YILDIZ SOCIAL SCIENCE REVIEW (YSSR) takes into account of ethical principles from Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and UAK Research and Publication Ethics.

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES FOR AUTHORS

·        The research being reported should have been conducted in an ethical and responsible manner and should comply with all relevant legislation.

·        Researchers should present their results clearly, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation.

·        Researchers should strive to describe their methods clearly and unambiguously so that their findings can be confirmed by others.

·        Researchers should adhere to publication requirements that submitted work is original, is not plagiarised, and has not been published elsewhere.

·        Authors should take collective responsibility for submitted and published work.

·        The authorship of research publications should accurately reflect individuals’ contributions to the work and its reporting.

·        Funding sources and relevant conflicts of interest should be disclosed.

For the rest of issues not listed here, principles in https://publicationethics.org/files/International%20standards_authors_for%20website_11_Nov_2011_0.pdf  applies.

Wager E & Kleinert S (2011) Responsible research publication: international standards for authors. A position statement developed at the 2nd World Conference on Research Integrity, Singapore, July 22-24, 2010. Chapter 50 in: Mayer T & Steneck N (eds) Promoting Research Integrity in a Global Environment. Imperial College Press / World Scientific Publishing, Singapore (pp 309-16). (ISBN 978-981-4340-97-7)

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES FOR EDITORS

·        Editors are accountable and should take responsibility for everything they publish

·        Editors should make fair and unbiased decisions independent from commercial consideration and ensure a fair and appropriate peer review process

·        Editors should adopt editorial policies that encourage maximum transparency and complete, honest reporting

·        Editors should guard the integrity of the published record by issuing corrections and retractions when needed and pursuing suspected or alleged research and publication misconduct

·        Editors should pursue reviewer and editorial misconduct

·        Editors should critically assess the ethical conduct of studies in humans and animals

·        Peer reviewers and authors should be told what is expected of them

·        Editors should have appropriate policies in place for handling editorial conflicts of interest

For the rest of issues not listed here, principles in

https://publicationethics.org/files/International%20standard_editors_for%20website_11_Nov_2011%20%281%29.pdf applies.

Kleinert S & Wager E (2011) Responsible research publication: international standards for editors. A position statement developed at the 2nd World Conference on Research Integrity, Singapore, July 22-24, 2010. Chapter 51 in: Mayer T & Steneck N (eds) Promoting Research Integrity in a Global Environment. Imperial College Press / World Scientific Publishing, Singapore (pp 317-28). (ISBN 978-981-4340-97-7)

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES FOR REFEREES

Professional Responsibility

When approached to review, agree to review only if you have the necessary expertise to assess the manuscript and can be unbiased in your assessment. It is better to identify clearly any gaps in your expertise when asked to review.

Competing Interests

Ensure you declare all potential competing, or conflicting, interests. If you are unsure about a potential competing interest that may prevent you from reviewing, do raise this. Competing interests may be personal, financial, intellectual, professional, political or religious in nature. If you are currently employed at the same institution as any of the authors or have been recent (e.g., within the past 3 years) mentors, mentees, close collaborators or joint grant holders, you should not agree to review. In addition, you should not agree to review a manuscript just to gain sight of it with no intention of submitting a review, or agree to review a manuscript that is very similar to one you have in preparation or under consideration at another journal.

Timeliness

It is courteous to respond to an invitation to peer review within a reasonable time-frame, even if you cannot undertake the review. If you feel qualified to judge a particular manuscript, you should agree to review only if you are able to return a review within
the proposed or mutually agreed time-frame. Always inform the journal promptly if your circumstances change and you cannot fulfil your original agreement or if you require an extension. If you cannot review, it is helpful to make suggestions for alternative reviewers if relevant, based on their expertise and without any influence of personal considerations or any intention of the manuscript receiving a specific outcome (either positive or negative).

For the rest of issues not listed here, principles in

https://publicationethics.org/files/Ethical_Guidelines_For_Peer_Reviewers_2.pdf applies.