Ethical Principles and Publication Policy
The European Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences observes the publication ethics principles, standards and recommendations determined by the Committee on Publication Ethics - COPE (https://publicationethics.org/) regarding publication ethics. Accordingly, all articles that do not comply with the accepted ethical standards are removed from publication. Articles that contain possible irregularities and inappropriateness detected after publication are also included in this. Within the scope of publication ethics, all stakeholders are expected to bear the following ethical responsibilities in summary, and all ethical cases will be evaluated in accordance with COPE rules.
Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
Authors should not have published or sent articles they submit to the European Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences elsewhere.
Authors should have cited all citations they use in their articles.
Authors declare that the article is their own work, that they have not committed any plagiarism, that all responsibilities arising from plagiarism belong to them, and that the journal has no responsibility in this regard.
Authors must guarantee that they have made a scientific contribution to the article and it should be known that all authors have equal responsibility for the article.
The corresponding author must guarantee that all co-authors mentioned in the article agree to the publication and to be named as co-authors. All individuals who have made significant contributions to the study should be named as co-authors. Other individuals should be included in the acknowledgment section.
Authors are obliged to declare the institutions, financial resources or conflicts of interest that support the work they submit.
Authors should provide access to the data sets included in the article if deemed necessary.
Authors must have prepared the articles submitted for publication in the journal in accordance with the rules of research and publication ethics. Separate ethics committee approval must be obtained for the research conducted and for clinical and experimental studies on humans and animals that require an ethics committee decision, and this approval must be stated and documented in the article.
Similarity Rate Information Note
All articles submitted for publication in our journal will be scanned with the iThenticate package program before being submitted for editorial approval as of December 18, 2018, and a similarity report will be created for each article and added to the application by the Corresponding Author. The similarity report result should be a maximum of 30% excluding references. If the similarity rate is higher, the article is rejected without being evaluated.
Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers
Any selected reviewer who is not qualified to review the research or who knows that it will be impossible to evaluate the article quickly should inform the editor of this situation and ask to be excused from the review process.
Reviewers are obliged to keep the articles they receive confidential and not to use the information they obtain from the review process for their personal interests.
Reviewers should not share their reports or information about the article with others and should not communicate directly with the authors without the editor's permission.
Reviewers should be attentive to potential ethical issues in the article and bring them to the editor's attention. This includes any substantial similarity or overlap between the article under review and any other published work with which the reviewer has personal knowledge.
Reviewers should be objective. Personal criticisms of authors should not be made, and evaluations should be constructive, honest, and polite.
Reviewers should consult with the editor before agreeing to review a paper in which they have a potential conflict of interest, whether competitive, collaborative, or otherwise, with any of the authors.
Ethical Responsibilities of the Editorial Board
The editorial board is responsible for deciding which papers to publish in the journal. The editorial board, which reviews authors' papers, should make its decision without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnicity, citizenship, or political philosophy. The decision should be based on the accuracy, validity, and importance of the paper and its relevance to the scope of the journal. Current legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism should also be taken into account.
The editor or any member of the editorial board should not disclose information about a paper to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisors, and the publisher.
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted paper should not be used in the editor's or the editorial board's own research without the express written permission of the author.