Publication & Research Ethics
Research Ethics
Research submitted to the journal should be original, scientifically sound, and theoretically well-structured.
Research should adhere to the ethical standards outlined in the WMA Declaration of Helsinki if human subjects are involved (https://www.wma.net/policies-post/wma-declaration-of-helsinki-ethical-principles-for-medical-research-involving-human-subjects/ ).
For studies that require ethics committee approval, it is important to include information about the approval, such as the name, date, and number of the committee, in both the method section and on the title page of the article.
In accordance with international conventions, research protocols for experimental, clinical, and pharmaceutical studies, as well as some case reports, must be approved by an ethics committee. If the content of the research needs to be approved by a local Ethics Committee, the authors may be asked to provide a copy.
The authors conducting the study are responsible for protecting patient confidentiality. Patient informed consent forms should be available upon request and kept in the author's archive.
Authors should indicate whether they follow institutional and national standards for the care and use of laboratory animals in studies involving animal subjects.
Surgical Revolutions and Artificial Intelligence adopts ICMJE's definitions of authorship in its authorship criteria;
In the preparation of original research articles, authors are responsible for contributing significantly to the study's concept and design, data collection and analysis, critical review for important intellectual content, final approval of the version to be published, and resolving questions regarding the accuracy and completeness of the content.
The Acknowledgement of Authorship Form should be filled in the submission and the contributions of the authors should be clearly indicated in the relevant field (conceptualization, methodology, writing the article, data validation, data analysis, research and data improvement, original drafting, review and editing).
The corresponding author is the person who is responsible for communication with the journal during the manuscript submission, revision after peer review and approval of the final draft. All contributing authors are expected to follow the evaluation process of the manuscript in the online submission system.
Researchers who contributed without meeting the author criteria should be included in the acknowledgment section. Examples of contributions that are not sufficient for authorship include funding, writing assistance, technical editing, language editing, proofreading, etc.
Requests for change of authorship (name, author addition) are evaluated if submitted to the Editorial Board (publisher/journal address) with a letter signed by all authors. Author changes will not be made after publication.
Publication Ethics
The Editorial Board Members of the Journal agree to follow the 'Editorial Policy' of the 'Council of Science Editors' (https://cse.memberclicks.net/2-1-editor-roles-and-responsibilities) and the guidelines provided by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) of the World Association of Medical Editors (https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts/general-approach-publication-ethics-editorial-office).
The guidelines of the International Council of Medical Journal Editors ICMJE (http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/) are followed in the conduct of the publication and editorial processes of the journal.
The editorial board of the journal (Editor-in-Chief, Editor, Associate Editors), the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics of the World Association of Medical Editors (COPE) will be followed in resolving written complaints and objections regarding research misconduct, conflict of interest, authorship and contribution, etc. For detailed information, see the source link; https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.2.26
When ethical problems are detected in the published article, the Ethics Committee consisting of the Editor-in-Chief, Editor, Associate Editors decide on the solution of the problem under the guidance of COPE flowcharts. https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Flowcharts
Surgical Revolutions and Artificial Intelligence agrees with the World Medical Association (WMA) Declaration of Helsinki on Ethical Principles in Medical Research on Human Volunteers.
Correction, Retraction
Correction requests for articles submitted to Surgical Revolutions and Artificial Intelligence are evaluated by the Editorial Board. Corrections are published with the reasons, with a clear link to the corrected article and the text of the correction.
Retraction requests for manuscripts submitted to Surgical Revolutions and Artificial Intelligence are reviewed by the Editorial Board in the following cases;
- When evidence is presented that the findings have been used previously or are unreliable (falsified data detection, image manipulation, etc.),
- When unauthorized material is detected,
- When it constitutes plagiarism,
- When you report unethical research
- If there is a legal issue such as copyright infringement or privacy license etc.
- When a conflict of interest is detected
Surgical Revolutions and Artificial Intelligence publishes retraction notices as soon as possible, citing the retracted article, with full details of the retraction request (clearly indicating who made the retraction request and why).
When publishing corrections and retractions, the guidelines in the COPE flowcharts are followed https://publicationethics.org/retraction-guidelines .
Conflict of Interest
A conflict of interest may arise when an author has financial or personal relationships or connections that may influence his/her work/contribution on the manuscript. Authors are required to specifically identify all relevant financial interests and relationships or financial conflicts (e.g. employment/affiliation, grants or funding, consultancies, copyrights or patents filed, received or pending) that exist at the time.
Authors should complete and submit the form at the link https://www.icmje.org/disclosure-of-interest/ at the time of submission.
Plagiarism
Manuscripts submitted for publication in the journal should not have been previously published elsewhere and should not be submitted for publication. Manuscripts that have been presented at a congress and whose abstract has been published can be accepted provided that the name, place and date of the organization are specified.
Similarity checks for all submitted manuscripts are checked using the iThenticiate program. Manuscripts with a similarity rate of maximum 20% can be considered for evaluation.
As a result of the review; if the methodology is the same or very similar, if the subjects or research population are very similar, if the results and interpretations are very similar to another study, they will not be accepted for publication.
