DKYAD Ethical Principles and Publication Policy
Journal of Language, Speech and Swallowing Research (DKYAD) is an open-access, double-blind, peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes articles about normal processes, disorders, assessment and remediation and other issues regarding the field of speech and language and swallowing. It is a publication of the Turkish Association of Speech and Language Therapists (DKTD). No fee is required by DKYAD for the processes of submission, reviewing, acceptance or publication of articles.
DKYAD is an open access journal and provides instant open access to its content. The Journal applies the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license to its published articles. When authors submit their articles for publication, they agree to have the CC BY-NC-ND license applied to their work. Under this Open Access License, the authors agree that anyone may read, download, copy, print, distribute, or reuse the content of their articles free of charge for non-commercial purposes as long as the author and the original source are properly cited.
DKYAD aims to achieve high ethical standards in the publication of the articles. For this purpose, the journal adheres to the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics). The writers, chief editor, associate editors, reviewers and the journal management all share responsibility in achieving the declared goals. Editors are expected to follow the Cope Guidance for Editors and reviewers are expected to review the COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers and pay attention to the issues specified in the guidelines.
Within the scope of these guidelines:
Responsibilities of the Publisher and the Editors
• Editors have complete responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article.
• Only papers in line with the Journal’s scope of interest should be accepted.
• Editors should have no conflict of interest with respect to articles they reject/accept.
• Objectivity and anonymity should be maintained; information about the rejected articles, names of the reviewers and before publication any information regarding the accepted articles should not be revealed.
• Plagiarism and presentation of false data should be prevented.
Responsibilities of Authors
• Authors are expected to submit original articles.
• When authors submit their articles for publication, they agree to have the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 license applied to their work. Under this Open Access License, the authors agree that anyone may read, download, copy, print, distribute, or reuse the content of their articles free of charge for non-commercial purposes as long as the author and the original source are properly cited.
• Authors should also confirm by signing a form entitled "Copyright and Publication Policy Consent Form" that (a) the article they submitted is their original work and has not been published or is under review in any other journal; (b) authors do not violate the copyright of the text, tables, and other documents pertaining to other individuals within the article; (c) authors accept and authorize DKYAD to permit the commercial use of the content as well as publication, republication in electronic and print format in the journal and distribution of the content, in addition to the non-exclusive rights DKYAD holds under the CC BY-NC-ND licence. In addition to these terms, the Authors should confirm that they retain all patent and other proprietary rights to the article, including copyright. Moreover, the Authors should assure in this form that they are responsible for any possible ethical violations, the results achieved and suggestions presented (See: DKYAD-Copyright and Publication Policy Consent Form). • All individuals that have made a scientific and professional contribution to the study should be included as authors. The nature, content and percentage of the contribution should be revealed in detail (See: DKYAD Author Contribution Form). • Direct or indirect institutional supports should be declared. Authors should be clear about any situations that might potentially create conflict of interest (See: DKYAD Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form). • The authors should provide complete and correct references to their sources. The manuscript is screened for plagiarism through softwares such as iThenticate or Turnitin and the maximum similarity rate is 20%. For more information, please see the
Plagiarism Control Policy page.
• When necessary, authors should be ready to provide the raw data or output regarding the statistical analyses for purposes of transparency or clarity.
Responsibilities of Reviewers
• Reviewers act according to the requirements of the double-blind reviewing process.
• When sent an invitation for a review, they are expected to provide a prompt negative or positive response.
• If the topic is outside their area of expertise, they are expected to declare that and withdraw.
• The reviewers are expected to disclose any possible conflict of interest with the study. For example, if they are in the process of conducting a similar study, they should refrain from reviewing the article.
• When the reviewers detect any plagiarism, they are expected to inform the editor.
• The reviewers should be confidential about the information in the study they review before the study is published.
• The reviewers should inform the editors if they feel they are unable perform an objective and unbiased review.
