Ethical Rules for Author(s);
• The author(s) submitting an article for publication in our journal must comply with the ethical principles and rules specified;
• The submitted studies must not have been published before and must not have been sent to another publication organ or scientific activity in the same time period for publication.
• The study must be the author(s)'s own. If other researches and publications are utilised, citations/references must be made in full in accordance with the principles of scientific research and the sources must be clearly indicated.
• If the data collection tools used (such as scales, questionnaires, etc.) do not belong to the author(s), the necessary permission must be obtained and documented.
• In studies with more than one author, the authors should contribute to the study scientifically, academically, concretely and sufficiently. Persons who do not contribute to the study in this respect cannot be included as authors.
• Authors cannot be added or removed after the evaluation process has started.
• According to the Turnitin programme, which is a plagiarism prevention software, the similarity rate cannot exceed 15% including citations. The evaluation process of the studies that do not meet this requirement is not started. A low similarity rate does not mean that the quotations, citations and references are in accordance with the principles of scientific research and ethical rules.
• Translations of other works are not accepted to our journal. Studies submitted without indicating that they are translations, but which are partially or completely translated, are rejected for plagiarism regardless of the similarity rate.
• The research data and results in the studies should be in accordance with the reality; data should not be changed by selection, addition and subtraction.
• The raw data of the studies must be kept by the author(s) and made available upon request.
• For studies that require qualitative/quantitative data collection, ethics committee approval must be obtained and information about the approval must be provided within the study. The relevant ethics committee approval document should be sent to the journal with the study.
• The author(s) must declare in the study that they have worked in accordance with scientific research methods and principles and ethical rules.
• The responsibility for unforeseen ethical violations and illegal situations within the rules belongs to the author(s). Therefore, the author(s) are obliged to comply with nationally and internationally recognised ethical and legal rules.

Ethical Rules for Reviewers;
• They should evaluate the studies related to their fields of expertise and competence. Otherwise, they should not evaluate and notify the editorial board.
• They should evaluate the studies in terms of meaningful contribution to the relevant field, compliance with scientific research methods and competence.
• While evaluating, they should act in accordance with the principles of impartiality, confidentiality, objectivity, and scientific review; they should avoid subjective personal criteria to the maximum extent.
• Care should be taken to ensure that the language used in writing the report is encouraging and respectful of the author's personal rights.
• They should refuse to examine the study in case they encounter a relationship of interest or pressure that may adversely affect the evaluation during the process.
• They should not archive the studies they have reviewed, should not personally benefit from their content, and should not benefit from these studies before publication.
• Reviewers should be informed about the ethical rules determined for the author(s), pay attention to them in their evaluation and inform the editorial board if they realise that ethical rules are violated.

Code of Ethics for Editors;
• Editors are responsible for conducting the preliminary evaluation, peer review and publication processes of the studies within the framework of the journal's publication principles and ethical rules; fair, impartial, auditable, objective, independent of interest relations and in accordance with the confidentiality rights of the parties.
• Studies that are suitable for the purpose and scope of the journal should be included in the preliminary evaluation stage if there is no significant violation in terms of publication principles and ethical rules.
• It should pay utmost attention to ensure that the author(s) and referees comply with the specified ethical rules, and make new arrangements and changes if necessary.
• During the referee evaluation process; should ensure that the double-blind refereeing system is carried out in accordance with its purpose, keep the identity information of the author(s) and referees confidential and check whether there is a relationship of interest between them.
• They should determine referees appropriate to the subject of the study and endeavour to ensure that competent referees participate in the evaluation process.
• They should submit the studies sent by the members of the Vocational School of Social Sciences to the review of referees from outside the institution.
• No information and explanation can be given to third parties who are not involved in the evaluation and publication processes. (This rule also applies if the work is not published as a result of the evaluation process).
• In communication with the author(s) and referees; should be descriptive and informative, provide timely feedback, and be in mutual interaction.
• They should endeavour to ensure the academic and publication development of the journal, to improve its quality and to contribute to the fields of science that constitute its scope.
• It should take into account the opinions, requests, complaints and criticisms conveyed by the author(s), referees and readers, and provide explanatory feedback. Inform the persons or organisations that have the right to reply.
• It should make evaluations with the journal boards regarding the issues included in the opinions, requests, complaints and criticisms and should be able to make changes in the publication processes according to the results.

Publication Ethics Principles
Peer-reviewed studies are studies that support and realise the scientific method. At this point, it is of great importance that all parties involved in the publication process (author(s), readers and researchers, publisher, referees and editors) comply with ethical principles. Selçuk University Vocational School of Social Sciences Journal adheres to national and international standards on research and publication ethics. It complies with the Press Law, the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works and the Directive on Scientific Research and Publication Ethics of Higher Education Institutions. Selçuk University Vocational School of Social Sciences Journal has adopted the International Ethical Publishing Principles published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA).

• Press Law (National Legislation)
• Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works (National Legislation)
• Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive (National Legislation)
• Transparency and Best Practice Principles in Academic Publishing (International Criteria)

Replay
Republishing is the publication of the same article or substantially similar articles in more than one journal. The editor sends back such an article without reviewing it. Thereafter, the editor may impose an embargo for a certain period of time on the author who has attempted to republish, publicise this situation in the journal in which the author has previously published (perhaps by simultaneous announcement with the editor of the journal that published the previous article), or apply all of these measures together.

Simultaneous submission of the same work to more than one journal
Author(s) may not submit the same article to more than one journal at the same time. If the editor learns of possible simultaneous submission, he/she reserves the right to consult with the other editor(s) receiving the manuscript. In addition, the editor may return the manuscript without review or reject the manuscript without considering the reviews, or may take this decision in discussion with the other editor(s) involved, and may decide not to accept submissions from the author(s) for a certain period of time. It may also write to the author(s)' employer or take all of these measures together.

Control to Prevent Plagiarism
Plagiarism is presenting the ideas, methods, data, applications, writings, forms or works of others as one's own work in whole or in part without citing their owners in accordance with scientific rules.
Journal of Selçuk University Social Sciences Vocational School scans all submitted articles to prevent plagiarism. The studies submitted for review are checked for plagiarism using Turnitin software. The similarity rate is expected to be less than 15%. The main measure of similarity is the author's compliance with the rules of citation and citation. If the similarity rate is 1%, but citation and quotation are not done properly, plagiarism may still be in question. In this respect, citation and quotation rules should be known and carefully applied by the author.
Plagiarism, duplication, false authorship/confessed authorship, research/data fabrication, article slicing, sliced publication, copyright infringement and concealment of conflict of interest are considered unethical behaviours. All articles that do not comply with accepted ethical standards are removed from publication. This includes articles containing possible irregularities and non-conformities detected after publication.

If plagiarism is detected in an article submitted or published in our journal, our journal acts in accordance with the COPE principles (Plagiarism in a submitted manuscript - Plagiarism in a published article).

Forgery
To produce data that is not based on research, to edit or change the work presented or published on the basis of unreal data, to report or publish them, to show a research that has not been done as if it has been done.
Falsifying research records and data obtained, showing methods, devices and materials that were not used in the research as if they were used, not evaluating data that do not comply with the research hypothesis, manipulating data and/or results to fit the relevant theory or assumptions, falsifying or shaping the research results in line with the interests of the persons and organisations supported.

Protection of Personal Data of Participants
Selçuk University Vocational School of Social Sciences Journal requires that all research involving personal or sensitive data or materials relating to human participants that are not legally available to the public be subject to formal ethical review.

Addressing Allegations of Research Misconduct
Journal of Selçuk University Social Sciences Vocational School complies with COPE's Ethical Toolkit for a Successful Editorial Process. Journal editors will take measures to prevent the publication of manuscripts in which plagiarism, citation manipulation, data falsification, data fabrication, and other research misconduct have occurred. In no case will journal editors knowingly allow such misconduct to occur. In the event that journal editors become aware of any allegations of research misconduct related to an article published in their journal, they will follow COPE's guidelines regarding allegations.

Ethical Violation Notifications
Readers can send an e-mail to sbmyod@selcuk.edu.tr if they notice a significant error or inaccuracy in an article published in Selçuk University Vocational School of Social Sciences Journal or if they have any complaints about the editorial content (plagiarism, duplicate articles, etc.). We welcome applications as it will provide an opportunity for us to improve, and we will respond quickly and constructively.

Correction, Retraction, Expression of Concern
Editors may consider publishing a correction if minor errors are detected in the published article that do not affect the findings, interpretations and conclusions. Editors should consider retracting the manuscript if there are major errors/violations that invalidate the findings and conclusions. Editors should consider issuing a statement of concern if there is a likelihood of research or publication misconduct by the author(s); there is evidence that the findings are unreliable and that the author(s)' institution(s) did not investigate the incident; or the potential investigation appears unfair or inconclusive. COPE guidelines regarding correction, retraction or expression of concern are taken into account.

Publication of Studies Based on Surveys and Interviews
Selçuk University Vocational School of Social Sciences Journal adopts the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ‘Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors’ and ‘Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers’ in order to provide ethical assurance in scientific periodical publishing. In this context, the following points should be complied with in the studies submitted to the journal:
1) For research in all disciplines that require ethics committee approval (ethics committee approval must be obtained, this approval must be stated and documented in the article.
2) In studies requiring ethics committee authorisation, information about the authorisation (name of the committee, date and number) should be included in the method section and on one of the first/last pages of the article; in case reports, information on the signature of the informed consent/assent form should be included in the article.

Special Issue Publication Policy
A special issue can be published once a year upon the request of the Editorial Board. Articles submitted for inclusion in the special issue are first subjected to a preliminary editorial review. Then, they are examined for compliance with the journal's spelling rules and similarity screening is performed to prevent plagiarism. After these stages, they are included in the peer review process using the double-blinding model.

Editorial Confidentiality Obligation
The editors of Selçuk University Vocational School of Social Sciences Journal treat all submitted manuscripts as confidential documents, which means that they will not disclose information about a manuscript to anyone without the permission of the author(s). During the manuscript review process, the following people have access to the manuscripts: Editors, Reviewers, Editorial Board Members. The only time details about a manuscript may be passed to a third party without the author(s)' permission is if the editor suspects serious research misconduct.

Allegations-Suspicions of Scientific Misconduct
There are different definitions of scientific misconduct. We address these issues on a case-by-case basis while following the guidance established by major publication ethics bodies. If the editor suspects or alleges a breach of ethics, they are obliged to take action. This duty extends to both published and unpublished articles. The editor should not simply reject articles raising concerns about possible misconduct. He/she is ethically obliged to follow up on alleged cases. The editor should follow COPE flowcharts when appropriate. Editors should first seek a response from those suspected of misconduct. If they are not satisfied with the response, they should ask the relevant employer or organisation to investigate. The editor should make all reasonable endeavours to ensure that an appropriate investigation into the alleged misconduct is carried out; if this fails, the editor should make all reasonable attempts to insist on a resolution to the problem. This is an onerous but important task.
Selçuk University Vocational School of Social Sciences Journal follows COPE's Ethical Toolkit for a Successful Editorial Office. Journal editors will take measures to prevent the publication of articles in which plagiarism, citation manipulation, data falsification, data fabrication and other research misconduct have occurred. Under no circumstances will Selçuk University Vocational School of Social Sciences Journal or its editors knowingly allow such misconduct to occur. In the event that journal editors become aware of any allegations of research misconduct related to an article published in their journal, they will follow COPE's guidelines regarding allegations.
Reviewers should inform the Editor if they suspect research or publication misconduct. The Editor is responsible for taking necessary action in accordance with COPE recommendations.
Selçuk University Vocational School of Social Sciences Journal is committed to following the COPE flowcharts when faced with allegations of misconduct on the following or similar issues.
• What to do when re-publication is suspected
• What to do when plagiarism is suspected
• What to do if fabricated data is suspected
• Requests for change of authorship
• What to do if an undisclosed conflict of interest is suspected
• What to do if unfair or gift authorship is suspected
• What to do when an ethical problem is suspected in an article
• What to do when the suspicion of ethical violation is directly notified by e-mail, etc.
• What to do when a suspected ethical violation is announced via social media

Complaint Procedure
This procedure applies to complaints about content, procedures or policies that are the responsibility of Selçuk University Vocational School of Social Sciences Journal or our editorial staff. Complaints can provide an opportunity and incentive for improvement and we aim to respond in a prompt, courteous and constructive manner.
The complaint must relate to content, procedures or policies that are the responsibility of Selçuk University Vocational School of Social Sciences Journal or our editorial team. Complaints should be emailed directly to sbmyod@selcuk.edu.tr and will be treated confidentially. The editor responds to complaints promptly. The editor follows the procedure outlined in the COPE flowchart regarding complaints.
Complaints are reviewed by the relevant member of the editorial team and, if not resolved, the following processes are followed:
• If this initial response is considered inadequate, the complainant may request that the complaint be forwarded to a more senior member of the journal.
• If the complainant is not satisfied, the complaint may be forwarded to the editor-in-chief.
• If possible, a full response will be given within two weeks.
COPE publishes a code of practice for editors of scientific journals. This should facilitate the resolution of disputes with editors, journals and publishers, but only after the journal's own complaints procedures have been exhausted.

Appeal Process
We welcome serious objections to the evaluations made by editors and reviewers. If you feel that we have rejected your paper because we misunderstood its scientific content, please send an appeal message to our editorial team at sbmyod@selcuk.edu.tr. Do not attempt to submit a revised version of your manuscript at this stage. If, after reading your appeal letter, we realise that your appeal is justified, we may invite you to submit a revised version of your manuscript. Your manuscript will then be resubmitted to the external reviewer process. Please include as much detail as possible in the appeal letter. Finally, we can only consider one appeal per manuscript, so please take the time and effort to write the letter in detail to make your appeal clear - you have one chance, so use it well. We have found that prolonged deliberation over rejected manuscripts is often unsatisfactory for both author(s) and editors, so we do not process multiple appeals for the same paper.

Conflicts of Interest
A conflict of interest arises when professional judgement about a primary interest may be influenced by a secondary interest (such as financial gain or personal competition). We believe that we need to know the competing interests of the author(s) in order to make the best judgement about how to handle an article, and that readers should know them if we publish the article.
Any interest, financial or otherwise, that may cause the person to be conflicted in his or her work, significantly impair his or her objectivity, or give an unfair advantage in favour of any person or organisation. All sources of financial support received during the conduct of the research and preparation of the manuscript and the role of sponsors in the study should be disclosed. If there is no source of funding, this should also be indicated. Examples of potential conflicts of interest that should be disclosed include consultancies, salaries, grants. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed at the earliest possible stage.
Selçuk University Vocational School of Social Sciences Journal has a set process for handling submissions from editors, staff or editorial board members to ensure impartial review. Such submissions are first referred to other journals. If this is not possible, the owner of the submission is suspended from the journal. These submissions are reviewed in a double blind process.
The editor should not be involved in decisions about manuscripts written by him/herself or family members. Furthermore, such a paper should be subject to all the usual procedures of the journal. The editor should follow the COPE guidelines on disclosure of potential conflicts of interest by author(s) and reviewers.

Protection of Human, Animal and Environmental Rights
• All research on humans should be conducted according to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki (World Medical Association (WMA) Helsinki Declaration for Medical Research in Human Subject).
• Informed consent form must be obtained for clinical research on humans or samples obtained from humans and must be indicated on the first page of the article. For research conducted with human volunteers, a written informed consent form prepared in accordance with the research protocol must be obtained. The consent of the legal guardian of children and those under guardianship or those with a recognised mental illness must be obtained.
• Confidentiality of information provided by research participants and confidentiality of respondents must be ensured. The research must be designed to protect the autonomy and dignity of the participants. The research must be planned in a way that does not put participants at risk.
• All experiments involving animals must comply with ARRIVE and ICLAS guidelines and be approved by the ethics committee.
• Authors should provide information on the ethical treatment of animals as well as measures taken to prevent pain and suffering.
• Studies involving plants must comply with the IUCN Policy Statement on Research Involving Endangered Species and the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
• Experimental research and field work on plants and the collection of plant material must comply with relevant institutional, national and international norms and legislation.
• A statement indicating the permissions and/or licences required for the extraction of plant or seed samples should be included in the manuscript.