Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Publishing Ethics
Manisa Celal Bayar University Social Studies Journal is a journal that is published to post scientific articles in the social studies field according to the ethical principles and rules. The articles that are sent to Manisa Celal Bayar University Social Studies Journal are evaluated with a two-way blind arbitration process. The articles that are accepted after the evaluation are published electronically with free access.

The publisher, editors, authors, arbitrators and, readers that are some of the parts of Manisa Celal Bayar University Social Studies Journal, should obey the ethical principles and directives indicated by the Committee on Publication Ethics (https://publicationethics.org/).
Within this scope, the information concerning the responsibilities of the components of Manisa Celal Bayar University Social Studies Journal is given below.

The Ethical Responsibilities of the Publisher
1. The publisher of Manisa Celal Bayar University Social Studies Journal, Manisa Celal Bayar University, is a non-profit public education institution.
2. The Editor Committee/Board of Manisa Celal Bayar University Social Studies Journal is constituted by Manisa Celal Bayar University Social Studies Institute. The editor in chief of the journal is the director/head of the Social Studies Institute. The members of the Editor Committee are chosen from the social studies field and each member is appointed for three years. If a member leaves, another member is chosen. The member whose time expires can have additional time. The editor determines the editors from the editorial committee. In addition to this, depending on the topic of the article, if necessary, a lecturer that isn’t a member of the Editor Committee can be appointed as a field editor.

The Responsibilities of The Editor Committee of Manisa Celal Bayar University Social Studies Journal
1. The Editor Committee is responsible for every article that is referenced to Manisa Celal Bayar University Social Studies Journal and the members are aware of this responsibility. Not thinking about personal gains and deciding independently is the base of this responsibility. The relationship between Publisher and the Editor Committee is based on the independency principle, every decision made by the editors are independent of the publisher and other people and establishments.
2. The main purpose of the Editor Committee of Manisa Celal Bayar University Social Studies Journal is continuously to improve the journal and help improve the publishing quality.
3. The Editor Committee is responsible for the blind arbitration evaluation process, the determination of ethical principles and determining the policies of the journal like publishing works and, implementing these policies.
4. The Editor Committee is responsible for protecting the copyrights of the writers of published articles in the journal.

Ethical Responsibilities of The Editor, Editor Assistants and Field Editors
1. Editors are attentive to give feedback on the works required based on the requests of the arbitrators, writers, researchers and readers.
2. Editors are attentive to do readjustments on a work’s publishing period and giving objective comments on subjects that need explanation.
3. Editors are attentive to publish original articles and works that will contribute to scientific literature.
4. Editors approve the articles to the evaluation process as long as the works do not have important problems.
5. Editors have the right to reject works that won’t contribute to scientific literature, that are not original or that are not in the field of the journal, in the pre-assessment stage of the editor Committee.
6. Editors base the opinions of arbitrators about the works that are in the assessment process and unless there are serious problems in the article, they don’t change the decisions made by the arbitrator and field editors.
7. Editors, paying attention to policies about blind arbitration and the assessment process, don’t disclose any information about the arbitrator and are attentive for the works to be evaluated unbiased.
8. Editors enable to keep continue the process of arbitration on a large scale trying to enlarge the arbitrator pool of the journal.
9. Editors don’t pay attention to reviews that are based on non-scientific resources and arbitrators that don’t abide by the academic etiquette.
10. During the publishing period of the journal, editors maintain an efficient connection with the people and arrange regular meetings.
11. Editors are attentive to protect the private information of the articles in the journal.
12. Editors pay attention to protecting human and animal rights in the articles that are sent to the journal.
13. Editors reject the related work when there is a need for approval by the ethical committee or need for experimental research, however when the documents are not sent to the journal.
14. Editors pay attention to correcting the mistakes or contradictions in the articles.
15. Editors take notice of the criticism aimed at the article and give the writer of the said article the right to reply.
16. Editors assess the complaints and requests directed at the journal and give the necessary explanations.

The Ethical Responsibilities of Arbitrators
During the assessment period of the articles sent to Manisa Celal Bayar University Social Studies Journal, a two-way blind arbitration process in which writers do not know the arbitrators and vice versa is applied. The arbitrators that are going to assess articles sent to Manisa Celal Bayar University Social Studies Journal should pay attention to these ethical responsibilities:
1. Arbitrators should only approve evaluating works that are related to their area of expertise/specialty.
2. Arbitrators should evaluate the articles with neutrality and privacy.
3. Arbitrators should dispose of the article that they evaluated after the evaluation process ends.
4. When arbitrators realize there is a conflict of interest or pool concerning the article that they are evaluating, they should refuse to evaluate the article and inform the editors.
5. Arbitrators should abide by academic etiquette, use constructive language and not make personal comments while evaluating the articles.
6. Arbitrators should analyze the articles that they agreed to evaluate during the evaluation period.
7. Arbitrators should respond to the article evaluation request in 7 days and finish the accepted evaluation in 15 days.

The Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
The authors who apply for their article to be published in Manisa Celal Bayar University Social Studies Journal should pay attention to these ethical responsibilities:
1. Authors shouldn’t send articles to Manisa Celal Bayar University Social Studies Journal that was published in another journal or was sent to be published.
2. Authors should only send their original articles to Manisa Celal Bayar University Social Studies Journal.
3. Authors have to fill out the copyright form and upload it to the system.
4. Authors should properly credit the sources that they benefit during the writing of the article that they sent to Manisa Celal Bayar University Social Studies Journal.
5. The people who didn’t contribute to the writing the article shouldn’t be written as an author in articles that are sent to Manisa Celal Bayar University Social Studies Journal.
6. The people who have a conflict of interest or pool in an article sent to Manisa Celal Bayar University Social Studies Journal should be reported to the editors.
7. During the evaluation process of the article, information about the work or raw data can be demanded from the writer by the Field Editors on behalf of the Editor Committee. In case the information exists, the writers are obligated to comply.
8. Authors should document the usage rights of the data in their works and the permissions given to be able to use them.
9. Authors, regardless of the period, when they notice an error in their work, should inform the editors and correct the mistake or withdraw the article.
10. Authors should note that they have obtained the approval of the ethical committee for the research that needs by quantitative or qualitative methods which the approval of the ethical committee is needed for the experiment, questionnaire, scope, discussion, observation, focus group study in the first and last pages and the method chapter. On the other hand, they should emphasize the taken information of consent form in their case report.
11. Authors should present the proof that they take care of the ethical principles during the period of data collection (such as getting the permission of them to use the documents like scope, questionnaire, photo). It should be noted that in the articles, such issues as the arrangement of the copyright for work of art and research and publication ethic are respected. If the research was conducted on human or animal subjects, it should be noted that the research has been completed conveniently to international notice and manual etc.

Notifying The Editor of A Situation That Does Not Fit The Ethical Principles
If encountered with a non-ethical situation related to the editors, arbitrators, or writers in Manisa Celal Bayar University Social Studies Journal, the e-mail address cbusbe.dergi@gmail.com should be informed.