The Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies (Publication Ethical Principles)

The Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies has adopted the principle of publishing by universal publication rules.

The Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies is a peer-reviewed journal. In studies prepared according to scientific rules, all components of the publication process, including the publisher, editors, authors, and readers, should comply with ethical principles. The journal's publication ethics and open-access policy require this compliance with the open-access guides and guidelines published by the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE).

Suppose situations such as manipulating, distortion, or fabricating the data used in the articles are detected. In that case, this will be reported through an official channel to the corporation where the author works, and the article will be rejected. Our journal has the right to request output files from the authors concerning the assessments given by the editor(s) and/or the referees.

The Ethical Responsibilities of The Publisher

The Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies is a nonprofit publication establishment.

The Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies has been published since 2014 in the framework of universal rules.

The Editors Council of the Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies comprises experts in their fields, whether in the country or abroad. Experts in Ottoman History, Culture, and Civilization are members of the Editorial Council. Depending on the article's subject, the editor can, when necessary, send an article to faculty members who are not members of the Editors Council for them to analyze as field editors.

The Responsibilities of the Editors Council of The Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies

• The Editors Council of the Journal is responsible for all of the articles submitted to The Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies, in fact, from all of the processes after its publication, and the editors' council is aware of this responsibility. This responsibility requires independent decision-making from all personal gain and only thinking about public welfare in the decisions that are being made about the journal. The relationship between the publisher and the Editors Council is based on the independence principle, and all of the decisions that are going to be made by the editors are independent of the publisher and the other person and establishments.

• The Editors Council of the Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies strives to develop the journal and elevate its publication quality continually.

• The Editors Council of The Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies ensures the determination and implementation of journal policies such as publication, blind review, the assessment process, ethical principles, etc.

• The Editors Council of The Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies protects the copyright of the article author published in the journal.

• The Editors Council of the Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies is responsible for taking precautions regarding intellectual property rights, non-scientific-ethical behaviors, plagiarism, and reference (attribution) gangsterism in the article and journal publication process.

• The Editors Council of the Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies keeps records of every article and correspondence about the journal, written or printed, through Dergipark and its means.

The Ethical Responsibilities of the Editors, Editors Facilitators, and Field Editors

• Editors try to accommodate the information needs of the referees, author(s), researchers, and readers, provide feedback when necessary, manage the publishing process, and make corrections according to the principle of clarity in subjects where an explanation is needed.

• Editors are attentive to the article's authenticity and contributions to the scientific literature, reader, researcher, and operators while deciding on the publication of the articles.

• Editors consider the authentic value of the article, its contribution to the field, the validity and trustworthiness of its research method, the clarity of its verbalism, and the purpose and extent of the journal while making a positive or negative decision about the article.

• Editors, if the submitted articles do not have a significant issue, consider the articles in the pre-evaluation stage, be attentive to the positive referee suggestions, and if it does not have a severe problem, won't change the decisions that were taken by the previous editor(s).

• Editors perform the blind review and evaluation process policies present in the journal's publication policies, keep the referees' identity information classified, and ensure that every article is assessed in a non-biased way and assessed within its time.

• Editors send the articles by being attentive to the professionality of the field editors and referees, and they support the evaluations to be made non-biased and independent.

• Editors, for a non-biased evaluation of the article, consider the conflict of interest-unity of interest between the referees and author(s).

• Editors are searching for the creation of a wide range of referees that are constantly updated.

• Editors block evaluations that are not aligned with academic etiquette and are non-scientific.

• Editors make sure that journal publication processes are aligned with publishing policies and guides, inform those whore are involved in the process about the developments of the publishing policies and prepare a training program if it is necessary.

• Editors communicate effectively with everyone involved in the publication process and organize meetings periodically.

• Editors ensure that the personal data are protected in the evaluated journals; they protect the personal data of the author, referee, and readers.

• Editors are attentive to the protection of the rights of humans and animals in the article; they care about the documentation of the open confirmation of the article's participants; if the ethical council approval about the journal's participants shows that they are not allowed in experimental researches, they reject the article.

• Editors take precautions for malpractice. If it is suspected that malpractice may be the case, they share the data about the subject through an objective investigation.

• Editors ensure that the errors, desultoriness, or misleadings in the articles are corrected.

• Editors protect the intellectual property rights of published articles, and in the case of a breach, they defend the rights of the journal and the author(s). Also, they take necessary precautions regarding the articles' contents and whether they breach other publications' intellectual property rights; they conduct an originality-similarity audit.

• Editors are attentive to the critics intended for articles published in the journal, and they give a right to respond to the author(s) of the criticized articles.

• Editors consider the works that contain adverse outcomes as well.

• Editors analyze the remonstrances related to the Journal and make the necessary explanations.

The Ethical Responsibilities of the Referees

In the article evaluation process of The Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies, it is applied a two side blind referee principle where the author(s) don't know the referees and the referees don't know the authors; the referees can't communicate directly with the authors; the article evaluation forms and the wish the correct which is specified on the text is conveyed to the author(s) through journal administration system by the editors. The referees that are going to evaluate the articles that are submitted to The Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies should carry these ethical responsibilities:

• Referees should only accept and evaluate articles related to their specialty.

• Referees should evaluate in a non-biased and confidential way. By this principle, they should dispel the articles they analyze after the evaluation process and use them after publication. Nationality, gender, religious belief, political belief, and commercial concerns should not corrupt the evaluation's neutrality.

• When referees understand a conflict of interest-unity of interest, they should not evaluate the article and inform the editors.

• Referees should evaluate in alliance with academic etiquette, using constructive language, and avoid personal commentaries involving defamation and enmity.

• Referees should evaluate the article that they accepted to evaluate within the given time.

The Ethical Responsibilities of the Authors

The ethical responsibilities of the author(s) that submitted an article to The Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies:

• Author(s) should not submit an article that they published or submitted to be published in another place; they should not submit more than one article of their own at the same time to The Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies.

• Author(s) should submit authentic articles to The Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies.

• Author(s) should attribute (reference) to the resources that they benefitted from the article while writing it correctly and in alliance with the ethical principles.

• Authors who did the article should not be listed, and the processes of changing them, omitting an author, and supplementing an author's position should not be suggested in a  not contribute ted.

• They should inform the editors about the people with conflicts of interest or unity of interest in an article submitted for publication.

• If information or crude data is requested from the author(s) related to their articles during the evaluation process, they should present the expected information to the Editors.

• Author(s) should document the verification of the right of use of the data they used in their articles, the allowances related to research analysis, or the confirmation of the participants they researched.

• Author(s) should communicate with the editor when they realize an error in the evaluation or early appearance or their article published in a digital setting article that is in the process of informing, correcting, or retracting.

• The author(s) should obtain the ethics committee approval for studies that require data collection through quantitative or qualitative methods such as experiments, questionnaires, scales, interviews, observations, and focus group studies, which require an ethics committee decision; ethics committee name, decision date, and number should be stated on the first and last page of the article and in the method section, and the document showing the ethics committee decision should be uploaded to the system with the application of the article. In addition, the article should include information about obtaining the informed approval/consent form in the case reports.

• The author(s) should present evidence within the article related to their being attentive to the ethical principles in the data gathering process (for example, getting approval from someone to use their documents such as scale, survey, and photograph). The article should state that it is in alliance with the regulation of research and publication ethics and copyright of intellectual and art products. If the research is conducted on human or animal subjects, it should be informed that it is performed in the alliance international notices and guides, etc.

• The ethical council approval is not requested from the author(s) for compilation articles. With that, in the articles that do not require an ethical council decision, the situation of the non-requested ethical council decision should also be included on the journal's first page and in the methods section.

Informing the Editor of the Situation That is Not Complying with the Ethical Principles

In The Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies, unethical behavior that is related to the editors, referees, and authors or in the case of encountering a non-ethical situation relating to an article that is in the process of evaluation, early appearance stage, or a published one, its intimation to the ijoses@hotmail.com address through a message will enrich our publication quality.

The resources that are used in the process of preparation and the adaptation of the policies:

Budapeşte Açık Erişim Bildirgesi

ICMJE (International Committee Of Medical Journal Editors)

Creative Commons

COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)

DOAJ Principles Of Transparency And Best Practice In Scholarly Publishing

YÖK Bilimsel Araştırma ve Yayın Etiği Yönergesi

P.S.: While the Publication Policies (Publication Ethical Principles) of The Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies were in preparation, it benefitted from the Ankara University Faculty of the Educational Sciences' publication processes page regarding content and form. See https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/auebfd/policy