Publication Ethics

Ozgur Press aims to contribute to the dissemination of ever-expanding scientific knowledge by publishing high-quality books that are open-access in accordance with international publishing standards and ethical principles.

Ozgur Press is committed to upholding standards of ethical behavior at all stages of the publication process. Therefore, it is committed to following the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines. It also adopts the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) membership criteria.

Ozgur Press is also subject to the guidelines described in the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (see https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.1.12).

Ozgur Press checks book drafts with Turnitin software to prevent plagiarism (see. "The Use of Plagiarism Detection Software: What is a good Similarity Report score?", https://doi.org/10.55709/tetkik.4.1374191).

The publishing processes implemented by Ozgur Press are the basis for the impartial and reputable development and dissemination of knowledge. The processes applied in this direction are directly reflected in the quality of the authors' work and the institutions supporting the authors. Peer-reviewed studies are studies that embody and support the scientific method. At this point, researchers and authors must comply with ethical research and academic writing standards.

Ozgur Press does not tolerate unethical behavior such as plagiarism, copyright infringement, and misattribution. Any plagiarism or misconduct noticed in any published book can be reported to [email protected].

Code of Ethics

Scientific research is the presentation of a problem and the subject's research, examination, and evaluation using universal scientific methods. The basic principles to be applied in scientific research are to have the necessary competence in the design and conduct of the research, to maintain self-criticism, honesty, and transparency during the conduct of the research and the analysis of the findings, and to respect the work of those who have researched the same subject.

Three important principles of scientific research ethics are to approach the research problem honestly, to be honest in reporting research results, and to make visible the contribution of everyone involved in the research.

A scientific study must comply with research methodology and research ethics. At the beginning of the research, the tasks in the research process and the distribution of all rights in publications should be determined. False data declaration, producing false data, and using someone else's data without permission constitute ethical violations. All sources (including electronic) and methods used for data collection and analysis should be presented in the study.

The purpose of scientific publication is to share and disseminate the knowledge and know-how produced and developed and, as a result, to advance science for the benefit of humanity. In a scientific publication prepared in line with this purpose, the information in the publication must be accurate and complete, the publication must not contain intentionally incomplete information, 'scientific ethics' must be followed in the production and development of information, and only the information and data developed and compiled within the scientific system should be published, The content of the publication should be unbiased; personal interests, concerns, political views and beliefs should not influence the publication; all sources used in the publication should be cited; the contributions of those who have contributed to the production, compilation, measurement and preparation of the information in the publication should be acknowledged as authors or with acknowledgments.

The Most Common Ethical Violations

Plagiarism is publishing the ideas, data, works, and publications of others as one's own, in whole or in part, without giving the necessary citations and references in accordance with scientific procedures.

Unfair Authorship is to include people who have not actively contributed or not to include people who have contributed, to change the order of authors in an unjustified and inappropriate manner, to remove the names of active contributors from the work in subsequent editions, to use one's influence to have one's name included among the authors even though one has not actively contributed. This violation may be in the form of Pseudonymous Authorship or Author Hiding.

Pseudonymous (Gift) Authorship "Appearing/appearing as an author in a study (in the design of the study, collection of data, evaluation, preparation, and approval of the publication) without making a sufficient contribution."

Ghost Authorship is "not including one's name among the authors even though one has contributed to the study."

Violating the Voluntary Participation Principle forces students or other participant groups to participate in the research.

Failure to Obtain Informed Consent is to obtain the consent of volunteers participating in the research without adequately informing them about the application steps and risks of the research.

Violating the Privacy Principles is sharing personal or institutional data obtained from participants without legal obligation and not keeping the participants' identities in the research confidential.

Fabrication is creating non-existent or falsified data or results in scientific research. Falsification is the deliberate falsification of research records or data obtained, the use of devices or materials not used in the research, the falsification of research results, or the omission of data in line with the interests of the people and organizations receiving support.

Salami Slicing (Salami Slicing) is dividing the research results into parts in a way that disrupts the integrity of the research, inappropriately publishing them in more than one number and presenting these publications as separate publications in academic appointments and promotions. Dividing and publishing a study to increase the number of publications is also within the same scope.

Duplication is publishing the same work in more than one publication medium".

Responsibilities of the Publisher

Ozgur Press undertakes to abide by the following ethical principles in the process of reviewing the works of the authors who apply:

1) The publishing house ensures that the identities of authors and referees are protected during the book review process.

2) The publishing house conducts its publishing activities reasonably and rationally without discriminating based on gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, or political views.

3) The publishing house follows COPE flowcharts in cases of ethical violations (including plagiarism).

4) The publishing house has a system to manage conflicts of interest for editors and editorial board members.

Responsibilities of Editors

The editors undertake to comply with the following ethical principles during the review process of the manuscripts of the applicant authors:

1) Editors are responsible for every book published under their responsibility. This responsibility includes taking measures to assess the quality of the book they accept for publication.

2) Editors should review book submissions promptly.

3) Editors should ensure that the identities of authors and reviewers are protected during the book review process.

4) In carrying out their duties, editors must act fairly and rationally without discrimination based on gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, or political opinions.

5) Editors should only show book manuscripts to others for peer review. They should maintain the confidentiality of these manuscripts, except to reviewers.

6) Editors should guide authors through the editorial process.

7) Editors should follow the COPE flowcharts in cases of ethical violations (including plagiarism) or disputed Authorship.

8) Editors should decide which books to publish on the basis of quality.

9) Editors should have a system for managing their and editorial board members' conflicts of interest.

Reviewer responsibilities

The reviewers undertake to abide by the following ethical principles during the review process of the authors' manuscripts:

1) Reviewers examine the book manuscript with care, attention, and objectivity.

2) The arbitrators shall complete their review within the time allotted to them.

3) Reviewers shall maintain the confidentiality of any information and materials provided during the review process.

4) In performing their duties, arbitrators shall act reasonably and rationally without discrimination based on gender, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, or political opinions.

5) Reviewers shall inform the publisher of any published or submitted material similar to the material they have reviewed or of any suspicion of plagiarism.

6) Reviewers make decisions based on academic quality.

7) Declare any potential conflict of interest regarding the book they are reviewing or its author.

Responsibility of authors

Ozgur Press expects authors submitting their work to abide by the following ethical principles:

1) Authors must declare that all works in the submitted work are original and own the copyright.

2) Authors should cite other sources appropriately to avoid plagiarism. If authors make use of other works, they must cite them fully and accurately.

3) The book must not contain any libelous material.

4) The book must not violate any copyright or intellectual property rights.

5) Authors must obtain permission if they have used any content (text and images) from third-party sources.

6) The author list should accurately reflect who conducted the research and wrote the book or chapter. Where there is more than one author, the authorship order should be jointly determined by all co-authors.

7) If any funding (including funding for Open Access) was used, it should be clearly indicated in the acknowledgments section.

8) Individuals who did not contribute intellectually to the creation of the work should not be listed as authors.

9) All manuscripts submitted for publication must disclose any conflicts of interest, if any.

10) Authors must have the rights to use the data used, the necessary permissions related to the research, and a document showing that the consent of the experimental subjects has been obtained.

11) Authors should not have submitted their work to more than one publisher at the same time.