Responsibilities of Referees

Contribution to the Evaluation Process

• In our journal, research (research articles, review articles, translations) that are evaluated by the Editorial Board are subject to the review of at least two referees from outside the institution where the expert, author works, within the scope of double-blind refereeing principle.
• The referee is obliged to consult the "Referee Evaluation Criteria" in the evaluation process from the moment they are appointed and accepted the task through the system.
  
• The referee should point out the completion of other articles, works, references, citations, rules and similar shortcomings related to the article. Reviewers should identify relevant published work that is not cited by the authors.
• Should they be unable to review the article for any reason, they should immediately inform the editor.

Confidentiality

• Referees cannot share the information within the text they assigned to review with others prior to its publication.
• Referees acknowledge that the work submitted for their review is the private property of the authors. This also applies to referees who decline their invitation to review.
• The names of the referees are not disclosed / published.
• As double-blind refereeing is applied in our journal, no author / referee information is left in the text file. File information from the files uploaded by the referees / authors to Dergipark is deleted by the editorial team.

Objectivity

• Referees should be objective in the decision to publish the text they examine.
• Comments on the text should be made impartially and recommendations should be made in a way that the authors can use to improve the text.
• Personal criticism of the authors is not acceptable.

Ethics

• Should the referees notice any ethical violation, plagiarism, etc. they should inform the Editor.

Conflict of Interest

•  In case of any conflict of interest and an appointment outside of the field of expertise, it is recommended to present the situation to the editor and withdraw from the referee process if necessary.

Fee

• No fees are paid to referees for review / evaluation procedures.