The International Journal of Water Management and Diplomacy is licensed under CC BY 4.0

IJWMD ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND PUBLICATION POLICY

Publication Policy
1. International Journal of Water Management and Diplomacy is published electronically twice a year (June and December) in ULAKBİM DergiPark Platform under the status of "Refereed Journal".
2. With an interdisciplinary approach, the journal includes studies that address issues such as International Water Law, Water Diplomacy, Water Policies, Water Management, Water, Energy, Food and Environmental Security, with case studies at local, regional and global scale.
3. The articles submitted to the journal are scientifically evaluated by the Referee Board by double-blinding after they are passed through the editorial process in terms of purpose, scope, method and writing principles.
4.In addition to peer-reviewed articles, the journal includes non-refereed articles, application studies, study reports, case presentations, technical notes, book reviews, standard reviews, biographies, law and decision reviews, book introductions and undergraduate students' academic studies.
5. The International Journal of Water Management and Diplomacy adopts Open Access approach. Articles, articles, etc. by the journal. No submission fee, editorial processing fee or publication fee is charged for.
6. No fee is paid to the authors for the articles published in the journal.
7. Reported researches should be prepared in accordance with ethical rules and the references made in the text should be indicated. Acceptable similarity rate upper limit is 20%.
8. The opinions adopted in the published articles are not the opinion of the journal, it is the responsibility of each article author.
9. The International Journal of Water Management and Diplomacy purpose and scope, spelling rules, publication principles, article submission and evaluation processes, ethical principles, etc. Detailed information about the topics can be found on the website.(www.hpacenter.org)
Copyright Policy
The International Journal of Water Management and Diplomacy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. (CC BY 4.0)
Authors under the following conditions;
• Attribution - you must provide an appropriate reference, link to the license, and provide information if changes have been made. You can do them properly,
• No additional restrictions - You may not apply legal conditions or technological measures to legally restrict the use of licenses.
They can perform the following operations.
• Share - copy and redistribute the work in any media or format.
• Adapt - Mix, transfer, and work on the current work for any purpose, use the work for derivative works, and rewrite it, again referring to the owner. (Including commercial purpose)
Ethical Principles
The ethical responsibilities below have been prepared in accordance with the ethical rules and responsibilities specified by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Our journal's editors, referees and authors are expected to act in accordance with the following ethical rules.

1. Ethical Responsibilities for Referees
The referee board is reviewed at least once a year and regularly updated. Articles submitted to the journal for publication are passed through the editorial process in terms of purpose, scope, method and writing principles. Manuscripts that can be published at the end of the editorial process are sent to 2 different referees. In this context, International Journal of Water Management and Diplomacy journal referees are expected to have the following ethical responsibilities:
• Evaluations should be impartial.
• Referees must be experts in the subject they are commenting on, and if they do not have sufficient knowledge on the subject, they should decline the referee offer.
• Referees should not have a conflict of interest with the research or with the authors.
• Due to the confidentiality principle, the referees should destroy the studies they have reviewed after the evaluation process.
• Make the assessment objectively only in relation to the content of the study. It should not allow nationality, gender, religious beliefs, political beliefs, and business concerns to influence the assessment.
• As a requirement of their responsibility to be educator and instructor, referees should guide the authors and avoid comments that hurt and degrade the authors' incompetence.
• They must perform the work they have accepted to evaluate, on time and within the framework of the above ethical responsibilities.

2. Ethical Responsibilities for Authors
Articles sent for publication should not be against scientific publication ethics (plagiarism, forgery, distortion, reproduction, slicing, unfair authorship, not specifying the sponsoring organization, not following ethical rules in animal studies, etc.).
• Authors should have conducted the research process of their submitted studies in accordance with ethical rules and relevant legislation. Articles should be original studies suitable for the specified study areas.
• In the case that research results requiring an ethics committee decision are included in the articles they send, the ethics committee decision information (name, date, number, etc.) of the ethics committee should be stated in the article.
• In case of direct citations from other studies during the article research process, the author should be cited. The bibliography list must be complete and the cited sources must be indicated.
2.1. Convenience and Reliability
• The author should use appropriate data analysis methods when necessary and seek expert advice if necessary.
• In studies with multiple authors, authors should take joint responsibility for the content of their publications. Authors should check their publications at every stage to ensure that methods and findings are reported accurately.
2.2. Honesty
• Articles sent to the journal should not have been published elsewhere or sent for publication.
• The author should describe the research methods used and present their findings clearly.
2.3. Originality
• The author must undertake that the work is original and has not been published elsewhere in any language.
• If the research findings have been published before or are sent to a different journal to be published elsewhere, the Editor should be informed about the subject during the article submission process. Authors must submit copies of relevant publications or copies of works submitted to other journals.
• Multiple publications originating from a single research project should be clearly identified and referenced to the primary publication.
2.4. Transparency
• Within the framework of evaluation processes, the author may request raw data regarding his articles, in such a case, the author should be ready to present the expected data and information to the editorial board and referee board.
• The author must have a document showing that he has the right to use the data used, the necessary permissions for the research / analysis or that he has carried out the authorization procedures for the subjects.
• The author should describe his methods clearly and clearly so that the findings of the study can be verified by others.
2.5. Responsibility
• The author cannot have their work in the application process of more than one journal at the same time. Each application can be started following completion of the previous application.
• In the event that the author notices a mistake or mistake about his published work at the early view or evaluation stage, the journal editor has an obligation to cooperate with the editor in informing, correcting or withdrawing.

2.6. Multiple Author Studies
• In studies with multiple authors, all authors should be listed, and they should be included in the copyright transfer form during article submission.
• During the execution of the article evaluation processes, a responsible author should be selected from among the authors, and communication with the editor should continue.
• Changing the author responsibilities of a study whose evaluation process has started (such as adding authors, changing the order of authors, removing authors) cannot be proposed.
• Changes and edits to the article should be communicated to all authors. This operation is under the responsibility of "Corresponding Author".
• In studies with multiple authors, authors are expected to take joint responsibility for the integrity of the research and reporting. However, if authors take responsibility only for certain aspects of the research and their reports, this should be stated in the publication.

2.7. Referee process 
• Detailed information about the referee process is given on the Writing Rules page under the title "Refereeing and Evaluation Process". Authors are deemed to have accepted these rules when submitting articles.
• The author should cooperate in this process and respond to referee and editor requests in a timely and accurate manner.
• If the author wishes to retract his work during the evaluation process, he should inform the editor.

3. Ethical Responsibilities for Editors
3.1. Responsibility for Journal Content
The editor is responsible for every article published in the journal. They must ensure the quality of the material they publish and preserve the integrity of the published record. In this context, the editor;
• Decides only academically and takes full responsibility for these decisions.
• It pays attention to act in accordance with the principle of freedom of thought in order to evaluate the works fairly and impartially.
• Conducts business processes in accordance with intellectual property rights and ethical standards.
• Strives to meet the information needs of readers and writers, and continuously