Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

The Journal of Turkish Dental Research / Türk Diş Hekimliği Araştırma Dergisi is the scientific publication of Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Dentistry. The abbreviated name of our journal is “J Turkish Dent Res.” This journal publishes original scientific research, case reports, reviews, and letters to the editor in both Turkish and English. J Turkish Dent Res is a national/international, scientific, open-access, and periodic journal published with double-blind peer review principles. All publication rights of the articles published in this journal belong to the Journal Publication Committee of Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Dentistry.
The Journal of Turkish Dental Research is published three times a year (January, May, September), with each volume comprising three issues.

Ethical Procedures

The Journal of Turkish Dental Research fully adheres to the guidelines set forth by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), the European Association of Science Editors (EASE), the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), and the Council of Science Editors (CSE).
For experimental, clinical, and drug/device studies, research protocols must be approved by an ethics committee in accordance with international agreements (World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki "Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects," last update: 2013, www.wma.net).
Articles related to experimental research involving humans must include a statement confirming that written informed consent was obtained from patients and volunteers. Information regarding patient consent, the name of the ethics committee, date, and approval number should be provided in the "Materials and Methods" section and also on the last page of the article.
It is the authors' responsibility to ensure the careful protection of patients' privacy. If photographs that could reveal the patient's identity are used, signed permissions from the patient or legal representative must be obtained and included, and publication approval should be stated in the "Materials and Methods" section.

Ethical Procedures for Studies Involving Experimental Animals

The Journal of Turkish Dental Research adheres to the ethical principles for animal research as stated in the Basel Declaration and follows the ethical guidelines of the International Council for Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS). Experimental research involving laboratory animals, including experiments and field studies, must be conducted with the approval of an ethics committee and in accordance with the relevant guidelines.

Plagiarism
At the submission stage, a similarity detection software report must be uploaded along with the article. If plagiarism is detected in the article, the editorial board reserves the right to make evaluations in accordance with COPE guidelines.

Authorship

An "author" is considered to be someone who has made an independent intellectual contribution to a published work. All names listed as authors in submissions must qualify as authors, and those who meet these criteria should be listed in order of contribution to the study. Authors should be prepared to explain the author list if needed. Contributions that do not meet the authorship criteria can be acknowledged in the "Acknowledgments" section.

Corresponding Author

The Journal of Turkish Dental Research requires one author to be solely responsible for all correspondence. Any conflicts of interest, financial support, grants, and other acknowledgments (such as statistical analysis, language editing) and/or technical assistance, if any, should be disclosed at the end of the text.

Conflict of Interest

• It must be clearly stated whether any material and/or moral support has been received from a pharmaceutical company, medical device, instrument, and material supplier or manufacturer, or any commercial company directly related to the subject of the research, which could negatively affect the decision during the evaluation process of the study.
• Any potential conflicts of interest related to the authors and/or their family members, such as membership or relationships with scientific and medical committees, consultancy, expert testimony, employment in any company, shareholding, and similar situations, should be explicitly disclosed.
• It should be clearly stated if there is any conflict of interest in data collection, interpretation of results, and writing of the article.
• If the proposed publication is related to a commercial product, the author(s) must include a statement indicating whether they have any financial or other interest in the product or disclose the nature of any relationship (including consultancies) between the author(s) and the product's manufacturer or distributor.
• The "Conflict of Interest Statement" in the author forms must be signed by all authors.

Correction and Retraction Requests

Articles published by J Turkish Dent Res represent the final version of the text. Therefore, correction requests after publication are evaluated by the Editorial Board according to COPE guidelines.
Errors in author names, affiliations, article titles, abstracts, keywords, and digital object identifiers (DOIs) can be corrected with an "erratum."
Retraction requests are also subject to the approval of the Editorial Board.

Disclaimer

The statements or opinions expressed in the articles published in The Journal of Turkish Dental Research reflect the views of the author(s) and not those of the editors, editorial board, or publisher. The editors, editorial board, and publisher do not accept any responsibility or liability for such materials. The final responsibility for the published content lies with the authors.