A. Ethical Principles
The manuscript acceptance and publication processes followed at Periodicum Iuris are the basis for the impartial and
reputable development and dissemination of knowledge. The processes applied in this direction are directly reflected in the
quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed studies are studies that embody and
support the scientific method. At this point, it is important that all stakeholders of the process (authors, readers, researchers,
publishers, reviewers, and editors) comply with the standards for ethical principles. Within the scope of the journal's
publication ethics, all stakeholders are expected to carry the following ethical responsibilities. Guidelines and policies
published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) as open access were taken into consideration while creating the
following ethical duties and responsibilities.
1. Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
The author(s) submitting an article to the journal are expected to comply with the following ethical responsibilities:
• The author(s) are required to ensure that the submitted work is original, and if the author(s) utilize other works or use
other works, they must give full and correct attribution and/or citation. The author(s) should also avoid blind citation.
The manuscripts should be prepared by the journal's drafting rules and referencing formats. Within this framework, the
work submitted by the author(s) must be comply with the Directive on Scientific Research and Publication Ethics of
Higher Education Institutions and must be free from ethical violations such as plagiarism, forgery, distortion.
• The author(s) of the article must be indicated completely and accurately. All persons listed as author(s) of the article
must have made a direct and "intellectual" contribution to the study. The names of the persons who provided support
to the study in other ways without making an intellectual contribution and the nature of their contribution should be
indicated in the study.
• Manuscripts submitted to the journal should not have been previously published and should not have been submitted
to a journal other than Periodicum Iuris for simultaneous publication. Studies that have been previously presented at
national or international congresses or symposia and whose abstracts have been published can be submitted to the
journal by specifying these qualifications.
• All manuscripts submitted for publication should disclose any conflicts of interest and relationships.
• The author(s) may be requested to provide raw data on their manuscripts within the framework of the evaluation
processes, in such a case, the author(s) should be ready to present the expected data and information to the editorial
board and scientific committee.
• The author(s) should have a document showing that he/she has the rights to use the data used, has the necessary
permissions related to the research/analyses, or has carried out the permission procedures for the experimental
subjects.
• If the author(s) becomes aware of an inaccuracy or error in the published, early view, or under review manuscript, the
author(s) must notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor in correcting or withdrawing the
manuscript.
• Authors cannot have their work in the submission process of more than one journal at the same time. Each application
can be started after the completion of the previous application. Work published in another journal cannot be submitted
to Periodicum Iuris.
• It cannot be proposed to change the author responsibilities (such as adding an author, changing the author order, or
removing an author) of a study whose evaluation process has started.
Within the framework of ethical rules; researches that require Ethics Committee Permission for evaluation in the journal are
as follows:
• All kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from
participants using surveys, interviews, focus group studies, observations, experiments, interviews,
• Use of humans and animals (including materials/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,
• Clinical trials in humans,
• Research on animals,
• Retrospective studies by the personal data protection law.
In this context, in the studies to be evaluated in our journal;
• Indication of receipt of the "Informed Consent Form" in case presentations,
• Obtaining permission from the owners for the use of scales, questionnaires, and photographs belonging to others and
indicating this,
• For the intellectual and artistic works used, it must be stated that copyright regulations are complied with.
2. Ethical Duties and Responsibilities of the Editor
The journal editor should have the following ethical duties and responsibilities based on the "COPE Code of Conduct and
Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" published by the
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in open access:
a. General Duties and Responsibilities
The editors are responsible for every publication in the Journal. In the context of this responsibility, the editors have the
following roles and obligations:
• To strive to meet the information needs of readers and authors,
• Ensuring the continuous development of the journal,
• Carrying out processes to improve the quality of studies published in the journal,
• Supporting freedom of thought,
• Ensuring academic integrity,
• Maintaining business processes without compromising intellectual property rights and ethical standards,
• Demonstrating openness and transparency in terms of publication in matters requiring correction and clarification,
• Acting impartially and fairly in all decisions they make,
• Ensuring the necessary coordination to prevent any problems that may arise in the reviewing or publication process.
b. Relations with Readers
• Editors should make decisions by taking into account the expectations of knowledge, skills, and experience needed by
all readers, researchers, and practitioners.
• They should pay attention that the published studies contribute to the reader, researcher, practitioner, and their
scientific fields and that they are original.
• In addition, editors are obliged to take into account the feedback from readers, researchers, and practitioners and to
provide explanatory and informative feedback.
c. Relations with Authors
The duties and responsibilities of editors towards authors are as follows:
• Editors should make a positive or negative decision based on the importance, original value, validity, clarity of
expression, and the aims and objectives of the journal.
• Unless there is a justifiable reason, they should take the studies that are suitable for the scope of publication to the
preliminary evaluation stage.
• Editors should not ignore reviewers’ positive recommendations unless there is a justifiable justification for the study.
• New editors should not change the decisions made by the previous editor(s) unless there is a justified justification.
• "Reviewing and Evaluation Process" must be published and editors must prevent deviations that may occur in the
defined processes.
• Editors should publish an "Author's Guide" that includes every issue expected from authors in detail. These guidelines
should be updated at certain time intervals.
• Authors should be notified and returned in an explanatory and informative manner.
• Sensitive personal data of authors should not be used as an element of discrimination.
• The study in which research irregularities such as plagiarism, forgery, distortion, etc. occur should be identified and
necessary measures should be taken to prevent its publication. Under no circumstances should such irregularities be
encouraged or deliberately allowed to occur.
d. Relations with Reviewers
The duties and responsibilities of the editors towards the reviewers are as follows:
• Determine the reviewers by the subject of the study.
• They are obliged to provide the information and guidelines that the reviewers will need during the evaluation phase.
• He/she has to observe whether there is a conflict of interest between authors and reviewers.
• He/she should keep the identity information of the reviewer confidential in the context of reviewing.
• Encourage the reviewers to evaluate the manuscript in an impartial, scientific, and objective manner.
• Evaluate reviewers on criteria such as timeliness and performance.
• He/she should determine practices and policies to improve the performance of reviewers.
• Take the necessary steps to ensure that the reviewers pool is continuously and dynamically updated.
• Prevent unkind and unscientific evaluations.
• Take steps to ensure that the reviewer pool consists of a broad spectrum.
e. Relations with the Advisory Board
• The editor should ensure that all advisory board members carry out the processes following the publication policies and
guidelines.
• The editor should inform the advisory board members about the publication policies and keep them informed of
developments.
• Ensure that advisory board members evaluate the work impartially and independently.
• Identify new advisory board members who can contribute and are of appropriate quality.
• Send for evaluation studies appropriate to the expertise of advisory board members.
• Interact regularly with the advisory board.
• Organize periodic meetings with the advisory board for the development of publication policies and the journal.
f. Relations with the Journal Owner and Publisher
The relationship between editors (editor-in-chief and section editors) and the publisher is based on the principle of editorial
independence. Following the written agreement between the editors and the publisher, all editorial decisions are independent
of the publisher and the journal owner.
g. Editorial and Review Processes
Editors are obliged to implement the "Blind Reviewing and Evaluation Process" policies in the journal's publication policies.
In this context, editors ensure that the evaluation process of each study is completed in a fair, impartial, and timely manner.
h. Quality Assurance
Editors are responsible for the publication of each article published in the journal in accordance with the journal's editorial
policies and international standards.
ı. Protection of Personal Data
Editors are obliged to ensure the protection of personal data regarding the people, subjects, or images in the evaluated
studies. Unless the explicit consent of the people used in the studies is documented, they are responsible for rejecting the
study. Editors are also responsible for protecting the personal data of authors, reviewers, and readers.
i. Ethics Committee, Human and Animal Rights
Editors are obliged to ensure the protection of human and animal rights in the evaluated studies. They are obliged to reject
the study in the absence of ethics committee approval for the subjects used in the studies and permissions for experimental
research.
j. Precautions Against Possible Abuse and Misconduct
Editors are obliged to take precautions against possible misconduct and malfeasance. In addition to conducting a rigorous
and objective investigation in identifying and evaluating such complaints, it is among the editor's responsibilities to share
the relevant findings.
k. Ensuring Academic Publication Integrity
Editors should ensure that errors, inconsistencies, or misleading judgments are corrected quickly.
l. Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
Editors are responsible for protecting the intellectual property rights of all published articles and defending the rights of the
journal and the author(s) in case of possible violations.
In addition, editors are obliged to take the necessary measures to ensure that the contents of all published articles do not
violate the intellectual property rights of other publications.
m. Constructivism and Openness to Discussion
Editors should take into account the convincing criticisms of the works published in the journal and show a constructive
attitude towards these criticisms.
They should give the author(s) of the criticized studies the right to reply.
They should not ignore or exclude studies with negative results.
n. Complaints
Editors are obliged to carefully examine the complaints received from authors, reviewers, or readers and respond to them in
an enlightening and explanatory manner.
o. Political and Commercial Concerns
The journal owner, publisher, and no other political or commercial considerations influence the independent judgment of
the editors.
ö. Conflicts of Interest
The editors guarantee the independent and impartial completion of the publication process, taking into account conflicts of
interest between the author(s), reviewers, and other editors.
3. Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers
The evaluation of all studies by "Blind Reviewing" directly affects the quality of the publication. This process provides
confidence through objective and independent evaluation of the publication. The journal evaluation process is carried out
with the principle of bilateral blind reviewing. Reviewers cannot communicate directly with the authors, evaluations, and
comments are communicated through the journal management system. In this process, reviewer comments on evaluation
forms and full texts are communicated to the author(s) through the editor. In this context, reviewers evaluating manuscripts
for Periodicum Iuris are expected to have the following ethical responsibilities:
• They should inform the editor within a reasonable period whether or not they accept the invitation to review. Indeed,
this is important to prevent unnecessary prolongation of the publication process.
• Agree to evaluate only studies related to his/her field of expertise.
• Evaluate with impartiality and confidentiality.
• If he/she thinks that he/she is faced with a conflict of interest during the evaluation process, he/she should refuse to
review the study and inform the journal editor.
• When he/she feels inadequate in evaluating the relevant study or determines that it will not be possible to complete the
evaluation within the given time; he/she should share his/her findings in this direction with the journal editor and, if
necessary, withdraw from the peer review process.
• Due to the principle of confidentiality, they should destroy the manuscripts they have reviewed after the evaluation
process. They can only use the final versions of the studies they have reviewed only after they are published. In this
context, the reviewer shall not use the information obtained during the evaluation process for the benefit of
himself/herself or someone else, or to advantage or disadvantage a person or institution.
• The evaluation should be made objectively only with respect to the content of the manuscript. Avoid evaluations that
are not of a scientific nature. Not allow nationality, gender, religious beliefs, political beliefs and commercial concerns to
influence the evaluation. If it is found that the reviewer does not comply with these points, he/she will be contacted and
expected to revise and correct his/her comment.
• He/she should conduct the evaluation in a constructive and courteous manner. He/she should support his/her opinions
with suggestions. They should not make derogatory personal comments containing hostility, slander and insults.
• They should carry out the work they accept for evaluation on time and with the above ethical responsibilities.
• If the reviewer is aware of or suspects copyright infringement or plagiarism in the manuscript, he/she should notify the
editor without delay.
4. Ethical Responsibilities of the Publisher
All articles submitted to the journal are scanned by a plagiarism program (IThenticate (http://www.ithenticate.com/), Turnitin
(https://www.turnitin.com/), etc.) at the time of submission. The similarity rate must be less than 20%, excluding footnotes,
citations and bibliography. Articles exceeding this rate are reviewed in detail and, if deemed necessary, sent back to the
authors for revision or correction. If plagiarism or unethical behavior is detected, publication is rejected. However, the
editorial board of the journal has the discretion not to require the aforementioned ratio for articles derived from graduate
theses.
As the publisher of the journal, Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Law and the Editor-in-Chief act with the awareness
of the following ethical responsibilities regarding the journal:
• It protects the ownership and copyright of every article published in the journal and undertakes the obligation to keep a
record of every published copy.
• He/she has the responsibility to take precautions against all forms of scientific misconduct, citation fraud and plagiarism
related to editors.
5. In case of an Unethical Situation
If you encounter any unethical behavior or content in the journal other than the ethical responsibilities mentioned above,
please report it via e-mail to periodicumiuris@gmail.com.
B. Publication Policy
• Periodicum Iuris is an international and peer-reviewed journal. It is published electronically and in printed form in two
(2) issues per year, in January and July. The journal includes original and scientific studies written in Turkish, English,
French, Italian or German in the fields of law and law-related fields, which aim to add innovation to the local and
universal literature.
• The types of studies that can be included in the journal are research articles, review articles, translations, commentaries,
technical notes and book reviews.
• All manuscripts submitted to the journal are subjected to a preliminary review by the Journal Editorial Board, with the
opinion of the editorial board if necessary. Articles submitted to the journal are subjected to a preliminary review in
terms of form and content. The formal requirements and the submission process must be fulfilled in accordance with
the conditions of the journal. Studies that do not comply with these are subject to editorial rejection. Only after this
process, articles that the journal deems appropriate in accordance with scientific publishing standards are sent for peer
review. The preliminary screening and final decision on this issue is at the discretion of the Journal Editorial Board,
which will also take the opinion of the Editorial Board. Articles submitted to the Journal are not guaranteed to be
included in the peer review process. In addition, no date is given for the evaluation period of the manuscripts.
• The Journal refers accepted manuscripts to at least two 'blind' reviewers. In case of conflict between the review reports
and in other cases deemed necessary by the editors, a third reviewer will be consulted. All authority and decisions
regarding the reviewer selection and process are at the discretion of the editors. It is essential that reviewers are
appointed according to the field of specialization in which the work is included and the language requirement of the
publication. Reviewers evaluate the submitted manuscripts in accordance with the COPE guidelines, which address the
guidelines for reviewers. (https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.1.9)
• The number of issues for which the manuscripts requested to be considered will be shaped according to the results of
the reviewer evaluation, based on the submission dates.
• The manuscripts submitted to the journal must not have been previously published elsewhere or sent to other journals
for publication simultaneously. The author is obliged to submit the commitment form regarding this issue to the journal
together with his/her work.
• It is not possible for the author to withdraw the manuscripts that are in the peer review process and have completed
this process. Authors who refuse to make the necessary changes within the allotted time are subject to rejection.
• The Journal publishes only the number of manuscripts that it deems to be of sufficient quality in each publication
period. This is at the discretion of the Journal Editorial Board.
• In the event that interventions by the authors or third parties with whom they are related to the selection of reviewers
and the reviewing process and behaviors that may compromise anonymity are detected, the manuscripts will be
rejected by the journal management regardless of the stage of the manuscript
Periodicum Iuris adheres to a publishing policy based on academic principles and values, and is committed to the "Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers" of the Publication Ethics Committee (COPE).
Editors and reviewers conduct their duties based on the principles and guidelines set by the COPE. For more information on the ethical functioning of publishing, editorial and peer-review processes, see: https://publicationethics.org/
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