It is essential that the authors comply with national and international ethical guidelines and obtain permission from the relevant ethical committees for research conducted in humans or animals. Compliance of the articles with scientific and ethical rules is the responsibility of the authors. Ethics committee permissions are not requested for every article. https://trdizin.gov.tr/trdizin-etik-ilkeler-akis-semasi/It is requested for articles that "require ethics committee approval".
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ETHICS POLICY
It is aimed that all stakeholders (author, editor, referee, publisher and reader) who produce a scientific study contribute to the progress of science correctly. Compliance with scientific ethical principles is important in scientific studies prepared in accordance with this goal.
These ethical principles have been accepted by us on the basis of the directive prepared by the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) and are suggested to be adopted by the stakeholders and are presented below.
Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
- To be sure of the accuracy of the data related to the study, to keep the records of the research in order and to be able to give access to these data upon possible request.Make sure that the article you submit has not been published or accepted elsewhere.
- Accept this conflict and cite if the content it presents matches with the published or presented content, if necessary, provide the editor with a copy of any work that may contain similar content, obtain permission to reproduce or use any content from other sources, citation.
- Ensure that all work involving human or animal subjects comply with national and international laws and guidelines (for example, WMA Declaration of Helsinki, NIH Policy on the Use of Laboratory Animals, EU Directive on the Use of Animals), confirm that the necessary approvals have been obtained, and respect subject privacy.
- To indicate relevant ethical committee approvals and research details in the "Materials and Methods" section of the study.
- In case of any conflict of interest, to share it with the editor and publisher when it detects an ethical violation related to the article, to publish a statement of error, addendum, indemnity or withdraw the work when deemed necessary.
Editors' Ethical Duties and Responsibilities
- To act in a balanced, objective and fair manner in the performance of their duties without discrimination on gender, religious or political beliefs, authors' ethnic or geographical origin.
- To evaluate the articles submitted to the journal according to their content, not to show any privileges to any author.
- To take the necessary measures to prevent possible conflicts of interest and to evaluate existing statements, if any.
- To treat sponsored studies or studies on special topics in the same way as other studies,
- In case of a complaint of ethical violation, to follow the necessary procedures by adhering to the journal's policies and procedures. To give the authors an opportunity to respond to the complaint and not to avoid applying the necessary sanctions regardless of who the work belongs to.
- To reject the incoming work if it is not suitable for the journal's purpose and scope.
Ethical Responsibilities of Referees
- To review the article objectively in a timely manner in order to contribute to the editor's decision-making process and to agree to evaluate only the studies related to the area of expertise
- To make the evaluation objectively only in relation to the content of the study. To evaluate working without considering religious, political and economic interests.
- To provide guidance that will help to increase the quality of the article to be published and to examine the work meticulously. To convey your comments to the author in a constructive and courteous language.
- To protect the confidentiality of the information provided by the editor and the author, to destroy the study after the evaluation process due to the principle of confidentiality, to notify the editor if there is a situation against blind refereeing and not to evaluate the work.
- To be aware of potential conflicts of interest (financial, institutional, collaborative, or other relationships between author and author) and, if necessary, to alert the editor to withdraw their assistance for this article.
Publisher's Ethical Responsibilities
- Among the stakeholders involved in a scientific study, the publisher should act within the scope of all these ethical principles.
- The publisher is obliged to use its communication power without any individual benefit and to direct its target audience correctly.
- It protects the property and copyright of every published work and undertakes the duty of archiving every published product.
- People should not hesitate to contact the publisher when faced with an unethical situation.
Some of the actions considered to be against scientific research and publication ethics:
Plagiarism: Showing others' original ideas, methods, data or works as their own work, partially or completely, without reference to scientific rules,
Fraud: Using data that does not actually exist or has been falsified in scientific research
Distortion: Falsifying the research records or the data obtained, showing the devices or materials not used in the research as being used, distorting or shaping the research results in line with the interests of the people and organizations,
Republishing: To present repetitive publications as separate publications in academic appointments and promotions,
Slicing: Dividing the results of a research into pieces in a way that disrupts the integrity of the research and inappropriately and publishing in more than one issue and presenting these publications as separate publications in academic appointments and promotions,
Unfair authorship: Including non-active contributors among the authors or not including those who are, changing the author's order in an unjustified and inappropriate manner, removing the names of those with active contributors from the work in subsequent editions, using their influence to include their names among the authors, even though they have no active contribution,
Not specifying the supporting persons, institutions or organizations and their contributions in the publications made as a result of researches conducted with the support
Using thesis or studies that have not yet been submitted or have not been accepted as a source without the permission of the owner,
Failing to comply with ethical rules in research conducted on humans and animals, not respecting patient rights in their publications, harming animal health and ecological balance, not obtaining necessary permissions,
Misusing the resources, places, facilities and devices provided or allocated for scientific research,
To make false or misleading statements regarding scientific research and publications in academic appointments and promotions,
PLACEMENT POLICY
Plagiarism (plagiarism) is an ethical violation, regardless of whether it is intent or not. It is unethical and unacceptable if the studies are similar to other sources without reference and publication in this form.
The Editorial Board can act in accordance with COPE rules against allegations and suspicions of plagiarism, citation manipulation and data fraud related to the articles submitted to the journal.
Articles with an Ithenticate similarity index of more than 15%, excluding references, and studies that do not have ethics committee approval and whose copyright transfer form is not signed by all authors are not considered for publication in our journal.
Resources used in the preparation and adoption of policies:
Budapest Open Access Statement
ICMJE (International Committee Of Medical Journal Editors)
Creative Commons
COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)
Education and Science Journal Publication Policies
DOAJ Principles Of Transparency And Best Practice In Scholarly Publishing, Version 3
YÖK Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive
Last Update Time:
18 March 2026
