Analysis of academic publishing in Trakya University journals

Background: Although Turkey publishes more than 3000 peer-reviewed scientific journals, fewer 5% of them are covered by major indexing databases, and only 1 the 10 journals published Trakya University (Turkey) is among those quality journals. In November 2017, organized a workshop titled ‘Increasing academic at University’, ultimate goal which was to bring together all stakeholders in process publishing, review criteria publishing quality, recommend measures enhance from Turkey.  Objectives: To current status terms international standards, devise their also help other do same.  Methods: Information collected websites pub-lished fields natural, medical, social sciences assess extent each journal met set defining publishing. These were then compared success meeting criteria. Results: No single measure can improve ten University. Balkan Medical Journal topped list that it satisfied nearly whereas fewest Economics Administrative Sciences Faculty, Faculty Letters , Libraries Union . Timeliness ensuring ethical standards criterion most often but failed meet related data accessibility good reporting guidelines. Of 8 crite-ria fairness blind-review processes, 6 none 8. transparency implementation best practices, highest compliance name journal, its governing body, archiving, no made any effort market itself, is, expand circulation. Conclusions: The strengths weaknesses with reference highlighted. method described paper be used for evaluating