DUJOSS observes the standards and principles of publication ethics that must be followed in academic studies regarding publication ethics. All articles that do not comply with ethical standards are removed from publication. This includes articles that have been accepted for publication or found to be in violation of ethics after publication. All stakeholders must fulfill their ethical responsibilities within the scope of publication ethics. 

* Articles submitted to the journal must not have been submitted to or published in any other journal. Submitting the same article to multiple journals constitutes unethical publishing. 

* Quoted texts must be identified with references.

* Authors submitting articles for review declare that they have not committed plagiarism, that the article is their own original work, that they are solely responsible for any plagiarism or ethical violations, and that the journal bears no responsibility in this regard. 

* Authors are responsible for disclosing all institutions and organizations that support their work, financial sources, or conflicts of interest. 

* Access to the data included in the article must be provided if deemed necessary. Authors are deemed to have declared that they will fulfill these obligations in the work submitted for evaluation.

*Authors should inform the editor and editorial board when they detect an error in their work and cooperate in the correction or retraction process.

*All articles submitted to the Düzce University Journal of Sports Sciences (DUJOSS) should include a statement in the methods section that they comply with Research and Publication Ethics. Information regarding ethical approval (committee name, date, and number) must be included in the methods section. 

* Copyright rules must be followed, and in cases where legal/special permission is required, permission documents must be provided, and all necessary documents must be specified and/or referenced by citing the source for all cases involving photographs, tables, scales, etc. belonging to others. 

Studies that do not comply with these provisions will be returned to the authors.

* Ethical Responsibilities for Reviewers Düzce University Journal of Sports Sciences (DUJOSS) uses a double-blind peer review system. Double-blind peer review means that authors are kept anonymous from reviewers and reviewers are kept anonymous from authors to ensure an impartial, objective, and independent evaluation process. Therefore, reviewers should not include any identifying statements in the works they evaluate. In our journal, reviewers cannot see the authors and cannot communicate directly with them. Evaluations and comments are communicated through the journal management system (field editor).

* Reviewers should only review articles related to their areas of expertise.

* Reviewers are responsible for not evaluating articles and reporting any conflicts of interest or relationships with the work and/or authors.

* Reviewers should evaluate articles impartially and objectively.

* Reviewers must keep the works they receive confidential and may not use the information they obtain from the review process for personal gain.

* Reviewers are required to complete the Reviewer Evaluation Form for the articles they evaluate. To avoid compromising the double-blind review process, they are expected not to include their names in the revision suggestions document. Reviewers must also indicate their decision regarding whether the article is publishable and the rationale for their decision in the Reviewer Evaluation Form.

* Reviewers keep all processes from the acceptance stage to the publication process confidential and do not use or share the information and documents obtained.

* Reviewers are responsible for reporting any unethical situations related to the work to the editor.

* Personal criticism of authors should be avoided, and evaluations should be conducted using a neutral, honest, polite, and constructive language, taking into account scientific principles and fundamentals, without being influenced by individual feelings and thoughts.

* The editor is responsible for striving to improve the quality of the journal and contribute to its development.

* The editor should request that referees evaluate articles that are appropriate to their knowledge and expertise. This ensures that articles are evaluated appropriately by experts in the field.

* In the evaluation process, works that are highly original, prepared in accordance with the journal's objectives and ethical rules should be included in the evaluation process. Care should be taken to invite reviewers related to the subject of the work, and the decision-making process should be conducted objectively in accordance with ethical rules, taking into account detailed and careful evaluations.

* Editors should ensure coordination between reviewers and authors while maintaining confidentiality and adhering to ethical guidelines, thereby contributing to the evaluation process as needed.

* Editors are responsible for taking precautions against conflicts of interest and conflicts that may arise between authors, reviewers, and third parties in order to ensure that articles are evaluated impartially and independently. Decisions should be based on the accuracy, validity, and importance of the article and its suitability for the scope of the journal. Ethical values and legal requirements related to copyright infringement, defamation, and plagiarism must also be taken into account. In addition, editors are responsible for providing clear and informative responses to complaints from reviewers, authors, and readers.

* The editor or any member of the editorial board should not disclose information about an article to anyone other than the relevant author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisors, and publishers.

* Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted article should not be used by the editor or editorial board in their own research without the author's express written permission.

If the specified Ethical Principles and Publication Policy rules are not followed, the article will be rejected.