ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
FOR AUTHORS
The studies submitted to the journal must be original, comply with scientific theory and methodology, and contribute to existing practices and theories.
Studies may be prepared in Turkish or English.
Studies submitted to the journal must not have been previously published or submitted for publication anywhere, either domestically or internationally.
The Journal Management is not obliged to investigate whether the submitted studies have been previously published elsewhere.
The ethical responsibility in this regard rests with the author(s) of the manuscript.
Submission of a study to our journal for publication shall be regarded as the author’s commitment in this regard.
A manuscript based on a paper presented at scientific meetings (congresses, symposia, seminars, etc.) may be accepted provided that the paper has not been published in the relevant proceedings and that this is explicitly stated.
If any research, data collection, analysis, research findings, or other information obtained within the scope of the study submitted to the journal has previously been used in a work published elsewhere, this must be explicitly stated in the manuscript and included in the references.
If a study submitted to the journal has more than one author, the authors undertake that each author has personally contributed to the planning, research, preparation, writing, editing, and finalization of the manuscript for publication and that they share equal responsibility.
If the authors’ contribution rates and areas differ, a statement of author contributions must be provided.
Studies submitted to the journal must not contain any fabricated (non-existent) information in relation to research, data collection, analysis, research findings, or any other aspect of the study.
Authors must demonstrate in the manuscript and references that they have consulted not only sources supporting the results and conclusions put forward by their study but also sources supporting other perspectives.
For studies supported by a research institution/organization (TÜBİTAK, TÜİK, Türk Tarih Kurumu, etc.), the name of the relevant institution/organization and the name of the project, as well as its date and number, if applicable, must be indicated in a footnote.
For conference and symposium papers, the name, location, and date of the meeting must be specified.
Studies submitted to our journal are regularly subjected to plagiarism screening.
For this purpose, the plagiarism detection software iThenticate is used to identify plagiarism in academic studies.
Studies submitted to the journal must be prepared in accordance with the Higher Education Council (YÖK) General Assembly’s Directive on Scientific Research and Publication Ethics of Higher Education Institutions, dated 10 November 2016 and numbered 2016.23.497, the Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Principles of the National Defense University, and the standards of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) (http://publicationethics.org/international-standart-editors-andauthors).
If a study submitted to the journal involves research conducted on humans and/or animals or includes personal information to be disclosed as a result of the research, an authorization document obtained from the relevant ethics committee must be submitted.
Studies falling within this category without the required authorization document will not be accepted.
The circumstances requiring authorization from the relevant ethics committee for studies submitted to the journal include all types of research conducted using qualitative or quantitative approaches that require collecting data from participants through surveys, interviews, focus group studies, observations, experiments, or interview techniques; the use of humans and animals (including materials/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes; and clinical research conducted on humans and animals.
For case reports, an “Informed Consent Form” must be obtained and submitted, and documentation must be provided showing that permission has been obtained from the owners for the use of third-party scales, questionnaires, and photographs.
Compliance with copyright regulations concerning intellectual and artistic works is mandatory.
If any non-compliance with academic and ethical principles is identified at any stage of the evaluation process, the evaluation process shall be immediately terminated and the study shall be rejected, regardless of the stage it has reached.
In the final paragraph of the abstract section of their manuscripts, authors are required to include the following statement: “This study has been prepared in accordance with scientific research and ethical principles. There is no content in this study that requires ethics committee approval or legal/special permission. The authors have declared to the Journal of Defense and Security Research, with their signatures, that there is no conflict of interest related to the study.”
(If the study contains content requiring permission, information regarding the permission (name of the committee, date, and approval number) shall be provided on the first page, and the relevant permission documents shall be appended to the end of the study.)
FOR REVIEWERS
Reviewers are the fundamental elements responsible for determining whether a submitted manuscript complies with scientific standards, the journal’s writing rules, publication principles, and ethical rules, as well as for assessing its academic quality.
Reviewers should act accordingly and conduct their evaluations with the responsibility of enhancing academic quality.
Reviewers should accept to review only manuscripts for which they possess the expertise necessary to conduct an appropriate evaluation.
Reviewers must comply with the double-blind peer-review rules and keep all details concerning the manuscript strictly confidential.
Reviewers must not share any information regarding the manuscript they are reviewing with others under any circumstances.
Reviewers must conduct their evaluations in accordance with the principle of impartiality.
Reviewers should evaluate only the scientific quality of the manuscript, its contribution to the field, the accuracy of its content, and its compliance with writing, formatting, and academic standards.
The fact that the ideas presented in the manuscript differ from those of the reviewer must not affect the evaluation.
Reviewers must strictly avoid using insulting, disparaging, or accusatory expressions in their reports.
Reviewers must use clear and detailed statements related to the manuscript in their reports.
In their evaluations of manuscripts they do not consider suitable for publication, reviewers must clearly and concretely identify the deficiencies and shortcomings on which their decisions are based.
Reviewers should assess whether the authors have adhered to the principle of impartiality in their studies and should ensure that the authors have consulted not only sources supporting the results and conclusions put forward by the study but also sources supporting other perspectives.
Reviewers must evaluate the manuscripts within a maximum of 30 days. If they will not be able to conduct the review, they must inform the journal of their decision to decline the review within one week of receiving the review invitation.
If reviewers suspect any conflict of interest in a manuscript they are reviewing, they must inform the journal editorial office regarding the evaluation process and, where necessary, decline to review the manuscript.
FOR EDITORS
Editors should accept for the evaluation process studies submitted in accordance with the journal’s ethical rules and writing and formatting principles that are expected to contribute to the field.
Editors must not have any conflict of interest or relationship with studies that are accepted or rejected.
Editors have full responsibility and authority to accept or reject a manuscript.
The Journal Editorial Board, the Managing Editor, and the Journal Editorial Secretariat are responsible for ensuring the confidentiality of all studies submitted to the journal until publication. No information concerning the studies may be disclosed to anyone other than the author(s).
In accordance with the double-blind peer-review principle, it is the responsibility of the editors to ensure that the identities of reviewers and authors are kept mutually confidential.
Editors should conduct similarity screening of studies submitted to the journal before the evaluation process begins and make every effort to prevent plagiarism.
It is the responsibility of the editors to ensure that the plagiarism screening, preliminary evaluation, peer-review, revision, and publication processes of studies submitted to the journal are completed fully and in a timely manner.
When accepting or rejecting studies submitted to the journal, editors must act in accordance with research ethics principles and academic standards.
FOR READERS
If readers identify a significant error or mistake in a study published in the Journal of Defense and Security Research, or identify any issue concerning the editorial content (such as plagiarism, duplicate publications, etc.), they are encouraged to report the matter to saga@msu.edu.tr. Such notifications will be welcomed and promptly evaluated.