1. PUBLISHING PRINCIPLES
1.1. General Principles
The Journal of Security Sciences is a biannual journal indexed in both national and international indexes which offers theoretical and applied research, analysis and articles on “security” and published by the Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy since 2012. The Journal of Security Sciences is published twice in a year, May and November, as in print and online accessible journal.
The main publishing languages of the Journal are Turkish and English. The title, keywords and the abstract of the articles submitted to the journal must be both in Turkish and English.
The Journal of Security Sciences publishes original articles and book reviews focused on “security” aspect from different fields including but not limited to human sciences and public sciences on politics, law, public administration, management, geography, history, communication, economy, informatics, psychology, sociology etc. Submitted articles must not be published nor submitted to any other publications before. Conference/congress/seminar papers are accepted only if they are not previously published as full text and certain info such as presentation date and place provided.
Submitted manuscripts must follow the grammar rules. Therefore, the author is responsible of problems arising from the breaches of grammar rules of their articles.
Articles which fail to follow the Journal principles and guidelines may not be accepted for reviewing process. Editorial Board has the authority to send articles to reviewers, to send back articles to authors after reviews, to change articles formats, to abbreviate it or to decide not to accept articles which fail to follow the academic integrity and publishing standarts.
The submitted manuscripts undergo a double anonymous reviewing process; articles are reviewed by referees whreas book reviews are reviewed by editorial board. To be accepted for publication in the Journal of Security Sciences, articles need to be positively peer reviewed at least by two referees. After articles are accepted for publishing, if there are more articles than the quota for the immediate volume, the articles are automatically shifted for the next volume. If an article is not published this way within a year, it is withdrawn from publishing list.
The copyright for the published articles and book reviews belongs the Journal of Security Sciences, however authors remain responsible for the contents of publications. The Journal of Security Sciences is under no circumstances responsible for the contents of the articles/book reviews. Feedbacks and all relevant information about the articles/book reviews are stored by the Journal of Security Sciences for 5 years.
The Journal of Security Sciences is free of charge, hence no money is paid to the authors for the copyrights.
1.2. Ethical Principles
Journal of Security Sciences puts great importance on publication ethics regarding the development of the scientific information. Therefore, such principles like Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing regulated by organizations like Committee of Publication ethics (COPE) (https://publicationethics.org/) and Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) (https://doaj.org/publishers#licensing) are strictly followed.
Any kind of research applying either qualitative or quantitative data collection approach and using any methods like questionnaire, interview, focus group work, observation, experiment and discussion methods and involving people or animals (including materials and the data) for scientific or experimental purposes, and retrospective studies require research ethics committee approval regarding the law on the protection of personal data.
Moreover, it is required to note not only that informed consent form was taken in case reports, and that the permission to use their scales, surveys, photographs was given by the owners, but also that the regulations on the copyright about ideas and art pieces were strictly followed.
This academic journal sticks to principles like open-access and free of charge in scholarly publishing and thus never requires any fee for the admission of articles from their writers. The complete content is open to access online and full-text at the exact date declared and without any limitation.
2. RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
2.1. Rights and Responsibilities of the Editorial Board
The Editorial Board of Journal of Security Sciences has the right and responsibility to decide the publication of articles and book reviews by taken into accounts feedbacks received from referees. The Editorial Board recommends publishing guides on (https://publicationethics.org) and promotes academic integrity.
Editorial Board has the right to decline articles and book reviews which contain plagiairised metarials or breach principles on academic integrity.
Submitted manuscripts must not be published or scheduled to appear in any other publications. Accepting a manuscript for peer reviewing process does necessarily mean a confirmation for publication.
2.2. Rights and Responsibilities of Author
Articles and book reviews submitted to the Journal of Security Sciences have to be original works of the authors. Submitted manuscripts should not be in any kind of submitting process in any other publishing platforms. The authors are responsible for the validity and confirmation of the bibliography. Plagiarism is not tolerated.
Author has the right to withdraw submitted manuscripts at any time before Editorial Board approves publication. In such cases, authors must inform the Board as early as possible.
In case of translated manuscripts, authors who write the original work and translators are both responsible for the contents and any breaches of academic integrity principles.
In cases where the authors disagree with the feedbacks given by referees and Editorial Board they have a right to object. In such cases, authors need to submit their own thoughts and critics regarding the feedbacks given by referees and Editorial Board in written for re-consideration..
2.3. Responsibilities of Referees
The Journal ensures that manuscripts are reviewed by using a double anonymous peer-review method. Referees are responsible for keeping the manuscripts confidential and not using the knowledge and information they encounter via manuscripts for personal gain.
All reviews and information on manuscripts are strictly confidential and must not be shared with others. Referees are not allowed to contact with the authors unless allowed otherwise by the Editorial Board.
Referee is expected to inform the Journal of Security Sciences immediately in case of breaches arising from academic integrity during the review process if they determine any. Referees are expected to be objective and personal criticisms towards authors are not allowed.