Principles of the Referee Process

Evaluation Principles

1) Manuscripts that have not been previously published or are not currently under review for publication in another journal and approved by each author are accepted for review.

2)  Submitted and pre-checked manuscripts are scanned for plagiarism using Turnitin or Ithenticate software.

3) Journal of Türkiye Media Academy conducts a double blind review process. All manuscripts will first be evaluated by the editor for suitability for the journal. The eligible articles are sent to at least two independent expert referees to assess the scientific quality of the article.

4)  The editors evaluate manuscripts independently of the ethnicity, gender, nationality, religious beliefs and political philosophy of the authors. They ensure that manuscripts submitted for publication undergo fair double blind peer review.

5) Editors do not allow conflicts of interest between authors, editors and reviewers.

6)  Editors are responsible for the final decision on acceptance or rejection of manuscripts. The editor's decision is final.

7) Editors are not involved in decisions about manuscripts written by themselves or by family members or colleagues, or about products or services in which the editor has an interest. Any such submission is subject to all of the journal's usual procedures.

Review Process

Refereeing Type Double Blind

Double Blinding: After the plagiarism check, eligible manuscripts are evaluated by the editor-in-chief for originality, methodology, importance of the topic covered and compatibility with the scope of the journal. The editor ensures that the manuscripts undergo a fair double-blind review and if the manuscript meets the formal requirements, he/she submits the manuscript to the evaluation of at least two referees from Turkey and/or abroad, and if the referees deem necessary, they approve the manuscript for publication after the required changes are made by the authors.

Review Time Pre-Publication

Author-Referee Interactions: Editors mediate all interactions between reviewers and authors.

Time in Review: For research articles that are submitted to the referee process for review at the Journal of Türkiye Media Academy, the time until the first decision is approximately 15 days.

Acceptance Rate: We publish approximately 40-45% of the articles received by our journal.

Plagiarism Check: Yes - Turnitin or Ithenticate scans articles to prevent plagiarism.

Number of Reviewers Reviewing Each Article: Two-Three

Allowable Duration: 20 days. This period can be extended by adding 10 days.

Decision: In order for the article to be accepted for publication by the Editor, at least two referees must make an acceptance decision.

Suspected Ethical Violation: Reviewers should inform the Editor if they suspect misconduct in the research or publication. The Editor is responsible for taking the necessary action in accordance with COPE recommendations.

Refereeing Process Guidelines for the Work of the Editorial Staff

Editorial and analysis articles written by the editors of the Journal of Türkiye Media Academy are not subject to external peer review. Original research articles are sent to at least two external referees as part of blind review. During this period, the editorial roles of the editors of the articles are suspended so that they do not see the referee process, thus preserving double blind refereeing.

Author Responsibilities

The author must comply with research and publication guidelines.

The author should not attempt to publish the same work in more than one journal.

The author should indicate the works used in the writing of the article in the bibliography.

Responsibilities of the Editor

The editor evaluates manuscripts for scientific content without regard to the ethnicity, gender, citizenship, religious beliefs or political opinions of the authors.

The editor conducts fair double-blind peer review of manuscripts submitted for publication and ensures that all information about submitted manuscripts is kept confidential before publication.

The editor informs the reviewers that the manuscripts are confidential and that this is a privileged interaction. Reviewers and the editorial board cannot discuss manuscripts with other people. The anonymity of reviewers must be ensured. In certain cases, the editor may share a reviewer's review with other reviewers to clarify a particular point.

The editor is responsible for the content and overall quality of the publication. It is also his/her responsibility to issue a correction note or retraction when necessary.

The editor does not allow any conflict of interest between authors, editors and reviewers. He/she has full authority only to appoint referees and the Editorial Board is responsible for the final decision to publish the manuscript in the journal.

Responsibilities of Referees

Reviewers should not have any conflicts of interest related to the research, the authors and/or the research funders.

The reviewers' evaluations should be objective.

The language and style used by the referees should not offend the author.

Reviewers should ensure that all information regarding submitted manuscripts remains confidential until the manuscript is published.

Reviewers should notify the editor if they notice copyright infringement or plagiarism in the work they review.

A reviewer who feels inadequate to review a manuscript or who feels that he/she cannot complete the review in the allotted time should withdraw from the review process.

During the review process, reviewers are expected to consider the following points: Does the article contain new and important information? / Does the abstract clearly and properly describe the content of the article? / Is the methodology described in a coherent and understandable manner? / Are the interpretations and conclusions substantiated by the findings? / Are there sufficient references to other studies in the field? / Is the language quality adequate?

Preliminary Review and Plagiarism Scan

The manuscript is reviewed by the editor for compliance with the journal's editorial guidelines, academic writing rules and APA 7. Citation System, and is scanned for plagiarism using iThenticate or Turnitin. The preliminary review is completed within a maximum of 15 days. The plagiarism similarity rate must be less than 15%. If the similarity rate is 1%, but citation and quotation are not done properly, there may still be plagiarism. In this respect, citation and quotation rules must be known and carefully applied by the author:

Citation/Indirect Quotation: If a citation is made to an opinion, discussion or determination in a source and the cited opinion is put on the line in the words of the researcher, a footnote sign (1) should be placed at the end of the sentence. If the citation is to a specific page or page range of the work, the page number should be given. If there is a reference to the entire work, that is, if the reference is made to a degree that requires the reader to examine the entire work, the source should be indicated in the footnote after the phrase "see. on this subject", "see. about this opinion", "see. about this discussion" or just "see.".

Quotation/Iquotation: If the relevant part of the source is quoted verbatim, without touching the point and comma, the quoted part is "enclosed in double quotation marks" and the source is indicated by giving the footnote number1 at the end. Quotations that exist in the directly quoted text are written using 'single quotation marks'. If the directly quoted part is longer than three lines (more than forty words), it is shown in a separate paragraph. In order to distinguish long quotations from the main text, it should be preferred to write in a font size one smaller than the normal text size and to indent the entire paragraph from the left at the beginning of the line. In direct quotations, some words, sentences and paragraphs may be omitted, provided that they do not change the meaning. Ellipses (...) are placed in place of the omitted parts. It is not correct to write the part quoted verbatim from a source without enclosing it in "double quotation marks" and to be contented with just writing the source at the end. If these rules are not followed, the author may be accused of violating publication ethics (Plagiarism).

Field Editor Review

The manuscript that passes the Preliminary Review and Plagiarism Scanning stage is reviewed by the relevant field editor in terms of problematic and academic language and style. This review is completed within a maximum of 15 days.

Referee Process (Academic Evaluation)

After being reviewed by the field editor, the manuscript is submitted to at least two external referees who have a PhD thesis, book or article on the subject. The referee process is carried out in confidentiality within the framework of double blind refereeing. The referee is requested to either state his/her opinion and opinion on the manuscript or justify it with an explanation of at least 150 words on the online referee form. The author is given the right to object and defend his/her views if he/she disagrees with the referee's opinions. The field editor ensures mutual communication between the author and the referee while maintaining confidentiality. If both referee reports are positive, the manuscript is submitted to the Editorial Board with a proposal to consider publication. If one of the two referees has a negative opinion, the manuscript is sent to a third referee. Studies can be published with the positive decision of at least two referees. The publication of book and symposium reviews and doctoral thesis abstracts is decided upon the evaluation of at least two internal referees (the relevant field editors and/or members of the editorial board).

Correction Phase

If the referees request corrections to be made in the text they have reviewed, the relevant reports are sent to the author and he/she is asked to correct his/her work. The author makes the corrections in the Word program with the "Track Changes" feature turned on or indicates the changes in the text in red. Submits the corrected text to the field editor.

Field Editor Control

The field editor checks whether the author has made the requested corrections to the text.

Referee Check

The reviewer checks whether the author has made the requested corrections to the text.

Language Check

The manuscripts that pass through the referee process are reviewed by the Language Editors and, if necessary, the author is asked to make corrections. The review process is completed within a maximum of 20 days.

Typesetting and Layout Phase

The works that are decided to be published are prepared for publication by typesetting and layout and sent to the author for review. This stage takes maximum 15 days.

Data Submission to National and International Indexes

The data of the published issue is sent to the relevant indexes within 15 days.