Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

SCIENTIFIC RESPONSIBILITY
Authors are responsible for their articles' conformity to scientific rules. Each person listed as an author is expected to have participated in the study to a significant extent. The order of the authors' names must be a joint decision. Corresponding author accepts name order by filling the "Copyright Transfer Form". All authors' names must be included under the article's title. Any individual who does not meet the criteria for authorship but has contributed to the article can be listed in "Acknowledgement(s)" section.

PERMISSIONS
Authors should obtain written permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and on-line format if any previously published text passages, tables, figures, etc. are used in the article, and should specify this in the article.

COPYRIGHT TRANSFER
Copyright of an accepted article should be transferred to the Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University. This transfer covers the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article.

All articles published in this journal are protected by copyright. No material published in this journal may be reproduced in any forms without obtaining written permission from the Editor. Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University does not accept any legal responsibility for errors, omissions or claims with respect to information published in the journal. "Copyright Transfer Form" must be filled out and sent to ebd@beun.edu.tr . The corresponding author accepts that all information included in the manuscript is complete and has been agreed on by all authors.