Publication ethics

The Turkic Studies Journal does not charge authors any fees for submitting manuscripts, peer review, editorial services or publishing articles. The journal does not impose submission fees or article processing charges (APCs).

The Turkic Studies Journal's editorial policy and ethical requirements are based on internationally recognized principles of publication ethics and the Committee on Publication Ethics' (COPE) recommendations.

The Editorial Board and the International Editorial Council of this journal adhere strictly to ethical standards in all their professional activities and interactions with participants in the publication process, including authors, reviewers, editors, the publisher, distributors and readers. The following is a list of ethical standards to be followed by authors, reviewers and editors involved in the publication of research results.

The publisher is responsible for preventing any violations of publication ethics principles, including the following:

  • This involves requiring authors to provide peer reviews of their own manuscripts, as well as engaging in contractual or pseudo-peer review practices. Such practices imply the absence of genuine peer review within the journal.
  • Offering agency services to authors, including intermediary services such as 'turnkey publication', correspondence with the editorial office, manuscript revision by agents based on reviewers' comments, and preparation of paid reviews.
  • Sale of authorship, gift authorship or changes to the list of authors. Listing individuals as authors who have not made an intellectual contribution to the research is a violation of copyright and ethical standards as it misleads readers, constituting a form of academic misconduct.
  • Publication of materials from so-called 'remote' or 'absentee' scientific conferences. Such conferences are directly associated with misconduct and fraud in science, so publishing their materials is considered unethical and contributes to the dissemination of pseudoscientific texts.
  • Submission of manuscripts to other journals without author consent: Publishing an article in a journal not approved by the author infringes upon the author’s rights and interests.
  • Disclosure of author materials to third parties: Sharing submitted manuscripts with individuals outside the editorial team and peer reviewers breaches confidentiality and violates the principles of editorial ethics and copyright.
  • Citation manipulation: Artificial inflation of bibliometric indicators through excessive self-citation, reciprocal citation, or irrelevant referencing misleads readers and constitutes a form of academic fraud.
  • Plagiarism, data falsification, and fabrication: The editorial board is committed to ensuring the integrity of published research by preventing the dissemination of unethical scientific content involving plagiarism, falsified data, or fabricated findings.

We draw your attention to the basic principles of professional ethics:

- ethics of authors of scientific publications;

- ethics of peer review of scientific publications;

- ethics of publishing research articles;

- policy on the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence;

- quality control of reviewing;

- policy on Advertising.

Ethics of authors of scientific publications

  1. The authors guarantee that the manuscript submitted for publication in the Turkic Studies Journal is an original manuscript written in one of the languages of the journal.
  2. Authors should not submit to the journal an article that has been sent to another journal and is under review, nor should they submit an article that has already been published in another journal. Submitting an article to more than one journal at the same time is unethical behavior and is unacceptable. Submitting the same manuscript simultaneously to another journal (journals) is perceived as unethical behavior and provides grounds for withdrawal of the article from consideration. Confirmation that the material has not been previously published and is not under consideration in another journal is recorded in the agreement with the author;
  3. Excessive borrowing, as well as any form of plagiarism, including unattributed quotations, paraphrasing or the misappropriation of others' research results, is unethical and unacceptable.
  4. The author(s) acknowledges primary responsibility for the originality and reliability of the scientific research results.
  5. The authors of the article must present reliable results of the conducted research. Plausibly erroneous or falsified statements are unacceptable.
  6. Authors must disclose any use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in their submitted manuscript, clearly describing and justifying their purpose. In accordance with Turkic Studies Journal policy, this information will be included in the published article to ensure transparency and strengthen trust among all participants in the publication process. The Editorial Board makes the final decision on the appropriateness of the use of generative AI based on reviewers’ recommendations.
  7. The authors must disclose any actual or potential conflicts of interest (financial, institutional, professional or personal) that could affect the interpretation of the research results. If there are no conflicts of interest, this must be explicitly stated in the author agreement.
  8. The authors are responsible for obtaining all necessary permissions for materials used in the article to be published. Confirmation of the rights to use such materials for publication is stipulated in the author agreement.
  9. The authors guarantee that only individuals who have made a significant contribution to the research are included as co-authors. All co-authors must approve the final version of the article before it is submitted for publication.
  10. The list of authors of the manuscript includes all individuals who made significant contributions to the implementation of the study and interpretation of the data obtained.
  11. If the author discovers significant errors or inaccuracies in the article at the review stage or after its publication, he or she should notify the journal's editorial board as soon as possible and take joint action to correct them or withdraw the work;
  12. We urge all authors to observe scientific correctness in papers containing criticism of colleagues. Otherwise, the editorial board reserves the right to reject the material or correct its style in agreement with the author.
  13. During the peer-review process, authors must cooperate with the journal’s editorial office, respond promptly to comments and consider reviewers’ recommendations. If an author disagrees with a reviewer’s assessment, they must submit reasoned objections to the editor. Revisions and implementation of reviewers’ recommendations must be completed within one month of the review comments being sent to the author.
  14. In the event of republication of an article, the author must not violate the rights of the Turkic Studies Journal and must indicate where the article was first published.

Ethics of peer review of scientific publications

  • The Editorial Board ensures confidentiality of the review process and informs reviewers about the need to strictly follow the ethical principles of reviewing papers. The review process of submitted materials is confidential. Unpublished materials cannot be used by the Editorial Board, editors or reviewers in their own interests;
  • The review process is objective, independent of commercial interests and opportunistic needs. The priority is the scientific value of the research, its content and novelty, compliance with the requirements of scientific ethics;
  • Reviewing is carried out anonymously. The reviewer is sent the manuscript without the author's name. In case of negative review, its text is provided to the author of the manuscript, without signature and indication of the reviewer's name, position, place of work. Violation of anonymity is possible only in case of reviewer's statement about unreliability or falsification of materials presented in the manuscript, or the presence of plagiarism.
  • The reviewer is obliged to provide an objective, reasoned, substantiated assessment of the materials and research results submitted for publication. Personal criticism of the author is not allowed;
  • As a conclusion, the reviewer fills in the review form, which reflects the criteria for evaluation of the manuscript. The final part of the review contains the overall evaluation of the manuscript, comments and recommendations;
  • A reviewer who, in his/her opinion, is not qualified to evaluate the manuscript or cannot be objective, must inform the editor;
  • After receiving a positive review of the submitted manuscript, the final decision on the feasibility of publication is made by the editorial board.

Ethics of publishing scientific articles

  1. The Editorial Board of Turkic Studies Journal accepts manuscripts for consideration in accordance with the journal's scope;
  2. The main criteria for acceptance or rejection of a manuscript by the Editorial Board are the relevance and scientific significance of the submitted article, its compliance with the subject of the journal, originality of the article and reliability of the data, clarity of presentation of the material, compliance of the article with all the requirements of the journal;
  3. The Editorial Board agrees to take reasonable measures to identify and prevent the publication of articles in the research of which inappropriate behavior has been committed has occurred, not to encourage such violation or knowingly allow such violations;
  4. The Editorial Board guarantees to make decisions without regard to the race, gender, sexual orientation, religious views, origin, nationality, social status or political preferences of the authors;
  5. The journal does not publish any material that could be considered misappropriated.
  6. The Editorial Board guarantees complete confidentiality in the process of accepting, processing and review of the article. Unpublished materials may not be use or shared with third parties other than reviewers and editorial staff;
  7. The Editorial Board is obliged to protect the integrity of published manuscripts, to agree with the author on edits, changes or reduction of the text;
  8. The Editorial Board guarantees the consideration of claims regarding the reviewed manuscripts or published materials. If a conflict situation is identified, the necessary measures will be taken to restore the violated rights;
  9. The Editorial Board, together with the publisher, guarantees the recognition of errors, upon identification of which corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies will be published (Instructions for withdrawal or correction of articles);
  10. The opinions expressed by the editorial office do not necessarily reflect the views of the authors of published materials.

Policy on the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI)

The editors of the Turkic Studies Journal recognize and support the development of new intelligent technologies in research and development, and the use of tools to improve productivity. The Journal closely observes and records new AI advances in the publishing field. An increasing number of authors are using AI to write scholarly publications, essentially blurring the boundaries between human-generated and machine-generated text, calling into question the content of the Journal's authorship policy.

Authors are required to indicate in the submitted manuscript the fact of using AI tools, disclose and justify the purpose of application in the manuscript, which according of the Turkic Studies Journal policy will be included in the published article to ensure transparency and build trust between all participants in the publication process. The final decision on the validity of the application of generative artificial intelligence is made by the editorial board based on the recommendations of the reviewers. At the same time, the editorial board emphasizes that it is not allowed to include in the co-authorship of work the names of information systems used in the preparation of the manuscript, including ChatGPT.

Quality control of reviewing

In individual cases, the editorial board may send an article for additional review, including statistical and methodological review. The Editorial Board of the journal conducts an ongoing assessment of the quality of reviewing.

The Editorial Board of the journal expect that the peer review process will help to:

  • prevent the publication of poor quality articles and weed out studies that were not properly designed and executed;
  • make sure that the data presented in the article are correct and sufficiently summarized;
  • check whether the article contains references to previous major works in its field;
  • make sure that the author's interpretation of the data obtained and the validity of the conclusions are correct;
  • and, on this basis, decide on the publication of the article and give the authors with recommendations for its improvement (where necessary).

 

Policy on Advertising

The Editorial Board adheres to ethical standards in its activities and above all upholds the right to editorial independence. Placement of advertising and sponsorship cannot influence in any way editorial decisions regarding the selection of materials for publication and editorial content. The magazine does not publish material to accompany advertisement and does not sell advertising in relation to specific articles. Advertising and informational materials published in the magazine are not mixed with editorial content.

All decisions on the placement of advertising materials are made solely by the Publisher.

The Editorial Board reserves the right not to accept advertising and informational materials, the placement of which does not comply with the publication’s policy.