Ethical Principles and Publication Policy
This journal is committed to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines. Articles which have been prepared in Turkish or English languages, not previously published in another journal or presented to another journal simultaneously. While constituting the ethical duties and responsibilities following, it has been prepared by taking account of the guidelines and policies published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) as open access.
Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
Publication processes applied in Journal of Samsun Health Sciences aim to develop and distribute 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. It is important that all stakeholders of the process (authors, readers and researchers, publishers, referees and editors) adhere to the standards of ethical principles. Author (s) who submit a study to Journal of Samsun Health Sciences are expected to comply with the following ethical responsibilities:
• It is expected that the studies submitted by the authors to the journal will be original. If the author (s) benefit from or use other studies, they must be cited completely and accurately.
• Persons who do not contribute to the content intellectually in the creation of the study should not be specified as authors.
• The situations and relationships that may constitute a conflict of interest, if any, of all works submitted for publication should be explained.
• To act in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration Principles in all studies involving the element of "human". In the presence of such studies, it should be stated in the METHOD section of the article that the authors conducted the study in accordance with these principles and received "informed consent" from the ethics committees of their institutions and from the people who participated in the study.
• If the "Animal" element is used in the study, the authors should state in the METHOD section of the article that they protect animal rights in their studies in line with the principles of Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and that they get approval from the ethics committees of their institutions.
• Regardless of the revealing of the patient's identity in case report, obtaining "informed consent" from patients should be presenting them in accordance with patient privacy
• If there is a direct-indirect commercial link or financial support institution for the study, the authors; to indicate to the editor on the presentation page that there is no commercial relationship with the commercial product, drug, company ... used and what kind of a relationship (consultant, other agreements), if any • If "Ethics Committee Approval (IRB)" is required for the article; the authors declare that they have received ethics committee approval, in the "Method" section, with the date and number.
• The article should include a statement that Research and Publication Ethics are complied with.
• Raw data related to their articles may be requested from the author (s) within the framework of the evaluation processes, in such a case, the author (s) should be ready to present the expected data and information to the editorial board and scientific board.
• The author (s) must have a document showing that they have the rights to use the data obtained, the necessary permissions for the research / analysis, or the consent of the experimental subjects.
• In the case that the author (s) notices a mistake or error in their published work, at the earlycite or evaluation process, the journal editor or publisher has an obligation to cooperate with the editor in informing, correcting or withdrawing.
• Authors cannot have their work in the application process of more than one journal at the same time. Each application can be started following completion of the previous application. A study published in another journal cannot be submit to Journal of Samsun Health Sciences Journal.
• Changing the author responsibilities of a study whose evaluation process has started (such as adding an author, changing the order of authors, removing authors) cannot be proposed.
Ethical Responsibilities of Editors'
The editors of Journal of Samsun Health Sciences are responsible for every publication published on the basis of "COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" as open access published by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
In the context of this responsibility, editors must fulfill the following roles and obligations:
Considering only the public interest in the decisions made about the journal; they must decide independently.
Due to the independence-based relationship between Publishers and Editors, all decisions should be taken independently of the publisher and other persons and organizations.
The journal should strive for continuous improvement and increase in the quality of its publication.
It should ensure that journal policies such as publication, blind review, evaluation process, ethical principles are determined and implemented.
It should ensure that all published articles are evaluated by appropriately qualified referees.
It should protect the copyright of the article authors published in the journal.
During the publishing process of articles and journals, they should take relevant precautions regarding intellectual property rights, scientific and unethical behavior, plagiarism and citation ganging.
It should update the manual aimed at meeting the information needs of the author (s) and referees.
Records of each article and correspondence related to the journal should be kept electronically or in print.
Ethical Responsibilities of Peer Reviewers
Journal of Samsun Health Sciences is execute the principle of double-blind refereeing. In this system, where the referees do not directly communicate with the authors, the referees send their correction requests to the authors through the journal management system through the journal management system, through the article evaluation forms and the notes specified on the text. In this context, the referees who will evaluate the articles submitted to Journal of Samsun Health Sciences are expected to have the following ethical responsibilities:
Should only agree to evaluate studies related to his / her field of specialization.
The evaluation should be made in neutral and confidentiality.
Since they can only use the final versions of the studies they have examined after they are published, they should destroy the studies they have reviewed after the evaluation process due to the confidentiality principle.
When they understand that there is a conflict of interest, they should refuse to evaluate the article and inform the editor of the journal.
Should make the assessment objectively only in relation to the content of the study.
It should not allow nationality, gender, religious beliefs, political beliefs, and business concerns to influence the assessment.
Make the assessment in accordance with academic etiquette, with a constructive and courteous language. Avoid insulting, hostile and humiliating personal comments.
In order to evaluate, they must report the work they have accepted with the "Referee evaluation form" in time.
Plagiarism Policy of Journal (Plagiarism Policy)
Plagiarism is the use of others' published and unpublished ideas or words (or other intellectual property rights) without attribution or permission and presenting as new and original rather than deriving from an existing source. Self-plagiarism means that an author uses parts of his previous articles on the same topic elsewhere in his publications, without specifically citing them (https://wame.org/recommendations-on-publication-ethics-policies-for-medical-journals) .
In Journal of Samsun Health Sciences, publications with plagiarism and/or self-plagiarism detected in editorial evaluation since 2019 are not taken into consideration. During the file upload process, authors are required to upload the similarity report they obtained using a suitable plagiarism program (iThenticate, Turnitin, etc.) to the system along with other files. Articles with a similarity rate of more than 15% are accepted as plagiarism and rejected.
Period of Article Evaluation
It is aimed to complete the evaluation processes of the articles submitted to Journal of Samsun Health Sciences within 12 to 16 weeks. In unusual cases, this period may sometimes be longer.
Processes of Correction and Withdrawal
Articles submitted to Journal of Samsun Health Sciences cannot be withdrawn after the referee process begins or because they are sent to another journal. Authors can withdraw their manuscript that has not been refereed with a petition stating that they want to retract the manuscript by contacting the journal editors. Authors cannot send their articles to another journal for evaluation unless the retraction request is approved by the editorial board.
Publication / Copyright
Journal of Samsun Health Sciences does not charge any fee for the submission, evaluation, acceptance, printing and publication of the article. All kinds of publication / copyrights of the articles accepted for publication belong to our journal. The thoughts and suggestions in the articles are entirely the responsibility of the authors. For each article, authors must fill in the "Copyright Transfer" and send it to the journal with the article. At the same time, the contribution of the author should be stated in the article.
Scientific Responsibility
All authors must have a direct academic-scientific contribution to the submitted article. The responsible author, who is responsible for the communication with the journal, is responsible for the final version of the article on behalf of all authors.
If You Encounter an Unethical Situation
If you encounter any unethical behavior or content other than the above mentioned ethical responsibilities in Samsun Journal of Health Sciences, please report to jshs@omu.edu.tr via e-mail.

Archiving Policy
All articles published in the journal are archived in the Dergipark system.