Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Authors who submit their scientific studies to The Journal of Ünye Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences acknowledge that they have considered the ethical rules and that they have not made any violations or mistakes in this regard. Scientific studies with violations are rejected without being included in the evaluation process, the respective studies are returned to the authors, and the institutions as well as administrators are notified of the violations when necessary. Accordingly, practices such as plagiarism, alteration of data, replication and duplication practices, and the inclusion of authors who have not contributed to the study in any way, which are contrary to scientific work and publication ethics, are entirely under the responsibility of the authors and will be shared with the necessary institutions, organizations and authorities if detected. Therefore, the authors undertake that their scientific studies submitted to the Journal are completely original research and/or review studies, that all participants are involved in the study and bear responsibility, that they have seen and examined the final forms of their studies, that the studies in question have not been published anywhere else before and are not currently in the evaluation process elsewhere for publication. Similarly, the referees who academically evaluate the scientific studies submitted to the Journal are assumed to have accepted that they adhere to the ethics of blind refereeing, that they make objective and impartial evaluations, that they are not in conflict of interest with any institution, organization or private person, that they have no financial or moral expectation, that they have competence in the field of study of the paper sent to them for evaluation, that they do not share part or all of the scientific study in question with any institution, organization or private person during the evaluation period, that they do not use part or all of the study in question for themselves, and that the relevant study will be evaluated scientifically during the evaluation period.

Publication Principles
1. Manuscripts submitted to The Journal of Ünye Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences must not have been published anywhere before and should not have been submitted for publication.
2. Articles written in either Turkish or English languages are published in the journal. The scientific and linguistic responsibility of the studies published in the journal belongs to the author(s).
3. In our journal, not only studies coming from academicians but also studies coming from researchers will be evaluated.
4. Studies that had been presented at conferences before and have not been published in full text, only had been published abstracts, can be accepted into the publication evaluation process provided that it is stated in the study.
5. Articles should be submitted to our journal electronically. To submissions of articles online through the website and follow the stage of the article in the referee evaluation process, it is necessary to be a member and log in to the Journal. The personal information entered on the journal's website will only be used for the stated purposes of the journal and will not be accessible for any other purpose or to any party.
6. The authors are informed about the refereeing process of the articles submitted to The Journal of Ünye Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences through the system and the evaluation reports can be easily followed by them via the system.
7. When applying, an article file without author information will be uploaded to the system.
8. The journal is based on the blind peer-review process. In the articles to be sent to the referee, the confidentiality of the information regarding the author's identity is ensured.
9. The articles submitted to the journal are sent to at least two referees after the preliminary examination in terms of form and content. Manuscripts that receive positive feedback from the referees are included in the publication process. If one positive and one negative report is received from the referees, the study is sent to a third referee by the Journal Editor.
10. It is aimed that the articles submitted to the journal will complete the referee process within two months. However, the authors of the articles for which corrections are requested must make the relevant corrections within one month and send them to the editorial board.
11. In line with the reports from the referees, it is decided to publish the article, to request revisions, additional information and abbreviations from the authors within the framework of the report, or not to publish it, and this decision is announced to the authors through the system. The authors are answerable for making all changes requested by the referees. Studies will not be published without constructing the desired changes.
12. The articles whose evaluation process is completed are queued by the journal editorial office and published in the relevant issue of the journal.
13. Manuscripts that do not comply with the journal's subject, spelling or grammar rules are returned to the authors after the preliminary review without being sent to the referees. All kinds of changes in form and content may be requested from the authors of the manuscripts received for preliminary evaluation.
14. All publication rights of the articles accepted and published in the journal in written and electronic media belong to The Journal of Ünye Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences.
15. No royalties are paid to the authors for the works published in the journal and the author does not have any claim rights.
16. The opinions in the articles published in the journal are subject to the responsibility of the corresponding authors.
17. In line with the reports received from the referees, it is decided to publish the article, to request corrections, additional information and abbreviations from the authors within the framework of the report, or not to publish the article, and this decision is notified to the authors via the system. Authors are obliged to make all changes requested by the referees. The manuscripts are not published until the requested changes are made.
18. All publication rights of the articles accepted and published in the journal in written and electronic media belong to The Journal of Ünye Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences.
19. No royalties are paid to the authors for the works published in the journal and the author does not have any claim rights.
20. The opinions in the articles published in the journal are subject to the responsibility of the relevant authors.
21. Articles accepted for publication cannot be reproduced and published in any way without the written permission of The Journal of Ünye Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. However, it can be quoted provided that the source is cited.
22. If a research study has been supported by any institution or produced from the thesis, this should be indicated as a footnote on the same page by placing (*) on the last word of the title of the work.