The editorial board of Arete Politik Felsefe Dergisi (Arete Journal of Political Philosophy) consists of scholars with expertise in political philosophy and critical theory. The journal seeks to maintain academic diversity in terms of theoretical orientation, institutional affiliation, and scholarly background.
In line with its international ambitions, the journal is committed to further expanding the participation of scholars from different countries and academic traditions in both its editorial board and reviewer pool.
-Arete Politik Felsefe Dergisi (Arete Journal of Political Philosophy) is an international double blind peer-reviewed e-journal that is published every six months, twice a year, winter and summer.
-Arete Politik Felsefe Dergisi (Arete Journal of Political Philosophy) is a non-profit periodical publication in the field of political philosophy. It aims to share scientific and original studies on political philosophy publicly. Everyone who participates in the Journal publication process as author, editor, reviewer, and so on, comply with the international ethical principles followed in the scientific works. The articles that do not discriminate between religion, language, race, genre, and gender and that succeed in looking at the given thought critically rather than reproducing it directly are evaluated by the editorial board.
-The editorial board consists of experts in political philosophy and social sciences. It pre-estimates the studies submitted to the Journal in accordance with the publication ethics. It sends the articles that meet the conditions to two referees interested in the subject. Referee reports are sent to the author within one month at the latest after the submission of the article. The author of the article makes the changes and corrections required by the referee report.
-The articles submitted to our journal for publication should not have been published anywhere or submitted for evaluation before.
-Plagiarism, duplication, fraud authorship/denied authorship, research/data fabrication, salami slicing/salami publication, breaching of copyrights, and prevailing conflict of interest are unethical behaviors.
-The editorial and publication processes of the journal are shaped in accordance with the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and National Information Standards Organization (NISO), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA).
Research Ethics
The journal adheres to the highest standards in research ethics and follows the principles of international research ethics as defined below. The authors are responsible for the compliance of the manuscripts with the ethical rules.
- Principles of integrity, quality and transparency should be sustained in designing the research, reviewing the design and conducting the research.
- The research team and participants should be fully informed about the aim, methods, possible uses and requirements of the research and risks of participation in research.
- The confidentiality of the information provided by the research participants and the confidentiality of the respondents should be ensured. The research should be designed to protect the autonomy and dignity of the participants.
- Research participants should participate in the research voluntarily, not under any coercion.
- Any possible harm to participants must be avoided. The research should be planned in such a way that the participants are not at risk.
- The independence of research must be clear; and any conflict of interest or must be disclosed.
- In experimental studies with human subjects, written informed consent of the participants who decide to participate in the research must be obtained. In the case of children and those under wardship or with confirmed insanity, legal custodian’s assent must be obtained.
- If the study is to be carried out in any institution or organization, approval must be obtained from this institution or organization.
- In studies with human subject, it must be noted in the method’s section of the manuscript that the informed consent of the participants and ethics committee approval from the institution where the study has been conducted have been obtained.
Plagiarism Check
Manuscripts submitted to our journal for publication are scanned using the iThenticate program to prevent plagiarism. The acceptable similarity rate for manuscripts submitted to our journal is a maximum of 20%. Manuscripts exceeding this rate are returned to the authors during the preliminary review stage.
If plagiarism is detected in a manuscript submitted to or published in our journal, our journal acts in accordance with COPE principles (Plagiarism in a submitted manuscript - Plagiarism in a published article).
Author's Responsibilities
It is authors’ responsibility to ensure that the article is in accordance with scientific and ethical standards and rules. And authors must ensure that submitted work is original. They must certify that the manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere or is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere, in any language. Applicable copyright laws and conventions must be followed. Copyright material (e.g. tables, figures or extensive quotations) must be reproduced only with appropriate permission and acknowledgement. Any work or words of other authors, contributors, or sources must be appropriately credited and referenced.
All the authors of a submitted manuscript must have direct scientific and academic contribution to the manuscript. The author(s) of the original research articles is defined as a person who is significantly involved in “conceptualization and design of the study”, “collecting the data”, “analyzing the data”, “writing the manuscript”, “reviewing the manuscript with a critical perspective” and “planning/conducting the study of the manuscript and/or revising it”. Fund raising, data collection or supervision of the research group are not sufficient roles to be accepted as an author. The author(s) must meet all these criteria described above. The order of names in the author list of an article must be a co-decision and it must be indicated in the Copyright Agreement Form. The individuals who do not meet the authorship criteria but contributed to the study must take place in the acknowledgement section. Individuals providing technical support, assisting writing, providing a general support, providing material or financial support are examples to be indicated in acknowledgement section.
All authors must disclose all issues concerning financial relationship, conflict of interest, and competing interest that may potentially influence the results of the research or scientific judgment.
For researches requiring ethics committee permit, approval of ethics committee is obligatory. This approval should be stated and documented in the article.
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published paper, it is the author’s obligation to promptly cooperate with the Editor to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.
If the articles produced from the thesis should be mentioned separately in the footnote on the introduction page of the article.
Scientific and legal responsibility of the articles published in Arete Politik Felsefe Dergisi (Arete Journal of Political Philosophy) belongs to their authors.
The articles to be submitted for publication should be sent from the manuscript submission tab on the Journal’s main page.
Responsibility for the Editor(s)
- Editor(s) evaluates manuscripts for their scientific content without regard to ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship, religious belief or political philosophy of the authors. He/She provides a fair double-blind peer review of the submitted articles for publication and ensures that all the information related to submitted manuscripts is kept as confidential before publishing.
- Editor(s) is responsible for the contents and overall quality of the publication. He/She must publish errata pages or make corrections when needed.
- Editor(s) does not allow any conflicts of interest between the authors, editors and reviewers. Only he has the full authority to assign a reviewer and is responsible for final decision for publication of the manuscripts in the Journal.
Responsibility for Reviewers
- Reviewers must have no conflict of interest with respect to the research, the authors and/or the research funders. Their judgments must be objective.
- Reviewers must ensure that all the information related to submitted manuscripts is kept as confidential and must report to the editor if they are aware of copyright infringement and plagiarism on the author’s side.
- A reviewer who feels unqualified to review the topic of a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.
- The editor informs the reviewers that the manuscripts are confidential information and that this is a privileged interaction. The reviewers and editorial board cannot discuss the manuscripts with other persons. The anonymity of the referees must be ensured. In particular situations, the editor may share the review of one reviewer with other reviewers to clarify a particular point.
Conflict of Interest
Authors, reviewers, and editors are required to disclose any financial, institutional, personal, or intellectual conflicts of interest that could potentially influence the evaluation process. Declared conflicts of interest are assessed by the editorial team, and when necessary, the review process may be restructured accordingly.
Corrections, Retractions and Expressions of Concern
In cases where significant errors, ethical breaches, or scientific inaccuracies are identified after publication, the journal reserves the right to issue corrections, retractions, or expressions of concern. All such procedures are conducted in accordance with the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
All submissions are treated as confidential documents throughout the peer review process. The identities of authors and reviewers are not disclosed to third parties. The journal is committed to complying with national and international regulations concerning the protection of personal data.
Use of Artificial Intelligence
The use of artificial intelligence in studies submitted to our journal is acceptable in processes that do not affect the originality of the article, such as literature review or language control. However, the use of artificial intelligence must be carried out within the framework of ethical rules and must not be used for unethical purposes such as fabricating data or manipulation.
For studies involving the use of artificial intelligence, it is mandatory to inform our journal of this situation during the article submission process. All responsibility related to the use of artificial intelligence lies with the authors themselves.
Appeals and Complaints
Authors may submit reasoned appeals against editorial decisions in written form to the editorial team. Appeals are evaluated by editors who were not involved in the original decision-making process. Complaints regarding the peer review process are handled within the framework of academic integrity and ethical standards.
Open Access and Copyright Policy
The copyright of published works belongs to the authors. Authors grant permission for the intellectual property they submit to be published by our journal under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license as open access.
The Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license allows the work to be shared, copied, reproduced, and adapted in any format and medium, including commercial use, provided that the original work is properly attributed.
Licence Scope
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Share: copy and redistribute the work in any medium or format, for any purpose, including commercial purposes.
Adapt: remix, transform, and build upon the work for any purpose, including commercial purposes.
As long as you comply with the licence terms, the licence holder cannot revoke these freedoms (the specified rights).
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Attribution: You must provide appropriate credit, link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but this does not imply that the licensor endorses you or your use.
No additional restrictions: You may not impose any legal or technological measures that restrict others from exercising the rights granted by this licence.
Archiving Policy
Works published in our journal are archived on our journal website. Our journal also allows authors to archive their own versions of their works on their own websites, institutional websites, and other repositories. Since our journal is an open-access journal, there is no embargo period.