JOURNAL PUBLICATION POLICY GENERAL INFORMATION

JSTER aims to contribute to scientific and technological development in the field of engineering by publishing studies in the fields of basic sciences, technology and engineering research within the framework of its journal publication policy. It publishes articles and compilations in Turkish and English. The journal is published twice a year in June and December.

Publication Ethics Statement:

For all parties involved in the process of publishing (authors, Editorial Board, and reviewers), it is necessary to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior. 

ETHICS COMMITTEE APPROVAL

Please send your submitted articles by organizing them according to the following items.

Our authors are required to obtain the relevant documents for their studies requiring ethics committee approval and upload them to the system together with their studies.
1. “Ethics Committee Permission” is required for all kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using survey, interview, focus group study, observation, experiment, interview techniques.
2. It must be stated in the articles whether ethics committee permission and/or legal/special permission is required. If these permissions are required, it must be clearly stated from which institution, on which date and with which decision or issue number the permission was obtained.
3. “Ethics Committee Permission” is required for research using humans and animals (including material/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes.
4. If the study requires the use of human or animal subjects, it must be declared that the study was conducted in accordance with international declarations, guidelines, etc.
5. “Ethics Committee Permission” is required for clinical research conducted on humans and research conducted on animals.
6. According to the law on the protection of personal data, “Ethics Committee Permission” is required for retrospective studies.

The name of the committee, date and issue number will be stated in the method section of the article and in the ethics committee approval section on the last page of the article. Researchers who are not university members can also apply to the Ethics Committees in their region.

ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES

JSTER Journal, as a journal aware of the fact that information must be easily accessible for scientific studies to advance, supports the initiative of open access of peer-reviewed journal literature in the Budapest Open Access Declaration and offers all published articles free of charge in an environment where everyone can read and download them.

Peer-reviewed articles are studies that ensure the application of the scientific method and impartiality. The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed journal is an important building block in the development of a consistent and respected information network. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the author and the institutions that support them. In the realization of scientific production, all components of the publication process; publisher, editors, authors, referees and readers must comply with ethical principles.
Ethical issues to consider in publishing:

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors:

• Authorship of the article: Authorship should be limited to those who have made significant contributions to the conception, design, conduct or interpretation of the reported study. Transparency about author contributions is documented in the Copyright and Author Agreement.
• Originality and plagiarism: Authors must ensure that they have written completely original work and that when authors use the work and/or words of others, it is properly cited or quoted.
• Authors may be asked to provide raw data associated with an article for editorial review and should be prepared to provide access to such data.
• Multiple or simultaneous publications: An author should generally not publish papers describing the same research in more than one journal or primary publication.
• Disclosure and conflicts of interest: All submissions must include a disclosure of any relationships that could be considered a potential conflict of interest.
• Fundamental errors in published work: When an author finds a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, they have the obligation to immediately notify the journal editor or publisher and to contact the editor to retract or correct the article.
• Human or animal rights: Ensure that all studies involving human or animal subjects comply with national and international laws and guidelines, confirm that necessary approvals have been obtained, and respect subject confidentiality.

• Authors must ensure the confidentiality and anonymity of the participants while collecting, analyzing, and reporting data. Authors must ensure that all participants in their study have given informed consent for publication.

Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers

• To objectively review the article in a timely manner to contribute to the editor's decision-making process and agree to only evaluate studies related to their field of expertise.
To conduct the evaluation objectively and solely on the content of the study.
To provide guidance that will help improve the quality of the article to be published and to review the study meticulously. To convey their comments to the author in a constructive and polite manner.
• To protect the confidentiality of information provided by the editor and author, to destroy the work reviewed after the evaluation process in accordance with the principle of confidentiality, to notify the editor if there is a situation contrary to blind refereeing and not to evaluate the work.

Editors' Ethical Responsibilities

• To act in a balanced, objective and fair manner in the performance of their duties without discrimination based on gender, religious or political beliefs, or the ethnic or geographical origins of the authors.
• To evaluate the studies submitted to the journal according to their content, not to show any privilege to any author.
• To take the necessary measures to prevent possible conflicts of interest and to evaluate the existing statements, if any.
• In the event of a complaint of ethical violation, to implement the necessary procedures in accordance with the policies and procedures of the journal. To give the authors an opportunity to respond to the complaint, not to hesitate to apply the necessary sanctions regardless of the author of the study.
• To reject the submitted study if it does not comply with the purpose and scope of the journal.