Publication Policy

The first evaluation of the studies submitted to the journal is reviewed by the secretary in terms of compliance with the subject and journal principles. The editorial board secretary makes technical preliminary evaluations by checking the compliance of the article in line with the writing rules and publication principles of the journal. If the study is suitable for the journal, it is directed to the field editor. The field editor evaluates the studies in terms of compliance with the journal criteria, language and scientific quality, and notifies any necessary corrections. After the corrections are completed, the referee process of the study begins. Referees have the right to give corrections more than once and to see again after correction. The referee decisions and the final version of the study are notified to the editor, and the editorial board decides whether the article will be published or not according to the evaluations of the referees. Blind peer review system is applied in our journal. Authors are responsible for the content of the articles and the accuracy of the references. 

Open Access Policy

Bodrum Journal of Art and Design has adopted the publishing standards and policy set by DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) and it is an Open Access Journal. Open Access (OA) provides freely access the articles that published in the journal.

The definiton of "Open Access" according to Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) which is: "it is free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself."

Copyright Policy

The author/authors are deemed to have accepted to transfer the publication and copyright of their articles to our journal and not to request any fees. Copyright Agreement Form should be sent by the corresponding author. All published articles are open to everyone on the condition that the journal and authors are referenced.

Plagiarism Scan

The compliance of the manuscripts with the ethical rules is the responsibility of the authors. All articles submitted for publication are scanned with iThenticate (Plagiarism Detection Software). More than 20% is not accepted for publication.

Research and Publication Ethics

For studies conducted since 2020, ethics committee approval should be obtained for studies that require ethics committee approval, and this approval should be stated and documented in the article. In studies that require ethics committee permission, information about the permission (name of the committee, date and number) should be included in the method section and also on the first/last pages of the article. Studies that require the approval of the Ethics Committee are as follows:

• All kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from the participants by using survey, interview, focus group work, observation, experiment, interview techniques.
• The use of humans and animals (including material/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,
• Clinical studies on humans,
• Research on animals,
• Retrospective studies in accordance with the personal data protection law.