Ethical Policies of the Journal

The ethical policies of this journal are based on the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and adhere to the Code of Ethics for Scientific Publications issued by the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology. All journals are required to comply with the ethical principles set forth by the International Committee on Publication Ethics and the relevant policies of the faculty. Authors, reviewers, academic editors, and the editor-in-chief must adhere to these ethical principles when collaborating with this journal.

Duties and Responsibilities of the Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Academic Editors, Reviewers, and Authors

Publisher's Duties and Responsibilities:

• This journal is committed to making decisions regarding submitted articles solely based on expert and professional judgments, free from personal interests.
• This journal is committed to preserving academic and research records.
• This journal ensures that the ethical principles are observed by the editor-in-chief, academic editors, editorial board members, and reviewers.
• This journal continuously monitors articles for plagiarism, fraud, and potential misconduct.
• This journal will take appropriate action in case of any proven misconduct.

Editor-in-Chief and Academic Editors' Duties and Responsibilities:

• Academic editors must keep submitted articles confidential until publication.
• The editor-in-chief, academic editors, and reviewers are responsible for making decisions regarding the publication or rejection of an article.
• Academic editors must maintain the anonymity of reviewers.
• Academic editors must prevent conflicts of interest.
• Academic editors are required to uphold scientific integrity and strive to meet the scientific needs of their readers.
• Academic editors must identify potential plagiarism, fraud, and misconduct and, if necessary, provide corrections, explanations, retractions, and apologies.
• Academic editors should focus solely on the intellectual content of the articles.
• Academic editors should not disclose any information about articles to anyone other than the authors, corresponding author, and reviewers.
• Unpublished articles should not be used by academic editors or other members for personal purposes.

Reviewers' Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reviewers should collaborate with academic editors in making decisions regarding the publication of submitted articles.
• Invited reviewers must strive to keep submitted articles confidential.
• Reviewers should provide their opinions to the academic editors in a timely manner regarding the publication or rejection of an article.
• Peer reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of submitted articles and not use their information for personal purposes.
• Reviewers' comments on submitted articles should be technical and professional.
• Reviewers should not review articles in which they have conflicts of interest with any of the authors, companies, or institutions.
• Reviewers must disclose any conflicts of interest.

Authors' Duties and Responsibilities:

• Articles should not have been published elsewhere or be under review by another journal.
• The corresponding author must ensure the consent of all co-authors.
• Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from the institution related to the submitted article.
• One condition for submitting an article is that authors allow for editorial revisions to enhance readability.
• In open-access journals, authors retain ownership of their articles while granting the public the right to download, print, and distribute their work.
• All authors of an article must agree on who will take responsibility for the subsequent revision processes after submission.
• When an author identifies a significant error in their work, they must promptly notify the academic editor of the journal to correct it.
• Since plagiarism is a serious and unethical act, all authors must be aware that submitted articles may be checked using plagiarism detection software.
• All authors must familiarize themselves with the process of submitting an article to this journal.

Examples of Ethical Violations by Authors:

• Plagiarism: Plagiarism involves the intentional use of someone else's articles or ideas as one's own. Even using another person's sentence or one's own previous sentences without citation is considered plagiarism. All submitted articles to this journal are reviewed using plagiarism detection software.
• Data Fabrication and Falsification: Data fabrication occurs when a researcher does not actually conduct a study but presents data and conclusions. Falsification occurs when a researcher conducts a study but alters the data and results.
• Simultaneous Submission: This occurs when an article is submitted to two journals simultaneously.
• Duplicate Submission: This happens when two or more articles have identical hypotheses, data, and results.
• Multiple Submissions: This means dividing a study into multiple articles and submitting them.
• Incorrect Authorship: All listed authors in an article must have contributed to it.
• Reference Manipulation: This occurs when numerous references are listed at the end of an article without mentioning them in the text content.