Ethical Principles and Publication Policy
Ethical Principles and Publication Policy
Authors are deemed to have transferred all copyrights of their published manuscripts to the International Journal of Educational Technologies and Artificial Intelligence. However, the full responsibility of the articles published in the journal belongs to the authors. All or part of the manuscripts submitted to the journal should not have been published elsewhere or included in the publication process. Manuscripts published in the International Journal of Educational Technologies and Artificial Intelligence must comply with Research and Publication Ethics. In cases such as plagiarism, dividing publications, duplication of publications, etc., ethical violations will be committed. Necessary legal actions will be taken in ethical violations.
Ethical Approval
Ethical approval is required for all research involving human participants. It is mandatory to state the ethics committee approval status and information about the permission document in the method section of the manuscript. Manuscripts for which the document is not uploaded to the system and for which information about ethics committee approval is not provided in the manuscript will not be evaluated.
The institution, date and number of the decision of the Ethics Committee should be indicated at the end of the article. If there is no need for Ethics Committee Permission, the justification should be explained at the end of the article. Institutional or individual application permissions obtained for research do not replace Ethics Committee Permission.
Ethical Principles and Duties for Editors
Principles and duties of editors in the International Journal of Educational Technologies and Artificial Intelligence:
1. To evaluate the content of the submitted manuscript and examine whether it is a work that requires "ethical approval",
2. To check that the documents are complete for studies requiring "Ethical Approval",
3. To check the level of similarity of the submitted articles,
4. After the similarity check, taking the article to the evaluation stage or assigning an editor,
5. To assign at least two referees to the articles,
6. To appoint referees appropriate to the subject area of the article in the referee assignment process,
7. To consider diversity in the institutional distribution of referees in the referee appointment process,
8. To follow the notifications of ethical violations from the referees, and if there is no notification of an ethical violation, to execute one of the "Rejection", "Revision" or "Acceptance" decisions according to the referee reports,
9. Assigning the manuscript to the third referee when there is a "Rejection" and a "Revision/Acceptance" recommendation from the referees,
10. In case a third referee is appointed, to execute one of the "Rejection", "Revision" or "Acceptance" decisions according to the evaluation from this referee,
11. To follow the layout, language editing and DOI assignment of the accepted manuscripts,
12. To publish the final version of the accepted manuscripts in an appropriate issue.
Ethical Principles and Duties for Referees
Principles and duties of referees in the International Journal of Educational Technologies and Artificial Intelligence:
1. To review whether the assigned manuscript is compatible with the field of specialization,
2. To notify the relevant editor if any ethical violation is detected in the manuscript accepted as a referee,
3. To evaluate the manuscript accepted as a referee in terms of its originality and contribution to the field,
4. To provide suggestions that will contribute to the development and quality of the manuscript accepted as a referee,
5. To elaborate on the theoretical structure and methodological approach in terms of the development of the manuscript accepted as a referee,
6. To indicate his/her final recommendation on the manuscript he/she has accepted as a referee as one of the options "Rejection", "Minor Revision", "Major Revision" or "Acceptance",
7. To convey all evaluations and final suggestions regarding the manuscript accepted as referee on the "Article Review Form" to the relevant editor.
Ethical Principles and Duties for Authors
Principles and duties of authors in the International Journal of Educational Technologies and Artificial Intelligence:
1. Review the "Ethical Principles and Publication Policy" section before submitting an article,
2. To prepare their manuscript in accordance with the "Writing Rules" criteria,
3. Checking for similarity before submitting their articles,
4. To upload the documents requested by the International Journal of Educational Technologies and Artificial Intelligence during manuscript uploading.
5. If Ethical Approval is required for the study in their manuscript, to upload the above-mentioned Ethical Approval documents together with their manuscripts,
6. If Ethical Approval is not required for the study in their manuscript, to state this in the manuscript and in the note to the editor with the justification,
7. To prepare and upload their manuscript in accordance with the template requested by the International Journal of Educational Technologies and Artificial Intelligence.
8. Indicate in the relevant sections of the manuscript whether the article has been presented in a scientific activity before, if it is produced from a thesis, information about it, the people they would like to thank, if any, and the funding sources they used, if any.
9. In case of a revision decision, to make the necessary updates in line with the suggestions from the referees,
10. In case of a revision decision, the actions and responses to the referees' suggestions should be recorded in a separate document,
11. In case of "acceptance" decision, to proofread the manuscripts, to indicate the necessary corrections and to approve the publication,
12. To notify the relevant editor of any ethical violation, even after publication.
Publication Policy
Manuscripts to be submitted to the International Journal of Educational Technologies and Artificial Intelligence may include ideas, criticisms and suggestions. However, these ideas and criticisms should not constitute a legal offense, violate ethical rules, or damage the reputation of individuals and institutions.
Manuscripts that are found not to meet any of these conditions or whose application documents are incomplete are rejected directly by the decision of the Preliminary Review Board.
In addition, manuscripts that are out of scope, manuscripts that are considered to be unsuitable for the name, field, memory and readership of the journal are returned, even if they are complete and very successful. For such manuscripts, which are numerous in number, reasons for rejection are not provided with long explanations one by one. International scientific journals do not have a feedback obligation.
For manuscripts with minor deficiencies that do not require return, a resubmission is requested. It is the author's responsibility to follow the process. IJETAI relies on the system for communication with authors and referees. The journal does not have the opportunity or obligation to communicate with authors through different channels within the current workload of the journal.
Reviewed manuscripts are submitted to the Editorial Board for scientific evaluation when necessary. All responsibility for similarity belongs to the author.
Authors are obliged to take into account the criticisms, suggestions and corrections of the referees and the Editorial Board. If they disagree, they have the right to explain them in writing with their reasons. Corrections should be uploaded to the system during the revision process using the Referee Correction Schedule. The Editorial Board or the editorial department may make minor corrections in the manuscripts to be published. The responsibility for the findings and opinions in the published articles belongs to the authors.
Ethical Principles Regarding the Use of Artificial Intelligence
The International Journal of Educational Technologies and Artificial Intelligence requires that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in scientific research be carried out within ethical limits. AI can be used as a supporting tool in processes such as literature review, language control and data analysis, but this use does not eliminate the academic and scientific responsibilities of the researcher in any way. It is necessary to clearly state at which stages and in what way AI is used. The type, function and scope of the AI tool used should be explained in detail. Accuracy, scientific validity and ethical compliance of the outputs obtained in this process should be the sole responsibility of the author.
The basic ethical values that must be followed in the use of AI are: transparency, honesty, care, justice and respect, protection of confidentiality and privacy, taking on accountability and responsibility, contributing to the ethical climate.
