Article Evaluation Process
Articles submitted to Istem go through a three-stage process: Preliminary Examination, Scientific Evaluation and Preparation for Publication. These processes are planned and implemented by the Editors.
The suitability of the content of the article, the suitability of the originality report, the approval of the ethics committee, the suitability of the article to the Request Journal Article Template, the appropriateness and currency of the citations are examined by the Prompt Journal Pre-control officer. Authors are informed with a pre-examination report.
Studies that do not comply with the journal's spelling rules and template will not be evaluated and returned to the author (s) within 15 days for re-editing. Accordingly, the writing rules should be examined beforehand and a sample template file should be used in order to prepare the studies in accordance with the journal's writing rules.
As a result of the figure examination, articles that are not found sufficient (appropriate) may be rejected or a correction may be requested. For the candidate articles that are not found sufficient in the figure review, if they are not rejected due to their scope, the authors can apply again.
Articles that are appropriate in terms of spelling and format are scanned for plagiarism using Ithenticate and Turnitin software. The maximum similarity rate in our journal is accepted as 15%.
Language Review
The articles are reviewed by Istem Journal's Language Editors for academic writing in English and Turkish. The language review result of the article is communicated to the authors with the Language Review Report. Candidate articles that are not found sufficient as a result of the language examination may be "Rejected" or "Correction" may be requested.
Editorial Pre-Evaluation Process
Articles with similar rates of similarity to the publication and writing rules of the journal are taken into editorial pre-evaluation. In this process, the introduction, method, findings and discussion parts of the articles are evaluated by the editorial team in terms of the scope and objectives of the journal, as well as compliance with the research reporting processes. As a result of the preliminary evaluation, the journal publishing and spelling rules are also rejected without being accepted for the referee evaluation.
As a result of the preliminary examination;
• It is checked whether the article has been edited according to the journal's writing guide.
• The compliance of the article with the scope and subject areas of the journal is evaluated.
• In the article proposal, the compliance of the citations and bibliography with the ISNAD Citation System is evaluated.
• It is evaluated whether the required files of the articles (Ethics Declaration Form, Title Page and Untitled Main Document) are uploaded in a complete and correct format.
The period given to the referees for the referee evaluation process is 15 days. Referees can examine the revisions of a work and decide whether it is appropriate or, if necessary, request corrections more than once. When a correction is requested by the referees, the authors make corrections within 15 days at the latest and submit their work to the journal via the same system. The edited work is re-evaluated by the referees who request changes or corrections when necessary. The editorial board decides on the publication of the studies in line with the referee opinions. In case of discrepancy in the referee opinions, the Editorial Board may send the study to another referee if it deems necessary. During the manuscript acceptance process, if the two referees' views differ, the decision is made by taking the opinion of the editor or a third referee.
Referee Reports
Referee evaluations are generally;
• Originality
• The problem and purpose of the candidate article
• The importance of the subject
• Compliance of the subject with the journal's publishing policy
• Contribution to the field
• Organization
• Method
• Contribution of the findings to the field
Discussion
• Conclusion
Consistent presentation of results
• The appropriateness of the source link and references in the text
• Resources
• It is based on examination in terms of compliance with ethical rules.
Referees evaluate the work using the online "Referee Evaluation Form". In addition, if the referees deem it necessary, they can also forward the notes on the full text to the editor / field board.
The referees can express their views on the studies in 4 ways:
• Can be published
• Can be published after revisions
• I want to see it again after corrections
• Cannot be published (Refused)
Evaluation Result
Comments from referees are reviewed by the editor / s within 15 days at the latest. As a result of this review, it conveys its final decision to the author (s).
Objection to the Evaluation Result
The right to object to the evaluation results of the author (s) is reserved in Istem. The author (s) should send an e-mail to istem@erbakan.edu.tr within 15 days after the decision is sent to them by referring to the opinions and comments within the scope of the evaluation results. Objections are reviewed by the editorial board within one month at the latest. Regarding the objections made by the author (s), a field expert referee is appointed. The study is first reviewed by the referee, then a final evaluation is made with the other referee opinions and the result is reported to the author (s).
During the preparation for publication, the typesetting and editing of the article is done by the layout editor. In order to detect errors and omissions, the final reading of the articles is done by the editorial team and the articles are published in the relevant issue of the journal.
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