Publishing Principles
Turkish Journal of Science evaluates original research articles that are appropriate in terms of purpose and scope.
In order for a submission to be evaluated in TJOS, it must first be suitable for the scope of the journal. In addition, the article should meet the expectations of the journal in terms of originality and novelty, and it should have the potential to make significant contributions to the field it is related to.

Manuscript Submission
Authors must prepare their submissions to the journal in English. The submission file must contain the names of the authors, corresponding author information, address information, e-mail addresses, and the ORCID numbers of the authors should be given as footer on the first page. If the submission is accepted as a result of the evaluation process, the responsible author is requested to send the source file of the article and additional files if necessary. Turkish Journal of Science does not demand article submission fee or article evaluation fee from authors.

Permissions
The corresponding author is required to submit all necessary permissions for figures, tables, graphics or photographs previously published in print or electronically in the article accepted for publication in the Turkish Journal of Science, at the time of submitting the article. It is the responsibility of the responsible author to use the materials such as figures, tables, graphics or photographs in the article with the permission of the copyright holder and to clearly declare these permission documents. In cases where no notification is made, it is accepted that all information in the article belongs to the authors and the responsibility is assumed by the authors.

Title
The title of the article should be determined as simply as possible, should be in a form that reflects the content of the article and should not contain symbols, formulas, abbreviations or special characters unless it is mandatory. Under the title, author names, address information and e-mail addresses should be included.

Abstract
It is recommended that the abstract section should reflect the content of the article in the most effective way and should be prepared in such a way that it does not contain formulas, graphics, references, abbreviations and special characters.

Keywords
It would be appropriate for the authors to choose 3-5 words or phrases that are most suitable for the content of the study while determining the keywords. Keywords should be chosen meticulously in terms of documentation of the article in databases and being easily accessible by researchers.

Headings
The authors should not use more subheadings than secondary subheadings in the article content.

Abbreviations
Abbreviations should not be used in the title and abstract, and the abbreviation should be defined in the first place in the text. Using abbreviations in the same way throughout the entire text and being as clear as possible affects the readability of the article.

Acknowledgments
In the Acknowledgments section, people, institutions and sponsors who contributed or provided support during the preparation of the article, revision steps and acceptance phase should be thanked by clearly stating their contributions. The Acknowledgments section should be just before the welder and project numbers should be specified if necessary.

Submission Preparation Checklist
It is important for the authors to carefully follow the steps below during the submission process, in terms of processing the submission and initiating the evaluation processes.
1- The study should not have been published in any scientific platform before and should not be in the process of evaluation in another journal at the same time. If there is any necessary explanation of the work, it should be stated in the Comments to the editor section.
2- Make sure that the submission complies with the format determined by the journal and is prepared with the help of Latex. Click here to download the template.
3- It is obligatory for the responsible author to upload the signed copyright transfer form. Click here to download the copyright agreement form.

Copyright Notice

In the event that the article is accepted and published at the end of the evaluation processes, all copyright and publication rights of the article are deemed to be transferred to the Turkish Journal of Science as of the date of signing the copyright transfer form.

Privacy Statement
Names, e-mail addresses and other information entered in the journal's website within the scope of membership to the journal, article submission, refereeing procedures, editorial board activities and other transactions are kept in line with the principles of personal data protection. Besides, this information cannot be used for any other purpose. This information is not shared with third parties.

ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE AUTHORS, EDITORS AND REVIEWERS

Publication Ethics

The responsibilities and ethical rules determined below are considered in all editorial processes. In this context, the users of the Turkish Journal of Science (editors, authors, reviewers, department editors, readers) must comply with these responsibilities and rules. Responsibilities and ethical rules are given in detail below.

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors

• Authors should prepare and submit their manuscripts in their original form.
• Authors should ensure that citations in manuscripts are correct, complete and in proper form.
• Authors should specify and explain situations where a conflict of interest may arise.
• Editors, section editors or reviewers can request raw data of the manuscript from the authors.
• Manuscripts that require an ethical report should be submitted together with the manuscript by the author.
• The manuscript has pre-control, evaluation, proofreading and publishing stages, respectively. In case of any errors or omissions in the manuscript in any of these processes, the journal is obliged to inform the authorities.
• A manuscript cannot be submitted to two different journals in the same process. An article published in a different journal or in the process cannot be submitted to the Turkish Journal of Science. In other words, there are two conditions for the manuscript to be submitted to the Turkish Journal of Science. The manuscript has not been uploaded to any journal or if the manuscript has been submitted in a different journal, the rejection decision must have been taken.

Authorship Rights

During the article submission process, the Copyright Transfer form must be uploaded by the corresponding author. In order to have the right of authorship in the article, the information of the author(s) must be in the Copyright Transfer form. During the evaluation process of the article, it will not be possible to add/remove authors other than the authors who signed the Copyright Transfer Form. If the corresponding author makes such a request, the processes of the article are stopped and the article is rejected. This does not prevent the article from being resubmitted.

Ethical Duties and Responsibilities of Editors
Editors’ Relationships with Readers

Editors are obliged to consider the feedback from readers, researchers and practitioners about published articles. It is also obliged to respond to these feedbacks and take the necessary actions.

Editors’ Relations with the Authors

• Editors make decisions about the articles based on the original value of the article, the aims of the journal and the ethical rules.
• Editors should accept articles with high scientific contribution in accordance with the responsibilities and ethical rules of the journal during the evaluation process.
• Editors should consider the positive opinions of the referees unless there is an important reason.
• Requests and feedback from the authors should be carefully examined and fulfilled if they comply with the journal's rules.

Editors’ Relations with the Reviewers

• The referees to be appointed should be selected from the relevant field of the manuscript.
• The editor must ensure that there is no conflict of interest between the referees and the authors.
• The editor should guide the reviewers in the manuscript evaluation process and provide the requested information.
• The editor is obliged to hide the identity information of the referees through blind refereeing.
• The editor should give the necessary warnings to the referees for the timely, impartial and scientific evaluation of the article.
• The editor should make an effort to increase the number of referees in order to reach a correct decision about the manuscript.

Editors’ Relations with the Journal Owner and the Publisher

Editorial decisions should be independent of the journal owner and the publisher.

Publication of the Article

Editors are responsible for considering the publication principles, journal aims and international standards in the articles to be published in the journal.

Article Retraction Procedures  

From the submission of the article to the journal until the end of the evaluation and revision processes, the corresponding author reserves the right to withdraw the article from the publication process.
For the articles that have been accepted as a result of the evaluation and revision processes and published by being assigned to the issue:
- Requests to withdraw the article sent to the journal editor by the corresponding author or authors with the right of authorship are evaluated by the journal editor and the members of the editorial board. If the request is deemed appropriate, the article will be retracted.
- In case plagiarism, conflict of interest and other ethical problems are detected in an article that has been published by being assigned to the issue, the corresponding author is informed and the article is retracted.
- If the published articles are retracted for any reason, the reasons for the retraction and the process information are transparently disclosed and published on the journal's website.
- Retractions are notified by the editor to all institutions and organizations where the journal is indexed.
- All retractions are carried out under the responsibility of the journal editor.

Post-Production Corrections

For the corrections requested by the corresponding author, researchers who have the right of authorship, and third parties in the articles accepted or published after the evaluation processes:
-The editor of the journal has the right to evaluate the correction request and make the decision as correction or rectraction.
-After the preliminary evaluation by the journal editor, correction requests will be evaluated by assigning referee. In the event that a correction decision is made for the article as a result of the referee's opinions, the correction of the relevant article is published in the journal issue that the journal editor deems appropriate.
-Copyright Transfer Form is requested from the corresponding author again before the correction is published.

Retention of Personal Data

Editors are responsible for not transferring the personal information to third parties except for the consent of the authors.

Ethics committee, Human and Animal Rights

The editors are responsible for protecting the human and animal rights at about manuscript in the studies conducted on humans and animals. The editor is responsible for rejecting the article if ethics committee approval is not sent in the works that must provide ethics committee report.

Protection of intellectual property rights

Editors are responsible for protecting the intellectual property rights of all articles submitted and published in the journal.

Complaints to Editors

Editors are responsible for providing an open and enlightening answer to complaints from the reviewers, authors and readers.

Conflicts of interest and relations

Editors are responsible for taking action against conflicts of interest between authors, reviewers and third parties in order to complete the impartial and independent evaluation processes of the articles.

Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers

• The reviewers are responsible for not evaluating the article if there is a conflict and relationship of interest.
• The reviewers are responsible for evaluating the article with due regard to the principles of confidentiality and impartiality.
• The reviewers cannot use the work sent to them for any purpose until the evaluation process is completed and issued.
• When evaluating the manuscripts, the reviewers are responsible for not allowing the gender, nationality, religious beliefs, or political views of the authors to have an influence on the evaluation.
• The reviewers should use a gentle and constructive language when evaluating the article and should avoid insulting, defaming and hostile comments and statements.
• The reviewers are responsible for evaluating the article in a timely and ethical manner.

Open Access Policy

The publishing rights of the articles published in the journal are transferred to the journal by the authors. Therefore, provided that attribution is made, articles published in the journal may be distributed and reproduced free of charge for research or educational purposes.