-Arete Journal of Political Philosophy is an international double blind peer-reviewed e-journal that is published every six months, twice a year, winter and summer.
-Arete Journal of Political Philosophy is a non-profit periodical publication in the field of political philosophy. It aims to share scientific and original studies on political philosophy publicly. Everyone who participates in the Journal publication process as author, editor, reviewer, and so on, comply with the international ethical principles followed in the scientific works. The articles that do not discriminate between religion, language, race, genre, and gender and that succeed in looking at the given thought critically rather than reproducing it directly are evaluated by the editorial board.
-The editorial board consists of experts in political philosophy and social sciences. It pre-estimates the studies submitted to the Journal in accordance with the publication ethics. It sends the articles that meet the conditions to two referees interested in the subject. Referee reports are sent to the author within one month at the latest after the submission of the article. The author of the article makes the changes and corrections required by the referee report.
-The articles submitted to our journal for publication should not have been published anywhere or submitted for evaluation before.
-The author of the work which is sent to the Journal agrees to waive the copyright and transfers the copyright of the work to Arete Journal of Political Philosophy.
-Manuscripts submitted to the Journal will be checked for originality through the iThenticate plagiarism program. A work with a similarity rate of more than fifteen percent will not be accepted.
-The editorial and publication processes of the journal are shaped in accordance with the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and National Information Standards Organization (NISO).
-Arete Journal of Political Philosophy is an open access journal. Processing and publication are free of charge with the journal. No fees are requested from the authors at any point throughout the evaluation and publication process.
-Ethics Committee Approval: Turkey's ULAKBİM TR DİZİN Committee (https://trdizin.gov.tr/) has changed the inclusion criteria for journal evaluations to be index the journals. As a consequence, for all research studies conducted in all science branches including social sciences the Ethics Committee Approval is required. This Ethics Committee Approval should be indicated in the articles and they should be documented as well. Change in Item 8 of TR DİZİN Evaluation Criteria applies to studies that the procedures of collecting data started in 2020 and require Ethics Committee Approval. Ethics Committee Approval information (the title of the ethics committee, date, and number) must be stated in the method section as well as on the first/last page of the articles. There is no requirement of Ethics Committee Approval for review articles. Researchers not affiliated with universities must obtain ethical committee approvals for their studies that require ethical committee approval from the Ethical Committees in their regions.
In the "TR Index Ethical Principles Flowchart" prepared in line with the Ethical Principles expected to be followed by researchers and journals, the permissions to be obtained from institutions and organizations before applying for the approval of the Ethics Committee are also generally included. For details, Ethical Principles Flowchart.
-Scientific and legal responsibility of the articles published in Arete Journal of Political Philosophy belongs to their authors.
-The articles to be submitted for publication should be sent from the article submission tab on the Journal’s main page.
