Article Evaluation Process

Article Evaluation Process

Journal of Islamic Sciences publishes academic studies within the scope of Islam and other religious sciences. It publishes original studies prepared in the fields of Islamic History, Islamic Sciences, History of Religions, Philosophy and Religious Sciences, and other related disciplines.

The Processes of the Articles are as follows:
Stage 1 Article Submission Acceptance
Stage 2 Completion of Preliminary Review of Articles
Stage 3 Referee Evaluation Process
Stage 4 Final Revisions and Publication Process

Preliminary Review
Spelling Check: Texts are examined in terms of form, spelling rules, and compliance with the ISNAD Citation System. Authors of the texts that require correction must make their corrections within 11 days.
Plagiarism/Similarity Check: Plagiarism/Similarity Check: Texts are examined for plagiarism/similarity. The plagiarism/similarity rate set by the Editorial Board is 20%. Manuscripts exceeding this rate are rejected without being included in the referee process. Plagiarism/Similarity check is performed twice, after the Editorial Board evaluation and before the Language Control process. Authors of the manuscripts for which corrections are requested should send their corrections within 11 days for the first check and within 4 days for the second check.
Language Check: Abstract for Turkish texts and Abstract and Abstract sections for texts written in other languages are grammatically checked. Authors of the texts for which corrections are requested should send their corrected texts within 5 days.
Proofreading and Redaction: Without interfering with the content of the text, corrections are made within the knowledge of the author regarding the language and style of the text in order to ensure unity of linguistic expression and spelling. After this stage, no corrections are requested from the author, but the text is sent to the author for final reading.

Academic Evaluation
Editorial Board Evaluation:
Editorial Board evaluation is a single step. Each article is sent to an editorial board member by the editor, taking into account the field. In the Editorial Board evaluation process, a one-sided blind evaluation system is applied.
At the first stage, the Editorial Board members divide the manuscripts into those that can be included in the evaluation process and those that will be rejected.
Editorial Board members evaluate the articles as specified in the Editorial Board Evaluation Criteria.
The main criterion for the assignment of the editor is that the field editor should be working in the field of the evaluations.

Referee Evaluation:
The texts are subjected to academic evaluation by referees determined by the editorial board in line with double blind refereeing. During the peer review process, if requested by the referee, the text is sent to the author twice for corrections. Authors are required to send corrected manuscripts within 8 days for each correction request. The author must also complete the Author Correction Form with the corrected manuscript. When there are positive and negative referee reports for the same article, the study is sent to a third referee and a decision is taken in line with the referee's decision. In order for a manuscript to be published in our journal, at least two referees must give a positive opinion.
It is important that authors do not exceed the deadlines given for corrections in order for the journal publication process to run smoothly.
The manuscripts of authors who do not make their corrections within the specified deadlines are removed from the evaluation process. A manuscript that receives one rejection and one major revision as a result of peer review is rejected.

Publication Process
Articles that pass technical, academic and linguistic reviews are examined by the Editorial Board and the final publication status is decided. In case of objection from the members, the Board decides by majority vote. The manuscripts that are decided to be published by the Editorial Board are typeset and edited and published.