The publication ethics and open access policy of ALKU Science journal are regulated in line with the guidelines and policies published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in open access, based on the "Code of Conduct and Best-Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors - 2011" rules. In this context, the responsibilities of the editor, referees and authors are stated below:

a) Responsibilities of Editors:
1. The journal editor decides on the suitability of the applications and whether they will be published. When making this decision, the editor does not take into account the race, gender, belief, nationality or political views of the author(s), but rather based on the conformity of the submission with the journal's publication policy, originality and importance.
2. The journal editor cannot share personal information about the application with third parties (referees, scientific committee members, publisher, etc.).
3. Editors or referees cannot use the information and documents in applications that are rejected or in the publication stage in their own research without the written permission of the author.

b) Responsibilities of Referees:
1. Referees support the editorial board in checking the suitability of the application for publication.
2. Referees should try to be fair, impartial and constructive when evaluating the submitted work.
3. Referees make suggestions to authors to improve applications and eliminate possible errors.
4. Referees must inform the editor when they feel inadequate about the application sent for review or when they cannot complete the review on time.
5. Referees are responsible for ensuring the security of the information and ideas contained in the applications. They cannot share them with third parties or use them in their own research.

c) Authors' Responsibilities:
1. Studies based on fake/fraudulent data are unacceptable. Authors must guarantee the accuracy and originality of the data.
2. If the study involves a human element, the necessary permissions from the participants and Ethics Committee Approval from the appropriate institutional authorities must be obtained. This approval should be stated in the "Method" section of the article and the signed Ethics Committee Approval should be uploaded to the system together with the article. In cases where the study does not require ethics committee approval, this should be clearly stated in the "Method" section.
3. Written permission must be obtained from the relevant institution or person(s) for "data collection tools, tables, graphs, maps and other visuals" that belong to third parties and have copyrights used in the study.
4. During the article submission process, the conditions stated in the "application list" and accepted by the responsible author who sent the article are deemed to have been accepted by the other authors.
5. All authors who have made a meaningful contribution to the article should be included in the study as co-authors. It is inappropriate to include people who have not contributed to the co-author list and will not be tolerated.
6. Authors must agree to make reasonable revisions suggested by our journal's referees and editors. If the author refuses to make revisions without acceptable reasons, the submitted manuscript will be rejected.
7. All authors are required to correct any errors in the submitted article and retract any inaccurate information.
8. Authors must send the copyright form when submitting their articles.

Ethics Committee Approval:
With the decision of ULAKBİM dated February 25, 2020, it was stipulated that "For all branches of science (including social sciences), separate Ethics Committee Approval must be obtained for clinical and experimental studies on humans and animals that require an ethics committee decision, and this approval must be stated and documented in the article." All kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require collecting data from participants using survey, interview, focus group study, observation, experiment and interview techniques are considered in this context.
Indicating that Ethics Committee Approval has been obtained: In studies conducted with humans without age restrictions, it must be stated that the necessary permissions have been obtained from the relevant committees on the first and last pages of the article and in the Method section, institution, date and number information must be given. In addition, a copy of the Ethics Committee approval must be uploaded to the system along with other article files during the application. In studies that do not require ethics committee approval, this should be clearly stated in the Method section.

Copyright:
In accordance with the ULAKBİM Code of Ethics, scales, surveys and visuals belonging to others cannot be used without permission: Citing the person or institution that owns the copyright is not enough. The fact that such works are copyright-free or that the necessary permissions have been obtained from the copyright owner for their use should be written in the form of a footnote, indicating the person (or institution) and date.

Reporting Situations That Do Not Comply with Ethical Principles:
If there is a behavior that does not comply with the ethical principles regarding the editors, referees and authors of our journal, or an unethical situation is detected regarding an article in the evaluation process, in early view or published, please inform us via message to alkufbd@alanya.edu.tr. If it is determined that the data used in the articles has been manipulated, distorted or fabricated data has been used, this situation will be officially reported to the relevant institutions, especially the institution where the article author works, and the article will be rejected or withdrawn if published. Our journal has the right to request raw data or analysis results from the authors based on the evaluation made by the editor and referees.

Publication Policy
1. ALKU Journal of Science is a free, open access journal. Additionally, authors are not charged any submission fees or article evaluation fees for articles sent to the journal.
2. Studies submitted to the journal must be prepared in accordance with the Writing Rules.
3. The evaluation and referee processes of the submitted articles are completed within three months under normal circumstances.
4. The Editorial Board ultimately decides whether the submitted articles will be published or not.
5. The results of the evaluation of the work are communicated to the authors through the Dergi Park system.
6. Studies without the necessary corrections are not taken into the publication process.

Source:
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). (2011, March 7). Code of Conduct and Best-Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. Access: https://publicationethics.org/files/Code_of_conduct_for_journal_editors_Mar11.pdf

https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/tarihyazimi/policy