Ethical Principles

The publication process at Hitit University Press is designed to promote the objective development and presentation of knowledge. Therefore, the processes reflect the quality of both the authors and the institutions supporting them. Reviewed manuscripts embody and encourage adherence to scientific methodology.

In this regard, it is essential that all stakeholders involved in the process—authors, readers, researchers, publishers, reviewers, and editors—comply with established ethical standards.

Hitit University Press expects all stakeholders to uphold the ethical responsibilities outlined below. These responsibilities are based on the guidelines and policies of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Violations of Scientific Research and Publication Ethics include:

• Plagiarism: Presenting others’ ideas, methods, data, practices, writings, visuals, or works as one's own, in part or in full, without proper attribution according to scientific norms.
• Fabrication: Producing non-existent data, organizing or modifying submitted or published work using fake data, reporting or publishing them, or presenting fictitious research as if it were conducted.
• Falsification: Distorting research records or obtained data, using methods, tools, or materials not actually employed, excluding data that does not fit the research hypothesis, manipulating data/results to fit a theory or assumptions, or tailoring results to the interests of sponsors.
• Duplicate Publication: Submitting multiple works with the same findings for academic evaluations such as associate professorship promotions.
• Salami Publication: Dividing the results of a study inappropriately and publishing them as separate works without proper cross-referencing.
• Unjustified Authorship: Including individuals without active contribution as authors, excluding those with significant contributions, changing the author order without justification, or misusing influence to include names among the authors.
• Other Ethical Violations: Failing to acknowledge support from institutions or individuals in funded research, conducting human or animal studies without ethical approval, violating patient rights in publications, disclosing unpublished manuscript information as a reviewer, misusing research funds/resources, or making unfounded ethical misconduct accusations.

(See: YÖK Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive, Article 8.)