The publication processes implemented in the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Journal of Social Sciences form the basis for the development and distribution of knowledge in an impartial and respectful manner. The processes implemented in this direction directly reflect on the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support the authors. Peer-reviewed studies are studies that embody and support the scientific method. At this point, it is important for all stakeholders of the process (authors, readers, researchers, publishers, referees and editors) to comply with the standards regarding ethical principles. Within the scope of the publication ethics of the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Journal of Social Sciences, all stakeholders are expected to carry the following ethical responsibilities.

For any research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using survey, interview, focus group study, observation, experiment and interview techniques, ethics committee permission must be obtained for articles sent to our journal after January 1, 2020.

The ethical duties and responsibilities listed below have been prepared by taking into account the guidelines and policies published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) as open access.

The articles must undergo peer review; It is one of the active elements in the development of an integrated and respected knowledge network. In this way, the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them becomes directly observable. Peer-reviewed articles support and shape scientific methods. Therefore, it is important for the authors, journal editors, referees and publishing organizations to reach a consensus on the standards of ethical behavior expected from the researcher:

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES

1. Authorship

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Journal of Social Sciences requires publications submitted for evaluation to be checked by a plagiarism program. In this context, each study must be checked for plagiarism by its author and its report must be uploaded to the system at the time of application. If the article has not been checked by its author or if a re-check is needed, the plagiarism check can be done by the editor. The overall similarity rate must be below 20%.

The reference list must be complete.

Plagiarism and fake data must not be included.

The same research should not be attempted to be published in more than one journal, and scientific research and publication ethics must be followed.

Actions that are against scientific research and publication ethics are as follows:

a) Plagiarism: Presenting the ideas, methods, data, applications, writings, figures or works of others as one's own work, partially or completely, without citing their owners in accordance with scientific rules,

b) Forgery: Producing data that is not based on research, editing or changing the presented or published work based on false data, reporting or publishing these, presenting a research that has not been done as if it has been done,

c) Distortion: Falsifying research records and obtained data, presenting methods, devices and materials that were not used in the research as if they were used, evaluating data that is not in accordance with the research hypothesis, tampering with data and/or results to fit the relevant theory or assumptions, falsifying or shaping research results in line with the interests of persons and institutions receiving support,

ç) Re-publication: Presenting more than one work containing the same results of a research as separate works in associate professorship exam evaluations and academic promotions,

d) Slicing: Separating the results of a research into inappropriate parts and without citing each other in a way that disrupts the integrity of the research. presenting them as separate works in the evaluation of associate professorship exams and academic promotions by publishing a large number of publications,

e) Unfair authorship: Including people who have no active contribution among the authors, not including people who have active contribution among the authors, changing the author order in an unjustified and inappropriate manner, removing the names of those who have actively contributed from the work during publication or in subsequent editions, using one’s influence to have one’s name included among the authors even though one has not actively contributed,

f) Other types of ethical violations: Not clearly stating the supporting persons, institutions or organizations and their contributions in the research in the publications of research conducted with support, not complying with ethical rules in research conducted on humans and animals, not respecting patient rights in publications, sharing information in a work that one has been assigned to review as a referee with others before publication, using resources, places, facilities and devices provided or allocated for scientific research for purposes other than intended, making completely unfounded, unfounded and intentional accusations of ethical violations (YÖK Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive, Article 8).

2. Author Responsibilities

All authors must have contributed significantly to the research.

All data in the article must be declared to be authentic and original.

All authors agree to retraction and error correction procedures at the time of submission.

3. Reviewer Responsibilities

Reviews must be impartial.

Reviewers must have no conflict of interest with the research, authors, and/or research funders.

Reviewers must identify relevant published but uncited works.

Controlled articles must be kept confidential.

4. Editorial Responsibilities

Editors have full responsibility and authority to accept or reject a manuscript.

Editors must have no conflict of interest with respect to the articles they accept or reject.

Only articles that contribute to the field should be accepted.

When errors are found, they must support the publication or retraction of the correction.

Reviewers must keep their names confidential and prevent plagiarism/false data.

The review process is central to the success of scientific publication. The protection and improvement of the peer review process is part of our commitment, and the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Journal of Social Sciences has an obligation to assist the scientific community in all cases related to publishing ethics, especially in cases of suspicious, duplicate publications or plagiarism.

If a person notices a significant error or inaccuracy in an article published in the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Journal of Social Sciences, or has any complaints about the editorial content (plagiarism, duplicate articles, etc.), they can complain by sending an e-mail to sbedergi@erdogan.edu.tr. We welcome complaints as they provide us with opportunities to improve, and aim to respond quickly and constructively.

PUBLICATION POLICY

1. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Journal of Social Sciences (RTEÜSBD) is published in the field of social sciences in one volume per year; two issues per volume (June and December issues).

2. The publication language of RTEÜSBD is Turkish. In addition, scientific studies in Arabic and English are published. The Editorial Board decides on the publication of studies in other languages.

3. Copyrighted and translated articles, simplifications, edition critiques, book reviews, scientific meeting evaluations and doctoral dissertation abstracts are published in RTEÜSBD.

4. Articles sent to the journal must not have been published elsewhere or sent for publication.

5. Studies sent to the journal must be original and in accordance with academic standards.

6. In translation and simplification articles, a copy of the original texts must be transferred to the computer and added to the submission.

7. Articles sent to the journal without complying with the journal's writing principles are returned to the author for correction without being sent to the referee.

8. Article publication process:
a. Articles sent for publication are subject to the stages of pre-check, plagiarism screening, Turkish-English language check and referee evaluation.
b. A ​​study that fails to pass this process despite being examined three times in the pre-check and plagiarism stages is returned to the author and is not processed again in the same publication period.
c. Studies that pass the pre-check and language check stages and are deemed suitable for evaluation are taken into the referee evaluation process.

9. Referee evaluation process:

a. A double-blind refereeing system is applied at RTEÜSBD.

b. The editor of the field to which the article is related, if necessary, contacts the Editorial Board and sends the article to two referees who are experts in their fields. The period for both referees to respond to the invitation is 3 days. The invitations of referees who do not respond positively or negatively to the invitation at the end of the 3rd day are canceled. They are sent to a different referee. The period for completing the evaluation is 15 days from the date that both referees accept the invitation. A period of 3 days is added to the referees who do not complete the evaluation at the end of the 15th day. If the referee does not complete his/her evaluation at the end of the 3rd day, his/her duty is canceled and a different referee is assigned.

c. If both referees who complete their evaluations report positively, the article is taken into the publication process. The article that is passed to the publication stage is sent to the spelling control again. After the 7-day spelling control stage, it goes through the final reading process, which will take another 7 days.

d. If both referees decide to reject the article, the relevant article is rejected. If both referees request major revisions from the author or if the referees make major-rejection decisions, the rejection of the study or sending it to a third referee will be on the agenda. The Publication Advisory Board makes the decision on this issue. If the referees make acceptance-minor, minor-minor or minor-major decisions, the relevant article will be sent to the author for correction. If there is a disagreement between the referees on the decision (acceptance-major, acceptance-rejection, minor-rejection), the article will be sent to a third referee. In such a case, the third referee's opinion determines the decision on the relevant article. Once each of these refereeing stages is completed, the editorial process takes 7 days to move on to the next stage.

e. Confidentiality is essential in referee reports; for this reason, referee names are not included in the journal's imprint.

10. A maximum of two studies by the same author (copyright or translation) can be published in one issue.

11. No royalty fee is paid for published articles. No fee is requested from authors for their publications.

12. RTEÜSBD reserves the right to make corrections to submitted articles and to store unpublished articles in the journal archive.

13. The legal responsibility of all works published in RTEÜSBD belongs to the author and cannot be associated with the RTEÜSBD Editorial Advisory Board.

14. All policies and processes at RTEÜSBD are determined by the Editorial Advisory Board. The Editorial Advisory Board has the authority to decide on matters not specified here.

Copyright Policy
From the date of submission to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Journal of Social Sciences, until the end of the evaluation process and, if published, from the date of publication, studies cannot be published in whole or in part in any visual, audio or printed media without the permission of the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Journal of Social Sciences Publication Advisory Board; they can be quoted by referring to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Journal of Social Sciences.