Conflict of Interest

It is very important for a scientific journal to be careful and always adhere to best publishing practices and the Code of Ethics for Publishing (COPE).

Therefore, the entire process related to article review and publication should be as clear and transparent as possible.

Journal staff, authors, editors, reviewers and editorial boards constantly interact at various stages of writing, processing, peer reviewing, editing and publishing articles. Their relationships are often difficult and can occur in a variety of situations, such as when an individual has conflicting interests or loyalties to an organization or university. Financial relationships, ideological, religious, and intellectual differences, academic advantages, and competition are some examples of conflicts of interest. Direct conflicts of interest are usually easy to identify.

Authors

Authors should avoid conflicts of interest when submitting manuscripts to the journal by completing the appropriate forms to avoid data manipulation. Authors are solely responsible for all relationships, facts, actions, and third-party influences that may affect their research.

Reviewers

Before reviewing a manuscript, reviewers should learn about the peer review process of the journal and the journal itself. After that, they should make a decision about reviewing the article and follow the principles of COPE's A Short Guide to Ethical Editing for New Editors.

The reviewer should refuse to review the manuscript if there are any situations, facts, or actions that may affect the transparency of the assessment of the article. If there is a conflict of interest, the reviewer should report this to a Managing Editor or a Handling Editor and consult with them.

Reviewers should not use the article for personal purposes and should not attract third parties without prior consultation with the journal. After revision of the article, the paper version of the manuscript must be discarded and the electronic version removed from the electronic media.

Editorial Board Members, Editors, Journal Staff

The founders are prohibited from publishing their work in any journal published by Generate Digital Publishing. The Managing Editor cannot publish his/her own manuscript in the journal he/she manages. If an editor or editorial board member is an author of a manuscript submitted to a journal he/she manages, then he/she cannot participate in the peer review process and decision-making procedures regarding his/her own work.

Members of the Board of Editors, Editors, and Managing Editors must not speak to or use materials and ideas from manuscripts before publication; they must also protect authors and reviewers by maintaining the confidentiality of manuscripts and related materials and information. They must act only in the interests of the journal.

If the editor making the final decision on a manuscript has a conflicting interest with the manuscript under consideration, they should not influence editorial and publication decisions. In addition, editorial staff should not use the information they obtain when working with manuscripts for their own personal gain.

Manuscript Administration System

The web CRM system known as the "Manuscript Administration System", also known as the manuscript and peer review management system, absolutely excludes the possibility of involving editors, editorial board members, and reviewers in the peer review if they are authors of the manuscript under consideration.

Conflict of Interests Statement

If there is a conflict of interest prior to the publication of the article, whether it has been proven by the author, reviewer, Editorial Board member, editor, or other journal staff, or if there is a leak of information, a conflict of interest statement must be included in the article. The editor may also request and publish relevant documents to allow readers to be fully informed and understand the potential and characteristic impact of the conflict of interest.