ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND PUBLICATION POLICY
Ethics in publishing
All manuscripts submitted for publication in the journal must comply with the Declaration of Helsinki, Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, COPE, and ICMJE.
Peer-reviewed studies are studies that embody and support the scientific method. At this point, all stakeholders of the process (authors, readers, researchers, publisher, referees, and editors) must comply with the standards for ethical principles.
All stakeholders are expected to comply with the following ethical responsibilities within the scope of publication ethics of E-Journal of Dokuz Eylul University Nursing Faculty.

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-The right to multiply manuscript provided that it is not commercial.

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 The Journal is the official publication of Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Nursing.

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
Author(s) submitting a manuscript to the journal are expected to comply with the following ethical responsibilities:
• Manuscripts submitted to the journal for publication should not have been previously published in a journal as a full-text paper or article in a congress, accepted for publication, and should not be under consideration.
• Authors should have an informed consent document showing that they have the rights to use the data, the necessary permissions for the research/analysis, or that the consent of the experimental subjects has been obtained. In the method and information sections of the submitted manuscripts, the "institution and ethics committee approvals were obtained" statement should be included, together with the institution information, date, and decision number. Ethics committee documents should be uploaded to the system during submission. Published articles contain data from a maximum of 5 years ago.
• It should be stated in the submitted Manuscript that informed consent was obtained from the participants. For individuals (children, comatose patients, etc.) who are not competent to make a decision, it should be stated that informed consent was obtained from the legal guardian or another person with legal authority to act on the individual's behalf.
• Studies published abroad can be submitted to the journal for consideration by obtaining written permission from the editor of the published journal. Studies presented at the congress or symposium should be mentioned on the title page.
• If any funding has been provided, the authors should declare whether they have a conflict of interest with the institutions providing this support.
• The compliance of the manuscripts with ethical, scientific, legal, etc. rules is the responsibility of the authors.
• Submission of manuscripts that are under consideration elsewhere is rejected.
• Submission of manuscripts that are under consideration elsewhere is rejected. During the submission, the author(s) accept that the manuscript has not been submitted for consideration in another journal; otherwise, all responsibility belongs to the author(s). The journal reserves the right to take necessary official actions.
• The manuscripts submitted by the author(s) are expected to be original. If the author(s) benefit from or use other studies, they are required to cite and/or quote completely and accurately.
• Author contribution rates should be given as initials (A.B. etc.) next to the relevant title such as Idea, Design, Consultancy, Data Collection and Processing, Analysis and Interpretation, Literature Review, Writing the Manuscript, Preparing to the Journal Submission. Persons who did not contribute adequately to the creation of the work should not be cited as authors.
• Situations that may constitute a conflict of interest, if any, should be explained in the information section of the manuscript submitted for publication.
• Details such as financial support, project, acknowledgments should also be included in the information section of the manuscript.
• During the consideration process, the author(s) may be asked for raw data regarding their manuscripts, in such a case the author(s) should be ready to present the expected data and information to the editorial board.
• In cases that the author(s) notices an error in their published, pending, or under consideration manuscripts, the author(s) have an obligation to inform the journal editor or publisher, to cooperate with the editor in the process of correcting or withdrawing the manuscript.
• Changes in author responsibilities (adding an author, changing the order of authors, removing an author) cannot be proposed for manuscripts whose consideration process has begun.

Ethical Duties and Responsibilities of Editors
General duties and responsibilities
Editors are responsible for every publication published in the journal. In the context of this responsibility, editors have the following roles and responsibilities:
• Making efforts to meet the information needs of readers and authors,
• Ensuring the continuous development of the journal,
• Managing the processes to improve the quality of studies published in the journal,
• Supporting freedom of thought,
• Ensuring academic integrity,
• Continuing the publication processes without compromising intellectual property rights and ethical standards,
• To show openness and transparency in terms of publication on issues that requires correction, clarification.

Relations with readers
Editors should make decisions by considering the knowledge, skills, and experience expectations of all readers, researchers, and practitioners. Editors should pay attention to the fact that the published works contribute to the reader, researcher, practitioner, and scientific literature and are original. In addition, editors are obliged to consider the feedback from readers, researchers, and practitioners, and to provide explanatory and informative feedback.

Relations with authors
The duties and responsibilities of the editors towards the authors are as follows:
• Editors should make decisions based on the significance, originality, validity, clarity of the studies, and the journal's goals and objectives.
• Studies that are suitable for the scope of publication should be taken to the preliminary evaluation stage unless they have serious problems.
• New editors should not change the decisions made by the previous editor(s) for manuscripts unless there is a serious problem.
• "Blind Refereeing and Consideration Process" must be published and the editors must prevent any possible problems in the defined processes.
• Editors should provide descriptive and informative feedback to authors.

Relations with referees
The duties and responsibilities of the editors towards the authors are as follows:
• Editors should determine the referees in accordance with the subject of the study.
• Editors are obliged to provide the information and guides that the referees will need during the evaluation phase.
• Editors have to consider whether there is a conflict of interest between the authors and the referees.
• Editors should keep the identity of reviewers confidential in the context of blind reviewing.
• Editors should encourage referees to evaluate the manuscript in an unbiased, scientific, and objective language.
• Editors should determine practices and policies that increase the performance of referees.
• Editors should take the necessary steps to keep the referee pool dynamically updated.
• Editors should not allow rude and unscientific reviews.
• Editors should take steps to ensure that the referee pool is broad.

Relations with the editorial board
Editors should ensure that all editorial board members manage the processes in accordance with editorial policies and guidelines. Editors should inform the members of the Editorial Board about the editorial policies and keep them informed of the developments.
In addition, editors should:
• ensure that members of the Editorial Board consider the studies impartially and independently.
• select new editorial board members from those who can contribute and are qualified.
• consider their areas of expertise when submitting manuscripts to Editorial board members for consideration.
• interact with the Editorial Board regularly.
• hold regular meetings with the Editorial Board for the improvement of editorial policies and the journal.
Relations with the journal owner and publisher
The relationship between the editors and the publisher is based on the principle of editorial independence. In accordance with the written contract between the editors and the publisher, all decisions taken by the editors are independent of the publisher and the journal owner.

Editorial and blind review processes
Editors are responsible for implementing the "Blind Refereeing and Evaluation Process" policy of the journal publication policies. In this context, the editors ensure that the consideration process of each manuscript is completed fairly, impartially, and timely.

Quality assurance
Editors are responsible for publishing manuscripts in accordance with journal publication policies and international standards.

Protection of personal data
The editors are obliged to ensure the protection of personal data regarding the subjects or images included in the considered manuscripts. Unless the written consent of the individuals who participated in the studies is documented, editors are responsible for rejecting the study. In addition, editors are responsible for protecting the individual data of authors, referees, and readers.



Ethics committee, human and animal rights
Editors are responsible for ensuring the protection of human and animal rights in the considered manuscripts. In the absence of ethics committee approval and permissions for experimental research, the editors are responsible for rejecting the study.

Precaution against possible abuse and misconduct
Editors are obliged to take precautions against possible abuse and misconduct. Editors are responsible for conducting a rigorous and objective investigation on the identification and evaluation of complaints about such a situation and sharing relevant findings.

Ensuring academic publication integrity
Editors should ensure that judgments containing errors, inconsistencies, or misdirection in manuscripts are promptly corrected.

Protection of intellectual property rights
Editors are obliged to protect the intellectual property rights of all published manuscripts and to defend the rights of the journal and the author(s) in case of possible violations. In addition, the editors are obliged to take the necessary measures so that the contents of all published manuscripts do not violate the intellectual property rights of other publications.

Constructivism and openness to discussion
• Editors should consider persuasive criticisms of the manuscripts published in the journal and should adopt a constructive attitude towards these criticisms.
• Editors should give the right to reply to the author(s) of the criticized manuscripts.
• Editors should not ignore or exclude manuscripts with negative results.

Complaints
Editors are responsible for carefully examining and responding to complaints from authors, referees, or readers in an enlightening and explanatory manner.

Political and Commercial Concerns
The journal owner, publisher, and no other political or commercial factors affect the editors' independent decision making.

Conflicts of interest
The editors ensure that the publication process of the manuscripts is completed independently and impartially, taking into account the conflicts of interest between the author(s), referees, and other editors.


Ethical Responsibilities of Referees
Consideration of all manuscripts with "Blind Refereeing" directly affects the quality of the publication. This process provides confidence through an objective and independent evaluation of the publication. The journal consideration process is based on double-blind peer-review principles. Referees cannot directly communicate with authors, evaluations and comments are submitted through the journal management system. In this process, referee comments written on evaluation forms and full texts are forwarded to the author(s) through the editor. In this regard, it is expected that the referees considering the manuscripts for journal have the following ethical responsibilities:
• Agreeing to evaluate only studies related to the area of expertise.
• Evaluating with impartiality and confidentiality.
• In cases of a conflict of interest during the evaluation process, refusing to review the manuscript and informing the journal editor.
• Deleting the manuscripts examined in accordance with the confidentiality principle after the evaluation process. Using only the final versions of the reviewed manuscripts, but only after they are published.
• To objectively evaluate only the content of the manuscript. Not allowing nationality, gender, religious beliefs, political beliefs, and commercial concerns to influence the assessment.
• Evaluating in constructive and kind language. Not to make derogatory personal comments that includes hostility, slander, and insults.
• To perform the evaluation of the manuscripts in a timely manner and with the above ethical responsibilities.

Ethical Responsibilities of Publisher
The journals of Editors and Editorial Board act with the awareness of the following ethical responsibilities:
• The editors are responsible for all processes of the manuscripts submitted to the journal. In this regard, editors are the decision-makers, regardless of economic or political gains.
• It undertakes to create an independent editorial decision.
• It protects the property and copyright of every manuscript published in the journal and undertakes to keep a record of every published copy.
• It has the responsibility to take precautions against all kinds of scientific abuse, citation fraud, and plagiarism regarding the editors.
If you encounter a situation of unethical behavior
If you encounter any unethical behavior or content in the journal other than the ethical responsibilities mentioned above, please report it via e-mail to hande.yagcan@gmail.com.

OPEN ACCESS POLICY
The journal is published with open access policy.
Privacy Statement
Personal information such as names and e-mail addresses registered to the journal management system will only be used for the scientific purposes of this journal. This information will not be used for any other purpose or department and will not be shared with third parties.

Archiving
• Metadata and full texts of all manuscripts published in the journal are stored in Word, XML, and Pdf format, inaccessible.
• In addition, all manuscripts are stored and presented in Word, XML, and Pdf formats on ULAKBİM servers through the TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM Database.


PUBLICATION POLICY
• The journal is an open access journal and users are allowed to read and download the full text by accessing it free of charge through the Dergipark Index.
• Authors are not charged for the evaluation and publication of the manuscripts.
• Priority will be given to the publication of studies on COVID-19.
• The entire evaluation process of the manuscripts submitted for publication in the journal is carried out by the double-blind method. The identities of the referees and authors are kept confidential. After the process is completed, the corresponding author is notified whether the manuscript is accepted or not.

Consideration process
• The consideration process of manuscripts begins with the application process to the online article submission system. The author team uploads the main text file of the research, the Ethics Committee Approval Form (except for review articles), Institution Permission (if case report), and Author Copyright Transfer Form to the system.
• After the articles submitted in English are checked by language editors registered on the journal Dergipark platform, language editing is requested from the authors.

Author Responsibilities
• Statements and opinions expressed in the journal are the responsibility of the author(s).
• The scientific language of the text to be published and the responsibility of meeting the ethical requirements of the research conducted belong to the author(s).
• If the corresponding author is informed about the technical correction and spelling rules three times, but the requested correction is not made, the manuscript is removed from the consideration process and the author is informed.
• The author(s) are given four (4) weeks for the minor and major revision suggestions of the referees.
• Corrections made according to the suggestions from the referees should be marked in different colors on the main text and written as a separate text and uploaded to the system.
• No information is given to the author(s) about in which issue the accepted manuscript will be published.
• The publication order of the accepted manuscript is ordered according to the acceptance order.
• The final version of the manuscript accepted for publication is sent to the corresponding author for approval as a Pdf template. No changes are made after approval.
• Referee opinions are included in the information mail while informing the author(s) about the rejected manuscripts.
• The consideration period of the journal is at least six (6) months.

Editor and Referee Responsibilities
• Articles that are considered unsuitable for publication in the journal are rejected without being sent to the referees by the decision of the editor and the section editor.
• The editor reviews the decisions of the section editors about the manuscripts. It conveys its decision to the section editors with the secretariat.
• Two (2) assistant editors serve, one responsible for the scientific content and index committee and the other for the web and archive committee.
• The term of office of assistant editors is three (3) years.
• The assistant editor responsible for scientific content makes a preliminary evaluation of the articles submitted to the Dergipark system. It evaluates the spelling rules and requests corrections to the manuscript, if necessary. It makes the necessary notice and rejects the articles that do not make the corrections. The scientific evaluation process is initiated by directing the texts whose originality is sufficient and which meet the application requirements to the section editors.
• The editor appoints the relevant section editor according to the subject areas of the manuscripts and regulates the distribution and number of articles among the section editors.
• The Assistant Editor in charge of technical affairs plans and executes the quarterly publication process of the Journal together with the editor and section editor.
• Section editors follow the submissions and direct them to the referees through the Dergipark system. After the referee's feedback, section editors notify the author(s) about the consideration result of the manuscript within at least six (6) months.
• Delays caused by the author regarding the fulfillment of the revision request are considered as a reason for the rejection of the manuscript.
• Each manuscript is reviewed by three (3) independent referees who are experts in their fields. The manuscript approved for publication is directed to the editor-in-chief after receiving the approval of the section editor. The final decision in the publication of the manuscript belongs to the editor-in-chief.
• The referees are given four (4) weeks to respond to the consideration invitations.
• Referees are given 30 days to evaluate the manuscript. The referees who do not accept the evaluation of the manuscripts three times in a row or who evaluate it late are removed from the journal Dergipark referee pool.

Archive Policy

The archive of the issues published by E- Journal of Dokuz Eylül University Nursing Faculty is provided by one of the long-term preservation service/services "LOCKSS": https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/deuhfed/lockss-manifest".