Ethics in publishing and Ethical guidelines are based on definitions and guidelines are based on those defined by ELSEVIER for their journals. More information is available in http://www.elsevier.com/publishingethics and http://www.elsevier.com/journal-authors/ethics.
As a result of submitting a manuscript in PIJSS, authors guarantee that work accomplishes the following characteristics. 1) Work has not been published; 2) the work is not under evaluation or publishing elsewhere; 3) all authors approved the manuscript; 4) the document will not be published elsewhere in any other language including electronically without the written consent of the copyright-holder, 5) authors allow PIJSS to analyze article using anti-plagiarism software.
This journal offers authors open access in publishing their research. This implies that articles are freely available to both subscribers and the wider public with permitted reuse, no publication fee is asked in the publishing process.
Submission to this journal proceeds totally online using the Dergi Park system. After registering, authors can start a new submission and follow instructions to upload the manuscript in the platform. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revision, takes place by e-mail and via the corresponding author's homepage, removing the need for a hard-copy paper trail.
