At least three independent referees are appointed to evaluate your articles sent to JSTER.

Articles submitted for publication are evaluated by independent referees using the BLIND EVALUATION ( Single-Blind Refereeing or Double-Blind Refereeing) method.

Article Evaluation
All works sent to be published are sent to three referees who are experts in their fields for evaluation. After the review process that resulted with at least 2 referees sending a positive response, the editor decides whether the work will be published, taking into account the accuracy and importance of the work in question, the referee reports, legal regulations such as copyright infringement and plagiarism. In the event that one of the referees reports negatively, the article is sent to a third referee and a publication decision is made in line with the third referee's response. The editor may need the advice of other editors or referees when deciding on the work. The normal article process is aimed to be completed in between 30-45 days.

Articles with the name of the editor and the field editor are assigned to an editor/field editor other than these names. The blind peer-review process for these articles is continued in the same way. The editor/field editor, whose name is included as the author, does not participate in the evaluation process of these articles, the evaluation process is carried out independently.

Correction
In addition to the normal article evaluation process, 30 days for minor revisions; In the case of extensive revisions, a maximum of 60 days is added, and in articles that require a wide revision by more than one referee, a maximum of 90 days is added.

Article Withdrawal (Author):
Pursuant to the JSTER publishing policy, author cooperation with the editor of the journal should be ensured in withdrawals.
The author (s) who wish to withdraw their work during the evaluation phase, must submit the petition containing the reason for the withdrawal to the editorial board in a wet signature, stating that they have the consent of all authors. The editorial board must return to the author within ten days at the latest by reviewing this request. Since the publishing rights have been transferred to the JSTER by the author (s) at the time of article submission, the article cannot be submitted for evaluation to another journal, unless the study's withdrawal request is approved.

Withdrawal of Published Article (Editors):
If the JSTER Editorial Board detects copyright infringement and plagiarism in a published or early-view work, it will take the following withdrawal and notification procedures within 15 days at the latest. The work in which ethical violations are detected;
1. The phrase “Withdrawn:” is added at the beginning of the title in the electronic display.
2. Instead of the Abstract and Full Text contents in the electronic display, the reasons for the withdrawal of the study and, if there are detailed sources of evidence, are published together with the notifications of the institutions and organizations to which the author(s) are affiliated.
3. Notice of withdrawal is announced on the home page of the journal website.
4. The electronic and hard copy of the first issue to be published as of the date of withdrawal is added to the list of contents as “Withdrawn: Working Title”, the reasons for the withdrawal and the original citations cited as the source are shared with the public and researchers, starting from the first page.

DISCLAIMER

JSTER - Journal of Science Technology and Engineering Research; 
It is the author's responsibility to ensure that all works published within the scope of the "Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive" and the relevant legislation.
In addition, without prejudice to all the provisions of the said regulation, in addition:
• Not to include people with active contributions among the authors,
• Not to mention the supporters, institutions or organizations and their contributions in the publications made as a result of research conducted with support.
• In the event that acts contrary to ethics take place, the consent of the actual author, persons who are damaged or whose rights are negatively affected, does not eliminate the responsibility of those concerned.
The authors are obliged to include the information of the institution and the thesis supervisor in the publications they have made from their postgraduate theses, since their stated issues constitute an ethical violation.

All the legal obligations that may arise from the violation of the provisions of the "Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive" and the provisions of the relevant legislation belong to the authors of the article.

REFEREE EVALUATION CRITERIA:

1.  The referee should respect the confidentiality of the review process, and the referee should refrain from using the information obtained during the review process for the benefit of himself or others, or to cause others' disadvantage and discredit.
2. The referee should not involve another person (including someone in his first years of research as a consultant) in the manuscript evaluation process without notifying the journal.
3.  If the referee encounters any irregularities related to research and publication ethics, he must inform the journal.

Referees will answer the following questions during the evaluation process:
- Does the title and subtitles of the article reflect the work sufficiently?
- Does the summary of the article cover the purpose, method and results of the study?
- Does the article have an original contribution to science / art?
- Is the method and application used in the article sufficient?
- Are the problematic and concepts linked in the article and are they used appropriately?
- Is the language and expression used in the article sufficient?
- Are the sources used in the article current, relevant and sufficient?
- (If any) Are the figures and tables used in the article sufficient?
- If you had written an article on the same topic, would you benefit from this article 

-Are the sources in the text specified in the bibliography?

-Are there any references in the bibliography that are not mentioned in the text?

IMPORTANT :
Since Journal of Science, Technology and Engineering Research (JSTER) is registered on Publons (Web of Science), you can process your article refereeing in our journal on your Publons profile page with the refereeing certificate you will receive from us.

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