1- The manuscript has to be prepared based on the information available in the guide for authors section. The corresponding author submits the paper using the online submission system. Other information regarding the authors' affiliation as well as the file mentioned in the guide for authors section has to be provided by the corresponding author.

2- The submitted manuscript is pre-screened by the editorial office. In this step, the checklist provided in the guide for authors section is cross checked with the authors’ submission. Moreover, the article is analyzed for possible plagiarism.

3- If any necessary editorial revision is required, the paper is returned to authors to carry out all requirements.

4- The editor in chief as well as the editorial board will briefly review the manuscript. Based on the subject of the manuscript, they suggest six reviewers for the paper.

5- The paper is sent to the expert reviewers for evaluation.

6- The reviewers evaluate the paper and send their comments, the filled evaluation form as well as their score (about the quality of the manuscript) to the editor in chief. Three possible situations may occur:

a- If the reviewers believe that the paper is not suitable for publication in the journal, the paper will be rejected and the corresponding author will be informed.

b- If at least two reviewers believe that the manuscript requires minor or major revisions, the paper will be sent to the corresponding author along with the reviewers’ comments.

c- If the reviewers do not review the paper in the given deadline, the paper will be sent for new referees.

7- The corresponding author shall re-submit the revised manuscript withing the given deadline. The authors are also asked to provide the editorial board and the reviewers by a separate file in which the reviewers’ comments are discussed point by point.

8- The revised manuscript is sent to one or more reviewers to make sure all reviewers’ concerns have been addressed.

9- Based on the final comments of all reviewers, the editorial board will decide to either accept or reject the manuscript.

10- The corresponding author will be informed if the paper has been rejected or accepted. If the paper is accepted for publication, it will be automatically transferred to the publication office. The time required for an accepted paper to be published depends on the number of the accepted papers.

11- The Journal does not receive any charge for initial review, review, and publication from authors.

12- It has to be noted that the review process is managed in a double-blind procedure. The average time for first evaluation of the manuscripts is less than 10 days and the average time for the whole review process is usually less than 5 months.

13- AI software, such as ChatGPT, can be used for language editing purposes. However, if it has been used to help generate any part of the work it must be clearly acknowledged (for example in  Acknowledgments Section) on submission. The software cannot be listed as an author as it cannot be held responsible or accountable for the integrity of the data reported.