ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND PUBLICATION POLICY
Important Note: Changes have been made in the publication principles and policies of the Journal which is in the process of restructuring. Since new regulations have been made in the ethical principles and policies of our journal; it is expected that field editors, referees, and authors should pay attention to these regulations.

In accordance with the publication policy it has adopted, the jounal publishes a maximum of two articles from the authors from within the institution in  each issue.

- Anadolu University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences (AUİİBFD) is meticulously committed to follow the high standards of publication ethics determined by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and The Scientific and Regulations of the Technological Research Council of Turkey Committee on Research and Publication Ethics (Tübitak, 2018) in terms of the conditions and criteria for article acceptance and publication process. Within the framework of these standards, the ethical responsibilities are expected to be followed by authors, referees and editors are as follows:

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
- The studies submitted to the journal for evaluation should be original. The studies should not have been previously published and concurrently submitted for publication elsewhere. Any plagiarism including self-plagiarism cannot be tolerated by the journal. The studies are checked for originality by using anti-plagiarism software. The Editorial Board of the Journal has adopted the following rules in terms of plagiarism policy:
- Studies with a similarity score higher than 15% (Bibliography excluded) are rejected without being evaluated.
- Studies with a similarity score %15 or lower (Bibliography excluded) are included in the review process.
- An author(s) who submits a study to the journal commits that the rules mentioned above are accepted.
- In the publication of studies with more than one researcher, removing the name of the researcher who has enough contribution to deserve a co-authorship, adding the name of the researcher as an author who has not enough contribution to deserve a co-authorship or arranging the author order in an inappropriate way are considered to be against ethical principles. In this regard, the authors are expected to take into account their ethical responsibilities for the submitted studies. In addition, it cannot be proposed to change the author responsibilities (adding an author, changing the order of authors, removing an author, etc.) of studies whose review process has begun.

-Only one article by an author is published in the same year.

- In studies produced from a graduate thesis, the student cannot waive his/her right to be an author in the products produced from the thesis or his/her name cannot be removed from the work. However, the supervisor (or legal second supervisor, if any) and those who have contributed to the thesis study may waive the right of ownership (being an author) in the works produced from the thesis. Those who waive their rights must fill in the "Waiver of Authorship Form", sign it with their wet signature, and send the scanned version to the editor and editorial board of the journal via e-mail.
- There should not be any financial or personal interest relationship during the conduction of studies and reporting of the results. A written declaration of “Conflict of Interest” that states there is no conflict of interest between the commercial organizations supporting the researh and author(s) should be submitted to the journal.
- The “Copyright Form” which the author(s) must fill in before the submission of a study, first confirms its originality. This form confirms that the same data and results are not published elsewhere, the same study is not published in different language elsewhere and results from a single study are not artificially divided more than one publication. This form also includes the confirmation of obtaining the necessary permissions for the data, scales, and numbers obtained from other studies and institutions. With the signing of this form by the author(s), it is declared that all copyright of the study are transferred to Anadolu University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences (AUİİBFD).
- “Ethics Committee Approval” must be obtained for studies conducted in all branches of science, including social sciences. It must be uploaded to the DergiPark before the submission process of the study. Ethics committee approval is required in studies where qualitative and quantitative methods are use to collect data, in clinical studies, and in retrospective studies in accordance with the law on personal data protection. Information about the permission (the title of the ethics committee, date, and number) must be stated in the research method section and on the first/last page of the study. 

- Research articles, review articles, and book reviews are published in our journal. Articles are reviewed by the editorial board on the basis of criteria such as originality, contribution to science, language, and article type. The journal board reserves the right to change or return the type of article, in consultation with the authors, if the journal board agrees that the article type differs from that specified by the subject editors or reviewers.

 Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewer

- Reviewers should not accept to evaluate the work in situations that will create a conflict of interest. Currently working at the same institution with any of the authors or having any recent collaboration (for example, within the last 3 years) requires refusing to evaluate the work. In addition, not evaluating a study that is very similar to a study in preparation or under evaluation in another journal is one of the main ethical responsibilities of the reviewers.

- Consideration should be given to the time taken for the acceptance of the arbitration invitation and the submission of the report containing the evaluation.

- It is important to use the evaluation tool provided by the Journal in the evaluation of the study. It is expected that constructive and objective evaluations that will contribute to the development of the author(s) work will be provided by the reviewer. One of the basic ethical standards is that the criticisms should be specific, and supporting evidence should be presented with appropriate references based on theory and literature. Use of unprofessional, abusive and condescending language is not tolerated by the Journal.

Ethical Responsibilities of Editors and Field Editors

The editor and field editors of the AUİİBFD must fulfill the basic responsibilities in the "COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

General Duties and Responsibilities
- Supporting the creation of ideas that will improve the process of the Journal by meeting regularly with readers, authors, reviewers and board members who are the stakeholders of AUİİBFD.
- Supporting initiatives that will reduce unsuitable behaviors in terms of academic and publication ethics
- Maintaining freedom of thought and discussion of ideas
- Continuously improving the conditions and qualifications necessary for the Journal to maintain its institutional structure.

Relations with Readers
- Ensuring that any work published in the Journal has undergone a qualified evaluation and preparation for publication.
- Making sure that all studies published in the journal are in accordance with scientific research processes, from the ranking of the authors contributing to the study to the declaration of conflicts of interest.
- Ensuring that a journal process is managed, in which personal rights are respected, and which focuses on the production and sharing of objective, scientific information sensitively.

Relations with Authors

- Presenting clear, consistent and clear information to the authors from the uploading of the studies to the evaluation process.

- Provide authors with up-to-date information on publication guidelines and relevant reference resources.

- Assuring authors that their work will be evaluated objectively by experts.

- Provide information to the authors about the ways followed in the detection of situations contrary to scientific publication ethics.

Relations with Reviewers

-Informing the reviewers about situations that may create a conflict of interest

- Supporting reviewers to report ethical violations.

- Supporting reviewers to be careful about multiple publications, plagiarism.

- To care about the contribution of the referees who provide high quality, careful evaluation to the journal; to follow the necessary steps so that the referees who act in the opposite direction do not take part in the evaluation process.

- Ensuring that blind reviewing processes are followed.

- To follow and not include unscientific, personally insulting, impolite evaluations.

Relationship with Journal Owner and Publisher
The relationship between the editors (Editor and field editors) and the publisher is based on the principle of editorial independence. Anadolu University is the publisher of AÜİİBFD.
The editors are responsible for all processes of the studies submitted to Anadolu University Journal of Social Sciences. In this context, the decision makers are the Editors and Field Editors, regardless of economic or political gains. AÜİİBFD protects the property and copyright of each published article and undertakes to keep a record of each published copy.

Editorial and Blind Review Processes
Editors are responsible for applying the "Blind Refereeing and Evaluation Process" policies in the journal's publication policies. In this context, the editors ensure that the fair, impartial and timely evaluation process of each work is completed.

Quality Assurance
Editors are responsible for publishing every article published in the Journal in accordance with journal publication policies and international standards.

Protection of Personal Data
The editors are obliged to ensure the protection of personal data regarding the subjects or images included in the evaluated studies. It is responsible for refusing to work unless the explicit consent of the individuals used in the studies is documented. In addition, editors; The author is responsible for protecting the individual data of the referees and readers.

In case you encounter an unethical situation;
If you encounter any unethical behavior or content other than the ethical responsibilities mentioned above in the Journal of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences of Anadolu University, please report it to auiibfd@anadolu.edu.tr via e-mail.