Journal Policy on Ethical Principles and Research Publishing Ethics
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
In scientific articles sent to the journal, ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) recommendations and COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) International Standards for Editors and Authors should be taken into consideration.
RESEARCH PUBLISHING ETHICS
1-Studies requiring the permission of the Ethics Committee (studies requiring questionnaire or scale application, including interviews and observations; documents, pictures, questionnaires, etc. developed by others and requiring permission to use) (For research conducted in all disciplines including social sciences and ethics For clinical and experimental studies on humans and animals that require a committee decision, ethics committee approval must be obtained separately, this approval must be specified and documented in the article). must be submitted. In the absence of these permissions, the publication is returned to the author during the pre-review phase.
2-In studies requiring ethics committee approval, information about the permission (name of the board, date, and number) should be included in the method section and also on the first/last page of the article. In case of reports, the information that the informed consent/consent form was signed should be included in the article.
3-It is necessary to comply with copyright regulations for the intellectual and artistic works used.
4-It is obligatory to submit the raw data of the researches that are in the referee evaluations when requested by the referees. It is obligatory to provide the data when necessary after the publication of the article.
JOURNAL POLICY ABOUT ARTICLE SIMILARITY REPORT AND SIMILARITY RATIO
Candidate articles should be sent with the originality report taken from the academic similarity prevention program (For example: Ithenticate, plagiarism.net etc.). This rate is accepted up to 20%. Studies with a similarity rate of over 20% will be returned at the pre-check stage.
Ethical Rules for Authors
1- The authors guarantee that their work is original, and when they include other researchers' ideas, language, pictures, graphics, and tables in their work, they must cite it. Quotations without specifying the source are the reason for plagiarism.
2- Each author mentioned in the study is equally responsible for the content of the study. It is unacceptable that the name of the researcher is not included or the name of the researcher is unfairly included even though he/she contributed to the study.
3- Authors must stay true to the findings of their research. Changing findings, making up findings and conclusions, and conducting research based on them is out of the question. Situations such as tampering, deletion, removal of data and materials, or skipping the interpretation of data that are difficult to handle, are trust-breaking.
4- It is not possible to send the work simultaneously to journals. Authors cannot send previously published work to the journal.
Ethical Rules for Referees
1- Referees should know that the evaluation process is confidential and should not be shared with third parties.
2- Referees should submit an objective, impartial, scientific, understandable, and constructive evaluation report about the study within the specified time.
3- The referee reports will also include an assessment of the scientific nature of the article (subject matter, a method used, or appropriate use of the relevant literature). This evaluation must be made about the content, whether positive or negative.
4- When it is understood that the work is plagiarized or has been published elsewhere before, the referees should report the situation to the editor.