JBST follows the guidelines of the Council of Science Editors (CSE) and International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), which state that, in order to qualify for authorship of a manuscript, the following criteria should be observed: To be an author, a person must have made substantive contributions to the study by accomplishing at least 3 of the criteria presented in the author contribution form. Also, it is mandatory for all authors to prepare the outline of the manuscript or to intellectually review or criticize the content of the manuscript. It is of all authors’ responsibility to approve the final version of the article before publication. All authors should accomplish the conditions specified above. Otherwise, contributors who do not meet these criteria and conditions are to be mentioned in the final “Acknowledgements” section of the article.
Prepared original manuscripts are sent as drafts by the corresponding author.
Notice should be taken for the accuracy and adaptation of the citations and quotations made in publications.
Conflicts of interest should be identified and explained by authors before the chapter of references in the manuscript.
Raw data can be requested from the author of an article by the chief editor, field editors, or reviewers. As a result, the author must maintain the article's raw data on hand before submitting it.
If necessary, the author must provide ‘‘ethical reports’’ together with the article.
It is the author's responsibility to notify the journal authorities in case of any errors or inaccuracy regarding the article at any of the pre-control, evaluation, correction and publication stages.
The fact that an article is in two different journals is not suitable for the possibility of not being accepted in the other journal. In addition, an article published in another journal cannot be sent to the Balkan Journal of Science and Technology.
For an article on the process for publishing in the Journal of Balkan Science and Technology, an application with the consent of all contributing authors is required in order to add an author, change the order of the authors, or omit an author. The application is reviewed by the editorial board of the journal, and the decision is communicated to the corresponding author.
Authors who desire to use previously published figures, tables, or text passages must seek permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online formats, as well as provide documentation of such authorization when submitting their papers. Without such proof, any material sent will be believed to be from the writers. All matters requiring permission are the responsibility of the author(s) and JBST does not accept any responsibility in this regard.
Before examining the suitability of a manuscript sent to our journal in terms of aim and scope, a similarity (plagiarism) search should be done on iThenticate by the corresponding author. The similarity report should be uploaded in PDF format. The report must be not exceeded the rate of 20%. If the similarity index is over 20% as a result of the scan, the manuscript will not be evaluated. In this case, the author(s) is requested to revise (reduce the similarity index) and resubmit the manuscript. Bibliographic materials are excluded during browsing.
The ethical rules and responsibilities of the "Code of Conduct And Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "Cope Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" announced by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and provided on our Journal webpage should be followed by the editors of the Journal of Balkan Science and Technology. These obligations and duties are listed below.
The editors are responsible for considering reader, researcher, and practitioner feedback on published works in order to give appropriate replies and actions.
The originality of the articles and their compliance with the ethical rules are decided by the journal editor.
Articles with a high level of originality, suitability for the journal's characters, and ethical use are approved.
In order to contribute positively to the acceptance of the article, the editor should take into account the opinion of the relevant field editor, if necessary.
E-mail is used to communicate requests and feedback between authors and editors.
The referees to be appointed are chosen from the manuscript's relevant fields.
It should be ensured that there is no conflict of interest between the referees and the authors.
To guide the referees in the article evaluation process and to confirm that the corrections and changes requested by the referee via the evaluation form the author has been made, the Editor's responsibility.
It is the Editor's responsibility to conceal the identity of authors and reviewers using blind review.
If required, the editors remind the referees that the article must be evaluated promptly, impartially, and scientifically.
The richness of the referee is an indication of the editor's effort on this issue.
Editors’ Responsibility to the Journal Owner and the Publisher Editorial decisions are independent of the journal owner and publisher
Publication of the Article
It is the Editor's responsibility to consider the publication principles, journal aims and international standards in the articles to be published in the journal.
Protection of Personal Data
Personal information cannot be transferred to third parties without the consent of the respective authors.
Ethics committee, Human and Animal Rights
The editor has to make sure that human and/or animal rights are protected in written manuscripts on humans and/or animals. Manuscripts that require an ethics committee report but for which ethics committee approval has not been sent may be directly rejected by the editor.
Protection of intellectual property rights
It is the editor's responsibility to protect the intellectual property rights of all articles submitted and published to the journal.
Complaints to Editors
It is the Editor's responsibility to provide a clear and enlightening response to complaints from reviewers, authors, and readers.
Responsibilities for Conflicts of Interest
It is the Editor's responsibility to take precautions against conflicts of interest between authors, referees and third parties in order to complete the impartial and independent evaluation processes of the articles.
Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers
Reviewers should choose not to evaluate the article if there is a conflict of interest or relationship.
It is the referee's responsibility to evaluate the article in accordance with the principles of confidentiality and impartiality.
A work whose peer-review process has not been completed cannot be used for any other purpose.
In the decision process of the articles, the gender, nationality, religious beliefs or political views of the authors are excluded from the evaluation.
Referees should use kind and constructive language while evaluating the manuscript and take care to avoid insults, slander, and hostile comments and expressions.
It is the referee's responsibility to evaluate the manuscript in promptly, impartial and scientific manner.