Publication Ethics Principles
Publication Ethics can be characterized as a self-regulation mechanism for the honesty of reviewers, authors and publishers to improve the editorial process. Standards for publication ethics have been developed in order to increase the quality of scientific studies and to ensure the trust and reputation of the society in scientific results.
•Be honest and do not plagiarize.
• Be careful not to misrepresent sources.
• Do not hide irrefutable objections.
• Do not distort opposing views.
• Do not destroy or hide data.

Peer-reviewed studies are studies that support and apply the scientific method. In this process, it is extremely important that all parties such as authors, readers, researchers, publishers, referees and editors comply with ethical principles. Journal of Current Nursing Research is committed to national and international principles in terms of publication ethics. It complies with Press Law, Intellectual and Artistic Works Law and Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive . Journal of Current Nursing Research Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) and World Association of Medical It undertakes to comply with the International Principles of Ethical Publishing published by Editors (WAME). At the same time, Türkiye has adopted the Editors' Workshop Decisions.
• Press Law (National Legislation)
• Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works (National Legislation)
• Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive (National Legislation)
• Transparency and Best Practice in Academic Publishing (International Criteria)
• Türkiye Editors' Workshop Decisions (National Criteria)

Rebroadcast
Republishing means the publication of an article or articles that are substantially similar in more than one journal. In such articles, the editor returns the article without review. The editor may disclose this situation to the public in the journal in which the article was previously published , and furthermore, the author who tries to publish again may impose an embargo for a certain period of time . The editor can perform all these applications together.

Simultaneous submission of the same work to more than one journal
Authors can submit the same article to only one journal at a time. If the editor determines that the article has been sent to more than one journal at the same time, he has the right to share the article with the other editor or editors. In this case, the editor can return the article without review or reject it without considering the review. This decision can be made by discussing with the editors and the author who sent the article has the right not to accept the article application for a period of time. In addition, the author's employer/supervisor can be contacted or apply these measures simultaneously.

Plagiarism Prevention Control
Plagiarism is when authors present ideas, methods, findings, practices or works of others as their own, in whole or in part, without attribution to their owners. The Journal of Current Nursing Research scans all articles for plagiarism. Evaluation of studies in terms of plagiarism is carried out with Turnitin & Ithenticate software. The similarity rate of the studies is expected to be below 20% . The main criterion in the similarity rate is the author's compliance with the citation and citation rules. A similarity rate of 1% may indicate that citation and citation are not duly made. For this reason, authors should carry out their studies in accordance with citation and citation rules. Plagiarism, false authorship, research or data fabrication, duplication, article slicing, concealment of conflict of interest, copyright infringement and slicing are considered unethical behaviors. All articles with unethical behavior will be removed from the publication. This also applies to articles that are found to be unethical after publication.

Forgery
The fact that the data is not based on a research, the presented or published work is prepared in line with data that does not actually exist, and presenting a research that has not been done as if it has been done is defined as forgery. Fraud is to deliberately distort research data, to present methods, devices or materials as if they were used in the research, not to evaluate data that do not comply with the research hypothesis, and to present the support organizations or people by manipulating them in line with the interests of the study team.

Protection of Participants' Personal Data
The Journal of Current Nursing Research requires that studies involving personal or sensitive data involving people not legally available to the public are subject to formal ethical review.
Handling Allegations of Research Abuse
The Journal of Current Nursing Research adopts COPE's Ethics Toolkit for a Successful Editorial. Editors of the Journal of Current Nursing Research; reserves the right to take measures to prevent the publication of articles with citation manipulation, plagiarism, data fabrication, data tampering and other research abuse. In no event will the editors of the Journal of Current Nursing Research knowingly allow such abuse to occur. Editors of the Current Journal of Nursing Research will follow COPE's guidelines if they become aware of an allegation of misconduct against an article published in their journal .

Ethical Violation Notices
MAIL if readers notice a major error in an article published in the Journal of Current Nursing Research or detect an error in editorial content such as plagiarism, duplicate articles MUST BE ADDED can be notified via e-mail.

Correction, Withdrawal, Expression of Concern
If editors detect errors in the published article that do not lead to changes in findings, comments, or conclusions, they may issue corrections. However, if violations are detected that invalidate the findings and results of the published article, the article may be withdrawn. If there is doubt about the reliability of study findings, editors may issue a statement of concern if there is an attempt by the authors to misuse the publication. The editors follow the COPE and ICJME guidelines if they decide to issue a correction, retraction, or expression of concern.

Publication of Studies Based on Survey and Interview
The Journal of Current Nursing Research adopts the principles of the Publication Ethics Committee (COPE) “Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors” and “Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers” in order to establish ethical assurance in scientific periodicals. In this respect, studies submitted to the journal are expected to comply with the following:
1) Studies that require ethics committee approval must be approved by the ethics committee, the ethics committee approval must be documented, and the ethics committee approval must be stated in the article.
2) In studies that require ethics committee approval, information regarding ethics committee approval should be reported in the method section (name of the committee, date and number ) and on the last page of the article . In case reports, information about signing the informed consent form should be included in the article.

Special Issue Publishing Policy
According to the decision of the Editorial Board, our journal may publish a special issue once a year. The articles to be included in the special issue are examined in terms of spelling rules after the editorial preliminary review and a scan is made to determine the similarity rate. As a result of all these stages, it is included in the peer review process in which double-blind is used.

Editorial Confidentiality Obligation
The editors of the Journal of Current Nursing Research consider all papers submitted to the journal as confidential documents. This means that information about the study will not be shared with anyone without the consent of the authors. Editors, Reviewers and Editorial Board Members can access article information during the evaluation process of the article. Only if the editor seriously suspects research misconduct may work information be passed on to a third party without the author's consent.

Allegations-Suspects of Scientific Misconduct
The Journal of Current Nursing Research follows guidelines created by publication ethics institutions to identify scientific misconduct. If the editor suspects an ethical violation, he is obliged to take action. This includes published and unpublished studies. The editor is responsible for following ethical violation cases. The editor should follow the COPE flowchart when necessary. The editor should first seek a response from the person suspected of committing the abuse. If the answer is not explanatory and the editor is not satisfied, the employer or institutions should be contacted and the necessary research should be done. In this process, the editor should make all the effort. This is an arduous but important task.

The Current Nursing Research Journal conforms to COPE's Ethics Toolkit for a Successful Editorial. Editors of the Journal of Current Nursing Research; will take every precaution to prevent publication of articles with citation manipulation, plagiarism, data fabrication, data tampering and other research abuse . Under no circumstances will the Current Journal of Nursing Research or its editors knowingly allow any misconduct to occur. Editors of the Current Journal of Nursing Research will follow COPE's guidelines and steps in case of alleged misconduct .
Reviewers should notify the editor if they suspect an ethical violation of the study. The editor is responsible for implementing the necessary measures by following the COPE recommendations.
The Journal of Current Nursing Research undertakes to apply it to COPE flowcharts when faced with allegations of abuse on the following or similar topics.
• Suspicion of rebroadcast
• Suspected plagiarism
• Suspicion of fabricated data
• Suspicious situation in requests for change of authorship
• Unexplained ̧ exit suspicion of conflict
• Suspicion of unfair or gift authorship
• Suspicion of an ethical problem in an article
• E-mail etc. of suspected ethical violation . direct notification with
• Announcement of suspected ethical violation via social media

Complaint Procedure
Complaint procedure covers complaints about content, procedures, or policies that are the responsibility of the Journal of Current Nursing Research or its editorial staff. Complaints can be an opportunity for our journal to develop and improve, so we aim to respond to complaints in a courteous, constructive and prompt manner.
The complaint must relate to the content, procedures, or policies that cover the responsibility of the Journal of Current Nursing Research or its editorial staff. Complaints SHOULD BE ADDED DIRECTLY TO THE MAIL should be sent to the address by e-mail. All complaints are treated confidentially and the editors respond to the complaint . Editor follows COPE recommendations in case of complaints . If the complaints are not resolved, these steps are followed;
• If the complainant finds the response insufficient, he/she can forward his/her complaint to a more senior member of the journal.
• Complaints can be forwarded to the editor-in-chief if the complainant is not satisfied.
• A full response is attempted within two weeks .
the journal's grievance procedure is not satisfactory, COPE can be approached to resolve disputes.

Appeal Process
If the author whose article is rejected thinks that the Journal of Current Nursing Research has misunderstood the scientific content of the study, he can send an objection e-mail to the editorial team at MAIL ADDED . If the journal team decides that the objection is justified, they may request a revised version of the article, so it is not necessary to upload a revised version in the first place. At this point, if deemed necessary, the work is sent back to the external referee process. In this process, only one objection is considered for each article. The objection should therefore be as clear and detailed as possible.

Conflicts of Interest
A conflict of interest arises when professional judgment regarding a primary interest may be affected by a secondary interest (such as financial gain or personal competition). Conflicts of interest are situations that may impair the objectivity of the person, cause a conflict in his work, and provide an unfair advantage in favor of any organization or person. The competing interests of the authors should be known in the evaluation of an article and this should be presented to the readers if the article is published. Therefore, the authors should disclose financial support or sponsorship support in conducting the research and creating the article. Additionally, consulting, salary or grants are among potential conflicts of interest that should be disclosed. In order for the Journal of Current Nursing Research to provide unbiased review, editors consider submissions from editorial board members within a certain process. These submissions are reviewed with a double-blind application. Studies with a conflict of interest are primarily directed to other journals. If this attempt cannot be made, the post owner's duty in the journal is suspended. If the editor himself or his family member is included in the working team, he should not be a decision maker. If a conflict of interest is detected, the steps of the ICMJE directive are followed.

Principles of Research Ethics
The Journal of Current Nursing Research observes the highest standards in research ethics and adopts the international research ethics principles defined below. Compliance of the articles with ethical principles is the responsibility of the authors.
• The principles of quality, integrity and transparency must be followed at all stages of the research (such as in the design of the research, in the conduct of the research).
• The research team and study participants, the purpose of the research, its methods and potential uses; should be fully informed about the necessities and risks, if any, of participating in the research.
• Confidentiality should be ensured for the information and answers of the research participants. The dignity and autonomy of the participants should be protected during the research process.
• The participation of research participants in the research should be provided voluntarily without any coercion.
• Damage to the participants should be avoided. The study should be planned in such a way that it does not put the participants at risk.
• If there is a conflict of interest in the research , it should be reported and the independence of the research should be explained.
• In experimental studies with human subjects, written informed consent must be obtained from participants who decide to participate in the research. The consent of the legal guardian of children and custodians or those with a confirmed mental illness must be obtained.
• If the study will be carried out in any institution or organization, approval must be obtained from that institution or organization.
• In studies with a human element, it should be stated in the “methods” section that “informed consent” was obtained from the participants and ethics committee approval was obtained from the institution where the study was conducted.