Ethical Guidelines
Cyprus International University folklor/edebiyat journal is a refereed journal that operates under the following ethical principles and rules in order to publish high-quality scientific articles in the fields of folklore, literature, anthropology, language / linguistics. The articles submitted to the International Cyprus University folklor/edebiyat journal are evaluated by the peer review process and are published electronically with open access. Below are the ethical responsibilities, roles and duties of the authors, journal editors, the referees and the publisher. The following ethical principles and rules have been prepared in accordance with the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). On the other hand, information on plagiarism and unethical behaviors is given in folklor/edebiyat journal.
Author(s)
Referees
All articles submitted to folklor edebiyat j urnal are evaluated by the double blind peer review process, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process in order to provide an unbiased, objective and independent evaluation procedure. The articles are transmitted to the referees through the journal management system for evaluation.This system is realized through www.folkloredebiyat.org.The ethical responsibilities and roles of folklor/edebiyat journal referees are as follows:
Editors
Editors are are required to comply with the "COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" published by the Committe on Publication Ethics - COPE and the ethical responsibilities listed below.
The editor is responsible for all articles published in the magazine. The editorial tasks and responsibilities of the editor are as follows:
Application to Referees
Application to Authors
Publisher
folklor/ edebiyat j ournal is published by the Cyprus International University. The publisher's ethical responsibilities are as follows:
Plagiarism and Other Unethical Practices
All articles submitted to folklor/edebiyat j urnal are scanned with the IThenticate (or Turnitin) software program before printing. The highest accepted similarity rate is 20 %(Shafer, 2011). Articles exceeding this rate are examined in detail and, if deemed necessary, sent back to the authors for review or correction. Manuscript may be refused if plagiarism or other forms of unethical behavior is detected.
Below are some unethical behaviors listed:
Resource: Shafer, S. L. (2011). You will be caught. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 112(3), 491-493.
Journal website: https://folkloredebiyat.org
The journal’s publication languages are both English and Turkish. Also despite articles in Turkish, the title, abstract, and keywords are also in English. Turkish articles approved by the reviewers are required to submit an extended summary (750-1000 words) in English.
The journal is indexed by TR-Dizin, Web of Science (ESCI), DOAJ, and many other indexes and datebases.
Within the scope of TR DIZIN 2020 Ethical Criteria and as of the year 2020, studies requiring ethics committee approval must indicate Ethics Committee Approval details (committe-date-issue) in the article’s methods section. With this in mind, we request from our author candidates to edit their article accordingly before sending it to the journal.
Field EdItors
Folklore:
Prof.Dr. Hande Birkalan-Gedik
(Frankfurt University- birkalan-gedik@em.uni.frankfurt.de)
Prof. Dr. Arzu Öztürkmen
(Bosphorus University- ozturkme@boun.edu.tr)
Edebiyat-Literature
Prof. Dr. G. Gonca Gökalp Alpaslan (Hacettepe University - ggonca@
hacettepe.edu.tr)
Prof. Dr. Ramazan Korkmaz
(President, Caucasus University Association- r_korkmaz@hotmail.com)
Antropoloji-Anthropology
Prof. Dr. Akile Gürsoy
(Beykent University - gursoyakile@gmail.com)
Prof.Dr. Serpil Aygün Cengiz
(Ankara University - serpilayguncengiz@gmail.com)
Dil-Dilbilim/Linguistics
Prof.Dr. Aysu Erden
(Maltepe University - aysuerden777@gmail.com)
Prof. Dr. V. Doğan Günay
(Dokuz Eylul University- dogan.gunay@deu.edu.tr)