Reviewer Guideline

Arbitration Process Evaluation Principles

1) Articles that have not been published before or are not currently being evaluated in another journal for publication and are approved by each author are accepted for evaluation.
2) Submitted articles that pass the preliminary check are scanned for plagiarism using Ithenticate (or others) software.

3) Davraz Journal of Sports Sciences conducts a double-blind referee process. All studies will first be evaluated by the editor for suitability for the journal. Articles deemed appropriate are sent to at least two independent expert referees to evaluate the scientific quality of the article.
4) The Editor-in-Chief evaluates the articles independently of the authors' ethnicity, gender, nationality, religious beliefs and political philosophy. It ensures that articles submitted for publication are fairly evaluated by double-blind referees.

5) Chief editor; It does not allow conflicts of interest among authors, editors and referees.
6) The editor is responsible for the final decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of articles. The editor's decision is final.
7) Editors are not involved in decisions about articles written by themselves or their family members or colleagues, or that relate to products or services in which the editor is interested. Any such submission is subject to all of the journal's usual procedures.

Referees must ensure that all information regarding the submitted articles remains confidential until the article is published, and if they notice any copyright infringement or plagiarism on the part of the author, they must report it to the editor. If the referee does not feel qualified about the subject of the article or does not seem possible to respond in a timely manner, he must notify the editor of this situation. and ask not to involve himself in the arbitration process. During the evaluation process, the editor clearly states that the articles sent to the referees for review are the private property of the authors and that this is a privileged communication. Referees and editorial board members cannot discuss articles with other people. Care should be taken to keep the identity of the referees confidential.

Evaluation process

Referee Type

Double Blinding: After the plagiarism check, the eligible articles are evaluated by the editor-in-chief in terms of originality, methodology, importance of the subject covered and compatibility with the scope of the journal. The editor ensures that the articles go through double-blind refereeing in a fair manner and, if the article complies with the formal principles, submits the incoming article to the evaluation of at least two referees from home and/or abroad, and if the referees deem it necessary, they approve its publication after the requested changes are made by the authors.

Review Time

Pre-Release

Author-Referee Interaction: Editors mediate all interactions between referees and authors.
Time in Review: The time until the first decision is approximately 60 days for research articles taken into the referee process for review in Davraz Journal of Sports Sciences.

Plagiarism Check: Yes –Ithenticate scans articles to prevent plagiarism.

Number of Referees Reviewing Each Article: Two-three

Allowed Time: 10 days. This period can be extended by adding 5 days.

Decision: In order for the article to be accepted for publication by the Editor, at least two referees must make an acceptance decision.

Suspicion of Ethical Violation: When reviewers suspect research or publication misconduct, they must report the situation to the Editor.

The editor is responsible for carrying out the necessary actions in accordance with COPE recommendations.
The Editor-in-Chief reviews the research article on the day it is submitted, and if he thinks the article is worthy of further consideration, he sends it to the deputy editor for further review. For research articles, the assistant editor usually reads each article from cover to cover. We aim to reach a decision on all manuscripts within 60 days, but an initial decision is usually made within a few days of submission. If we do not think that Davraz Journal of Sports Sciences is the right journal for the study, we notify the authors immediately so that they can submit their work elsewhere without delay. The usual reasons for rejection at this stage are insufficient originality and the topic being outside the scope of the journal.

The next step for your research article is our Editorial Board meeting. Members will read your article and discuss its importance, originality and scientific quality. To make editorial decisions for research articles, we mainly focus on the research question. Even if the subject of the article is relevant to the scope of the journal, current and important, we may reject the article if it does not have a research question. Of course, the work will be rejected if it has serious flaws. Everyone attending the article meeting is asked to declare any relevant conflicting interests at the outset, and anyone with a significant conflicting interest either leaves the room or speaks last while the relevant article is discussed (depending on the nature and extent of their interests).
If your article is suitable for Davraz Journal of Sports Sciences, the section editor will send your article to two external referees. The referees make the final decision