A new ISSN and / or e-ISSN (International Standard Serial / Electronic Serial Number) should be obtained from the ISSN Portal of Libraries and Publications General Directorate of the Ministry of Culture (before the first issue for the journal to be published in printed format, after the first issue for the journal to be published in electronic format) and it should be indicated on the outside cover, preferably on the upper right, and on the inside cover, together with information about the journal and in a place easily visible on the web page.

You do not need permission to link any web page to TR Dizin.

Yes. The DergiPark Project conducted by ULAKBIM provides hosting and process management services for academic journals. TR Dizin is a different platform where scientific journals that meet certain criteria are indexed. Therefore, the application must be submitted separately through the TR Dizin to initiate the indexing process of the journal in the TR Dizin.

No, journals are re-evaluated periodically by the Committee. The journal that does not meet the criteria is removed from the index and monitored for at least one year.

The journal is monitored by the Committee for at least one year from the date of application. Whether the journal is published at the announced sequence is monitored. If other Preliminary Evaluation conditions are also met, the relevant Committee shall evaluate them in line with the “Journal Evaluation Criteria” and notify the journal editor of the decision.

The Dizin is updated weekly and approximately 500 articles are added each week.

Following the notification of the committee evaluation results to the editor, the deficiencies mentioned in the said notification should be fixed by the journal editor. If it is seen that the deficiencies have been fixed in the Preliminary Evaluations to be made by the specialist in charge in the TR Dizin Group, the journal is re-evaluated by the Committee at the end of the following year. A journal that is rejected twice in a row will not be considered for 2 years.

After the editor creates the TR Dizin user account, they submit a request for the assignment of the journal via “journal responsibility request form” through TR Dizin.

Yes, in both cases, PDFs of published issues (including outside and inside covers, contents page) should be uploaded to TR Dizin.

No, a separate ISSN is required for both formats from the ISSN Portal of Libraries and Publications General Directorate of the Ministry of Culture.

No, a separate ISSN is required for both formats from the ISSN Portal of Libraries and Publications General Directorate of the Ministry of Culture.

The information that the journal is continuing to be printed in electronic format should be specified in the “Notes” section of the TR Dizin system and the “About the Journal” section in the journal’s web page, together with the year of publication.

In the field of Life Sciences;

Dentistry, Pharmaceuticals, Engineering, Basic Sciences, Health Sciences, Veterinary Medicine,

In the field of Social Sciences;

Social Sciences and Humanities

Bringing scientific journals originating from Turkey in compliance with international standards, and providing access to the content in these journals.

The peer-review reports should be uploaded as a PDF showing the entire evaluation process of the article (the first form of the submitted article, the consultant criticisms, the second and, if any, subsequent correction requests and submissions, editorial board reports, if any, the final decision minutes and the printed form of the article).

Journal applications that meet the application requirements must be submitted through the TR Dizin

It can be reached from the TR Dizin Journal List. The TR Dizin Journal List is updated daily.


A journal should appear in TR Dizin for it facilitates access to academic information produced in Turkey, increases the visibility of the journal and is an “index” accepted by the Higher Education Council (YOK) and the Inter-University Council (IUC) for appointments and promotions.