Ethical Principles and Publication Policy
Evaluation
Articles submitted to the journal must not have been published anywhere before or it must not be in a publication process at the moment. An spelling editor is assigned to the papers that meet this requirement for preliminary evaluation with the approval of the Editorial Board. Manuscripts deemed appropriate as a result of the preliminary evaluation are sent to the field editor. For the manuscripts reviewed by the field editors, a double blind review process is initiated and sent to two reviewers for review. If two reviewer reports are “positive”, the article is accepted to the journal. If one of the reports is “negative,” the article is sent to a third peer reviewer based on the decision of the section editor. Unless otherwise requested, articles will not be sent back to the peer reviewer for minor revisions, and corrections can be made under the editor's supervision. However, in the case of major revisions, the article will be sent back to the peer reviewer. If the article is deemed “unsuitable” for publication in both reports, the author will be informed of this situation. Articles that have completed process are published in the order of their arrival. The decision to publish book reviews and doctoral thesis abstracts is made based on the evaluation of the field editors.
The authors take into account the evaluations of the Editorial Board and the editors; however, they also have the right to defend their articles. If a situation that prevents publication is detected in the articles, the publication process can be suspended. Articles should be reported for plagiarism by the authors before submission. The similarity rate should not exceed 20%. If it is detected that this ratio is exceeded, the articles will not be included in the publication process. Only articles submitted through Dergipark will be accepted, and submissions must be made via Dergipark. Authors should write only the title of the article in the subject part while sending their articles.
Copyright
The responsibility of the opinions expressed in the studies published in the Çankırı Karatekin University Journal of Turkology Studies belongs to the authors. The authors accept that they have transfer the publication rights their article to Çankırı Karatekin University Journal of Turkology Studies, after their works are accepted for publication. No royalty fees are paid for the articles. All processes of the journal are free of charge, and the journal accepts open access policy. The articles published in the journal are licensed under the
Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International Public License (CC BY NC). Accordingly, the work may be downloaded or shared with reference to the journal, but may not be changed or used for commercial purposes.
Publication Ethics and Ethical Statement
CAKUJTS expects all partners to fulfill the ethical responsibilities outlined below within the scope of publication ethics. The ethical duties and responsibilities outlined in CAKUJTS have been prepared in accordance with yhe guidelines and policies published by the
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), WAME and DOAJ.
Articles submitted to the journal must be accompanied by an Ethics Committee Report” for studies requiring such a report. Research conducted on human and animal subjects requires the approval of an ethics committee. The author is responsible for the
“Ethics Statement Report”. In case of unethical activities, ÇAKÜTAD reserves the right to withdraw the article and initiate legal proceedings. Translations must be accompanied by a
“Translation Permission Certificate” indicating that permission has been obtained from the author. The document can be obtained from the system or sent in a format prepared by the author.
Authorship and Contribution Rates
CAKUJTS adopts the
ICJME Defining the Role of Authors and Contributors recommendations in its authorship and contribution policies. In this regard, authors should indicate the sections to which they have contributed in their work, report their contribution rates, and acknowledge any additional contributions in the acknowledgments section of the article. In multi-authored articles, each author must approve the final version of the article, and authors should be listed in order of their contribution rates.
Conflict of Interest and Competing Interest
In articles submitted to CAKUJTS, the author is responsible for declaring any conflicts of interest. If there is a conflict of interest, the author must disclose it and explain the reasons for it. CAKUJTS handles these conflicts of interest impartially and initiates an appropriate evaluation process.
Complaint and Appeal Processes
Articles submitted to the journal are evaluated objectively in accordance with scientific ethics and principles. Authors transfer all publication rights for articles published in the journal to the journal and accept this.
They cannot claim any copyright for the articles. During the publication process, the evaluations of the Editorial Board and editors are taken into consideration, but authors also have the right to defend their articles. If a situation that prevents publication is identified, the publication process may be suspended.
Complaints and feedback can be submitted to CAKUJTS via cakutad@karatekin.edu.tr. Ethical violations, as well as any disputes that may arise between authors and reviewers, are handled transparently. CAKUJTS may initiate a new evaluation process based on the reasons provided by authors who object to the reviewers' reports.
Post Publication Corrections and Retractions
Objections and criticisms regarding articles published in CAKUJTS can be submitted via cakutad@karatekin.edu.tr. In this context, requests for corrections and retractions by authors are evaluated. Mistakes identified in articles after publication can be corrected within 5 days. For articles that exceed this period, a correction text is published.
Data Sharing and Statistics
ÇAKÜTAD may share data for scientific reliability purposes. Quantitative and qualitative data from published studies may be shared statistically for the purposes of verifying findings, ensuring reproducibility, and maintaining transparency, excluding personal and sensitive data.
Duties and Responsibilities of the Editor
1. The editor is responsible for ensuring that each manuscript published in the journal complies with the journal's editorial policy, purpose and scope. In cases where individuals do not have explicit consent, they should take care to preserve personal data.
2. The editor should take care to keep all information about the manuscript confidential throughout the publication process. Editor should archive the files of each manuscript that enters the publication process by keeping them under record.
3. Improving the publication quality of the journal is one of the main responsibilities of the editor.
4. The editor should display an objective attitude without taking into account the beliefs, ethnicity, gender and political views of the authors in accordance with the understanding of scientific ethics.
5. The editor should act with the principle of transparency and make the necessary explanations about all processes, follow up the legal permissions related to experimental research in the manuscripts submitted to the journal and pay attention to whether the Ethics Committee Approval has been obtained.
6. The editor should make maximum effort to ensure that all processes are carried out within the framework of this rule by adhering to the understanding of double-blind review.
7. The editor should act independently from the interventions of the journal owner and publisher and make his/her decisions accordingly.
8. The editor should provide a harmonious working environment with the Editorial Board and assistant editors who will contribute to the journal, and create appropriate conditions for the Editorial Board to be objective in accordance with scientific ethics.
9. The editorial policy of the journal should be determined by taking into account the opinions of the editorial board.
10. The editor should clearly state the publication and writing rules of the journal and ensure that the most up-to-date version of the article template is available to the authors. The editor should make informative explanations to the authors about all stages from the submission process to the publication date.
11. The editor should pay attention to the field of study and content of the manuscripts submitted to the journal and direct the manuscript to reviewers who are suitable for evaluation.
12. In order for the manuscripts to be evaluated under appropriate conditions, the necessary reviewer evaluation forms should be prepared, and these templates should be sent and made available on time.
13. The Editor may make the necessary corrections to the submitted manuscripts and may request the author to make additions and deletions in accordance with the integrity of the manuscript. If the field editor and the reviewer feel unsatisfied with the assigned manuscript or do not have the opportunity to evaluate it in a timely manner, they should notify the Editor.
Responsibilities of Reviewers
1. Reviewers should adhere to the principles of confidentiality and impartiality in accordance with the blind review process.
2. Reviewers should return to the editor within 10 days of receiving an invitation to review the manuscript to determine whether they are able to review the manuscript. Evaluations should be completed within 15 days.
3. Reviewers should refuse to review manuscripts that are not in their area of expertise and should only review manuscripts that are in their area of expertise.
4. Reviewers should evaluate the manuscripts with a scientific and impartial understanding by adhering to the principle of objectivity, and should act in accordance with the rules of courtesy without including non-scientific personal opinions and derogatory expressions.
5. One of the responsibilities of the reviewers is to notify the editor of the journal if they detect any plagiarism, copyright infringement, conflict of interest or association of interest of the author/authors.
Authors' Responsibilities
1. Authors accept and agree to transfer all kinds of publication rights of their articles published in the journal to the journal. They cannot claim any copyright regarding the manuscripts.
2. Authors are obliged to undertake and declare that the manuscripts they submit to the journal have not been published anywhere and in any language before, and that they have not sent them to any journal for publication / have not been evaluated.
3. Authors should not add the names of individuals who do not contribute as authors to the article, and should not send two or more articles to the journal to be published in the same issue.
4. Authors are responsible for organizing the manuscripts they send to the journal for publication in strict accordance with the journal's spelling and publication rules, and uploading the edited version to the system in accordance with the article template.
5. Authors are obliged to prove that the articles they submit for publication are original by submitting plagiarism reports. Copyrighted materials such as tables, figures, etc. in the manuscripts are the responsibility of the author.
6. Authors should indicate any conflict of interest, competition areas that may affect the findings and scientific results of the manuscript submitted to the journal, and should clearly state in writing any sponsorship, financial or project support provided to the study.
7. Authors should cite the contributors, sources and other authors in their manuscripts submitted to the journal in accordance with the journal's spelling rules and should definitely show the relevant sources in the bibliography.
8. If the manuscripts submitted to the journal have been presented at a national or international congress/symposium or the abstract text has been published, the authors should definitely indicate this in the manuscript
10. Documents related to the ethical status of the article requested by the journal editor during the publication process must be sent by the authors within the specified period.
11. Authors should not make any interventions such as adding, removing, or changing the order of authors regarding the publication that has entered the evaluation process.
12. When authors detect a scientific mistakes in their manuscript published in the journal, they should contact the editor immediately to correct the mistakes in the manuscript or to withdraw the manuscript.
13. Authors must obtain Ethics Committee Approval for the subjects to be used in the manuscripts submitted for publication in the journal. Respect for basic human and animal rights is essential.
14. The journal management assumes that authors who submit manuscripts for publication in the journal agree to act in accordance with the above-mentioned conditions.
These principles are regularly updated in order to maintain the scientific quality of CAKUJTS.
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