On this page of our coordination office, you can find the principles adopted by the Scientific Journals published by Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University and the necessary information.
Open Access
All journals published under our coordination allow readers to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full texts of their articles and allow readers to use them for any other legal purpose. Adopting the principle that presenting scientific research to the public will increase the global sharing of knowledge, it provides instant open access to its content.
Broadcasting License
All journals published under our coordination are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative 4.0 International License. According to this license, the work can be downloaded or shared by referring to the journal, but cannot be used for commercial purposes.
Publication Ethics
The publication processes implemented in all journals published under our coordination are the basis for the development and distribution of information in an impartial and respectable manner. The processes implemented in this direction are directly reflected in the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support the authors. Peer-reviewed studies embody and support the scientific method. At this point, it is important that all stakeholders of the process (authors, readers and researchers, publisher, referees and editors) comply with the standards for ethical principles. Within the scope of publication ethics, all stakeholders are expected to bear the following ethical responsibilities.
The ethical duties and responsibilities listed below have been prepared as open access, taking into account the guidelines and policies published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (See COPE Directive in English https://publicationethics.org/resources/code-conduct).
The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed journal is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected knowledge network. This is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and their supporting institutions. Peer-reviewed articles support and shape scientific methods. Therefore, it is important for all parties involved in publishing, authors, journal editors, referees and publishing organizations to agree on the standards of expected ethical behavior.
Authorship
The bibliography list should be complete.
Plagiarism and fake data should not be included.
The same research should not be attempted to be published in more than one journal, and it should comply with scientific research and publication ethics.
Actions against science research and publication ethics are as follows:
a) Plagiarism: Presenting the ideas, methods, data, practices, writings, figures or works of others as their own work, in whole or in part, without attribution in accordance with scientific rules,
b) Fraud: To produce data that is not based on research, to edit or change the presented or published work on the basis of untrue data, to report or publish them, to present a research that has not been done, as if it has been done,
c) Distortion: To falsify research records and obtained data, to present methods, devices and materials that are not used in the research as if they were used, not to evaluate the data that are not suitable for the research hypothesis, to manipulate the data and/or results in order to fit the relevant theory or assumptions, falsify or shape research results in their own interests,
d) Republishing: To present more than one work containing the same results of a research as separate works in associate professor examination evaluations and academic promotions,
e) Slicing: Presenting the results of a research as separate works in the evaluations of associate professorship exams and academic promotions by dividing the results of a research in a way that violates the integrity of the research, by dividing it into parts inappropriately and by making multiple publications without reference to each other,
f) Unfair authorship: Including people who do not contribute actively among the authors, not including those who contribute actively among the authors, changing the order of authors unjustifiably and inappropriately, removing the names of those who contributed actively from the work at the time of publication or in subsequent editions, exerting influence even though there is no active contribution. to include his name among the authors,
g) Other types of ethical violations: Not clearly stating the supporting persons, institutions or organizations and their contributions in the publications of the research carried out with support, not complying with the ethical rules in research on humans and animals, not respecting the rights of patients in their publications, to share the information contained in the work with others before it is published, to misuse the resources, places, facilities and devices provided or reserved for scientific research, to accuse completely baseless, groundless and intentional ethical violations (YÖK Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive, Article 8).
Author's Responsibilities
All authors must contribute significantly to the research.
All data in the article must be declared as true and original.
All authors must ensure retraction and correction of errors.
Reviewer’s Responsibilities
Evaluations should be impartial.
Reviewers should not have a conflict of interest with the research, authors and/or research funders.
Referees should cite relevant published but not cited works.
Checked articles should be kept confidential.
Editorial Responsibilities
Editors have full responsibility and authority to accept or reject an article.
Editors should not have a conflict of interest regarding the accepted or rejected articles.
Only articles that will contribute to the field should be accepted.
It should support the release or withdrawal of the fix when errors are found.
Reviewers must remain anonymous and prevent plagiarism/fake data.
The peer-review process is central to the success of scientific publication. It is part of our commitment to protect and improve the peer-review process, and we have an obligation to assist the scientific community of all journals published under our Coordinatorship in all matters concerning publishing ethics, especially in case of dubious, duplicate publications or plagiarism.
When the reader notices an important mistake or mistake in an article published in all the journals published under our coordination, or has any complaints about the editorial content (plagiarism, duplicate articles, etc.), he or she can make a complaint by sending an e-mail to the e-mail addresses of the Editor-in-Chief or to the coordinatorship mail address dergiler@ibu.edu.tr. We welcome complaints as they will provide an opportunity for us to improve, and we aim to respond quickly and constructively.
Revealing Plagiarism
Articles submitted for publication to journals published within our coordination are subject to double-blind peer-review by at least two reviewers. In addition, it is confirmed that the articles have not been published before and do not contain plagiarism, through a special program used for plagiarism detection.
PUBLICATION POLICY
Publisher
All journals published under our coordination are published by Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University.
Scope
The scope of the journals published under our coordination is related to each unit at the same rate. For more information about the scope, you can visit the web pages of our journals.
Publishing Frequency
For information about the frequency of publication of the journals published under our coordination, visit the web pages of our journals.
Article Evaluation Process
Manuscripts sent to our journals are first reviewed by the Editorial Board in terms of compliance with journal principles.
Articles that are not deemed appropriate due to technical reasons are returned to the author for correction.
Academic impartiality and scientific quality are the most important criteria in the evaluation of articles submitted for publication.
Those found suitable for evaluation are sent to at least two reviewers in the relevant field. The names of the reviewers are kept confidential and the reports are kept for five years. If one of the reviewers reports is positive and the other is negative, the article can be sent to a third reviewer or the Editorial Board can review the reviewer reports and make the final decision. The authors take into account the criticism and suggestions of the reviewer and the Editorial Board. If there are issues that they do not agree with, they have the right to object together with their reasons. Manuscripts that are not accepted for publication are not returned to their authors. Articles submitted for publication are checked for plagiarism through a special program used in plagiarism detection.
Publication Language
The language of the journals published under our coordination is Turkish. However, according to the journal policies, articles written in English, German, French, Russian and other languages may also be included. Articles that are not written in Latin letters must also include Turkish and English titles and abstracts, and a bibliography using the Latin Alphabet.
Articles include English title, abstract (250-300 words), keywords (5-8 concepts) and bibliography prepared in the citation style accepted by the editorial board of the journals.
Citation and Reference System
The citation and bibliography writing of the journals published under our coordination should be prepared in accordance with the principle adopted by the editorial boards of each journal.
Archiving
-Digital Archiving
Journals published under our coordination use the DergiPark system. Dergipark uses the journal management system of ULAKBİM Journal Systems (UJS). Dergipark and our journals use the LOCKSS system to allow participating libraries to create a distributed archiving system, allowing libraries to create permanent archives for preservation and restoration.
In addition, authors are encouraged to archive published versions of their articles in their institutional archives and other appropriate websites.
-Self-Archiving
Journal allows authors to archive any version of their article they deem most appropriate, including the version published in this institutional archive and other appropriate sites.
Publication and Evaluation Fee
No fee is charged for publishing articles in journals published under our coordination.
Article Acceptance
In the articles to be sent to the journals published within our coordination; it is required to be an original article that will fill a gap in the field or to be a review that evaluates previously published studies and presents new and remarkable views on this subject.
For articles to be included in our journals, they must not have been previously published or accepted for publication elsewhere. Papers that have been presented at a scientific meeting before can be accepted, provided that they are brought in accordance with the format of the article and are derived from the paper in the article.
A maximum of one work by the same author is published in a number.
