Ethical Responsibilities of the Editorial Board:

1. The Editorial Board is responsible for reviewing the manuscripts regardless of the authors' ethnic origin, gender, nationality, religious belief and political philosophy.
2. The Editorial Borad has full responsibility and authority to accept or reject a manuscript. It is authorized to consider the original value of the study, its contribution to the field, the validity and reliability of the research method, the clarity of the narrative, and the purpose and scope of the journal when making a positive or negative decision about the studies.
3. The Editorial Board is responsible for the overall quality of the content and publication. It has the authority to publish an error page or make corrections when necessary.
4. The Editorial Board is responsible for being the liaison between the author and the reviewer and communicating with everyone involved in the publication process.
5. The Editorial Board should keep the names of the reviewers confidential and prevent plagiarism/fake data. It is responsible for implementing the blind reviewing and publication process policies, which are among the publication policies of the journal.
6. The Editorial Board has the authority to withdraw the manuscript in question if they detect an error in the published version and this error invalidates the study or important parts of it, contains plagiarism, and is unethical.
7. The Editorial Board does not allow any conflict of interest between the authors and the reviewers. They consider whether there is a conflict of interest between the reviewers and the author(s).
8. The Editorial Board clearly states that the author information of the manuscripts sent for review is confidential and this is a privileged type of communication.
9. The Editorial Board ensures that each study is reviewed impartially and in due time.
10. The Editorial Board is responsible for keeping the identity of the reviewers confidential.
11. The Editorial Board submits the studies by taking into account the expertise of the reviewers, and is responsible for making the reviews impartially and independently.
12. The Editorial Board strives to continuously improve the journal and increase its publication quality.
13. The Editorial Board has the right not to accept non-scientific and non-academic reviews.
14. The Editorial Board takes into account the consistent criticisms of the studies published in the journal, and gives the right to reply to the author(s) of the criticized manuscript.

Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers:
1. Reviewers should agree to review only studies related to their area of expertise.
2. Reviewers should make the evaluation with impartiality and confidentiality.
3. If the reviewer does not consider themselves expert enough on the subject of the study, is able to review only some of them, or if it does not seem possible to provide a timely response, they should inform the editor about this situation and ask them not to involve themselves in the reviewing process.
4. Reivewers should adopt the double-blind peer reviewing process and fulfill the requirements of this process.
5. When reviewers realize that there is a conflict of interest between the authors or others, they should refuse to review the manuscript and inform the editors.
6. If the reviewer detects errors in the studies sent to them for review and this error invalidates the study or important parts of it, contains plagiarism, and/or is unethical, they are responsible for informing the editors about this issue.
7. Reviewers should make the assessment in a constructive language in accordance with academic etiquette. Personal comments that contain insults and hostility should be avoided.
8. The reviewer should review the manuscript within the time limit. They should give a positive or negative response within the time interval specified in the DergiPark system.
9. Reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of the study and reviewing process.

Ethical Responsibilities of the Author(s):
1. Responsibility for opinions in studies, compliance with scientific and ethical rules belongs to the author(s).
2. The author(s) is responsible for preparing the manuscript according to the journal writing rules.
3. The author(s) are responsible for stating that the manuscript is original, has not been published elsewhere/in another language before, or is not under review, and is not accepted for publication.
4. The author(s) is responsible for signing the Copyright Agreement of the International Journal of Language and Translation Studies.
5. The author(s) should use the copyrighted materials found in their manuscript (for example, tables, figures, or large quotations) with due permission and acknowledgment. The manuscripts of other authors, contributors, or references should be used appropriately and cited in references.
6. The author(s) is responsible for not committing ethical violations such as plagiarism, theft of labor, illegal references, and forgetting references. If the opposite is detected, the article will be rejected.
7. If the author(s) has received study/research support, they should state their source in their study.
8. The author(s) may not publish the same paper, in whole or in part, in more than one journal without proper justification, permission or cross-reference.
9. If(s) the author(s) detect(s) errors and inaccuracies after the review, early appearance or publication of the manuscript, it is responsible for notifying the journal editorial board so that appropriate action is taken.
10. All authors should have a direct academic and scientific contribution to the study submitted to the journal. In cases where it is determined otherwise, the decision-making authority belongs to the editorial board of the journal.
11. In studies with more than one author, the naming order of the authors should be a joint decision. All authors should indicate the author rank as signed in the Copyright Agreement. It should not be recommended to change the author order, remove an author, or add an author of a manuscript that is applied for publication.
12. The author(s) should pay attention to ethical principles during the data collection process.

Ethical Violation Notices
When readers notice a significant error or mistake in an article published in International Journal of Language and Translation Studies, or have any complaints about editorial content (plagiarism, duplicate articles, etc.), they can send an email to lotusjournal@selcuk.edu.tr We welcome applications as it will provide an opportunity for us to improve, and we respond quickly and constructively.
Protection of Personal Data
The editors of International Journal of Language and Translation Studies are against plagiarism, citation manipulation, etc. and will take appropriate action to prevent the publication of articles in which research misconduct occurs. Under no circumstances will the editors of International Journal of Language and Translation Studies knowingly allow such abuse to occur. If the editors of International Journal of Language and Translation Studies become aware of any allegations of research misconduct related to an article published in their journal, they will follow COPE's guidelines regarding the allegations.

PUBLICATION POLICY
International Journal of Language and Translation Studies does not ask the authors whose articles have been published since 2023 to transfer their copyrights to our journal. Authors (or their employers) retain the copyright in their article. The journal accepts the publication under the CC BY-NC license requested from the authors. All articles published by International Journal of Language and Translation Studies (regardless of who funded the research) is published as open access and reuse is permitted in accordance with the terms of the CC BY-NC open access license.

International Journal of Language and Translation Studies adheres to national and international standards in research and publication ethics. It complies with the Press Law, Intellectual and Artistic Works Law and Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive. International Journal of Language and Translation Studies has adopted the International Ethical Publishing Principles published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME). It also undertakes to comply with the Decisions of the Türkiye Editors' Workshop.

Publishing Principles and Publication Ethics

1. The journal is an online double-blind peer-reviewed academic publication. It publishes only original scientific studies.
2. In order for the articles to be published, they must not have been previously published elsewhere, accepted for publication or submitted simultaneously to any journal. Articles presented in scientific meetings such as symposiums and congresses but unpublished and studies produced from graduate theses are accepted for publication.
3. Republishing is the publication of the same article or substantially similar articles in more than one journal. The editor returns this type of article without review. After that, the editor may impose an embargo on the author attempting to republish for a certain period of time, explain this situation to the public in the journal in which the author has previously published, or apply all of these measures together.
4. The similarity rate of the manuscripts submitted to the journal should be below 20%. Before the manuscripts are included in the reviewing process, they are passed through the iThenticate program and a similarity report is obtained. Manuscripts with a similarity rate above 20% are rejected by the Editorial Board. Plagiarism, duplication, false authorship/denied authorship, research/data fabrication, article slicing, copyright infringement and concealment of conflict of interest are considered unethical behaviors. All manuscripts that do not comply with accepted ethical standards are removed from the publication.
5. The responsibility of the articles sent to the journal belongs to the authors. For this reason, the author/s must sign and scan the Copyright Agreement Form, upload it to the system during the application and send it to the journal. The Copyright Agreement Form can be accessed from the files title in the 'submit an article' button on the journal web page.

PUBLICATION PROCESS
1. Manuscripts submitted to the journal are reviewed by the editorial board in terms of compliance with journal principles.
2. Manuscripts approved by the Editorial Board are checked by the secretariat for spelling and language control. If there are parts that do not comply with the journal writing rules, the manuscript is sent to the author and he is asked to make corrections within 7 days.
3. Manuscripts that are found suitable for spell check are sent to two reviewers in the relevant field. Author information is not shared with reviewers in any way. The identity of the reviewer is kept confidential and the reviewer report is kept for five years.
4. Reviewers may reject the manuscript, or request corrections after the reviewing process. The reviewer arranges the reviewing report accordingly, sends the copy of the manuscript on which the parts requested to be corrected are marked and the reviewing report to the journal. Journal management is responsible for forwarding the correction request to the author. The author is responsible for making the corrections requested by reviewers within a month and sending the edited version of the manuscript to the journal. The author/s should take into account the criticisms and suggestions of reviewers and the editorial board. If there are issues that they do not agree with, they can object with their justifications.
5. If one of the reviewer reports is negative, the study is sent to the third reviewer or the editorial board makes the final decision.
6. In case of acceptance from two reviewers, the manscript is published in the following issue.
7. During the acceptance of the manuscript , it becomes visible in the “Accepted Articles” tab on the journal web page.
Publication of Studies Based on Survey and Interview

International Journal of Language and Translation Studies adopts the principles of the Publication Ethics Committee (COPE) “Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors” and “Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers” in order to establish ethical assurance in academic periodicals. In this regard, the following issues will be considered in the studies submitted to the journal:
1. For research conducted in all fields that require ethics committee approval, an ethics committee approval should be obtained, and this approval should be stated and documented in the article.
2. In research that requires ethics committee approval, information about the approval (name of the committee, date and number) in the method section, and also on one of the first/last pages of the article. In case reports, information about signing the informed consent/consent form should be included in the article.

Objection Process
We also take into account serious objections to reviews made by editors and reviewers. If you think we rejected your article because we misunderstood the scientific content, please send an objection message to our editorial team at lotusjournal@selcuk.edu.tr. However, do not try to submit a revised version of your manuscript during this process. If, after reading your objection letter, we understand that your objection is justified, we may invite you to submit a revised version of your manuscript. Your manuscript will then be resubmitted to the external reviewing process. Please include as much detail as possible in the letter. We can only consider one objection per manuscript, so please provide a detailed explanation to make your objection clear.

Complaint Procedures
This procedure applies to complaints about content, procedures or policies that are the responsibility of International Journal of Language and Translation Studies or our editorial team. Complaints can provide an opportunity and incentive for improvement. We aim to respond to complaints quickly, courteously and constructively.
The complaint must relate to content, procedures or policies that are the responsibility of International Journal of Language and Translation Studies or our editorial team. Complaints should be emailed directly to lotusjournal@selcuk.edu.tr Complaints will be handled confidentially. The editor immediately responds to complaints. The editor follows the procedure outlined in the COPE flowchart for complaints.
Complaints are reviewed by the relevant member of the editorial team and if they cannot be resolved, the following processes are followed:
• If this initial response is deemed inadequate, the complainant may request that their complaint be forwarded to a more senior member of the journal.
• A full response will be given within two weeks if possible.
COPE publishes a code of practice for editors of scientific journals. This will make it easier to resolve disputes with editors, journals and publishers, but only after the journal's own complaint procedures are exhausted.

Pricing Policy
International Journal of Language and Translation Studies does not charge any fees for submission, pre-examination, reviewing, editing and publication of submitted works.
International Journal of Language and Translation Studies does not pay royalties to the reviewers who review the manuscripts.