Ethical Principles

Journal of Management Archive (JoMA) undertakes to comply with the rules of publication ethics and takes into account the ethical principles determined by COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics), the Council of Higher Education Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive, and the TRDizin Ethical Principles Flow Chart which is accepted as a standard in this field. In this context, it provides the ethical standards involved in the process of publishing in a peer-reviewed journal. The criteria required for all parties are presented below.

Ethical responsibilities of the editor

• Obtaining opinions from authors, referees, readers, and editorial board members regarding the improvement of the journal's processes and constantly trying to improve the journal's processes,
• To make efforts to improve the quality of the studies to be published in the journal,
• To ensure the continuity of journal processes by observing intellectual property rights and ethical standards,
• To support freedom of thought and expression, taking into account intellectual property rights, laws and ethical standards,
• Evaluating the effects of journal policies on author and reviewer behavior and reviewing journal policies when necessary,
• Publishing corrections or clarifications when necessary.

Relations with readers

• The editor must inform the readers about who financed the studies published in the journal and the roles of the funders in the research and publication processes of the study.
• The editor must ensure that all studies published in the journal are evaluated by qualified referees who work in that field or have knowledge of the subject.
• The editor must adopt processes that will encourage accurate, complete, clear and concise reporting of research.
• The editor should inform the readers about the authors who contributed to the study and their contribution rates.
• The editor should take into account the feedback from readers and provide timely feedback.
• The editor should evaluate the submitted articles by taking into account the knowledge, experience and expectations of the journal's readership, and make sure that they are original works that contribute to the readers and the literature.

Relations with authors

• The editor must accept or reject an article submitted to the journal based on the originality of the article, its originality, its contribution to the literature, and its suitability for the scope of the journal.
• The editor should take the articles into the preliminary evaluation process unless there are significant problems in the articles sent to the journal (in terms of compliance with the scope of the journal, content, formatting conditions, plagiarism, etc.).
• The editor must evaluate the submitted articles objectively, regardless of the authors' race, gender, religion, belief, ethnicity, citizenship or political opinions.
• The peer review process should be explained in detail and the editor should try to prevent possible deviations from this process.
• The editor should publish a guide that can answer the authors' expectations and questions in detail and update this guide when necessary.
• The editor and anyone involved in the editorial process should not share information about the submitted articles with anyone other than the responsible author, referees, potential referees, persons consulted in the editorial process, and the publisher. The information in question must be kept confidential.
• The editor and anyone involved in the editorial process should never use the information and materials in studies submitted to the journal and not yet published in their own studies without the written permission of the authors.

Relations with referees

• The editor must appoint referees appropriate to the subject of the study. If there is no suitable referee in the referee pool, new referees must be searched using various databases. The editor should not appoint as referees people who work or have recently worked at the same institution as the authors of the study, or people who have recently collaborated.
• The editor should ask the referees to disclose any potential conflict of interest before the referees agree to review the manuscript.
• The editor must ensure that the names of the referees remain confidential in the blind review system, unless an open review system is used and this is clearly stated.
• The editor should provide the information and guidance that the referees may need during the evaluation phase.
• The editor should evaluate referees with criteria such as timely response and reporting performance. The editor should stop using reviewers who consistently submit review reports late, submit poor quality reports, or use discourteous language. The editor should constantly update the referee pool in these aspects.
• The editor should try to develop policies to increase referees' contributions and performance to the journal.
• The editor should encourage referees to be careful and make clarifications on issues such as ethics and plagiarism.
• The editor must send all of the comments of the referees to the authors, unless they contain insults or expressions that do not comply with the academic style.

Relations with editorial board members

• The editor should inform new editorial board members about the journal's policies and processes, and current editorial board members about new policies and developments.
• The editor should compose the editorial board from people with appropriate qualifications who can contribute to the journal and should regularly review the structure of the editorial board.
• The editor should take into consideration the suggestions and opinions of the editorial board members about the journal's policies and processes, and respond to members who offer suggestions/opinions.

Editorial and blind peer review processes

• The editor should strive to ensure that peer review is fair, impartial and timely.
• The editor must ensure that information and materials regarding the studies in the peer-review process remain confidential.
• The editor should take steps to increase the quality of both referee reporting and studies published in the journal.

Protection of personal data

• The editor must ensure the confidentiality of personal data regarding the subjects or images included in the studies submitted to the journal. Also editor; It is also responsible for protecting the individual data that authors, referees and voters share with the journal.

Promoting ethical research

• In studies requiring ethics committee approval, the editor must request the ethics committee approval/letter from the relevant institutions during the article submission process. However, the editor should be aware that ethics committee approval alone does not mean that a study complies with ethical principles.

Possible abuses

• If the Editor suspects a possible misconduct regarding the works included in the referee process or published, or is informed of such a possible situation, he/she is responsible for carrying out the necessary research and investigations.

Intellectual property rights

• The editor should be careful about possible intellectual property problems and protect the intellectual property rights of the works published in the journal. The editor must assist authors whose copyrights have been violated or whose work has been plagiarized. In addition, the editor must pay due attention to ensure that the works published in the journal do not violate the intellectual property rights of other publications. For this purpose, it should adopt systems and practices to prevent plagiarism.

Conflicts of interest

• Editor; it should take into account possible conflicts of interest between authors, referees and members of the editorial/advisory board, and manage the publication process independently and impartially, regardless of the origin of the studies sent to the journal. The editor should not recommend refereeing to authors whose work is in the referee process. The editor should ask authors to declare any conflicts of interest related to their work.

Ethical responsibilities of authors

• Writers; they must have contributed to the study in the conceptualization and study design, data collection, data analysis and interpretation of results, writing the draft/initial version of the study, reviewing and editing the study. Persons who did not contribute sufficiently to the creation of the study should not be listed as authors, and should be included in the 'acknowledgments' section.
• The first version of the study sent to the journal and the final version at the end of the referee process must be read and approved by all authors. The opinions and responsibility in the articles published in the journal belong to the authors of the study.
• Corresponding author; the person who has primary responsibility for communication with the journal during the article submission, peer review and publication process. After the article is published, the corresponding author continues to communicate with the journal on issues such as criticisms of the study and requests for additional information/data. However, all authors accept joint responsibility for their work at all stages/instances. However, especially in studies involving different disciplines, if the authors take responsibility for certain parts of the study, this should be stated in the study.
• Articles sent to the journal must not have been published or sent for publication elsewhere. Articles produced from papers presented at congresses and symposiums, but only the abstract of which is published, can be sent to the journal, provided that there is a relevant explanatory note on the first page.
• All articles submitted to the journal must be original. Authors should present the findings of their studies accurately, clearly, and concisely, without fabrication, falsification, or inappropriate data manipulation. Authors should not present the original ideas, methods, data or works of others as their own work, in whole or in part, without citing the source in accordance with the principles of citation. Cited sources should always be cited in accordance with citation principles. Authors who submit articles to the journal are deemed to have undertaken that their work does not contain plagiarism and that it is their own work.
• Articles sent to the journal must comply with the journal's writing rules. The editor and/or editorial board has the right to request changes in form and content from the authors if deemed necessary.
• Authors who want to withdraw their articles due to the prolongation of the referee process or other reasons must inform the editor. Authors may withdraw their articles with the approval of the editor. The editor may ask authors to wait until the end of the referee process for articles that are still in the referee process.
• During the editorial and/or referee evaluation process, authors may be asked to submit the raw data used in their work. Authors should provide access to the data sets used in their studies if necessary.
• If authors detect any errors in their submitted, accepted or published work, they must immediately warn the editor. Authors must cooperate with the editor in correcting or retracting the article when necessary.
• If authors have used any research funding or sponsor support, including direct and indirect financial support, equipment or material supply, and other support, they must disclose this in their work. However, authors must also declare any potential conflicts of interest when submitting their work.

Ethical responsibilities of referees

A double-blind referee system is used in the article evaluation process. This system ensures a quality and objective evaluation. In this process, an article that passes the preliminary evaluation stage and is included in the referee process is sent to at least two referees. The names of the referees are never shared with the authors, and the names of the authors are never shared with the referees. The editor monitors that the referees complete the article evaluation process in an impartial, independent and ethical manner. In this context, referees are expected to comply with the following ethical principles.

• Referees should accept to referee studies in which they have the necessary expertise and can evaluate them in a timely manner in order to make a sound evaluation.
• Since the blind referee system is applied, the referees cannot see the names of the authors and the authors cannot see the names of the referees. Referees and authors should not communicate directly with each other. Referees should not share information about the studies they evaluate with others. If the referee feels the need to consult or seek the opinion of someone else on a particular issue related to the study, he/she must inform the editor and obtain the editor's approval.
• Referees must evaluate the work impartially and independently. They should make their evaluations without being influenced by the work's origin, nationality, religious or political views or commercial concerns.
• Referees should use a constructive/polite language and tone in order to contribute to the work they evaluate. They should avoid making insulting, defamatory or provocative personal comments and should be objective and constructive in their evaluations.
• Referees should not use the information and data in the studies they evaluate in their own work or to benefit anyone else. Referees can only cite the study in question after it has been published in a journal.
• If the referees can make their evaluations within the period determined by the journal editorship, they must accept the referee offer and send their reports regarding the studies they have accepted to evaluate within this period. If it is not possible to evaluate within the specified time, the referees must inform the editor.
• If the referees have given a rejection decision, they must state the reasons for this decision in detail in their reports.
• Referees should indicate in their reports situations such as a significant similarity between the study they are evaluating and a previously published study, failure to cite quotations from other sources, and incorrect citation style. If referees think there is a possibility of plagiarism in the study, they should state this in their reports along with the reasons. Referees can request similarity reports regarding the studies they evaluate from the editor.
• Reviewers should not agree to review works in which they have conflicts of interest arising from competition, collaboration, or other relationships with the authors or any of the companies or institutions associated with the work. Referees who think that there is a conflict of interest during the evaluation process should notify the editor of this situation and terminate the evaluation of the study.

Publication ethics

Publication ethics is a set of ethical rules that guide researchers on how scientific research should be conducted. In this context, the basic research ethics principles that researchers/authors are expected to comply with are presented below.

• Researchers/authors should clearly share with readers the data, materials, equipment, sources and findings of the study they used in their studies.
• The principles of integrity, transparency and quality must be ensured in the design and conduct of the research.
• The independence of the research should be clear and explicit, and if there is any conflict of interest, it should be stated.
• All participants/subjects must participate in research voluntarily, without any coercion or influence, and participants' rights, dignity and free will (decisions) must be respected and protected.
• Participants; The participants should be informed about the purpose, methods, application stages and risks of the research, and informed consent should be obtained from the participants when necessary.
• The confidentiality of the data collected from the participants and the storage security of these data must be ensured.
• Harm to participants should be avoided. Possible physical, social, psychological and all other types of harm should be minimized.
• In studies requiring ethics committee approval, ethics committee approval must be obtained and documented. In this context, clinical, experimental and other scientific research conducted on humans must be approved by the ethics committees of the relevant institutions. Details of the ethics committee approval document should also be stated in the 'method' section of the study.
• If the study will be carried out in a private institution or organization, permission to conduct a survey can be obtained from that institution or organization.

Source
Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (COPE)
COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers
COPE Guidelines
Council of Higher Education Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive
TR Dizin Ethical Principles Flow Chart

 

Publication Policy

• Journal of Management Archive (JoMA) is an international scientific journal that has adopted an open access policy and is published electronically (online) twice a year, in April and October.
• JoMA primarily publishes research articles. In addition, compilation articles and translated works that make theoretical contributions can be included. On the other hand, studies such as book reviews are also taken into consideration. In order to keep the level of scientific contribution high, a limited number of articles other than research articles are included in each issue.
• JoMA uses a double-blind review system in the article evaluation process.
• JoMA publication frequency is twice a year, in April and October.
• JoMA publication languages are English and Turkish. Priority is given to articles written in English.
• JoMA requires sending an ethics committee permission document. Detailed explanations are presented in the spelling rules section.
• At JoMA, the entire process is carried out free of charge.
• Manuscripts sent to JoMA must not have been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.
• Articles sent to JoMA must comply with the scope and writing rules of the journal. Studies that do not comply with the scope and/or writing rules may be rejected without preliminary evaluation. In this context, it follows APA style as a guide. Therefore, the manuscripts sent to the journal are expected to be prepared in accordance with the APA 7 style, which is the latest version of the relevant guide.
• Articles are evaluated for originality, contribution to the literature, language used, etc. It is pre-evaluated by the Editor or Editorial Advisory Board from all aspects.
• During the article submission process, the authors are asked to scan for plagiarism and send the plagiarism report in question. However, similarity/plagiarism scanning can also be done by the Editor using a plagiarism scanning program.
• Articles that pass the editorial review stage and are included in the referee process are sent to at least two referees. At this point, in order to ensure the principle of impartiality, the article is sent to referees with high titles or the same title from different institutions and authors.
• In order for an article to be accepted for publication, at least two referees must express positive opinions. If one of the referee reports is positive and the other is negative, the article is sent to a third referee.
• The final evaluation and final decision for all articles for which the referees give positive opinions are made by the Editor or the Editorial Advisory Board.
• A maximum of one article by an author can be published in an issue, including co-authored works.