Publication Ethics

Studies on Marketing Insight (SOMI) expects all stakeholders who have contributed to the production of scientific content to act within the framework of ethical principles. "The Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing" published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) are accepted as the highest standards of publication ethics. In this regard, the responsibilities assigned to each stakeholder are summarized below:

Authors’ Ethical Responsibilities

• A study submitted to SOMI for publication should not have been published in or sent to another journal at the same time. Each submission can start following the completion of the previous one. A study that has already been published in another journal cannot be sent to SOMI.
• Authors are required to refer and/or cite thoroughly and accurately when using other studies. APA 7 style should be taken into consideration when citing and creating the reference list.
• The situations and relationships of all the works submitted for publication that may constitute a conflict of interest, if any, should be specified.
• Authors can be requested to provide raw data related to their articles in reviewing processes. In such a case, the author(s) should present the expected data and information to the editorial board.
• The author(s) must have a document showing that they have the rights to use the data and the necessary permissions for research/measurement tools/analysis.
• If the authors notice a mistake in their published, accepted, or under review work, they are responsible for cooperating with the editor while correcting, withdrawing, and informing the editor or the publisher.
• Authors cannot have their work in the submission process of more than one journal at the same time. Each submission can start following the completion of the previous submissions. A study published in another journal cannot be submitted.

Reviewers’ Ethical Responsibilities

• Reviewers agree to evaluate only studies related to their area of expertise.
• Reviewers should evaluate objectively and confidentially.
• If he/she thinks that he/she faces a conflict of interest during the reviewing process, he/she should refuse to examine the study and inform the journal editor.
• Due to the confidentiality principle, they should destroy the studies they examine after the reviewing process. They can only use the final versions of the studies they have reviewed after they are published.
• Reviewers make the assessment objectively only in relation to the content of the study. They should not allow nationality, gender, religious beliefs, political beliefs, and business concerns to influence the assessment.
• Reviewers should use polite language while making the assessment. They avoid derogatory personal comments that include hostility, slander, and insults.
• They need to perform the work they have accepted to assess, on time and with the above ethical responsibilities.

Editors' Ethical Responsibilities

• All publications are evaluated equally based on their intellectual content, regardless of the author's gender, race, religion, citizenship, and political values.
• Personal information about the articles is kept confidential.
• The observed conflict of interest regarding the article should be disclosed.
• The Editorial Board takes the responsibility of making publication decisions for the submitted articles based on the evaluation of the candidate article, considering the policies of the journal's editorial board and the articles legally prohibited against plagiarism and copyright infringement.
• Editors endeavour to meet the information needs of all stakeholders, to provide feedback when necessary, to act according to the principles of clarity in matters that require correction and explanation during the publication process.