Publication ethics

Publication Ethics

The members of the editorial board of the scientific research journal “Hikmet” adhere to the principles and norms of the “Code of Corporate Culture of the faculty and staff of the International Kazakh-Turkish University named after Khoja Ahmed Yasawi” in their professional activities. To the requirements for the inclusion of a scientific publication in the “list of publications recommended for the publication of scientific results” of the Committee for Quality Assurance in the Field of Education and Science (https://adilet.zan.kz) is made in accordance with. It also complies with the relevant requirements, taking into account the specifics and requirements of international practice and within the framework of the provisions of the Code of Ethics for Scientific Publications developed by Elsevier Publishing House https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/publishing-ethics.

Publication ethics establishes norms, principles and standards of ethical behavior for editors, reviewers and authors, measures to identify conflicts of interest, unethical behavior, guidelines for deleting (revoking), correcting and refuting an article.

All participants of the publication, namely each author, scientific editor, reviewer, executive secretary, members of the editorial board of the scientific research journal “Hikmet”, must unconditionally adhere to the principles, norms and standards of publication ethics. Compliance with ethical principles is important to ensure and maintain the quality of a scientific journal, as well as to build trust and respect among participants in the publication process.

Rules of publication ethics for members of the Editorial Board

The members of the editorial board of the journal are responsible for the development, improvement of the scientific research journal “Hikmet”, promotion of the journal in international databases, must adhere to the principles of freedom of opinion, meet the scientific and professional needs of the authors and readers of the journal, and prevent the influence of the commercial interests of the author, reviewer and publisher of the journal on publication decisions. Materials, as well as improving the quality of scientific publications, should take all possible measures to preserve the confidentiality of information at all stages of the publication process.

Equality of all authors. The members of the editorial board are responsible for making a decision on the publication of the materials submitted by the authors in the journal. Members of the editorial board are expected to evaluate manuscripts based on their intellectual content, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnicity, citizenship, political views of the authors and commercial views.

Making a decision on the publication of the manuscript. The question of which of the articles sent to the editorial board should be published is decided by the editorial board of the journal based on the results of checking for compliance with the requirements for formatting, plagiarism and the results of a scientific review. When deciding on the publication of a manuscript, the editorial board is guided by the journal's policy and publishing ethics, does not allow the publication of articles with signs of plagiarism, violation of principles, standards and norms of scientific ethics and copyright infringement.

Members of the editorial board are responsible for publishing articles with unethical behavioral traits, plagiarism, excessive self-reflection of the authors, and conflicts of interest. If the principles of publication and/or scientific ethics were violated when writing an article, the scientific editor of the journal should refuse publication based on the editorial board's decision. Articles may be withdrawn by the author(s) or the editors of the journal. The Editorial Board carries out the rejection (exclusion) of published articles in case of their publication and/or violation of scientific ethics based on the recommendations of COPE. The article is subtracted/subtracted (discarded) in the following case:

• if there is convincing evidence that the data obtained is unreliable or obtained as a result of illegal actions, for example, data falsification;
• establishment of the fact of publication of the manuscript in another edition before its publication in the journal “Hikmet”;
• definition of plagiarism in the article, including figures, graphs, tables, etc.
• the presence of gross errors in the article that may negatively affect other scientists and their research, such as erroneous calculations or an experimental error;
• the emergence of third-party copyright requirements for the article or its individual parts;
• the presence of information in the article that contradicts the rules, standards and norms of publication and/or scientific ethics.

In the above cases, the editorial board of the journal conducts an audit, according to the results of which the article can be withdrawn /deleted from publication. To do this, an act of exclusion of the article from publication is drawn up, which is confirmed and signed by the scientific editor. A copy of the act is sent to the author for compliance with the article.

After that, the return of the article with an indication of the reasons is noted on the journal's website. The Editorial board publishes information about the review of the article on the main page of the journal's website and places the article in the next issue of the journal after the removal procedure.

The editorial board of “Hikmet” journal responsibly, objectively and carefully considers all reasonable appeals regarding violations identified in the published issues.

The editors believe that the authors and reviewers are responsible and obliged to inform the editor as soon as possible about the errors and violations they have discovered after the publication of the material.

The principle of confidentiality. At the stage of reviewing the manuscript (before publication), editors and members of the editorial board should not disclose information about this to anyone except the authors, appointed reviewers and the publisher. Any manuscript submitted for review should be treated as confidential material. Manuscripts should not be displayed or discussed by a third party without the permission of the scientific editor.

The members of the editorial board ensure that rejected manuscripts are not used by the editorial board members in their research without the written consent of the authors.

Consideration of unethical behavioral requirements. The members of the editorial board are obliged to consider criticism of articles published in the journal “Hikmet”, regardless of the behavioral obscenity of the author(s) of the manuscript and the time of their acceptance. With regard to such requirements, the members of the editorial board must take objective and adequate measures. If the arguments of the claim are confirmed, the members of the editorial board have the right to refuse to publish the manuscript and cease further cooperation with the author for correspondence, publish a corresponding rebuttal, as well as take other measures to further stop the unethical behavior of the author (authors).

The Editorial Board, their duties and responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities of the scientific editor, executive secretary, and members of the editorial board of the scientific research journal “Hikmet” are reflected in the relevant approved job descriptions.

Principles of the author's ethics of publication

A one-time edition. The author(s) guarantees to the editor that the submitted manuscript will not be sent for consideration to other publications. Submitting a manuscript in several journals/publications at the same time is unacceptable and is a gross violation of the ethics, standards and norms of the publication.

The authorship of the manuscript. The person who has made the greatest intellectual contribution to the preparation of the manuscript (together with two and three authors) will be the first in the list of authors. For each article, an author must be assigned to write a letter, who is responsible for preparing the final version of the article, contact the editorial board, must ensure the participation of all researchers (if there are more than one authors) who have made sufficient contributions to the list of authors, and must also receive approval.the final version of the manuscript from all authors to be sent to the editorial office of the publication. All authors mentioned in the manuscript/article are responsible for the content of the work.

The original principle. The author(s) guarantees that the research results presented in the manuscript are independent work and do not contain erroneous borrowings and plagiarism, which can be detected during the verification of the manuscript using the plagiarism verification system.

Authors are responsible for publishing articles with signs of unethical behavior, plagiarism, auto-suggestion, falsification, falsification of data, false authorship, duplication, conflict of interest and deception.

The principle of confirming sources. The author(s) undertakes to correctly indicate the scientific and other sources that he (they) used during the research. In the case of using any parts of someone else's work and/or receiving requests from another author(s), the manuscript must contain bibliographic references pointing to the author(s) of the original source. Information from questionable sources should not be used in the preparation of the manuscript.

If the reviewers, scientific editor, members of the editorial board (researchers) of the journal doubt the reliability and reliability of the research results, the author(s) must provide additional materials confirming the results or facts presented in the manuscript.

Correction of errors in the publishing process. If errors and inaccuracies in a work are discovered at any stage of the publication process, the authors undertake to immediately inform the scientific editor about this and provide assistance in appropriate correction or correction on the journal's website. If gross errors are found that cannot be corrected, the author(s) must delete the manuscript/the article.

The principle of publication ethics. Authors are required to comply with ethical standards regarding criticism or comments on research, as well as interaction with editors about peer review and publication. The authors' failure to comply with ethical principles is considered as a gross violation of publishing ethics and serves as a basis for excluding the manuscript from review and/or publication.