Ethical Principles

Kulliye is aimed to publish scientific research in the globalized world in the broadest boundaries that spread from local to the universal, accepting the human factor as the primary element, attaching importance to quality rather than quantity, and which will contribute to the Social Sciences theoretically and methodologically. Accordingly, the Journal of Kulliye aims to reach the international level of researches and to gain new perspectives and approaches to studies.

Publishing processes implemented in Kulliye are the basis for the development and distribution of information in an objective and respected way. Refereed studies exemplify and promote the scientific method. The processes performed in this way are directly reflected in the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions supporting the authors.  All stakeholders are expected to bear the following ethical responsibilities within the scope of the publication ethics of the Kulliye.

Ethical Guidelines for Authors

Kulliye Journal does not require a signed application letter from all authors of an article. In addition, it does not make imperative applications to the authors. All authors applying to Kulliye Journal are expected to voluntarily comply with international standards (ethical principles determined by the Publication Ethics Committee (COPE). https://publicationethics.org/).

●It is the author's responsibility to ensure that the submitted article will contribute to academic fields.
●The studies should be original and based on research.
●The article should not be sent to different journals at the same time and should not have been sent to another journal before.
●It should be ensured that other authors whose names will be written in the article contribute to the research. It is against scientific ethics to show non-academic contributors as additional authors or to rank authors based on non-scientific criteria such as title, age and gender, regardless of the order of contribution.
●It is assumed that the authors who submit articles to the journal have read and accepted the publication and writing principles of the journal, and the authors are deemed to have committed to what is expected of them in these principles.
●Citations and bibliography must be complete.
●Authors should take into account the Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive, which is also specified by the Council of Higher Education.

Ethical Guidelines for Reviewers

Reviewers are required to comply with international standards of review after accepting the invitation to review. The referees of Kulliye Journal are expected to voluntarily comply with international standards (ethical principles determined by the Publication Ethics Committee (COPE). https://publicationethics.org/).

● Referees should act with the awareness that they are the most basic determinant of the academic quality of the article to be published in the journal and should evaluate it with a view increasing the academic quality.

● Referees should only accept the articles that they have the expertise necessary to make an appropriate appraisal. Also, they should only accept the articles that they can adhere to the double-blind peer-review secrecy and they should keep the details of the article in every way confidential.

● Reviewers should be aware that the peer review process is confidential and should not be shared with anyone outside the process.

● Referees should only evaluate the correctness of the content of the articles and the appropriateness of the academic criteria. The opinions put forth in the article by authors may differ from those of the referees. The differences should not affect the evaluation.

● Referee reports should be objective and moderate. Defamatory, derogatory and accusatory statements must be avoided.

●Referees should avoid superficial and ambiguous expressions in evaluation reports. For the evaluations that resulted negative, the missing points and imperfections of the article must be shown clearly and concretely.

● Referees must evaluate the articles within the time-frame granted to them. If they will not evaluate the article, they must notify the journal within a reasonable time.

Ethical Guidelines for Editors

Editors and members of the Editorial Board are required to comply with the international standards of the Editorial Board. The editor and editorial board members of Kulliye are expected to voluntarily comply with international standards (ethical principles determined by the Publication Ethics Committee (COPE). https://publicationethics.org/).

●Editors should accept articles that will contribute to the relevant fields specified in the journal policy, into the evaluation process.
●Editors should not have any conflict of interest/relationship with accepted or rejected articles.
●Editors have full responsibility and authority to accept or reject an article.
●It is the editors' responsibility to keep the names of the referees and authors mutually confidential.
●Editors should make every effort to screen for plagiarism of articles submitted for publication and thus to prevent academic dishonor.
●The editors have to complete the preliminary review, refereeing, editing and publishing processes of the articles submitted to the journal in a timely and healthy manner.
●Editors should prioritize academic concerns and criteria when accepting articles to the journal.

Ethical Rules for Readers

When the reader notices an important error or inaccuracy in an article published in the Kulliye, or has any complaints about the editorial content (plagiarism, duplicate articles, etc.), they can make a complaint by sending an e-mail to kulliyedergisi@ybu.edu.tr. We welcome complaints as they provide an opportunity for us to improve, and we aim to respond quickly and constructively.

Publication Policy

Kulliye (Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University International Journal of Social Sciences) is an international and peer-reviewed journal that publishes research in the fields of social sciences, especially philology, sociology, philosophy, history, psychology, and is published 2 issues a year, in March and September, apart from special issues. The publication languages ​​of the Kulliye journal are Turkish and English. Those who want to submit an article for publication to the Kulliye should submit their work here by becoming a member of the Article Tracking System at https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/aybukulliye. Kulliye is an electronic journal. Therefore, all processes from the application to the publication of the manuscript are carried out electronically within the DergiPark system. Adding an article to the electronic system of Kulliye Journal is accepted as an application for publication and the evaluation process of the article begins. No royalties are paid for the articles. Articles are not accepted via e-mail. The criteria for originality and contribution to the field are sought in the studies submitted to the journal.

Kulliye has a strict understanding of publication against plagiarism and predatory journalism. Therefore, the authors who want to submit their manuscript to the Kulliye must be original and research-based, by the publication rules and with an Ithenticate plagiarism report (the similarity rate should not exceed 20%), not published elsewhere or sent for publication; presentations made in symposiums and congresses should not have been published before. At the same time, authors are required to pay attention to the level of contribution of the authors to the research in studies with more than one author, and to declare that they have read and accepted the publication and writing principles of the journal. On the other hand, the Kulliye attaches importance to the fact that the referees, who are one of the most important stakeholders of the academic publication process, act with the awareness that they are the most basic determinants of the academic quality of the studies and act by the responsibility of increasing the academic quality during the evaluation phase of the studies to be published. For this purpose, the Kulliye is committed to submitting the studies to be evaluated to referees who are suitable for their fields of expertise and academic experience. It gives priority to the referees to pay attention only to the accuracy of the content of the articles and their compliance with academic criteria, that their reports are objective and measured, and that they complete their evaluations in the time given to them. Accepting studies that will contribute to the fields addressed by the journal, preliminary evaluation, from the editor, assistant editors and others responsible for the journal to ensure that the academic publication process is carried out healthily. It is expected that they will reject the works that do not meet the specified criteria. However, it is the primary responsibility of the concerned people of the journal to protect the mutual confidentiality between the researchers and the referees, to show effort to prevent possible plagiarism in the studies and to prioritize academic and ethical principles in all processes of the journal. Any legal, economic and ethical responsibility that may arise from the articles sent to the Kulliye belong to the authors, even if the article in question has been published. The journal does not accept any liability.