ETHICAL RULES
İstanbul Aydın University Journal of Vocational School of Justice and Advanced Vocational Studies (İAÜ ABMYO Journal) is committed to adopting and fulfilling ethical standards of conduct at every stage of the publication process. It strictly adheres to the general ethical guidelines provided by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA). Subject to the principles and general publication requirements set forth in these guidelines, editors, reviewers, and authors must assume the following responsibilities in accordance with professional and ethical standards. The proper and ethical execution of the publication process depends on the fulfillment of these responsibilities.
Ethical Responsibilities of Editors: The editor is responsible for ensuring that the publication process of all articles published in the journal is carried out in accordance with the rules. The editor is obliged to make efforts to contribute to improving the quality of the journal. The editor supports the freedom of expression of authors. The editor ensures that the published articles are compatible with the knowledge and skills of the journal’s readers. The editor sends the manuscripts to reviewers who are suitable for their knowledge and expertise. Care is taken to select scientists as reviewers who evaluate the manuscripts objectively, carry out the peer-review process in a timely manner, evaluate the manuscript with constructive criticism, and act in accordance with ethical rules. Thus, it is ensured that the manuscripts are properly evaluated by experts in their fields. Care is taken to ensure that there are no conflicts of interest between the reviewers and the author(s). The editor ensures that the peer-review process continues under double-blind peer review; authors are not allowed to know the reviewers, and reviewers are not allowed to know the authors.
Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers: Reviewers should only review manuscripts related to their area of expertise. Reviewers must conduct the evaluation with impartiality and confidentiality. When reviewers realize a conflict of interest or unity of interest, they must refuse to evaluate the manuscript and inform the editors. Reviewers are required to fill out the Reviewer Evaluation Form regarding the manuscripts they evaluate. Reviewers must also state their decisions regarding whether the manuscript they evaluated is publishable, along with the reasons for their decisions, in this form. Reviewers should conduct the evaluation in a constructive tone in accordance with academic etiquette; they should avoid personal comments containing insults and hostility. Reviewers are expected to complete their evaluations within the given time frame and comply with the ethical responsibilities specified herein. Reviewers must keep the peer-review process confidential. Reviewers are selected experts in their fields and should not use Generative AI to analyze or summarize submitted manuscripts or parts thereof when formulating their evaluations. The use of manuscripts in Generative AI systems may pose risks regarding confidentiality, violation of intellectual property rights and data, and other issues. Therefore, reviewers should not upload unpublished manuscript submissions, including relevant files, images, or information, to Generative AI tools. Reviewers should not use AI tools, including LLM-based tools like ChatGPT, to create article and project evaluation reports. However, Generative AI may be used to assist in improving the language of the evaluation. Reviewers shall always remain responsible for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of their evaluations.
Ethical Responsibilities of Author(s): Submitted articles must be original works appropriate to the specified fields of study. Authors should cite individuals who have contributed significantly to their work as co-authors. Persons who have not contributed to the article should not be listed as authors, and it should not be proposed to change the order of authors, remove an author, or add an author for a manuscript submitted for publication. A work cannot be published without the consent of all its authors. The reference list must be complete, correctly prepared, and cited sources must strictly be indicated. The author(s) cannot submit manuscripts to another journal simultaneously for publication. Manuscripts submitted for publication must not violate scientific publication ethics (plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, republication, salami slicing, gift authorship, failure to acknowledge supporting organizations). For clinical and experimental studies on humans and animals requiring ethics committee permission, ethics committee approval must be obtained, and this approval must be stated and documented in the article. All clinical research submitted for publication to İAÜ ABMYO Journal; all kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using questionnaires, interviews, focus group work, observations, and experiment/interview techniques; all kinds of studies in which identifiable human biological material and data are used; and all kinds of research related to data considered as special/sensitive quality data within the scope of the Personal Data Protection Law are subject to Ethics Committee approval. In studies requiring ethics committee approval, information regarding the permission (committee name, date, and reference/number) must be included in the methods section and under the Ethics Statement heading. The Ethics Committee approval document must be uploaded together with the manuscript files. Permission must be obtained from the owners for the use of scales, questionnaires, and photographs belonging to others, and this situation must be documented; furthermore, it must be stated that copyright regulations for artistic and literary works are complied with.
Ethical Responsibilities of the Publisher: The publisher must acknowledge that the decision-making authority rests with the editor during all stages of the manuscript publication process. The publisher is obligated to protect the ownership and copyright of each published article and to maintain a record of every published copy. The publisher is obligated to provide free electronic access to the articles in all issues of the journal.
Reporting Non-Compliance with Ethical Principles to the Editor: If an ethical violation is encountered regarding an article under evaluation or published in İAÜ ABMYO Journal, an e-mail should be sent to abmyojournal@aydin.edu.tr. Plagiarism, data fabrication or falsification, duplicate publication, salami slicing, and including individuals who have not contributed to the research among the authors are unacceptable practices within ethical rules. In case of any ethical irregularity associated with these and similar practices, necessary legal actions will be taken.
a) Plagiarism: Presenting the original ideas, methods, data, or works of others partially or completely as one's own work without proper attribution in accordance with scientific rules is considered plagiarism. To avoid plagiarism, authors must make citations in accordance with scientific rules and pay attention to referencing all scientific literature included in their research.
b) Data Fabrication: Using data that does not actually exist or has been altered in scientific research is considered within the scope of data fabrication. Authors must collect their data within ethical guidelines and analyze it without subjecting it to any modifications during the process that would affect its validity and reliability.
c) Falsification: Altering research records or data, presenting unused equipment or materials as if they were used in the research, and altering or shaping research results in line with the interests of supporting individuals or organizations are considered within the scope of falsification. Authors must be honest, objective, and transparent regarding the information provided about the research process. They must refrain from violating ethical rules.
d) Duplicate Publication: Presenting the same publication as separate publications without citing previous publications is considered within the scope of duplicate publication. Manuscripts submitted for evaluation must not have been previously published elsewhere or currently be under review in another journal, and full responsibility regarding this matter belongs to the authors. Authors must avoid duplication and take care to submit original and authentic research.
e) Salami Slicing (Data Fragmentation): Dividing the results of a study into inappropriate parts in a manner that disrupts the integrity of the research, publishing them across multiple papers, and presenting these as separate publications are considered within the scope of salami slicing. Authors must take research integrity into account and avoid segmentations that would affect the results.
f) Inappropriate Authorship / Unfair Authorship: Including individuals who have not contributed to the research among the authors or excluding those who have contributed is considered within the scope of unfair authorship. All authors must have made a sufficient contribution to the planning, design, data collection, analysis, evaluation, preparation for publication, and finalization stages of the research.