Sustainable Welfare Magazine is committed to providing ethical standards at the highest level. It is based on recommendations and guidelines developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Authors should not submit the same or similar research to more than one journal. The author must declare that the article is original, has not been published elsewhere before, and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere in another language. It is unethical to submit the same study to more than one journal simultaneously. Once such a situation is detected, the work will not be accepted.
The materials used in the study (e.g. tables, figures, or large citation) should be used with the necessary permission and acknowledgment. The works of other authors, contributors or sources used must be used appropriately and cited in references.
General Actions Contrary to Scientific Research and Publication Ethics
a) Plagiarism: Showing others' original ideas, methods, data or works as their own work, partially or completely, without reference to scientific rules,
b) Forgery: Using data that does not actually exist or has been falsified in scientific research,
c) Distortion: Falsifying the research records or data obtained, showing the devices or materials not used in the research as being used, distorting or shaping the results of the research in the interests of the people and organizations that are supported,
d) Republishing: Presenting repetitive publications as separate publications in academic appointments and promotions,
e) Slicing: Dividing the results of a research into parts in a way that violates the integrity of the research in an inappropriate manner and publishing them in more than one issue and presenting these publications as separate publications in academic appointments and promotions,
f) Unfair Writing: Including non-active contributors among the authors or not including those who are, changing the author's order in an unjustified and inappropriate manner, removing the names of those with active contributions from the work in subsequent editions, using their influence to include their names among the authors
Other types of ethical violations include:
a) Not mentioning the supporting persons, institutions or organizations and their contributions in publications made as a result of research conducted with support,
b) Using theses or studies that have not yet been presented or defended and accepted as a source without the permission of the owner,
c) Failing to comply with ethical rules in research conducted on humans and animals and not respecting patient rights in their publications,
d) Violating the relevant legislation in biomedical research and other clinical research involving humans,
e) Sharing the information contained in a work that one has been assigned to review with others before it is published, without the express permission of the author,
f) Misuse of resources, spaces, facilities and devices provided or allocated for scientific research,
g) Making unfounded, unfounded and deliberate allegations of ethical violations,
h) Publishing the data obtained in surveys and attitude research conducted within the scope of a scientific study without obtaining the explicit consent of the participants or, if the research will be conducted in an institution, without obtaining the permission of the institution,
i) Harming animal health and ecological balance in research and experiments,
j) Failure to obtain written permissions from authorized units before starting studies in research and experiments,
k) Conducting research and experiments contrary to the provisions of the legislation or international agreements to which Turkey is a party regarding relevant research and experiments,
l) Failure by researchers and authorities to comply with the obligation to inform and warn those concerned about possible harmful practices related to scientific research,
m) Not using data and information obtained from other persons and institutions in scientific studies to the extent and in the manner permitted, not respecting the confidentiality of this information and not ensuring its protection,
n) Making false or misleading statements regarding scientific research and publications in academic appointments and promotions.
Research that requires Ethics Committee Permission to be evaluated in the journal within the framework of ethical rules is as follows:
1. All kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require collecting data from participants using survey, interview, focus group study, observation, experiment or interview techniques.
2. Use of humans and animals (including material/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,
3. Clinical research conducted on humans,
4. Research conducted on animals,
5. Retrospective research in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law.
In this context, the studies to be evaluated in the journal;
1. It must be stated that an "informed consent form" has been obtained in case reports.
2. In order to use scales, surveys or photographs belonging to others, permission must be obtained from the owners and stated.
3. It must be stated that copyright regulations are complied with for the ideas and artistic works used.
4. Editors ensure that human and animal rights are protected in the works reviewed. Editors have the right to reject work when there is no permission for experimental research. In studies requiring ethics committee permission, information about the permission (committee name, date and issue number) should be included in the method and also on the first/last page of the article. In case reports, the information that the informed consent form was signed by the participant should be included in the article.
Stakeholder Responsibilities
It welcomes the stakeholders and readers of the research to report their concerns regarding scientific research and publication ethics in the reviews published in the Sustainable Welfare journal to the email address
[email protected] or to Necmettin Erbakan University Scientific Publications Coordination Office (
[email protected]).
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Responsibilities of Editors:
The editor and assistant editors of Sustainable Welfare Magazine have adopted the principle of ensuring international ethical standards (COPE - Committee on Publication Ethics) at the highest level. It will ensure the following ethical duties and responsibilities in possible cases of abuse or violation of publication ethics, based on the principles of the Publication Ethics Flowcharts developed by COPE:
1. Impartiality and Publisher Freedom: Editors evaluate the submitted research suggestions by taking into account their compliance with the scope of the journal and the importance and originality of their work. Editors do not take into account the race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, nationality or political views of authors who submit research suggestions. Institutions other than the journal editorial board cannot influence the correction or publication decision. Editors take care to ensure that published issues contribute to readers, researchers, practitioners and the scientific field and are original.
2. Independence: The relationship between editors (Editor and Associate Editors) and the publisher is based on the principle of editorial independence. According to the written agreement between the editors and the publisher, all decisions of the editors are independent of the publisher and the journal owner. Editors must reject incomplete and erroneous research that does not comply with the journal policy, publication rules and level, without any influence.
3. Security: Editors do not share information about a submitted manuscript with anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers and editorial board. It ensures that research evaluated by at least two referees are evaluated according to a double-blind referee system and keeps the referees confidential.
4. Information and Differences of Opinion: Editors and editorial board members do not use unpublished information in a submitted article for their own research purposes without the express written permission of the authors. Editors should not have a conflict of interest regarding the articles they accept or reject.
5. Printing Decision: Editors ensure that all articles accepted for publication are peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers who are experts in their field. Editors are responsible for deciding which of the articles sent to the journal will be published, based on the validity of the work in question, its importance to researchers and readers, the comments of the reviewers and such legal conditions. Editors have the responsibility and authority to accept or reject articles. Therefore, Editors must use their responsibilities and authority appropriately and on time.
6. Ethical Concerns: Editors will take precautions when ethical concerns arise regarding a submitted manuscript or published article. As a matter of fact, they continue their business processes without compromising intellectual property rights and ethical standards. Any reported unethical publishing behavior will be investigated, even if it occurs years after publication. Editors follow COPE Flowcharts in case ethical concerns arise. If ethical issues are significant, corrections or retractions may be implemented, or concerns may be published in the journal.
7. Cooperation with Journal Boards: Editors ensure that all advisory committee members advance processes in accordance with editorial policies and guidelines. Provides information to advisory board members about publication policies. It enables advisory board members to independently evaluate their work. May contribute to new advisory board members and make decisions as appropriate. Must submit studies appropriate to the expertise of the advisory board members for evaluation. Interacts with the advisory board regularly. Holds regular meetings with the editorial board for publication policies and journal development.
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Responsibilities of Authors:
1. Reporting Standards: Authors of original research should ensure that the work and results are presented accurately, followed by an objective discussion of the significance of the study. The research suggestion must contain sufficient detail and references.
2. Data Access and Storage: Authors are required to retain the raw data of their work. When necessary, they should submit for editorial review if requested by the journal.
3. Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must submit entirely original research, and if they have used the work or words of others, it must be appropriately cited. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. For this reason, a similarity rate report is requested from all authors who submit articles to the journal.
4. Multiple, Duplicate, Redundant or Simultaneous Submission/Publication: Authors should not submit for consideration an article previously published in another journal. Simultaneous submission of an article to more than one journal is unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
5. Authorship of the Article: Only individuals who meet the authorship criteria should be listed as authors in the content of the article. These authorship criteria are as follows; (i) contributed to the design, implementation, data collection, or analysis phases (ii) drafted the manuscript or made a significant intellectual contribution or critically revised it, and (iii) viewed the final version of the manuscript, approved it, and agreed to submit it for publication. The corresponding author must ensure that all authors (according to the definition above) are included in the author list and declare that the authors have seen the final version of the manuscript and have agreed to submit it for publication.
6. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Authors should disclose conflicts of interest at the earliest possible stage (usually by submitting a disclosure form at the time of manuscript submission and by including a declaration in the manuscript). All sources of financial support for the study must be declared (including grant/funding number or other reference number, if applicable).
7. Peer Review: Authors are required to participate in the peer review process and are required to cooperate fully by promptly responding to editors' requests for raw data, annotations, and evidence of ethics approval and copyright permissions. First, if a "necessary revision" decision is made, authors must systematically review and resubmit their manuscripts by the deadline given to the referees' comments.
8. Fundamental Errors in Published Works: When authors find significant errors or inaccuracies in their own published works, they are obligated to promptly notify the journal editors or publishers and cooperate with the journal editors or publishers to correct an erratum in the article or to withdraw the article from publication. If the editors or the publisher learn from a third party that a published work contains a material error or inaccuracy, the author must immediately correct or retract the paper or provide evidence of the paper's accuracy to the journal's editors.
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Responsibilities of Reviewers:
1. Contribution to Editorial Decisions: Assists editors in editorial decisions and assists authors in improving their articles through editorial communication. Completion of other articles, works, sources, citations, rules and similar deficiencies related to the article should be indicated.
2. Speed: Any reviewer who does not feel qualified to review a manuscript proposal or who knows that manuscript review cannot occur in a timely manner should immediately notify the editors and decline the review invitation, thus ensuring that a new reviewer is appointed.
3. Confidentiality: All article proposals submitted for review are confidential documents and should be treated as such. It should not be shown to others or discussed unless authorized by the editor. This also applies to reviewers who decline an invitation to review.
4. Objectivity Standards: Comments on the article proposal should be made impartially and suggestions should be made that the authors can use to improve the article. Personal criticisms of authors are not appropriate.
5. Acknowledgment of Sources: Reviewers must identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. The reviewer must also notify the editor of any significant similarities between the manuscript under review and any other manuscript (published or unpublished).
6. Conflicts of Interest: Conflicts of interest must be reported to the editor. There should be no conflict of interest between the reviewers and the stakeholders of the article under evaluation.
Plagiarism Policy
Sustainable Welfare checks submitted works through plagiarism programs (Turnitin). The author must also send a document showing the plagiarism rate along with the work. Works with a plagiarism rate of over 20% (excluding reference) are not evaluated and returned to the author. If a work published in the journal is found to be plagiarized, the Editorial Board reserves the right to take various actions, including withdrawing the article and reporting the issue to the head of department, dean and/or relevant institutions at the institution where the author works.
Quality Assurance
Editors are responsible for publishing every article published in the journal in accordance with the journal publication policies and international standards.
Protection of Personal Data
Editors ensure the protection of personal data regarding the subjects or images included in the evaluated research. People who contribute to the journal (editors, authors and reviewers) are given documents showing their contributions upon request.
Precautions Against Possible Abuse and Misconduct
Editors take precautions against possible abuse and abusive behavior. In addition to conducting a meticulous and objective investigation regarding the detection and evaluation of complaints regarding this situation, the editor's responsibilities include sharing the relevant findings with the competent authorities.
Ensuring Academic Publication Integrity
Editors ensure that errors, inconsistencies or misleading decisions in the works are quickly corrected.
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
Editors are obliged to protect the intellectual property rights of all published articles and to defend the rights of the journal and authors in case of possible violations, and to take the necessary measures to ensure that the content of all published articles does not violate the intellectual property rights of other publications.
Constructivism and Openness to Discussion
Editors take into consideration criticisms of the studies published in the journal and display a constructive attitude towards these criticisms in line with the purpose and scope of the journal. Authors of criticized works have the right to respond. Studies containing negative results are rejected.
Complaints
Editors are obliged to carefully review complaints and respond to authors, reviewers or readers in an enlightening and explanatory manner.
Political and Commercial Concerns
The owner of the journal, its publisher and no other political or commercial factor can influence the independent decisions of the editors.
Conflicts of Interest
Editors guarantee and ensure to authors and reviewers that the journal's publication process will be carried out independently and impartially.
