Publication Policy

Journal of Science-Technology-Innovation Ecosystem (JSTIE) is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal published electronically and biannually by the Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Science and Technology Application and Research Center (COBİLTUM). The goal of this journal is to improve the research culture and help knowledge spread rapidly in the world of science and technology by providing a common academic platform. JSTIE is published in English and Turkish. This journal is available online for free of cost, and doesn’t charge APC to the authors. All manuscripts published in this journal are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (Creative Commons License). All responsibility for the scientific content and statements in an article published in JSTIE belongs to the authors.

Assessment and Publication

All manuscripts submitted to this journal undergo preliminary evaluation for their compliance with the instructions for authors, language, contribution to science and technology, and originality. Manuscripts that are evaluated as insufficient or noncompliant with the instructions for authors may be rejected without peer review. Subject Editors and referees, who are expert researchers in their fields, assess scientific articles submitted to this journal. A double-blind peer review policy is applied to the evaluation process. The Editor-in-Chief may assign a Subject Editor for the article or may conduct the scientific assessment of the article himself. Editors may also assign referees for the scientific assessment of the article and make their decisions based on reports by the referees. The Editor-in-Chief makes the final decision regarding the publishing of the article.

Articles are accepted for publication by the Editor-in-Chief in accordance with the journal’s Instructions for Authors. Authors can access these instructions online by the journals’ websites. Articles are accepted for publication on the understanding that they have not been published and are not going to be considered for publication elsewhere. Authors should certify that neither the manuscript nor its main contents have already been published or submitted for publication in another journal with the Copyright Release Form.

The Role of Editor-in-Chief

The crucial role of the Editor-in-Chief of JSTIE is to monitor and ensure the fairness, timeliness, thoroughness, and civility of the peer-review editorial process.

The main responsibilities of the Editor-in-Chief are:-

1. Selecting manuscripts suitable for publication while rejecting unsuitable manuscripts.

2. Ensuring a supply of high-quality manuscripts to the journal by identifying important topics.

3. Increasing the journal’s impact factor and maintaining the publishing schedule.

4. Providing strategic input for the journal’s development.

5. Organizing the flow of manuscripts by communicating with the authors, referees, and publishers.

6. Describing, implementing, and regularly reviewing policies for handling ethical issues and allegations or findings of misconduct by authors and anyone involved in the peer-review process.

7. Treating all authors with fairness, courtesy, objectivity, honesty, and transparency.

8. Protecting the confidentiality of every author’s work.

9. Setting up a reliable panel of expert reviewers.

10. Editor-in-Chief is also responsible for offering feedback to reviewers when required and ensuring that any feedback to authors is constructive.