Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Peer Review Process

The Journal of Interdisciplinary African Studies employs a double-blind peer review process. In this system, the identities of both authors and reviewers are kept confidential, ensuring that the evaluation process remains impartial and objective.

Author responsibilities

1) Studies submitted by the authors to the Interdisciplinary Journal of African Studies must not have been published elsewhere or included in the publication process.
2) It should be clearly stated that there is no conflict of interest.
3) All errors detected during the pre-publishing phase of the article or after its publication should be reported to the journal immediately.
4) Authors should indicate the sources they used during the writing of the article in accordance with the citation rules.
5) The names of the people who did not contribute to the preparation of the article should not be added as authors, it should not be suggested to change the author order, remove an author, or add an author of an article that is in the publication stage.
6) If there is a situation that requires an ethics committee in the article they have written, the authors should clearly state this and send the ethics committee decision to the journal together with the article.
7) In studies that do not require an ethics committee decision, it should be clearly stated in the first part of the study that an ethics committee decision is not required.