Before the Referee Process

The submitted articles are evaluated by the editor and his assistants in terms of subject and scope before being forwarded to the secretariat. The purpose and scope of the journal, which are clearly stated in the “purpose and scope” tab on the journal website, are taken into consideration in the relevant review. Outdated topics, articles that are not considered ethically appropriate or articles outside the scope are rejected at this stage. This review period is completed within 1-40 days at the latest after the article is submitted to the journal.

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Referee Process and Publication

1- After the first review, a secretariat is assigned to the remaining articles. The secretariat checks the articles on it in order of arrival. This check is performed with the “preliminary review checklist” and the article files are evaluated. If a deficiency is detected in the list, the secretariat notifies the authors with the checklist and requests a change. After the secretariat completes this change, the preliminary review of the article is completed and the editor is assigned.
2- After the editor is assigned, the editor reviews the article and its files once more. If deemed necessary and if there is a deficiency or error overlooked in the process, the article may be rejected at this stage or a change may be requested from the author. If no problems are detected in the content and files of the article, a field editor appropriate for the field/subject of the article is assigned.

3- The article is sent to two referees related to the field of the study by the field editors for review. The referees are given 30 days to complete their review. If one of the referees accepts and the other rejects, the field editor sends it to a third referee. If the referees request corrections, they are sent to the author(s) on the condition that the corrections are made within 30 days. For edited articles, it is mandatory to upload a “reviewer feedback file” in addition to the revisions made to the full text of the article.

4- After the process of the article is completed and there are at least two positive reports and the changes are checked, the acceptance decision is made for the article. The article with the acceptance decision is sent for language review within 1-30 days.

5- After the language review is completed, the authors are asked to make the final reading of the article and if it is a derivative publication, this information is requested to be added. After the relevant information is added, it is sent to the editor for the article to be reviewed in Turkish and in spelling. The editor may also request some changes from the author and check these changes.

6- Articles that have completed the spelling review are directed to the editor for layout editing. At this stage, the “layout editor checklist” is used. The editor requests the relevant corrections and sends them to the author together with the checklist. The article, whose layout editing is completed, waits for the appropriate number for printing and is queued.

7- The copyright of the published studies belongs to the journal and the author(s) are deemed to have accepted this by sending the articles.

8- The views and ideas in the published study are the personal views of the author(s) and do not constitute the official views of the journal.

9- Articles that are not written according to the spelling rules of Cumhuriyet International Journal of Education are not evaluated by the editors.