Plagiarism Policy


Erkin Magazine never tolerates plagiarism or self-plagiarism and has the right to check all submissions using tools such as Turnitin and Ithenticate. Erkin Journal accepts articles up to a maximum similarity rate of 10% (excluding bibliographies and direct quotations). Except in exceptional circumstances, this limit cannot be exceeded, and articles with a higher similarity rate than specified here will be rejected.




Open Access Policy

 ERKİN is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Erkin Ondokuz May's University Faculty of Fine Arts has adopted an open access policy with the publication of the International Journal of Art and Design Studies. Open access increases the global exchange of information, resulting in beneficial results for humanity. Erkin Magazine also supports the Budapest Open Access Initiative, which was accepted on September 12, 2012. In this context, open access policies adopted by the editorial board
It is located at http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai-10-translations/turkish-translation. Open access is an approach that facilitates interdisciplinary communication and encourages different disciplines to work with each other. In this direction, it adds value to its field by providing more access to its articles and a more transparent evaluation process. Erkin Magazine recommends that libraries include the contents of the journal in their library catalog records within the scope of their open access policy. Erkin's publisher undertakes not to charge subscriptions or fees for accessing electronic articles published by any library or reader.


Privacy Statement
Personal information, such as names and e-mail addresses, entered in the Erkin journal management system will only be used for the scientific purposes of this journal. This information will not be used for any other purpose or department and will not be shared with third parties.




Referee Policies and Statement

Contribution to Editorial Decisions
Peer review assists editors in making decisions and can assist authors in improving their writing through editorial communication with authors. Peer review is an essential component of official scientific communication and is central to the scientific effort.

Promptness
The referee who is not qualified to evaluate the research reported in a paper or knows that it will be impossible to evaluate in a short time should immediately notify the editor of this situation and request his exemption from the evaluation process to appoint a new reviewer.


Security
Manuscripts submitted for review are confidential documents and should be treated as such. They should not be shown or discussed with others unless authorized by the editors (who will only do so under exceptional and special circumstances). This privacy policy also applies to invited reviewers who decline an invitation to review.


Objectivity Standards
Reviewers should conduct their reviews objectively and clearly articulate their assessments with supporting arguments that the authors can use to improve the manuscript. Personal criticism of the authors is not appropriate.

Recognition of Resources
Reviewers should be aware of published studies that are not cited by the authors. Any statement that is an observation, derivation, or discussion reported in previous publications must be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also notify editors of any significant similarity or overlap between the article in question and any other article (published or unpublished) with personal information. For this, he can also deepen his analysis by using software that offers similarity reports.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
Invited reviewers should promptly notify the editors of the conflict of interest by refusing the invitation to review the review in the event of a conflict of interest (competitive, collaborative, or other affiliations with any of the article authors, companies, or institutions) regarding the articles they are reviewing, so that alternative reviewers can be contacted.

Unpublished material contained in a submitted article should not be used by a referee in their own research without the express written consent of the authors. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review should be kept confidential and not used for the personal advantage of the reviewer. This also applies to reviewers who decline an invitation to review.