• The Journal of Young Thinkers adheres to national and international standards in research and publication ethics. It complies with the Press Law, the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works and the Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive. The Journal of Young Thinkers has adopted the International Ethical Publishing Principles published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME). It also undertakes to comply with the Decisions of the Turkish Editors' Workshop.
Press Law (https://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/mevzuatmetin/1.5.5187.pdf)
Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works (https://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/mevzuatmetin/1.3.5846.pdf)
Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive (https://www.yok.gov.tr/Sayfalar/Kurumsal/mevzuat/bilimsel-arastirma-ve-etik-yonetmeligi.aspx)
Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Academic Publishing (https://publicationethics.org/node/19881)
Turkey Editors' Workshop Decisions (https://editorlercalistayi.com/)


• The journal of Young Thinkers checks whether there is plagiarism in the studies submitted for review: While the article is uploaded to the system, plagiarism detection using intihal.net software is mandatory. Editors may check the article for plagiarism at various stages of the evaluation or production process, if necessary. High similarity rates can cause an article to be rejected before or even after acceptance. This rate is expected to be less than 20%.

• The publication processes implemented in the Journal of Young Thinkers are the basis for the development and distribution of information in an impartial and respectful manner. The processes implemented in this direction are directly reflected in the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support the authors. Peer-reviewed studies are studies that embody and support the scientific method. At this point, it is important that all stakeholders of the process (authors, readers and researchers, publishers, referees and editors) comply with the standards for ethical principles. Within the scope of publication ethics of the Journal of Young Thinkers, all stakeholders are expected to bear the following ethical responsibilities:
The ethical duties and responsibilities listed below have been prepared by taking into account the guidelines and policies published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) as open access (See COPE Directive) COPE Workflow Diagrams (Turkish).
If situations such as manipulation and distortion of the data used in the articles and the use of fabricated data are detected, this situation will be officially reported to the institution where the author of the article works and the article will be rejected. The Journal of Young Thinkers has the right to request the output files of the analysis results from the authors according to the feedback given by the editor and/or referees.
The study prepared for publication; If the book chapter is produced from the unpublished paper text and the master's or doctoral thesis, this issue must be stated in Turkish and English on the first page of the study.

• In order for the articles produced from the communiqué to be evaluated, the author must send his article with a wet-signed undertaking stating "My work has not been published before and will not be published." Because duplication/rebroadcasting/scientific deception/multiple publication is a crime. According to the TÜBİTAK Publication Ethics Committee, republication is sending or publishing the same research results to more than one journal for publication. If an article has already been evaluated and published, other publications are considered re-publications.
•The article acceptance and evaluation process in the Journal of Young Thinkers is carried out in two different ways, both through the dergipark system and outside the system. Since the authors who submit their articles from abroad send their articles to our journal with other acceptance methods without uploading their articles to the system, and the referees who evaluate these articles during the evaluation process evaluate the articles outside the system, the article process statistics of Dergipark are not sufficient to show the article publication information of our journal. You are respectfully requested to take this into account when reviewing the statistics. In accordance with the rule, our journal accepts article acceptance from the dergipark system. However, our authors, who encounter difficulties in submitting articles from abroad, send their articles to us via e-mail. In article submissions by e-mail, all author information must be written in the article template.

Publication Ethics Statement
Correction, Retraction, Expression of Concern
Editors may consider publishing a correction if minor errors are detected in the published article that do not affect the findings, interpretations, and conclusions. Editors should consider retracting the manuscript in the event of major errors/violations that invalidate the findings and conclusions. If there is a possibility of misuse of research or publication by the authors; If there is evidence that the findings are not credible and that the authors' institutions are not investigating the incident, or if the potential investigation appears to be unfair or inconclusive, editors should consider publishing an expression of concern. Regarding the correction, retraction or expression of concern, the COPE and ICJME guidelines are taken into account.
Plagiarism Action Plan and Journal's Precautions
The journal respects intellectual property and aims to protect and promote the original work of its authors. Plagiarized articles are against the standards of quality, research, and innovation. Therefore, all authors who submit articles to the journal are expected to comply with ethical standards and avoid plagiarism in any form. If an author is suspected of plagiarism in a submitted or published article, the Editorial Board of the journal examines the study. The Journal then contacts the author(s) to submit their explanations within two weeks. If the journal does not receive any response from the author within the specified time, it contacts the university to which the author is affiliated and requests that the claim be investigated.
The journal will take the following serious measures against published articles that are found to contain plagiarism:
1. The journal will immediately contact the university to which the author(s) are affiliated for final action against the relevant author.
2. The journal will remove the PDF copy of the published article from the website and disable all links to the full-text article. The phrase Plagiarized Article will be added to the title of the published article.
3. The journal will deactivate the author's account and reject all future submissions of the author for 3 years.
This journal checks for plagiarism in studies submitted for review: Pre-checked articles are scanned for plagiarism using intihal.net software. If plagiarism/self-plagiarism is detected, the authors are informed. Editors may check the article for plagiarism at various stages of the evaluation or production process, if necessary. High similarity rates can cause an article to be rejected before or even after acceptance. This rate is expected to be less than 20%.
Publication Ethics Policy
The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed journal is a necessary basic building block in the development of a cohesive and respected knowledge network. This is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and their supporting institutes. Peer-reviewed articles support and shape scientific methods. Therefore, it is important for all parties involved in publishing, authors, journal editors, referees and publishers to agree on the standards of expected ethical behavior:
Actions against science, research and publication ethics:
• Plagiarism: Presenting the ideas, methods, data, practices, writings, figures or works of others as their own work, in whole or in part, without attribution to their owners in accordance with scientific rules,
• Forgery: Producing data that is not based on research, editing or changing the presented or published work based on untrue data, reporting or publishing them, showing a research that has not been done as if it has been done,
• Distortion: Falsifying research records and data obtained, showing methods, devices and materials that are not used in the research as if they were used, not evaluating data that are not suitable for the research hypothesis, manipulating the data and/or results to fit the relevant theories or assumptions, falsifying or shaping the research results in line with the interests of the people and organizations that receive support,
• Republishing: Presenting more than one work containing the same results of a research as separate works in associate professorship exam evaluations and academic promotions,
• Slicing: Presenting the results of a research as separate works in associate professorship exam evaluations and academic promotions by dividing the results of a research into pieces inappropriately in a way that disrupts the integrity of the research, and by making a large number of publications without referring to each other,
• Unfair authorship: Including people who do not have an active contribution among the authors, not including people with active contributions among the authors, changing the order of authors in an unjustified and inappropriate manner, removing the names of those who contributed actively from the work during publication or in subsequent editions, using their influence to include their names among the authors even though they do not have an active contribution.

Other types of ethical violations:
a) Not specifying the supporting persons, institutions or organizations and their contributions in the publications made as a result of the researches carried out with support,
b) To use theses or studies that have not yet been submitted or defended and accepted as a source without the permission of the owner,
c) Not complying with ethical rules in research on humans and animals, not respecting patient rights in publications,
ç) To act contrary to the provisions of the relevant legislation in biomedical research and other clinical trials related to humans,
d) To share the information contained in a work that he has been assigned to review with others before it is published without the explicit permission of the owner of the work,
e) Misusing the resources, spaces, facilities and devices provided or allocated for scientific research,
f) To make unfounded, unwarranted and deliberate accusations of ethical violations,
g) To publish the data obtained without the explicit consent of the participants in the survey and attitude research conducted within the scope of a scientific study or, if the research will be carried out in an institution, without the permission of the institution,
ğ) Harming animal health and ecological balance in research and experiments,
h) Not obtaining the necessary permissions in writing from the authorized units before starting the studies in research and experiments,
ı) To carry out studies in research and experiments contrary to the provisions of the legislation or international conventions to which Turkey is a party, regarding the relevant research and experiments,
i) Failure to comply with the obligation of researchers and authorities to inform and warn those concerned about possible harmful practices related to scientific research,
j) Not to use the data and information obtained from other persons and institutions in scientific studies to the extent and in the manner permitted, not to comply with the confidentiality of this information and not to ensure its protection,
k) Making false or misleading statements regarding scientific research and publications in academic appointments and promotions (YÖK Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive, Article 4).
Responsibilities of Stakeholders
Our readers and stakeholders can report any significant inaccuracies or violations of scientific research and publication ethics in the articles published in the Journal of Young Thinkers by sending an e-mail to gnmder2020@gmail.com address. We welcome such reports as they provide an opportunity for us to improve, and we aim to respond quickly and constructively.
a) Responsibilities of Editors
The editors and field editors of the Journal of Young Thinkers are required to comply with the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors), the Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Publication Ethics Flowcharts developed by COPE in possible cases of abuse or violation of publication ethics Based on its principles, it will provide the following ethical duties and responsibilities:
• Impartiality and Publisher Freedom: Editors evaluate the submitted article proposals by considering their suitability for the scope of the journal and the importance and originality of their work. Editors do not take into account the race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, nationality or political views of the authors who submit the article proposal. Institutions other than the editorial board of the journal cannot influence the correction or publication decision. Editors take care that the published issues contribute to the reader, researcher, practitioner and scientific field and are original.

Ensuring the Integrity of Academic Publication
Editors should ensure that judgments containing errors, inconsistencies or misdirection in the studies are corrected quickly.
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
Editors; It is obliged to protect the intellectual property rights of all published articles and to defend the rights of the journal and the author(s) in case of possible violations. In addition, editors are obliged to take the necessary measures to ensure that the content of all published articles does not violate the intellectual property rights of other publications.
Constructiveness and Openness to Discussion
Editors; They should take into account the persuasive criticisms of the works published in the journal and show a constructive attitude towards these criticisms. It should give the author(s) of the criticized studies the right to reply. Studies with negative results should not be ignored or excluded.
Complaints
Editors; The author is obliged to carefully examine the complaints from the referee or readers and respond in an enlightening and explanatory manner.

Conflicts of Interest
If those who serve on our journal boards publish articles in our journal, all their duties in the relevant issue are suspended. Violation of the blind review system is not allowed in any way. Such publications cannot exceed 1/3 of the total articles in the issue.
Editors; Considering the conflicts of interest between the author(s), referees and other editors, it guarantees that the publication process of the studies is completed independently and impartially. In studies with more than one author, at the end of the study whose peer-review process is completed, a statement of contribution rate, a statement of support and thanks, if any, and a statement of conflict should be included. In addition, when the referee process is completed, the authors are asked to fill in the conflict of interest declaration form and upload it to the system.
Publication Policy
• The articles submitted to the Journal of Young Thinkers must not have been published anywhere before and have not been decided to be published.
• The volume of the articles submitted to the journal should not exceed 35 pages in the normal page layout of A4 paper, including bibliography and footnotes, with the exception of the editorial board decision.
• The articles should contain at least 5 and at most 7 keywords together with the abstract, not exceeding 1 page on A4 paper. (The Turkish abstract should be set to a maximum of one page, and the English abstract should be set to a maximum of one page.)
• Turkish should be selected in the text and spelling errors should be purified as much as possible with Spelling Check Grammar scanning.
• The Journal of Young Thinkers uses the ISNAD Citation System. Articles to be sent to our journal should be arranged according to this system.
• Submitted articles; After it is scanned by the plagiarism detection program and it is determined that it does not contain plagiarism and has not been published before, it is subjected to double-blind peer-review evaluation by at least two referees who have studies on the subject.
• The total number of studies in each issue is limited to 100. Studies exceeding this number will be included in the next issue.