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Volume: 12 Issue: 22, 7/27/25

Year: 2025
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Ezgi ULU YAKIN DOĞU ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Born in 1982 in Karadeniz Ereğli (Turkey). He graduated from Karadeniz Anatolian High School (2000).

She graduated from Middle East Technical University, Department of Psychology (2005). She completed her master's degree in the Department of Guidance and Psychological Counseling at Near East University (2010). She completed her doctoral thesis in the field of Developmental Psychology at Maltepe University by presenting her doctoral thesis titled “Investigation of memory errors in four different age groups in terms of the development of semantic memory” (2012-2016). She became Assistant Professor in 2017 and Associate Professor in 2023.

She has various national and international book chapters, articles and papers published in the field of social, sexual and cognitive development in children and adolescents and continues her academic studies. Since 2017, she has also been working as a lecturer at the university, and in 2020 she has been working as the administrative head of the department.
Developmental Psychology
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Asst. Prof. Dr. Aslı Gözde AKIŞ Balıkesir Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Gerontoloji Bölümü
Sociology, Sociology of Aging, Geriatrics and Gerontology
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Prof. Dr. Banu YAZGAN İNANÇ toros üniversitesi
Health Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Family Psychology , Psychological Counseling and Guidance

International Journal of Behavior, Sustainability and Management (JOBESAM) is a scientific journal aiming to publish interdisciplinary and international research. In this context, the journal aims to publish original and qualified studies on social science-related subjects, especially in the fields of behavior, sustainability and management, at international standards and with a scientific approach. The journal is published regularly twice a year, in June and December.

 The scope of the International Journal of Behavior, Sustainability and Management:
• Management and organization
• Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
• Sustainability and Sub-Fields
• Economics and Finance topics are included.

 The scope of the International Journal of Behavior, Sustainability and Management:
• Management and organization
• Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
• Sustainability and Sub-Fields
• Economics  and Finance topics are included.

i. International Journal of Behavior, Sustainability, and Management (JOBESAM) is published in both Turkish and English languages.
ii. There is no page limit for the articles submitted to JOBESAM.
iii. The submitted manuscripts should be written in Microsoft Office Word program, using A4 paper size format, 1.5 line spacing, justified alignment, and Times New Roman font with a font size of 12 points.
iv. All text, including references, citations, figures, graphs, and tables, should be written with a 1.5 line spacing. The margins of the document should be set to 2.5 cm on all sides. Tables that require larger dimensions can be adjusted by changing the page orientation to landscape.
v. The manuscripts should include the following sections in the following order: title (in Turkish and English), abstract (in Turkish and English), keywords, introduction, methodology, results, discussion, and references.
vi. The abstract, references, appendices, table titles, and figure captions should each start on a separate page. However, the sections of introduction, methodology, results, discussion, and conclusion and recommendations should not start on a new page. After one section ends, the next section should continue within the same page.
vii. The texts prepared under the headings "Türkçe Öz" (Turkish abstract) and "English Abstract" should be within the range of 150-250 words. Both the Turkish abstract and English abstract should be written in Times New Roman font with a font size of 10 points.
viii. All pages, including references, appendices, tables, figure titles, and figures, should be sequentially numbered. Page numbering should be positioned in the upper right corner of each page.
ix. Abbreviations used in the text should be spelled out in full the first time they are used, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses.
x. JOBESAM adopts the publication guidelines of the American Psychological Association (APA), specifically the 7th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
xi. The authors are responsible for the accuracy of the references used in the text. The sources cited in the text should be provided both within the text itself and in the references section at the end of the manuscript. The references section should start on a new page and the sources should be listed in alphabetical order using a hanging indent format (1.25 cm). The references section should be written in Times New Roman font, size 10, with justified alignment.
xii. The citations within the text should only include the last names of the authors and the publication year of the source. If the source has one or two authors, the last names of all authors should be provided the first time the source is cited. If the source has three or more authors, the last name of the first author should be followed by "et al." in all instances within the text. Examples are provided below:
• Single author: (Smith, 2022)
• Two authors: (Johnson & Lee, 2020)
• Three or more authors: (Brown et al., 2019)
• Hovardaoğlu (2022) ...
• Aydın ve Erdoğan (2023)...
• Yılmaz-Samancı et al., (2017) ...

xiii. Please refer to Chapters 8, 9, and 10 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition) for further guidelines regarding other formatting rules related to references.

Examples of providing references are given below:
Book:
Smith, J. (2021). Introduction to Psychology. Publisher.
Journal Article:
Johnson, A., & Davis, B. (2022). The effects of exercise on mental health. Journal of Psychology, 25(3), 123-145.
Konferans Bildirisi Conference Paper:
Brown, C., White, E., & Green, F. (2023). The impact of technology on workplace productivity. Paper presented at the International Conference on Workplace Dynamics, City, Country.

Web Source:
National Institute of Mental Health. (2022). Anxiety Disorders: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments. Retrieved from [URL]
Chapter in an Edited Book:
Lee, T. (2021). Cognitive development in early childhood. In K. Johnson (Ed.), Advances in Child Psychology, 45-67. Publisher.

The International Journal of Behavior, Sustainability and Management (JOBESAM) is based on the ethical principles guide and recommendation book (COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors) published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) within the scope of adherence to the rules related to publication ethics, and from all the stakeholders of the journal - editors, reviewers, authors, and publishers - ask them to consider the following responsibilities:

Editors' Ethical Responsibilities:

• Editors should respect intellectual property rights while evaluating the works and should strive to ensure that the evaluation and publication processes of the work are qualified and fast.
• The process steps of the work evaluation processes should be published openly and transparently.
• It should ensure that the process of evaluation and publication of the work is qualified and fast.
• Editors should appoint referees impartially in accordance with scientific evaluation principles and provide an environment of free thought.
• It is expected that the journal will bring together many academicians who are experts in different fields, and that the editor will expand the scientific committee pool of the journal by reaching these academics and inviting them to the journal.
• In order to make the work of the authors easier in the publication process in the journal, the editors should share a list containing the writing rules of the journal.
• Every step in the evaluation process of the work sent to the journal should be shared with the owner of the work. When a positive or negative decision is made about the work, this information should be shared with the owner of the work in detail and scientifically evaluated.
• In accordance with the principle of blind refereeing, the names and information of the authors and referees should be kept confidential and should not be shared.

Ethical Responsibilities of Referees:

• Referees should accept refereeing in studies that fall within their field of study and expertise. In order for the evaluation to be carried out effectively and accurately, it is very important that the referees accept the refereeing for the works that they trust in their competence.
• In accordance with the principle of blind refereeing, referees must keep their identities confidential. In addition, the referees should not reach information about the owners of the works they evaluate; otherwise, they should not evaluate the works of which they have knowledge about their owners, or they should terminate the task regarding the evaluated work and immediately contact the editor.
• The stages in the evaluation process must be completed within the given time.
• Referees are expected to approach the works they evaluate with an impartial and unbiased perspective.
• At the end of the peer review, the referees should share the evaluation report they prepared in a scientific and explanatory language with the editor.

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors:

• The work submitted by the author must not have been previously published in another journal and the similarity rate of the work should not be above the rate determined by the International Journal of Behavior, Sustainability and Management.
• In order to determine the originality of the works, a similarity report can be requested from the authors of the International Journal of Behavior, Sustainability and Management. Additionally, during the preliminary review stage, similarity (plagiarism) rates are checked using the iThenticate . The expected similarity rate  have not be more than 20%.
• The editorial board of the journal receives documents, information, etc. from the authors during the publication process. can request; The author must provide any required data.
• The author(s) must keep their identities confidential in order to make an impartial evaluation in accordance with the method of blind refereeing during the publication process.
• The author is expected to notify the journal editor immediately if there is an error or a situation that requires correction, which he noticed during the publication process.
• If there is an existing or potential conflict of interest between multiple authors who are stakeholders of the work, this should be reported to the editor.

****Manuscripts submitted to our journal must comply with ethical guidelines. Research involving human or animal subjects requires an Ethics Committee Approval Certificate. Studies using surveys, interviews, or observations must also obtain ethical approval. "Copyright, Declaration of Conflict of Interest and Etical Form" must be fully completed, and the Ethics Committee Approval should be uploaded separately to the system. Manuscripts without ethical approval will not be considered for review.

Human Subjects & Ethics Policy

Research involving human participants must comply with international ethical standards (e.g., Declaration of Helsinki) and national regulations. Authors must confirm that:

Ethical approval was obtained from a recognized Institutional Review Board (IRB) or ethics committee,

Informed consent was obtained from all participants,

Participant anonymity and confidentiality were protected,

For vulnerable populations (minors, refugees, medical patients), additional safeguards were applied.

A statement declaring ethics approval and informed consent must be included in both the Methods section and the final submission metadata.

Publisher's Responsibilities:

• The International Journal of Behavior, Sustainability and Management provides open, electronic and free access. All stakeholders of the journal are independent of the publisher, and all processes related to publication are carried out independently of the publisher.
  The submitted and accepted articles to the International Journal of Behavior, Sustainability, and Management are subjected to a bilateral check using  iThenticate to ensure that the similarity rates (plagiarism) are not above 20% before entering the publication process.
• The intellectual property rights of all stakeholders contributing to the journal with their academic publications belong to the authors.

Licensing and Copyright:

Licensing

The International Journal of International Business, Sustainability and Management is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). The authors hold the copyright of their works published in the journal, and their works are published under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.  According to the license, NC commercial rights belong to the authors.
Author or You are free to:
Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.

Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes .

No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.


Copyright:  Authors must complete the Copyright Transfer Form for submitted articles and writings.
In order for the article to be considered for evaluation, the signed and scanned version of the "International Journal of International Business, Sustainability and Management "Copyright, Declaration of Conflict of Interest and Etical Form" must be uploaded to the system.   The Ethics Committee Approval must be additionally uploaded to the system. Studies without ethical approval will not be considered for evaluation.

Open Access Policy (OAP):

The International Journal of Behavior, Sustainability and Management is a journal published as Open Access. The journal adopts the "Budapest Open Access Initiative (2022)" as its Open Access Policy.


Publication Process:

Preliminary Review:
Manuscripts submitted to the journal are subjected to a rigorous preliminary review process based on the following criteria:

Adherence to Journal Template: The manuscript is meticulously assessed to ensure compliance with the journal’s formatting guidelines, including font style, reference format, and the placement of tables and figures. Manuscripts that do not meet these technical requirements may be rejected at this stage.

Similarity Check: The manuscript is analyzed using plagiarism detection tools such as Turnitin or iThenticate. A similarity index below 20% is required for further consideration. Manuscripts exceeding this threshold may be rejected or returned to the author for revision.

Peer Review Process:
Manuscripts progressing to the peer review phase are evaluated by at least two independent reviewers under a double-blind peer review system. Reviewers assess the manuscript based on scientific rigor, originality, methodological soundness, clarity, and the validity of the findings.

If revisions are deemed necessary, the author will be notified and provided with a timeframe of 15 to 30 days to address the reviewers’ comments. Authors have the option to reject specific recommendations; however, in such cases, they are required to provide a detailed explanation in a response letter addressing the reviewers’ feedback.

Once revisions are submitted and receive positive feedback from the reviewers, the manuscript is reviewed by the editorial board for a final decision. The outcome of the peer review and editorial evaluation determines whether the manuscript proceeds to the publication phase.

Acceptance and Publication:
For a manuscript to enter the publication phase, authors must submit the following:

Author Contribution Statement: Each author’s specific contributions to the study (e.g., conceptualization, data collection, analysis, manuscript drafting, or interpretation of results) must be clearly outlined. This ensures transparency in the authorship process.

Conflict of Interest Declaration: Authors are required to disclose any financial, institutional, or personal conflicts of interest that could have influenced the research process or its outcomes. This declaration upholds the integrity and impartiality of the publication.

Manuscripts approved for publication undergo the following steps:

Language and Editorial Review: The manuscript is reviewed for language fluency, grammatical accuracy, and adherence to the journal’s writing guidelines by the editorial team.
Review of Visuals and Tables: Figures and tables are thoroughly examined for compliance with journal standards, and adjustments are made where necessary.
Typesetting and Layout: The manuscript is formatted according to the journal’s design and layout standards. Authors are given the opportunity to review and approve the final version of the manuscript at this stage.
Upon obtaining the author’s final approval, the manuscript is prepared for publication and scheduled for release in an upcoming issue.

The timeline from initial submission to final publication typically ranges from 6 to 12 months, depending on the journal’s workflow, the peer review process, and the extent of required revisions. However, delays may occur in cases of extensive revision requests, missing ethics approvals, or technical issues.

Retraction Policy

The journal follows COPE Retraction Guidelines. Articles may be retracted in cases of plagiarism, data fabrication/falsification, unethical research practices, duplicate publication, or major methodological errors that invalidate the findings. A retraction notice will be published, clearly stating the reasons for retraction and linking to both the original article and the retraction statement. The retracted article will remain accessible in the archive, marked as “Retracted” to maintain the scholarly record.

Correction Policy

If an error is identified after publication that does not affect the overall conclusions of the article (e.g., authorship information, typographical errors, minor data corrections), a correction (erratum) will be issued. Corrections will be linked to the original published article.

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