Afarand Scholarly Publishing Institute

Last updated: 22 October 2026

This policy explains how Afarand (Afarand Scholarly Publishing Institute) collects, uses and protects personal information on the publisher website (daneshafarand.org) and in the online submission and peer-review system it operates. Each journal's website may give further information specific to that journal.

Who is responsible

Afarand is responsible for the personal information described in this policy. You can contact us through the contact form or by telephone at +90 552 671 94 39.

Information we collect

• Account information: when you register as an author, reviewer or editor, for example your name, email address, institutional affiliation, country, academic degree and ORCID iD.
• Submission information: manuscripts, supplementary files, author details and declarations (such as conflicts of interest, funding and AI use) provided at submission.
• Peer-review information: reviewer invitations, reports and recommendations, and editorial correspondence and decisions.
• Messages: information you send through the contact form, the Support Center or email.
• Technical information: your IP address and a record of actions in the system (for example logins and submissions), which are used to keep the system secure, and cookies needed to keep you signed in.

How we use it

• To run the submission, peer-review and publication process, and to communicate with you about it.
• To publish accepted articles together with the author information that forms part of the scholarly record.
• To keep the system secure, prevent misuse and investigate concerns about research or publication misconduct, as described in our publication ethics policies.
• To answer your questions and support requests.

We do not sell personal information and do not use it for advertising.

What is made public

When an article is published, the authors' names, affiliations and ORCID iDs, and the corresponding author's contact details, appear on the article and in its metadata. Peer review in Afarand journals is confidential: reviewers' identities and reports are not published unless a journal states otherwise and the reviewer has agreed.

Who we share it with

• The editors and reviewers handling a manuscript, only as far as needed for review.
• The university or research institute that owns the journal concerned.
• Crossref, for DOI registration, and indexing, abstracting and archiving services (such as ISC), which receive article metadata including author names and affiliations.
• Providers of hosting and technical services that operate the website and system for us.
• Google, ORCID or Yahoo, if you choose to sign in with one of these accounts.
• Authorities or institutions, where required by law or in the investigation of research misconduct.

How long we keep it

We keep account information while your account is active and delete it on request, unless it is needed to maintain the scholarly record or for an unresolved investigation. Published articles and their metadata are kept permanently as part of the scholarly record. Submission and review records are kept for as long as needed to run the journals and to answer questions about published work.

Your rights

Under applicable data protection law, including Türkiye's Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data and, where it applies, the EU General Data Protection Regulation, you may ask to see, correct or delete your personal information, object to or restrict its use, or withdraw consent you have given. Some information cannot be removed from published articles; changes to published work follow our Corrections and Retractions policy. To make a request, please use the contact details above.

Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information. Manuscripts under review are treated as confidential, and editors and reviewers must not share them or upload them to generative AI tools.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top shows when it was last changed.