Journal of Art and Design Researches (STAR), the publication organ of Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University Faculty of Fine Arts, adopts a publication policy based on free, scientific, impartial and rapid evaluation. All publications in the journal archive are open to access. The Journal of Art and Design Researches (STAR) adopts national and international ethical rules and principles regarding “Publication Ethics”, “Research Ethics” and “Obtaining Legal/Special Permission Document”. All parties involved in the publication process are obliged to comply with the following ethical rules detailed within the scope of the guidelines published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

• Articles sent to the Journal of Art and Design Researches are expected to be original, have not been published anywhere before and contribute to science/art.

• According to the double-blind refereeing system applied in the Journal of Art and Design Researches, the study is submitted to the evaluation of two referees. If there is one positive and one negative opinion from the referees, the opinion of the third referee is sought. The final decision on publication belongs to the journal's editorial board.

• Editors, authors and referees who participate in the evaluation and publication process of the studies submitted to the Journal of Art and Design Researches accept the rules specified below under separate headings for each stakeholder.

ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF AUTHORS
• Authors should not have submitted their work to another journal for publication at the same time.

• Authors should have obtained the necessary ethics committee permissions for their research.

• When submitting an article, all authors approve the STAR Journal Copyright Transfer Form. No royalty fee is paid to authors in any way.

• Authors are required to upload the Similarity Report to the system. Articles with a similarity rate of over 15% in reports received from IThenticate or Turnitin programs will not be evaluated.

• Authors must submit their articles in accordance with the STAR Journal Article Template and writing rules.

• If the studies in question have been supported by any institution or organization, this institution or organization must be stated in the article. Any personal and financial relationships that may be related to their work must be stated.

• Researchers must not plagiarize, fabricate or distort the data, findings and evaluations in the study from elsewhere. No information, findings or ideas belonging to someone else may be used without citing the source.

• Authors of the article must be stated completely and accurately. All authors named in the article must have directly contributed to the study. The order of authors should be determined according to their level of contribution to the research.

• Works that have been removed from unpublished reports, theses or presentations should be clearly stated. Authors should avoid republishing a previously published study, some or all of which have been published, as a separate publication without citing it.

• Authors should take into consideration the opinions and suggestions of the referees and the editorial board during the evaluation process. They accept that the final decision on the publication of the study rests with the editorial board of the journal.

• Authors should contact the Journal of Art and Design Researches to inform, correct or retract any errors or mistakes they notice in their published articles.

ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF EDITORS AND FIELD EDITORS
• Editors of the Journal of Art and Design Researches are responsible for publishing articles that they are certain of their scientific quality, ensuring that the blind peer review process and ethical principles are implemented.

• Editors must keep information about articles sent to the Journal of Art and Design Researches confidential. They must ensure that articles are reviewed by appropriately qualified referees and that evaluations are conducted impartially and independently.

• When making decisions about the publication of articles, editors base their decisions on the originality of the articles, their contribution to science/art, the validity of the research method used and the results obtained, the clarity of expression, and their suitability for the purpose and scope of the journal.

• Editors are responsible for communicating the referees' evaluations to the author without making any changes, as long as they do not contain insulting or derogatory statements.

• Editors must review the authors' objections to the referees' negative opinions, determine whether the objection in question is based on substantiated grounds, and if deemed necessary, seek a different referee opinion.

• Editors should ensure that articles from authors affiliated with the Journal of Art and Design Researches are evaluated impartially and inform readers about this.

ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF REFEREES
• Referees must accept to evaluate only articles related to their fields of expertise and complete their evaluations within the time limit.

• Referees must evaluate articles in terms of their scientific qualities, in an impartial manner and in accordance with academic rules, and keep all information about the article confidential.

• Referees must also take into account the rules of plagiarism based on the citation-source relationship of the article.

• Referees accept that the final decision on the publication of the article is under the authority of the journal's editorial board.

OBTAINING LEGAL/SPECIAL PERMISSION CERTIFICATE
In studies requiring ethics committee approval, information regarding the ethics committee approval obtained (the name of the institution granting the permission, the date and the issue number it was obtained with) must be clearly stated in the method section and also on the first page of the article. Studies requiring ethics committee approval are as follows:

• Any research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using survey, interview, focus group study, observation, experiment, interview techniques,

• Research using humans and animals (including material/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,

• Clinical studies conducted on humans,

• Research conducted on animals,

• Retrospective studies in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law.

In addition, permission must be obtained from the owners of scales, surveys or photographs belonging to others in articles and must be stated in the article.