Authors who submit studies to our journal, referees who evaluate, and editors who are in the evaluation process are obliged to comply with the following points. In addition, our journal strives to manage the entire process transparently regarding the Core Practices (https://publicationethics.org/core-practices) that COPE has created for Authors and Editorial Boards.
In submitted and published studies, the Publication Ethics rules that all stakeholders in the study evaluation process must comply with are specified separately for each stakeholder. All stakeholders accept the presented rules and the publication principles stated in the journal.
Authors:
• Submitted, under evaluation or published studies should not be sent to another journal, should not be under evaluation or published,
• The study should not contain plagiarism and should have a maximum 20% similarity score from plagiarism screening applications (iThenticate etc.),
• The submitted studies should not contain any information that would allow inferences about the authors, including the file name, content and attachments,
• The order of authors is arranged according to the order of contribution to the study,
• The study has scientific quality and originality,
• In case of any permission requirement, all permissions are obtained and both stated in detail within the study and uploaded as an attachment during the uploading phase of the study,
• Studies removed from the thesis, presentation or report should be clearly stated,
• In case of conflict of interest, the editorship should be informed,
• The content should be presented in detail so that the study can contribute to the literature and other researchers can cite the source,
• The editorship should make the final decision on the study,
• The raw or processed data used in the study will be presented to the editorship upon request,
• The sources cited in the study will be accepted is accepted, reliable and recognizable,
• The funding sources used in the study should be stated correctly and clearly,
• The rules specified in the Copyright Transfer Form
Referees:
• Will examine the study fairly, quickly, effectively, objectively and in detail and present an evaluation report that will contribute to the study,
• Will comply with all confidentiality principles about the study throughout the process,
• In case of a conflict of interest, the editorship should be informed,
• The final decision is under the authority of the editorship,
• In case of a serious similarity between the study and another source or if it has been published in another medium, the editorship will be informed
Editors:
• Will evaluate the authors equally without any discrimination (language, religion, race, ethnicity, gender, etc.) and will act impartially in all processes,
• Will conduct the entire process confidentially for the confidentiality of both the authors and the referees,
• Will take steps to bring the process within the framework of fair and ethical principles in unethical situations such as conflict of interest
Research Ethics
Authors are deemed to have accepted the following issues regarding the research methods they apply in their studies:
• The research is original and up-to-date,
• The research was conducted in accordance with all ethical rules specified in the journal,
• Completing the process appropriately when it is necessary to obtain a legal/special permit,
• Presenting the research outputs with sufficient details so that they can be used by other researchers and the suggested methods can be re-applied,
• The funding sources provided for the research are clearly stated,
• The order of the authors is determined according to the level of contribution to the research,
• If necessary, the raw or processed forms of the data used will be submitted to the Editorial Office.
Obtaining a Legal/Special Permission Document
In cases where an Ethics Committee permit is required, it should be clearly stated in the article that the Ethics Committee permit was obtained (from which institution, on which date and with which decision or issue number the permit was obtained). In addition, if the study requires the use of human and animal subjects, it should be declared that the study was conducted in accordance with international declarations, guidelines, etc. For this reason, during the first upload of the study or in studies whose process has started, the ethics committee permit document should be uploaded to the system and specified within the study.
Situations requiring Ethics Committee approval are listed below:
• Any research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using survey, interview, focus group study, observation, experiment, interview techniques,
• Use of humans and animals (including material/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,
• Clinical research conducted on humans,
• Research conducted on animals,
• Retrospective studies in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law,
In addition;
• Indication that an “Informed Consent Form” was obtained in case reports,
• Use of scales, surveys, photographs belonging to others
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