Standards and Principles of Publication Ethics

Statement of Publication Ethics

Turkish Geographical Review is committed to the highest standards in publication ethics and adopts the 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). For the principles expressed under Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing: https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines-new/principles-transparency-and-best-practice-scholarly-publishing

The Turkish Geographical Review adheres to the highest research ethics standards and adopts the international research ethics principles outlined below. It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure that the articles comply with the ethical rules."

Submitted manuscripts should be appropriate to the purpose and scope of the journal. We accept original, unpublished manuscripts for evaluation that are not currently under evaluation in another journal, and whose content and submission have received approval from each author.

Once you submit the manuscript to the journal for publication, you cannot remove any of the authors' names from the list of authors without their written consent, add a new author, or change the order of authors.

Plagiarism, duplication, false authorship, research/data fabrication, article slicing, slicing and dicing, copyright infringement, and concealment of conflicts of interest are considered unethical behaviours. We remove all articles that do not comply with accepted ethical standards from publication. This includes articles containing possible irregularities and non-conformities detected after publication.

Plagiarism

The iThenticate software scans pre-checked articles for plagiarism. Authors are notified if plagiarism/self-plagiarism is detected. If necessary, editors may check the article for plagiarism at various stages of the review or production process. Editors may reject an article before or even after acceptance due to high similarity rates. We expect this to be less than 15%, depending on the type of article. This rate also for each cited. article should not exceed 5 percent; this percent is eight percent for the manuscripts out of the unpublished thesis.

Double Blind Peer-Review

The editors-in-chief evaluate the eligible ones after a plagiarism check for their originality, methodology, the importance of the covered subject, and compliance with the journal scope. The editor or section editor provides a fair double-blind peer review of the submitted articles, hands over the papers matching the formal rules to at least two external national or international referees for evaluation, and gives green light for publication upon modification by the authors in accordance with the referees’ claims.

Research Ethics

The Turkish Geographical Review adheres to the highest research ethics standards and adopts the international research ethics principles outlined below. It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure that the articles comply with the ethical rules.

-The design, review, and conduct of the research must adhere to the principles of integrity, quality, and transparency.

- It is important to fully inform the research team and participants about the purpose, methods, and anticipated potential uses of the study, as well as the requirements and potential risks of participation.

- We must ensure the confidentiality of the information respondents and research participants provide.

- The design of the research should safeguard the participants' anonynomous, autonomy and dignity.

- Research participants should participate in the study voluntarily and without coercion.

- Harm to participants should be avoided. We should plan the research to avoid putting participants at risk.

- Clear and explicit research independence is required, as is the disclosure of any conflicts of interest.

- Researchers must obtain the written informed consent of participants in experimental studies involving human subjects. You must obtain the consent of the legal guardian of children, those under guardianship, or those with a certified mental illness.

- If the study will be conducted in any institution or organization, approval from that institution or organization must be obtained.

- Studies involving human subjects must declare in the "method" section that the participants have provided "informed consent" and the institution conducting the study has received ethics committee approval.

Author's Responsibilities

It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure that the articles comply with scientific and ethical rules. The author must ensure that the article is original, has not been previously published elsewhere, and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, in another language. The author should observe applicable copyright laws and treaties. Authors should use copyrighted material, such as tables, figures, or large quotations, with appropriate permission and acknowledgment. You should appropriately use and cite the work of other authors, contributors, or sources cited in the references.

All authors must have made a direct academic and scientific contribution to the submitted manuscript, where "author" is considered to be someone who has made a significant contribution to the conceptualization and design of the published research, the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data, and who has been involved in writing the manuscript or in critically reviewing it for content. Other requirements for being an author include planning, executing, and/or revising the article's work. The research group's funding, data collection, or general supervision alone does not confer authorship. All individuals cited as authors must meet all the criteria listed above, and any individual who meets the above criteria may be cited as an author. The order of authors' names should be a joint decision. All authors must indicate the author ranking on the Copyright A form, and The "acknowledgments/information" section should list all individuals who contributed to the study but did not meet the criteria for authorship. Examples of these include individuals who provided only technical support, helped with writing, or provided only general, financial, and material support.

All authors should declare any financial relationships, conflicts of interest, or competition of interest that have the potential to influence the results of the research or the scientific evaluation. If an author identifies a significant error or inaccuracy in his or her published manuscript, he or she has the responsibility to immediately contact and cooperate with the editor for correction or retraction. greement Form.

Editor and reviewer responsibilities

Editors evaluate manuscripts independently of the authors' ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, religious beliefs, and political philosophy. They ensure that articles submitted for publication undergo fair, double blind peer review. They ensure the confidentiality of all information about submitted articles until their publication. Editors are responsible for the content and the overall quality of the publication. They should publish error pages or make corrections when necessary.

The editor does not allow conflicts of interest between authors, editors, and reviewers. He/she has full authority to appoint reviewers and is responsible for making the final decision on the articles to be published in the journal.

Reviewers evaluate manuscripts independently of the authors' ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, religious beliefs, and political philosophy. They should have no conflicts of interest with the authors and/or the research's financial supporters. They must reach an unbiased judgement at the end of their evaluation. Reviewers should identify published works on the topic that the authors have not cited. They must maintain the confidentiality of all information about submitted manuscripts and promptly notify the editor if they uncover any instances of copyright infringement or plagiarism by the author. If the referee does not feel qualified to review the manuscript or is unlikely to be able to provide timely feedback, he or she should inform the editor and ask him or her not to involve him or her in the review process.

During the review process, the editor should make it clear to reviewers that manuscripts submitted for review are the private property of the authors and that this is a privileged communication. Reviewers and editorial board members may not discuss the manuscript with other individuals. Without the editor's permission, reviewers cannot make copies of the articles for themselves or give them to anyone else. The author and the editor must grant permission before publishing or disclosing the reviewers' revisions. It is crucial to maintain the confidentiality of the reviewers' identities. In some cases, the editor may decide to send the comments from relevant referees on the same article to other referees, aiming to enlighten them in this process.

Requesting exclusive reference of one's own work through the referee's power, known as coercive or oppressive citation, is considered immoral, unethical, and inappropriate. If the referee's work is relevant to the study under review, they may suggest 1 or 2 studies. However, these suggestions are merely advisory, and it is at the author's discretion whether to incorporate them or not.