1. Publication Ethics Principles
We commit to conducting a publication process in accordance with the Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Guidelines published by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) and the principles of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics).
Studies in the field of tourism that do not require ethical committee approval may be published, but all authors are deemed to have accepted the following ethical principles:
• Ethical violations such as plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, salami slicing, duplicate publication, and unjustified authorship are unacceptable.
• Sources must be cited completely and accurately.
• If personal data, documents, or images belonging to individuals are used, authors are required to obtain ethical committee approval and participant consent.
2. Retraction Policy
Sinop-e: Tourism Research Journal reserves the right to retract articles after publication if serious ethical violations are detected.
The retraction process applies in the following circumstances:
• Obvious plagiarism or use of fabricated data,
• Publication elsewhere prior to publication,
• Request by the authors to retract the article,
• The editor or publisher determining that the publication is invalid due to serious ethical issues.
Publisher and editor responsibilities:
• The publisher publishes a transparent retraction notice.
• The editor informs the relevant author, requests an explanation, and manages the process in accordance with COPE guidelines.

• The retracted article remains in the journal archive, but the words “RETRACTED” are added to the PDF file.
The responsibility for initiating and managing retraction lies not only with the authors but also with the editors and the publisher, who act upon any ethical breach discovered post-publication.
3. Post-Publication Corrections
Minor errors found in an article published in the journal may be published as an erratum (correction notice) or corrigendum (author correction) after evaluation by the editor and authors.
• Minor typographical or typesetting errors: indicated as an “erratum.”
• Significant methodological errors or omissions identified by the author: published as an “author correction.”
• Changes are presented clearly alongside the original version of the article.
4. Conflict of Interest Policy for Editors
Editors are responsible for ensuring impartiality in the review process.
An editor withdraws from the review process in the following circumstances:
• Working at the same institution as the authors,
• Previous academic collaboration (thesis supervision, joint publication, etc.),
• Emotional, professional, or financial conflicts of interest.
Editor Responsibilities:
• To clearly declare any conflict of interest,
• To make decisions based on objective, scientific, and ethical values,
• To manage the peer review process free from conflicts of interest.