About the Journal

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies (E-ISSN: 2149-1291) is an open access, peer-reviewed and interdisciplinary academic international journal edited in the United States and publishing four issues per volume. The journal publishes theoretical, methodological, and empirical research from all disciplines dealing with ethnicity and culture. Concerned primarily with critical reviews of current research, JECS enables a space for questions, concepts, and findings of formative influence in ethnic and cultural studies. For further information, see the Submission Guidelines.

 

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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.

Sponsors

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 high-quality scholarly content with global users.

 Plagiarism

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies takes issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism, or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked with duplication-checking software. Where an article, for example, is found to have plagiarized other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgment, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the article; taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author's institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; or taking appropriate legal action. The journal cooperates with iThenticate (https://www.ithenticate.com/) to detect plagiarism

Publication Notice

The authors and readers will be notified and invited to visit our website for the newly published articles.