Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

These principles are intended not only for use by authors, editors, and referee who are involved in peer review, but also for those who take responsibilities in the Journal such as, editorial and scientific advisory committee members

Descriptions

Journal: Journal of International Peace Studies (Journal);

Field: the science field/ discipline which in the topic areas of international peace;

Expert: person who specialized in the same expert field as the Journal topic; whose teaching or research and publications are in the field of academic international peace

Member of Editorial Boards: person who specialized in the same expert field as the Journal topic by outstanding scientific works At least five faculty members and serves in the editorial broad;

Scientific Advisory Committee: At least five faculty members who are specialized in the field and selected from different five universities;

Author: faculty member, Students or researcher who submit an article to Journal in the field;

Referee: at least two anonymous faculty members who specialized by outstanding scientific works in his/her field;

Editor/ Co-Editors: researcher/s who specialized in the field by outstanding scientific works coordinate the authors, readers, editorial board and scientific advisory committee;

Article: the article submitted for publication in the Journal;

Web site: webpages of the Journal in the DergiPark hosting services and editorial workflow management.

Aims and Scope/ Content

The aim of the Journal is to provide an independent academic reference sources/ authority for expert in different disciplines who studies academically in the topic areas of Israel, and Judaism which are related with the Middle East Studies.

The Journal places special emphasis on improving the existing connections with other disciplines and the creation of new links and aims to extend the methodologies, areas of interest and conceptual frameworks inside the field.

The Journal is published annually.

The Journal is a refereed international Journal.

It is online, free and open-source Journal.

The Journal does not charge for submission, handling, processing, and publication of manuscripts.

As an International Journal, Journal needs to ensure that the committees have international expertise and content is from a wide range of international authors.

It encourages work from younger scholars at the start of their academic careers, as well as welcoming contributions from established and senior scholars.

As a new Journal, it is desired to become established Journal overtime and make academic contribution to the field with its content. In this framework, ULAKBİM Social and Human Sciences Database (SHSD) and other indexes are desired to be members.

The Journal aims the improving of communication between the author, the referee, and the advisory committee and decision maker.

Ethics and Rules Determining the Functioning of the Journal

Open Access Journal

Journal as an Open Access Journal and adopts the open-access policy of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI). Accordingly, scientific articles and researches published in the Journal are presented to readers free of charge. Readers have the right to read, download, copy, print, distribute, search or connect the full text of articles published in the Journal without the permission of the publisher or authors.

Journal is published in Online First.

Archiving System

LOCKSS system is used as archiving system for preservation and restoration of data in this Journal.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism Policy

By submitting articles to Journal, the author attest the following:

None of the part of manuscript is plagiarized from other sources
Proper reference is provided for all contents extracted from other sources.

Strong action will be taken against cases of plagiarism:

All the papers submitted have to pass through an initial screening and are checked through the Advanced Plagiarism Detection Software (intihal.net).

Penalties for Plagiarism

When plagiarism has been found to have occurred, Journal will take the actions listed below as determined by the type of plagiarism.

The authors will be asked to write a formal letter of apology to the authors of the plagiarized paper, including an admission of plagiarism.
If the paper is under submission, the paper can be automatically rejected by the Editor or the Editorial board without further revisions and without any further plagiarism investigation coordinated by the Editor.

Copyrights

Journal aims to promote the development of global Open Access to scientific information and research. The Publisher provides copyrights of all online published papers (except where otherwise noted) for free use of readers, scientists, and institutions (such as link to the content or permission for its download, distribution, printing, copying, and reproduction in any medium) except change of contents and for commercial use, under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) License, provided the original work is cited. Written permission is required from the publisher for use of its contents for commercial purposes.

Journal decide to allow the author(s) to hold the copyright without restrictions with CC BY-NC-ND4.0 license

Email

In addition to the Gmail account to which the journal's pseudonymous email address <info@alanadi.tld> is directed, four email groups, which are separate email boxes in the journal, are created. The hierarchy of these 5-five separate email accounts is as follows:

<info@alanadi.tld> The journal's main communication address
<editor@alanadi.tld> For communication with editors
<yk@alanadi.tld> For communication with the editorial board
<byk@alanadi.tld> For communication with the scientific advisory board
<community@alanadi.tld> To inform the journal's board members, authors, referee, and readers

These groups are interconnected in a hierarchical order: While the 4 (group) email accounts above are members of the <community@alanadi.tld> email group, only the <info@alanadi.tld> email account is a member of <editor@alanadi.tld>.

Instead of forwarding incoming emails to the magazine's regular Gmail account, which operates under the alias <info@alanadi.tld>, to multiple personal email addresses (there is no possibility of forwarding via DNS) or to individual emails to multiple people, five hierarchical email accounts were set up.

In the journal's normal Gmail account, which operates with the nickname <info@alanadi.tld>, it is possible for editors or Board members to read and send messages via the journal's normal Gmail account by authorizing or importing their primary Gmail email addresses.

Emails coming to the journal's regular Gmail account running under the nickname <info@alanadi.tld> can be forwarded to the editor's address <editor@alanadi.tld> by creating filters or directly.

If necessary, it is possible to send messages from the primary Gmail accounts of the editor or editorial board members by adding the journal's five email accounts as aliases to their primary Gmail accounts (steps).

Editors should send correspondence from the journal's regular Gmail account, if you work with the nickname <info@alanadi.tld>. If you send an e-mail from your personal account with the nickname <info@alanadi.tld>, you should cc it to <info@alanadi.tld>.

The wildcard (*) settings in DNS records can be used for all unique aliases (info, editor, information, etc.) that do not have a separate email address.

Responsibilities

Editorial Boards

To offer expertise in their specialist area, an editorial board who is primarily made up at least three experts works directly work with the Editor/ co-editors to ensure ongoing development of the Journal.

The editorial board consists of the Journal's editors and other members.

Members’ tenure is two (2)-years term and may be reappointed. Membership will be reviewed on a regular basis to allow as many specialists as possible the opportunity to contribute to our Journal.

Board members may also serve as a rotating or (special) issue/theme guest editor in Journal

It takes the decisions with absolute majority.

It is important that the Committee members are active in their specialist field and are therefore up to date with what is happening in research and developments in that field.

He/ she decides Journal policy and scope. He/ she attracts new and established authors and article submissions. He/she makes efforts to be included in important citation indexes.

Editorial board examines the articles to the Journal in terms of suitability of form and field (pre-evaluation/ pre-assessment), identifies experts in the academy (based on theses, publications and the field of expertise), and submits them to relevant referee evaluations.

It decides whether the article will be published or not according to referee decisions and makes the ordering and list of articles to publish for those approved by the referee.

It decides on the assignment of issue/theme guest editor, book review editor, section/section editor, members of editorial, scientific, and ethics committee etc.

He/she decides to organize some events which promote the Journal such as conference. He decides on the special issue and cover story.

A new member is to be accepted to the committee. Nominee who wish to be part of editorial board submit a Curriculum Vitae (CV) along with an e-mail outlining their reason for the request and which roles they are interested in.

Editor-in-Chief appoints The Members of Editorial Board.

Editorial boards meets twice a year in person / face to face or/and via telephone/video conferencing in usual circumstances.

All members of the editorial board shall be obliged to attend these meetings.

Where it is deemed necessary, scientific advisory committee must also be invited by the Editor to the meetings of the editorial board for delivering opinions. Where voting is required in the editorial board, only the members of the editorial board shall have the right to vote.

The members of the editorial board who have failed to attend the meetings of the editorial board or who have attended the meetings but hampered his duties and responsibilities their membership terminates.

The member who acts against the research ethics, his/her committee member duty in the Journal shall come to an end.

To submit some of their own work for consideration, ensuring that they adhere to Conflict of Interest rules and stating their relationship to the Journal. This is very important as the Journal cannot be seen to publish only articles from members of the editorial board.

The organizing committee members are generally contacted by unsynchronous communication via their personal e-mail addresses individually or via the e-mail group called <yk@alanadi.tld> collectively. In addition, synchronous communication is established by telephone or video meeting (<meet.alanadi.tld>).

Editor/Co-Editors

Editor must consider and balance the interests of many constituents, including readers, authors, publisher, and editorial board members.

Editor can assign any experts as an Associate Editors/ section editors in assisting himself/ herself in ensuring coordination between the members of the editorial board, following up referee process of the articles, examining the referee reports and solving technical problems.

If editor shares the editorial responsibilities with section editors on behalf of the editorial board, follows the process by appointing a section editor to the articles submitted to the Journal with the approval of the editorial board.

The editor submits the proposal to decide whether the article will be published or not and approve the section editor assigned to the article by sending the article and the proposal of the section editor to the address <yk@alanadi.tld> for the approval of the editorial board. If there is no objection by the editorial board within 7 days, it is considered approved and remains under the responsibility of the section editor.

If the editorial board rejects the article, the editor returns the article to the author, and if the section editor returns the article, the editor rejects the article with the approval of the editorial board or sends it to a second section editor.

An Editor’s role is vital to the success of the Journal. Editor should make all reasonable effort to follow publication process of submitted articles in an efficient and timely manner.

Editor ensures coordinated working of all units of the Journal by ensuring the coordination among the various committees of the Journal.

Editor calls the editorial board to meet once a year in person or by conference call, except for special times, in order to make a pre-evaluation of articles to the Journal. He also send invitation to the scientific advisory committee for acknowledgement.

strictly follows the publication ethical standards to increase the Journal impact factor and be one among the international Journals of Israeli and Judaic worldwide.

Prepare annual activity report and report concerning the subjects discussed and decisions taken. The report shall be forwarded electronically to the members of the Editorial and Science Committee.

Editor corrects (copy editing) and make proofreading the articles submitted to the Journal and makes the Journal ready for printing. Checks the articles in terms of language and spelling (redaction).

Editor can help to translate the abstract of English articles into Turkish.

Editor follows up the messages received by the Journal via e-mail, and perform the other routine correspondence.

Editor must issue a ‘call for articles’ a “call for reviewers”, and “e-mail list” alert to invite more contribution of articles, to develop the reviewer panelists, and to introduce the articles.

Editor is responsible for creating and updating the web page and social media account of the Journal, especially twitter.

Immaterial amendments and corrections to the articles accepted for publication are done by the editor within the knowledge of the editorial board.

Editor should always be mindful of the number of articles in review and should encourage reviewers to speed up the process if they know the deadline is near.

On subjects where the absolute majority be ensured in the editorial board, the Editor shall give the final decision taking into account of the tendencies in the editorial board.

Editor can call the members of editorial board to assistance in extraordinary circumstances on matters related to his/her responsibilities in order prevent disruption of work.

Editör(ler) ile normalde kişisel eposta adresleri üzerinden bireysel veya <editor@alanadi.tld> veya <yk@alanadi.tld> eposta dağıtan üzerinden toplu art zamanlı iletişim kurulmaktadır. Ayrıca telefon veya görüntülü toplantı <meet.alanadi.tld> ile de eş zamanlı iletişim kurulmaktadır

the Organising Committee Co-Chairs (OC) email group is a natural member of this group, this gruo is a member of the [Organizing Committee (OC) Members] <yk@alanadi.tld>> and [Award Review Committee (ARC)] email group <oyk@alanadi.tld>>.

Using the addresses submitarticle.alanadi.tld>, yazarpaneli.alanadi.tld>, hakempaneli.alanadi.tld>, istek.hakempaneli.alanadi.tld>, editorpaneli.alanadi.tld>,) while Managing DergiPark article and issue publishing processes.

Responsibilities of Editorial Board Secretary

The Journal secretariat generally helps to responsibilities of co-editors in the preparation of the Journal and performs any other duty assigned by the Board.

The secretary is expected to collect and prepare jouran materials (keeping records of correspondence, prepatory meeting minutes, etc.)

A copy of each e-mail sent to editor <editor@alanadi.tld>>, board members <yk@alanadi.tld>or sent to jornal <info@alanadi.tld> forwarded to the secretary.

Journal secretaries are responsible answer general queries about the Journal through email. When sending an e-mail to a person or group, the secretary of the board should send an e-mail by making cc (carbon copy) to <editor@alanadi.tld>>.

The editorial board secretary makes technical preliminary evaluations by checking the compliance of the article in line with the writing rules and publication principles of the Journal.

Editor-in-Chief is a person having the qualifications stated in the Press Law numbered 5187 and responsible for the fulfilment of the provisions concerning the periodicals included in this Editor-in-Chief appoints the editor/co-editors

Editor-in-Chief appoints The Members of Editorial Board.

Section Editors

The section editors are determined by the editorial board decision from the editorial board members or field experts, and the section editor manages the editorial process in cooperation with the editorial board.

If section editor shares the editorial responsibilities with editors on behalf of the editorial board, follows the process by appointing a section editor to the articles submitted to the Journal with the approval of the editorial board.

He/she evaluates the article at the three steps. These steps are (i) pre-evaluation, (ii) peer-reviewing, and (iii) final evaluation.

He/she conducts correspondence with authors and referees in pre-evaluation, peer-reviewing, and final evaluation..

An Editor’s role is vital to the success of the Journal. Editor should make all reasonable effort to follow publication process of submitted articles in an efficient and timely manner.

Editor can help to translate the abstract of English articles into Turkish.

Immaterial amendments and corrections to the articles accepted for publication are done by the editor within the knowledge of the editorial board.

Editor can call the members of editorial board to assistance in extraordinary circumstances on matters related to his/her responsibilities in order prevent disruption of work.

5. Scientific Advisory Committee

The members of the scientific advisory committee shall be elected from the people experienced on subjects or scientific fields covered by the Journal, adherent to the academic ethics and in the nature of capable of bringing the Journal up to the international level. The scientific advisory committee shall consist of at least 5 Turkish and 5 foreigner university staffs.

Scientific advisory committee members’ expertise should represent the subject areas covered by the Journal's aim and scope. The scientific advisory committee shall introduce advise for the development of the scientific content and quality of the Journal

Scientific advisory committee members will serve a variety of functions. These may include:

acting as ambassadors for the Journal;

supporting and promoting the Journal;

submitting their article for publication;

reviewing submissions to the Journal;

attending and contributing to editorial board meetings.

A Journal's scientific advisory committee normally undergoes a partial renewal after a set period determined by the editorial board. This will involve removing some members, inviting others, and renewing some existing members for another term according to their functions. It is important when inviting a Committee member that this issue of scientific advisory committee members’ functions is included in the invitation letter to avoid any misunderstandings that can arise.

The Editor should be familiar with these experts and can invite new members from these colleagues and peers. Many of these will be authors of written books/ articles on related topics. Editors need to be very clear as to why they have chosen to invite someone to the scientific advisory committee.

Members of the Scientific Advisory Board are usually contacted individually via their personal email addresses or collectively via the email group <bdk@alanadi.tld>. They can also be contacted via phone or video meeting <meet.alanadi.tld>.

Referee

Referees (Reviewers) examine the articles submitted as to methodology, scope, and originality and decide whether they are appropriate for publication.

Referees must give unbiased consideration to each article submitted for consideration for publication with its academic merits, without regard to race, religion, nationality, sex, seniority, or institutional affiliation.

Referees must keep the peer review process confidential; information or correspondence about an article should not be shared with anyone outside of the peer review process.

Referees should provide a constructive, comprehensive, evidenced, and appropriately substantial Article Evaluation Form.

Referees are expected not only to mark the grading on the evaluation form, but also to detail the negative comments and state the reason. Especially referees who express a negative opinion should present to the author the lack of the study and the reasons for rejection.

Editor can interfere in the miswriting in referee reports, unfit declaration of the authors and the mistakes with the information.

While managing the refereeing processes, DergiPark may use <refereepanel.domainname.tld> and <request.refereepanel.domainname.tld>.

Author

Authors must confirm that their submitted article is their own original work, which does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any other person or entity, and cannot be construed as plagiarizing any other published work, including their own previously published work (self- plagiarism). They should obtain permission or cite to reproduce any content from other sources.

The corresponding author must ensure all named co-authors consent to publication. All persons who have made significant scientific or literary contributions to the article submitted should be named as co-authors. The names of the individuals who contributed only certain parts should be mentioned in the list of acknowledgment.

If required, authors must facilitate access to data sets described in the article.

Studies based on part of thesis/ dissertation can be published even if the university (ProQuest, or author) makes it available for download. In such cases, the thesis is not considered to be formally published. However, if the thesis is published by a publisher it cannot be published in the Journal.

The authors are responsible from contends of the articles published in the Journal and do not represent the official views of the Journal (editor or editorial board) (disclaimer)

While managing the article and issue publishing processes, DergiPark can use the addresses <article.alanadi.tld>, <authorpanel.alanadi.tld>

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