Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Publication Ethics and Abuse Statement

"The Journal of Innovations in Civil Engineering and Technology (JICIVILTECH)" undertakes to apply the highest standards of publication ethics and to abide by the following principles of the Publication Ethics and Abuse Statement. This declaration has been prepared on the basis of the recommendations and guidelines developed by the organization's named Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Council of Science Editors (CSE), World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), and International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).

Manuscripts submitted to the journal for publication should not have been previously published in another journal (including papers presented at scientific meetings and published in full text) or sent to any journal simultaneously for publication.

Manuscripts submitted to the journal are evaluated by an editor and at least two reviewers and are taken into the double-blind peer-review process. It reserves the right to review the submitted articles at any stage for plagiarism by means of purposeful software. For this purpose, unauthorized quotations or fake data for plagiarism, forgery (table figures or fabrication or manipulation of research data), and articles that do not comply with the standards, which are about the use of inappropriate human or animal material in the research are not published in the journal. It is also valid when the standard and its non-conformance are detected in the post-publication stage and requires the retraction of the manuscript. Our journal reminds you of its responsibility to report plagiarism or suspicion of double publication due to publication ethics. No fee is charged for articles accepted to be published in the journal.

Our journal is taken as the basis on Publication Ethics Flowcharts developed by COPE in possible cases of abuse or violation of publication ethics. Please click for detailed information on this subject.


Author Responsibilities


Author (s) should ensure the originality of the manuscripts submitted. They must declare that the manuscript has not been published anywhere, in any language, or has not been evaluated for publication. They must comply with applicable copyright agreements and laws. In our journal, copyrighted material such as tables, figures, or other contributory quotations is published only with valid permission and copyright approval and this responsibility belongs to the authors. Author (or authors); should cite other authors, contributors, or sources appropriately and cite relevant sources. Author (s) of research papers (including short reports); Participate in and declare at least 3 stages of "designing the study", "collecting data", "reviewing data", "writing the text" and "confirming the accuracy of data and analyzes”. The authors are obliged to explain a financial relationship or conflict of interest or competing interest areas that need to be known about the study and may potentially affect the findings or scientific result of the study. They should clearly report all financial contributions, sponsorships, or project support to the work. When the author detects a meaningful scientific error or inconvenience in his published manuscript, he is obliged to contact the Editor as soon as possible in order to withdraw the manuscript or correct the error.


Reviewer Responsibilities

Reviewers evaluate the incoming manuscripts in terms of scientific content, regardless of their authors' ethnicity, gender, nationality, religious belief, or political philosophy. In terms of reviewers; There should be no conflict of interest or competition with the research, authors, or sponsors. Reviewers' decisions must be objective. Reviewers should indicate relevant publications that have not been cited by the author. They are obliged to keep all information about the submitted article confidential and to notify the Editor when they are aware of copyright infringement and plagiarism by the author. If the reviewers think that the content of a submitted manuscript is incompatible with his / her scientific field or experience, or if he/she cannot make a rapid evaluation, he/she should inform the Editor and ask for forgiveness from the evaluation process. Click here to access the "Reviewer Guide" PDF document prepared by COPE.


Editor Responsibilities


Editors evaluate incoming manuscripts in terms of scientific content regardless of their authors' ethnicity, gender, gender preference, nationality, religious belief, or political philosophy. They provide a fair double-blind peer-review process for the publication of submitted manuscripts.

They ensure that all information regarding the submitted article is kept confidential until it is published.


Editor; It should not allow any conflicts of interest or competition that may arise between authors, editors, and referees. In the Journal of Innovations in Civil Engineering and Technology, only the Editor has the full authority to appoint a referee and is responsible for the final decision regarding the publication of the articles. Editors are responsible for the content and overall quality of the publication. They publish revisions through the Erratum pages when necessary.

Click here to access the PDF document titled "General Duties and Responsibilities of Editors" prepared by COPE.