The Hacettepe University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences (HUJEAS) is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and integrity. The journal follows the principles and Core Practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)(https://publicationethics.org/) and adheres to internationally recognized guidelines for scholarly publishing.
The journal operates as an independent, peer-reviewed academic platform dedicated to the dissemination of high-quality research in economics and administrative sciences.
Ethical guidelines that the editor should adhere to:
• The editor should ensure that manuscripts submitted to the journal are evaluated based on the quality of the manuscript and the referee comments without regard to religion, language, race, ethnic origin, political opinion and gender of the authors.
• The editor should reject the manuscript in the cases of ethical violations.
• The editor should ensure the confidentiality of the information about the manuscripts submitted to the journal and should not share this information with anyone except the corresponding author, referees and the editorial board.
• Editor should ensure the implementation of the double-blind peer review process.
• Editors should not use the information presented in the submitted manuscript for their own research.
• The editor has full responsibility to reject, accept or request revisions to manuscripts submitted to the journal.
Ethical guidelines that authors should adhere to:
• Authors should declare that the submitted work is original and has not been published before.
• Authors should declare that the study is not currently under review in another journal.
• All authors listed in the study should have contributed to the design and implementation in the study, or to the analysis and interpretation of the data.
• Authors should provide access to the datasets they use in the article, if requested.
• Authors should notify the editorial board if they notice significant errors in their published articles.
• Authors should submit ethics committee approval to the journal for studies that require ethics committee approval. Manuscripts without ethics committee approval will not be considered for review. If it is necessary to obtain “Ethics Committee Approval” for research, information on the ethics committee approval (the name of ethics committee, number and date of the approval document) should be indicated in the methodology section of the article.
Ethical guidelines that reviewers should adhere to:
• Reviewers should agree to review the manuscripts only in areas in which they have sufficient expertise.
• Reviewers should agree to review the manuscripts that they believe they can evaluate adequately and within the required time.
• Reviewers should respect the confidentiality of the peer review process and should not reveal any information about the manuscript before, during or after the review process.
• Reviewers should not use the knowledge gained in the refereeing process for their own or others' advantage.
• Reviewers should notify the editorial board of the journal when they suspect plagiarism or other ethical violations.
• Reviewers should not accept review assignments in situations where there may be a conflict of interest.
• Reviewers should be objective and constructive in their evaluations and should avoid making personal comments.
Authorship and Contributorship
• Authorship should include those who contributed significantly to the conceptualization, design, implementation or interpretation of the work. The approval of each author must be obtained before making any authorship changes after submission of the article.
• The authors are required to provide information on author contributions. An author contribution statement is published at the end of each article.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools
Authors may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools for grammar correction, spelling improvement, language editing, readability enhancement, and translation support without disclosure.If AI tools are used beyond language editing purposes, this use must be clearly disclosed in the manuscript. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of their submissions. Artificial intelligence tools cannot be listed as authors. Reviewers must not upload manuscripts or any part of them into AI tools or language models, as submitted manuscripts are confidential documents. Editors may use AI tools only for limited administrative purposes. Editorial decisions must be based solely on scientific evaluation and reviewer reports. Undisclosed substantive use of AI tools may be considered a violation of publication ethics.
Conflict of Interest
Authors are required to declare any conflict of interest in a “conflict of interest statement” at the end of the article.
Data Availability
We encourage authors to state the availability of their data. Authors should provide access to the data sets they use in the article, if requested.
Intellectual Property
Adopting the principle that allowing free access to scientific research increases the global sharing of knowledge, Hacettepe University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences provides direct open access to its content.
Upon acceptance of an article, the copyright of the article is transferred to the Hacettepe University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences.
Complaints and Appeals
As a journal policy, our decision on a manuscript is final. However, in case of any complaints or appeals, the authors may contact the editor.
Post-publication discussions and corrections
If the authors notice an error after the article has been published, they should immediately notify the editor with a request for correction. After an editorial assessment, either an erratum will be published or the article will be retracted in the case of fundamental errors.
Malpractice
Our journal is committed to following ethical guidelines and preventing publication malpractice. All submissions are initially screened for their adherence to ethical guidelines and scientific standards. In addition, all submissions are checked using plagiarism detection software and in case of detection of plagiarism, the article is rejected. When any type of malpractice such as plagiarism or scientific misconduct is noticed, the editor and the publisher take necessary measures. If malpractice is noticed after the publication of the article, the options for publishing an erratum or retracting the article are evaluated.