Ethical Principles

Based on the ethical principles prepared by the Committe on Publication Ethics (COPE) for scientific publications, the ethical principles of the OLGU can be stated as follows:

Scientific Research Ethics

Scientific methods are acted upon in obtaining, analyzing, interpreting and achieving the results of the data. Unscientific results cannot be shown as the result of research.

While the research is being carried out, it is necessary to adhere to national and international agreements and obtain permission from the competent authorities.

The data obtained in the studies should be used as permitted by the authorities. It should be essential that the data that should not be presented remains confidential.

Researchers are obliged to report any negative situations that may occur as a result of the research to the relevant persons and institutions. Every researcher has the right not to participate in the research due to the negative situations that may occur.

Publication Ethics

People who do not contribute to the study during the scientific research and writing phase should not be shown as authors.

Unpublished or unpresented studies should not be cited as sources.

All or part of any work may not be published without permission or the use of reference to the related work (plagiarism).

Authors should avoid irresponsible authorship, piracy, fabrication, multi-publication, divisive publication, biased source, biased publication, violation of human-animal ethics, which are stated as unethical behaviors.

Authors should act in accordance with the citation system specified in the journal during the writing phase of the article.

Authors must obtain Ethics Committee Approval for their work done by qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods created with human sampling.

Authors are obliged to declare the contribution rate of the authors and the lack of conflicts of interest in the text.

Authors should specify the financial resources and support of the study, if any.

Referee Ethics

Referees must be experts in the fields addressed by the submitted article.

Referees are obliged to make their criticisms objectively and clearly. They should not act in their own personal interests/opinions and, if necessary, should not agree to review to article.

Referees should not be shared with third parties, considering that the texts are personal during the refereeing process.

Referees should not transfer information from the submitted article in the refereeing process for their own work and should not take any academic/personal interest.

Referees should provide clear and detailed reasons for the submitted articles they will reject.

Reviewers should also consider the scientific research and publication ethics rules of the journal.

Editor Ethics

Editors are obliged to appoint at least two referees who are suitable for the subject of the submitted article.

Editors should ensure communication between the referee(s) and the responsible author, taking into account the blind refereeing process.

Editors should maintain their relationships in a transparent and objective manner without discriminating between any author and referee.

Editors should not use their position for their own individual and academic interests.

Editors should provide clear and detailed reasons for the submitted articles they will reject.

Editors should also consider scientific research, publication and referee ethics.