Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Authors are deemed to have transferred all copyrights of their published articles to the Journal of Millî Eğitim. However, the full responsibility of the articles published in the journal belongs to the authors. All or part of the articles submitted to the journal should not have been published elsewhere or included in the publication process. Articles published in the Journal of Millî Eğitim 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
Due to the rules regarding ethical approval(s) that started to be implemented by TR Index in 2020, the ethical approval document they receive from the ethics committee must be added to the article applications.

Ethical Principles and Duties for Editors
Principles and duties of editors in the journal of Millî Eğitim:
1. To evaluate the content of the submitted article 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 article 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 articles,
12. To publish the final version of the accepted articles in an appropriate issue.

Ethical Principles and Duties for Referees
Principles and duties of referees in the journal of Millî Eğitim:
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 "e-Referee Evaluation Form" to the relevant editor.

Ethical Principles and Duties for Authors
Principles and duties of authors in the journal of Millî Eğitim:
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 Journal of Millî Eğitim 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 articles,
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 journal of Millî Eğitim.
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
Articles to be submitted to the Journal of Millî Eğitim 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, articles that are out of scope, articles 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 through the DergiPark system. It is the author's responsibility to follow the process. The journal of Millî Eğitim relies on the DergiPark 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 articles are submitted to the Editorial Board for scientific evaluation when necessary. Articles found appropriate in terms of publication principles are also checked for plagiarism. For this purpose, article owners will be directed by the system to the intihal.net address for a similarity report during the application. All responsibility for similarity belongs to the author. The similarity rate adopted by the journal of Millî Eğitim is kept confidential in order to ensure a healthy process. This rate was determined after the Editorial Board evaluated and confirmed the rate recommended by ULAKBIM and related authorities.
Ethics Committee Permission Certificate must be submitted for all articles. In cases where Ethics Committee Permission is not required, authors should upload a document explaining the reason for this. 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.
Articles deemed appropriate by the Preliminary Review or Editorial Board are sent to two referees who are well-known for their works and studies in the field. In case of one acceptance and one rejection, the opinion of the third referee is consulted. The refereeing process is carried out until two positive or two negative reports are received. Up to twelve referees are invited for an article. If no results are obtained from the referees in this process, the article is returned. Referee reports are confidential and kept for five years. The preliminary review process is completed in an average of one month and the referee process in an average of six months. In some cases, this period may be extended. Detailed information about the refereeing process is explained in detail in the "Blind Refereeing System" section on our DergiPark page.
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 on our DergiPark page. 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.
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