The JODM is a peer-reviewed journal published two times a year by Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University.

Manuscripts written in English or Turkish language are accepted.

Original research articles presenting detailed theoretical or practical content are published. Articles in this category are expected to bring a new dimension to the existing knowledge in the field of engineering or to contribute to extending knowledge in the field or to present a comprehensive practical application.

Technical notes, letters to the editor, discussion papers, case presentations and translations are not published in the journal.

Manuscripts submitted to the journal must not be published in any place or sent to any other journal for publication.

Manuscripts are evaluated by national and/or international referees. This journal uses double-blind review, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process.

Articles uploaded to the journal are scanned with the iThenticate plagiarism package program before they are taken into the valuation process. For articles with a similarity rate of more than 20%, correction is requested from the author. If the required correction is not made within 10 days, the article is rejected.

Manuscripts which are rejected by the majority of the referees are rejected in accordance with the suggestion of the field editor.

The responsibility of the manuscript belongs to the respective authors. In order to comply with ethical standards, manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with internationally recognized code of ethics.

Only one article with the same author can be published within the same issue.

The copyright of the articles accepted to be published in the journal are transferred to the journal.

There are no manuscript submission fees or manuscript processing fees for the journal.

A conflict of interest and author contribution declaration are required for each article published within the journal.