Ethical Principles and Publication Policy
Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement
Mimarlik ve Yasam is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and takes all possible measures against any publication malpractices.By submitting an article to "Mimarlik ve Yasam", the author(s) agree to comply with the journal’s publication ethics and publication malpractice statement. Any violation of these guidelines may result in the article being rejected or retracted, and other appropriate actions being taken.
Duties of Authors:
Reporting standards: Authors must present their research findings in a clear, honest, and complete manner. The article should include sufficient detail and references to support the claims and methodology. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements are unacceptable.
Originality and plagiarism: Authors must ensure that they have written entirely original works and, if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, this must be properly cited or quoted.
Data access and retention: Authors should be prepared to provide raw data related to their article for editorial review, and should be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.
Multiple, redundant, or concurrent publication: Authors should not publish articles describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same articlet to more than one journal concurrently is unethical and unacceptable.
Duties of Editors:
Fair play and editorial independence: Editors evaluate articles for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
Confidentiality: Editors and editorial staff will not disclose any information about a submitted article to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher.
Disclosure and conflicts of interest: Editors and editorial board members will recuse themselves from handling articles in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.
Duties of Reviewers:
Contribution to editorial decisions: Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and, through the editorial communications with the author, may also assist the author in improving the paper.
Promptness: Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in an article or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse themselves from the review process.
Confidentiality: Any articles received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others.
Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.