General Policy

About The Journal

The Journal of Dyscalculia Academy started its publication life with the decision taken by the Dyscalculia Association in 2022. The Dyscalculia Society, a non-profit and public interest non-governmental organization, attaches importance to improving the education system within the scope of its founding objectives and social responsibility policies. “Everyone Can Learn Mathematics!” With its motto, it serves to disseminate academic studies for the construction of an education system where individuals who have difficulties in learning mathematics and who have low success in mathematics can gain knowledge and skills, first in our country and then in the world.

The Aim of The Journal

Dyscalculia Academy Journal, published by The Dyscalculia Association, is a peer-reviewed journal. The Dyscalculia Association, a non-profit and non-governmental organization that considers social benefits, gives importance to improving the mathematics performance of individuals with dyscalculia and low mathematics achievement within the scope of its foundation goals and social responsibility policies.

The Dyscalculia Society aims to serve to conduct qualified research that have the potential to contribute to the quality of life of individuals with dyscalculia or low mathematics achievement through the Dyscalculia Academy Journal.

Focus and Scope

In line with the goals of the Dyscalculia Association, Dyscalculia Academy Journal focuses on to raise awareness of dyscalculia, the causes of dyscalculia, and diagnostic methods in the society and the education community, to ensure that current educational interventions are known for students with dyscalculia and low-achieving students in mathematics, to develop educational intervention methods for students with dyscalculia and low-achieving students in mathematics, and to help these students to develop mathematical skills.

The following topics are in the scope of the Dyscalculia Academy Journal.

• Studies analyzing the main problems and practices of students with mathematics learning difficulties and low achievement in mathematics in pre-school, primary, secondary, and high school level,

• Studies about developing skills and educational strategies of professionals or educators who actively help and work individuals with mathematics learning difficulties,

• Studies aimed at pre-service teachers who would contribute to the development of students with mathematics learning difficulties and low achievement in mathematics as more qualified teachers;

• Studies involving meta-analysis, content analysis, profile analysis, and studies involving large research groups or samples,

• Studies that may affect the personal, educational, and social development and career planning of students with mathematics learning difficulties at pre-school, primary, secondary, and high school levels,

• Theoretical or applied studies that develop and evaluate a new educational model for mathematics learning difficulties;

• Studies that develop and support the parents’ involvement whose children have learning difficulties or are low achievers in mathematics,

• Multidisciplinary studies including disciplines such as special education, mathematics education, educational psychology, and educational neuroscience,

• Studies in which educational instruments are developed and tested in terms of applicability, validity, and reliability for individuals with mathematics learning difficulties or are low achievers in mathematics,

• Technology integration studies that help to develop mathematics education applications for students have mathematics learning difficulties or are low achievers in mathematics.

Publication Frequency

Dyscalculia Academy Journal, an international peer-reviewed journal, is published one time a year, in December. Two special issues can be published in a year at most. Announcements for special issues are made at least one year in advance. The topics to be covered in the special issues are determined by the editorial board, considering the current discussions, in a way that would form the subject of the file and guide the education and education policies.

Publication Language

All sequential and special issues in Dyscalculia Academy Journal are published simultaneously in Turkish and English. Manuscript submission may be done in Turkish or English in the first stage. This manuscript should have a plain and clear language quality in accordance with the grammar rules of the submission language (Turkish or English) and scientific literature.

After the manuscript is accepted for publication, the final version of the paper should be prepared and submitted in both languages. The final versions of the full texts, prepared in both languages in Turkish and English, are checked by the language editors of the Dyscalculia Academy Journal. If the language editors reports that the language of the manuscript is insufficient, they may request to the authors to make their manuscript to proofread. The proofreading of the manuscript is made by the following accredited language institutions and the proof of the language editing is submitted to the editorial board. The manuscript without redaction and proof of the redaction would not be accepted for publication.

The companies that the author(s) could get support for translation and proofreading process of their manuscripts are listed in the following:

Editage, http://www.editage.com/
Enago, http://www.enago.com/

Sections of The Journal

Only Original Research Articles are published in the Dyscalculia Academy Journal.

Open Access Policy

Dyscalculia Academy Journal has adopted an open access policy. Open access increases the global exchange of information and causes beneficial consequences for humanity.

All manuscripts published in the Dyscalculia Academy Journal are licensed under the “Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License”. This license grants the right to reproduce, share and disseminate all publications, data sets, graphics and attachments on data mining applications, search engines, websites, blogs, and all other platforms, if the source is cited. Open access is an approach that facilitates interdisciplinary communication and encourages different disciplines to work with each other. In this direction, Dyscalculia Academy Journal provides added value to its field by providing more access to its manuscripts and a more transparent review process.

Dyscalculia Academy Journal recommends that the libraries to include the contents of the journal in their catalogs as part of Dyscalculia Academy Journal’s open access policy.
The Dyscalculia Association, the publisher of the Dyscalculia Academy Journal, undertakes that it will not charge subscriptions or fees for accessing electronic publications’ full texts from any library or reader.

Full text manuscripts in Dyscalculia Academy Journal are published in both Turkish and English languages. The journal does not provide any translation services in this context but offers various accredited companies to the author(s) for further guidance.
Language editorial or proofreading processes requested by the Dyscalculia Academy Journal Editorial Board in line with the suggestions from the field editors or referees are asked from the specified companies.

The plagiarism control, layout and typesetting, bibliography, referencing and citation control, and the tangible responsibility of all the works aligned with publication as a result of the blind review process under the responsibility of the author.

Privacy Notice

Personal information such as names and e-mail addresses entered in the Diskalkuli Academy journal management system will only be used for the scientific purposes of this journal. This information will not be used for any other purpose or department and will not be shared with third parties.

Archiving

Metadata and full texts of all manuscripts published in Dyscalculia Academy Journal are stored in XML and .pdf format on a 3rd party cloud server in an inaccessible manner.

Sponsorship and Advertising

Dyscalculia Academy Journal does not accept sponsorship and advertisement within the scope of publication policies. However, for the purposes of Dyscalculia Academy Journal, non-profit scientific and educational events may be announced on the website.

Publication Policy

Publishing Criteria

Yazım Kuralları

Dyscalculia Academy Journal’a gönderilecek çalışmalar aşağıdaki ” Makale Şablonları ” üzerinde hazırlanmalıdır.

Türkçe Makale Şablonu | İngilizce Makale Şablonu

Sayfa Düzeni: A4 Dikey, Kenar Boşlukları (Normal) (4 yandan 2,5cm)

Dyscalculia Academy Journal, makale sayfa sayısı veya kelime sayısı ile ilgili sınırlama getirmemektedir. Ancak yayın kurulu veya bilim kurulu çalışmanın niteliğini kaybetmeden kısaltılabileceği yönünde görüş belirtebilir.

Font Ailesi: Palatino Linotype, Ana başlıklar 11, Metin 10 punto büyüklüğünde yazılmalıdır.

Her çalışma sırasıyla aşağıdaki ana başlıklardan oluşmalıdır.

Her çalışma sırasıyla aşağıdaki ana başlıklardan oluşmalıdır;

Başlık

Çalışmanın başlığı, içeriğini açık şekilde yansıtmalı ve kapsayıcı nitelikte olmalıdır. Bağlaçlar hariç her kelimenin baş harfi büyük yazılmalıdır.

Öz

Çalışmanın amacını, kapsamını, yöntemini, sonuçlarını, öne çıkan yanlarını ve özgün değerini açık ve kısa bir şekilde yansıtmalıdır. Kelime sınırlaması getirilmelidir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Çalışmanın bütünlüğünü yansıtan en az 5 anahtar kelime belirlenmelidir.

Giriş

Araştırma konusunun temeli, çalışmanın bölümlerine yönelik özet bilgi, bilimsel alanyazındaki karşılığı, araştırmanın önemi, araştırma problemi ve amaçları giriş kısmında detaylandırılmalıdır.

Yöntem

Araştırma deseni, araştırma grubu veya katılımcılar, veri toplama araçları ve verilerin toplanması, verilerin analizi, geçerlik ve güvenirlik, sınırlılıklar, gerekli ise etik kurul onayı yöntem başlığı altında detaylandırılmalıdır.

Bulgular

Araştırmada elde edilen bulgular; çalışmanın amacı ve problemini destekler nitelikte ve bütünlüğü koruyacak biçimde ilgili tablo, şekil, grafik veya resimlerle açıklanmalıdır.

Tartışma *

Araştırmanın önemi ışığında, elde edilen bulgular alanyazın ve yazar yorumları ile tartışılmalıdır.

Sonuç *

Sonuç kısmında tartışmalar ışığında ortaya çıkan ana fikirler açıklanmalıdır.

Öneriler *

Çalışmanın tartışma ve sonucuna uygun önerilerde bulunulmalıdır. Ayrıca alanyazına katkı sağlayacak, gelecekte yapılabilecek çalışmalara ve alandaki uygulamalara yönelik önerileri de içermelidir.

Teşekkür **

Araştırmanın ortaya çıkarılması aşamasında küçük katkı sağlamış kişi veya kurumlara teşekkürler belirtilmelidir.

Kaynakça

Kaynakça APA 7 kaynak gösterme esasları doğrultusunda hazırlanmalıdır. Metin içi gönderme ve atıflar tam metnin diline uygun verilmelidir. Türkçe tam metin için Türkçe kaynak gösterme usul ve esasları, İngilizce tam metin için İngilizce kaynak gösterme usul ve esasları dikkate alınmalıdır.

Font ailesi Palatino Linotype ve satır aralığı 3 nk olacak şekilde verilmelidir. Girinti 4. Harf altına gelecek şekilde verilmelidir.

Ekler **

Ek tablo, şekil, grafik ve resimler kaynakça sonrasında yeni bir sayfada verilmelidir. Her bir ek için Ek 1., Ek 2. gibi sınıflandırılmalı ve her bir ek ayrı ayrı başlıklandırılmalıdır.

** Tartışma, Sonuç ve Öneriler yazarlar tarafından tek başlık altında toplanabileceği gibi ayrı ayrı da verilebilir.*

*** Teşekkür ve Ek bilgileri yer alması durumunda bu başlıklar Giriş, Yöntem gibi ana başlık şeklinde verilmelidir.*

Tablo ve Şekiller

Tablo ve Şekil başlık ve metin özellikleri Şablon içerisindeki örneklerdeki yapı dikkate alınarak verilmelidir.
Tablo ve Şekillerden öncesine ve sonrasına 12 nk boşluk verilir.
Tablo başlıkları ve metin 10 Punto
Tablo ve Numarası Koyu Örn. Tablo 1. Tablo Başlığı
Şekil eğer grafik ve düzenlenebilir bir formatta ise başlık ve iç metinler 10 punto
Şekil ve Numarası Koyu Örn. Şekil 1. Şekil Başlığı
Şekiller bir resim veya düzenlenemez bir görsel içeriyorsa 300 DPI çözünürlüğünde Word içerisinde aktarılmalı ve Makale Gönderme basamaklarının 4. Basamağında Ek Bir Dosya Yükle seçeneği ile orijinal şekil yüklenmelidir.

Kaynakça Örnekleri

Kitap

Büyüköztürk, Ş. (2014). Sosyal Bilimler için Veri Analizi El Kitabı İstatistik, Araştırma Deseni SPSS Uygulamaları ve Yorum (20. bs.). Ankara: Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık.

Gönderme: (Büyüköztürk, 2014, s. 194)

Kitap İçi Bölüm

Bayır, D. (1997). USMARC uygulamasına genel bir bakış. B. Yılmaz (Yay. Haz.). Kütüphanecilik Bölümü 25.Yıl’a armağan içinde (s. 199-218). Ankara: Hacettepe üniversitesi Kütüphanecilik Bölümü.

Gönderme: (Bayır, 1997, s. 207)

Çeviri Kitap

Lewis, B. (2000). Modern Türkiye’nin doğuşu (M. Kıratlı, çev.). Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu.

Gönderme: Lewis, 2000, s. 12

Makale

Karakelle, S. (2012). Üstbilişsel farkındalık, zeka, problem çözme algısı ve düşünme ihtiyacı arasındaki bağlantılar. Eğitim ve Bilim, 37(164), 237-250. doi:10.15390/EB.2014.3078

Gönderme: (Karakelle, 2012, s. 245)

Elektronik Makale

Karakelle, S. (2012). Üstbilişsel farkındalık, zeka, problem çözme algısı ve düşünme ihtiyacı arasındaki bağlantılar. Eğitim ve Bilim, 37(164), 237-250. http://egitimvebilim.ted.org.tr/index.php/EB/article/view/779/376 adresinden erişildi.

Gönderme: (Karakelle, 2012, s. 240)

Tez

Mantar, E. (2003). Kütüphanecilikte sürekli eğitim: Ankara’da bulunan üniversite kütüphaneleri üzerine bir inceleme. Yayınlanmamış yüksek lisans tezi, Hacettepe üniversitesi, Ankara.

Gönderme: (Mantar, 2003, s. 67)

Bildiri

Çakmak, T. ve Körpeoğlu, H. (2012). Web content management within the organizational identity framework: A Study for Hacettepe University Department of Information Management web content management system. BOBCATSSS 2012 Information in E-motion 23-25 Ocak 2012 içinde (s. 91-93). Amsterdam: Hogeschool van Amsterdam.

Gönderme: (Çakmak ve Körpeoğlu, 2012, s. 92)

Web Sayfası

UNESCO. (2013). World Heritage list. http://whc.unesco.org/en/list adresinden erişildi.

Gönderme: (UNESCO, 2013)

Copyright Notice

The manuscripts submitted to JODYAC for publication must be original studies that have not been published before or submitted to anywhere else for publication.

Authors who submit their studies to JODYAC have to agree that they have to transfer the copyright of their studies to Dyscalculia Association. The editorial board of JODYAC is authorized to publish the study. However, the following rights of the authors are reserved;

• Patent rights,
• All unregistered rights apart from copyright,
• Duplication rights on condition that the study is not sold,
• The right of the author to use the whole or parts of the study in the author’s own books or other academic studies on condition that reference is given,
• The right to have it on personal websites or open archive of their university on condition that the copyright details are indicated.

Authors who will submit their studies to JODYAC must fill in the “Copyright Transfer Form”. The author(s) must sign the completed form with a wet signature. The signed form should be scanned and uploaded to the system via file upload option in the 4th step of submitting manuscripts to the journal. At the same time, the wet-signed form must be posted to the following address: ” Dyscalculia Academy Journal Hürriyet, Yağmur apt, Alay Cad. No:18, 49120 Muş, Türkiye”. The studies of the authors who don’t submit the Copyright Transfer Form form will not be published.

All the articles published in JODYAC are licensed under “Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License”. This license grants the right to copy, share and redistribute all the articles, data sets, graphics and supplementary files published in this journal in data mining, search engines, websites, blogs and other platforms, under the condition of providing references. Open access is an approach that facilitates the interdisciplinary communication and encourages cooperation different disciplines to work with each other. JODYAC, contributes to its own field by providing more access to its articles and a more transparent review process.

Approval of Ethics Committee

Ethics committee in the social sciences that evaluates research proposals in order to protect human rights before, during and after the research, to prevent them from harm, and to obtain informed consent. This committee examines the submitted research in terms of the above-mentioned dimensions and if it is appropriate issues an ethics committee approval document and issues a related document.

• Ethics committee approval document should be submitted for all manuscripts.
• For the manuscript that does not require the Approval of Ethics Committee, researchers should submit the official document showing that they do not require ethics committee approval to be obtained from the ethics committee of their institution.
• Researchers who are not affiliated with any institution should apply to the ethics commitee of the universities in their province before the data collection process of their studies and obtain an ethics committee approval certificate.
• For the manuscript produced from theses, it is sufficient to submit the Approval of Ethics Committee received for the thesis. A separate Approval of Ethics Committee document is not expected for these manuscripts.

*Institutional and individual research and application permissions obtained for the research are not accepted as an approval of the Ethics Committee.

Review Process

Peer Review Process

Blind review is a method used to make sure scientific publications are produced with the highest quality. This method forms the basis of the objective review process of scientific studies and is preferred by many scientific studies. Reviewer views are determinant in the publication quality of JODYAC. All manuscripts submitted to JODYAC are blind reviewed according to the following stages:

Blind Review Method

JODYAC, uses the double blind review method in the review process of all studies. In the double blind review method, the identities of the authors and reviewers are hidden.

Initial Review Process

The studies submitted to JODYAC are first evaluated by the editors. At this stage, the studies which are not related with the journal’s aim and scope, weak in terms of language and expression rules in Turkish and English, lack originality, contain critical scientific errors and do not meet the publication policies are rejected. The authors of rejected studies are informed in two months following the submission date. The studies that are found suitable are sent to a field editor related with the subject of study.

Pre-review Process

In the pre-review process, the field editors examine the introduction and literature, method, findings, results, discussion parts of the studies in detail in terms of journal publication policies and scope and originality. Those studies that are found suitable as a result of this examination are returned within one month at the latest together with the field editor report. And the studies which are found suitable are assigned to reviewers.

Assigning Reviewers

The studies are refereed according to the content and the expertise of the referees. The field editor who reviews the study recommends two reviewers, based on their subject of expertise, from the reviewer pool of JODYAC or may recommend a new reviewer related with the subject of study addressed in the article. The suggestions are evaluated by the editors and the studies are forwarded to the reviewers. The reviewers have to guarantee that they will not share any process and document about the studies they review.

Reviewer Reports

In general, the reviewer reports are based on the originality of the studies, methods, ethical considerations, consistent presentation of the findings and results and review of the literature. This evaluation is based on the following elements:

1.     Introduction and literature: the reviewer report includes the presentation of the problem addressed in the study and it aims, the importance of the subject, the scope of the literatüre on the subject, its actuality and the originality of the study.
2.     Method: the reviewer report includes views about the suitability of the research method, sample choice and properties, validity and reliability, as well as an opinion on the data collection and data analysis process.

3. Findings: the reviewer report includes views about the presentation of the findings obtained through the method, the accuracy of the analysis methods, the consistency of the findings with the aim of the research, the presentation of tables, figures and visuals that are needed, and the evaluation of the tests used.
   4.     Evaluation and Discussion: the reviewer report includes views about discussions based on findings, the relevance to the research question(s) and hypothesis(ses), generalizability and applicability.
   5.     Results and Suggestions: the reviewer report includes views about contribution to literature, recommendations for future studies and suggestions about applications in the field.
   6.     Style and Wording: the reviewer report includes views about the content of the study title, the proper use of Turkish, the references and references being given in accordance with the language of the full text in accordance with the APA 7 rules.
   7.     Overall Evaluation: the reviewer report includes views about the originality of the study as a whole, its contribution to the education literature and practices in the field.

In the review process, reviewers are not expected to make corrections according to the typographic features of the study.

Reviewing Process

Reviewers are given 6 weeks for review. Corrections from reviewers or editors must be completed by the authors within 1 month in line with the “editing manual”. Reviewers can request more than one correction if necessary.

Review Result

The field editor evaluates the review by reviewers within 2 weeks at the latest. As a result of this evaluation, the field editor conveys his/her final decision to the editors.

Editorial Board Decision

Based on the comments of the Field Editor and Referee, the Editorial Board prepares conclusions regarding the study. The Editor must deliver the prepared opinions, along with the Field Editor’s and Referee’s proposals, to the author(s) within a week at the latest. Studies that have negative evaluations in this phase are sent back without a request for a plagiarism check. The outcomes of the reports from the plagiarism inspection are used to make the final judgment for research with favorable evaluations.

How Long Does the Publication Evaluation Process Take?

It is seen that the publication evaluation process of the studies submitted to JODYAC is finalized in approximately six months. However, the period between the date when the referees or editors request corrections from the author(s) and the date when the author(s) complete the corrections is not included in this six-month period.

Online Guide

Online Study Submission Guide

Authors who wish to submit a study for evaluation in JODYAC can do so by becoming a member of the journal management system on the journal website. They must follow the instructions in the “Online Study Submission Guide” in order to become a member and submit a study.

Correction Instruction and Uploading Guide

Editors, field editors, and referees may request one or more corrections and improvements for the studies in the evaluation process at JODYAC.

The author(s) is responsible for completing the corrections and improvements in a comprehensive, explanatory, and timely manner, understanding that the requested corrections and improvements are objective and enhance the originality of the work.

The author(s) should upload the requested corrections and improvements to the system according to the conditions outlined in the “Correction Instructions and Upload Guide”.

Study/Article Withdrawal

JODYAC cares about holistic and complete publishing for researchers and librarians, and is aware that providing this requires publishing reliable original research articles. In accordance with JODYAC’s publication policies, the duties and responsibilities of the author(s) and the editorial board during the withdrawal of a study or article are outlined below.

Authors

The author(s) have a duty to assist the journal editor in the retraction process if they discover a mistake or mistakes in their published, early appearance, or evaluation work. The “Withdrawal Form” must be completed by the author(s) who wish to withdraw their work from consideration during the review period, and a scanned and signed copy of each author must be emailed to the editorial board. The Editorial Board will consider the withdrawal request and react no later than one week from the time it is received. The request for withdrawal of the studies whose copyrights have been transferred by the editorial board at the Dyscalculia Academy Journal submission stage must be accepted before the authors can submit their work to another journal for evaluation.

Editors

The JODYAC Editorial Board has an obligation to initiate an investigation into a published, early-view, or under-evaluation work if there is suspicion of copyright or plagiarism. If the Editorial Board detects copyright or plagiarism in the work under evaluation as a result of the investigation, it withdraws the work from evaluation and returns the detected cases to the authors, citing the sources in detail. If the Editorial Board detects copyright infringement or plagiarism in a published or early-view work, the withdrawal and notification procedures must be carried out within one week.

The work in which ethical violations are detected is withdrawn and the phrase “Withdrawn:” is added at the beginning of the title in the electronic display.

Instead of the Abstract and Full Text contents in the electronic display, the reasons for the withdrawal of the study and, if there are detailed sources of evidence, are published together with the notifications of the institutions and organizations to which the author(s) are affiliated.

Notice of withdrawal is announced on the home page of the journal website and the electronic and hard copy of the first issue to be published as of the date of retraction is added to the list of contents as “Retracted: Working Title”, with the reasons for the retraction and the original citations cited for it shared with the public and researchers, starting from the first page.

The withdrawal notices are also sent to the organization(s) to which the author(s) is affiliated, as well as to the institutions and organizations where the journal is indexed, and to the National Library Presidency for registration in index systems and catalogues.

In addition, the editorial board may recommend to publishers or editorial boards of previously published studies of the author(s) of the ethically violated study to assure the validity and reliability of the published studies or to withdraw them.

Objecting to the Evaluation Result

The editorial board and scientific committee’s recommendations that were forwarded to the author(s) as a consequence of the evaluation in JODYAC are subject to objection by the author(s). The author(s) should email their email address the grounds for complaint regarding the opinions and remarks resulting from the evaluation made for their work in a scientific language, mentioning their sources. The editorial board reviews the objections within a month at the latest (opinions regarding the objections can be requested of the field editor and study reviewers), and the author is informed of the results either positively or negatively (s). The editorial board restarts the assessment process by conducting a new refereeing in accordance with the study’s subject area if the author(s)’ complaints to the evaluation result are judged to be valid.

Ethical Responsibilities and Policies

Publication Ethics

The publication process implemented in JODYAC Dyscalculia Academy Journal forms the basis for development and distribution of the information in an objective and respectful manner. The process implemented in this context are directly reflected in the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support the authors. Peer-reviewed manuscripts are a kind of work that embody and support the scientific method. At this point, it is important that all stakeholders of the process (authors, readers and researchers, publisher, referees and editors) comply with the standards for ethical principles. Within the scope of JODYAC Dyscalculia Academy Journal publication ethics, all stakeholders are expected to have the following ethical responsibilities.

While establishing the ethical duties and responsibilities below, they have been prepared as open access, taking into account the guidelines and policies published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors

The author(s) who submit their manuscript to the JODYAC Journal of Dyscalculia Academy are expected to comply with the following ethical responsibilities:

• The manuscripts submitted by the author(s) are expected to be original. If the author(s) benefit from or utilize other publications, they are required to reference and/or cite completely and accurately.
• Individuals who do not contribute to the content intellectually in the manuscript should not be specified as author/s.
• Any kind of circumstances and/or relationships that may cause a conflict of interest, if any, all manuscripts submitted for publication should be clarified in this manner.
• Raw data could be requested from the author(s) within the framework of the peer-review process, in this case the author(s) should be ready to present this data and information to the editorial board and scientific committee.
• The author(s) must have the documents showing that they have the rights of the usage the data, the necessary permissions for the research/analysis, or the consents of the participants.
• If the author(s) notices an error or mistake in their manuscript in publication, early view, or peer-review phase, they are obliged to cooperate with the editör or the publisher in notifying them, revising or withdrawing the manuscript
• Authors can not have their manuscript in the submission process of more than one journal at the same time. Each submission could be started following the end of the peer-review process of the former submission. A manuscript published in another journal can not be submit to the JODYAC Dyscalculia Academy Journal.
• Changing the author responsibilities of a manuscript which peer preview process has been started (such as adding an extra author, changing the order of authors, removing an author) can not be suggested.

Ethical Duties and Responsibilities of The Editors

JODYAC Dyscalculia Academy Journal editors and field editors have the following ethical duties and responsibilities based on the “COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors” and “COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors” published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) as open access should have:

General Duties and Responsibilities

The editors are responsible for every manuscript that published in the JODYAC Dyscalculia Academy Journal. In the context of this responsibility, editors have the following roles and responsibilities:

• Making efforts to meet the information needs of readers and authorss,
• Ensuring the sustainable development of the journal,
• Conducting processes to improve the quality of work published in the journal,
• Supporting freedom of thought,
• Providing academic integrity,
• Continuing work process flow without compromising intellectual copyright and ethical standards,
• Behaving open and transparence in terms of publication on issues that require revision and clarification.

Relations with the reader

Editors should make decisions about all readers’, researchers’, and discoveries’ specifics while taking into account the outcomes of their knowledge, expertise, and experience. The work that is published should be original while also taking the reader, researcher, and discoverer into consideration. In addition, editors must provide feedback that is illustrative and instructive while taking readers’, researchers’, and discoverers’ comments into account.

Relations with authors

Editors have the following obligations to authors:

• Editors should decide whether to accept or reject a submission based on the submission’s significance, originality, validity, narrative clarity, and the journal’s goals and objectives.
• If studies don’t have any major issues, they should be included in the preliminary evaluation stage if they fall under the scope of publication.
• Editors shouldn’t disregard suggestions from referees that are favorable unless there is a severe problem with the study.
• Unless there is a major problem, new editors shouldn’t alter the choices made by the previous editor(s) for studies.
• The “blind peer review procedure” must be made public, and the editors must stop potential procedural deviations.
• Editors ought to release a “author’s handbook” that covers all the details of what authors are expecting from them. Periodic updates should be made to these instructions.
• Authors should be contacted and referenced in an instructive and enlightening way.

Relations with referees

The following are the obligations and responsibilities of the editors towards the referees:

• The referees should be chosen in line with the study’s topic.
• It is in charge of giving the referees the information and manuals they will require during the evaluation phase.
• The issue of potential conflicts of interest between authors and referees must be taken into account.
• The referees’ identities should be kept private when using blind refereeing.
• Encourage reviewers to assess the work using language that is unbiased, scientific, and objective.
• Judges should be assessed based on factors like performance and timely returns.
• It should identify procedures and guidelines that improve referees’ performance.
• Take the necessary actions to update the referee pool dynamically.
• Prevent rude and unreliable assessments.
• Take measures to guarantee a large pool of referees.

Relations with the editorial board

Editors are responsible for ensuring that all editorial board members adhere to the procedures in keeping with editorial standards and guidelines. The editorial board should keep its members updated on any changes and should make them aware of the publication policies. The new editorial board should enlighten its members about editorial guidelines and give them the materials they require.

Additionally, editors must

• Ensure that the editorial board members analyze the work in an unbiased and objective manner.
• Select new editorial board members who will contribute and fit the role.
• Request that editorial board members submit research for evaluation that pertain to their areas of expertise.
• Communicate with the editorial board frequently.
• Hold frequent meetings with the editorial board to discuss the journal’s progress and publication standards.

Relations with the journal owner and publisher

The editorial independence concept underlies the arrangement between the editor and publisher. All editorial choices are made independently of the publisher and magazine owner in accordance with the contractual agreement between the two parties.

Editorial and blind peer review processes

The “Blind Refereeing and Evaluation Process” policies described in the journal’s publication policies must be followed by editors. In this situation, the editors make sure that each work is subjected to a fair, unbiased, and timely evaluation process.

Quality assurance

Every article published in the journal must comply with both worldwide standards and the journal’s publication policies, according to quality assurance.

Protection of personal data

Editors have a duty to protect the privacy of any personal information pertaining to the people included in the studies being examined. The participants in the studies are accountable for declining the study unless their express agreement is documented. Additionally, editors are accountable for safeguarding the confidential information of readers and referees.

Ethics committee, human and animal rights

The protection of human and animal rights in the reviewed studies is the editor’s responsibility. In the lack of authorisation for experimental research, the ethics committee that approved the subjects utilized in the experiments is responsible for rejecting the study.

Precaution against possible abuse and misconduct

Editors are required to take protective measures against potential misconduct and abuse. They have a duty to disseminate pertinent information and conduct a thorough, impartial inquiry into the locating and assessing complaints pertaining to this circumstance.

Ensuring academic publication integrity

To ensure the integrity of academic publications, editors must make sure that conclusions containing errors, contradictions, or misdirection in studies are quickly corrected.

Protection of intellectual property rights

Editors have a responsibility to uphold the authors’ and the journal’s legal rights in the event of potential violations of any intellectual property rights in any published works. Additionally, the editors must take all necessary steps to guarantee that the written content of every piece published does not infringe against the intellectual property rights of other publications.

Constructivism and openness to discussion

It is important to be constructive and open to discussion. Editors should give persuasive criticisms of the journal’s published articles some thought and have a constructive attitude. Studies with poor results shouldn’t be disregarded or omitted, and the authors of the criticized studies should have the opportunity to respond.

Complaints

Editors are responsible for thoroughly reviewing complaints from authors, referees, or readers and providing an informative and illuminating response.

Political and Commercial Concerns

The journal owner, publisher, and any other commercial or political considerations have no bearing on the editors’ impartial judgment.

Conflicts of interests

Editors ensure that the publication of the studies is carried out in an objective and independent way by taking into account potential conflicts of interest between the author(s), referees, and other editors.

Ethical Responsibilities of Referees

The standard of publication is directly influenced by the review of all studies using “blind refereeing.” This procedure instills confidence by conducting an unbiased and impartial assessment of the publication. JODYAC’s review method adheres to the double-blind refereeing philosophy. Since evaluations and comments must be submitted through the journal management system, referees cannot speak with authors directly. In this procedure, the editor forwards the reviewer’s feedback on assessment forms and entire texts to the author(s). The following ethical obligations are anticipated of the reviewers evaluating the work for the JODYAC in this situation.

• She/He should agree to evaluate only work related to his field of expertise, doing so with impartiality and confidentiality.
• If she/he believes he is facing a conflict of interest during the evaluation process, he should refuse to review the study and inform the journal editor. In accordance with the confidentiality principle, they should destroy the studies they have examined after the evaluation process, and can only use the final versions of the studies they have reviewed after they are published.
• She/He should make the evaluation objectively only in relation to the content of the study, not allowing nationality, gender, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or commercial concerns to influence the evaluation.
• The assessment should be made in a constructive and courteous language, without making derogatory personal comments that include hostility, slander, or insults.
• She/He should perform the work they accept to evaluate in a timely manner and with the above ethical responsibilities.

Publisher’s Ethical Responsibilities

Dyscalculia Association, publisher of JODYAC, is a non-profit, non-governmental organization. The Dyscalculia Association publishes JODYAC in order to make scientific studies available to the public at international standards, in accordance with its founding philosophy. In this context, the Dyscalculia Association is aware of the following ethical responsibilities regarding JODYAC:

• Editors are responsible for all processes of studies submitted to JODYAC. In this context, the decision makers are the editors, regardless of economic or political gains.
• JODYAC retains the ownership and copyright of every article published in the Journal and undertakes to keep a record of every published copy.
• It has the responsibility to take precautions against all kinds of scientific abuse, citation fraud, and plagiarism regarding the editors.

Unethical Behaviour

Should you encounter any unethical act or content in Dyscalculia Academy Journal apart from the ethical responsibilities listed above, please notify the journal by e-mail at info@jodyac.com

After Acceptance

At Dyscalculia Academy Journal, the accepted manuscripts undergo the processes of plagiarism detection, preparation of bibliography, cross-reference and reference check, layout and galley, assigning a DOI number and being put into early release. The manuscripts in early release are published in the volume and issue determined by the editorial board.

Since Dyscalculia Academy Journal claims no fees for article review or printing and no subscription fees for access to articles, it has no source of income. However, the following pecuniary obligations of the accepted manuscripts lie with the author(s).

Plagiarism Detection

In accordance with its publishing policies, Dyscalculia Academy Journal oblige each study that has undergone the “Blind Review Process” to be detected for plagiarism to protect the integrity of the study. Therefore, both Turkish and English copies of the study are detected for plagiarism by a company chosen by the editorial board. Incurring fees are paid by the author(s).

The plagiarism detection is done by Turnitin and iThenticate softwares. The matches found in each study after plagiarism detection are analysed in detail and those matches with correct reference and cross-reference are sorted. In the next step, the mistakes in the remaining matches are determined and reported to the editorial board. The board, then, makes a final decision in the light of the plagiarism detection report. The author(s) may be asked to correct the mistakes listed in the report or the study may be returned to the author(s).

References and Citation Control

Scientific research builds upon previous studies. In new studies, references and attributions to the previous studies are provided within the framework of certain rules. Intentional or unintentional mistakes in scientific studies harm the reliability of the study and publication.
Dyscalculia Academy Journal, in accordance with its publication ethics, considers it to be an obligation for the accepted studies to have correct and complete references and attributions. Therefore, each study, after acceptance, is checked in terms of bibliography, referencing and attribution by a company chosen by the editorial board. Incurring costs lie with the author(s).

The full Turkish and English texts of the accepted studies are processed for bibliography, referencing and attribution check in the following steps:

Bibliography is prepared according to the APA Referencing Style Guide 6th Edition.
The in-text references of the references given in the bibliography should be in line with rules and regulations, and mistakes are corrected.
Attributions of the in-text references are checked. The author(s) is asked to provide the missing ones, and the incorrect ones are corrected.
For the Turkish full text Turkish rules and regulations of referencing are used, and for the English full texts English rules and regulations of referencing are used.

Layout and Galley

Dyscalculia Academy Journal requires that the articles be printed in a common type of and complete page layout for formal integrity, readability and standards. Therefore, the studies whose plagiarism detection and bibliography preparation is finished, are sent to a company chosen by the editorial board for layout and galley. Incurring costs for page layout and preparation of the copy for print lie with the author(s).

Assigning a DOI Number

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is a unique access number that enables the identification and accessibility of each article published electronically. It is mandatory that each article published in Dyscalculia Academy Journal or in early release is assigned a DOI number.

After acceptance, the manuscripts which are checked for plagiarism and bibliography and ready for publication are given a DOI number by the Editorial Board.

Early Release

Dyscalculia Academy Journal values the dissemination of up-to-date and original information. Therefore, those manuscripts that are accepted after the review process and whose process for publication is over are published electronically as early release. Later, these manuscripts are given page numbers and published in the volume and issue found suitable by the editorial board. The manuscripts in the early release may not be the final version to be seen in the normal issue. Minor editing may be done on the final version to be published.

LANGUAGE EDITING

The language (Turkish and English) of the manuscripts submitted to Dyscalculia Academy Journal must be accurate in terms of rules of grammar and scientific literature and must have a plain and clear language quality. Manuscripts should be written in fluent language and free of foreign words. If the manuscripts are edited before they are submitted for review, the process of publication gets healthy.

The editorial board may demand that the manuscripts be edited for language mistakes during the review process or after acception. The author(s) who has been requested to get his/her manuscript edited must do so referring to one of the companies below and present a related document to the editorial board afterwards.

• Elsevier Dil Servisi, http://webshop.elsevier.com/languageservices/
• Editage, http://www.editage.com/
• Enago, http://www.enago.com/