Publication Policies

This page explains the publication ethics, peer review process, open access policy, copyright and licensing terms, artificial intelligence use policy, conflict of interest and funding disclosure policy, archiving policy, fee policy, and privacy statement of Uygulamalı Felsefe Dergisi (Journal of Applied Philosophy).

Uygulamalı Felsefe Dergisi (Journal of Applied Philosophy) accepts submissions in Turkish, English, German, French, and Italian.

Publication Ethics

Uygulamalı Felsefe Dergisi (Journal of Applied Philosophy) is guided by the principles of integrity, openness, responsibility, and editorial independence in academic publishing. All submissions to the journal are expected to comply with the principles of academic ethics.

Authors confirm that the work they submit is their own original scholarly work and that any ideas, expressions, data, translations, images, tables, or similar materials belonging to others are properly cited and acknowledged. Plagiarism, misleading use of sources, translation without attribution, fabricated citations, duplicate publication, and unauthorized use of materials are considered violations of academic ethics.

The editorial board may request an explanation from the author, suspend the evaluation process, or reject the submission in cases of suspected plagiarism or high textual similarity. If a serious ethical violation is identified in a published work, a correction, statement, or retraction process may be initiated.

Every person listed as an author must have made a meaningful scholarly contribution to the work. Listing individuals who have not contributed as authors, or excluding individuals who have contributed, is not acceptable. In cases of disagreement concerning authorship order or contribution statements, the editorial board may request explanations and relevant documentation from the authors.

Studies involving human participants, personal data, interviews, surveys, observational research, or any other research requiring ethics committee approval must have obtained the necessary permissions. When ethics committee approval is required, the relevant document must be uploaded to the system during submission.

Peer Review Process

Uygulamalı Felsefe Dergisi (Journal of Applied Philosophy) applies a double-blind peer review process to research articles. In this process, the identities of authors and reviewers are kept confidential from one another.

Research articles submitted to the journal are first examined by the editorial board in terms of formal suitability, compatibility with the journal’s aim and scope, scholarly quality, originality, and ethical principles. Submissions that fall outside the scope of the journal, do not meet the required scholarly standards, fail to comply with formal requirements, or raise ethical concerns may be rejected without peer review.

Research articles that pass the preliminary editorial screening are sent to at least two qualified reviewers in the relevant field. Based on the reviewers’ reports, the editorial board may decide on acceptance, minor revision, major revision, resubmission for review, or rejection.

In cases where there is a significant divergence between reviewer reports, the editorial board may seek a third reviewer’s opinion. The final publication decision rests with the editorial board.

Book reviews and translations may be accepted for publication following editorial evaluation. When necessary, the editorial board may also seek external review for these texts.

Open Access

Uygulamalı Felsefe Dergisi (Journal of Applied Philosophy) adopts an open access policy that supports the free circulation of scholarly knowledge and the accessibility of philosophical research to a broad readership.

All articles, book reviews, and translations published in the journal are freely accessible from the moment of publication. No fee is charged for accessing, downloading, or reading the content.

The open access policy aims to increase the visibility of scholarly work, strengthen the exchange of knowledge among researchers, and make philosophical discussions available within a broader academic and public sphere.

Copyright and Licensing

Uygulamalı Felsefe Dergisi (Journal of Applied Philosophy) recognizes that copyright in published works remains with the authors. Authors grant Uygulamalı Felsefe Dergisi (Journal of Applied Philosophy) the right of first publication.

Unless otherwise stated, works published in the journal are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Under this license, published works may be shared, reproduced, and used for academic purposes, provided that appropriate attribution is given to the author and the original place of publication. Commercial use is not permitted.

Authors are responsible for obtaining the necessary permissions for copyrighted images, tables, texts, translations, archival documents, or similar materials used in their work. Legal and ethical responsibility arising from the use of such materials rests with the authors.

Use of Artificial Intelligence

Uygulamalı Felsefe Dergisi (Journal of Applied Philosophy) is guided by the principles of transparency, responsibility, and originality in relation to the use of artificial intelligence tools in academic work. Artificial intelligence tools may not be listed as authors under any circumstances. Authorship belongs to real persons who can assume academic responsibility.

Authors are fully responsible for the main idea, conceptual framework, arguments, interpretations, use of sources, accuracy, and originality of their work. The use of artificial intelligence tools does not remove or reduce this responsibility.

If artificial intelligence tools have been used at any stage, including text generation, translation, language editing, summarization, literature search, code support, data organization, image generation, table preparation, or similar tasks, this use must be clearly disclosed. The disclosure must specify the name of the tool used, the purpose of use, the scope of use, and the stage of the work in which it was used.

Authors must verify the accuracy of outputs obtained through artificial intelligence tools. Sources suggested by such tools must be independently checked by the author before being used. The use of non-existent sources, inaccurate citations, or the inclusion of AI-generated outputs without academic review is considered a violation of publication ethics.

Reviewers and members of the editorial board may not upload unpublished manuscripts, files, or review reports from the evaluation process to artificial intelligence platforms in a way that would violate confidentiality.

Conflict of Interest and Funding Disclosure

Uygulamalı Felsefe Dergisi (Journal of Applied Philosophy) is committed to conducting the publication process in accordance with the principles of impartiality, openness, and academic integrity. Authors, reviewers, and members of the editorial board are therefore required to disclose any conflicts of interest that may affect the evaluation or publication process.

A conflict of interest includes personal, academic, institutional, financial, or professional relationships that may influence the preparation, evaluation, or publication of a work. The existence of such relationships does not in itself constitute an ethical violation. However, failure to disclose them may undermine the reliability of the publication process.

Authors must clearly disclose any financial support, project funding, grants, sponsorships, or other forms of support related to the preparation of the work. If no funding has been received, this must also be declared during submission.

Reviewers should decline a review invitation or inform the editorial board if they believe that they have a close academic, institutional, personal, or professional relationship with the authors of the work under review.

Members of the editorial board withdraw from the evaluation process when their own work or a work involving a direct conflict of interest is under consideration. In such cases, the process is handled by another member of the editorial board.

Archiving

Uygulamalı Felsefe Dergisi (Journal of Applied Philosophy) values the long-term accessibility, preservation, and continuity of published scholarly content within the academic record.

Articles, book reviews, translations, and related metadata published in the journal are stored electronically through the Open Journal Systems infrastructure. Regular technical backup and digital archiving processes are carried out to preserve published content.

The journal’s published content is made available to readers through the journal website under an open access model. Suitable digital preservation systems and archiving services are being evaluated in order to ensure the long-term accessibility of the content.

Fees

Uygulamalı Felsefe Dergisi (Journal of Applied Philosophy) is committed to conducting academic publishing in an accessible and open manner. Accordingly, the journal does not charge authors any fees at the stages of submission, review, or publication.

The journal does not charge submission fees, peer review fees, article processing charges, publication fees, page fees, or any similar fees.

Access to the content published in the journal is free of charge. Readers may access, download, and read published articles, book reviews, and translations without paying any access, download, or reading fees.

Privacy Statement

Uygulamalı Felsefe Dergisi (Journal of Applied Philosophy) is committed to protecting the confidentiality of personal information collected through the journal system. Names, affiliations, email addresses, and similar information shared during registration, submission, review, and publication processes are used only for the academic publication processes of the journal.

User information is not shared with third parties for commercial purposes. Personal information is processed only for managing journal processes, communicating with authors, reviewers, and members of the editorial board, evaluating submissions, and maintaining the scholarly record of published content.

Files, reports, and correspondence related to the peer review process are protected under the principle of confidentiality. Unpublished works are not shared with third parties without the author’s permission.