IJTES requires authors to provide ethics committee approval for their research. The types of studies requiring ethics committee approval are listed below. If your study is listed under those types, you are expected to upload the official document of ethics committee approval and provide details in the manuscript. In cases where your study does not require ethics committee approval, the corresponding author should upload a document involving the explanation of the reasons with a signature on it during submission. 


Types of Studies Requiring Ethical Committee Approval 

Any type of qualitative or quantitative study collecting data from participants through questionnaire, interview, observation, or experimentation, 
Studies using humans or animals (including material/data) for experimental or scientific purposes, 
Clinical studies using human subjects, 
Studies using animals,
Retrospective studies in line with the protection of personal data. 

Moreover, in case studies, it should be explained how the informed consent was granted, how permission was granted for using others' instruments, photos, etc, and how the copyrights are not violated.