PUBLICATION  POLICY and COPYRIGHT

Mediterranean Fisheries and Aquaculture Research-MedFAR is an international peer-review open access journal aiming to contribute to development of sustainable capture fisheries and aquaculture industries by establishing a freely accessible platform for dissemination of scientific findings, facilitating knowledge sharing and promoting science-industry interactions at regional level.

MedFAR is fully committed to principles of open access and free dissemination of scholarly research works and generated knowledge (http://www.oaacademy.org/why-open-access.html).

In this regard; globally acknowledged principles for open access policies i.e. “Budapest Open Access Initiative” (http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read)  and guidelines towards best practices in publishing scientific journals  (Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (https://doaj.org/bestpractice)  are fully respected. 

To facilitate dissemination of scholarly research and best available scientific knowledge for sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture sectors at regional level MedFAR does not charge any kind of publication or processing fees. The principal criterion for publication in MedFAR journal is the scientific quality of the submitted papers. 

COPYRIGHT, LICENCING and PUBLISHING RIGHTS

In line with “Budapest Open Access Initiative” recommendations (http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/)

MedFAR is using “Creative Commons”  (http://www.oaacademy.org/licensing.html) Licensing scheme for publication of  scholarly  works.  Articles in MedFAR are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).  For more information on this license  please visit:  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode. 

Authors are encouraged to visit; "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode" for detailed information on terms and conditions of  CC BY-NC 4.0 License. 

ETHICS

MedFAR team including editors and Editorial Advisory Board members are fully committed to ensure high ethical and professional standards in scholarly publication for both editors and authors.  Though a new journal and not a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), MedFAR is  inspired by COPE  guidelines and standards for best practices and responsible research publications for both editors and authors including;  

“GUIDELINES ON GOOD PUBLICATION PRACTICE” (https://publicationethics.org/files/u7141/1999pdf13.pdf), 

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR EDITORS (https://publicationethics.org/files/International%20standard_editors_for%20website_11_Nov_2011.pdf) and

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR AUTHORS (https://publicationethics.org/files/International%20standards_authors_for%20website_11_Nov_2011.pdf).

Authors are kindly encouraged to go through these document before submitting their manuscripts to be aware of the editorial aspects and to fully comply with these standards.   

All manuscripts submitted to MedFAR for publication should be screened for plagiarism using İThenticate software, prior to online submission by author(s). The "Similarity Index" should not exceed 24%. The similarity report should be submitted along with the manuscript and manuscript submission and copyright form.  

For experimental works involving animals, approvals from relevant ethics committee should have been obtained beforehand assuring that the experiment was conducted according to relevant national or international guidelines on care and use of laboratory animals.  Authors may be requested to provide evidence to this end.