Gazi Journal of Economics and Business follows “Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing” proposed by COPE: Committee on Publication Ethics and DOAJ. The journal complies with rules and standards about the “Publication Ethics”, “Research Ethics” and “Legal/Private License”.

Being an open access and free of charge journal, Gazi Journal of Economics and Business demands no fee from authors during the submission, review or publication. After publication of the papers, full texts can be accessed without any restriction and free of charge on the website.

The authors are required to read the principles and policies of publication prepared based on international standards, and author guidelines before submission. With the submission, the author accepts the principles and rules of the journal.

• Being accepted for consideration by the Editorial Board does not guarantee publication. Even though the paper gets acceptance after the review process, the Editorial Board decides on if the paper will be published or not, and on which issue the paper will be published.

• The Editorial Board only considers the quality of the work and never discriminates based on age, race, gender, religion, ethnic origin, nationality, political view and social class.

• The Editorial Board takes seriously the allegations about plagiarism and exploitation. If the author fails to follow the ethical codes, the Editorial Board has full right to take action based on Ethical Duties and Responsibilities of the Editorial Board.

• The Editorial Board requires the papers not to be published in or under consideration for publication by any other journal.

• The Editorial Board guarantees the secrecy and privacy of all the work submitted by the author and all communications with the referees unless another agreement exists with the author and referee.

• The authors can submit their original and scientific studies. The authors are required to contribute to the study.

• The papers are required not to be published in or under consideration for publication by any other journal.

• The authors can withdraw the paper before the peer-review process. During the review process, withdrawal is not possible.

• The author should declare ant kind of conflict of interest.

• The author should write all the studies cited in the text. The author is responsible for the originality of the study and for proving the originality of the study.

• The author should declare that the study is original and complies with the ethical codes regarding, copy rights of another person or institution, plagiarism, falsification, distortion, duplicate publication, salami slicing, unfair authorship and other ethical codes.

• All authors are equally responsible for the study.

• Corresponding author should declare that all the authors agree with the submission of the paper. All the authors who have contributed the study should be named.

• The authors are required to give access to data upon request.

• The authors should have the research/analysis license and document which allows for the usage of data. The documents and data should be kept for 5 years.

The Editorial Board assumes that the authors agree with the rules above mentioned. The studies should comply with the scientific research and publication ethics codes. The Council of Higher Education in Turkey defines the misconducts in scientific research and publication in Article 4:

• Plagiarism: Showing someone else’s ideas, methods, data and studies as your own without proper citation.

• Falsification: Using non-existent or distorted data

• Distortion: Distorting research records or data; declaring that you use tools or materials which have not been actually used in the study; distorting the research results to serve the interests of the supporting people or institutions.

• Duplicate publication: Presenting duplicated research as a separate study in academic promotions.

• Salami slicing: Splitting the research results by distorting the completeness of the study and inappropriately and publishing separately. Presenting such studies in academic promotions.

• Unfair Authorship: Including authors who have not contributed to the study or excluding authors who have contributed to the study; invalid and inappropriate change of the order of authors; excluding authors who have contributed to the study in the later editions; including authors who have not contributed to the study because of his/her reputation.

The other misconducts are;

• Not presenting the names of the people or institutions which have supported the study.

• Using thesis, which has not been published or defended successfully, as reference without the permission of the author.

• Not following the ethical codes while studying on humans and animals; not respecting patient rights in publications.

• Not complying with the regulation in biomedical or clinical research on humans.

• Sharing the information contained in a work, that has been assigned to review, with others before it is published without the explicit permission of the owner of the work.

• Misusing the resources, spaces, facilities and devices provided or allocated for scientific research.

• Make unfounded, unwarranted and deliberate allegations of ethical violations

• Publishing the data obtained in a questionnaire and attitude research conducted within the scope of a scientific study without the express consent of the participants or if the research will be conducted in an institution, also without the permission of the institution.

• Harming animal health and ecological balance in research and experiments

• Failing to obtain written permissions from authorized units in research and experiments before starting work.

• Doing research and experiments against the legislation or the provisions of international conventions which Turkey is a party on related research and experiments

• Failing to comply with the obligation to inform and warn those concerned about possible harmful practices related to scientific research conducted by researchers and authorities.

• Not using data and information obtained from other persons and institutions in scientific studies to the extent and as permitted, not respecting the confidentiality of this information and not ensuring its protection.

• Gazi Journal of Economics and Business adopts the principle of double-blind peer review in the evaluation process of the papers. Reviewers cannot see the name of the author, nor can the authors see the referee name. Reviewers and authors should not communicate directly with each other.

• Referees should only agree to evaluate studies related to their field of expertise.

• Referees should keep the articles they receive confidential and should not use the information obtained from the refereeing process for their personal benefit or share them with others. He / she should evaluate in an impartial and confidential way, using academic language.

• Referees should not make personal criticism about the authors. He/she should make the assessment objectively only in relation to the content of the study.

• If the referees think that they are faced with conflict of interest and competition during the evaluation process, they should refuse to review the study and inform the editor of the journal.

• Referees should evaluate the manuscript in a timely manner and with ethical responsibility.

• Referees should make the assessment in a constructive and courteous language. He should not make derogatory personal comments that contain hostility, slander and insult.

The editors and field editors of Gazi Journal of Economics and Business have the ethical duties and responsibilities proposed by Committee on Publication Ethics in “COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors”.

The duties and responsibilities of the editors towards referees are as follows:

• The editors determine the referees in accordance with the subject of the submission.

• The editors clearly and regularly provide referees with the information and guides they need.

• The editors encourage referees to evaluate submissions in an impartial, scientific and objective language.

• The editors try to identify potential conflicts of interest among authors and referees in advance.

• The editors encourage reviewers to comment on ethical questions and potential research misconduct of the submissions.

• The editors encourage reviewers to maintain the originality of submissions and to be alert to plagiarism.

• The editors encourage academic institutions to facilitate peer review process as part of the academia.

• The editors monitor the performance of referees and take steps to ensure high quality.

• The editors create a database of appropriate referees and constantly monitor and update the referee performances.

• The editors remove referees from the journal's database if they are disrespectful, of poor quality, or who continually submit their reviews too late.

• The editors add new referees to the database to replace referees removed for poor performance or other reasons.

• The editors use a wide variety of sources, not just personal, to identify new referees.

The duties and responsibilities of the editors towards authors are as follows;

• The editors make their decisions to accept or reject a submission for publication, depending on the importance, originality, clarity of the article, the validity of the study and the journal's field.

• Unless serious issues with the publication are identified, editors do not change the decision of the reviewers to accept submissions.

• New editors do not overturn their decision to publish submissions made by the previous editor, unless serious problems are identified.

• The journal has a mechanism by which authors can object to editorial decisions.

• The editors provide guidance to the authors on everything expected of them. "Author Guidelines" is published on our site and is updated from time to time.

• The editors make explanatory and informative notifications to the authors.

• The journal follows the principles of double-blind peer review process.

The duties and responsibilities of the editors towards the editorial board are as follows;

• Members of the editorial board with appropriate qualifications who can actively contribute to the development and better management of the journal are chosen.

• Editorial board members are consulted regularly to gauge their opinion on the functioning of the journal; to inform them of any changes in journal policies; and to identify future challenges.

• The editors keep all editorial board members informed about editorial policies and developments.

• The editors provide clear guidance to editorial board members about their expected functions and duties on the following issues;

o Acting as the journal's ambassador,

o Supporting and promoting the journal,

o Looking for top authors and best studies and encouraging article submissions,

o Reviewing the submissions to the journal,

o Creating commissions to write editorials, reviews and comments on articles in their field of expertise,

o Attending and contributing to editorial board meetings.

The duties and responsibilities of the editors towards journal owners and publishers are as follows;

• Mechanisms have been established to duly deal with disputes between our editors and the magazine owner / publisher.

• Regular communication is maintained with the owners and publishers of the journals.

The duties and responsibilities of the editors towards the editorial and referee evaluation processes are as follows;

• It is ensured that those involved in the editorial process (including themselves) receive adequate training and closely follow the latest guidelines, recommendations and evidence regarding article evaluation and journal management.

• They are provided with information about article evaluation and research on technological developments.

• The editors are obliged to implement the "double-blind peer review and evaluation process" policies in the journal publication policies. In this context, editors ensure that each work is completed in a fair, impartial and timely evaluation process.

The duties and responsibilities of the editors regarding quality assurance are as follows;

• The editors are responsible for publishing every paper published in the journal in accordance with the journal publishing policies and international standards.

The duties and responsibilities of the editors for the protection of individual data are as follows;

• Editors are obliged to ensure the protection of data regarding the subjects and visuals in the submission.

The duties and responsibilities of the editors to ensure academic integrity are as follows;

• The editors are obliged to ensure the protection of human and animal rights in the evaluated studies.

• The editors are responsible for rejecting the studies in which ethics committee approval for the subjects used in the studies is not presented and experimental research is not permitted.

• The editors are obliged to take precautions against possible abuse and misconduct. In addition to conducting a meticulous and objective investigation in determining and evaluating the complaints regarding this situation, it is also among the editor's responsibilities to share the findings on the subject.

The duties and responsibilities of the editors to ensure academic publication integrity are as follows;

• The editors ensure the quick correction of errors, inconsistencies or misleading judgments in the studies and ensure that the published articles are archived securely.

• The editors offer authors the opportunity to publish articles free of charge.

The duties and responsibilities of the editors regarding intellectual property rights are as follows;

• The editors are obliged to protect the intellectual property rights of all published articles and to defend the rights of the journal and the author(s) in possible violations. In addition, editors are obliged to take the necessary measures to ensure that the content in all published articles does not violate the intellectual property rights of other publications.

The duties and responsibilities of the editors regarding political and commercial concerns are as follows;

• Journal owner, publisher, sponsor, and any other political or commercial element does not affect the independent decision-making of the editors.

The duties and responsibilities of the editors regarding conflicts of interest are as follows;

• The editors publish the lists of editorial board members and all other officials.

• The editors guarantee an independent and impartial completion of the publication process of the manuscripts, taking into account the conflicts of interest between the author (s), referees and other editors. 

• Members of the editorial board can submit a maximum of one manuscript per year as an author and cannot be involved in the evaluation process of the manuscript they submit.
Journal editors do not act as reviewers in the journal, except in obligatory cases (for example, insufficient number of reviewers to evaluate an article).

• In the studies published in Gazi Journal of Economics and Business, the authors guarantee that the article does not violate the intellectual property rights of another person or institution, does not contain plagiarism and is their own work. The author declares that the responsibility belongs to them.

• The ideas put forward in the articles belong to the authors and do not reflect the views of Gazi Journal of Economics and Business.

Gazi Journal of Economics and Business complies with ethical principles and standards to avoid conflict of interest / competition between parties or related groups.

Authors must have a document showing that they have the rights to use the data used, the necessary permissions for research / analysis, and if necessary, they must provide access to the data sets in the paper. It must keep data and documents for at least five years.

Complaints and applications made to Gazi Journal of Economics and Business are taken into consideration by the editorial board and answered in an impartial and explanatory manner.

Names, e-mail addresses and personal information on the journal's website will be used in line with the stated purposes of this journal. It will not be used for other purposes.