Publication Ethics
The publication process at the International Journal of Recreation and Sport Science (INTJORASS) is the basis of the improvement and dissemination of information objectively and respectfully. Therefore, the procedures in this process improve the quality of the studies. Peer-reviewed studies are the ones that support and materialize the scientific method. At this point, it is of utmost importance that all parties included in the publication process (authors, readers and researchers, publisher, reviewers, and editors) comply with the standards of ethical considerations. International Journal of Recreation and Sport Science expects all parties to hold the following ethical responsibilities.
Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
• The authors who submit their manuscripts to the International Journal of Recreation and Sport Science are expected to comply with the following ethical responsibilities:
• Author(s) must submit original studies to the journal. If they utilize or use other studies, they must make the in-text and end-text references accurately and completely.
• People who have not contributed to the study at the intellectual level should not be indicated as authors.
• If the manuscripts submitted to be published are subject to conflicting interests or relations, these must be explained.
• During the review process of their manuscripts, author(s) may be asked to supply raw data. In such a case, the author(s) should be ready to submit such data and information to the editorial and scientific boards.
• Author(s) should document that they have the participants' consent and the necessary permissions related to the sharing and research/analysis of the data that are used.
• Author(s) bears the responsibility to inform the editor of the journal or publisher if they happen to notice a mistake in their study which is in the early release or publication process and to cooperate with the editors during the correction or withdrawal process.
• Authors cannot submit their studies to multiple journals simultaneously. Each submission can be made only after the previous one is completed. A study published in another journal cannot be submitted to the International Journal of Recreation and Sport Science. Author responsibilities are given in a study (e.g.: adding an author, reordering of author names) whose review process has begun and cannot be changed.
Ethical Responsibilities of Editors
The editor and field editors of the International Journal of Recreation and Sport Science should hold the following ethical responsibilities that are based on the guides "COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" published as Open Access by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
General duties and responsibilities
Editors are responsible for each study published in the International Journal of Recreation and Sport Science. In this respect, the editors have the following roles and responsibilities:
• Making efforts to meet the demand for knowledge from readers and authors,
• Ensuring the continuous development of the journal,
• Managing the procedures aimed to improve the quality of the studies published in the journal,
• Supporting freedom of expression,
• Ensuring academic integrity,
• Following the procedures without making concessions on intellectual property rights and ethical standards,
• Being transparent and clear in issues that require correction or explanation.
Relationships with Readers
Editors must make decisions taking into consideration the knowledge, skills and expectations of all readers, researchers and practitioners need. They must also ensure that the published studies contribute to the literature and be original. Moreover, they must take notice of the feedback received from researchers and practitioners and provide explanatory and informative feedback.
Relationships with Authors
Editors have the following duties and responsibilities in their relations with authors:
• Editors must make positive or negative decisions about the studies' importance, originality, validity, clarity in wording and suitability with the journal's aims and objectives.
• Editors must accept the studies that are within the scope of the publication in the pre-review process unless there are serious problems with the study.
• Editors must not ignore positive suggestions made by reviewers unless there are serious problems with the study.
• New editors, unless there are serious issues, must not change the previous editor's decisions about the studies.
• "Blind Review and Review Process" must be published and editors must prevent possible diversions in the defined processes.
• Authors should be provided with explanatory and informative feedback.
Relationships with Reviewers
Editors have the following duties and responsibilities in their relations with reviewers:
Editors must
• Choose reviewers according to the subject of the study.
• Provide the information and guidance reviewers may need during the review process.
• Observe whether there are conflicting interests between reviewers and authors.
• Keep the identities of reviewers confidential in a blind review.
• Encourage the reviewers to review the manuscript in an unbiased, scientific and objective tone.
• Develop practices and policies that increase the performance of reviewers.
• Take necessary steps to update the reviewer pool dynamically.
• Prevent unkind and unscientific reviews.
• Make an effort to ensure the reviewer pool has a wide range.
Relationships with the Editorial Board
Editors must make sure that the members of the editorial board follow the procedures in accordance with the publication policies and guidelines, and must inform the members about the publication policies and developments. Moreover, editors must
• Ensure that the members of the editorial board review the manuscripts in an unbiased and independent manner.
• Select the new members of the editorial board from those who can contribute to the journal and are qualified enough.
• Send manuscripts for review based on the subject of expertise of the editorial board members.
• Regularly communicate with the editorial board. Arrange regular meetings with the editorial board for the development of publication policies and the journal.
Relationships with the Journal's Owner and Publisher
The relationship between the editors and the publisher is based on the principle of the independence of editors. All the decisions made by the editors are independent of the publisher and the owner of the journal as required by the agreement made between editors and publisher.
Editorial and Blind Review Processes
Editors are obliged to comply with the policies of the "Blind Review and Review Process" stated in the journal's publication policies. Therefore, the editors ensure that each manuscript is reviewed in an unbiased, fair and timely manner.
Quality Assurance
Editors must make sure that articles in the journal are published in accordance with the publication policies of the journal and international standards.
Protection of Personal Information
Editors are supposed to protect the personal information related to the subjects or visuals in the studies being reviewed and to reject the study if there is no documentation of the subjects' consent. Furthermore, editors are supposed to protect the personal information of the authors, reviewers, and readers.
Encouraging Ethical Rules and Protection of Human and Animal Rights
Editors are supposed to protect human and animal rights in the studies being reviewed and must reject the experimental studies which do not have ethical and related committee’s approval about the population given in such studies.
Precautions against possible Abuse and Malpractice
Editors are supposed to take precautions against possible abuse and malpractice. They must conduct investigations meticulously and objectively in determining and evaluating complaints about such situations. They must also share the results of the investigation.
Ensuring Academic Integrity
Editors must make sure that the mistakes, inconsistencies, or misdirections in studies are corrected quickly.
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
Editors are responsible for protecting the intellectual property rights of all the articles published in the journal and the rights of the journal and author(s) in cases where these rights are violated. Also, editors must take the necessary precautions in order to prevent the content of all published articles from violating the intellectual property rights of other publications.
Constructiveness and Openness to Discussion
Editors must
• Pay attention to the convincing criticism about studies published in the journal and must have a constructive attitude towards such criticism.
• Grant the right of reply to the author(s) of the criticized study.
• Not ignore or exclude the study that includes negative results.
Complaints
Editors must examine the complaints from authors, reviewers, or readers and respond to them in an explanatory and enlightening manner.
Political and Economic Apprehensions
Neither the owner of the journal, the publisher nor any other political or economical factor can influence the independent decision-making of the editors.
Conflicting Interests
Editors, acknowledging that there may be conflicting interests between reviewers and other editors, guarantee that the publication process of the manuscripts will be completed in an independent and unbiased manner
Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers
The fact that all manuscripts are reviewed through '' Blind Review'' has a direct influence on the publication quality. This process ensures confidentiality through an objective and independent review. The review process at the International Journal of Recreation and Sport Science is carried out on the principle of double-blind review. Reviewers do not contact the authors directly, and the reviews and comments are conveyed through the journal management system. In this process, the reviewer's views on the evaluation forms and full texts are assigned to the author(s) by the editor. Therefore, the reviewers doing review work for the International Journal of Recreation and Sport Science are supposed to bear the following ethical responsibilities:
Reviewers must
• Agree to review only their subject of expertise.
• Review in an unbiased and confidential manner.
• Inform the editor of the journal if they think that they encounter a conflict of interests and decline to review the manuscript during the review process.
• Dispose of the manuscripts they have reviewed in accordance with the principle of confidentiality after the review process. Reviewers can use the final versions of the manuscripts they have reviewed only after publication.
• Review the manuscript objectively and only in terms of its content and ensure that nationality, gender, religious and political beliefs, and economic apprehension do not influence the review.
• Review the manuscript in a constructive and kind tone, and avoid making personal comments including hostility, slander and insult.
• Review the manuscript they have agreed to review on time and in accordance with the ethical rules stated above.
Ethical Responsibilities of the Publisher
Editors and Editorial Board of the International Journal of Recreation and Sports Sciences act with the awareness of the following ethical responsibilities:
• The Editors and the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Recreation and Sport Science are conscious of the fact that they must observe the ethical responsibilities below and act accordingly:
• Editors are responsible for all the processes that the manuscripts submitted to the International Journal of Recreation and Sport Science will go through. Within this framework, ignoring the economic or political interests, the decision-makers are the editors.
• The publisher undertakes to have an independent editorial decision made.
• The publisher protects the intellectual property rights of all the articles published in the International Journal of Recreation and Sport Science and holds the responsibility to keep a record of each unpublished article.
• The publisher bears all the responsibility to take precautions against scientific abuse, fraud and plagiarism.
Open Access Copyright Policy
International Journal of Recreation and Sport Science (intjorass) is an open access journal.
Authors retain the copyright of their work published in the journal.
Authors grant the journal a non-exclusive license to publish, reproduce, distribute, and display the article.
All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).
This license permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The journal does not require copyright transfer from authors.
Archieving Policy (LOCKSS)
The LOCKSS system has permission to collect, preserve, and serve this Archival Unit.
International Journal of Recreation and Sport Science is using the LOCKSS archiving system.
The LOCKSS Program, based on the program used at Stanford University Libraries, provides libraries and publishers with award-winning, low-cost, open source digital preservation tools to preserve and provide access to persistent and authoritative digital content.
The LOCKSS Program (https://www.lockss.org/) is an open-source, library-led digital preservation system built on the principle that “lots of copies keep stuff safe.” The LOCKSS Program develops and supports libraries using an open source peer-to-peer digital preservation software.
The LOCKSS system allows librarians to access to the e-content to which they subscribe, restoring the print purchase model with which librarians are familiar.
The Global LOCKSS Network preserves today's e-journals and e-books for tomorrow's readers. The Global LOCKSS Network is a proven preservation approach that uniquely empowers both libraries and publishers. It enhances a library's value by restoring library collections via a locally installed "LOCKSS box", which is essentially a digital bookshelf. The Global LOCKSS Network enhances a publisher's value by preserving the original published artifact, including branding, historical context, and underlying files. It protects the publisher's interest by driving all reader traffic to their web site. The Global LOCKSS Network is administered and managed by the Stanford University Libraries LOCKSS Program. See the LOCKSS Program website for additional information, http://www.lockss.org/lockss/Home.
A detailed explanation of what sets the LOCKSS software apart and how preservation works in the LOCKSS network (e.g. technical infrastructure, security) can be found in the following link: https://www.lockss.org/about/how-it-works/.
Plagiarism Policy
All manuscripts sent to our magazines are now scanned by
iThenticate ® (Professional Plagiarism Prevention) programa plagiarism detection software.If an article contains plagiarism or self-plagiarism in more than 15% of the manuscript, it will be returned to the author for appropriate citation and correction.
To avoid plagiarism, the authors confirm that:
1. We understand that it is against the ethics of plagiarism;
2. No material with unauthorized copyright is used in writing;
3. The article is exempt from plagiarism and has not been published before;
4. We will be responsible for the opinions expressed in the I / O and we will be responsible for all disputes arising from our use of any copyrighted material without proper permission.
If the author suspects plagiarism at any stage even after publications, within a week the author will need to get clear about the manuscript. The article will be automatically rejected and removed from the system without a reasonable and timely explanation. Manuscripts sent by the same author will not be accepted.
Guidelines for Retracting StampsThe International Journal of Recreation and Sport Science is rigorous in providing the integrity of the scientific record of the content of all users. The editor is irrespective of whether an article is to be published within a certain period of time. In making this decision, the Editor is guided by the policies of the editorial board and is limited to the legal requirements in force for copyright infringement and plagiarism. Published articles will remain as current, accurate and unaltered as possible. However, there may be occasional unavoidable circumstances that require article withdrawal or publication from a particular journal after publication.
Retrieval of the Makalen: This is only used for "Article in Publication" which represents the first versions of the accepted articles. The article may be withdrawn at the discretion of the editor, if it constitutes a violation of professional ethics codes, such as any article, multiple declarations, counterfeit documents, plagiarism or falsified use of data or similar events during the printing phase. Retraction of the Makalel: Violation of professional codes of ethics, such as multiple submissions, false authoring claims, plagiarism, fraudulent use of data and similar claims, will result in a retraction of the article. Sometimes, a withdrawal may be considered to correct the mistakes in sending or broadcasting.
Unethical Behaviour
Should you encounter any unethical act or content in the International Journal of Recreation and Sport Science apart from the ethical responsibilities listed above, please notify the journal by e-mail at intjorass@gmail.com.
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