Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Declaration

International Journal of Scholars in Education (IJSE) complies with the ethical rules in the acceptance and publication of manuscripts.

iThenticate program is used to check plagiarism. Manuscripts with more than 20 percent excerpt and overlapping with other publications without proper citation are not reviewed and immediately rejected.

• International Journal of Scholars in Education is dedicated to upholding the most elevated standards of ethical publication practices. We are committed to following and upholding the fundamental principles outlined in the Core Practices guidelines set forth by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) for journal editors.
• Manuscripts submitted to our journal must not have been previously published elsewhere, nor should they be under consideration for publication in another journal.
• International Journal of Scholars in Education adheres rigorously to COPE's publication ethics standards. In cases of misconduct or breaches of publication ethics, we will refer to the publication ethics flowcharts provided by COPE (https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts).
• Safeguarding the confidentiality of author information is our responsibility. However, such information may be disclosed in the event of an inquiry to investigate alleged misconduct. Our journal's principles for addressing misconduct allegations align with COPE's guidelines, and these principles are openly shared with stakeholders on our website.
• In accordance with our double-blind peer review process, International Journal of Scholars in Education ensures the anonymity of both authors and reviewers during the review of submitted articles.
• International Journal of Scholars in Education unequivocally rejects text recycling, which involves republishing sections of a single text across various publications by the same author without proper citation. In such cases, our journal adheres to the applicable guidelines set by COPE.
• We stand by the principles of freedom of expression in all instances. Any content deemed racist, sexist, or discriminatory is considered hate speech and will be declined without undergoing review.
• When conflicts of interest arise concerning an article, our journal unreservedly supports intellectual and ethical standards. We outline pertinent ethical principles that authors, reviewers, editors, and theme editors are expected to uphold.
• Should a conflict of interest arise, the peer review process is temporarily halted until the matter is resolved. The journal possesses the authority to request essential documents, such as the Ethics Board Waiver Form and Interview Consent Form, from authors pertaining to their articles.
• International Journal of Scholars in Education is dedicated to the responsible and considerate publication of edited content, commentaries, apologies, and refutations.
• The journal's editors and publishers are bound to adhere to legal advice in situations where duplications in an article, such as overlapping text in two distinct publications, potentially infringe upon intellectual property rights.

Editors’ Duties and Responsibilities
IJSE Editors are liable to:
• Continually improve IJSE;
• Meet the needs of readers and writers' academic publications
• Maintain the integrity of the academic record,
• Ensure the quality of the material they publish,
• The freedom of expression;
• Preclude business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards,
• When needed, publish corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies.

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
• The manuscripts submitted to IJSE must be original in the educational sciences.
• It should be noted that the manuscripts submitted to the journal are not sent to another journal and the Copyright Transfer Form (https://dergipark.org.tr/en/journal/2231/file-manager/22552/download) must be filled.
• All citations (authors, online pages, personal interviews, etc.) used in the manuscripts should be cited correctly and appropriately. According to the citation method adopted by the journal; citation-bibliography matching should be done.
• The names of the researchers who do not contribute to the manuscript should not be added as a writer, it should not be suggested to change the author's order, to remove a writer, or to add an author during and after the manuscript is being reviewed or published.
• Conflicts of interest regarding the submitted should be stated and the reason should be explained.
• In the evaluation process, if the author (s) are asked for additional information about their manuscripts or raw data, they must be provided in a timely manner.
• The authors should document that they have the participants' consent and the permissions related to the sharing and research of the data that are used.
• Authors should contact the editor to provide information, correct, or withdraw it when they notice any errors in the stages before its publication.
• The authors must receive the ethics committee (IRB) approval for experimental, questionnaire, scale, interview, and observation that requires ethical committee decision in quantitative or qualitative research. Ethics committee name, decision date, and number should be provided on the first page and method section of the manuscript, and upload the ethics committee document to the journal’s system.
• Ethics committee approval is not required from authors for review articles.
• Authors should present proof of their ethical principles regarding the data (such as obtaining permission for others' questionnaires, scale, photograph, etc.) in the manuscript. It should be noted that the manuscripts comply with copyright regulations for research and publication ethics and intellectual and artistic works. It should be reported that researches on human and animal subjects are carried out following international guidelines, papers, etc.

Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers
In the IJSE manuscript evaluation process, the principle of double-blind review, in which the authors and the referees do not know each other, is applied, reviewers cannot communicate directly with the authors; the correction requests and notes specified in the manuscript evaluation forms are sent to the authors by the editors through the journal management system. The reviewers registered in IJSE have the following ethical responsibilities;
• Reviewers should only agree to evaluate manuscripts related to their field.
• Reviewers should evaluate the manuscript in neutrality and confidentiality.
• Reviewers are expected not to evaluate manuscripts with conflicts of interest. Reviewers should inform the editor about manuscript with any conflict of interest and abandon the review of the related manuscript.
• Reviewers should evaluate the manuscript within assigned time frame. If additional time is needed, the editor should be informed.
• Reviewers should assess the manuscript in constructive and gentle language. Never make insulting or humiliating personal comments in the evaluation.
• Reviewers should never use the manuscript data and results they evaluated before it is published.
• Reviewers should not mark their personal information (name, institution, etc.) in the manuscript evaluation forms or word document properties section.

Ethical Responsibilities of Publisher
• The publisher acknowledges that the decision-maker and the refereeing process are the responsibility of the editor during the manuscript publishing process in IJSE.
• The publisher provides open and free access to the journal's web page.

Notification of unethical behavior and situation
If it is noticed any behavior or situation in IJSE that does not comply with ethical principles regarding people, manuscripts, processes, and other issues, please email ueadergisi@gmail.com.

International Journal of Scholars in Education (IJSE) accepts Publication Ethics guidelines of

1. The Council of Higher Education in Turkey (CHEd):

Article 4 - (1) Actions contrary to scientific research and publishing ethics are:

a) Plagiarism: to show others' original ideas, methods, data or works as part of or completely their own work without reference to the scientific rules,

b) Fraudulent: To use data that is not actually existent or falsified in scientific research,

c) Distortion: To falsify the research records or obtained data, to show that the devices or materials not used in the research are used, to distort or shape the research results in the favor of the support persons and organizations,

ç) Re-publication: To submit duplicate publications as separate publications in academic appointment and promotion,

d) Slicing: Presenting the results of a research as separate publications in academic assignments and ascensions by disaggregating the research results in a way that disrupts the integrity of the research,

e) Unfair authorship: To include non-active contributors among writers, to include authors, to change the author sequence in an unjustified and improper way, to remove the names of active contributors from the works in later prints,

(2) Other types of ethical violations are:

a) Not to mention the persons, institutions or organizations that support the researches carried out by the support and the contributions thereof,

b) Using theses or works which have not yet been submitted or defended as a source without the permission of the owner,

c) Failing to comply with ethical rules in research on humans and animals, not respecting patient rights in publications,

ç) Contrary to the provisions of the relevant legislation in human biomedical research and other clinical trials,

d) To share the information contained in a work that has been commissioned for review with others before it is published without the explicit permission of the owner of the work,

e) to use the resources, facilities, facilities and devices provided or separated for scientific research purposefully,

f) To be unfounded, unintentional and deliberate in the name of an ethical violation,

g) To publish the data obtained without consulting the participants in the surveys and attitudes research conducted within the scope of a scientific study or, if the research is conducted in an institution, without obtaining the permission of the institution,

h) To harm animal health and ecological balance in researches and experiments,

ı) Not to receive written permission from the authorized units in research and experiments, which must be taken before starting work.

i) Legislation or engage in research and experimental work in contravention of the provisions of international conventions on related research and experiments which Turkey is a party.

j) Fail to comply with the obligation of researchers and authorities to inform and warn about the possible harmful applications related to the scientific research conducted,

k) To not use the data and information obtained from other persons and institutions in the scientific studies in the extent and in the manner allowed, to observe and protect the confidentiality of this information,

l) Incorrect or misleading biographical information on scientific research and publications in academic assignments and upgrades, not to be evaluated as a recurrent science research and publications.

More information about The Council of Higher Education in Turkey can be found at this page.


2. Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE):
Authors of INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCHOLARS IN EDUCATION (IJSE) must confirm the following:

Submitted manuscripts must be the original work of the author(s).
Submitted manuscripts should not be previously published.
It is unethical to submit a manuscript to more than one journal concurrently.
Any conflict of interest must be clearly stated.
Should any error be discovered in the manuscript after submission, the author(s) must swiftly communicate to the Editor about the corrections done.

Reviewers of INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCHOLARS IN EDUCATION (IJSE) must confirm the following:

All manuscripts are fairly reviewed based on the intellectual content of the paper regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, citizenry nor political values of author(s)
The reviews will be objective and constructive, refrained from being hostile or inflammatory and from making libelous or derogatory personal comments.
They have the subject expertise required to carry out a proper assessment, and they assess the manuscripts promptly.
Should any conflict of interest be observed during the review process, they must be communicated to the Editor.
All information about the manuscript is kept confidential.
Information obtained during the peer-review process will not be used for their own or any other person's or organization’s advantage, or to disadvantage or discredit others.
Any information that may be the reason for the rejection of publication of a manuscript must be communicated to the Editor.

Editors of INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCHOLARS IN EDUCATION (IJSE) must confirm the following:

All manuscripts are fairly evaluated based on the intellectual content of the paper regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, citizenry nor political values of the author(s).
Information about the manuscripts are kept confidential
Should any conflict of interest about the manuscripts be observed, they must be disclosed.
The Editorial Board takes responsibility for making publication decisions for submitted manuscripts based on the reviewer's evaluation of the manuscript, policies of the journal editorial board and legal restraint acting against plagiarism, libel and copyright infringement.

More information can be found at the COPE's website.