Before the Review Process

The submitted manuscripts are first reviewed by the secretariat. This review is done in accordance with the Preliminary Review Checklist. If the secretariat detects a deficiency in the list, it notifies the authors together with the checklist and requests changes. After the deficiencies are corrected, the preliminary review of the article is completed. Among the documents uploaded in the first application, the documents requiring signature must be wet signed and in PDF format (except full text). Pasting the signature image on the document, signatures made with Word pen or digital pens are not accepted. Articles whose preliminary review is completed are evaluated by the editorial board in terms of subject, scope, method, academic writing, etc. In the relevant review, the issues clearly stated in the “Purpose and Scope” title on the journal page are taken into consideration. Studies dealing with out-of-date topics, articles that do not fulfill ethical responsibilities or research outside the scope are rejected at this stage. This review is completed within 60 days at the latest from the submission of the article to the journal. At the end of this process, articles deemed suitable for evaluation are reviewed by the statistics editor. An editor is assigned to the articles that are decided to be evaluated as a result of the statistical review and the research is submitted to the field editor for review. If the field editor finds the article suitable for refereeing, referees are assigned according to the subject.