ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
The Journal of Advanced Research in Natural and Applied Sciences has published this guide in order for the publisher, chief editor, field editors, referees and authors to act in accordance with both ethical rules and behaviors and scientific values and principles, with a sense of scientific and academic responsibility. This guide is based on the "Journal Editors Practice Guide" published in 2011 by the International Ethical Principles and Publication Policy Publication Ethics Committee with its general principles. (Committee on Publication Ethics, 2011).
Editor-in-Chief and Other Editors
Impartiality and Publication Decisions
Ensure that each study submitted to the Journal of Advanced Research in Natural and Applied Sciences is reviewed for scientific content, regardless of the author's race, gender, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy. The Editor-in-Chief and other editors evaluate the publications submitted to the journal primarily by considering the academic qualities such as the originality of the study, its scientificness, contribution to the field, and language intelligibility, and their suitability for the scope of the journal. The Editor-in-Chief and editors are responsible for accepting, rejecting, or requesting improvements from the author. In some cases, editors may request more than one round of revisions from the author before making a decision. The editors give the evaluation results as soon as possible and finalize the final evaluation.
Security
The Editor-in-Chief and members of the editorial board cannot share any information about a submitted article with anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, language editors, layout editor and other editorial advisors.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
Journal of Advanced Research in Natural and Applied Sciences Editor-in-Chief and members of the editorial board may not use unpublished materials provided in a submitted study for their own research without the express written consent of the author. The editor-in-chief appoints another member of the editorial board to carry out the preliminary review and evaluation stages of the publication in cases where there are conflicts of interest arising from cooperation or connections with the author/s, company/s or any of the institution/s.
Referees
In the Journal of Advanced Research in Natural and Applied Sciences, the evaluation process is carried out with the principle of double-blind peer-review. Reviewers do not contact authors directly. Evaluation forms and referee reports are transmitted to the author(s) through the journal management system, thanks to the editor. Peer review assists the author in developing the article and in making the editor's decision about the work through communication with the author.
Security
All work received for review should be treated as confidential documents. It should not be displayed or discussed with others unless authorized by the editor-in-chief or the editor. The Editor-in-Chief or the editor may grant this authority only if there is an exceptional circumstance that may contribute to the peer-review.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
Information or ideas obtained through peer review should be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not agree to review articles where there are conflicts of interest arising from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or affiliations with any of the authors.
Objectivity Standards
The reviews by the referees should be done in an objective way. Personal criticism of the authors is not acceptable. Referees should express their views clearly with appropriate supporting arguments.
Citation of Source
Reviewers should inform the editors if they notice publications that are similar to any previously published work. In addition, if there are citations that are not cited in the study, they should notify the authors.
Authors
Authenticity, Plagiarism and Acknowledgment
Authors must confirm that the article has not been previously published elsewhere. Authors should cite works that have been used appropriately. Authors must submit a signed Article Copyright and Transfer Form stating that the work is original and preventing copyright infringement.
Authorship of the Article
All authors named in the article must have contributed significantly to the research. The corresponding author who submitted the article to the journal ensures that all contributing co-authors are included and non-contributors are not included in the list of authors. Authors are not added or removed during or after the evaluation phase of the article.
Conflicts of Interest
Authors should inform the editors of any conflict of interest that could be interpreted as affecting the article.
Hazards, Human or Animal Issues
If the work contains chemicals, procedures, or equipment that have any unusual hazards in their use, authors should clearly identify them in the manuscript. study, subject
PUBLICATION POLICY
1. Journal of Advanced Research in Natural and Applied Sciences (Formerly Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Journal of Science) is a journal established in December 2015. Our journal is a nationally refereed and internationally indexed journal that has been published regularly in four issues (March, June, September, December) per year in the fields of science, engineering, natural and basic sciences since 2015. All articles submitted for publication are evaluated by the editor, publication, advisory board and referees.
2. Our journal publishes original research articles, reviews, technical notes, written in Turkish or English (70% English articles are preferred).
3. Articles submitted for publication are evaluated by two referees (three if necessary); It is given by the decision of acceptance-rejection. Our journal is double-blinded refereeing. The articles that are not deemed sufficient should be developed in line with the referee recommendations. After the revision, studies that are not considered scientifically adequate are rejected without explanation.
4. It is obligatory that the articles have not been published elsewhere before or sent to any journal for publication. For the articles sent to our journal, it is mandatory to fill in and send the signed Copyright Transfer Form.
5. All responsibility of the works belongs to their respective authors. Works should be prepared in accordance with internationally accepted scientific ethical rules. For clinical and experimental animal studies that require an ethics committee decision, ethical committee approval must be obtained and documented separately.
6. The articles submitted to our journal for publication are scanned with Ithenticate, which is the similarity control program, since 05.10.2017. The submission is rejected if the similarity rate is high or if quotation is not made in accordance with academic rules. Similarity rates of 20% and above, excluding references, are not accepted for articles submitted as of March 2022. Even if the similarity rate is very low (<1%), it is the authors' responsibility to ensure that the content complies with academic ethical rules.
7. The articles submitted for publication in our journal should be prepared according to the journal writing rules. Articles that do not comply with the journal rules (template) will be directly rejected without being processed.
8. There is no limit to the number of pages (18 pages for research article) and references for review articles, compilation publications are accepted only with the invitation of the editor.
9. The necessary changes should be made by the author and resubmitted within 30 days after the minor revision, 45 days after the major revision, and 60 days after the revision required to be rewritten.
10. The number of publications to be published in one issue has been determined as 20 after 2023. The publications in the issue are selected and published according to the article content in the number.
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