1-Publication Ethics

The ethical duties and responsibilities set out below are based on guidelines and policies published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) as open access.

2-Responsible for Publication Ethics

- Researchers (authors)

-The Editors

-Publishing boards

-Advisors (referees)

-Supporting institutions (persons)

-Scientific policy makers (managers)

-Readers

3-Ethical Responsibilities of Authors

Authors submitting articles to the Journal of Black Sea Studies are expected to comply with the following ethical responsibilities:

The publication processes used in the Journal of Black Sea Studies constitute the basis for the development and dissemination of information in an impartial and respectable manner. The processes applied in this direction are directly reflected in the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions supporting the authors. Refereed studies are the studies that embody and support the scientific method. At this point, it is important that all stakeholders of the process (authors, readers and researchers, publishers, referees and editors) comply with ethical standards. All stakeholders are expected to have the following ethical responsibilities within the scope of the publication ethics of the Journal of Black Sea Studies.

-Authors must submit original works. Authors are obliged to cite and/or cite completely and accurately if they use other studies.

-The persons who do not contribute intellectually to the content of the study should not be mentioned as authors.

-The situations and relationships of any work submitted for publication that may constitute a conflict of interest should be explained.

-Raw data about articles within the framework of the evaluation process can be requested from authors, in which case the authors have to submit the expected data and information to the editorial board and the scientific committee.

-The authors must have the right to use the data used, the necessary permissions for the research/analysis, or the document showing that the consent of the test subjects.

-Writers; they are obliged to cooperate with the editor in informing, correcting or withdrawing the journal editor or publisher if he/she discovers a mistake or error related to his/her published in stage of early appearance or evaluation.

-Authors cannot keep their work in the application process of more than one journal at the same time. Each application may be initiated following the completion of the previous application. Work/s previously published in another journal cannot be sent to the Journal of Black Sea Studies.

-Changing the author responsibilities of a study that has started the evaluation process (such as adding author, changing the order of author, removing the author) cannot be offered.

4-Ethical Duties and Responsibilities of Editors

The editors and field editors of the Journal of Black Sea Studies must have the following ethical duties and responsibilities on the basis of "COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE):

4-1-General duties and responsibilities

The editors are responsible for every publication published in the Journal of Black Sea Studies. In this respect, editors have the following roles and obligations:

Making efforts to meet the information needs of readers and authors,

Ensuring the continuous development of the journal,

Conducting processes to improve the quality of the studies published in the journal,

Supporting freedom of thought,

Ensuring academic integrity,

Continuing business processes without compromising intellectual property rights and ethical standards,

Demonstrate clarity and transparency in terms of publication in matters requiring correction, clarification.

4-2-Relations with readers

Editors should make decisions based on the knowledge, skills and experience expectations of all readers, researchers and practitioners. The published works should contribute to the reader, researcher, practitioner and scientific literature and be original. In addition, the editors are obliged to take into account the feedback from readers, researchers and practitioners and provide explanatory and informative feedback.

4-3-Relations with authors

The duties and responsibilities of the editors towards the authors are as follows:

Editors should make a positive or negative decision based on the importance, original value, validity, clarity of expression, the aims and objectives of the journal.

The studies that are suitable for the scope of publication should be taken to the pre-evaluation stage unless there is a serious problem.

Editors should not ignore the positive referee recommendations unless there is a serious problem with the work.

"Blind Review and Evaluation Process" must be published and editors should prevent deviations from the defined processes.

Authors should be provided with explanatory and informative notification and return.

Explanatory and informative notification and return should be provided for the authors.

4-4-Relations with referees

The duties and responsibilities of editors towards referees are as follows:

Referees should be determined in accordance with the subject of the study.

The editors are obliged to provide the information and guide that referee’s need during the evaluation process.

The editors must observe whether there is a conflict of interest between authors and referees.

In the context of blind review, the referees' identity information must be kept confidential.

Editors should encourage referees to consider working in an objective, scientific and objective language.

They should establish policies and practices to improve the performance of the referees.

They should take the necessary steps to update the pool dynamically of referees.

They should prevent unkind and unscientific evaluations.

They should take steps to make the referees’ pool a wide range.

4-5-Relations with Editorial Board

Editors should ensure that all editorial board members advance processes in accordance with editorial policies and guidelines. The editorial board should inform its members about the publication policies and keep them informed of developments.

In addition, editors;

They should ensure that the editorial board members evaluate the work impartially and independently.

They identify new editorial board members who may contribute and qualify.

They should submit the studies of the editorial board members in accordance with their field of expertise for evaluation.

They should interact regularly with the editorial board.

They should periodically meet with the editorial board for the development of publication policies and the journal.

4-6-Relations with the magazine owner and publisher

The relationship between the editors and the publisher is based on the principle of editorial independence. In accordance with the written agreement between the editors and the publisher, all decisions of the editors are independent from the publisher and the journal owner.

4-7-Editorial and blind review processes

Editors are obliged to implement the "Blind Review and Evaluation Process" policies in the journal publication policies. In this context, the editors ensure the fair, impartial and timely evaluation of each work.

4-8-Quality assurance

The editors are responsible for the publication of each article published in the Journal of Black Sea Studies in accordance with the journal's publishing policies and international standards.

4-9-Protection of personal data

The editors are obliged to ensure the protection of personal data regarding the subjects or visuals involved in the studies being evaluated. Unless the express consent of the individuals used in the studies is documented, they are responsible for rejecting the study. In addition, editors are responsible for protecting the individual data of authors, referees and readers.

4-10-Ethics committee, human and animal rights

The editors are obliged to ensure the protection of human and animal rights in the studies evaluated. Editors are responsible for rejecting the study in the absence of ethics committee approval of the subjects used in the studies for experimental research.

4-11-Measure against possible abuse and misuse of duty

Editors are obliged to take action against possible abuse and misuse. In addition to conducting a rigorous and objective investigation into the identification and evaluation of complaints, they are responsible for sharing the findings.

4-12-To ensure the integrity of academic publications

Editors should ensure that the judgments in the work, including errors, inconsistencies or misleading, are quickly corrected.

4-13-Protection of intellectual property rights

Editors are obliged to protect the intellectual property rights of all published articles and to defend the rights of journal and authors in case of possible violations. In addition, editors are obliged to take the necessary measures to ensure that the content of all published articles does not infringe the intellectual property rights of other publications.

4-14-Constructiveness and openness to discussion

Editors should take into account the persuasive criticism of the works published in the journal and should take a constructive attitude towards these criticisms.

The authors of the criticized studies should have the right to reply.

The editors should not ignore or exclude studies with negative results.

4-15-Complaints

The editors are obliged to examine the complaints from the authors, referees or readers carefully and to respond in an enlightening and explanatory manner.

4-16-Political and commercial concerns

The owner, publisher and any other political and commercial elements do not affect the independent decision-making of the editors.

4-17-Conflicts of interest

The editors ensure that the publication process of the work is completed in an independent and impartial manner, taking into account conflicts of interest between authors, reviewers and other editors.

5-Ethical Responsibilities of Referees

The evaluation of all studies with "Blinding Review" directly affects the quality of the publication. This process provides confidence through objective and independent evaluation of the publication. The evaluation process of the Journal of Black Sea Studies is carried out on the principle of double-blinded review. The referees cannot contact the authors directly. Reviews and comments are communicated through the journal management system. In this process, referee comments on evaluation forms and full texts are forwarded to the authors through the editor. In this context, the referees are expected to have the following ethical responsibilities for the Journal of Black Sea Studies:

They should accept only work related to the field of expertise for the evaluation.

They should evaluate impartially and confidentially.

If referees think that they is facing a conflict of interest during the evaluation process, they should refuse to review the study and inform the journal editor.

As a principle of confidentiality, they should destroy the studies they have reviewed after the evaluation process. They can only use the final versions of the studies after they are published.

The evaluation should be carried out objectively only in relation to the content of the study. The referees should not allow nationality, gender, religious beliefs, political beliefs and commercial concerns to influence assessment.

The review should be constructive and gentle. The referees do not make humiliating personal comments that include hostility, slander and insult.

They should perform the work they accept to evaluate in a timely manner and with the above ethical responsibilities.

6-Publisher's Ethical Responsibilities

The Editors and Editorial Board of the Journal of Black Sea Studies are aware of the following ethical responsibilities:

The editors are responsible for all the processes submitted to the Black Sea Review Journal. In this context, it is the editors who make decisions regardless of economic or political gains.

They undertake the creation of an independent editor's decision.

They protects the property and copyright of each article published in the Journal of the Black Sea Studies and undertakes to keep the records of each published copy..

They have the responsibility of taking all kinds of scientific misconduct, citation and plagiarism-related measures for editors.

If you encounter any unethical behaviour or content other than the ethical responsibilities mentioned above in the Journal of Black Sea Review, please notify karadinizincelemeleridergisi@yahoo.com.tr by e-mail.