Journal info (provided by editor)

Manuscripts received last year
160 manuscripts
Articles published last year
35 articles
% accepted last year
28% accepted
Immediately rejected last year
15% imm. rejected
Open access status
optional
Two-year impact factor
0.62

About

Turkish Studies is an inter-disciplinary journal that focuses primarily on modern Turkey and Turkey's relationships with other countries and regions. We welcome manuscripts in numerous fields, including political science, international relations, Ottoman and Republican history, sociology, economics, and literature. All articles are peer-reviewed. Turkish Studies is a Social Science Citation Index journal.

Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
0.7 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
1.7 months
Decision time immediate rejection
n/a
Overall rating manuscript handling
5.0 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
2.0 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
5.0 / 5.0 (very difficult)
Average number of review reports
2.0 reports
Quality of review reports
5.0 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 3.0 weeks. Overall rating: 5 (excellent). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
The review process was very quick, much quicker than we had expected. The reviewers had a broad perspective on the issue and their comments allowed us to elaborate the paper.