While establishing the ethical duties and responsibilities below, it has been prepared by considering the guidelines and policies published as open access.

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
Authors submitting studies to the Journal of Fungus are expected to comply with the following ethical responsibilities:
• The publication processes implemented in Journal of Fungus are the basis for the development and distribution of information in an impartial and respectful manner. The processes implemented in this direction are directly reflected in the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support the authors. Peer-reviewed studies are studies that embody and support the scientific method. At this point, it is important that all stakeholders of the process (authors, readers and researchers, publisher, reviwers and editors) comply with the standards for ethical principles.
All stakeholders are expected to bear the following ethical responsibilities within the scope of the publication ethics of the Journal of Fungus.
• The works submitted by the authors are expected to be original. Authors are required to cite and/or cite completely and accurately if they benefit from or use other works.
• Persons who do not contribute to the content intellectually in the creation of the work should not be specified as authors.
• All studies submitted for publication should specify the situations and relationships that may constitute a conflict of interest, if any.
• Raw data can be requested from the authors within the framework of the evaluation processes, in such a case the authors should be ready to submit the expected data and information to the editorial board.
• Authors must have a document showing that they have the right to use the data used, the necessary permissions for research/analysis, or the consent of the experimental subjects.
• If the authors realize an error or mistake regarding their published, early appearance or evaluation work, they have an obligation to cooperate with the editor in informing, correcting or withdrawing the journal editor or publisher.
• Authors cannot have their work in the application process of more than one journal at the same time. Each application can be started following the completion of the previous application. A study published in another journal cannot be sent to the Journal of Fungus.
• Changing the author responsibilities of a work whose evaluation process has begun (such as adding an author, changing the order of authors, removing an author) cannot be proposed.

Ethical Duties and Responsibilities of Editors
The Journal of Fungus editors and field editors should have the following ethical duties and responsibilities based on the "and " guidelines published by open access:

Relations with the editorial board
Editors should ensure that all editorial board (central board) members develop processes in accordance with editorial policies and guidelines. The editorial board should inform its members about the publication policies and keep them informed of the developments.
In addition, editors;
• It should ensure that the members of the editorial board evaluate the issues that need to be evaluated impartially and independently.
•Meetings should be held with the editorial board at regular intervals for the development of publication policies and the journal.

Relations with the journal owner and publisher
The relationship between the editors and the publisher is based on the principle of editorial independence. All decisions taken by the editors are independent of the publisher and the journal owner.

Editorial and blind peer review processes
Editors; is obliged to implement the "Blind Refereeing and Evaluation Process" policies included in the journal's publication policies. In this context, the editors ensure that the fair, impartial and timely evaluation process of each work is completed.

Quality assurance
Editors; is responsible for publishing every article published in the journal in accordance with journal publication policies and international standards.

Protection of personal data
Editors; is obliged to ensure the protection of personal data regarding the subjects or images included in the evaluated studies. Unless the explicit consent of the individuals used in the studies is documented, they are responsible for refusing the study. In addition, editors; The author is responsible for protecting the individual data of the reviewers and readers.

Ethics committee, human and animal rights
Editors; It is responsible for ensuring the protection of human and animal rights in the evaluated studies. Ethics committee approval for the subjects used in the studies is responsible for refusing the study in the absence of permission for experimental research.

Precaution against possible misconduct
Editors; is obliged to take precautions against possible abuse and misconduct. It is among the responsibilities of the editor to share the relevant findings, as well as to conduct a rigorous and objective investigation regarding the identification and evaluation of complaints regarding this situation.

Ensuring academic publication integrity
Editors should ensure that judgments containing errors, inconsistencies or misdirection in studies are promptly corrected.

Protection of intellectual property rights
Editors; It is obliged to protect the intellectual property rights of all published articles and to defend the rights of the journal and authors in case of possible violations. In addition, the editors are obliged to take the necessary measures so that the contents of all published articles do not violate the intellectual property rights of other publications.

Plagiarism Prevention Control
• Presenting the ideas, methods, data, practices, writings, figures or works of others as their own work, in whole or in part, without attribution in accordance with scientific rules.
• Journal of Fungus scans all submitted articles to prevent plagiarism. The studies submitted for review are checked for plagiarism using Turnitin & Ithenticate software. The similarity rate is expected to be less than 30%. The main measure of similarity is the author's compliance with the citation and citation rules. Even though the similarity rate is 1%, if the citation and citation are not duly made, plagiarism may still be in question. In this respect, the citation and citation rules in the field should be known and carefully applied by the author.
• Plagiarism, duplication, false authorship/denied authorship, research/data fabrication, article slicing, slicing, copyright infringement and concealment of conflict of interest are considered unethical behaviors. All articles that do not comply with accepted ethical standards are removed from the publication. This includes articles with possible irregularities and inconsistencies detected after publication.

Publication of Studies Based on Survey and Interview
Journal of Fungus adopts the principles of the Editorial Ethics Committee (COPE) "Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers" in order to create ethical assurance in scientific periodicals. In this context, the following points should be followed in the studies submitted to the journal:
*For research in all branches of science that requires ethics committee approval (ethics committee approval should be obtained, this approval should be stated and documented in the article.
*In research that requires ethics committee permission, information about the permission (name of the committee, date and number) in the method section, and also on one of the first/last pages of the article; In case reports, information about signing the informed consent/consent form should be included in the article.

Constructivism and openness to discussion

Editors;
It should take into account the persuasive criticisms of the works published in the journal and should adopt a constructive attitude towards these criticisms.
Authors of critiqued works should be given the right of reply.
They should not ignore or exclude studies with negative results.

Complaints
Editor-in-Chief or Editorial board (central board); The author is obliged to carefully examine the complaints from the reviewers or readers and respond in an enlightening and explanatory manner.

Political and Commercial Concerns
The journal owner, publisher and no other political or commercial factors affect the editors' independent decision making.

Conflicts of interest
Editors; It guarantees the independent and impartial completion of the publication process of the studies, taking into account the conflicts of interest between the authors, reviewers and other editors.

Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers
Evaluation of all studies with "Blind Refereeing" directly affects the quality of the publication. This process provides confidence through an objective and independent evaluation of the publication. The Journal of Fungus evaluation process is carried out with the principle of double-blind refereeing. Reviewers cannot directly communicate with authors, evaluations and comments are submitted through the journal management system. In this process, reviewer comments on evaluation forms and full texts are sent to the authors through the editor. In this context, it is expected that the reviewers evaluating the work for the Journal of Fungus have the following ethical responsibilities:
•Only work related to the field of expertise should accept evaluation.
• It should make an evaluation with impartiality and confidentiality.
• If he thinks that he is facing a conflict of interest during the evaluation process, he should refuse to review the study and inform the journal editor.
• In accordance with the principle of confidentiality, they should destroy the studies they have examined after the evaluation process. They can only use the final versions of the studies they have reviewed after they are published.
• Should make the evaluation objectively only in relation to the content of the study. Nationality, gender, religious beliefs, political beliefs and commercial concerns should not be allowed to influence the evaluation.
• Make the assessment in a constructive and courteous language. Do not make derogatory personal comments that include hostility, slander and insults.
• They should perform the work they accept to evaluate in a timely manner and with the above ethical responsibilities.

Publisher's Ethical Responsibilities
The Journal of Fungus Editors and Editorial Board act with the awareness of the following ethical responsibilities:
• The editors are responsible for all processes of the studies submitted to the Journal of Fungus. In this context, the decision makers are the editors, regardless of economic or political gains.
•Commits to create an independent editorial decision.
• It protects the property and copyright of every article published in the Journal of Fungus and undertakes to keep a record of every published copy.
• It has the responsibility to take precautions against all kinds of scientific abuse, citation fraud and plagiarism regarding the editors.