Scientific Journals Coordinator Attends the Editorial Board Meeting of the Journal of the Institute of Social Sciences

Assoc. Prof. Osman ORHAN, Scientific Journals Coordinator at Mersin University, attended the Editorial Board meeting of the Mersin University Journal of the Institute of Social Sciences, held on 6 November 2026.

Published since 2016, the journal has entered the monitoring period required before acceptance into TR Dizin. The meeting reviewed the journal’s current status and discussed efforts to strengthen its academic quality and international visibility.

Participants included Editor-in-Chief Prof. Recep ÜNAL; Editor Asst. Prof. Ender GÜRGEN; Assistant Editor Asst. Prof. Semra AKINCI SAÇARALP; Journal Secretary Dr. Gülden BİRİNCİ TAĞ; Subject Editors Prof. Aslıhan DOĞAN TOPÇU, Assoc. Prof. Ahmet ASKER, Assoc. Prof. Erdem AKKAN, Assoc. Prof. Günnur ERTONG ATTAR, Assoc. Prof. Turgay SEBZECİOĞLU, and Asst. Prof. Erhan GÜLCAN; and Language Editor Dr. Çiğdem KALEGERİ.

During the meeting, Assoc. Prof. Osman ORHAN delivered a presentation on the application requirements for national and international indexes and the journal’s current status. The presentation addressed evaluation criteria and opportunities for the journal’s further development.

The board also discussed the journal’s redesigned website, author guidelines, and manuscript review and publication procedures. In addition to reviewing the TR Dizin monitoring process, the board agreed to submit applications to Scopus and DOAJ in 2027.