Publication Ethics Declaration

All parties involved in the publication process (authors, editorial board and reviewers) should make decisions in accordance with the ethical standards of conduct. To ensure high ethical standards, the “Uluslararası Halkbilimi Araştırmaları Dergisi” (UHAD) applies international standards for all parties. UHAD expects all parties to abide by these standards. The best publication ethics standards are supported, and all possible precautions are taken against publication malpractices. As the publisher of UHAD, it takes its duty of guardianship at all stages of publishing very seriously and accepts its ethical and other responsibilities.

International Standards for the Authors

UHAD does not request all authors of an article a signed letter of application, and does not conduct mandatory practices on the authors. All authors applying to UHAD are expected to comply voluntarily with the international standards (the ethical principles determined by the Committee on the Publication Ethics (COPE), https://publicationethics.org/).
· The authors will approve that the articles are their genuine works. Plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, dual publication, data manipulation are not allowed.
· The authors will not inflict physical or legal harm to the participants of the study and they will not abuse the participants psychologically. In addition, the authors will provide the right to privacy and anonymity.
· The authors will indicate the individuals or institutions (sponsors) supporting the study.
· The authors will approve that the article has not been published elsewhere before, and is not being evaluated elsewhere for publishing at the moment.
· The authors will ensure the list of references they used in their article.
· If an author finds out that there is an important error or mistake in their published work, they will immediately inform the journal’s editor or published and will cooperate with the editor to withdraw or correct the article.
· The authors will inform UHAD about any conflict of interest.

International Standards for the Editorial Board

The editors and the members of the Editorial Board will comply with the international standards for the Editorial Board. The editor and the Editorial Board of UHAD are expected to comply voluntarily with the international standards (the ethical principles determined by the Committee on the Publication Ethics (COPE), https://publicationethics.org/).
· The editorial board will keep all the data about the submitted papers confidential.
· The editorial board is responsible for taking the publishing decisions for all papers submitted.
· The editorial board will make an effort to meet the requirements of both the readers and the authors.
· The editorial board will make an effort to increase the quality of UHAD.
· The editorial board will attach utmost importance to quality and authenticity.
· The editorial board will be ready to publish revisions, statements, withdrawals and apologies when needed.

International Standards for Referees

The referees are will comply with the international standards for refereeing after accepting the invitation. The referees of UHAD are expected to comply voluntarily with the international standards (the ethical principles determined by the Committee on the Publication Ethics (COPE), https://publicationethics.org/).
· The referees will keep the information about the papers confidential.
· The referees will present all the information that would be a reason for rejecting an article to the attention of the editorial board.
· The referees will evaluate the articles with regard to being scientific.
· The referees will evaluate the articles only with regard to their authenticity, significance and compliance with the scope of the journal.
· The referees will inform UHAD about any conflict of interest.
All articles are subjected to the plagiarism check using the iThenticate software by UHAD. The authors will avoid all kinds of plagiarism including self-plagiarism. The articles with a similarity report containing results exceeding 20% similarity will not be published by UHAD. Manuscripts should be authentic, and not be published before or submitted for publication elsewhere.
The editor will control the articles for deciding the publication process and determining misconducts. If a paper is defined as misconducting, the author will be responsible for the withdrawal or correction of that paper in line with the feedback provided by the editor and the referees.

Informed Consent Policy

Author(s) should comply with the following conditions in order to meet ethical and legal standards for work with human subjects:
Participants in your research should be informed that you will be conducting research in which they will be the participants or that you would like to write about them for publication.
Participants in your research should be informed that participation is voluntary, that there is no penalty for refusing to participate, and that the participants may withdraw at any time without penalty.
Participants in your research should be informed that the purpose of your research and the procedure you will follow in the research.
Participants in your research should be informed that contact information that they can reach you for answers to questions regarding the research.
Participants in your research should be informed that any foreseeable risks and discomforts involved in agreeing to cooperate.
Participants in your research should be informed that any possible direct benefits of participating (e.g., receiving a copy of the article or chapter).
Participants in your research should be informed if and how their confidentiality will be protected.

Uploading / Sending Manuscripts

Articles prepared in accordance with the above principles should be sent via DERGİPARK.
To submit an article via "DERGİPARK":
- You must be registered in the DERGİPARK system.
- On the page that opens, the "send an article" section should be opened and the relevant blanks should be filled.
- The article should be uploaded to the system as an MS Word file.
- When uploading an article, you must upload two mandatory files. One of them is "Article master file" and the other is "Copyright Form". You can access the copyright form from the link in the "Copyright Transfer" menu on the main page of the UHAD in DERGİPARK. This form must be filled in completely and uploaded to the system.
- For articles that require Ethics Committee Approval, the Ethics Committee Approval form must be uploaded using the "Upload Additional File" tab in the "Upload File" section during article submission.
Note: The deadlines for submissions to our journal are April 30 for the May issue; For the November issue, it is October 31st.

OPEN ACCESS POLICY

UHAD is an open access journal where users or institutions can use the content free of charge. Users do not need to obtain prior permission from the publisher or author when reading, uploading, copying, searching and linking the content of full texts.
This journal is an open access journal where users or institutions can use the content free of charge. Users do not need to obtain prior permission from the publisher or author when reading, uploading, copying, searching and linking the content of full texts. Meets the BOAI definition of open access.
The articles coming to our journal are checked with Ithendicate or Turnitin program. In case of any plagiarism, the articles are rejected.

Ethics Committee Approval

Turkey's ULAKBİM TR DİZİN Committee (https://trdizin.gov.tr/) has changed the inclusion criteria for journal evaluations to be index the journals. As a consequence, for all research studies conducted in all science branches including social sciences the Ethics Committee Approval is required. This Ethics Committee Approval should be indicated in the articles and they should be documented as well.
Change in Item 8 of TR DİZİN Evaluation Criteria applies to studies that the procedures of collecting data started in 2020 and require Ethics Committee Approval. Ethics Committee Approval information (the title of the ethics committee, date, and number) must be stated in the method section as well as on the first/last page of the articles. In this regard, the following studies to be sent to our journal to be reviewed for publication must follow research and publication ethics as well as they must include Ethics Committee Approval information: (1) all qualitative or quantitative studies which included data collection from participants by questionnaire, interview, focus group study, observation, and experiment; (2) all studies in which humans or animals (materials/data included) are used with experimental or any other scientific purposes; (3) clinical trials with humans; (4) trials with animals; (5) retrospective studies with respect to preservation of personal data. For case studies (1) information regarding informed consent form must be present; (2) permissions from other individuals' scales, questionnaires, and photos must be taken and indicated; and (3) it must be stated that there is no copyright infringement for intellectual properties. There is no requirement of Ethics Committee Approval for review articles.