Ethical Responsibilities of the Reviewer

Marmara University Journal of Art and Design evaluates articles through a double blind review process. After the preliminary evaluation, the manuscript is anonymously sent to two reviewers determined by the editorial board by the editor or deputy editor together with the evaluation form, and the evaluation forms from the reviewers are notified to the authors anonymously by the editor or deputy editor. The reviewers of Marmara University Journal of Art and Design are obliged to fulfill the following ethical responsibilities. COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers was used in the preparation of the ethical responsibilities of the reviewers.
• The reviewer should agree to be a reviewer only for the studies related to their field of expertise and should make the evaluation themselves,
• The reviewer, who evaluates within the framework of the principle of impartiality and confidentiality, should inform the editor that they cannot evaluate if they realize that there is any conflict of interest,
• Due to the principle of confidentiality, the reviewer should not use the content of the article before the article they are evaluating is published,
• The reviewer should submit their evaluation objectively and considering only the content of the article to the journal by completely filling in the data requested from them in the evaluation form submitted by Marmara University Journal of Art and Design together with the article,
• The reviewer should convincingly explain the reasons for their assessments, especially negative ones,
• The reviewer should make their evaluations, corrections and suggestions in an academic, courteous and constructive manner, avoiding personal comments, insults and vulgar language,
• The reviewer who accepts to review is obliged to prepare the reviewer evaluation report within the deadline given to them and in accordance with ethical responsibilities.