AUTHORS' ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Utmost care must be taken to adhere to scientific citation rules in works sent to the journal for publication.

Intellectual responsibility for articles published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences and Crime Research belongs to the authors. For clinical and experimental studies on humans and animals requiring an ethical committee decision, separate ethical committee approval must be obtained, this approval should be stated in the article and documented.

A part or all of the submitted article must not have been published elsewhere or sent to another place for publication.

All authors must have read and approved the relevant article and be aware that it has been sent to the journal for publication.

The article must be an original work written by the author/authors.

For translated article works sent to the magazine, a document showing that permission has been obtained from the original article's author and the publishing institution must be presented.

Authors are deemed to have transferred the copyright of the article to the journal from the moment the article is decided to be published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences and Crime Research. Author/authors cannot publish the article on another platform (journal, editorial book, website, blog, etc.) without permission from the journal's editorial.

The author/authors must fill out the "Plagiarism Check Report" and "Article copyright and ethics agreement" with the article and submit them to the journal through the system.

EDITOR AND FIELD EDITORS' ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

The editor and field editors of the journal should have the following ethical duties and responsibilities based on the "COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) as open access:
General Duties and Responsibilities:

Editors are responsible for every publication in the Journal of Forensic Sciences and Crime Research. In this context, editors have the following roles and obligations:

Endeavor to meet the information needs of readers and authors.
Continuously ensure the journal's development.
Conduct processes aimed at improving the quality of studies published in the journal.
Support freedom of thought.
Ensure academic integrity.
Continue business processes without compromising intellectual property rights and ethical standards.
Show clarity and transparency in terms of publication for issues that require correction and clarification.
Relations with the Reader:

Editors should make decisions considering the information, skills, and experience expectations of all readers, researchers, and practitioners.
They should ensure that published studies contribute to readers, researchers, practitioners, and scientific fields and are original.
Editors are also obliged to consider feedback from readers, researchers, and practitioners and provide explanatory and informative feedback.
Relations with Authors:

The duties and responsibilities of editors towards authors are as follows:

Editors should make decisions based on the importance, original value, validity, clarity of expression of the works, and the objectives and goals of the journal.
Works appropriate to the publication scope should be included in the preliminary evaluation stage unless there's a serious problem.
Unless there's a serious problem with the work, editors should not ignore positive referee suggestions.
New editors should not change decisions given by previous editor(s) for studies unless there's a serious problem.
The "Blind Referee and Evaluation Process" must be published, and editors should prevent possible deviations in defined processes.
Editors should publish a "Guide for Authors" containing every issue expected from them in detail by the authors. These guides should be updated at certain intervals.
Authors should be provided with informative and explanatory notifications and feedback.
Relations with Referees:

The duties and responsibilities of editors to referees are as follows:

Referees should be determined according to the subject of the work.
Referees are obliged to provide the information and guides they will need during the evaluation phase.
They should check whether there's a conflict of interest between authors and referees.
Referee identities should be kept confidential in the context of blind refereeing.
Referees should be encouraged to evaluate the work in an unbiased, scientific, and objective language.
Referees should be evaluated with criteria such as timely return and performance.
Practices and policies should be determined to enhance the performance of referees.
Necessary steps should be taken to update the pool of referees continuously and dynamically.
Discourteous and unscientific evaluations should be prevented.
Steps should be taken to ensure that the referee pool consists of a broad spectrum.
Relations with the International Advisory Board:

The editor should ensure that all advisory board members proceed with processes according to publication policies and guidelines.
Advisory board members should be informed about publication policies and kept informed of developments.
They should ensure that advisory board members evaluate the works impartially and independently.
New advisory board members should be determined that can contribute and are qualified.
Works appropriate for the expertise of advisory board members should be sent for evaluation.
Regular interaction should be maintained with the advisory board.
Meetings should be held with the advisory board at certain intervals to discuss publication policies and the development of the journal.