Publication Ethics

In the International Journal of Food, Agriculture and Animal Sciences (IJFAA), selected publications operate in a popular and reputable warehouses and stores-based organization. The studies implemented in this direction are directly reflected in the quality of the authors and the heroes supported by the authors. It is the concretization and support of peer-reviewed studies. At this point, you will not care about the participation of all processes (authors, readers and researchers, publisher, referees and editors) towards ethical principles. In the International Journal of Food, Agriculture and Animal Sciences (IJFAA), within the scope of publication ethics, all participants are responsible for bearing the following ethical responsibilities.

While establishing the ethical duties and responsibilities listed below, the guides and policies published by the open access "Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)" have been prepared to be followed.

1. Ethical Responsibilities of Authors

Failure of the author(s) who submit a study to the International Journal of Food, Agriculture and Animal Sciences (IJFAA) to comply with the following ethical responsibilities:

-The original existence of the slaves sent by the author(s) is preserved. If the author(s) use other equipment or do not use other works, they must be found and/or cited completely and accurately.
-People who do not contribute intellectually to the content in the creation of the work should not be listed as authors.

-All studies submitted for publication must disclose situations and relationships that may constitute a conflict of interest, if any.

-Raw data regarding their articles may be requested from the author(s) within the framework of the evaluation processes. In such a case, the author(s) should be ready to present the expected data and information to the editorial board and scientific committee.

-The author(s) must have a document showing that they have the rights to use the data used, the necessary permissions for the research/analysis, or that the consent of the experimental subjects has been obtained.

-If the author(s) notices a mistake or mistake regarding his published work, at the early appearance or evaluation stage, he has the obligation to cooperate with the editor in informing, correcting or retracting the journal editor or publisher.

-Authors cannot simultaneously send the articles they have sent to the journal for publication to other journals. A study published in another journal cannot be sent to the International Journal of Food, Agriculture and Animal Sciences.
-Authors are obliged to comply with copyright terms regarding material taken or used from other sources and to sign the agreement stating the transfer of copyright to the journal.

-Changing the author responsibilities of a study whose evaluation process has started (such as adding authors, changing the author order, removing authors, etc.) cannot be proposed.

2. Responsibilities of Editors
International Journal of Food, Agriculture and Animal Sciences (IJFAA), chief editor and editors, "COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal" published as open access by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Based on the "Editors" guidelines, they have the following ethical duties and responsibilities:

Editors are responsible for every publication published in the International Journal of Food, Agriculture and Animal Sciences. In the context of this responsibility, editors have the following roles and responsibilities:

-Ensuring academic integrity,

-Must contribute to the development of the journal,

-Executing processes aimed at improving the quality of studies published in the journal,

-Supporting freedom of thought,
-Continuing business processes without compromising intellectual property rights and ethical standards,

-Editors should make positive or negative decisions based on the importance of the studies, their original value, validity, clarity of expression and the aims and objectives of the journal,

-Studies that are suitable for the scope of publication should be taken to the preliminary evaluation stage unless there are serious problems,

-Editors should not ignore positive referee suggestions unless there is a serious problem with the study,

-"Blind Referee and Evaluation Process" must be published and editors must prevent any deviations that may occur in the defined processes,

-Authors should be notified and responded to in a descriptive and informative manner.

Stakeholder Responsibilities

1. Responsibilities of Authors

-Authors must prepare and submit their articles in accordance with the journal rules.

-Authors whose names appear in an article sent to the journal for publication are deemed to have declared that all data in the article is real and original.

-Authors are deemed to have accepted that the articles they submit will be subjected to a detailed evaluation process.
-Authors cannot simultaneously send the articles they have sent to the journal for publication to other journals.

-Authors are obliged to make any corrections requested by the referees and the editorship regarding their articles that have been subject to peer review.

-In scientific studies based on animal experiments sent for publication in the International Journal of Food, Agriculture and Animal Sciences (IJFAA); In the Materials and Methods section of the article, the statement "Local Ethics Committee approval was received" or "Local Ethics Committee principles were followed" should be included. The author(s) must indicate the institution from which they received approval and the approval number.

-Authors are obliged to comply with the copyright terms regarding material taken or used from other sources and to sign the agreement stating the transfer of copyright to the journal.

-Any responsibility arising from the articles in the journal belongs to the author(s).

-Articles determined to have used fraudulent data in any way will be rejected.

2. Duties and responsibilities of editors towards referees
-Referees should be encouraged to evaluate the work in an impartial, scientific and objective language.

-The referees should be determined in accordance with the subject of the study.

-It is responsible for providing the information and guides that the referees will need during the evaluation phase.

-It is necessary to consider whether there is a conflict of interest between the authors and the referees.

-It should determine practices and policies that increase the performance of referees.

-In the context of blind refereeing, the identity information of the referees must be kept confidential.

-Must take necessary steps to dynamically update the referee pool.

-It should prevent unkind and unscientific evaluations.

-Steps should be taken to ensure that the referee pool consists of a broad spectrum.
Editors must ensure that all editorial board members follow the processes in accordance with publication policies and guidelines. They must inform editorial board members about publication policies and keep them informed of developments. Also editors;

-Editorial board members must ensure that they evaluate the work impartially and independently.

-Editorial board members should submit studies that are appropriate to their areas of expertise for evaluation.

3. Responsibilities of the Editorial Board

-Preliminary evaluations of the articles are made by the Editorial Board.

-Articles are sent to at least two referees by the Editorial Board for evaluation. Depending on the consultant reports, the Editorial Board decides on the acceptance, rejection or revision of the articles.

-The Editorial Board cannot use the data of unpublished articles for its personal purposes and cannot share these data in any way.

-When the article evaluation process is completed, the editor forwards the decision to the responsible author.

-When deciding whether to accept or reject an article, the editor should not be affected by any conflict of interest with the person or persons named in the article.
4. Publication Ethics Issues

-Academic record integrity should be established and protected.

-When necessary, adequate corrections, clarifications or apology should be published.

Precautions against possible abuse and malfeasance

Editors; is obliged to take precautions against possible abuse and malfeasance. In addition to conducting a meticulous and objective investigation to identify and evaluate complaints regarding this situation, sharing the relevant findings is among the editor's responsibilities.

Ensuring the integrity of academic publications

Editors must ensure that errors, inconsistencies, or misleading judgments contained in studies are quickly corrected.

Protection of intellectual property rights

Editors; It is obliged to protect the intellectual property rights of all published articles and to defend the rights of the journal and the author(s) in case of possible violations. In addition, editors are obliged to take the necessary precautions to ensure that the contents of all published articles do not violate the intellectual property rights of other publications.

Constructiveness and openness to discussion
Editors;

-Must take into account convincing criticisms of the works published in the journal and display a constructive attitude towards these criticisms.

-The author(s) of the criticized works should be given the right to reply.

-They should not ignore or exclude studies containing negative results.

Complaints

Editors; The author is obliged to carefully examine complaints from referees or readers and respond in an enlightening and explanatory manner.

Political and Commercial concerns

-The journal owner, publisher and any other political or commercial element do not affect the editors' independent decision-making.

5. For Your Comments and Suggestions

-You can send any questions, opinions and suggestions about our journal to the journal editor-in-chief, Assoc. Dr. It is important and valuable for us that you inform Nusret ÖZBAY (ijfaa@bingol.edu.tr) via e-mail address. Thank you for your contributions in advance.