How-to
Writing Journal Policies
Writing the peer review, open access, copyright, ethics, AI, fee, archiving and complaints policies of a journal in Turkish and English.
You write the policies of the journal on the Policies tab. The policies you fill in are published on the journal page as separate sections under the Journal policies heading. Policies you leave empty are not shown.
- Open the journal with Manage journal and go to the Policies tab.
- Select a policy in the list on the left. The list shows whether each policy has been written.
- Select Turkish in the language tabs and write the text. Then write the English text.
- Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the other policies.
- Press Save.
You can use formatting such as headings, lists and links in the text. Harmful tags are removed when you save.
Policies and TR Dizin
The list has eleven policies. The checklist for TR Dizin (Türkiye's national citation index) shows a missing policy as a warning or as a suggestion.
| Policy | If missing in the TR Dizin checklist |
|---|---|
| Peer review process | Warning |
| Open access policy | Warning |
| Copyright and licensing | Warning |
| Ethical responsibilities of authors | Warning |
| Ethical responsibilities of reviewers | Warning |
| Ethical responsibilities of editors | Warning |
| Plagiarism and similarity checks | Suggestion. The row is complete if a similarity tool was entered on the guidelines tab |
| Use of AI tools | Suggestion |
| Publication fees | Warning |
| Archiving policy | Suggestion |
| Complaints and appeals | Suggestion |
If the journal charges no fees, say so clearly in the Publication fees policy, for example "The journal charges authors no fees." The TR Dizin checklist is described in detail in Preparing for TR Dizin.