In the work uploaded to the Bartın University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Journal via the Dergi-Park system for evaluation for publication, all sources used and cited have been referenced in accordance with scientific research methods and ethical principles.
If the work belongs to more than one person, all authors have made a direct and joint academic-scientific contribution to the work.
This work is an original work of the author(s).
All authors have seen the final version of the submitted article and approved its results.
The study has not been previously submitted for publication in any form as an article and/or is not a study accepted for publication and/or awaiting publication in another journal. It will not be submitted for evaluation for publication in another scientific journal until the evaluation process of the “Bartın University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences” is completed.
No ethical violations have been committed regarding the subjects used in the study, and all data collection methods have been conducted in accordance with scientific ethical principles.

All processes related to the evaluation of the work (referee reports, editor notes, etc.) have not been/will not be shared with third parties.
All publication rights for articles accepted for publication belong to the institution publishing the journal.
The thoughts and suggestions in the articles are entirely the responsibility of the authors.
If the work is an abstract previously presented at a scientific meeting or a shorter version of this work, this is stated in the article.
The author(s) agree(s) and undertake(s) to transfer the financial rights to this work, including all rights of communication to the public, such as processing, reproduction, representation, printing, publication, distribution, and transmission via the internet, to the “Bartın University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Journal” for unlimited use.
Regarding the study, the “Bartın University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences” and its relevant boards shall bear no responsibility for any claims or lawsuits filed by third parties for copyright infringement; all responsibility lies with the author(s).
The work does not contain any criminal elements or unlawful statements, and no unlawful methods were used during the research. All legal permissions related to the work have been obtained, and ethical rules have been followed.
Regarding all matters not mentioned above concerning the suitability of the study in terms of scientific research and publication ethics, the provisions of the “Higher Education Institution Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Guidelines” have been followed.In addition, the principles published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) regarding publication ethics, ethical duties, and responsibilities have been adopted as open access.
The Bartın University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Journal uses a double-blind review method in the evaluation process of submitted articles. Accordingly, in the double-blind review method, the identities of authors and reviewers are concealed throughout the entire process.
Published twice a year (May-November) in electronic format, the Bartın University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Journal is published as open access via the Tübitak Dergi-Park-Akademik system. With the decision of the Publication Board and Editor, special issues may also be published in addition to the current issues.
The Bartın University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Journal, within the scope of open access, adopts the TÜBİTAK Dergi-Park-Akademik Open Access system and the principles of the “Budapest Open Access Initiative” within this scope. According to these principles, “scientifically peer-reviewed works should be freely accessible, readable, downloadable, copyable, distributable, printable, scannable, linkable to full texts, indexable, transferable to software as data, and usable for any legal purpose via the internet, without financial, legal, or technical barriers.” Authors and copyright holders acknowledge that all users have free access to these materials."
Authors whose articles are accepted are deemed to have agreed to share the information contained in their work with proper citation, in order to protect copyright and the rights of the journal under the Creative Commons Attribution License. In this regard, Bartın University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Journal applies the Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Public License (CC BY-NC 4.0) to all articles it publishes.
When uploading an article to the journal, you are expected to upload the “plagiarism report” related to the article as an additional file to the system. In this regard, please upload your plagiarism report (Turnitin and/or Ithenticate, etc.) as a separate PDF file along with your article. The relevant report must clearly show the title of your article, the names of the authors, and the percentage.

Author responsibility:

Bartın University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences conducts every stage of the article evaluation and publication process professionally. Therefore, authors have certain responsibilities, just like editors and reviewers. The journal's expectations from authors are as follows:
• Authors must guarantee the originality of the works they submit to the journal. They must declare that the work has not been published anywhere else, in any language, or submitted to another journal for publication.

• Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with the journal's writing guidelines. For writing guidelines, see.
• When uploading the manuscript to the journal via the system, author information and order must be carefully entered. If there is an error in the author order, if changes are to be made to the order, if a new author is to be added to the manuscript, or if an author is to be removed from the manuscript, the editor must be informed. In such cases, the reason for the change in author status must be submitted to the editor in writing.
• Copyrighted material (such as tables, figures, or other quotations) can only be published with valid permission and copyright approval. Authors are responsible for obtaining the necessary permissions and approval documents and submitting them to the journal.
• Permission must be obtained from the owners for the use of scales, surveys, and photographs/images belonging to other researchers in the studies, and the permission document obtained must be uploaded to the system during the article submission stage.
• Authors must comply with Turkish language and expression rules throughout the study. In addition, Turkish equivalents of foreign concepts and words that have common equivalents in Turkish should be preferred.
• For editorial review, authors may be asked to share the raw data of the study with the journal editors. In this case, authors are obliged to share the data.
• Authors should properly cite other authors, contributors, or sources and indicate the relevant sources in accordance with the journal's writing rules.

• In addition to the subject and content of the studies, the methods and application information should also be carefully explained in terms of “reproducibility” in applied studies.
• Authors should upload the updated version of their study to the system within the given time frame, based on the corrections they received during the evaluation process.
• When uploading the revised study to the system, the “responses to reviewers” file must also be uploaded. This file should contain the authors' correction notes and comments regarding the reviewers' suggestions.
• Authors cannot request the information of the reviewers assigned to their studies. Bartın İİBF Journal applies a double-blind peer review system.
• Authors should review the journal's research ethics guidelines before submitting their work to the journal and act in accordance with ethical rules. To review ethical principles, see.
• If the study involves human participants, authors must obtain ethical committee approval and upload the document to the system along with the study. In addition, the document number related to the ethical committee approval should be provided in the study.
• Individuals or organizations that have made significant and meaningful contributions to the research should be acknowledged in the acknowledgments section of the study. Any financial support and project funding used should also be disclosed here.
• If there is a conflict of interest in the study, authors must declare this when submitting to the journal. The editor decides how to proceed with the study based on the conflict of interest declaration. If there is no conflict of interest, authors are required to declare that there is no conflict of interest in the study.
• The corresponding author is the author who assumes responsibility for the submission of the study to the journal, the communication process with the journal, and the post-publication processes on behalf of the other authors. They are responsible for informing the other authors about the process and evaluation notes related to the study.

Reviewer responsibilities:

Studies submitted to the Bartın University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Journal and passed by the editor are evaluated by expert reviewers in the field. Reviewers invited by the editor accept the invitation through the system and undertake the review task. The review process is conducted using a double-blind peer review system. At this stage, the Bartın Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Journal expects the following from reviewers:
• Reviewers must inform the editor and request to be excused from the review process if they believe the content of the submitted work is incompatible with their scientific field or expertise, or if they are unable to provide a prompt and comprehensive review.
• Every work sent to reviewers is confidential. Therefore, reviewers should not share or discuss the works they review with anyone.

 • Reviewers must upload their evaluation reports to the system within the time allotted to them. In the event of a possible delay, the editor should be notified and additional time requested.

• Reviewers may not request access to the author information of the work they are reviewing. Each work is evaluated anonymously.
• Reviewers are responsible for evaluating the work they review in terms of scientific content and in a manner that contributes to the quality of the work.
• Reviewers should clearly express their opinions on the work with supporting arguments. Reviewer reports should be objective and use clear and understandable academic language.
• Reviewers should check the bibliography and in-text citations of the work. If there are sentences that should be cited but are not supported by citations, the author should be notified. If copyright infringement or plagiarism is detected in the work, the editor should be informed.
• If the work is found to contain significant similarities to another published work, the editor should be informed.
• Reviewers may not use the entire work, any part of it, or the materials used in the work in their own work. Reviewers should not consider a work in which they have a conflict of interest. If any conflict of interest is detected, the editor should be informed.

Editorial responsibility:

Editors agree in advance to evaluate manuscripts submitted to the journal based solely on their scientific content, without regard to the authors' ethnic origin, gender preference, nationality, religious beliefs, or political philosophy. All information related to the submitted manuscript is guaranteed to remain confidential until publication. Editors keep information and ideas obtained through peer review confidential and do not use them for personal gain. They also ensure that subject editors do not use them. Editors cannot use submitted works or specific sections of the work for personal research purposes. They also ensure that subject editors and editorial board members do not use them. Editors pay attention to whether the content and quality of the proposed publication contribute to the scientific development of the field of economics and administrative sciences. The final decision regarding publication is made based on the importance, originality, contribution to the field and practice, validity of the work, and suitability for the scope of the journal. While the final decision rests with the editors, they may consult with subject editors and reviewers when making this decision. Editors do not evaluate articles by authors with whom they have personal connections that could lead to conflicts of interest. 

The evaluation of these articles is carried out by the field editors or members of the editorial board. This also applies in cases where editors have a conflict of interest with an institution/organization mentioned in the article. Editors agree to prevent any conflict of interest or competition that may arise between authors and reviewers. Editors request authors to disclose any potential conflicts of interest prior to publication. If a conflict of interest not disclosed by the authors is identified after the work is published, the work will be retracted (withdrawn) by the journal editors. The published article will be marked as retracted or removed from the journal.

The publication rights of articles published in any medium belong to the Journal of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Bartın University. Authors submitting articles for evaluation are deemed to have accepted this rule in advance. Articles must be submitted via the Dergipark system in accordance with the conditions specified under the heading “Writing Rules.”

Articles submitted for publication must not have been previously published elsewhere. Submissions to the journal are first evaluated by the Journal Editorial Board for compliance with the journal's publication principles. The results of this evaluation are communicated to the authors within the process following the receipt of the work by the journal editorial board. Manuscripts submitted to the journal and deemed worthy of being sent to reviewers by the editor are sent to at least two reviewers who are experts in the relevant field. The identities of the reviewers and authors are kept confidential during this process. The journal editorial board makes the final evaluation based on the information received from the reviewers and sends the reviewer reports to the authors. For manuscripts requested to be revised during the final evaluation stage, the evaluation process starts again.

The editor makes the final evaluation based on the final reports received from the reviewers. The publication of a work submitted to the journal is based on the results of the peer review and the opinions of the journal editorial board. For all manuscripts that have reached the publishable stage from the referees' perspective, the final evaluation is conducted by the Editorial Board. Once the “publishable” decision is made, the manuscript is placed in the publication queue, and the final stage is communicated to the author(s). After this stage, the author(s) can not request withdrawal.

The following behaviors, which are considered unethical during the preparation and publication stages of a study, are rejected when submitted to the journal.

- Fabrication: Creating data that does not exist in the research, reporting it, or publishing it.

- Falsification: Altering research materials, instruments, procedures, and records, or changing the results in a way that could produce different results.

- Plagiarism: Using the ideas, methods, data, writings, and figures of others without acknowledging their authorship,

- Duplication: Submitting or publishing the same research results to more than one journal,

- Least Publishable Units: Publishing multiple papers by dividing the results of a study into parts in an inappropriate manner that compromises the integrity of the research,

- Failure to acknowledge the support of the funding institution or organization in presentations and publications containing the results of studies conducted with their support.

- Removing the names of those who have actively contributed to the research and article without the written agreement of the co-researchers and authors, or adding new authors or changing the author order due to contributions that are incompatible with authorship.

Articles in the journal are not official; they are published under the name of the author and reflect the author's views. They do not reflect the views of the faculty. If, despite the review, a work that meets the above characteristics (i.e., does not comply with publication ethics) is published in the journal, the author of the work is responsible for this.

Articles published in the journal may be quoted and cited. Persons or organizations that quote and publish the content of the article are liable under the law for any distortions that may occur in the content of the article. The Editorial Board may change words in the article as it deems necessary.

No fee (royalty) is paid for articles published in the journal. Articles submitted to the journal are not returned, whether they are published or not. The copyright of published articles and studies belongs to the Journal, while the legal and scientific responsibilities belong to the authors.

Special Issue Publication Policy

Upon the request of the Editorial Board, a special issue may be published once a year in our journal. Articles submitted for inclusion in the special issue are first subject to editorial pre-review. They are then reviewed for compliance with the journal's writing rules and similarity scanning is performed to prevent plagiarism. After these stages, they undergo a peer review process using a double-blind model.

Correction, Retraction, Expression of Concern

If editors identify minor errors in a published article that do not affect the findings, interpretations, or conclusions, they may consider publishing a correction. If there are major errors/violations that invalidate the findings and conclusions, editors should consider retracting the article. If there is a possibility that the research or publication has been misused by the authors; if there is evidence that the findings are unreliable and the authors' institutions have not investigated the matter, or if a possible investigation appears unfair or inconclusive, editors should consider publishing a statement of concern. COPE and ICJME guidelines are considered regarding corrections, retractions, or expressions of concern.

Plagiarism Action Plan and Journal Measures

The journal checks submitted works for plagiarism: Articles undergo preliminary screening and are scanned for plagiarism using TURNITIN software. If plagiarism/self-plagiarism is detected, authors are notified. Editors may subject the article to plagiarism checks at various stages of the evaluation or production process if necessary. High similarity rates may result in an article being rejected before acceptance and even after acceptance. This rate must be less than 20%.

The journal respects intellectual property and aims to protect and encourage the original work of its authors. Plagiarized articles are contrary to standards of quality, research, and innovation. Therefore, all authors submitting articles to the journal are expected to adhere to ethical standards and avoid plagiarism in any form. If a writer is suspected of plagiarism in a submitted or published article, the work is first reviewed by the journal's Ethics Editor. Subsequently, this work is reviewed by the Editorial Board. The journal then contacts the author(s) to send their explanations within two weeks. If the journal does not receive any response from the author within the specified period, it contacts the author's university and requests an investigation into the allegation.

The journal will take the following serious measures against published articles found to contain plagiarism:
1. The journal will immediately contact the university to which the author(s) belong for definitive action to be taken against the author(s).
2. The journal will remove the PDF copy of the published article from its website and disable all links to the full-text article. The phrase “Plagiarized Article” will be added to the title of the published article.
3. The journal will disable the author's account and reject all future submissions from the author for a period of 5 years.