In accordance with the decisions made by the Ulakbim TR Index, Ethics Committee Approval is required for works to be published starting from 2020. For research conducted in all scientific fields, including social and human sciences, and for clinical and experimental studies on humans and animals that require an ethics committee decision, separate ethics committee approval must be obtained, and this approval should be specified and documented in the article. In studies requiring ethics committee approval, information related to the approval (committee name, date, and number) should be included in the methods section and also on the first/last page of the article. The articles should include a statement confirming adherence to Research and Publication Ethics.

Studies requiring Ethics Committee Approval are listed below. When uploading your work to our journal, you are required to also upload the Ethics Committee Approval document along with your article file. 

Studies Requiring Ethics Committee Approval

Any research conducted using qualitative or quantitative approaches that involve collecting data from participants through surveys, interviews, focus group studies, observation, experiments, or interview techniques,

The use of humans and animals (including materials/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,

Clinical research conducted on humans,

Research conducted on animals,

Retrospective studies in accordance with the personal data protection law.

Additionally;

It should be stated that the "Informed Consent Form" was obtained in case presentations,

Permission should be obtained from the owners for the use of scales, questionnaires, and photographs belonging to others, and this should be indicated,

It should be stated that copyright regulations for the used ideas and works of art were followed.