Journal of Computational Design

JCoDe Journal of Computational Design aims to contribute to scientific research, practice, and education by publishing national and international studies related to its subject and articles produced from graduate theses. The articles to be published in the journal should present new knowledge in the subject area or bring a new approach to the existing knowledge, emphasize the significance of the presented subject in the field, and reflect the results of a deep research.

JCoDe Journal of Computational Design is a peer-reviewed journal published twice a year with a summary in English and Turkish. The journal publishes academic and scientific articles and book reviews on computational design, planning, research, and education.

1. DELIVERY OF ARTICLES

Articles written in either Turkish or English can be published in the journal. Depending on the language of the article, a summary in the second language is also required. For articles written in Turkish, an extended abstract in English of up to one page (approximately 500 words) is mandatory. For articles written in English, a 250-word Turkish abstract is optional. An extended abstract in English is mandatory to ensure that the work reaches a broader audience. Manuscripts should be prepared according to the journal's submission format, and necessary revisions may be requested from the authors.

2. PREPARATION OF ARTICLES

It is requested ethical principles and publication policy agreement, similarity report, cover page (with author information), and manuscript (without author information) as four separate files. Authors must follow these instructions carefully to avoid delays in submission, blind peer-review and publication processes.

For research across all scientific disciplines that require ethical committee consent, the researchers must have obtained this approval, and it should be explicitly indicated and documented within the article. The relevant documentation should be attached. In studies that require ethical committee permission, details pertaining to the approval (i.e., committee name, date, and reference number) should be delineated in the methods section. Additionally, this information should appear on either the first or last pages of the manuscript. For case presentations, the article should also incorporate a statement confirming that informed voluntary consent forms have been duly signed by the participants.

At the conclusion of the article, declarations including the Researchers' Contribution Ratio, any Acknowledgments and Support, and Conflict of Interest should be presented."


2.1 Copyright and Author Agreement
The Copyright and Author Agreement form must be completed to include the names and signatures of all authors and uploaded to the DergiPark system. The format of the agreement and copyright form can be downloaded from the relevant link below, and a scanned copy with wet signatures is acceptable.

Please click here for Copyright and Author Agreement: https://jcode.itu.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Copyright-and-Author-Agreement.docx 

2.2 Similarity Check Report
According to the new regulation of DergiPark, the similarity report must be received (via Turnitin or iThenticate).

2.3 Cover Page (including author information)
The cover page should be prepared as a separate Word document and should state that the manuscript has been written and approved by all authors, and that it is an original, unpublished work not even under review. It should contain the names and signatures of all authors. A scanned copy of the cover page is acceptable. The cover page should contain a brief and informative title; all authors' names, ORCID numbers, institutions/organizations (department, faculty, university, city, and country) and e-mail addresses, and the name and the phone number of the corresponding author. If the manuscript sent has been presented at any meeting before, the name, date, and city of the meeting should be specified. Authors may also include acknowledgments in this section.

Please click here for the template of the cover page: https://jcode.itu.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cover-page-sample_ENG_updated.docx 

2.4 Blinded Manuscript (without author information)
The manuscript should be prepared in a single Word document, including both English and Turkish abstracts, keywords, the main article, quotations (if any), and the reference list. The article should contain a maximum of 5 keywords, listed in alphabetical order and separated by commas. Keywords should be carefully selected to facilitate readers' searches. The Turkish abstract should not exceed 250 words, and the extended English abstract should not exceed one page (approximately 500 words). The short Turkish abstract should include the aim, method, and main findings of the article. The extended English abstract should briefly address the definition of the research problem, research question, hypothesis, aim, scope, methodology, tools and materials used, research findings, and contribution to the literature. No information revealing the identity of the authors should be included in the abstracts or the main text.

The main text should be written in Calibri Light, 11-point font size, with 1.15 line spacing. The Turkish and English abstracts should be in Calibri Light, 9-point font size, with single line spacing. The main text should use 11-point Calibri Light and 1.15 line spacing. In Turkish manuscript writing, English equivalents of the main and subheadings should be given in parentheses next to them. Except for the abstract section, there should be a one-line space (1.15 line spacing) between paragraphs. The main title of the article should be 20-point, left-aligned, bold, and written with capitalized initial letters. All headings in the text should be numbered sequentially and hierarchically (e.g., 1., 1.1., 1.1.1), excluding the references and acknowledgments sections. All headings other than the main title should be written in 12-point Calibri. Primary headings should be written in all uppercase letters and bold. In secondary headings, only the first letters should be capitalized. No line space should be added after secondary headings. Fourth-level and lower-level headings should not be numbered. Headings should not appear as the last line of a page. If two lines of text cannot follow a heading, the heading should be moved to the next page. The first line of a paragraph cannot appear as the last line of a page, nor can the last line of a paragraph appear as the first line of a page. The size of tables and figures must be legible and in high resolution (300 dpi). Tables should be prepared in an editable text format, not as images. If the size of a table or figure exceeds the paragraph width of 11 cm, it should be aligned to both margins. Tables and figures must be numbered and referred to within the text. Each figure, table, and image should be labeled and numbered independently of the heading and subheading numbers in the section where they appear, using Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, Table 1, Table 2, and so on. They should be bold within the text. Figure and table captions should be written in 10-point Calibri Light font, and in Turkish articles, the English translations should be provided in parentheses. One line space should be left before and after bullet-pointed explanations in the text. All pages should be numbered consecutively.

The manuscript length, including references but excluding tables, figures, and images, should not exceed 5000 words. The text should not contain any information that reveals the authors' identities. Figures and tables should not include any author names or institutional affiliations. To maintain anonymity during the double-blind peer review process, citations of the authors' own work within the text should be formatted as (Author, Year) without specifying the authors' last names. During the revision stage, authors can update these references accordingly. Symbols, abbreviations, and conventions within the text should comply with the recommended International System of Units (SI). Abbreviations should be defined in parentheses when first mentioned in the text, following internationally accepted standards. In-text citations should follow the APA 7 reference style, with the author's name and publication year provided in parentheses (Author, Year). The proofing language should be English (United States).

Please click here for the template of the manuscript: https://jcode.itu.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Word-Template-EN-v3.docx 

3. REFERENCES

It is encouraged to use APA 7th Edition as a formatting guideline of references. The style is exemplified below. In-text citations should include the author’s last name, publication year, and page number in parentheses (Author’s Last Name, Year, p.). The reference list should be arranged alphabetically by the authors' last names and in chronological order for multiple works by the same author, and provided at the end of the main text in accordance with the examples below. If more than one work by the same author published in the same year is cited, they should be labeled as 2018a, 2018b, 2018c, etc. The capitalization and formatting rules of the APA Reference Style should be followed. References must be provided in English. For more detailed information on APA 7 Reference Style, please visit the following websites:
http://www.apastyle.org/
https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/reference-examples.pdf
https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/nsb/page/9435

Books
Author, A. (Year). Title of the book, City of publication, Publisher.
Ewert, E.W., Mitten, D.S., & Overholt, J.R. (2014). Natural environments and human health. CAB International. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781845939199.0000
Foxall, G. R. (2018). Context and cognition in consumer psychology: How perception and emotion guide action. Routledge.
Schmidt, N. A., & Brown, J. M. (2017). Evidence-based practice for nurses: Appraisal and application of research (4th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC.

For a chapter in a book; Author, A. (Year). “Publication name”, Ed: Editor Surname, A., Name of the Book in which it was published, City of publication, Publisher, p: xx-xx.

Aron, L., Botella, M., & Lubart, T. (2019). Culinary arts: Talent and their development. In R. F. Subotnik, P. Olszewski-Kubilius, & F. C. Worrell (Eds.), The psychology of high performance: Developing human potential into domain-specific talent (pp. 345–359). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000120-016

Journals
Author, A. A., Author, B. (Year). Article title. Title of the Journal, volume (issue), p: xx-xx. DOI

Article with Article Number: Author, A. A., Author, B. (Year). Title of the article. Title of the Journal, volume(issue), article number, #–#. DOI

Arxiv Numbered Journal Article: Author, A. A., Author, B. (Year). Title of the article. Arxiv number

Ashing‐Giwa, K. T., Padilla, G., Tejero, J., Kraemer, J., Wright, K., Coscarelli, A., Clayton, S., Williams, I., & Hills, D. (2004). Understanding the breast cancer experience of women: A qualitative study of African American, Asian American, Latina, and Caucasian cancer survivors. Psycho‐Oncology, 13(6), 408-428. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.750
Washington, E. T. (2014). An overview of cyberbully in higher education. Adult Learning, 26(1), 21–27. https://doi.org/10.1177/1045159514558412
Moody, M. S. (2019). If instructional coaching really works, why isn’t it working? Educational Leadership, 77(3), 30–35.
Dayton, K. J. (2019). Tangled arms: Modernizing and unifying the arm-of-the-state doctrine. The University of Chicago Law Review, 86(6), 1497–1737. https://bit.ly/2SkWwcy

Conference papers
Conference and Poster Presentations: Author, A. A., Author, B. (Year, Conference Dates). Title of the presentation [Presentation type]. Name of the Conference, City, Country. URL

Davidson, R. J. (2019, August 8–11). Well-being is a skill [Conference session]. APA 2019 Convention, Chicago, IL, United States. https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/a5ea5d51/files/uploaded/APA2019_Program_190708.pdf

Conference Proceedings: Author, A. A., Author, B. (Year). Title of the paper. In Editor(s), Title of the publication (Name of the conference) (pp. #-#). Publisher. DOI or URL

Bedenel, A.-L., Jourdan, L., & Biernacki, C. (2019). Probability estimation by an adapted genetic algorithm in web insurance. In R. Battiti, M. Brunato, I. Kotsireas, & P. Pardalos (Eds.), Lecture notes in computer science: Vol. 11353. Learning and intelligent optimization (pp. 225–240). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05348-2_21

Morgan, R., Meldrum, K., Bryan, S., Mathiesen, B., Yakob, N., Esa, N., & Ziden, A. A. (2017). Embedding digital literacies in curricula: Australian and Malaysian experiences. In G. B. Teh & S. C. Choy (Eds.), Empowering 21st century learners through holistic and enterprising learning: Selected papers from Tunku Abdul Rahman University College International Conference 2016 (pp. 11-19). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4241-6_2

Thesis
Published Thesis: Author, A. (Year). Title of the thesis. (Thesis Identification Number) [Doctoral dissertation / Master’s thesis, Name of University]. Name of Database.

Horvath-Plyman, M. (2018). Social media and the college student journey: An examination of how social media use impacts social capital and affects college choice, access, and transition (Publication No. 10937367) [Doctoral dissertation, New York University]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global.

Unpublished Thesis: Author, A. (Year). Title of the thesis. [Unpublished doctoral dissertation / master’s thesis]. Name of University.

Harris, L. (2014). Instructional leadership perceptions and practices of elementary school leaders [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of Virginia.

Report
Group Author: Organization Name. (Year). Title of the report. (Report No. 123). URL

Individual Author: Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the report. (Report No. 123). Organization Name. URL

World Health Organization. (2014). Comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/113048/WHO_NMH_NHD_14.1_
eng.pdf?ua=1

Winthrop, R., Ziegler, L., Handa, R., & Fakoya, F. (2019). How playful learning can help leapfrog progress in education. Center for Universal Education at Brookings. https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/how_playful_learning_can_help_leapfrog_progress_in_education.pdf

Internet Sources
Web Page: Author, A. / Organization Name. (Year, Month Day). Title of the content. Name of the Website. Retrieved Month Day, Year, from URL

Center for Systems Science and Engineering. (2020, May 6). COVID-19 dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Johns Hopkins University & Medicine, Coronavirus Resource Center. Retrieved May 6, 2020, from https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

Blog: Author, A. (Year, Month Day). Title of the content. Name of the Blog. URL

Rutledge, P. (2019, March 11). The upside of social media. The Media Psychology Blog. https://www.pamelarutledge.com/2019/03/11/the-upside-of-social-media/

Online Magazine: Author, A. (Year, Month Day). Title of the content. Name of the Magazine. URL

Gander, K. (2020, April 29). COVID-19 vaccine being developed in Australia raises antibodies to neutralize virus in pre-clinical tests. Newsweek. https://www.newsweek.com/australia-covid-19-vaccine-neutralize-virus-1500849

Online Newspaper Article: Author, A. (Year, Month Day). Title of the content. Name of the Newspaper. URL

Roberts, S. (2020, April 9). Early string ties us to Neanderthals. The New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/science/neanderthals-fiber-string-math.html

Online Dictionary: Author, A. (Year, Month Day). Title of the entry. In Name of the Dictionary. Retrieved Month Day, Year, from URL

American Psychological Association. (n.d.). Internet addiction. In APA dictionary of psychology. Retrieved April 24, 2020, from https://dictionary.apa.org/internet-addiction

Thesis from a Database: Author, A. (Year). Title of the thesis. (Thesis Identification Number) [Doctoral dissertation / Master’s thesis, Name of University]. Name of Database.

Horvath-Plyman, M. (2018). Social media and the college student journey: An examination of how social media use impacts social capital and affects college choice, access, and transition (Publication No. 10937367) [Doctoral dissertation, New York University]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global.

4. TABLES AND FIGURES

Figures should be placed on the template to fit in 11 or 17 cm wide columns. If the size of the table or figure exceeds the width of the paragraph 11 cm, it is placed so that it is justified on both sides. Each figure, table, and picture are written in the text, regardless of the heading and subtitle numbers in the section where it is written, as Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, Table 1, Table 2 etc. It should be named and enumerated in order. It should be shown in bold in the text. Table and figure names should be written in Calibri Light 10 font size.

In addition, figures must be uploaded in a zip file with a resolution of at least 300 dpi and in jpeg/tiff format.

For all tables, figures, and pictures that are not belonging to the authors but previously published by other sources, permission should be obtained from the persons who have the right to publish and the permission document should be sent with the article.

5. MATH FORMULA

The mathematical equations are submitted as editable text and not as images. The equations should be presented in line with normal text where possible, not as an image. In principle, variables are to be presented in italics. Number consecutively any equations that must be displayed separately from the text (if referred to explicitly in the text). Each equation should be presented in the text as Equation 1, Equation 2, etc.

6. BOOK REVIEWS AND NOTES

A book review should be between 500 and 1000 words, which includes the scope of an assessment of the book and its contribution to knowledge and discussion in the context of computational design, architecture, planning, and design. Comments should be written using an 11-point Calibri font with 1.15 line spacing. The name, institution, and e-mail address of the person making the book review should be given. Book cover photo must be provided in jpeg format. Title, author, source, publisher, date, number of pages, price, and ISBN number should be provided as in the example below.
Name of the Book, Name of the Author, Publication Year, Publisher, City, Number of Pages, Price, Type of Volume, ISBN no.

You can access the JCODE Manuscript Template in Word format, the Copyright and Author Agreement, as well as the Cover Page Form via the link below:

https://jcode.itu.edu.tr/writing-rules/ 

PUBLICATION ETHICS

JCoDe Journal of Computational Design is dedicated to upholding the guidelines and core practices established by organizations such as the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (a joint statement by COPE, DOAJ, and OASPA). These standards are intended to foster transparency, integrity, and excellence in scholarly publishing. By adhering to these principles, the journal ensures that its published research maintains high quality and aligns with the ethical standards of the scientific community.

Authors are encouraged to consult the EASE Ethics Checklist for Authors to ensure their manuscripts meet the required ethical guidelines.

In addition, based on the guiding principles of ITU Social and Human Sciences Human Experiments (SB-INAREK), Health and Engineering Sciences Human Experiments (SM-INAREK).

PEER REVIEW PROCESS

Manuscripts submitted to JCoDe Journal of Computational Design will undergo a double-anonymized peer review process, ensuring that both authors and reviewers remain anonymous to one another. Each manuscript will be evaluated by two reviewers in the relevant field to guarantee an unbiased review.

In line with the reports from the reviewers, it is decided to publish the article, to request correction from the author within the framework of the report or to reverse the article, and the author is informed of the situation as soon as possible. In the event that one of the reviewer reports is accepted and the other is rejected, a third reviewer may be appointed for the article or the Editorial Board and editor reserve the authority to make the final decision on this issue without requiring a new reviewer appointment. Initially, submissions will be subject to a technical review by the editorial office to confirm compliance with the journal’s guidelines.

Manuscripts that do not meet these requirements will be returned to authors with requests for technical corrections. Those that conform will be forwarded to the Editor-in-Chief for assessment of their suitability in terms of scope and quality. Manuscripts deemed unsuitable may be rejected at this stage. For suitable manuscripts, the Editor-in-Chief will collaborate with Associate Editors to assign reviewers. The Associate Editors may reject a manuscript, proceed with the peer review process, or request revisions before further review. Recommendations, based on reviewer feedback, will be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief, who will make the final decision.

Revised manuscripts will undergo reassessment, typically involving the original reviewers. The Editorial Board has the right to publish an article with a positive referee review in another issues of the journal, considering the density of articles to be published in the relevant issue. If delays occur, authors will be informed of the reasons and given the option to withdraw their manuscript.

Once the peer review process is complete, authors will receive anonymized reviewer reports and an editorial decision. Peer review reports will remain confidential and will not be publicly disclosed. Submitted material is treated as confidential and must not be used until publication. Any suspected misuse of an author’s ideas or data by a reviewer will be addressed following COPE guidelines. Authors may suggest peer reviewers during submission, but the final decision on reviewer selection rests with the handling editor.

Reviewers are required to follow COPE’s Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers, ensuring fairness and integrity throughout the process. To prevent manipulation, the Editorial Board adheres to COPE’s recommended flowcharts and procedures. If misconduct is suspected after publication, the matter will be handled accordingly. 

Potential reviewers must disclose any conflicts of interest to the Editor before accepting an invitation to review. This allows the Editor to make an informed decision about their participation, ensuring transparency and integrity in the review process. Communications between Editors and reviewers are confidential and must not be shared with third parties.

REVIEW PROCEDURE

All articles submitted for evaluation must comply with the content and journal template. This eligibility is evaluated by the editor and assigned to the field editors. If the article is unsuitable for the journal template, the authors are informed as soon as possible. Field editors evaluate the conformity of the article to the field and journal writing rules. The field editor evaluation period for each article is one week. After the corrections are completed, the article is sent to the referees.

The evaluation period for referees is 15 days, and the referee evaluates and reports the article. Authors are informed about these evaluations and reports. The Editorial Board controls all processes. If the referees deem it necessary, they have the right to request more than one correction and to see them again after they have been corrected. After the author makes the necessary corrections, the field editors check the article and prepare it for publication.

All publication rights of accepted articles belong to JCoDe Journal of Computational Design. Articles cannot be published elsewhere, copied, or used without reference.

No fee is charged from the authors for article submission and publication in the journal.

REVISION STAGE

Authors whose manuscripts require either “minor revision” or “major revision” will receive a decision letter from the Editor-in-Chief. This letter will detail the reviewers’ and editors’ feedback and provide a deadline for submitting the revised manuscript. Minor revisions must be uploaded to the DergiPark system no later than 10 days after the referee returns. This period is 15 days for major revisions.

Along with the revised manuscript, authors should also submit a revision note. This document should address each reviewer’s comment individually, clearly indicating the changes made in the manuscript (with each comment followed by the author’s response and the corresponding line numbers). An annotated version of the main manuscript highlighting the changes should also be provided. The revision note should be submitted as a Word document in the Dergipark Platform.

Revised manuscripts must be submitted within the specified timeframe. If the revised manuscript is not submitted by the deadline, it may result in the withdrawal of the revision option. Authors requiring additional time should request an extension before the given deadline expires.

REVIEWER RESPONSIBILITIES

The peer-review process assists the editor and Editorial Board in making the editor’s decisions. A reviewer who knows he is not qualified to review the research or cannot complete the evaluation within the specified time should notify the editor and not be involved in the review process.

The reviewers should keep the information or ideas obtained in the evaluation confidential and not use the materials in the article in their research. There should not be any conflict of interest. They should evaluate articles regardless of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, citizenship, or political philosophies. Evaluation of the work should be done objectively, and the opinions in this evaluation should be expressed with supporting documents.

Reviewers should determine whether citations in the article are cited in references. They must report any significant similarity or overlap with previously published articles.

EDITOR RESPONSIBILITIES

The editor evaluates articles regardless of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, citizenship, or political philosophies and decides which articles will be published in the journal. The decision should be appropriate to the article’s accuracy, validity, and importance and the journal’s scope. Current legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism must be considered.

Editors ensure that all information about the submitted manuscript is kept confidential until it is published. In the process, editors should not allow a conflict of interest or competition between authors, editors, and reviewers.

Materials in a submitted article cannot be used in the editor’s research without the author’s express written permission.

AUTHOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Authors should accurately describe the work done and objectively discuss its importance. An article should contain the necessary details and references to allow citation of the work.

Authors should ensure that their work is original, and if other work is used, it should be cited appropriately. All sources used in the study should be cited. Plagiarism constitutes any unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

Authors may be required to submit raw data in connection with an article for editorial review, and this data must be stored for a reasonable time after publication.

Authors must not have submitted the same work for publication or consideration in another journal, and submitting the same study to multiple journals simultaneously is considered unethical behavior.

Authorship should be limited to those who have contributed significantly to work. All contributors must be listed as co-authors, and the corresponding author ensures that all contributing authors are included in the list of authors.

All authors must include a statement disclosing any financial or other conflicts of interest that could affect the results or interpretations of their article. All sources of financial support provided for the project should be specified.

PLAGIARISM AND ETHICAL MISCONDUCT

The author should upload a similarity report (via Turnitin or iThenticate) with the article. The similarity included here must be less than 20%. If the rate is more than 20%, the article is returned to the author and editing is requested. If the similarity rate is still high, the journal has the right to reject the article.

When referencing the work of others or your own prior research, it is essential to properly cite the material in every instance. Authors are strongly encouraged to avoid all forms of plagiarism and ethical misconduct, including but not limited to the following:
• Citation Manipulation: The unethical practice of artificially boosting citation counts through excessive self-citation, over-citation of articles from the same journal, or adding honorary or unnecessary citations.
• Self-Plagiarism (Text Recycling): Reusing content or sentences from one’s previous publications without proper attribution, which constitutes plagiarism due to the lack of acknowledgment of prior work.
• Salami Slicing: Dividing a single substantial research project into smaller, less significant articles to exaggerate the novelty or significance of findings.
• Data Fabrication: Creating and presenting data that were never actually generated during research or experimentation, a severe breach of research ethics.
• Data Manipulation/Falsification: Altering or misrepresenting research data to distort the study’s outcomes, such as editing images, excluding inconvenient results, or modifying data points.

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.

CHANGE OF AUTHORSHIP

Changing the author responsibilities of a work whose evaluation process has begun (such as adding an author, changing the order of authors, or removing an author) cannot be proposed.

DECLARATION OF INTEREST

All studies submitted for publication should be disclosed if any, and their relationships may constitute a conflict of interest. Authors are required to declare any relationships or interests that could potentially influence or bias their work. This disclosure must be submitted through the online system during manuscript submission.

JCoDe Journal of Computational Design also mandates that individuals participating in the peer review process disclose any actual or potential conflicts of interest that could result in bias.

The Editorial Board will address any cases of potential conflicts of interest involving editors, authors, or reviewers in accordance with the applicable COPE flowcharts.

FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

JCoDe Journal of Computational Design requires authors to include a funding statement when submitting their manuscript. This statement should clearly identify the funding organizations, grant numbers, and the role of the funders in the research. If the funders had no role, this must also be explicitly stated.

All authors must include a statement describing financial or other financial conflicts of interest that could be interpreted to affect the conclusions or interpretation of their paper. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Peer reviewers are required to disclose any potential conflicts of interest that might impact their impartiality. The Editorial Board handles conflicts of interest in line with COPE guidelines to maintain transparency and fairness.

USE OF AI STATEMENT

It is important to practice scientific ethics when using generative artificial intelligence. The purpose and scope of GenAI should not include stages of research that require high-level skills, experience, and expertise, such as hypothesis development, discussion, interpretation, and application. GenAI may be used in the literature review, data analysis, translation or language control, data labelling, and data quality assessment, but the ultimate responsibility for scientific accuracy, consistency and impartiality of the resulting text belongs to the author(s). You may refer to the Ethics Guide of YÖK for further guidance.

If generative artificial intelligence is used:
a) Authors must state which tool and version were used, and at what stage of the study it was applied.
b) GenAI-generated content should be reviewed in line with academic rigor and ethical standards, thoroughly checked, and properly documented
c) The accuracy of the content is the responsibility of the author(s).
d) Content should be critically reviewed, with potential biases from GenAI thoroughly evaluated and approved by researchers. The responsibility for the report's content, results, and arguments belong to the author(s).
Authors may use GenAI tools provided these conditions are met, but they must submit a written declaration and notification to the journal board.

POST-PUBLICATION CORRECTIONS AND ETHICAL MISCONDUCT HANDLING

All post-publication correction requests undergo thorough review by the Editorial Board to determine their necessity and appropriateness. The decision is based on the nature of the error, its impact on the article, and the availability of supporting evidence. During this process, the board may consult authors, reviewers, or other experts to ensure informed decisionmaking. Approved corrections are applied to the article in the journal’s archive.

The Editorial Board addresses all cases of alleged misconduct, including those reported by whistleblowers, in accordance with the journal’s policies and COPE guidelines. If concerns about a published article emerge on social media platforms, the board follows COPE’s specific procedures for handling whistleblower reports in such scenarios. In cases that cannot be resolved internally, an ombudsperson may be appointed to mediate disputes.

To efficiently investigate potential ethical violations, the Editorial Board may exchange information with editors-in-chief from other journals, adhering to COPE’s recommendations. When necessary, the journal may also notify institutions of suspected misconduct by researchers and provide supporting evidence, ensuring compliance with COPE guidelines at every stage.

If ethical misconduct is confirmed following a detailed investigation, the editors will issue a retraction notice, which will be published in the journal and reflected in the article’s record. Retracted articles remain accessible in the journal’s archives but are clearly marked as retracted, and updates are made to relevant indexes to indicate their retraction.

APPEALS AND COMPLAINT

JCoDe Journal of Computational Design ensures a fair and transparent process for addressing appeals and complaints, prioritizing the integrity of the scientific record. Authors with concerns are encouraged to contact the editorial office directly to discuss their issues.

The Editorial Board is tasked with reviewing appeals and complaints in alignment with COPE guidelines and recommendations. After thoroughly evaluating the case, the board will make a decision based on these standards.

In cases where internal resolution is not possible, an ombudsperson may be appointed to mediate disputes. Ultimately, the editor-in-chief holds the final authority in making decisions regarding all appeals and complaints.

WITHDRAWAL REQUESTS

Article withdrawal requests are reviewed by the journal’s Editorial Board, which assesses the reasons provided by the authors before making a decision. To request a withdrawal, authors must submit a signed letter from all co-authors detailing their request and the justification for it. If the board approves the request, the article will be officially withdrawn, and the authors will be notified.

To prevent conflicts of interest or duplicate submissions, authors are advised to refrain from submitting the article to another journal until the withdrawal request has been finalized and approved.

PREPRINT POLICY

JCoDe Journal of Computational Design does not treat preprints as prior publications, allowing authors to share and discuss their findings on a non-commercial preprint server before submitting their work.

During the initial submission process, authors are required to inform the journal about the preprint deposition, including the DOI of the preprint. After the article is published, authors must update the preprint archive by linking it to the final version to ensure readers can access the most accurate and up-to-date information.

PERMISSION POLICY

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