Gazi Journal of Physical Education and Sports Sciences (Gazi JPESS) is a non-profit journal that aims to convey scientific developments in all areas of educational sciences to readers and interested parties since 1996. Gazi JPESS's publication ethics policy is based on the Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive and the guidelines and policies published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in open access.

GaziJPESS defines the following actions as actions contrary to research and publication ethics;

a) Plagiarism: Presenting others' original ideas, methods, data or works as one's own work, partially or completely, without citing them in accordance with scientific rules,
b) Forgery: Using data that does not actually exist or has been falsified in scientific research,
c) Distortion: Falsifying research records or obtained data, presenting devices or materials that are not used in the research as if they were used, falsifying or shaping research results in line with the interests of people and organizations receiving support,
ç) Re-publication: Presenting duplicate publications as separate publications in academic appointments and promotions,
d) Slicing: Splitting the results of a research into pieces in a way that will disrupt the integrity of the research and publishing them more than once,
e) Unfair authorship: Including people who do not actively contribute to the authors or excluding people who do, changing the order of authors in an unjustified and inappropriate manner, removing the names of those who actively contribute to the work in subsequent editions, using one's influence to have one's name included among the authors despite not having actively contributed,

(2) Other types of ethical violations are as follows:
a) The results of research conducted with support not indicating the supporting persons, institutions or organizations and their contributions in publications,
b) Using theses or studies that have not yet been presented or defended and accepted as sources without the permission of the owner,
c) Not complying with ethical rules in research conducted on humans and animals, not respecting patient rights in publications,
ç) Acting contrary to the relevant legislative provisions in biomedical research and other clinical research on humans,
d) Sharing information in a work that the person was assigned to review with others before publication without the explicit permission of the owner,
e) Using resources, places, facilities and devices provided or allocated for scientific research for purposes other than intended,
f) Making baseless, unfounded and intentional allegations of ethical violations,
g) Publishing data obtained in surveys and attitude research conducted within the scope of a scientific study without obtaining the explicit consent of the participants or, if the research is to be conducted in an institution, without obtaining the permission of the institution,
h) Harming animal health and ecological balance in research and experiments,
ı) Not obtaining written permissions from authorized units before starting the studies in research and experiments,
i) conducting studies contrary to the provisions of the legislation or international agreements to which Turkey is a party regarding relevant research and experiments,
j) Failing to comply with the obligation of researchers and authorities to inform and warn the relevant parties about possible harmful practices related to scientific research,
k) Not using data and information obtained from other persons and institutions in scientific studies to the extent and in the manner permitted, not respecting the confidentiality of this information and not ensuring its protection,
l) Making false or misleading statements regarding scientific research and publications in academic appointments and promotions.

Cases That Cannot Be Considered Contrary to Scientific Research and Publication Ethics

Using anonymous information, basic information of scientific fields, propositions such as mathematical theorems and proofs in studies, provided that the original style and expression of another person is not used verbatim, cannot be considered as an ethical violation.

Editors' Responsibilities
According to Gazi JPESS publication and ethics principles, the responsibilities of editors are as follows;

• Editors evaluate incoming articles in terms of scientific content without considering the ethnic origin, gender, sexual preference, nationality, religious belief or political philosophy of their authors.

• They provide a fair double-blind peer review process for the publication of submitted articles.

• They conduct the entire process confidentially for the privacy of both authors and referees.

• The editor is responsible for taking precautions regarding intellectual property rights, unethical scientific behavior, plagiarism and citation scams during the article and journal publication process.

• Editors are responsible for the content and overall quality of the publication. They publish corrections when necessary through erratum (correction) pages.

• They keep records of each article and correspondence related to the journal electronically or in print.

• The editor should not allow any conflict of interest or competition between authors, editors and referees.

Responsibilities of Reviewers
According to Gazi JPESS publication and ethical principles, the responsibilities of reviewers are as follows;

• When a reviewer thinks that the content of a submitted manuscript is incompatible with his/her scientific field or knowledge or when he/she cannot make a rapid evaluation, he/she must inform the Editor and ask for his/her forgiveness from the evaluation process.

• Reviewers must respect the confidentiality of the review process. They must not disclose information about the details of the manuscript before or after the process.

• Reviewers must evaluate the incoming manuscripts in terms of scientific content, regardless of the ethnicity, gender, nationality, religious belief or political philosophy of the authors.

• They must make their evaluations objective and constructive, far from being hostile or provocative, and avoiding making intimidating or condescending personal comments.

• They cannot use the information they obtain during the evaluation process for their own or others' or other institutions' advantage or to disadvantage or undermine the reputation of others.

• Reviewers must indicate related published publications that have not been cited by the author. They are obliged to keep all information regarding the submitted article confidential and to notify the Editor when they become aware of any copyright infringement or plagiarism committed by the author.

Authors' Responsibilities
According to Gazi JPESS publication and ethical principles, the responsibilities of authors are as follows;

Authors must guarantee the originality of the articles they submit.

Authors must not send an article they have published elsewhere or sent for publication to Gazi Physical Education and Sports Journal.

Names of persons who have not contributed to the article should not be written as authors, and it should not be suggested to change the order of authors, remove authors or add authors to an article submitted for publication.

The name, place and date of the congress should be stated in articles presented at any symposium or congress.

In studies supported by a research institution or fund, the name of the supporting institution and the project number should be given.

Copyrighted material such as tables, figures or other contributing citations in our journal are published only with valid permission and copyright approval, and this responsibility belongs to the authors. Authors; should appropriately cite other authors, contributors or sources and indicate relevant sources.

• If the author detects a significant scientific error or inappropriateness in his/her published article, he/she has the obligation to contact the Editor as soon as possible to withdraw the article or correct the error.

• Authors are obliged to submit the raw or processed data used in the study to the editor upon request.

• The author is responsible for completing the process in accordance with all ethical rules specified in the journal.