Tarsus Üniversitesi Uygulamalı Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi

Tarsus University Faculty of Applied Sciences Journal, which started its publication life on 01 January 2021, aims to evaluate original research articles and book reviews prepared on subjects related to similar departments within the Faculty of Applied Sciences and Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences or similar departments of different faculties in accordance with scientific publishing principles and ethical rules and aims to deliver them to readers and researchers. Our journal is a peer-reviewed and scientific journal published twice a year (April and October).

Tarsus University Faculty of Applied Sciences Journal is a non-profit, interdisciplinary, scientific and refereed academic journal that publishes at national and international level by including original research in the fields of International Trade and Logistics, Finance and Banking, Business Administration, Economics, Customs Management, Health Management, Social Work, Public Administration, Finance, Management Information Systems, Econometrics, Human Resources Management, Financial Management, Labour Economics and Industrial Relations and similar fields. The publication language of the journal is Turkish and English. Tarsus University Journal of Faculty of Applied Sciences is published electronically twice a year in 6-month periods. The manuscripts are evaluated by at least two referees with blind refereeing. The submitted studies should not have been published before, should not have been submitted to more than one journal for publication at the same time, and should not be under evaluation for publication elsewhere as an oral or poster presentation. All responsibility for the works to be published in the journal belongs to the author or authors.

Tarsus University Faculty of Applied Sciences Journal article writing rules are presented as a template in the forms tab. Articles that do not comply with the spelling rules are returned to the authors. Documents to be uploaded to the system (These documents must be uploaded to the system in full);

• Full Text File,
• Author Information and Contact Form,
• Copyright Transfer Form.

Articles that are organised in accordance with the spelling rules are subjected to the following evaluation process.

ARTICLE EVALUATION PROCESS

Prior Assessment
All manuscripts submitted to the journal are first subjected to preliminary evaluation by the Editor. Submissions that do not fall within the scope of the journal's subject, do not comply with the format of a scientific study in terms of content and form, or with a similarity rate of more than 20% are rejected without starting the refereeing process or some changes may be requested from the authors.

Peer Reviewer Evaluation
Tarsus University Faculty of Applied Sciences Journal uses blind refereeing system. Manuscripts that pass the preliminary evaluation stage are sent to at least two peer reviwer determined by the editor and/or field editors, taking into account their areas of expertise.
The task of the peer reviewer is to examine the manuscripts submitted to the journal in terms of method, content and originality, to decide whether they are suitable for publication or not, and to convey this to the journal editorial office with an evaluation report. The membership of the peer reviwer starts with the acceptance of the invitation to evaluate the manuscripts sent to them by the editorial office. The validity period of the invitation is ten days. Invitations not accepted within this period are deemed not accepted. In case the review invitation is not accepted by the appointed peer reviewer or the evaluation is not carried out, new referees are appointed by the field editors.

By accepting this task, the peer reviewer are deemed to have undertaken that they will not use the work to be evaluated for the benefit of themselves or their relatives, and that they will not share any information and documents related to the work with third parties.
Peer reviewers are given a maximum of fifteen days for the evaluation process. The evaluation results are determined as ‘publishable’, ‘publishable with corrections’, ‘should be reviewed by the referee again after the corrections are made’ or ‘unpublishable’ through the ‘Referee Evaluation Report’. Correction requests by the authors are completed within seven days at the latest. After reviewing the corrections made by the authors, the referees may accept the manuscript, request further corrections or reject it. If the final opinions of the referees conflict, a third referee evaluation is made by observing the above periods. Articles that receive a publishable report from the referees are re-evaluated by the Editorial Board and published in order according to the date of arrival.

Target Audience
The target audience of the journal consists of academics, researchers, professionals, students and related professional and academic institutions and organisations.

Open Access Policy
The entire content of the Tarsus University Faculty of Applied Sciences Journal is provided free of charge to the reader or the institution to which the reader belongs. Readers can read, download, copy, search and link to the full text of the journal without permission from the publisher or author, except for commercial purposes.

Plagiarism Policy
All manuscripts submitted to our journal are subjected to a similarity report with the iThenticate programme before being submitted for peer review. Works with a similarity rate of more than 20% are rejected.

Publication Ethics
- All responsibility of the studies sent to our journal within the rules specified by the journal belongs to the author / authors. The opinions and suggestions in the articles are the sole responsibility of the authors. The opinions in the articles cannot be attributed to the journal.
- The works submitted for publication must not have been previously published elsewhere or sent for publication. If such a situation (Duplication) is detected, it is announced on the journal's website that the work is removed from the journal system.
- All publication rights of the works approved for publication by the Editorial Board belong to the Journal of the Faculty of Applied Sciences, including publishing in full text in electronic media.
- Our journal does not charge any publication fee at any stage. In addition, authors are not paid royalties.

The following ethical duties and responsibilities have been prepared in accordance with the principles, standards and policies of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE - Committee on Publication Ethics, https://publicationethics.org) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE - International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, http://www.icmje.org).

ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF AUTHORS
Articles submitted for publication must be prepared in accordance with the journal's spelling rules.
The author(s) must confirm that the submitted work is original. The author(s) should avoid acts contrary to scientific research and publication ethics (plagiarism, forgery, distortion, slicing, etc.).
In case the author(s) benefit from the works of others, they must correctly cite and/or quote the sources they use in accordance with ethical principles.
All authors involved in the study should have made significant contributions to the content, design, data collection, analysis and interpretation of the study, critically reviewed the study and approved the final version of the article to be published.
The author(s) must accept full responsibility for ensuring that questions concerning the accuracy or completeness of any part of the study are properly investigated.
The names of authors who have not contributed to the study should not be listed as authors. All other individuals who did not meet the criteria for authorship but contributed to the study to a lesser extent should be included in the acknowledgement section.
Authors should declare all material (such as grants, share ownership, consultancy, patent-licence agreements) or immaterial (such as memberships, information and opinions about the study, professional connections) situations that may constitute a conflict of interest that may affect the outcome or interpretation of their work submitted for publication.
All data in the article must be real and original. The author(s) may be asked for raw data about their article during the evaluation process, in such a case, the author(s) should be ready to provide the requested information to the editors.
In the event that the author(s) detects an error or inaccuracy in the manuscript during the evaluation process and in the manuscript in appearance or electronically published, the author(s) should notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to withdraw or correct the manuscript.
The author(s) should not submit to Tarsus University Journal of Faculty of Applied Sciences articles that they have published or submitted for publication elsewhere.
If the study is supported by any institution or derived from a thesis, this explanation should be included on the first page of the article file containing author information.
For the use of data such as scales, questionnaires, photographs, etc. belonging to other authors, permission should be obtained from the owners and this should be stated in the article.
The iThenticate similarity report for each article submitted should not exceed 20%.

ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EDITOR
Responsibilities of Authors
The editor should make a positive or negative decision about the article based on the importance, originality, validity, clarity of expression and the aims and objectives of the journal.
Unless serious problems related to the study are identified, the editor should pre-evaluate the studies that are suitable for the scope of publication.
Unless serious problems are identified, the new editor should not change the decisions made by the previous editor.
The editor should publish the peer review process and explain the reasons for any deviation from this process.
The journal should have a mechanism for authors to appeal the editor's decisions.
The editor should publish a detailed ‘Author's Guide’ that covers every topic that authors can expect from them. These guidelines should be updated at regular intervals.
The editor should provide notification and feedback to the authors in an explanatory and informative manner.
Responsibilities of Peer Reviewers
The editor should ask the referees to evaluate the articles appropriate to their knowledge and expertise.
It is obliged to provide the information and guides that the reviewers will need during the evaluation phase.
Evaluate reviewers based on criteria such as timeliness and performance.
The editor is obliged to observe whether there is a conflict of interest between authors and referees.
The editor should communicate to the referees all the necessary information about the referee evaluation process and what is expected from the referees.
The editor should remove reviewers who make rude and unqualified comments or return late from the reviewer list.
The editor should ensure that the peer-review process is double-blinded and should not disclose authors to reviewers and reviewers to authors.
Ensure that the peer reviewer pool is continuously and dynamically updated.
They should endeavour to ensure that the peer reviewer pool consists of a broad spectrum.
OTHER ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EDITOR
The editor is required to take into account the opinions and suggestions of the advisory board about the articles.
The relationship between the editor (editor-in-chief and section editors) and the publisher is based on the principle of editorial independence. According to the written agreement between the editors and the publisher, all decisions of the editors are independent from the publisher and the owner of the journal.
The editor is responsible for the publication of each article published in the journal in accordance with the journal's publication policies and international standards.
The editor is obliged to ensure the protection of personal data related to the subjects or images in the evaluated studies.
The editor is obliged to take precautions against possible misconduct and abuse of office.
The editor must ensure that errors, inconsistencies or misleading judgements in the studies are corrected quickly.
The editor is responsible for protecting the intellectual property rights of all published articles and defending the rights of the journal and the author(s) in case of possible violations.

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