Authors who submit their work to EKSEN JFA are obliged to comply with ethical rules and are deemed to have declared that they have not committed any ethical violations. Studies containing ethical violations are rejected without being taken into the evaluation process. If an ethical violation is detected, a report on the matter is sent to the author and, if deemed necessary, to the relevant institutions, and the standards of COPE or equivalent guidelines are taken as reference.

During the publication process, EKSEN JFA expects that authors, reviewers, and editors do not engage in the “general actions contrary to scientific research and publication ethics” listed below.

a) Plagiarism: Presenting others’ ideas, methods, data, practices, writings, figures, or works, in whole or in part, as one’s own without proper citation in accordance with scientific ethical rules.

b) Fabrication: Producing data not based on research; editing or altering a submitted or published work by basing it on unreal data; reporting or publishing such data; presenting research that has not been conducted as if it has been conducted.

c) Distortion: Distorting research records and obtained data; presenting methods, devices, and materials not used in the research as if they were used; excluding data that do not fit the research hypothesis from evaluation; manipulating data or results in order to conform to relevant theories or assumptions; distorting or shaping research results in line with the interests of persons and institutions providing support.

d) Duplicate publication: Presenting more than one work containing the same results of a research as separate works in associate professorship evaluations and academic promotions.

e) Slicing: Dividing the results of a research into parts in an inappropriate manner that disrupts the integrity of the research, publishing multiple papers without referencing each other, and presenting them as separate works in certain examination evaluations and academic incentives and promotions.

f) Unfair authorship: Including individuals who have not made an active contribution among the authors; excluding individuals who have made an active contribution from the list of authors; changing the order of authors without justification and inappropriately; removing the names of those who have made an active contribution from the work during publication or in subsequent editions; including one’s name among the authors by using influence despite not having made an active contribution.

g) Other types of ethical violations: Failing to clearly state the persons, institutions, or organizations providing support and their contributions in publications of supported research; not complying with ethical rules in research conducted on humans and animals; not respecting patient rights in publications; sharing the information contained in a work assigned for review with others before publication; using resources, venues, facilities, and devices allocated or provided for scientific research outside their intended purposes; making completely unfounded, inappropriate, and deliberate accusations of ethical violations (YÖK Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive, Article 8).

EKSEN JFA expects the relevant parties to comply not only with the “general actions contrary to scientific research and publication ethics” but also with the responsibilities listed below.

The author(s):

a) Undertake that the submitted manuscript is the original work of the author(s);

b) Undertake that all authors have individually participated in this work and have taken all responsibility for this work;

c) Undertake that all authors have seen and approved the final version of the submitted manuscript;

d) Undertake that the manuscript has not been published elsewhere and has not been submitted for publication;

e) Undertake that the text, figures, and documents contained in the manuscript do not violate the Copyrights of other persons.

Reviewers:

a) Must conduct an objective and impartial evaluation. Reviewers should provide constructive criticism in accordance with academic etiquette and avoid personal comments containing insults and subjective judgments.

b) Must not have any conflict of interest with the authors, the study, the institutions, or any funding bodies, if any. If they become aware of such a conflict, they must withdraw from the review process.

c) Must inform the Editor(s) about any suspected ethical violations.

d) Must withdraw from the review process if they believe they are not competent to evaluate the submitted manuscript or if they foresee that they will not be able to complete the evaluation within a reasonable time.

e) Must not violate confidentiality and must not share the manuscript with third parties other than the relevant author(s), editor(s), or other reviewers.

f) Must not use any data from a manuscript they have evaluated but that has not yet been published.

g) If reviewers wish to upload an additional file, they must ensure that the file name and content do not contain their personal information.

Editors:

a) Are responsible for accepting, rejecting, or requesting revision of a manuscript.

b) Ensure that the articles published in the journal are original scientific and technical research articles, and reviews.

c) Must not have any conflict of interest with the authors, the study, the institutions, or any funding bodies, if any. If they become aware of such a conflict, they must withdraw from editorial duty.

d) Must not violate confidentiality and must not share the manuscript with third parties other than the relevant author(s), other editor(s), or reviewers.

e) Must not use any data from a manuscript that has been accepted for publication but has not yet been published.

f) Must keep the names of reviewers confidential from the authors and must also keep the names of authors confidential from the reviewers.

g) Journal editors and members of the Editorial Board may not submit or publish articles in the journal during their term of office.