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Peer Review Process

Referee Policy

Hitit Journal of Occupational Health & Safety uses a double-blind peer-review system in which the names of the referee(s) and author(s) are kept confidential.

All studies submitted to the journal and passed the preliminary review of the Editorial Board are subject to a peer review process. The peer review process used for the studies is as follows:

Preliminary Evaluation

All studies submitted to the journal are pre-evaluated by the Journal Editorial Board. Studies that do not fall into the sub-fields of the journal, do not comply with the specified scientific format, do not have an ethical report (for required studies), do not comply with the Journal's scientific writing principles, and do not have plagiarism/similarity reports are rejected without initiating the refereeing process or are sent to the authors for correction. At this stage, no study can be accepted for publication by the Editor or Editorial Board.

Peer Review

Studies that pass the preliminary evaluation phase are sent to 2 (two) referees determined by the Editorial Board according to their content and field of expertise.  Referees evaluate the publications sent to them in terms of originality, methodology, contribution to the literature, analysis and interpretation of data, adequacy of results and suggestions, citation method, etc. Referees can directly accept, reject or request corrections from the author(s). In order for a study to be published in the journal, 2 (two) referees must give a positive opinion. In the event that one positive and one negative decision emerge from the referee reports; the Editorial Board may reject the study or send it to a third referee based on the reports.

In case of correction requests by referees, author/authors shall complete the necessary corrections within a maximum of 2 (two) weeks and resubmit the study. Studies that are not sent with corrections within the specified period are removed from the evaluation process. Referees may request more than one correction for the same study. Studies that are not accepted for publication are not returned to the authors.

Final Evaluation