Ethical Principles and Publication Policy
Publication Ethics
The ethical statements of ADU-JSS are based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Code of Conduct guidelines. ADU-JSS follows the COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors and Core Practices and aims to comply with the Best Practice Guidelines. Authenticity checking and plagiarism prevention services are used at ADU-JSS. After your manuscript is evaluated by the editor for its suitability in terms of similarity score (maximum 15%), further review processes will continue.
Responsibilities of the Publisher and Editors
The publisher is responsible for the publication of ADU-JSS in the specified periods. The editors are responsible for each publication in ADÜ-JSS. The publisher guarantees adherence to the journal's editorial policies, especially with regard to transparency and integrity (e.g., research funding, conflicts of interest, and reporting standards). Editors must meet the information needs of readers and Meet the information needs of readers and authors. They should strive for the development of ADU-JSS. They should strive to improve the quality of the work published in ADU-JSS. Maintain all processes without compromising intellectual property rights and ethical standards. The editors of ADU-JSS are responsible for the peer review process of the articles and make the final decision on which articles to publish based on the comments of the referees and editorial board members. The editorial review of the submitted manuscript is based entirely on scientific merit, regardless of the author's gender, age, sexual orientation, race, citizenship, ethnicity, religion, political opinion, and institutional affiliation.
Responsibilities of Referees
All manuscripts submitted to ADÜ-JSS are subject to at least anonymized double peer review. Reviewers must agree to impartially review all manuscripts based on their scientific content, regardless of the author's gender, age, sexual orientation, race, citizenship, ethnicity, religion, political opinion, and institutional affiliation. Reviewers must acknowledge that they have reviewed articles within their area of expertise in a timely manner. They also agree that all information in the articles accepted for evaluation is kept confidential. As a result of the referee decisions, the editor may appoint a third, fourth or more referees to make a decision.
Responsibilities of Authors
Author(s) submitting a study to ADÜ-JSS are expected to comply with the following ethical responsibilities:
-The author(s) cannot submit the same research to more than one publishing organization at the same time.
-The studies submitted by the author(s) are expected to be original.
-Persons who do not contribute intellectually to the content of the manuscript should not be listed as authors.
-Changing the author responsibilities (such as adding an author, changing the author order, removing an author, etc.) cannot be proposed for a study whose evaluation process has started.
- Authors should clearly declare potential conflicts of interest for each author.

Open Access Policy
Users can read, download, copy, distribute, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of articles in ADÜ-JSS without prior permission from the publisher or author. This is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative's (BOAI) definition of open access.

Copyright Policy
By signing the Copyright License Agreement, the authors agree that if the article is accepted for publication by ADÜ-JSS, it will be licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC. Authors agree to transfer their copyrights to ADU Journal of Sports Sciences if the article is accepted for publication.

Authors have the right to use and reuse their articles under the CC BY NC License.
All articles published by ADU Journal of Sports Sciences are subject to the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC). This License permits sharing, copying, reproduction, and adaptation of the work in any size and format except for commercial use, including remixing, transforming, and building upon the work, provided that proper attribution is given to the original work.

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