Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Ethical Rules for Author(s);

The author(s) submitting an article for publication in our journal must comply with the ethical principles and rules specified;

The submitted studies must not have been published before and must not have been sent to another publication organ or scientific activity in the same time period for publication.

The study must be the author(s)'s own. If other research and publications are utilized, citations/references must be made in full in accordance with the principles of scientific research and the sources must be clearly indicated.

If the data collection tools used (such as scales, questionnaires, etc.) do not belong to the author(s), the necessary permission must be obtained.

In studies with more than one author, the authors should contribute to the study in a scientific, academically concrete and sufficient level. Individuals who do not contribute to the study in this respect cannot take part as an author.

Additions and deletions cannot be made by the author after the evaluation process has started.

The similarity rate of the studies cannot exceed 20% including citations. The evaluation process of the studies that do not meet this requirement is not started. A low similarity rate does not mean that quotations, citations and references are in accordance with scientific research principles and ethical rules.

Translations of other works are not accepted to our journal. Studies submitted without specifying that they are translations, but which are partially or completely translated, are rejected for plagiarism regardless of the similarity rate.

The research data and results in the studies should be in accordance with the reality; the data should not be changed by selection, addition and subtraction.

The raw data of the research must be kept by the author(s) and made available upon request.

For studies that require qualitative/quantitative data collection, ethics committee approval must be obtained and information about the approval must be provided within the study. The relevant ethics committee approval document should be sent to the journal with the study.

The author(s) must declare in the study that they have worked in accordance with scientific research methods and principles and ethical rules.

The responsibility for unforeseen ethical violations and illegal situations within the rules belongs to the author(s). Therefore, the author(s) are obliged to comply with nationally and internationally recognized ethical and legal rules.

Ethical Rules for Reviewers;

They should evaluate the studies related to their fields of expertise and competence. Otherwise, they should not evaluate and notify the journal.

They should evaluate the studies in terms of meaningful contribution to the relevant field, compliance with scientific research methods and adequacy.

While evaluating, they should act in accordance with the principles of impartiality, confidentiality, objectivity, and scientific review; they should avoid subjective personal criteria to the maximum extent.

Care should be taken to ensure that the language used in writing the report is encouraging and respectful of the author's personal rights.

Refuse to review the study in case they encounter a relationship of interest or pressure that may negatively affect the evaluation during the process.

They should not archive the studies they have reviewed, should not personally benefit from their content, and should not benefit from these studies before publication.

Reviewers should be informed about the ethical rules set for the author(s), pay attention to them in their evaluation, and inform the editorial board if they realize that ethical rules have been violated.

Ethical Rules for Editors;

Editors are responsible for conducting the preliminary evaluation, peer review and publication processes of the manuscripts within the framework of the journal's publication principles and ethical rules; in a fair, impartial, auditable, objective, interest-independent and confidentiality rights of the parties.

Studies that are appropriate for the purpose and scope of the journal should be included in the preliminary evaluation stage if there is no significant violation in terms of publication principles and ethical rules.

It should pay utmost attention to ensure that the author(s) and referee(s) comply with the specified ethical rules and make new arrangements and changes if necessary.

During the referee evaluation process, they should ensure that the double-blind refereeing system is carried out in accordance with its purpose, keep the identity information of the author(s) and referees confidential, and check whether there is a relationship of interest between them.

Identify referees appropriate to the subject of the study and endeavor to ensure the participation of competent referees in the evaluation process.

Submit manuscripts submitted by members of the SOBE Foundation for review by external reviewers.

No information or explanation can be provided to third parties who are not involved in the evaluation and publication processes. (This rule also applies if the work is not published as a result of the evaluation process).

In communication with the author(s) and referees; should be descriptive and informative, provide timely feedback, and interact with each other.

They should take into account the opinions, requests, complaints and criticisms conveyed by the author(s), referees and readers, and provide feedback in an explanatory manner. They should inform the persons or institutions that have the right of reply.

It should make evaluations with the journal boards regarding the issues included in the opinions, requests, complaints and criticisms and should be able to make changes in the publication processes according to the results.

SOBE Autism Research Journal (SOBEJ), adheres to national and international standards on research and publication ethics. It complies with the Press Law, the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works and the Directive on Scientific Research and Publication Ethics of Higher Education Institutions. SOBE Autism Research Journal (SOBEJ), has adopted the International Ethical Publishing Principles published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME). It is also committed to abide by the decisions of the Turkish Editors' Workshop.

Special Issue Publication Policy

Special issues may be published in our journal upon the request of the Editorial Board.