• A hyperlink will be established between the retraction notice and the original article in the electronic version.
• In the online version, a retraction notice page will precede the original article, informing readers of the retraction.
• The original article will remain accessible, but a watermark stating “Retracted” will be added to each page of the PDF version.

Article Removal for Legal Reasons

In exceptional circumstances, where legal risks are involved, the full text of an article may be removed and replaced with a statement of removal. In such cases, only the article’s metadata (title and authorship) will be retained.

Article removal may occur under the following conditions:

• The article is determined to be defamatory or to infringe the legal rights of third parties, and retraction is considered insufficient.
• The article is subject to a court order or is reasonably anticipated to become the subject of legal proceedings.
• There exists a substantial and immediate risk to public health.

Archiving Policy

To ensure the long-term preservation and permanent accessibility of all articles published in the Journal, all content is archived on DergiPark, which functions as a national digital repository. Additionally, DergiPark supports the LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) system, enabling the distributed collection, preservation, and dissemination of the Journal’s content.

Authors are also encouraged to self-archive the final published PDF version of their articles in open-access digital repositories that comply with the standards of the Open Archives Initiative (https://www.openarchives.org/). When depositing their work, authors are expected to include a link directing readers to the official version of the article on the journal website.