The publication process at JIET aims at improving and disseminating information in an objective and respectful manner. Therefore, the procedures in this process have been determined to increase the quality of the studies. With this approach, studies that support and implement the scientific method are emerging. At this point, it is extremely important that all parties involved in the publication process (authors, readers and researchers, publisher, referees and editors) comply with ethical evaluation standards. JIET expects all parties to have the following ethical responsibilities.
The ethical duties and responsibilities below have been written in the light of the guidelines and policies prepared by the Publication Ethics Committee (COPE).
Publishing an article in a peer-reviewed journal is a fundamental building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is therefore important to agree on expected standards of ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: author, journal editor, peer reviewer, and publisher.
1. Publication and authorship:
· Reference list, financial support;
· No plagiarism and fraudulent data;
· The same research is not published in more than one journal.
2. Author's responsibilities:
· Authors are obliged to participate in the peer-review process;
· All authors must have contributed significantly to the research;
· A declaration must be made that all data in the article are true and original;
· All authors must ensure that errors are retracted or corrected.
3. Evaluation / responsibility of the referees:
· Decisions must be objective;
· Reviewers should not have any conflicts of interest regarding the research, authors and/or research funders;
· Reviewers should point to relevant published work that has not yet been cited;
· The studies reviewed should be kept confidential.
4. Editorial responsibilities:
· Editors have full responsibility and authority to reject / accept a work;
· There should be no conflicts of interest regarding the work that the editors reject / accept;
· A study should be accepted only when reasonably certain;
· Encourage the publication of the correction or the withdrawal of publication when errors are found;
· The anonymity of referees should be protected.
· Care should be taken to avoid plagiarism and fraudulent data.
5. Publication ethics issues
· To monitor / protect publishing ethics by the editorial board;
· To set guidelines for the withdrawal of articles;
· Maintaining the integrity of academic records;
· Preventing business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards;
Always willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when necessary.