Research and Publication Ethics

idil follows the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the research and publication ethics regulations of the Council of Higher Education of Türkiye (YÖK). Authors, reviewers and editors are expected to follow them.

Authors

• The work is original; it has not been published elsewhere and is not under review by another journal.
• All sources used are acknowledged. Plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, duplicate publication and salami slicing are misconduct.
• Only those who made a substantial contribution to the work and take responsibility for it are listed as authors; others who contributed are thanked in the acknowledgements. After submission, authors are added, removed or reordered only with the reasoned consent of all authors.
• Research with human participants requires ethics committee approval and the informed consent of the participants; the approval is stated in the article.
• Permission is obtained for images, texts and data whose copyright belongs to others.
• Funding, conflicts of interest and the use of generative AI are declared.

Reviewers

• Keep the manuscript confidential: they do not share it, use it in their own work or upload it to AI tools.
• Decline the invitation if they have a conflict of interest or lack the expertise.
• Write an objective, reasoned and constructive report, and avoid personal criticism.
• Respond to the invitation within 3 days and send the report within 20 days.

Editors

• Assess submissions only on their scholarly merit, originality and relevance to the journal’s scope. The nationality, ethnicity, religion, political views, gender or institution of the authors has no bearing on the decision.
• Keep the review process confidential and double-blind.
• Hand a submission over to another editor when they have a conflict of interest. Submissions by editors and board members go through the usual review, handled by another editor.

Conflicts of interest

Authors, reviewers and editors declare any financial, institutional or personal relationship that could affect the assessment.

Generative AI

AI tools cannot be listed as authors. Authors who use them state the tool, its purpose and the extent of its use in the declarations; authors are responsible for the whole content of the text. Reviewers and editors do not upload the manuscripts they assess to such tools.

Suspected misconduct

When misconduct is suspected in a submission or a published article, the journal investigates following the COPE flowcharts: it asks the author for an explanation and, where necessary, contacts the author’s institution. As a result, a submission may be declined; a published article may receive a correction, an expression of concern or a retraction.

Corrections and retractions

When an error that affects the reading or the conclusions is found in a published article, a correction is published. When serious misconduct or an error that invalidates the conclusions is found, the article is retracted: it stays on the site, its page and PDF carry a “retracted” notice with the reasons, and a retraction notice is published.

Appeals and complaints

Authors may appeal a decision by writing to the Editor-in-Chief with their reasons; the appeal is assessed by an editor or board member who was not involved in the decision. Complaints about the journal’s processes are sent to the address on the Contact page and handled in line with COPE guidance.