- Submitted articles must comply with the purpose and scope of the journal.

- Original, unpublished articles that are not in the evaluation process in another journal and whose content and submission have been approved by each author are accepted for evaluation.

- After the article is sent to the Journal for publication, the name of any of the authors cannot be deleted from the author list, a new name cannot be added as an author, and the author order cannot be changed without the written permission of all authors.
- All articles that do not comply with accepted ethical standards are removed from publication. This includes articles containing possible irregularities or improprieties detected after publication.
- The works of the journal owner, editors, field editors and assistant editors cannot be published during their duties in the journal.
- Works of the same author cannot be published in two consecutive issues.
- Studies derived from theses written at Bayburt University are not evaluated in our journal.
- Based on the idea that open access will increase the universal use of information and produce beneficial results for humanity, Bayburt University Journal of Business, Economics and Management Research has adopted the Open Access policy. In order to contribute to the support and development of universal Open Access to scientific content, the journal is exempt from copyrights regarding the content it has inherited from the authors and published, for all uses (linking, copying, linking, copying, It offers the rights to print, reproduce and distribute in any physical medium, etc.) free of charge. Written permission from Bayburt University is required for commercial use of the content.
- The ethics, duties and responsibilities adopted by our journal take into consideration the Directive on Scientific Research and Publication Ethics for Higher Education Institutions and the principles published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Plagiarism Policy

All articles submitted to our journal are subjected to a similarity report with the intihal.net, Ithenticate or Turnitin program before being submitted for referee evaluation. The upper limit for similarity rate is 20%.
If the similarity report is higher than 20%, the article:
1- It can be sent to the author for editing by the editor.
2- Rejection can be done by the editor.
3- It can be sent to the editorial board for evaluation.

Ethical Principles for Authors
1) Any liability arising from non-compliance with ethical rules belongs to the author(s).
Actions against scientific research and publication ethics are as follows:
Plagiarism: Presenting the original ideas, methods, data or works of others as one's own work, in whole or in part, without citing them in accordance with scientific rules.
Fraud: Using non-existent or falsified data in scientific research,
Distortion: Falsifying research records or data obtained, presenting devices or materials that were not used in the research as if they were used, falsifying or shaping the research results in line with the interests of the individuals and organizations receiving support,
Republication: Presenting duplicate publications as separate publications in academic appointments and promotions,
Slicing: Dividing the results of a research into pieces in a way that violates the integrity of the research and publishing them in more than one issue, and presenting these publications as separate publications in academic appointments and promotions.
Unfair authorship: Including people who have no active contribution among the authors or not including people who have, changing the author order in an unjustified and inappropriate way, removing the names of those who have active contributions from the work in subsequent editions, using their influence to include their names among the authors even though they do not have an active contribution,
Not mentioning the supporting persons, institutions or organizations and their contributions in publications made as a result of research conducted with support,
Using theses or studies that have not yet been presented or defended and accepted as a source without the permission of the owner,
To publish the data obtained in surveys and attitude research conducted within the scope of a scientific study without obtaining the explicit consent of the participants or, if the research will be conducted in an institution, without obtaining the permission of the institution,
Not obtaining written permissions from authorized units before starting research and experiments.
Conducting research and experiments contrary to the provisions of the legislation or international agreements to which Turkey is a party regarding relevant research and experiments.
Not using data and information obtained from other persons and institutions in scientific studies to the extent and in the manner permitted, not respecting the confidentiality of this information and not ensuring its protection,
Not complying with ethical rules in research conducted on humans and animals, and not respecting patient rights in their publications.
2) The works sent by the author(s) are expected to be original.
3) Author(s) must fully and accurately cite all studies they use.
4) They should not send the studies they have sent to Bayburt University Journal of Business, Economics and Management Research to the application process of other journals at the same time.
5) Author(s) should not send their works previously published in another journal to Bayburt University Journal of Business, Economics and Management Research.
6) People who contribute to the content of the study can become authors should be displayed.

7) For a study whose evaluation process has started, operations such as adding or removing authors or changing the order of authors should not be requested, but corrections can be made in case of title and institution changes.

Ethical Principles for Referees
1) Reviewers should agree to review only articles for which they have the subject matter expertise necessary to evaluate and can evaluate in a timely manner.
2) Referees must act honestly, impartially and fairly in evaluating articles.
3) Referees must declare any possible conflict of interest regarding the author or the article, and seek advice from the journal if they are unsure of such a possibility. This conflict of interest may relate to a wide variety of matters. For example, if the referee realizes that he/she is working closely with the article author, he/she should declare this to the journal and withdraw from the review. Again, if the referee is conducting research during the article evaluation process on a subject very similar to the subject of the submitted article, he/she can notify the journal administration and withdraw from the referee position.
4) The referees think that the author of the article is the person they think is most likely.
Even when they think about it, they should inform the journal about it.
5) Referees should not agree to review the article just to take a look at it without the intention of making an evaluation. Withdrawing from peer review after reviewing the article is incompatible with academic ethical principles.
6) Referees should refuse to evaluate the article if they have contributed subjectively and actively to the writing process of the article in any way.
7) Referees must accept that peer review requires mutual effort and fair review at the right time, and must act accordingly during the evaluation process. Therefore, referees should complete the article evaluation process as quickly as possible.
8) Referees must provide the journal with personal and professional information that accurately and accurately reveals their areas of expertise.
9) Referees should avoid making hostile, accusatory or derogatory personal comments in their article evaluations and should follow an impartial and constructive attitude. In line with this stance, referees should not try to intervene in the formatting of articles in a way that would change the author's original expression.
10) Referees must fill out the article evaluation form completely and prepare a reasoned report in case of rejection.
11) Arbitrators must not use the information they obtain during the arbitration process for their own or any other person's or institution's advantage, or take advantage of it in a way that is detrimental to others or for the purpose of discrediting others.
12) Reviewers should respect the confidentiality of the manuscript review process and keep details of an article or its evaluation confidential during or after the peer review process, beyond the details published by the journal.
13) Referees must keep the details of the text subject to evaluation and the evaluation process confidential even after the article evaluation process ends.
14) He/she should not share the information contained in a work he/she is assigned to review with others before it is published without the express permission of the author.

Ethical Principles for Editors
1) Editors' decisions to accept or reject an article for publication should be based solely on the article's merit, originality, clarity, and appropriateness to the focus and scope of the journal.
2) The editor must initiate the evaluation process of the article received without delay.
3) The editor has full authority and responsibility to accept or reject an article submitted for publication. However, it acts from the opinions of the referees in the decision-making process.
4) Evaluations are made based on the opinions of at least two referees; in case of acceptance or rejection, the opinion of a third referee is taken.
5) Editors must justify their decision and inform the author.
6) Editors should prefer referees who have strong publications in their fields, are committed to ethical values, and will not disrupt the journal's publication processes.
7) When convincing evidence of fundamental scientific errors is presented for an article previously published in the journal, editors should ensure that an article highlighting the error is published or, if possible, that the error is corrected.
8) Unpublished information, arguments or comments expressed in a submitted article should not be used in the editors' own research without the permission of the author.
9) If the editors have contributed to an article applied to the journal, the evaluation process of the article is carried out by another editor.
10) The editor acts in accordance with the Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive for Higher Education Institutions in cases where there are actions contrary to scientific publication ethics regarding the articles that the editor notices or is reported by the referees.

Research Ethics
The following professional ethics rules on research ethics contribute to the objectives of the research.

It promotes the values of collaboration, ensures the accountability of researchers to the public, ensures credibility through public support, and reinforces a variety of moral and social values:
1. The first rule is clarity. In other words, the researcher has to share the data, materials, equipment, resources and findings he uses with the society. Must be open to criticism and new ideas.
2. Honesty and authenticity: The researcher should not fabricate, plagiarize, or misinterpret his findings. Must report results, methods, procedures accurately and not mislead colleagues, sponsors and the public. If he misuses research, this is also a behavior against scientific ethics.
3. The researcher should not cause any harm to the object or subject of interest. Accordingly, the researcher should respect people's privacy and secrets and should not use personal names in his research unless permitted. Additionally, the researcher should not hide his or her identity.
4. Intellectual property: Patents, copyrights and other intellectual property must be respected. Unauthorized data, methods and results should not be used and contributors must be referenced.
5. Confidentiality: Confidential communications, personnel records, commercial and military secrets, and patient records must be protected.
6. Being objective: Biased experimental design, data analysis and interpretation should be avoided.
7. Integrity and consistency must be ensured.
8. Mistakes and omissions due to carelessness should be prevented by seriously examining the work from beginning to end.
9. Social responsibility: Research that may cause social damage should be avoided.
10. Discrimination: There should be no discrimination using gender, race, origin and other factors that are unrelated to scientific authority and integrity.
11. Relevant laws must be known and obeyed.
12. Care for animals: Animals used during research should be shown due care and respect. Poorly designed and unnecessary animal experiments should not be conducted.
13. Protecting people: Risk and harm should be minimized in research conducted on humanitarian issues, and human dignity, privacy and autonomy should be protected. Special precautions should be taken in research involving children, people with developmental or cognitive disabilities, people living in care homes, homeless people or vulnerable people without legal status. Both the burden and benefits of research should be distributed fairly.
Planning and implementation of research on humans and animals, the framework of which is drawn by national and international regulations and regulations, are the most important topics of research ethics. Research ethics is a concept mostly used for medical research, but undoubtedly, research conducted in social sciences also falls within the scope of research ethics in a different dimension.

Obtaining Legal/Special Ethics Committee Permission Certificate
TR Index EXPLANATION and INFORMATION about the Code of Ethics The articles regarding the Code of Ethics included in the criteria in previous years were detailed with explanations in 2020, and assuming that permissions were obtained for studies requiring ethics committee permission in the field of research, the issue of "including information about the permission in the article" was added to the criteria.
Research requiring Ethics Committee permission is as follows:
1) All kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require collecting data from participants using survey, interview, focus group study, observation, experiment and interview techniques.
2) Use of humans and animals (including materials/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,
3) Clinical studies conducted on humans,
4) Research conducted on animals,
5) Retrospective studies in accordance with the personal data protection law,
Moreover;
- Indicating that an "informed consent form" was obtained in case reports,
- Obtaining and specifying permission from the owners for the use of scales, surveys and photographs belonging to others,
- Stating that copyright regulations are complied with for the ideas and artistic works used
Retrospective ethics committee permission is not required for articles that used research data before 2020, were produced from master's/doctoral studies (must be stated in the article), applied for publication to the journal in the previous year, and were accepted but not yet published.
Researchers who are not university members can also apply to Ethics Committees in their region.
Moreover;
- In articles to be published in journals, it should be stated in the article whether ethics committee permission and/or legal/special permission is required. If it is necessary to obtain these permissions, it should be clearly stated from which institution, on what date and with which decision or issue number the permission was obtained.
- If the study requires the use of human and animal subjects, the study must comply with international declarations, guidelines, etc. It must be declared that it has been carried out properly.