The evaluation process of articles reaching the Turkish Journal of Islamic Studies consists of five fundamental stages: editor review, preliminary evaluation, peer review, revision, and publication.
Editor Review
Submitted studies are evaluated by the editor in terms of originality, whether they fall within the scope of the Turkish Journal of Islamic Studies regarding their subject matter, and whether they meet the necessary formal requirements. At this stage, a plagiarism and similarity scan is conducted via the intihal.net software.
Preliminary Evaluation
In the second stage, the article undergoes a preliminary evaluation by one or several members of the Editorial Board belonging to the relevant field. In the preliminary evaluation, a peer review is not conducted; it is only decided whether the article will proceed to the peer review stage or not. Articles that do not receive a positive result in the preliminary evaluation are returned to the author.
Peer Review Process
A double-blind peer review process is initiated for studies that meet the preliminary evaluation criteria. The article is sent to two independent reviewers who are experts in their fields. Throughout the evaluation process, both author and reviewer identities are kept confidential; the process is conducted in accordance with ethical principles and privacy guidelines. In line with positive reports from both reviewers, the study is accepted for publication. In the event that one of the reviewers expresses a negative opinion, the article is directed to a third reviewer, and a final decision is made.
Revision Process
In the event that a revision is requested by the reviewers, authors must submit the proposed corrections by marking them in a different color (e.g., red) within the study. The changes made are first re-examined by the editor and then by the relevant reviewers. Studies that have completed the peer-review process are proofread by İSAM’s spelling and bibliography services and then undergo two more editorial readings.
In cases deemed necessary in terms of language and writing, additional corrections are requested from the authors. Linguistic revisions made are approved after being re-checked.
The final version of the article is evaluated by the reviewers’ assessments and—if any—the author’s responses by the Editorial Board. The Editorial Board makes a decision regarding the article toward publication, requesting changes, or returning it to the author. Furthermore, the issue in which the article will be published is determined by the Editorial Board.
Authors of articles for which a publication decision has been made are requested to sign a Declaration of Transfer of Financial Rights.
Publication Process
Articles that have completed all scientific, technical, and linguistic processes are made ready for publication following the typesetting and page layout procedures.
After obtaining the author’s approval, the article takes its final form and is published in the designated issue.
• Articles in the category of research notes are not included in the peer-review process; after being evaluated by the editor, they are reviewed by one of the members of the Editorial Board. The subsequent processes for such articles, for which a publication decision is made by the Editorial Board, are the same as the article processes.
• Articles in the category of review articles and bibliography (book reviews) are evaluated by the Bibliography Editors of the Turkish Journal of Islamic Studies. Following the fulfillment of corrections requested from the author, the Editorial Board decides whether the article will be published or not, and subsequent editorial processes are operated.