Ethic Principles

All authors guarantee that their work is original. When they include ideas, languages, pictures, graphics and tables from other researchers in their studies, they have to cite them as quotations. Quoting without specifying the source, using even a sentence from your own work or the work of others leads to plagiarism.

Each author named in the study is responsible for the content of the study. It is unacceptable to not include the name of the researcher who contributed to the study, or to include his name unjustly even though he did not contribute.

There is no simultaneous submission of the study to the journals. Authors should not submit a study to more than one journal at the same time. Related to this issue, authors should not submit their previously published work to the journal.

Authors should stick to the findings of their research. It is out of question to change the findings, to make up findings and results and to conduct research based on them. Situations such as tampering with data and materials, deleting, removing or skipping the interpretation of difficult data are distrustful. Authors should avoid disparaging comments.

All articles sent to our journal are examined in the iThenticate plagiarism program and the referee process is started according to the report compliance result.



Ethical Rules for Referees

Reviewers should be aware that the evaluation process is confidential and should not be shared with third parties.

Every study submitted to the journal should be subjected to impartial evaluation by the referees.

Reviewers must submit a clear and constructive evaluation report on the work within the specified time.

When it is understood that the work is plagiarized or has been previously published elsewhere, the referees should notify the editor.



Ethical Rules for Editorial Team and Editor

The editor and the editorial team keep the referee evaluation process confidential and do not share it with third parties.

Regardless of religion, language, race, gender, nationality, seniority or institutional affiliation, the editor and the editorial team display an impartial attitude to every work submitted to the journal and approved for publication.

In the face of a claim that an article sent to the journal is plagiarized, is in the process of being published or has been published elsewhere, the journal editor and the editorial team investigate the situation. If the relevant claim is confirmed, the editor will not publish the article.