ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
Marmara University Journal of Political Science upholds a strong set of publication ethics to ensure the integrity and credibility of the research that is published in accordance with the principles of the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE).
The journal ensures that the submitted manuscripts are judged on their merits regardless of the author's race, religion, nationality, sex, political view, seniority or institutional affiliation. The journal's policies are prominently displayed on the journal's website.
Authors should present an objective discussion of the significance of their research as well as sufficient details and references in order to enable other researchers to replicate the experiments. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements in the manuscripts are unacceptable. Review articles should also be objective, comprehensive and accurate. Authors should ensure that their work is original. In case the work(s) of other researchers is used, this should be appropriately acknowledged in the manuscript. Plagiarism is unethical and unacceptable. Similarly, submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal is unethical and unacceptable. The corresponding author should ensure that the co-authors approve the final version of the paper as well as its submission for publication. Authors should also make sure that there is no conflict of interest in their submissions. They should obtain the approval of the “Ethics Board/Committee” for clinical and experimental studies conducted on humans and animals (including opinion polls, surveys, interviews, observations, experiments, focus group studies). This approval should be clearly stated and documented in the article (board’s name, date and issue number). They should make sure that their submissions comply with the copyright regulations (especially for tables, graphs, illustrations, pictures, photographs).
Reviewers should treat the manuscripts they receive for review as confidential documents. They should not use the original information or ideas that are presented in the manuscripts for their own personal advantage. They should conduct their reviews in an objective manner, and suggest their revisions in a clear and understandable way in order to help the authors improve the manuscript. They should notify the editors if they think they are unqualified to review the manuscript or if they believe they cannot review the manuscript in a reasonable amount of time. They should not accept to review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest.
Editors should evaluate the manuscripts on the basis of their academic merit regardless of the author's race, religion, nationality, sex, political view, seniority or institutional affiliation. They should not use unpublished information in their own research without the written consent of the author(s). They should also take adequate measures to address ethical complaints that could be presented with regard to a submitted manuscript.
PUBLICATION POLICY
Open Access: The journal adopts the principle of open access, and all published content is made available to readers free of charge and without restriction.
Licensing: The journal explicitly states that its licensing policy is based on the Creative Commons (CC) framework.
Copyright: The copyright policy is structured in accordance with the principles of Creative Commons licensing.
Archiving: The journal archives all its issues and articles on a long-term basis through the DergiPark system.
Plagiarism: All manuscripts submitted to the journal are subjected to similarity screening at the preliminary evaluation stage through the plagiarism detection software provided by DergiPark. Uncited quotations, inadequate referencing, self-plagiarism, and other ethical violations are considered contrary to the principles of scholarly publishing. In cases where plagiarism or ethical misconduct is detected, the relevant submission is rejected without being taken into the review process. Where necessary, post-publication correction or retraction procedures are implemented on a continuous basis.
Use of Artificial Intelligence: In manuscripts submitted to the journal, artificial intelligence–assisted tools may be used solely for language editing, summarization, technical writing improvement, or limited research support. If AI tools are used for content generation, data interpretation, image creation, or in ways that contribute substantially to the core argumentation of the manuscript, such use must be explicitly disclosed within the article. AI systems may not be listed as authors; the final responsibility for the originality, accuracy, ethical compliance, and entire content of the work rests solely with the authors. In order to preserve the confidentiality of the peer-review process, uploading manuscripts submitted for evaluation to AI systems is not permitted.