Journal of Erciyes Sustainability is committed to ensuring high-quality scientific publications that meet standards of academic excellence. The ethical duties and responsibilities set forth below are based on international standards.

📋 Referenced International Standards:
This policy has been prepared based on the "Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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1. Duties and Responsibilities of Editors
Editors are responsible for enforcing strict ethical policies coupled with a rigorous blind peer-review process.


2. Duties and Responsibilities of Reviewers
Contribution: Assists the editor in making decisions and helps the author improve the paper.
Confidentiality: Manuscripts must be treated as confidential documents and not discussed with others.
Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism is inappropriate.
Source Acknowledgement: Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors.

3. Duties and Responsibilities of Authors
🚫 Plagiarism Policy: Journal of Erciyes Sustainability has zero tolerance for plagiarism. All manuscripts are checked for similarity. If the similarity rate is above 25% or data fabrication is detected, the manuscript will be rejected.


4. Open Access and Copyright
🔓 Open Access Policy:
Journal of Erciyes Sustainability adopts the open access policy in line with the Budapest, Berlin, and Bethesda Open Access Declarations.
Licensing: Articles are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Authors retain copyright but allow the work to be shared freely with proper citation.

5. Management of Ethical Violations
Ethical issues raised by readers or reviewers are examined in accordance with COPE guidelines.

• Erratum: Published for minor errors.
• Retraction: Applied in cases of serious errors invalidating results or ethical misconduct.