Aim & Scope

The field of public policy, which developed in the twentieth century, seems to be at the centre of attention from academic researchers to practitioners. In this context, the aim of our journal is to become an Information Centre related to public administration studies in Turkey and to establish a publication centre focused on public policy discipline. Consequently, it is aimed to bring relevant social sciences studies, especially public administration and public policies, to the literature. In addition, this journal aims to create a common academic platform from different disciplines within the humanities such as Economics and Administrative Sciences, Political Science and International Relations. Contributing to the production of knowledge and value; being a reference source in academic publishing; prioritizing sustainability in public policy, public administration and social areas is the goal of the journal. The editorial board of the Journal of Public Administration and Policy (KAYPOD) believes that since the day it started its publication, the goals can only be achieved through principled publishing policy, respect for science and freedom of expression, and unconditional adherence to the principles of science and research ethics.

1. Journal of Public Administration and Policy (KAYPOD) is an international peer-reviewed scientific journal published three times a year in March, July and November. The journal will be able to issue special issues when necessary.
2. Studies submitted for publication should not have been published elsewhere or sent for publication. The publication language of the journal is Turkish and English.
3. Scientific articles with all subject titles in the field of social sciences are accepted in the journal. Theoretical and experimental studies, book reviews, annotated bibliographies and review articles in the social sciences specified in our journal can also be included.
4. Journal of Public Administration and Policy is a publication field that has adopted an open access policy and defends academic freedom. No fee is charged to the authors before, during or after the publication. No royalties are paid to authors.
5. Manuscripts sent to the journal for publication are sent to the referees after their first evaluation by the editorial board. The editorial board decides whether the article is to be published, revised or rejected in accordance with the upcoming report from the referees. The publication decision is notified to the author (s).
6. Authors should write the title of their articles, first name, last name, title, institution name, postal address, phone and e-mail addresses on a separate paper and prepare a cover page and send them along with their articles. Turkish and English abstracts should be included in the text that will be sent to the referees, and no credentials should be included in the title of the article, the text of the article, and the Turkish and English abstracts should be included.
7. Each article uploaded to the system must be scanned and uploaded to the system through plagiarism scanning programs such as iThenticate and Turnitin. Articles with a scan result of more than 20% are rejected. Articles are evaluated by at least two referees with blind review practice.
8. The articles to be published in the journal must be submitted in the form of a document such as word or open office and via DergiPark system (http://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/kaypod).
9. Ethics committee approval should be obtained separately for clinical and experimental studies on humans and animals that require an ethical committee decision, which ULAKBIM / TR Index started to make compulsory in 2020, this approval should be specified and documented in the article. For qualitative and quantitative field studies with human and animal samples within the framework of the criteria, the approval of the ethics committee should be given in addition to the article and it should be stated that the ethical rules are followed by stating the date and number of the document in the method part of the article.
10. The compliance of the studies submitted to the journal with Research and Publication Ethics is paid attention to. ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) recommendations and COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) are required to comply with international standards for editors and authors.
11. Articles that do not comply with the spelling and format rules will not be sent to the referee and will not be published.
12. The papers of the author(s) who do not submit the revisions within 30 days will be rejected.

Period Months
March July November

The Journal of Public Administration and Policy is an internationally indexed, peer-reviewed journal periodically and electronically published  in March, July and November.


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