Kader adheres to national and international standards of research and publication ethics. Our journal has adopted the International Ethical Publishing Principles published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

PUBLICATION POLICIES

General Principles
• Kader is a field journal focusing on Islamic faith and comparative faith research, aiming to contribute to current knowledge and debates in the field with the studies it publishes. Kader is a peer-reviewed international academic journal published twice a year (June-December).
• The target audience of the journal is researchers, students and related academic institutions.
• Our journal publishes scientific studies in Turkish and English in genres such as research articles, translation articles, book reviews, etc. through a double blind peer review process. The final decision on whether or not to publish the articles belongs to the editor-in-chief. The editor's decision is final.
• The journal is published twice a year in June and December, and article submissions are open from January 1 to April 15 for the issue dated June 30 and from July 1 to October 15 for the issue dated December 31,
• Articles submitted to the journal should not have been published or decided to be published anywhere before.
• The publication language of the regular issues of our journal is Turkish and English, and the language of the special issue published in December is only English.
• A maximum of one study of the same type by the same author can be published in one issue of our journal.
• The copyright of the works published in our journal belongs to the authors and is published as open access with CC-BY-NC-ND license.
• Articles published in our journal are digitally archived in LOCKSS. Articles published in our journal can be accessed free of charge at https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/kaderdergi/archive.
• Kader does not charge any fee from authors for article evaluation and publication process. Our journal also does not accept sponsorship and advertisements in accordance with its publication policies. All expenses of our journal are covered by the publisher.

Publication of Studies Based on Surveys and Interviews
Kader adopts the “Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing” of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in order to create ethical assurance in scientific periodical publishing. In this context, the following points should be followed in the studies submitted to the journal:
1) For research in all disciplines that require ethics committee approval (ethics committee approval must be obtained, this approval must be stated and documented in the article.
2) In studies requiring ethics committee approval, information about the permission (name of the committee, date and number) should be included in the method section and on one of the first/last pages of the article; in case reports, information on the signature of the informed consent form should be included in the article.

Special Issue Publication Policy
A special issue in English is published once a year in December upon the request of the Editorial Board. Articles submitted for inclusion in the special issue are first subjected to a preliminary editorial review. Then, they are examined for compliance with the journal's spelling rules and similarity screening is performed to prevent plagiarism. After these stages, they are included in the peer review process using the double blind model.

1- Volume: 19 Issue: 3 (SPECIAL ISSUE)
Our journal, “Volume: 19 Issue: 3 (SPECIAL ISSUE)” was made available to our readers on 31.12.2021. This issue was published under the editorship of Prof. Dr. Mehmet BULGEN. Please click here to access our special issue.

2- Volume: 20 Issue: 3 (SPECIAL ISSUE)
Our journal, “Volume: 20 Issue: 3 (SPECIAL ISSUE)” was made available to our readers on 31.12.2022. This issue was published under the editorship of Prof. Şaban Ali DÜZGÜN. Please click here to access our special issue.

3- Volume: 21 Issue: 3 (SPECIAL ISSUE)
Our journal, “Volume: 21 Issue: 3 (SPECIAL ISSUE)” was made available to our readers on 31.12.2023. This issue was published under the editorship of Prof. Şaban Ali DÜZGÜN. Please click here to access our special issue.

Correction, Retraction, Expression of Concern
Editors may consider publishing a correction if minor errors are identified in the published article that do not affect the findings, interpretations and conclusions. Editors should consider retracting the manuscript if there are major errors/violations that invalidate the findings and conclusions. Editors should consider issuing a statement of concern if there is a possibility of research or publication misconduct by the authors; there is evidence that the findings are unreliable and that the authors' institutions have not investigated the incident; or the potential investigation seems unfair or inconclusive. COPE guidelines are taken into account in relation to correction, retraction or expression of concern.

Plagiarism Action Plan and Journal's Measures
The journal respects intellectual property and aims to protect and promote the original work of its authors. Plagiarized manuscripts are contrary to the standards of quality, research and innovation. Therefore, all authors submitting manuscripts to the journal are expected to adhere to ethical standards and avoid plagiarism in any form. If an author is suspected of plagiarism in a submitted or published manuscript, the Ethics Editor of the journal will first review the manuscript. The paper is then reviewed by the Editorial Board. The Journal then contacts the author(s) to send a statement within two weeks. If the journal does not receive a response from the author(s) within the specified period, the journal contacts the author's affiliated university and requests an investigation of the allegation.
The Journal will take the following serious measures against published manuscripts found to contain plagiarism:
1. The journal will immediately contact the author(s)' affiliating university to take definitive action against the author(s).
2. The journal will remove the PDF copy of the published article from its website and disable all links to the full-text article. The phrase Plagiarized Article will be added to the title of the published article.
3. The journal will deactivate the author's account and reject all future submissions from the author for 3 years.

This journal checks for plagiarism in manuscripts submitted for review: Pre-checked manuscripts are scanned for plagiarism using iThenticate or Turnitin software. Authors are notified if plagiarism/self-plagiarism is detected. If necessary, editors may check the article for plagiarism at various stages of the review or production process. High similarity rates may result in a manuscript being rejected before or even after acceptance. This rate is expected to be less than 15%.

Publication Ethics Policy
Kader checks for plagiarism in manuscripts submitted for review. The journal adheres to national and international standards of research and publication ethics. Our journal has adopted the International Principles of Ethical Publishing published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
The publication processes applied in Kader constitute the basis for the impartial and reputable development and dissemination of knowledge. The processes implemented in this direction are directly reflected in the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions supporting the authors. Peer-reviewed studies are studies that embody and support the scientific method. At this point, it is important that all stakeholders of the process (authors, readers and researchers, publishers, referees and editors) comply with standards for ethical principles. Kader expects all stakeholders to carry the following ethical responsibilities within the scope of publication ethics.

CODE OF ETHICS
The publication processes implemented at Kader constitute the basis for the development and distribution of knowledge in an impartial and reputable manner. The processes implemented in this direction directly reflect on the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions supporting the authors. Peer-reviewed studies are studies that embody and support the scientific method. At this point, it is important that all stakeholders of the process (authors, readers and researchers, publishers, referees and editors) comply with standards for ethical principles. Kader expects all stakeholders to carry the following ethical responsibilities within the scope of publication ethics.
The following ethical duties and responsibilities have been prepared in open access, taking into account the guidelines and policies published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Publishing an article in a peer-reviewed journal is an essential building block in the development of a harmonious and respected knowledge network. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and their supporting institutions. Peer-reviewed articles support and shape the scientific method. It is therefore important for all parties involved in publishing - authors, journal editors, reviewers and publishing organizations - to agree on standards of expected ethical behavior:

1. Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
No royalties can be charged for manuscripts submitted to the journal.
The work submitted by the author(s) is expected to be original.
The bibliography list must be complete and the sources cited must be indicated.
Those who wish to withdraw their manuscripts submitted for publication due to delay or any other reason should apply with a letter.
Potential conflicts of interest of the author(s) should be indicated.
The author(s) may be requested to provide raw data on their manuscripts as part of the review process, in which case the author(s) should be prepared to provide the expected data and information to the editorial board and scientific committee.
In the event that the author(s) becomes aware of an inaccuracy or error in the published, early view or under review manuscript, the author(s) has an obligation to notify the journal editor or publisher and to cooperate with the editor in correcting or withdrawing the manuscript.
It cannot be proposed to change the author responsibilities (such as adding an author, changing the author order, removing an author, etc.) of a manuscript whose review process has begun.
An article whose evaluation process has been completed cannot be withdrawn by the author without a reasonable justification within the scope of publication ethics, and in case of such a request, the relevant article will be removed from the system with a rejection process.
The editorial board assumes that the authors of the manuscripts submitted for Kader agree to comply with these conditions.
The works submitted by the authors to Kader should not violate the ethics of scientific research and publication.

Actions against scientific research and publication ethics are as follows:
a) Plagiarism: Presenting the ideas, methods, data, applications, writings, forms or works of others as one's own work, in whole or in part, without citing their owners in accordance with scientific rules,
b) Forgery: Producing data that is not based on research, editing or modifying a submitted or published work based on untrue data, reporting or publishing such data, presenting a research that has not been conducted as if it has been conducted,
c) Distortion: Falsifying research records and data obtained, showing methods, devices and materials that were not used in the research as if they were used, not evaluating data that are not in accordance with the research hypothesis, manipulating data and/or results to fit the relevant theory or assumptions, falsifying or shaping the research results in line with the interests of the persons and organizations supported, ç) Republication: Presenting more than one work containing the same results of a research as separate works in associate professorship exam evaluations and academic promotions,
d) Slicing: Presenting the results of a research as separate works in associate professorship exam evaluations and academic promotions by inappropriately dividing the results of a research into parts in a way that disrupts the integrity of the research and by making many publications without citing each other,
e) Unfair authorship: Including people who have not made active contributions among the authors, not including people who have made active contributions among the authors, changing the author ranking in an unjustified and inappropriate manner, removing the names of active contributors from the work during publication or in subsequent editions, using his/her influence to get his/her name included among the authors even though he/she has not made active contributions,
f) Other types of ethical violations: Failure to clearly indicate the persons, institutions or organizations that provide support and their contributions to the research in the publications of the research conducted with support, failure to comply with ethical rules in research on humans and animals, failure to respect patient rights in their publications, sharing the information contained in a work that they have been assigned to review as a referee with others before publication, misuse of resources, spaces, facilities and devices provided or allocated for scientific research, making completely groundless, unwarranted and deliberate accusations of ethical violations.

2. Ethical Duties and Responsibilities of Editors

General duties and responsibilities
Editors are responsible for every publication published in Kader. In the context of this responsibility, editors have the following roles and obligations
Strive to meet the information needs of readers and writers,
Ensuring the continuous development of the journal,
Carrying out processes to improve the quality of studies published in the journal,
Supporting freedom of thought,
Ensuring academic integrity,
Maintaining business processes without compromising intellectual property rights and ethical standards,
Demonstrating openness and transparency in terms of publication in matters requiring correction and clarification.

Relations with the reader
Editors should take into account the expectations of knowledge, skills and experience needed by all readers, researchers and practitioners. They should pay attention to the fact that the published studies contribute to the readers, researchers, practitioners and science and that they are original. Editors are also obliged to take into account feedback from readers, researchers and practitioners and to provide explanatory and informative feedback.

Relations with authors
The duties and responsibilities of editors towards authors are as follows:
Editors should make a positive or negative decision based on the importance, original value, validity, clarity of expression and the aims and objectives of the journal.
Unless there is a serious problem with the manuscript, it should be included in the preliminary evaluation stage.
Editors should not ignore positive referee recommendations unless there is a serious problem with the study.
New editors should not change the decisions made by the previous editor(s) unless there is a serious problem.
The “Blind Review and Evaluation Process” should be published and editors should prevent deviations from the defined processes.
Editors should publish an “Author's Guide” that covers in detail every issue that will be expected of them by the authors. These guidelines should be updated at certain time intervals.
Authors should be notified and returned in an explanatory and informative manner.

Relations with referees
The duties and responsibilities of the editors towards the reviewers are as follows:
Editors' own manuscripts submitted to the journal are evaluated by two independent referees who are not from the editorial group.
The referees should be determined in accordance with the subject of the study.
The editors are obliged to provide the information and guidelines that the reviewers will need during the evaluation phase.
It should monitor whether there is a conflict of interest between authors and reviewers.
Keep the identity information of the reviewers confidential in the context of blinded reviewing.
Encourage reviewers to evaluate the manuscript in an impartial, scientific and objective manner.
Evaluate reviewers based on criteria such as timeliness and performance.
Determine practices and policies to improve the performance of reviewers.
Take necessary steps to dynamically update the referee pool.
Prevent unkind and unscientific evaluations.
It should take steps to ensure that the referee pool consists of a wide range of referees.

Relations with the editorial board
Editors should ensure that all editorial board members carry out the processes in accordance with editorial policies and guidelines. They should inform editorial board members about editorial policies and keep them informed about developments. They should train new editorial board members on editorial policies and provide them with the information they need.

Editors should also
Ensure that editorial board members evaluate the studies impartially and independently.
Identify new editorial board members who can contribute and have appropriate qualifications.
Send manuscripts suitable for the expertise of editorial board members for evaluation.
Interact regularly with the editorial board.
Organize periodic meetings with the editorial board for the development of editorial policies and the journal.

Relations with the journal owner and publisher
The relationship between editors and publishers is based on the principle of editorial independence. As per the written agreement between the editors and the publisher, all editorial decisions are independent of the publisher and the journal owner.

Editorial and blind review processes
Editors are obliged to implement the “Blind Review and Evaluation Process” policies in the journal publication policies. In this context, the editors ensure that each manuscript is reviewed in a fair, impartial and timely manner.

Quality assurance
Editors are responsible for the publication of each article published in the journal in accordance with the journal's editorial policies and international standards.

Protection of personal data
Editors are responsible for ensuring the protection of personal data regarding the subjects or images included in the evaluated studies. Unless the explicit consent of the individuals used in the studies is documented, they are responsible for rejecting the study. Editors are also responsible for protecting the individual data of authors, reviewers and readers.

Ethics committee, human and animal rights
Editors are responsible for ensuring that human and animal rights are protected in the studies evaluated. They are responsible for rejecting the study in the absence of ethics committee approval for the subjects used in the studies and permissions for experimental research. Scientific research on humans and animals must be conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and ARRIVE guidelines and approval must be obtained from the relevant ethics committee. Studies that do not have ethics committee approval are not evaluated in our journal.

Precautions against possible abuse and misconduct
Editors are obliged to take precautions against possible misconduct and malfeasance. In addition to conducting a rigorous and objective investigation in identifying and evaluating such complaints, it is among the editor's responsibilities to share the relevant findings.

Ensuring the integrity of academic publications
Editors should ensure that errors, inconsistencies or misleading judgments in manuscripts are corrected promptly.

Protection of intellectual property rights
Editors are responsible for protecting the intellectual property rights of all published articles and defending the rights of the journal and the author(s) in case of possible violations. Editors are also obliged to take the necessary measures to ensure that the content of all published articles does not violate the intellectual property rights of other publications.

Constructivism and openness to discussion
Editors
Should take into account the convincing criticisms of the works published in the journal and show a constructive attitude towards these criticisms.
They should give the author(s) of the criticized studies the right to reply.
They should not ignore or exclude studies with negative results.

Complaints
Editors are obliged to carefully review complaints from authors, reviewers or readers and respond in an enlightening and explanatory manner.

Political and commercial concerns
The journal owner, publisher, and no other political or commercial considerations influence the independent judgment of the editors.

Conflicts of interest
The editors guarantee the independent and impartial completion of the publication process, taking into account conflicts of interest between the author(s), reviewers and other editors.

3. Responsibilities of Reviewers
The evaluation of all studies by “Blinded Review” directly affects the quality of the publication. This process provides confidence through objective and independent evaluation of the publication. The Kader evaluation process is carried out with the principle of double blind reviewing. Reviewers cannot communicate directly with the authors, and evaluations and comments are communicated through the journal management system. In this process, reviewer comments on evaluation forms and full texts are communicated to the author(s) through the editor. The manuscripts that are evaluated by the referees within the specified process are also scanned through a special program used in plagiarism detection to determine whether the manuscripts have been published before and whether they contain plagiarism. In this context, referees evaluating manuscripts for Kader are expected to have the following ethical responsibilities:
Manuscripts submitted to the journal are evaluated by at least two referees.
If one of the two referees expresses a negative opinion, the manuscript is referred to a third referee or to the editor for a final decision.
Reviews should be impartial.
The reviewers must be experts in the subject they give an opinion on.
Reviewers should not have any conflict of interest with the research, the authors and/or research funders.
Reviewers must cite relevant published but not cited works.
Reviewed manuscripts must be kept confidential.
Due to the principle of confidentiality, they should destroy the studies they have reviewed after the evaluation process. They can only use the final versions of the studies they have reviewed only after publication.
Evaluate objectively only in relation to the content of the study. They should not allow nationality, gender, religious beliefs, political beliefs and commercial concerns to influence the evaluation.
Reviewers should use constructive and courteous language. They should not make derogatory personal comments including hostility, slander and insult.
In case of any misconduct by the author(s) (e.g. plagiarism or similar unethical activities), they should inform the relevant editor immediately.
Reviewers must adhere to and rigorously follow the same ethical rules as the author of the manuscript under review.
They should carry out the work they accept for review in a timely manner and with the above ethical responsibilities.

4. Ethical Responsibilities of the Publisher
The Board of Directors of the Journal acts with the awareness of the following ethical responsibilities:
Kader does not charge a fee to authors in any way.
Editors are responsible for all processes of the works submitted to Kader. In this context, editors are the decision makers, regardless of economic or political gains.
It is committed to independent editorial decision-making.
Kader keeps the database containing every published article open to access over the internet.
The editors have the responsibility to take measures against all forms of scientific misconduct, citation mongering and plagiarism.

5. Plagiarism Detection Policy
All manuscripts submitted to KADER for publication are checked with Turnitin or Ithenticate (or another appropriate tool) to confirm whether they have been previously published and to avoid plagiarism.
As part of its commitment to protecting author rights, KADER has an obligation to assist the scientific community within the framework of publication ethics, especially in cases of (suspected) duplicate submissions or plagiarism.
If plagiarism is suspected in an article submitted for publication during editorial control or peer review, the nature of the problem is examined.
• Plagiarism that is believed to be the result of an error, such as failure to enclose information in quotation marks even though the source is cited, and that can be easily corrected is reported to the author and correction is requested.
• If there is a strong conviction that the plagiarism is not due to an error, the manuscript will be rejected and the author will be notified.

6. If You Encounter an Unethical Situation
If you notice a significant error or inaccuracy in an article published in Kader, or if you encounter unethical behavior or content beyond the ethical responsibilities mentioned above, please report it via e-mail to kaderdergi@gmail.com. We welcome complaints as they will provide an opportunity for improvement, and we aim to respond quickly and constructively.