Online Submission Instructions

General

Click the online submission link for Kemal Tahir Studies.

You need a user ID and password to access the online submission page. If you do not remember whether you already have an account or have forgotten your password, enter your email address in the Password Help section. The system will send you the necessary information via email. If you do not have an account, you can create a new account by following the instructions at the Create Account link.

If you experience a problem with your account, do not create a new account; please contact the Kemal Tahir Studies Editorial Office.

Important Note

For submissions made through Novipress, the corresponding author’s account must be used. The accounts of authors other than the corresponding author or of someone who is not listed as an author in the submission should not be used.

All correspondence regarding the submission (receipt notification, editorial decisions regarding the submission, etc.) is sent to the corresponding author via email.

Preparing Documents Before Online Submission

Prepare your submission in a word processing program, preferably Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx, etc.). The uploaded MS Word document will be saved as a .pdf by the system during submission.

For Kemal Tahir Studies, authors are required to prepare their submissions as a single document (title page, abstract, main text, figures, tables, references, appendices, etc.).

Ensure that the elements in your file, especially tables and figures, are of readable size and quality. Elements that are unreadable in the MS Word document will likely be unreadable in the .pdf document as well. Certain file formats, such as .jpg and .gif, do not produce high resolution; therefore, use the .tif format when saving your images.

Give your document a simple name. Do not use special characters, punctuation marks, or symbols in the file name; avoid leaving spaces in the file name.

You may also upload other documents during your submission that you think would be useful for editors or reviewers to see during review (scale form, original dataset, etc.).

Important Note

  1. The documents you upload should not contain author names, information about the authors; or if the work was produced from a presentation, report, or thesis, information about these. Make sure to remove this information from the submission documents before uploading.
  2. Additionally, you do not need to upload a “Copyright Transfer Letter.” Details regarding copyright transfer will appear during the submission process.

Online Submission Process

Make the following preparations before the submission process:

  • Submission document as a single MS Word file (title page, abstract, main text, figures, tables, references, appendices, etc.)
  • Other files besides the main text
  • Abstract of the study
  • Names and email addresses of other authors, if any

Making the Submission

  1. Go to the web page where you will make your submission.
  2. Log in from the online submission page with your user ID and password. If you do not remember whether you already have an account or have forgotten your password, enter your email address in the Password Help section. The system will send you the necessary information via email. If you do not have an account, you can create a new account by following the relevant instructions at the Create Account link.

If you experience a problem with your account, do not create a new account; please contact the Kemal Tahir Studies Editorial Office.

  1. After logging in, click the Author Center button.
  2. On the left side of the Author Center panel, you will see the current status of all your submissions and what stages they are at. The number in front of each tab shows the number of submissions in that category. For example, if there is the number 2 in front of the “Manuscripts with Decisions” category, you have 2 completed submissions. You can see the details of your submissions in that category by clicking on these categories in the left panel. On the right side of the screen is the “Author Resources” section. You will make your new submission from this section. This section also contains access links to the last 10 emails sent to you from the ScholarOne Manuscripts site.
  3. Start your submission process by clicking the “Click here to submit a new manuscript” link. A 7-stage submission screen will appear.
  4. You can stop the submission process at any stage; the information you have entered up to that point is saved. You can continue the process from where you left off by clicking the Continue Submission link.
  5. The second-to-last stage of the submission process is the file upload stage.
    • Stage 1: Select the file you want to upload from the “Choose File” button. Indicate the type of file from the “File Designation” button next to it.
    • Stage 2: Upload your file with the “Upload Files” button. When you upload your file, it will be converted to a PDF document. If you have other files you want to upload, repeat the same process.
    • Stage 3: Check how your file will appear by clicking the PDF icon below the files you uploaded. If the files you uploaded are incorrect, you can delete them and upload new files.
  6. In the final stage, all the information you entered in your submission will be listed. Sections that have been fully completed will have a green checkmark (✓) on the left. Tabs with incorrect or missing information will have a red (X) mark. After making sure all stages are correct, you can complete your submission by clicking the Submit button.
  7. When your submission is successfully completed, you will see a confirmation screen that also includes your submission number (Manuscript ID). Provide this submission number in all your correspondence with the editorial office. You will also be notified via email that your submission has been completed.

If the confirmation screen does not appear and you do not receive the email notifying you that your submission has been received, your submission has not been completed. In this case, your submission is in the Unsubmitted Manuscripts tab under the Author Center section.

  1. You can track the stage of your completed submission from the Submitted Manuscripts tab under the Author Center section.

Revising and Resubmitting a Completed Evaluation

All evaluations regarding your submission will be sent to you via email. You are expected to reflect the changes requested by editors, reviewers, and the editorial office in your work.

To revise your submission, click the Manuscripts with Decisions tab. Then click the “create a revision” link or the “click here to submit a revision” link. This way, you will create a new submission with the same submission number for that work. The submission number of this updated submission will have R1 at the end, indicating revision.

When you start the revision process for a submission, the “create a revision” link in the Manuscripts with Decisions tab will disappear. If you do not resubmit the work you are revising and delete your edits, the “create a revision” link will reappear. The work you have started revising will appear in the Revised Manuscripts in Draft tab.

When you click the “create a revision” link, the system will open a confirmation screen. When you click the OK option on the confirmation screen, you will proceed to the View & Respond to Comments stage. If you select the Cancel tab, the process will not continue.

At this stage, you are expected to write your responses in the fields opposite the evaluations of your work. Editorial suggestions and criticisms you disagree with must be explained with reasons. During the revision stage, the information about the author and the work from the initial submission will reappear. Update the information that has changed (title of the work, keywords, etc.) and proceed to the file upload stage. At the File Upload stage, the first version of the work you uploaded will appear.

Delete all old files (main text and supplementary files) that you have renewed during the revision stage and upload the files you have revised. You do not need to delete and re-upload old files (for example, supplementary files) that you have not changed. After making sure you have uploaded the current files, complete your submission by clicking the Submit button. You will be notified via email after your submission is completed.

Editorial Office Review

  1. The journal manager reviews all submissions in terms of the principles in the Submission Guidelines and Online Submission Guidelines. Submissions with deficiencies or errors in the submission process are returned to the corresponding author with justification; the process is restarted after the deficiencies are corrected.
  2. All submissions are checked with a Plagiarism Prevention Program. Submissions in which plagiarism is detected are rejected without being taken to a further process.
  3. English submissions are evaluated by a native English language expert before editorial review. Submissions without adequate English language proficiency are rejected with the necessary explanations.
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