Ethical Issues-Conflicts of Interest
The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors definition of conflicts of interest is as follows: “A conflict of interest exists when professional judgment concerning a primary interest (such as patients’ welfare or the validity of research) may be influenced by a secondary interest (such as financial gain). Perceptions of conflict of interest are as important as actual conflicts of interest.” A conflict of interest defines the situations that might raise the question of bias, direct or indirect, in the work reported. These situations occur when an individual’s objectivity is potentially compromised by a desire for financial gain, prominence, professional advancement, or a successful outcome. Conflicts can also arise for other reasons, such as personal relationships or rivalries, academic competition, and intellectual beliefs. Authors should avoid entering into agreements with study sponsors, both forprofit and nonprofit, that interfere with authors’ access to all of the study’s data or that interfere with their ability to analyze and interpret. In order to preserve the reliability of the IJISS journal, authors are required to disclose all and any potential conflicts of interest when they submit their manuscripts.
Conflicts of interest are the most likely to undermine the credibility of the journal, the authors, and science itself. That is why our editors are working diligently to ensure that what is published in our journals is balanced, evidence-based, and evaluated independently. In this manner, Subject Editors and reviewers are required to notify the journal if they find they do not have the necessary expertise to assess the relevant aspects of a manuscript, if they decide that the manuscript is very similar to one in preparation or under consideration by another journal, or if they suspect the identity of the author(s), which raises potential competing or conflicting interests.
Peer Review Process
Articles submitted for publication are evaluated by two international reviewers, accept-decline decision is taken by the editorial board. Names of reviewers evaluating the articles arena informed to the authors (Blind peer review). The names of the authors not to be seen by the reviewers (double-blind peer review) is left to the preference of the authors. The authors using this preference should delete the lines of name and address in the article. Depending on the reviewers reports, the decision of major revision or minor revision can be given to the articles which are not seen enough. The articles which are not reached intended level or arena seemed enough in terms of scientific perspective are declined.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Privacy Statement
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
Archiving
This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.
Submission and Evaluation Process
1. Submission
2. First Control
a. Scope check
b. Preliminary language check and technical control
3. Scientific Evaluation
a. Editor-in-chief
b. Editor
c. Referee
4. Publication
a. Technical control
b. After acceptance language correction
c. Galley proof
d. Publication
Technical Control
During the first check, journal administrators may return the articles for the following reasons:
- The manuscript is not prepared in the format provided on the journal’s website,
- The manuscript file is not the same as the manuscript template file given on the journal’s website,
- The order and format of the names of the authors in the manuscript are not consistent with those on the copyright form,
- The authors did not perform the requested corrections or provide the necessary documents within the requested time,
- Similarity index is higher than the permitted threshold. There is no single number for the similarity percentage since each report is investigated in detail, but submissions exceeding 30% score are generally returned to authors. The submission of the same title without reducing the similarity score may cause a ban of the authors from the journal.
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