Ethical Principles for Authors

• Articles to be published must be original.
• Submitted articles must not have been previously published in another journal or submitted for publication.
• All of the references must be fully cited.
• It is not possible to remove an author or add an author to an article in the evaluation process.
• Conflicts of interest should be stated in the “Conflict of Interest” section within the manuscript.
• Brands of the materials, name and brands of the devices and name and versions of the software used must be stated in the manuscript.
• In case of clinical research and animal studies, relevant ethical committee approval must be stated with the approval code. If asked, authors must explain the rationale for their approach and provide ethical approval document.
• Artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be used to create data and edit shapes. If AI is used in the writing process of the manuscript or in the article content, the authors should state the extent of the use of AI.

• Journal of Boron will retract the article in case the of violation of ethical principles.

Ethical Principles for Reviewers

• The evaluation invitation must be answered positively or negatively and the evaluation process must be completed within the given time.
• Reviewers should agree to referee only in the evaluation of studies related to their area of expertise.
• Evaluation should be made impartially and without prejudice.
• Manuscripts should be evaluated in a constructive and courteous manner, in accordance with academic etiquette.
• Reviewers should not have a conflict of interest with the research or the authors.

• After the evaluation process, the text of the article and other related files should be destroyed.

Publication Policy

Journal of Boron is a publication of Turkish Energy, Nuclear and Mineral Research Agency, Boron Research Institute (TENMAK BOREN). Journal of Boron, whose first issue was published in 2016, is published quarterly in March, June, September, and December. The writing language of the journal is Turkish and English.

Journal of Boron is an open access journal. No fee is charged from the authors during the article evaluation and publication process. The copyright fee calculated in accordance with the "Regulation on Copyright and Processing Fees to be Paid by Public Institutions and Organizations" is paid to the local authors who publish.

Journal of Boron © 2016 by Turkish Energy, Nuclear and Mineral Research Agency is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0