Ethical Guidelines Required for Submissions According to TR Dizin Evaluation Criteria (Ethics Committee Approval, Informed Consent Form, Copyrights for Intellectual and Artistic Works)

In accordance with the TR Dizin Evaluation Criteria (2020), for applications submitted to the journal from 2020 onward, separate ethics committee approval must be obtained for studies involving clinical and experimental research on humans and animals. This approval must be clearly stated in the article and documented. Accordingly, ethics committee approval is required for the following types of research:

- All kinds of research conducted using qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants through surveys, interviews, focus group discussions, observations, experiments, or other communication techniques;
- Research in which humans and animals (including their materials/data) are used for experimental or other scientific purposes;
- Clinical research conducted on humans; research conducted on animals;
- Retrospective studies in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law.

Information regarding the ethics committee approval (name of the committee, date, and approval number) must be provided both in the methodology section and as a footnote on the first page of the article.

Ethics committee approval is not required for the following cases:
- If the data were collected before 2020,
- If the article is based on a master’s or doctoral thesis (must be stated in the article),
- If the article was submitted in the previous year and accepted but not yet published.

Articles must include a statement confirming that participants were informed about the study and that they signed an informed consent form voluntarily.

For articles submitted to the journal, it is necessary to comply with copyright regulations regarding intellectual and artistic works and to explicitly state such compliance within the article. If any third-party scales, surveys, photographs, or similar materials are used, written permission must be obtained from the rights holders and stated within the article.

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### Research and Publication Ethics

Articles submitted to the *Journal of the Institute of Social Sciences of Dokuz Eylül University* must adhere to the principles of Research and Publication Ethics.

According to the *Higher Education Council (YÖK) Directive on Research and Publication Ethics*, the following actions are considered violations of scientific research and publication ethics:

1. **Violations of Scientific Research and Publication Ethics:**

a) **Plagiarism**: Presenting others’ original ideas, methods, data, or works as one’s own without appropriate citation in accordance with scientific standards;

b) **Fabrication**: Using non-existent or falsified data in scientific research;

c) **Distortion**: Manipulating research records or data, falsely reporting the use of devices or materials not actually used, or distorting research findings to align with the interests of sponsors;

ç) **Duplication**: Submitting duplicate publications as separate works for academic promotion or appointment;

d) **Salami Publishing**: Inappropriately segmenting the results of a study to publish multiple papers that disrupt the integrity of the research, and presenting them as separate works for academic promotion;

e) **Unjust Authorship**: Including individuals who made no active contribution in the list of authors, excluding those who did, changing the order of authors without justification, removing names of contributors in later editions, or including one’s name due to influence despite no contribution.

2. **Other Types of Ethical Misconduct:**

a) Failing to acknowledge the contributions of supporting individuals, institutions, or organizations in publications based on sponsored research;

b) Using theses or unpublished studies as sources without the author’s permission;

c) Disregarding ethical principles in research involving humans or animals, or failing to respect patient rights in publications;

ç) Violating applicable regulations in biomedical or other clinical research involving humans;

d) Sharing confidential information from a manuscript under review without the author’s explicit consent;

e) Misusing resources, facilities, or equipment allocated for scientific research for non-research purposes;

f) Making groundless, malicious, or deliberate allegations of ethical violations;

g) Publishing data obtained through surveys or attitude studies without the informed consent of participants, or without institutional permission if conducted within an organization;

h) Harming animal health or ecological balance in research and experimentation;

ı) Failing to obtain written approval from the authorized body before starting research or experiments;

i) Conducting research that violates relevant national regulations or international agreements to which Turkey is a party;

j) Failing to inform or warn relevant parties about potentially harmful practices related to the scientific research;

k) Failing to use data and information obtained from others within permitted scope and purpose, not ensuring confidentiality or security of such information;

l) Providing false or misleading declarations related to scientific research and publications for academic appointments or promotions.