Current Perspectives in Social Sciences is a scientific, open access, online-only periodical published in accordance with independent, unbiased, and double-blinded peer-review principles. The journal is official publication of the Atatürk University, Graduate School of Social Sciences and published quarterly in March, June, September, and December. The publication languages of the journal are Turkish and English.

Current Perspectives in Social Sciences aims to contribute to the literature by publishing manuscripts at the highest scientific level in social sciences. The journal publishes original articles, reviews, care reports, and letters to the editors that are prepared in accordance with ethical guidelines. 

The scope of the journal includes but not limited to education, communication, geography, history, linguistics, psychology, anthropology, philosophy, philology, musicology, fine arts, sociology, archeology, economy, international relations, social work, political science, international studies, business management, applied econometrics, applied statistics, law, public administration.
 
The target audience of the journal is experts, researchers and professionals working and interested in social sciences.

Current Perspectives in Social Sciences is currently indexed in EBSCO, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and TUBITAK ULAKBIM TR Index.

The editorial and publication processes of the journal are shaped in accordance with the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), Council of Science Editors (CSE), Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), European Association of Science Editors (EASE), and National Information Standards Organization (NISO). The journal is in conformity with the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (doaj.org/bestpractice).

All expenses of the journal are covered by the Atatürk University. Processing and publication are free of charge with the journal. No fees are requested from the authors at any point throughout the evaluation and publication process. All manuscripts must be submitted via the online submission system, which is available at https://socialsciences-ataunipress.org/. The journal guidelines, technical information, and the required forms are available on the journal’s web page.

Disclaimer
Statements or opinions expressed in the manuscripts published in the journal reflect the views of the author(s) and not the opinions of the editors, editorial board, and/or publisher; the editors, editorial board, and publisher disclaim any responsibility or liability for such materials.
 
Open Access Statement
Current Perspectives in Social Sciences is an open access publication, and the journal’s publication model is based on Budapest Access Initiative (BOAI) declaration. All published content is available online, free of charge at https://socialsciences-ataunipress.org/. Authors retain the copyright of their published work in the Current Perspectives in Social Sciences. The journal's content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) 4.0 International License which permits third parties to share and adapt the content for non-commercial purposes by giving the appropriate credit to the original work.   

From January 2022 onwards, content is licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC 4.0 license. The journal’s back content was published under a traditional copyright license however the archive is available for free access.

Editor in Chief: İlknur Emekli
Address:  Atatürk University, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Erzurum, Turkey
E-mail: [email protected]

Publisher: Atatürk University
Address: Atatürk University, Yakutiye, Erzurum, Turkey

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