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Denizli
İl Millî Eğitim Müdürlüğü
Bilim ve Eğitim Dergisi Denizli

Provincial Directorate of National Education
Journal of Science and Education

• Editorial board members must act impartially that manuscripts to be published do not violate
and fairly in reviewer assignments and decision- legal obligations such as defamation, copyright
making processes. Personal attributes such as the infringement, or plagiarism.
authors’ positions, affiliations, religious or political
beliefs, gender, or nationality should not influence PUBLICATION POLICY
decisions. In cases of conflict of interest, the concerned • The Denizli Provincial Directorate of National
editor must abstain from the evaluation process. Education Science and Education Journal operates
• The final decision-making authority rests as a non-profit publication entity, adhering to its
with the editorial board. Submitted manuscripts are ethical responsibilities. The journal prioritizes the
rigorously evaluated based on criteria such as academic preservation of scientific and academic standards,
and scientific originality, contribution to the literature, along with the principles of impartiality and
relevance to the journal’s scope, required permissions, transparency throughout its publication processes.
and similarity index. Scientific and ethical standards • The journal is a peer-reviewed publication
must be adhered to with the utmost care during this issued regularly twice a year, in January and July, in
process. both print and electronic formats.
• Decisions must be made impartially, • Research and review articles in the fields
independent of the authors’ race, gender, sexual of Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Educational
orientation, religious beliefs, ethnic origin, citizenship, Sciences, Social Sciences, and Fine Arts are accepted
or political views. Decisions are solely based on for publication. However, review articles must not
the scientific accuracy, validity, contribution, and exceed 25% of the total number of articles. The type
relevance of the manuscript to the journal’s scope. of manuscript is determined by the editorial board
• Editorial board members must not disclose the based on the evaluation process, not the authors’
content of submitted manuscripts to any individual or suggestions. Technical notes, letters to the editor, case
institution unless legally required. Without written reports, and discussion papers are not considered for
permission from the authors, manuscript content review.
cannot be used in the editors’ own work. • Only original, current, and high-quality
• Authors’ objections to reviewer or editorial articles that have not been published elsewhere and
reports must be considered. If objections are valid and are expected to contribute to their field are accepted
reasonable, the necessary steps must be taken for the for preliminary evaluation. All articles are reviewed
manuscript’s reevaluation. equitably and undergo the same editorial process.
• During the initial review stage, manuscripts • Papers presented at conferences or symposiums
are assessed for compliance with writing rules, scope and published in full in conference proceedings are
relevance, and plagiarism rates. Eligible manuscripts not accepted for submission. However, abstracts or
are subjected to scientific review and sent to at least presentations not fully published may be submitted,
two independent reviewers under a double-blind provided this is explicitly indicated.
review system. If one reviewer provides a positive • If manuscripts are found to violate ethical
evaluation and the other a negative one, additional principles or the journal’s publication policies, their
reviewer opinions are sought. Based on reviewer evaluation process will be halted at any stage, and the
feedback, the editor may return the manuscript to the manuscript will be returned to the corresponding
author, request minor or major revisions, or approve author.
the manuscript for publication. In all cases, final • Statements and opinions expressed in the
decisions must be objective and adhere to scientific articles published in the journal do not reflect the
criteria. official views of the journal. Responsibility for the
• The editorial board is responsible for ensuring content rests entirely with the authors.