The following issues should be followed under the heading of ethical rules.
1- Ethics committee approval should be obtained separately for research conducted in all disciplines, including social sciences, and for clinical and experimental studies on humans and animals that require an ethical committee decision, this approval should be stated and documented in the article.
2- Under this heading, information about ethical rules should be given under separate headings for the referee, author and editor.
3- Articles should include a statement that the Research and Publication Ethics are complied.
4- By referring to national and international standards, ethical principles should be specified under a separate heading in the journal and / or website. For example; In scientific articles sent to journals, ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) recommendations and COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) International Standards for Editors and Authors should be taken into consideration.
5- In studies requiring ethics committee approval, information about the permission (name of the board, date and number) should be included in the method section and also on the first / last page of the article. In case reports, the information that the informed consent / consent form was signed should be included in the article.
6- It is necessary to comply with copyright regulations for the intellectual and artistic works used.

QUESTION: Is ethics committee approval required for all articles?

No. In the criteria, they are specified as articles that require “Ethics Committee Permission”.
Researches requiring Ethics Committee permission are as follows.
• All kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using questionnaire, interview, focus group study, observation, experiment, interview techniques.
• Use of humans and animals (including material / data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,
• Clinical trials on humans,
• Research on animals,
Retrospective studies in accordance with the law on protection of personal data,
Also;
• Stating that "Informed Consent Form" was obtained in case presentations,
• Obtaining and indicating permission from the owners for the use of scales, questionnaires and photographs belonging to others,
• Stating that the copyright regulations are complied with for the intellectual and artistic works used.
QUESTION: Should retrospective Ethics Committee Permission be obtained for publications produced from studies and thesis completed in previous years?
Retrospective ethics committee approval is not required for articles that have used research data before 2020, produced from master's / doctoral studies (should be specified in the article), submitted a publication application to the journal in the previous year, accepted but not yet published.
QUESTION: With these rules of TR Directory, are there any restrictions on publications made outside the universities?
No. Researchers who are not members of the university can also apply to the Ethics Committees in their regions.
Also;
• Journals should indicate that they comply with the rules on "Publication Ethics", "Research Ethics" and "Obtaining Legal / Special Permission", referring to international standards, and opening a separate title for each on the web page and in the printed journal.
• The issue of compliance with publication ethics in journals should not be left only to the responsibility of the authors, and the path to be followed in terms of journal publication ethics should be clearly defined.
• Whether the articles to be published in the journals require ethics committee permission and / or legal / special permission should be stated in the article. If these permissions are required, it should be clearly presented from which institution, on what date and with which decision or issue number.
• If the study requires the use of human and animal subjects, it must be declared that the study was performed in accordance with international declaration, guideline, etc.
It is important to complete the work on the specified issues within this year and to remedy any deficiencies as soon as possible.
Regards,