Ethical Rules

The authors, reviewers and editors are invited to obey, accept and apply the ethical rules suggested by ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) and COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics). 

Additionally, to contribute the highest quality science to EJFS, authors are expected to do the following:

1. Present a precise and accurate account of the research performed and a clear, objective discussion of its significance.

2. Include sufficient detail and reference to sources of information in a manuscript to permit the author’s peers to repeat the work. Limitations on use of or access to data must be clearly identified.

3. Identify sources of all information and cite those publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work and that guide the reader quickly to the primary and other earlier work essential for understanding the present investigation. Information obtained privately, as in conversation or correspondence, should not be used or reported without explicit permission from the source.

4. Carefully document methodology, assumptions, and uncertainty.

5. Follow the appropriate procedures in force in their countries that govern the ethics of work done with human or animal subjects.

6. Never plagiarize the work or ideas of others or your own work. Always provide appropriate citation. 

7. Avoid unnecessary fragmentation or redundant publication of research reports to artificially increase the number of publications.

8. Never include personal criticism in a written piece of work.

9. Report to the Editor any changes made to the manuscript after acceptance.

10. Include as coauthors only those persons who have made significant scientific contributions to the work, and determine order of authorship in a manner appropriate to the contribution. All coauthors share responsibility for the quality and integrity of the submitted and published manuscript.

11. Reveal to the Editor any potential conflict of interest for any author that might be affected by publication of the results contained in a manuscript or in the development of the research.

12. List all funding sources and sources of data or other in-kind support for all authors in the acknowledgments.

13. In the role of corresponding author, ensure that all coauthors are fully cognizant of the steps and changes in the manuscript during the peer review process.

AVOIDING PLAGIARISM

Plagiarism is using another person’s words or ideas without giving credit to that person or that person’s work. This includes using text, figures, tables, or ideas, and includes not just duplicating any of these items but also close paraphrasing of text that still represents someone else’s ideas or work.

 To avoid potential plagiarism:

• Ensure that permission (in writing) has been obtained for reuse of any text, figures, or tables from the author and copyright holder
• Learn the journal’s usage permission policy and proper citation
• Remember that self-plagiarism is still plagiarism

Ethical Committee Permissions for Clinical and Animal Experiments

The clinical and animal experiment researches requiring ethical committee decision should be attached Ethical Committee Approval document per experiment. 

Review Policy

The author/s would initially register to journal system and follow through-steps forward introduced by paper submission user interface. Manuscript (MS) and suggested five relevant independent referees with names and addresses of them also are required. MS delivery mail will be sent to the author automatically. The editor in chief excludes those MSs from the following peer review process, which are apparently not suitable for publication in Eurasian Journal of Forest Science. We inform you, if this is the case with the MS.

All the papers submitted to Eurasian Journal of Forest Science journal is peer-reviewed with a 4 weeks turnaround time from submission to publication where the referees, authors and the editors remain unknown during the double blind peer-review process. The editorial board of our journal identifies two experts for the MS. After they have approved to read and evaluate the MS, the MS sent to referees. We ask the referees to let us know their observations and opinions on the MS within 2 weeks. The entire review process may last not more than 1 month. The editor informs the author about the acceptance situation of the MS for publication. If not accepted by both of referees then the MS is decided to be rejected. If the MS is accepted by both of the referees then the author is asked to take the recommendations of the referees into account, and he can subsequently submit the final version of the MS to journal. After final evaluation made by editors the Acceptance Letter is sent to the author. 


If the MS is accepted by one referee and rejected by the other one; then the paper is sent to the third referee for review. Under the condition rejection comment of the third referee the MS is decided to be rejected. If the MS is accepted by the third referee then the author is asked to take the recommendations of the referees into account, and he can subsequently submit the final version of the MS to journal. After final evaluation made by editors the Acceptance Letter is sent to the author. 


  

After acceptance letter sent to the authors, the layout made up version will be sent to the author for the proof-reading on which corrections and amendments can directly made on the electronic version of the manuscript with Track Changes in WORD or ADDED NOTES in PDF files to let us track the changes. Immediately after received the manuscript then the publication identity will be released to the author.

Publication Fee
Note that publishing in Eurasian Journal of Forest Science (EJFS) is 80 USD (for foreign affiliations) or 450 TL (for authors affiliated to a Turkish Institute). EJFS is an open access Journal that does not receive funding from any external sources, but only from the submission of manuscripts, we execute work for plagiarism, reviews, editorial works, galley proof and assigning DOI, HTML formats, ORCID.