- Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Journal of Social Sciences Institute is an international refereed journal. It is published 4 times a year (March, June, September, December).

- The journal's publication language is Turkish, but articles written in languages ​​such as English, Arabic, German, French, Russian and Persian are also accepted. Acceptance of articles written outside these languages ​​is subject to the decision of the Editorial Board.

- The journal publishes the original scientific studies related to all fields of social sciences. The articles submitted to the journal must not have been previously published in another publication, have not been accepted for publication or have not been sent to another journal simultaneously.

-The papers presented in scientific meetings can be evaluated by the editorial board if they have not been previously published in the proceedings booklet or in another journal. For whatever reason, articles published in the leaflet or any other publications are not published. Editorial board members and the editorial team are not obliged to investigate whether the submitted articles have been previously published in other media. The ethical responsibility of the situation in question belongs to the author or authors of the article.