Editor's Guide
Selection of Editors
Editors were selected to have a doctoral degree and have published publications in accordance with the publication scope of the journal.
Türkiye Editors Workshop Group
REPVAS journal encourages editors to communicate with other editors, thinking that it will be useful for them. Our editors are members of the Türkiye Editors Workshop Group.
Editors' Jobs and Responsibilities
Coordinating the Referee (Arbitration) Process
The editor must ensure that the review process is fair, systematic and timely. Research articles must be reviewed by at least two external referees, and the referee's editor must obtain additional opinions.
Determination of Referees Referee’s with appropriate expertise in the relevant field, taking into account the need for appropriate, inclusive and diverse representation. The editor should follow best practices to avoid the selection of fraudulent reviewers.
Protection of Privacy
The editor must maintain the confidentiality of all materials submitted to the journal and all communications with referees, unless otherwise agreed with relevant authors and reviewers. In exceptional cases and in consultation with the publisher, the editor may share limited information with editors of other journals where the editor deems it necessary to investigate suspected research misconduct. The editor must protect the identities of referees. Information contained in a submitted article should not be used in the editor's own research without the express written permission of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained during the
peer review process must be kept confidential and must not be used for personal benefit.
Impartiality
Editors must evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnicity, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
Investigation of Allegations
An editor who finds convincing evidence of an ethical violation should contact the Editorial Board and the Publisher to arrange for the article to be corrected, retracted, or other correction made.
Conflict of Interest
The editor should not be involved in decisions regarding articles written by himself or his family members. Additionally, such work must be subject to all the journal's usual procedures. The editor must follow ICMJE guidelines regarding disclosure of potential conflicts of interest by authors and reviewers.
Publication Decision
The editor is responsible for reviewing the referee reports and deciding which of the articles sent to the journal should be published. The editor must comply with the policies determined by the Editorial Board.
Journal Citation Request
The editor should not attempt to influence the journal's ranking by artificially increasing any journal metric. The editor will not request references to articles from his own journal or another journal, except for scientific reasons.
Correction, Retraction, Expression of Concern
Editors may consider publishing corrections if minor errors are identified in the published article that do not affect the findings, interpretations, or conclusions. Editors should consider retracting the manuscript in the case of major errors/violations that invalidate the findings and conclusions. If there is potential for misuse of research or publication by authors, if there is evidence that the findings are unreliable and the authors' institutions have not investigated the incident, or if the potential investigation appears unfair or inconclusive, editors should consider issuing an expression of concern. Regarding corrections, retractions or expressions of concern, COPE and ICJME guidelines are taken into account.
