The editor is responsible for all papers published in the journal. The ethical commitments and responsibilities of the editor are as follows:

General Responsibilities

• The editor is responsible for assisting to the improvement and development of the journal’s quality.
• The editor is expected to protect the freedom of expression of the authors.

Relations with Readers

• The editor should do clear that the parts in the journal that do not involve peer-review (letter to the editor, invited papers, conference announcements, etc.) are definitely marked.
• The editor should form an attempt to match the published articles with the knowledge and skills of the journal readers.

Relations with Reviewers

• The editor should suggest the reviewers to check out the articles corresponding to their knowledge and expertise. Therefore, it should be provided that the articles are checked accordingly by experts in the field.
• The editor is required to pass on to the reviewers all significant information concerning the reviewer evaluation process and what is called for from the reviewers.
• The editor should ensure that the peer-review process is carried out with double-blind peer-review process and should not reveal the reviewers to the authors and the authors to the reviewers.
• The editor should check the reviewers dealing to their timing and performance.
• The editor should set up a database of reviewers and update the database corresponding to the performance of the reviewers.
• The editor should remove the reviewers from the reviewer list who make rude and unqualified comments or do not bring in attention to the calendar.
• The editor should continually renew and expand the list of reviewers corresponding to their fields of expertise.

Relations with Authors

• The editor should regularly update the editorial and writing guidelines and the sample template as to what is required of the authors.
• The editor should check the articles submitted to the journal in terms of journal writing rules, the emphasis of the work, and originality, and if he decides to reject the article during the first submission process, he should certainly and accurately pass on to the authors the reason for this. During this process, if it is decided that the article needs to be revised in terms of grammar, punctuation and/or spelling rules (margins, convenient reference, etc.), the authors should be informed about this issue and they should be given time to carry out the crucial corrections.
• Manuscripts should comprise dates of submission and acceptance for publication.
• When the authors request information about the status of their articles, the authors should be informed about the status of their articles in a way that does not disturb the double-blind reviewing process.

Relations with the Editorial Board

• The editor should tell the editorial and writing rules to the members of the Editorial Board and describe what is required of them.
• The editor should notify the members of the Editorial Board the most up-to-date version of the publishing and writing rules.
• The editor should check the members of the Editorial Board and select members who will enthusiastically engage in the development of the journal.
• The editor should instruct the members of the Editorial Board about the supporting roles and responsibilities:
  • Holding the development of the journal
  • Writing reviews on their areas of expertise when requested,
  • To review and revise the publishing and writing rules,
  • To fulfill the basic responsibilities in the operation of the journal.

Author(s)

• Articles submitted to the Journal of Productivity must be original studies in the field of productivity.
• All sources employed in articles (authors, online pages, personal interviews, etc.) should be cited precisely and accordingly.
• It should be mentioned that the articles delivered to the journal were not sent to another journal.
• Persons who do not contribute brilliantly to the article should not be mentioned as authors.
• Conflicts of interest regarding the submitted article should be set forth and the reason should be pointed out.
• Authors may be expected to submit basic data referring to their work to the Editorial Board while in the reviewering process, in which case the authors are expected to participate their basic data with the Editorial Board. Authors are obliged to keep the data of a published article for 5 years.
• When authors identify an error in their work, they should notify the Editor and Editorial Board and cooperate for the correction or withdrawal process.

Reviewer(s)

• All articles submitted to the Journal of Productivity are evaluated by double-blind peer-review method. The double-blind peer-review method means that the authors are kept secret from the reviewers and the reviewers from the authors in order to provide an equitable, objective and separate evaluation process. Articles are forwarded to the reviewers by the editor (via e-mail) for evaluation. The reviewers state their opinions regarding the contribution of the article they figured out to the scientific fields and whether the article is publishable and their reasons for these decisions by completing Journal of Productivity Evaluation Form. The ethical responsibilities and roles of the reviewers of the Journal of Productivity are as follows:
• The articles delivered for interpretation are forwarded to at least two reviewers.
• Reviewers are particularly required to reviewer articles presented to their area of expertise.
• Reviewers should check out the articles impartially and equitably.
• Reviewers are required to furnish in the Journal of Productivity Evaluation Form for the articles they evaluate. In this form, the reviewers are required to state their decision on whether the article they are evaluating is publishable or not, and the reasons for their decision.
• The style employed by the reviewers in their suggestions must submit with the rules of courtesy and respect and be scientific. Reviewers should avoid offensive, disrespectful and subjective personal comments.
• The reviewers are required to perform their evaluations within the time provided to them and are taken to observe with the ethical responsibilities set forth herein.

Publisher

Journal of Productivity is published by the Ministry of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Turkey. The publisher’s ethical responsibilities are as follows:

• The publisher accepts that the decision maker and the reviewering process are the responsibility of the editor in the process of publishing an article in the Journal of Productivity.
• The publisher keeps open, electronic and free access to the journal on the journal’s web page.

Publication Ethics Statement

Journal of Productivity adheres to national and international standards in research and publication ethics. It complies with the Press Law, the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works, and the Regulation on Scientific Research and Publication Ethics in Higher Education Institutions . It has also committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and pays regard to Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (d) published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Notifying the Editor of the Situation Not Complying with the Ethical Principles

In case of a behavior that does not satisfy with the ethical principles referring to the editors, reviewers, writers, or an unethical situation concerning an article in the evaluation process, early view or published in the Journal of Productivity, It should be reported to the e-mail addresses of verimlilikdergisi@sanayi.gov.tr.

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PUBLICATION POLICY

General Principles

• Journal of Productivity is published by the Ministry of Industry and Technology, General Directorate of Strategic Research and Productivity.
• Journal of Productivity, published both in print and online, is a national peer-reviewed journal. It publishes issues four times a year, in January, April, July, and October.
• Journal of Productivity is published at https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/verimlilik and all its processes are carried out through Dergipark.
• The following ethical duties and responsibilities are written in the light of the guide and policies made by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

            1. Publication and authorship
            2. Author’s responsibilities
            3. Peer review/responsibility for the reviewers
            4. Editorial responsibilities
          5. Publishing ethics issues Duties of the Publisher Journal of Productivity is committed to ensuring that commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions. In addition, Journal of Productivity will                 assist in communications with other journals and/or publishers where this is useful to editors. Finally, we are working closely with other publishers and industry associations to set standards for best practices on                    ethical matters, errors, and retractions–and are prepared to provide specialized legal review and counsel if necessary.
                See. EASE Guidelines for Authors and Translators of Scientific Articles to be Published in English

• Articles in Journal of Productivity are archived with the LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) system.
• Journal of Productivity follows an Open Access policy and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License  (CC BY-NC 4.0). Access to published studies is free and all published articles are shared with the scientific world at the national level. Applications have also been made to indexes that carry out scanning activities at the international level, and they are still being scanned by the content scanning services of TRDizin, SOBİAD and EBSCO.
• For articles accepted for publication, a “Certificate of Acceptance for Publication” confirmed by the editor is sent upon the request of the author.
• Journal of Productivity does not accept articles for any issue. Articles can be submitted to the journal at any time. Studies whose evaluation process is performed are selected for publication for the relevant issue.
• All legal and scientific responsibilities regarding the contents of the articles published in the Journal of Productivity belong to the author(s).
• Journal of Productivity checks for plagiarism. Plagiarism, duplication, fraud authorship/denied authorship, research/data fabrication, salami-slicing/salami publication, breaching of copyrights, and prevailing conflict of interest are unethical behaviors. All manuscripts not in accordance with the accepted ethical standards will be removed from publication. This also contains any possible malpractice discovered after the publication.
  
• All authors who submit articles to the Journal of Productivity have corresponding rights. No privileges are assigned to the author or work in the evaluation, acceptance and publication processes of the articles. The order of publication of accepted articles is determined corresponding to the time of acceptance. However, the Editorial Board retains the right to do changes when felt fundamental.
• No fee is required from the authors in processes such as the evaluation/printing of the articles sent to Journal of Productivity.
• Journal of Productivity uses information such as names, titles and e-mail addresses shared on the website only for the present purposes of this journal; does not use it for any other purpose or cause it accessible to other people.
• No royalties are paid to the authors for the published articles and the publication rights are supposed to have been given to the Ministry of Industry and Technology with the Copyright Agreement Form. This transfer also includes publishing in the virtual environment. Copyright Transfer Form must be filled and signed by all authors and uploaded to the journal system.
• The responsibility of the opinions, photographs and documents in the articles applies to the authors.
• Authors own the copyright of their work published in Journal of Productivity, and their work is published under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

The Quality of the Studies to be Incorporated in the Journal

• Original papers based on scientific principles and research that will lead to the field of productivity are established by Journal of Productivity.
• Compilation articles, which have a strong bibliography and suggested objections and views on the item investigated, are accepted by Journal of Productivity.
• Submitted papers must not have been already published in another publication or accepted for publication.
• If the study is reinforced by the research institution or fund; The name of the supporting organization, the project number and the date of completion should be given in the footnote.
• Submitted articles should be uploaded in Word (doc, docx) format in order to establish an evaluation copy and to make layout studies in case of approval for publication by the reviewer process. The visual material utilized in the article should be incorporated in the text.

Evaluation process

1. Submitted articles are reviewed by dealing with the accompanying points before being submitted to the reviewers, and the articles found sufficient for the evaluation process are assigned to the reviewers:

a. By the Editorial Board, the obedience of the article to the publication principles and publication ethics, scientific quality and originality is checked as proper and general content, and the field to which the work exists is completed.

b. During the reviewers evaluation phase, the reviewer evaluate the full text, which is included to the system by the authors and does not involve any statement about the author(s) of the work.

c. Each reviewer decides the article corresponding to the evaluation criteria in the system; They can introduce the line number and “things to do” in a field where they can reveal the basic corrections and changes, or they can upload them to the system with a supplementary file. They still adopt a judgment statement that points out the evaluation result.

d. The authors take into account the suggestions of the reviewers; but they have the right to complain to the issues they oppose with.

e. A double-blind reviewer evaluation system is used in Journal of Productivity. The “positive” opinion of at least two reviewer is offered for the acceptance of the article for publication. If one of the reviewers gives a “positive” and the other a “negative” opinion, the article is sent to a third reviewer. After two “positive” reviewer opinions, the articles selected for publication are allowed the year and number of publication by the Editorial Board. PDF copies are generated and joined to the system.

f. When the publication date of the related issue becomes, the issue is published and caused clear.

2. From the authors of the articles other than the review type to be employed for publication in all journals indexed in TRDizin for the year 2020 and under evaluation corresponding to the decisions reached by the proper boards of TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM TRDizin;

a. For research that involves data collection through methods such as scales, questionnaires, interviews, observations, describing and detailing the ethics committee approval (name, decision date and number) of the candidate article on the first-last page and method section

b. Include in the article the information that the knowledgeable consent/consent form has been noticed,

c. Submitting the proofs of the ethical principles in the data collection process (such as having permission from others for the use of scales, questionnaires, documents) in the article,

d. In the articles, it will be requested to point out that research and publication ethics are kept.

3. The article will go to the reviewer evaluation stage after the necessary documents specified in article 2 are uploaded.

4. When a decision is made to “correct” the submitted articles, the authors must make the necessary corrections and upload the final version of the article to the system within 15 days. If the corrections are not made and sent within the specified time, the Editorial Board has the right to reject the article.

5. It is foreseen that the article evaluation process in the journal will last for a maximum of 6 months for each article, depending on the reviewer’s evaluations.

6. The author(s) take into account the criticisms, suggestions and corrections of the reviewers and the Editorial Board. If there are issues that they disagree with, they have the right to state their reasons. The author(s) of the accepted and unpublished articles are informed, but the article texts are not returned.

7. The author always has the right to withdraw his article. However, due to the system of Dergipark, the articles that have been appointed as reviewers cannot be withdrawn by the author. In order for the author to withdraw his article, the evaluation process must be completed. Author(s) who want to withdraw their articles can make a request via the signed Article Withdrawal Form.

8. No more than one article by an author is not published in an issue.

Plagiarism Detection

In order to keep and promote the reviewing process, the similarity score of the papers delivered to our journal is detected. If the similarity score fixed before the referee is assigned is above 20%, the article is expressed to the author without starting the reviewer interpretation process. An assessment process is involved for plagiarism detected after publication and an editorial note is published in the journal for readers.

Grievance Mechanism

When the reader looks at a significant error or mistake in a paper published in the Journal of Productivity, or receives any objections about the editorial composition (plagiarism, duplicate articles, etc.), the grievances can be represented by sending an e-mail to verimlilikdergisi@sanayi .gov.tr Since the grievances will afford an excuse for the improvement of the journal, we will meet the grievances and answer rapidly and kindly.

Fee Policy

Journal of Productivity does not require evaluation, application and publication fees or related payments from authors for published and electronic articles or contribution. 

Conflicts of Interest

In the event that those who are in boards of Journal of Productivity publish articles in the Journal, all their duties in the relevant issue are suspended. Violation of thedouble-blind peer-review process is not allowed in any way. Such publications cannot exceed 1/3 of the total number of articles.

The editor guarantees that the publication process of the studies is completed in an independent and impartial manner, taking into account the conflicts of interest between the author(s), referees and other editors. Dec. In studies with more than one author, a statement of contribution rate, a statement of support and gratitude, if any, and a statement of conflict should be included at the end of the study where the referee process has been completed.

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

National and international standards of research and publication ethics are adhered to by the journal. It complies with The Press Law, The Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works, and the Regulation on Scientific Research and Publication Ethics in Higher Education Institutions. It has also committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and pays regard to Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME). 

Publication of Research That Involve Human Subjects (i.e., surveys and interviews)

Journal of Productivity adopts the "Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers" of the Publication Ethics Committee (COPE) in order to create ethical assurance in scientific periodicals. In this context, the following points should be followed in the manuscripts submitted to the journal:
1) For research conducted in all branches of science that requires ethics committee approval (ethics committee approval should be obtained, this approval should be stated and documented in the article.
2) In research that requires ethics committee permission, information about the permission (name of the committee, date, and number) is in the method section, and also on one of the first/last pages of the article; In case of reports, information about signing the informed consent/consent form should be included in the article.

Editorial Oversight and Processing Concerning Special Issues

A special edition can be released in the journal once a year on Editorial Board's request. The theme of the special issue and the guest editor is determined by Editorial Board. Each year only one special issue is published. Firstly, manuscripts submitted for the special issue undergo an editorial review and scrutiny for compliance with the journal's writing guidelines and similarity checks to prevent plagiarism. After these stages, manuscripts proceed to the double-blind peer review process.

Processing for Conference Proceedings

Abstract conference proceedings can be submitted to Journal of Productivity. But partial, extended or updated studies produced from full-text conference proceedings are not accepted by the Journal.

Correction, Retraction, Expression of Concern

Editor should consider publishing correction if minor errors that do not effect the results, interpretations and conclusions of the published paper are detected. Editor should consider retraction if major errors and/or misconduction that invalidate results and conclusions are detected. Editor should consider issuing an expression of concern if there is evidence of research or publication misconduct by the authors; there is evidence that the findings are not reliable, and institutions of the authors do not investigate the case, or the possible investigation seems to be unfair or nonconclusive. The guidelines of COPE and ICJME are taken into consideration regarding correction, retractions or expression of concern.

Defining the Role of Authors and Contributors

Authorship confers credit and has important academic, social, and financial implications. Authorship also implies responsibility and accountability for published work. Journal of Productivity recommends that authorship be based on the following 4 criteria:

• Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work,
• Drafting the work or reviewing it critically for important intellectual content,
• Final approval of the version to be published,
• Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

In addition to being accountable for the parts of the work done, an author should be able to identify which co-authors are responsible for specific other parts of the work. In addition, authors should have confidence in the integrity of the contributions of their co-authors.

All those designated as authors should meet all four criteria for authorship, and all who meet the four criteria should be identified as authors. Those who do not meet all four criteria should be acknowledged. These authorship criteria are intended to reserve the status of authorship for those who deserve credit and can take responsibility for the work. The criteria are not intended for use as a means to disqualify colleagues from authorship who otherwise meet authorship criteria by denying them the opportunity to meet criterion 2 or 3. Therefore, all individuals who meet the first criterion should have the opportunity to participate in the review, drafting, and final approval of the manuscript.

The individuals who conduct the work are responsible for identifying who meets these criteria and ideally should do so when planning the work, making modifications as appropriate as the work progresses. We encourage collaboration and co-authorship with colleagues in the locations where the research is conducted. It is the collective responsibility of the authors, not the journal to which the work is submitted, to determine that all people named as authors meet all four criteria; it is not the role of journal editors to determine who qualifies or does not qualify for authorship or to arbitrate authorship conflicts. If agreement cannot be reached about who qualifies for authorship, the institution(s) where the work was performed, not the journal editor, should be asked to investigate. The criteria used to determine the order in which authors are listed on the byline may vary, and are to be decided collectively by the author group and not by editors. If authors request removal or addition of an author after manuscript submission or publication, journal editors should seek an explanation and signed statement of agreement for the requested change from all listed authors and from the author to be removed or added.

The corresponding author is the one individual who takes primary responsibility for communication with the journal during the manuscript submission, peer-review, and publication process. The corresponding author typically ensures that all the journal’s administrative requirements, such as providing details of authorship, ethics committee approval, clinical trial registration documentation, and disclosures of relationships and activities are properly completed and reported, although these duties may be delegated to one or more co-authors. The corresponding author should be available throughout the submission and peer-review process to respond to editorial queries in a timely way, and should be available after publication to respond to critiques of the work and cooperate with any requests from the journal for data or additional information should questions about the paper arise after publication although the corresponding author has primary responsibility for correspondence with the journal.