Gümüşhane University Faculty of Letters Department of Geography Journal of Anatolian Geography is committed to the impartial and reputable development and dissemination of knowledge. The processes applied in this direction are directly reflected in the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions supporting the authors. Peer-reviewed studies are studies that embody and support the scientific method. During the publication process, authors, readers, researchers, publishers, referees, and editors are expected to comply with ethical principles. These stakeholders should pay attention to the standard general and specific ethical rules and responsibilities shared below according to the open access guidelines published by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

I. General actions against scientific research and publication ethics

a) Plagiarism: Presenting the ideas, methods, data, applications, writings, forms, or works of others as one's own work, in whole or in part, without attribution in accordance with the rules of scientific ethics,
b) Forgery: producing data that is not based on research, editing or modifying a submitted or published work based on untrue data, reporting or publishing them, presenting research that has not been conducted as if it has been conducted,
c) Distortion: falsifying research records and data obtained, falsifying methods, devices, and materials not used in the research, excluding data that are not in accordance with the research hypothesis, manipulating data or results to fit relevant theories or assumptions, falsifying or shaping research results in line with the interests of the persons and organizations receiving support,
d) Duplicate Publication: Presenting more than one work containing the same results of research as separate works in associate professorship exam evaluations and academic promotions
e) Slicing: Inappropriately dividing the results of research into parts in a way that disrupts the integrity of the research and presenting them as separate works in certain exam evaluations and academic incentives and promotions by publishing a large number of publications without citing each other,
f) Unfair Authorship: Including people who have not actively contributed to the article, not including people who have actively contributed, changing the author ranking in an unjustified and inappropriate manner, removing the names of active contributors from the work during publication or in subsequent editions, using his/her influence to get his/her name included among the authors even though he/she has not actively contributed,
g) Other Types of Ethical Violations: Failure to clearly indicate the persons, institutions or organizations that provide support and their contributions to the research in the publications of the research conducted with support, failure to comply with ethical rules in research conducted on humans and animals, failure to respect patient rights in publications, sharing the information contained in a work that they are assigned to review as a referee with others before publication, misuse of resources, spaces, facilities and devices provided or allocated for scientific research, making completely groundless, unwarranted and deliberate accusations of ethical violations (YÖK Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive, Article 8).

II. Responsibilities of stakeholders
1. Responsibilities of authors
In studies requiring ethics committee approval, information about the permission (name of the committee, date, and number) should be included in the method section and also on the first or last page of the article. In case reports, information on the signature of the informed consent form should be included in the article.
It should be declared that all data in the article are real and original. Copyright regulations must be complied with for the intellectual and artistic works used.
Plagiarism, errors, suspicious situations, and suggested corrections shown as a result of preliminary evaluation or peer review are mandatory. If not, a consistent justification should be provided.
Persons who have not contributed intellectually to the article should not be listed as authors.
The article or research should be prepared in accordance with the spelling rules of our journal, and the “References” should be prepared in full.
Plagiarism and falsified data should be avoided.
Authors should inform the editor and the editorial board when they detect an error in their work and cooperate for the correction or retraction process.
It should not be possible to publish the research in more than one journal, and the Copyright Transfer Form in the journal system should be filled in.

2. Responsibilities of Arbitrators

The management of our journal is committed to the successful execution and improvement of the refereeing process within the framework of ethical publishing rules. All articles are evaluated through a blind review process. The articles are sent to the referees for evaluation through the journal management system realized through DergiPark. Through the Referee Form sent from this system, the opinions of the referees, including the contribution of the article to the field and whether the article is publishable or not, and the reasons for these decisions are obtained. In this direction, it is based on the following principles:.
Reviewers should only review articles related to their field of expertise.
Evaluations should be made impartially.
There should be no conflict of interest between the reviewers and the stakeholders of the article under review.
In the evaluations related to the article, the issues that the author should correct should be indicated on the article, and the completion of the work, reference, citation, rule, and similar deficiencies should be indicated.
Referees are required to indicate their decisions on whether the article is publishable or not and the reasons for their decisions in the Referee Evaluation Form.
Referees are expected to complete their evaluations within the time given to them and comply with the specified ethical responsibilities.

3. Responsibilities of the editors

Editors are required to comply with the ethical responsibilities set out in the “COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors” and “COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors” published by the “Committee on Publication Ethics” (COPE).
The journal editor is responsible for all articles published in the journal. In addition to the responsibilities mentioned above, he/she must also comply with the ethical responsibilities listed below.
The editor should provide authors with up-to-date publication and editorial guidelines on what is expected of them.
Editors have the responsibility and authority to accept or reject manuscripts. They must use this responsibility and authority in a proper and timely manner.
Editors should not be in conflict of interest regarding the articles they accept or reject.
Editors should accept articles that are original and will contribute to the field.
Editors should create a database of referees and update the database according to the performance of the referees.
Editors should allow inaccurate, incomplete, and problematic articles to be withdrawn before or after the referee report or to be published after correction.
Editors should ensure that articles evaluated by at least two reviewers are evaluated according to a double-blind review system and keep the reviewers confidential.
Articles should include the dates of submission and acceptance for publication.

4. Plagiarism Policy

Editors, referees, and authors are required to comply with the international code of ethics for publications and to ensure that manuscripts comply with spelling rules. If plagiarism or unethical behavior is detected, publication may be rejected. High similarity rates can cause an article to be rejected before or even after acceptance. Depending on the type of article, this is expected to be less than 15% or 20%.
5. Publication Policy
1. The Journal of Anatolian Geography is published electronically twice a year, in June and December.

2. The works to be submitted to the journal must be mainly in the field of geography.

3. The journal accepts submissions in Turkish and English.

4. All works submitted to the journal will first be examined by the “Editorial Board” in terms of content, spelling rules, and other aspects.

4.1. “Research Articles” to be submitted to the journal should have Turkish “Abstract” and “Keywords” and English “Abstract” and "Keywords,” respectively.

4.3. The journal applies a “blind refereeing” system for “research articles.”.

4.4. “Research articles” that comply with the “Editorial Guidelines” are evaluated by at least two “referees.”. In order for such a work to be accepted for publication, the positive report of both “referees” to whom the work is sent is required. If one of the reports is positive and the other is negative, the related work is sent to a third referee. The “Editorial Board” decides on the acceptance or rejection of the work in line with the report from the third referee.

4.5. The “Editorial Board” decides whether all manuscripts submitted to the journal will be published as is or partially corrected after the relevant processes are completed, or otherwise, and the result is notified to the author(s). Corrected manuscripts should be submitted to the journal management within one month at the latest.

5. The legal responsibility of the works published in the journal belongs entirely to the author(s), and the ideas defended in the works do not reflect the opinion of Gümüşhane University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Geography.

6. No royalties are paid to the author(s) for the published works.

7. The copyrights of the published works are considered to be transferred to the Journal of Anatolian Geography, whether or not there is a relevant statement. This also indicates that the authors accept the rules of “Open Journal Systems” set by “Tübitak DergiPark.”.

8. Works published in the journal can be quoted, provided that the source is cited.