About the Journal

Publication Frequency

The Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies (JECS) is published quarterly, in February, May, August, and November. Accepted manuscripts are published online first before being included in the upcoming issue.

JECS also welcomes the submission of proposals for special issues and proposals are welcome on all topics relevant to the journal's scope.

Open Access Policy

This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. 

Archiving & Data Policy

Authors are encouraged to self-archive the final version of their published articles into institutional repositories (such as those listed in the Directory of Open Access Repositories). For this purpose, authors are strongly encouraged to use the final PDF version published on the website of the journal.

To ensure that all articles will be permanently preserved and available a full archival copy of all articles published in the journal is deposited in electronic format into Global LOCKSS Network.

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

JECS publishes original and rigorous research findings and does not tolerate any kind of academic dishonesty or misconduct. All manuscripts submitted to JECS should be original works of scholarship. JECS does not tolerate any sort of data fabrication and falsification, plagiarism, and improper author contribution. JECS adheres to the Publication Ethnics and Publication Malpractice Statement https://www.iaao.org/wp-content/uploads/JPTAA_Publication_Ethics_Malpractice.pdf  to ensure high-quality publications, public trust in research findings, and that people receive credit for their ideas. All research studies on humans (individuals, samples or data) must have been performed in accordance with the principles stated in the Malpractice Statement.  Prior to starting the study, ethical approval must have been obtained for all protocols (e.g., ethical approval, consent, participant anonymity, etc) from the local Institutional Review Board (IRB).

Ethical Research Involving Vulnerable Populations

Special care must be taken when conducting research involving vulnerable populations, including children, elderly individuals, and refugees. Researchers must:

• Obtain informed consent from participants or legal guardians.
• Minimize the risk of emotional, psychological, or physical harm.
• Ensure confidentiality by anonymizing data and safeguarding participant identities

JECS is sponsored by Center for Ethnic and Cultural Studies(previously International Cultural Research Center (UKAM) in Turkey) in Fort Myers, Florida, United States.

Sources of Support

JECS expresses sincere appreciation to Florida Gulf Coast University where Dr. Hasan Aydin, Editor-in-Chief, has held a faculty position in Department of Leadership, Technology & Research in College of Education for having a kind personal support. In addition, JECS acknowledges sponsorship with Center of Ethnic and Cultural Studies (CECS) (previously International Cultural Research Center (UKAM) in Turkey) for their partial financial and personnel support since 2014.  The support of these two institutions and the volunteer service of editors, authors, and reviewers from the global community have sustained JECS since 2017. JECS is an open-access scholarly journal that espouses the mission of freely sharing highquality scholarly content with global users.