Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Our journal adheres to national and international standards on research and publication ethics. In this direction, it complies with the Press Law (a), the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works and the Directive on Scientific Research and Publication Ethics of Higher Education Institutions. It has also adopted the International Ethical Publishing Principles published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Our journal operates within Amasya University Institute of Social Sciences.

Our journal adopts the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) “Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors” and “Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers”. In this context, the following points should be followed in the studies submitted to the journal. Accordingly, for research in all disciplines that require ethics committee approval, ethics committee approval must be obtained, this approval must be stated and documented in the article. For studies that require ethics committee approval, information about the approval (name of the committee, date and number) should be included in the method section or on the last page of the article.

Editors may consider publishing a revision if minor errors are identified in the published article that do not affect the findings, interpretations and conclusions. In the case of major errors/violations that invalidate findings and conclusions, editors should consider retracting the article. The COPE guideline regarding revision and retraction is taken into account.

Plagiarized manuscripts are against the standards of quality, research and innovation. Therefore, all authors submitting manuscripts to the journal are expected to comply with ethical standards and avoid plagiarism in any form.

During the pre-controling process, articles are scanned for plagiarism using TURNITIN software. Authors are informed if plagiarism/self-plagiarism is detected. If necessary, editors may subject the article to plagiarism checks at various stages of the review or production process. High similarity rates may result in a manuscript being rejected before or even after acceptance. This rate is expected to be less than 20%.

The reference list of the studies should be complete. Plagiarism and false data should not be included. The same research should not be attempted to be published in more than one journal and should comply with scientific research and publication ethics.

The person or persons listed as an author in a scientific study means that they have made a significant contribution to the study and take full responsibility for the content of the study. Otherwise, people who do not contribute to the study should not be included as authors.

Our journal supports and adopts open access policy. The content published by our jourmal is accessible directly in an open access format, without any restrictions.

Original, unpublished manuscripts that are not in the evaluation process in another journal and whose content and submission have been approved by each author are accepted for evaluation. The Copyright Form must be properly prepared and uploaded to the system as PDF.

Only one study by the same author in the same publication period is accepted for evaluation and can be published if it is accepted as a result of the double-blind refereeing process. Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the journal's spelling rules.

Papers previously presented in a congress -provided that the whole work has not been published in the congress book- and articles compiled from graduate thesis work should be indicated at the end of the page with a footnote containing the necessary information. All responsibility for the published work belongs to the author(s).

The manuscripts received by the journal are pre-reviewed by the journal board in terms of journal scope, originality, methodology and conformity to the rules of writing.

The manuscripts that are found appropriate as a result of the review are submitted to the evaluation of two referees through a double-blind refereeing system. The referees are given 15 days to evaluate the manuscript and the referee who does not return within this period is given an additional 7 days. If the referee does not evaluate the manuscript within this period, a new referee is appointed by the editor. In order for the candidate study to be published in the journal, it must receive a positive opinion from both reviewers.

If one of the referees gives a positive opinion and the other one gives a negative opinion, the manuscript is submitted to the editor or a third referee. The author(s) are obliged to make the revisions suggested by the referee(s) (if any).

Studies that receive a publishable report from the referee(s) enter the “Editing” process. Studies that are not ethically problematic as a result of the screening are sent to the author with the report and asked to finalize the study. The finalized manuscripts are typeset. Ethically problematic studies may be sent to the author for revision or rejected by the editor.

Approved manuscripts can be published from the preliminary view (research studies) or can wait for the publication date of the new issue. Changes on published studies can be made by contacting the editor within 4 days at the latest from the publication date of the relevant issue.

The referee(s) are not aware of the identity of the author(s) and the author(s) are not aware of the identity of the referee(s). The responsibility to ensure confidentiality in this regard belongs to the journal editors.

If you encounter an unethical situation other than the ethical responsibilities mentioned in the Ethical Principles and Publication Policy section of Amasya Journal of Social Sciences Research, please report it via e-mail to asbad@amasya.edu.tr.