Notes for Authors
1. Overview
This page offers a practical guide for authors considering submitting to Kemal Tahir Çalışmaları. For the scope and editorial line see Aim & Scope; for formatting and citation rules see Formatting Guidelines; for ethical standards see Ethical Principles and Publication Policy.
2. Pre-submission Checklist
Before submitting your manuscript please confirm the following:
- The work is within the journal’s scope (see Aim & Scope).
- The work has not been published elsewhere and is not under concurrent review at another journal.
- The work has not been shared on a preprint server or any open platform.
- ORCID identifier is ready for all authors.
- The author contribution statement is written in CRediT classification.
- The conflict of interest declaration is stated explicitly within the manuscript.
- Ethics committee approval document (committee name, decision number, date) is ready for research that requires it.
- The use of AI tools is declared where applicable.
- The manuscript word count is within the range set for the article type (see Formatting Guidelines § 4).
- Title, abstract and keywords are prepared in both Turkish and English.
- The main text file is stripped of author information for blind review.
- Permissions are obtained for third-party content (images, tables, extended quotations).
Important. Author information should appear only in the Title Page; the main text file must not contain author names, affiliations or acknowledgements that identify the author.
3. Submission Procedure
Manuscripts are submitted only through the journal’s electronic submission system:
👉 https://kafademi.novipress.com
After creating an account on the system, the following files are uploaded separately at submission:
- Main text (PDF): Stripped of author information, prepared for blind review.
- Title Page (.docx): Author names, affiliations, ORCID, email, declarations and signatures.
- Ethics committee approval document (where applicable).
- Third-party permissions (where applicable).
- Table and figure files (where applicable): Separate high-resolution files.
Flexible format. You are not required to comply with the journal’s full APA 7 formatting at first submission. Full formatting is required only for accepted articles. For details see Formatting Guidelines § 2.
3.1 Reviewer Preference and Exclusion
An author may, on grounds of conflict of interest or similar reasons, request in writing at submission that the work not be sent to specific reviewers. The editor also does not send the work for review to reviewers who share a publication record with the author, who are based at the same institution, who may derive financial benefit from publication, or who are known to have problematic prior dealings with the author.
4. Review Process and Timelines
The journal carries out the review process in a transparent and predictable manner. The timelines below are targets that are met within this framework, save in cases of force majeure:
| Stage | Target time |
|---|---|
| Initial editorial decision (scope, screening, plagiarism) | 2 weeks |
| Peer review | 4 weeks |
| Time given to the author for revision | 2 weeks |
| Total process to publication decision | Approximately 3 months |
Where a submission is found to fall fundamentally outside the journal’s scope or formatting rules, it may be rejected without being sent for peer review; the author is informed of the reasons.
5. Revision Process
After peer review the editor conveys one of the following decisions: accept, minor revision, major revision or reject. For work that requires revision the author is expected to submit two separate files:
- Revised main text: A version in which changes are visible (track changes or highlighting).
- Response document: A detailed reply to each reviewer comment, with the page and paragraph numbers of the changes indicated.
Where the author disagrees with a reviewer’s suggestion, the reason is set out in writing in a respectful and scholarly manner.
Timing. The time granted for revision is 2 weeks. In cases of force majeure an extension may be requested by contacting the editor in advance.
6. Acceptance, Production and Publication
Once the work is accepted the following stages follow:
- The full formatting template is sent to the author; the work is brought into compliance with APA 7 and the legal-source adaptation.
- Language and layout editing is carried out.
- A proof is sent to the author; the author returns the necessary corrections within the time allowed.
- The article is assigned a DOI and published as Online First.
- When the issue is published the article is archived with volume and issue information.
7. Right of Appeal and Complaint
Authors may lodge a reasoned appeal concerning the review process, the editorial decision or the quality of the reviewer reports. Appeals are submitted in writing to the editorial office and are addressed in line with the relevant COPE flowcharts. For details on the appeal procedure see Ethical Principles and Publication Policy § 9.
8. Contact
For questions on the submission process, technical issues and general matters please visit the Contact page.