Publication Ethics

1. Authors must ensure originality, proper citations, and ethical compliance.
2. Ethical board approval is required for studies involving humans or animals. Manuscripts that do not need ethics committee approval need to be submitted with 📄 Etik Kurul İzninden Muafiyet Formu (Ethics Committee Approval Exemption Form)
3. Manuscript submissions should not include author names and must not be under review elsewhere.
4. Referees are responsible for assessing the manuscript objectively, confidentially, and without bias.
5. Section editors are responsible for ensuring double-blind review, ethical compliance, and managing conflicts of interest.
6. Manuscripts undergo plagiarism checks before peer review (maximum accepted level of similarity is 20%)

Publication Policies

1. BUJER publishes articles only within the scope of the journal
2. Issues are published twice a year (June & December)
3. All articles are open-access and made available free of charge
4. All articles are available under the CC BY-NC 4.0 License
5. All articles must follow APA 7th Edition guidelines
6. All submissions must follow the General Artificial Intelligence Policy
7. Published articles are archived in Bartın University Library and on other indexes
8. BUJER is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics and follows the principles and Core Practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in all editorial and publishing processes.  
9. Authors, editors, and reviewers are expected to comply with internationally accepted ethical standards regarding authorship, plagiarism, duplicate publication, data fabrication or falsification, conflicts of interest, confidentiality, and the integrity of the peer-review process.  
10. Allegations of research or publication misconduct are handled in accordance with internationally recognized ethical guidelines and COPE recommendations. When necessary, appropriate actions, including corrections, retractions, or expressions of concern, may be taken. 
11. BUJER may reject manuscripts due to various reasons such as scientific significance, use of language or alignment of scope.

Publication Process

1. Initial review: Suitability check by editor-in-chief
2. Secretariat review: Plagiarism and document check
3. Language review: Initial language suitability check
4. Review process: Section editor appoints at least two referees
5. Decision: Following the referee's feedback, the section editor makes the decision (this process differs for each manuscript)
6. Final revisions: The manuscript is sent back to the author for final adjustments and adding personal information
7. Layout: The manuscript is edit for publication
8. Issue assignment: The manuscript is assigned to an issue (may be early preview)