Ethical Principles and Publication Policies:

Publication Ethics &Malpractice Statement:
Publication Ethics:
Performance in Sport and Exercise is based on the production, development and sharing of unbiased knowledge using scientific methods.
The publication processes of Performance in Sport and Exercise are based on impartial, peer-reviewed articles using scientific methods. All stakeholders of this publication process must comply with ethical principles. Accordingly, the publication ethics and open access policy of the Performance in Sport and Exercise, within the framework of the guidelines and policies published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (For example, "Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal) Editors" and "COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors") requires that all components of the publishing process comply with ethical principles.
If the data used in the articles are manipulated, falsified, and fake data are used and similar situations are detected, the article will be rejected and the institution where the author works will be officially reported. Performance in Sport and Exercise reserves the right to request analysis results, raw data or output files from the authors, upon the request of the editor and/or referees.

Publisher's Ethical Responsibilities:
Performance in Sport and Exercise is a non-profit public educational institution working for the public good.
The Performance in Sport and Exercise’s Editorial Board is formed by the Ankara University Performance Analysis in Sports Application and Research Center Board of Directors. As the head of the Editorial Board, an editor and, depending on the situation, one or more assistant editors and field editors are determined. A new member is appointed to replace the leaving member. The term of the expired member can be extended.
Responsibilities of the Editorial Board of the Performance in Sport and Exercise:
• The Editorial Board of the Performance in Sport and Exerciseis responsible for every article submitted to the Journal and even all processes after its publication, the Editorial Board knows this responsibility. This responsibility is based solely on the public interest in decisions on journal-related matters; it requires making decisions independently without considering personal benefits. The relationship between the Publisher and the Editorial Board is based on the principle of independence, and all decisions made by the editors are independent of the publisher and other persons and organizations.
• Editorial Board is strives to continuously improve the journal and increase its publication quality.
• Editorial Board ensures that journal policies such as publication, blind review, evaluation process and ethical principles are determined and implemented.
• The Editorial Board protects the copyright of the authors of the articles published in the Performance in Sport and Exercise.
• The Editorial Board is responsible for taking measures regarding intellectual property rights, unscientific-unethical behaviors, plagiarism, citation forgery during the publishing process of articles and journals.
• The Editorial Board prepares an "Author's Guide" containing the information requirements of the author (s) and a "Review Guide" containing the information that the reviewer will need during the evaluation phase, and updates it when necessary.
• The Editorial Board determines policies to encourage the reviewers and the author(s), keeps records of each article and correspondence related to the Journal, electronically or in print.

Ethical Responsibilities of Editor, Assistant Editors and Field Editors:
• After an article is submitted to the journal, he editors return to the author(s) about the status of the article within 21 days at the latest.
• Editors endeavor to respond to the information needs of reviewers, author(s), researchers, practitioners and readers when necessary, to act according to the principles of clarity in matters that require correction and explanation during the publication process.
• When deciding on the publication of articles, editors take care that the articles are original and contribute to the scientific field, the reader, the researcher and the practitioners.
• When making positive or negative decisions about articles, editors consider the original value of the articles, their contribution to the field, the validity and reliability of the research method, the clarity of the expression, and the journal's purpose and scope.
• Editors take the submitted articles to the pre-evaluation stage unless the article has a significant problem, considers positive reviewer suggestions and does not change the decisions made by the previous editor(s) unless there is a problem.
• Editors follow the policies of blind review and evaluation process, which are among the publishing policies of the journal, keep the identity information of the referees confidential, and ensure that each article is evaluated objectively and in time.
• Editors sends the articles by taking into account the field of expertise of the editors and reviewers, and they support the impartial and independent evaluation.
• Editors consider whether there is a conflict of interest between editors, reviewers and author(s) for unbiased evaluation of the article.
• Editors seek to ensure that the reviewer pool consists of a wide variety and is constantly updated.
• Editors avoid unscientific reviews that do not follow academic etiquette.
• Editors ensure that the journal publishing processes are operated under publishing policies and guidelines, inform their field of duty in the process about the developments in publication policies, and prepare training programs when necessary.
• Editors communicate effectively with everyone involved in the publishing process and hold meetings at regular periods.
• Editors ensure the protection of personal data in reviewed articles; protect individual data of authors, reviewers and readers.
• Editors; They pay attention to the protection of human and animal rights in their articles, they care about documenting the express consent of the participants of the article. When the ethics committee approval of the participants of the article does not have permission for experimental research, they reject the article.
• Editors; they take precautions against misconduct. When there are complaints about misconduct, they make an objective investigation and share their findings.
• Editors ensure that errors, inconsistencies or misdirections in the articles are corrected.
• Editors protect the intellectual property rights of the published articles and defend the rights of the journal and the author(s) in case of violation. Besides, they take necessary measures to ensure that the content of published articles does not infringe the intellectual property rights of other publications; They do the authenticity-similarity check.
• Editors take into account the consistent criticism of the articles published in the Journal and give the author(s) the right to reply to the criticized articles.
• Editors also consider studies with negative results.
• Editors examine the complaints submitted to the Journal and make the necessary explanations.

Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers:
• In the process of evaluating the articles of the Performance in Sport and Exercise, the double-blind review principle is applied. Referees cannot communicate directly with authors; The article evaluation forms and the notes stated on the text and the correction requests are forwarded to the author(s) by the editors through the journal management system. Reviewers ho will evaluate the articles should carry the following ethical responsibilities:
• Reviewers should only agree to evaluate articles related to their field of expertise.
• Reviewers should assess in neutral and confidentiality. Under this principle, they should destroy the articles they have reviewed after the evaluation process, but use them after they are published. Nationality, gender, religious belief, political belief and commercial concerns should not distort the neutrality of the evaluation.
• When the reviewers understand that there is a conflict of interest, they should refuse to evaluate the article and inform the editors.
• Reviewers should assess constructive language in accordance with academic etiquette; Avoid personal comments containing insults and hostility.
• Reviewers should evaluate the article they have accepted to evaluate, within the time limit.

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors:
• Ethical responsibilities of the author(s) who apply for an article to the Performance in Sport and Exercise:
• The author(s) should not submit an article that they have published elsewhere or submitted for publication, or more than one article at the same time.
• Author(s) should submit an original article to the Performance in Sport and Exercise.
• The author(s) must correctly refer (cite) to the sources they use during the writing of the article in line with ethical principles.
• The names of persons who do not contribute to the article should not be written as authors, changing the order of authors, removing authors, adding authors should not be requested for an article submitted for publication.
• Individuals who have a conflict of interest and a common interest related to the article for publication must be notified to the editors.
• If information or raw data is requested from the author(s) during the evaluation process, they should submit the expected information to the Editors.
• The author(s) must document that the rights to use the data they use in their articles, permission for research-analysis, or the consent of the participants on which they have researched.
• The author(s) should contact the editor to inform, correct or retract when they notice an error in the evaluation and early viewing or electronically published article.
• The author (s) must confirm that they have received ethics committee approval for research that requires data collection through quantitative or qualitative methods, such as experiments, questionnaires, scales, interviews, observations, focus groups, etc. The name, date and number of the ethics committee should be stated on the first-last page of the candidate article and in the method section, and the document showing the ethics committee decision should be uploaded to the system along with the application of the article. Also, case reports should include information about obtaining informed consent / obtaining consent form in the article.
• The author (s) should present in the article the evidence that they adhere to ethical principles in the data collection process (such as obtaining permission from others to use documents such as scale, questionnaire, photograph). It should be stated in the articles that research and publication ethics and copyright regulations for intellectual and artistic works are followed. If the research was carried out on human and animal subjects, it should be reported that the research was carried out in accordance with international reports, guidelines, etc.
• Ethics committee approval is not required from the author (s) for review articles. However, it should be stated in the first-last page and method section of the article that an ethics committee decision is not required for articles that do not require an ethics committee decision.

Notifying the Editor of Non-Compliance with Ethical Principles:
In case of encountering an unethical situation with an article in an early view or an article in the process of non-ethical behavior or an evaluation process regarding editors, reviewers and authors it should be reported to aspam@ankara.edu.tre-mail address.

Author fees:
PASE does not charge authors a manuscript submission fee or page charges. However, once a manuscript is accepted for publication and sent in for typesetting, it is expected to be in its final form.

Permissions:
For permission and/or rights to use content for which the copyright holder is the Ankara University Performance Analysis in Sports Application and Research Center, please go to the journal's website and after clicking on the relevant article, click on the ‘‘Request Permissions’’ link under the article. Alternatively, send an e-mail to aspam@ankara.edu.tr

Reprints:
Authors will receive an email notification with a link to the order form soon after their article publishes in the journal (https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/pase). Reprints are normally shipped 6 to 8 weeks after publication of the issue in which the item appears. Contact the Reprint Department, Ankara Universitesi 50. Yil Yerleskesi, Spor Bilimleri Fakultesi, 06830, Golbasi, Ankara/TURKEY; E-mail: aspam@ankara.edu.tr with any questions.

Contact:
E-mail:aspam@ankara.edu.tr