The publication process at The journal of International Scientific Researches 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, researchers, publishers, reviewers, and editors) comply with the standards of ethical considerations. The journal of International Scientific Researches expects all parties to hold the following ethical responsibilities. iThenticate or intihal.net can be used for professional plagiarism detection and prevention.
The authors who submit their manuscripts to The Journal of International Scientific Researches are expected to comply with the following ethical responsibilities:
In terms of ethical rules; the situations requiring Ethics Committee Permission for the researches to be evaluated in the journal are:
In this context, in the studies to be evaluated in our journal;
The editors of The Journal of International Scientific Researches 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).
Editors are responsible for each study published in The Journal of International Scientific Researches. In this respect, the editors have the following roles and responsibilities:
Relationships with readers
Editors must make decisions taking into consideration the knowledge, skills, and expectations of all readers, researchers, and practitioners that they need. Editors must also ensure that the published studies should contribute to the literature and be original. Moreover, they must take notice of the feedback received from readers, researchers, and practitioners and provide explanatory and informative feedback.
Relationships with Authors
Editors have the following duties and responsibilities in their relations with authors:
Relationships with Reviewers
Editors have the following duties and responsibilities in their relations with reviewers:
Editors must;
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. The editors must also train new members of the editorial board and provide the information they need. Moreover, editors must;
Relationships with the Journal's Owner and Publisher
The relationship between the editors and publishers is based on the principle of the independence of editors.
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 subject's consent. Furthermore, editors are supposed to protect the personal information of the authors, reviewers, and readers.
Encouraging Ethical Rules and the 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 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 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;
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.
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 Journal of International Scientific Researches 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 comments on the evaluation forms, and full texts are assigned to the author(s) by the editor. In this context, the reviewers doing review work for The Journal of International Scientific Researches are supposed to bear the following ethical responsibilities:
Reviewers must;
The Journal of International Scientific Researches is a non-profit. In this context, The Journal of International Scientific Researches acts with the awareness of the following ethical responsibilities:
1. The Journal of International Scientific Researches (ISR) is published three times a year, in January, May, and September. ISR accepts business, economics, finance, labor economics, econometrics, public administration, disaster management, business law, or interdisciplinary studies in these fields. The language of the studies submitted to the journal should be English or Turkish.
2. ISR is an international peer-reviewed journal that is scanned in scientific and indexes. Studies sent to the journal can be published with the consent of at least 2 (two) referees and with the approval of the Editorial Board. The studies submitted to the journal should not be in the evaluation process of another journal at the same time, and should not have been accepted for publication or published anywhere before. The responsibility in this matter belongs to the author/authors. The studies submitted to the journal are not obliged to be published.
3. The content, language, and ethical responsibility of the studies published in the journal belong to the authors. Studies published in the journal can be used in accordance with our Open Access Policy and Creative Commons license provided that the source is indicated.
4. Word program should be used in writing the work. The study should be prepared by filling in the article template on the writing rules page and uploaded to the system in ( .docx ) format.
5. The work uploaded to the system should include the author, institution, contact information and, if derived from a specific work, an informative note. Before being sent to the referees, this information is removed and the work is included in the referee process anonymously.
6. Studies submitted for publication in the journal must be prepared in accordance with the rules of research and publication ethics. Ethics committee approval must be obtained separately for studies conducted and for clinical and experimental studies on humans and animals that require an ethics committee decision, and this approval must be stated and documented in the study. In studies that require ethics committee permission, information about the permission (name of the committee, date, and number) should be included in the method section and also on the first/last page of the study.
7. Double-sided blind refereeing system is used in the journal. For each study sent to the journal, two referees with at least doctorate titles are determined in line with their proximity to the subject and their expertise. Determined referees make evaluations without seeing the author(s) of the study.
8. The referees should never include information such as name, title, or the institution they work for while transferring their opinions about the study sent to them to the evaluation form.
9. In line with the reports from the referees, it is decided to publish the study, to request the correction, additional information, and abbreviation from the author(s) within the framework of the report, or not to publish it, and this decision is notified to the author( s ) via the system. The author( s ) is responsible for making all changes requested by the referees. If the authors do not make the requested changes within the specified time, the work is returned.
10. The work must have a (minimum) 120 - (maximum) 180-word summary. In Turkish or English, whichever is the written language of the study, the abstract in that language is given first. There should be 3-5 word English and Turkish keywords next to the abstracts.
11. When citing in the text and citing references in the bibliography, the criteria specified in APA Version 6.0 (6th Edition) must be followed.
12. Each study published in the journal is assigned a DOI Number and no fee is charged from the authors.
13. Applications of studies that do not comply with the publication principles will not be accepted. The evaluation process will be terminated and the work returned, regardless of the stage at which the deficiencies are detected later.