Manuscript review and publication process
The Turkic Studies Journal adheres to international standards of publication ethics and its own editorial regulations when reviewing and publishing materials. To be considered for publication, authors must register on the journal's official website (https://tsj.enu.kz/index.php/new) and submit their manuscript in accordance with the requirements outlined in the 'For Authors' section. All submitted materials undergo a staged editorial review within the established timeframes.
- Submitting a manuscript and checking it complies with the journal's requirements (initial and technical screening — up to 7 calendar days).
Once the editorial office has received the manuscript, an initial and technical screening is conducted. This stage includes verifying that the submitted materials are complete and comply with the journal’s requirements.
At this stage, the editorial office checks:
- the conformity of the manuscript with the journal’s scientific scope;
- the correctness of the selected SRSTI (State Rubricator for Scientific and Technical Information) code;
- the presence of abstracts and keywords in the required volume and in the journal’s working languages.
- compliance with the mandatory structure of the article;
- the accuracy of references and citations;
- the formatting of the reference list;
The completeness and accuracy of the metadata (information about the author(s), funding, author contributions according to the CRediT taxonomy, conflicts of interest and acknowledgements).
If any non-compliance is identified, the manuscript will be returned to the author(s) for revision. The period for revising the manuscript is generally up to 30 calendar days.
- Manuscript originality check (conducted in parallel with stage 1 – up to 7 calendar days).
All manuscripts undergo an originality check using specialized plagiarism detection software (the Antiplagiat VUZ system and «Turnitim»).
Manuscripts with a level of original text below 80% are considered potentially non-original by the editorial office and are usually not accepted for further review. The final decision is made by the editorial office, who take into account the nature of the borrowings, the correctness of the citations and the scholarly context.
- Peer review procedure:
Manuscripts that successfully pass the initial and technical screening stage are sent for double-blind peer review. Each article is reviewed by two independent reviewers who have the appropriate academic qualifications.
The peer review period generally does not exceed 30 calendar days from the date the manuscript is sent to the reviewers.
If reviewer comments are received, anonymized review reports are forwarded to the author(s). Authors are given up to 30 calendar days to revise the manuscript in accordance with the reviewers’ recommendations.
- Decision-making and publication (up to 14 calendar days after completion of peer review).
The final decision on publication is made by the Editorial Board and Editor-in-Chief within 14 calendar days of receiving all the reviewer reports and the final manuscript.
Once an article is accepted for publication, it undergoes scholarly and stylistic editing. Editorial proofreading and coordination of revisions with the author(s) generally takes place within 14 calendar days.
