LivenARCH+ JOURNAL ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
• Our journal follows the guidelines and policies published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
• All manuscripts that do not comply with the “LivenARCH+ Journal ETHICAL PRINCIPLES and PUBLICATION POLICY” will not be considered for the peer review process.
• All manuscripts submitted to LivenARCH+ Journal for publication are evaluated by national and/or international referees. The final decision about the manuscript is made by the editor(s).
• The publication types of research/review/theoretical articles submitted to LivenARCH+ Journal for publication are evaluated by national and/or international referees. The final decision about the manuscript is made by the editor(s).
• The publication types of discussion/opinion articles submitted to LivenARCH+ Journal for publication are evaluated by national and/or international referees and/or scientific advisory board and/or editorial board members as referees. The final decision about the manuscript is made by the editor(s).
• The double-blind peer review system is applied in LivenARCH+ Journal.
• The article publication process of LivenARCH+ Journal is completed within sixteen (16) weeks.
• In the same issue and/or year of LivenARCH+ Journal, more than one article with the same author's name as the sole and/or corresponding author, and with the same/other multiple authors cannot be published.
• For the LivenARCH+ Journal Special Issue; only the papers selected by the LivenARCH Congress Organizing Committee and accepted from the referee(s) evaluation processes are published in the following congress year.
• Authors of manuscripts submitted to LivenARCH+ Journal send the similarity report to the journal simultaneously with the manuscript. In the iThenticate/Turnitin programs where the similarity check will be performed, a similarity rate (excluding sources) of up to 15% is accepted.
• For manuscripts submitted to LivenARCH+ Journal requiring Ethics Committee Approval/Legal Permission/Special Permission, the author(s) submit the official document related to the permission containing the necessary explanations to the journal simultaneously with the manuscript.
• There is no submission, editing, evaluation, and publishing fee in LivenARCH+ Journal.

Actions Contrary to Scientific Research and Publication Ethics
a) Plagiarism: To show others’ original ideas, methods, data or works as their own work, partially or completely, without reference to scientific rules,
b) Fraud: To produce data that is not based on research, to edit or change the presented or published work on the basis of untrue data, to report or publish these, to present an unstudied research as if it has been done,
c) Distortion: Falsifying the research records or the data obtained, showing the devices or materials not used in the research as being used, not evaluating the data that is not suitable for the research hypothesis, manipulating the data and/or results in order to fit the relevant theory or assumptions, falsifying or shaping the research results in line with the interests of the people and organizations,
ç) Republishing: Presenting more than one work containing the same results of a research as separate works in academic appointments and academic promotions,
d) Slicing: Dividing the results of a research into pieces in a way that disrupts the integrity of the research and is inappropriate, and publishing in more than one issue, and presenting these publications as separate publications in academic appointments and promotions,
e) Unfair authorship: Including persons without active contribution among the authors or not including those who have active contribution, changing the author’s order in an unjustified and inappropriate manner, removing the names of those who have active contribution from the work in subsequent editions, having their names included among the authors by using their influence even though they have no active contribution,

Other types of ethical violations are as follows:
a) Not specifying the supporting persons, institutions or organizations and their contributions in the publications made as a result of the research conducted with support,
b) To use the theses or studies that have not yet been submitted or accepted as a source without the permission of the owner,
c) Not complying with ethical rules in research on humans and animals, not respecting patients’ rights in publications,
ç) To violate the provisions of the relevant legislation in human biomedical research and other clinical research,
d) Sharing the information contained in a work that has been assigned to review with others before it is published without the explicit permission of the owner of the work,
e) Misuse of the resources, places, facilities and devices provided or allocated for scientific research,
f) To make unfounded, unwarranted and deliberate allegations of ethical violations,
g) To publish the data obtained without the express consent of the participants in a questionnaire and attitude research conducted within the scope of a scientific study or, if the research will be conducted in an institution, without the permission of the institution,
ğ) To harm animal health and ecological balance in research and experiments,
h) Failing to obtain written permissions from the authorized units in research and experiments before starting the work,
ı) To carry out studies contrary to the provisions of the legislation in research and experiments or the provisions of the international conventions to which Turkey is a party, regarding the relevant research and experiments.
i) Failing to comply with the obligation of researchers and authorities to inform and warn those concerned about possible harmful practices regarding the scientific research,
j) Not using the data and information obtained from other persons and institutions in scientific studies, to the extent and as permitted, not to respect the confidentiality of this information and to ensure its protection,
k) To make false or misleading statements regarding scientific research and publications in academic appointments and promotions.

LivenARCH+ Journal Editor(s) Ethical Responsibilities
• Editor(s) are responsible for ensuring that every article published in LivenARCH+ Journal is published in accordance with the “LivenARCH+ Journal ETHICAL PRINCIPLES and PUBLICATION POLICY” and international standards.
• Editor(s) are obligated to implement the policies outlined in the “LivenARCH+ Journal ETHICAL PRINCIPLES and PUBLICATION POLICY”, specifically the “REFEREE PROCESS PRINCIPLES” and “REVIEWER and EDITOR GUIDELINES”; they ensure that each article is fairly, impartially, and timely reviewed, regardless of the author's ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, religious beliefs, or political philosophy.
• During the submission stage to LivenARCH+ Journal, authors are required to declare any conflicts of interest. If no such declaration is provided, a note stating that no conflict of interest has been declared is added to the article during the publcation stage.
• Editor(s) of LivenARCH+ Journal have the right to reject an article in the event of the detection of any conflict of interest.
• Editor(s) review articles submitted to LivenARCH+ Journal for compliance with the aims/scope and writing rules principles and ensure their entry into the peer review process.
• Editor(s) have full authority in the assignment of referees, and the final decision regarding articles to be published in LivenARCH+ Journal lies with the editors. Editors consult the Scientific Advisory Board when necessary for the final decision.
• Articles sent to referees by editor(s) are expected to be evaluated which the evaluations made on the articles are marked by the referees, within twenty (20) days. Referees inform the editor(s) if they cannot evaluate the assigned articles within the designated time. If the period is exceeded, editor(s) extend the time or make a new referee assignment, retracting the request from the previous referee.
• All changes requested by the editorial team or referees must be made by the authors which the evaluations made on the articles are marked by the author(s), within twenty (20) days. The decision about the process of the manuscript is made by the editor(s).
• Corrected articles are re-evaluated by referees requesting changes or corrections, if necessary.
• LivenARCH+ Journal Editor In-Chief decides on the publication of articles where corrections and suggestions requested by referees are made, in line with the opinions of the referees.

LivenARCH+ Journal Referee(s) Ethical Responsibilities
• All manuscripts received by LivenARCH+ Journal referees are evaluated anonymously. The double-blind peer review principle, where referees do not know the authors and where authors do not know the referees is applied during the evaluation process, and each manuscript is sent to minimum two (2) referees. For a manuscript to be published in the journal, two (2) positive reports from referees are required. In cases where referee reports differ, the opinion of a third referee is sought, and the evaluation is completed.
• Direct communication between referees and authors is not allowed within the scope of LivenARCH+ Journal. Article evaluations and notes are transmitted to the authors by the editor(s), preserving the information about the referees.
• Referees keep their evaluations confidential due to the nature of the documents sent to LivenARCH+ Journal.
• Referees evaluate only the articles related to their areas of expertise. In case of a different subject, they inform the editor(s) and withdraw from the process.
• Referees report any conflicts of interest to the editor and withdraw from the process in case of issues related to conflicts of interest.
• Referees complete the “LivenARCH+ Journal REFEREE EVALUATION FORM” for each article they evaluate, indicating their positive/negative decisions and reasons on the form.
• The period given to the referees to evaluate the articles is twenty (20) days from the date on which the referees accepted the evaluation after they were assigned by the editor(s).
• Referees inform the editor(s) if they cannot evaluate the assigned articles within the designated time.
• Referees notify the editor(s) in case of any plagiarism and/or copyright infringement.
• The language used in referees' reports should adhere to the rules of grammar, be academically articulate, explanatory, and constructive.
• Referees acknowledge that the final decision regarding the publication of the article lies with the editor(s).

LivenARCH+ Journal Author(s) Ethical Responsibilities
• The opinions expressed in articles published in LivenARCH+ Journal are not the views of the journal. The entire responsibility for the articles belongs to the respective authors.
• Authors of articles published in LivenARCH+ Journal are responsible for protecting the individual data of referees and readers.
• All manuscripts submitted to LivenARCH+ Journal must not have been published elsewhere or submitted to any other journal for publication. The authors of the respective articles are responsible for any disputes arising in this regard.
• All manuscripts submitted to LivenARCH+ Journal must be prepared in accordance with the “LivenARCH+ Journal WRITING RULES”. Articles that do not comply with the “LivenARCH+ Journal WRITING RULES” are not considered for the evaluation process.
• All manuscripts submitted to LivenARCH+ Journal must be original, and if they benefit from other works, proper citation or quotation is required.
• All changes requested by the editorial team or referees must be made by the authors within twenty (20) days. The decision about the process of the manuscript is made by the editor(s).
• The bibliography should be stated in a complete format and the institutional/organizational e-mail address(es) of the author(s) should be given.
• Data containing copyrights are used with the necessary permission, and permission information is provided.
• In articles based on postgraduate thesis, information about the institution where the thesis was conducted and the thesis advisor is included. In postgraduate thesis, the corresponding author must be the student of the thesis.
• Multiple publications made within the scope of a project are specified, and the first publication information is provided.
• Research requiring ethical committee approval obtains approval, and approval information is included.
• A “corresponding author” is selected from the authors of the article. During the evaluation process, all communication with editor(s) and the journal is the responsibility of the corresponding author. The corresponding author is obligated to provide timely, complete, and accurate information in response to all questions and requests from editor(s) and referees.
• The corresponding author must sign the “LivenARCH+ Journal COPYRIGHT NOTICE FORM” to specify the authorship order.

LivenARCH+ JOURNAL PUBLICATION POLICY
LivenARCH+ Journal is an academic,  independent, international, double-blind peer-reviewed, open access and online electronic journal published twice a year, with an additional Special Issue, by the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Karadeniz Technical University.
LivenARCH+ Journal utilizes the TUBITAK ULAKBIM DergiPark interface.
LivenARCH+ Journal grants the copyright of the published articles to the author(s) and licenses the first publishing rights of the articles to LivenARCH+ Journal.