The publication processes applied in Urban 21 Journal are the basis for the development and dissemination of knowledge in an impartial and reputable manner. The processes applied in this direction are directly reflected in the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions supporting the authors.

Peer-reviewed studies are studies that embody and support the scientific method. At this point, it is important that all stakeholders of the process (authors, readers and researchers, publishers, referees and editors) comply with the standards for ethical principles.

Urban 21 Journal expects all stakeholders to carry the following ethical responsibilities within the scope of publication ethics. iThenticate, Turnitin or plagiarism.net can be used for ethical auditing and prevention of unethical attempts.

Within the framework of ethical rules; researches that require “Ethics Committee Permission” for evaluation in the journal are as follows:

All kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using survey, interview, focus group, observation, experiment, interview techniques,
Use of humans and animals (including materials/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,
Clinical trials in humans,
Research on animals,
Retrospective studies in accordance with the personal data protection law.
In this context, in the studies to be evaluated in our journal;

Stating that the “informed consent form” has been obtained in case presentations,
Obtaining and indicating permission from the owners for the use of scales, questionnaires, photographs belonging to others,
It should be stated that copyright regulations are complied with for the intellectual and artistic works used.
Attention should be paid to the compliance of the articles with research and publication ethics and the recommendations of ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) and the international standards of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) for authors should be taken into account.