INFORMATION

Turkish Journal of Science and Engineering aims to contribute to scientific and technological development by publishing studies in the fields of basic sciences and engineering sciences within the framework of the publication policy of the journal. Turkish Journal of Science and Engineering publishes research articles and reviews of basic sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) and engineering sciences (Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, Construction, Machinery, Mechatronics, Electricity, Electronics, Energy, Computers, Biomedicals, Maps, Food, Mining etc.) in Turkish and English. The journal is published twice a year (June and December).

OPEN ACCESS POLICY
The Turkish Journal of Science and Engineering is a peer-reviewed open-access journal. The journal is a party to the Budapest Open Access Movement (BOAI). According to BOAI open access, “peer-review through the scientific literature, via the internet; financial, legal or technical barriers, freely accessible, readable, downloaded, may be copied, distributed, printable, searchable, can be linked to full text, indexable, software, data can be transferred and can be used for any legal purpose as that is.
[See http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai-10-recommendations ]

PUBLISHING FEES POLICY
All articles that have been completed and accepted by the peer-review evaluation process are published without any article submission and/or evaluation fee. No fees are charged for journal subscription.

SPONSORSHIP AND ADVERTISING
Turkish Journal of Science and Engineering does not accept sponsorship and advertising.

ARTICLE TYPES
Within the scope of the journal publication policy, "Research Articles" and "Reviews", which are prepared in Turkish and English languages, are accepted.

COPYRIGHT TRANSFER
The works submitted to the Turkish Journal of Science and engineering must be original works that have not been published in any way before or have not been sent to any place for publication. The authors agree to waive the copyright of their work and transfer the copyright of their work to the Turkish Journal of Science and Engineering simultaneously with the submission of articles for evaluation. Authors who will submit their work to the Turkish Journal of Science and engineering should fill out the "Copyright Transfer Agreement Form" document and be signed with a pen and upload a system with the article.

EVALUATION
Turkish Journal of Science and Engineering uses the double-blind method in the evaluation process of all articles. The author and peer-review identities are hidden in the double-blind method. The articles are sent to at least two peer-reviews (the third peer-review if needed) related to the subject for evaluation. The acceptance of articles to publication is decided by the editors in accordance with the opinions of the peer-review. The processing time of articles is 3-6 months.

PUBLICATION ETHICS
Turkish Journal of Science and Engineering has been an international journal trying to achieve the highest standards of publication ethics since its establishment. In order to achieve this, YÖK undertakes to fulfill its ethical duties and responsibilities on the basis of the guidelines “Directive on Scientific Research and Publication Ethics”, "COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors” and “COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors” published by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and expects authors and peer-review to act within the framework of these guidelines. Depending on COPE's recommendations and general publication requirements, editors, writers, and peer-reviews must have the following responsibilities:

Editors' Responsibilities
1. It makes decisions only academically and takes full responsibility for those decisions made.
2. The journal should notify the author whether the works submitted for publication are evaluated within 30 days.
3. Editors should review the articles in terms of the scientific code of ethics and reject the articles that are deemed to be unethical.
4. During peer-review appointments, whether there is a conflict of interest between the authors and the peer-reviews must be supervised by the editors. It must ensure that the work submitted is evaluated by expert peer-reviews.
5. Editors should make an impartial assessment of all articles submitted for publication, regardless of their race, religion, gender and nationality etc., with their social, cultural and economic characteristics.
6. Editors should act openly and transparently in communication with the author, and should make expectations and necessary information from the authors in a timely manner.
7. They should encourage peer-review to evaluate impartially, scientifically, and objectively.
8. The study submitted to the journal should not be disclosed by the editor or his / her assistants to anyone other than the authors, peer-reviews, associate editors, and publisher of the study.
9. The final opinion regarding the acceptance or rejection of the works sent to the journal belongs to the editor.

Reviewer’s Responsibilities
1. Reviewers must send the article back to the editor without evaluating if the studies sent to them for evaluation are not within the scope of their expertise or if they do not have sufficient information about the study.
2. Reviewers must act impartially, honestly, and objectively in the evaluation of the manuscript and should not share information other than editors. They should take care of confidentiality during the evaluation and after the publication of the study.
3. Reviews of the reviewers must be scientific and objective. Personal interpretation should not be against the author, interpretation of the manuscript must be clear.
4. Reviewers must send the study back to the editor if they detect a conflict of interest.
5. Reviewers are required to inform the editor if they detect a marked similarity and overlap between the work they are evaluating and the previously published articles.

Author’s Responsibilities
1. The authors cannot send their works, which they have sent for publication, to another journal at the same time.
2. The authors agree that the work they submitted for publication is original work that has not been published elsewhere.
3. In the studies sent for publication, the necessary citations must be made within the framework of scientific ethical rules.
4. The studies submitted to the journal should not have any elements contrary to the ethics of scientific publication (plagiarism, forgery, distortion, re-publication, slicing, unfair authorship, not to mention the supporting institution, not to follow ethical rules in studies on animals).
5. The authors should compile the data they collected within the framework of the scientific ethical rules.
6. Authors should assume responsibility for their published articles together. It should be known that the inclusion of someone who did not contribute to the study as an author, or the non-inclusion of someone who contributed as an author, is a violation of scientific ethics.
7. The responsible authors of the article must share the entire publishing process of the article with other authors in the article.
8. The authors should acknowledge that there is no conflict of interest in the published article and report potential conflicts of interest to the editor. They must also declare the institutions/organizations that provide financial support in the conduct of the study.
9. In articles sent to the journal, ethics committee approval must be obtained for studies on clinical and experimental people and animals that require an ethical committee decision, approval/approvals must be specified and documented in the article.
10. The author is obliged to inform the editor of the journal with its details if they find a significant error in the published article.