The responsibility for the content, scientificity and other issues of the article submitted to the journal belongs entirely to the author(s). By submitting the article, the author(s) is deemed to have accepted all the terms and conditions written in the journal. TAY Journal accepts articles through the DergiPark system. Article submission is carried out in 5 steps. These steps are included in the images below.
1. The candidate article received by TAY Journal is firstly pre-evaluated by the secretariat in terms of its compliance with the publication template. The candidate article that does not comply with the template is returned to the author(s).
2. The candidate article that passes the preliminary evaluation is forwarded to the chief editor/editors. The chief editor/editors review the candidate article in terms of the journal's editorial policy, publication principles, writing rules and originality of the candidate article. As a result of this review, the candidate article is sent to the relevant editor in the editorial board. The unsuitable candidate article is returned to the author(s), stating the reason.
3. The relevant editor in the editorial board pre-evaluates the candidate article in terms of originality, relevance to the field, relevance and accuracy of the statistics used. As a result of this evaluation, the candidate article deemed appropriate is forwarded to the chief editor/editors. The candidate manuscript is sent anonymously to at least two referees by the editor-in-chief/editors. The referees are selected from the referee pool of TAY Journal, provided that they are from outside the author(s)' institution.
4. If the candidate article receives two rejections or one rejection and one major correction at the end of the referee reports, the author(s) will be notified that it is not accepted for publication with the reasons. In other cases, the chief editor/editors may review the referee report and initiate an additional evaluation process if necessary.
5. The decision regarding the publication of the candidate article whose referee process is positive is made by the editorial board. The processes of the candidate article accepted for publication by the editorial board are as follows:
6. After these processes are completed, the final decision on the publication of the candidate article is made by the editorial board. The article accepted for publication is published as “Future Issue”. The article in the next issue is included in the publication process and published in the relevant issue.
7. The following points are important regarding the publication process:
TAY Journal is committed to academic principles and ethical values in its publication policy. It continues its publication life in accordance with national and international standards regarding ethical principles and values. In this context, the standards set by COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) and the principles set out in the CoHE “Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive” are taken into consideration.
TAY Journal requires the author(s) to comply with research and publication ethics. Compliance with “National and International Ethical Guides” and permission from the relevant ethics committees are essential for research conducted in humans or animals. The articles in the journal must be prepared within the framework of “ethical rules”. Ethical responsibility belongs to the author(s). Ethical principles regarding editors, referees and authors of TAY Journal can be found in the Ethical Principles and Publication Policy.
For research conducted on humans or animals, the “Ethics Committee Permission” document must be uploaded to the journal system. In addition, the author(s) should fill in the “Ethical Permits of Research” and “Ethics Committee Permission Information” sections in the article template appropriately. The editorial board has the right to request detailed information from the author(s) on this subject if necessary. Studies that do not submit a report even though they require 'Ethics Committee Permission' will not be evaluated.