Publication Ethics
1. COMU Journal of Agriculture Faculty (ISSN: 2147–8384) is an international scientific research journal started its publication life in May 2013. Our journal is a double-blind refereed and internationally indexed journal that has been published regularly twice (June and December) per year in the fields of agriculture, forestry, food and veterinary sciences since 2013. All articles submitted for publication are evaluated by the editor, advisory board and referees. The core practices are the policies and practices of our journal and publisher are according to the publication policies of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). 

2. Our journal publishes only original research articles in Turkish and English languages. But preference is given to those articles which full texts are written in English.

3. Articles submitted for publication are evaluated by two referees in their initial stages. It is given by the decision of acceptance-rejection. The articles that are not deemed sufficient should be developed in line along with the referee recommendations. After the revision, studies that are not considered scientifically adequate are rejected without explanation.

4. It is obligatory that the articles have not been published elsewhere before or sent to any journal for publication. For the articles sent to our journal, it is mandatory to fill in and send the signed Copyright Form.
5. All responsibility of the works belongs to the corresponding author of the article. Works should be prepared in accordance with internationally accepted scientific ethical rules. For clinical and experimental animal studies that require an ethics committee decision, ethical committee approval must be obtained and documented separately.
6. The articles submitted to our journal for publication are evaluated by using the ‘iThenticate’, similarity checking program before proceedings of articles. The submission is rejected if the similarity rate would be high or if quotation is not made in accordance with academic rules.
7. Accepted similarity rate for our journal is not exceeded of 24%, excluding references section (iThenticate). The articles that similarity rate is higher than 24% are not consider for publication.
8. The articles submitted for publication in our journal should be prepared according to the writing rules of our journal given in Authors’ Guidelines section.

9. The submitted articles should not be exceeded more than 15 pages along with references.

10. The necessary changes should be made by the author and resubmitted within 30 days after the minor revision, 45 days after the major revision, and 60 days after the revision required to be rewritten.
11. Only the corresponding author can make contact with the Editorial Board of the journal via e-mail in case of any query or problem faced during and after the publication of article to our journal.