Guidelines on submission
When submitting a work to the Journal, authors are deemed to have accepted;

• that the work has not been published before (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, review, or thesis)
• that the work is not under consideration elsewhere
• that copyright has not been breached in seeking its publication
• that the publication has been approved by all co-authors and responsible authorities at the institute or organization where the work has been carried out.
  

Authorship Principles
Journal of Physical Education and Sports Studies assumes that all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out before the work is submitted.

The Journal does not prescribe the kinds of contributions that warrant authorship. It is recommended that authors adhere to the guidelines for authorship that are applicable in their specific research field. All authors whose names appear on the submission

• Made substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work,
• Drafted the work or revised it critically for important intellectual content,
• Approved the version to be published; and
• Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring the accuracy or integrity of the work.
• Contributors who do not meet all criteria for authorship should be listed in the Acknowledgements section.

Disclosures and declarations

All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans, and informed consent if the research involved human participants. It is the responsibility of all authors to include the appropriate disclosures and declarations.

Role of the Corresponding Author
Only one author is assigned as Corresponding Author and acts on behalf of all co-authors and ensures that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately addressed. The Corresponding Author is responsible for the following requirements:

• Ensuring that all listed authors have approved the manuscript before submission, including the names and order of authors,
• Managing all communication between the Journal and all co-authors, before and after publication,
• making sure disclosures, declarations and transparency on data statements from all authors are included in the manuscript as appropriate.
  
  

Affiliation
The primary affiliation for each author should be the institution where the majority of their work was done. If an author has subsequently moved, the current address may additionally be stated. Addresses will not be updated or changed after the publication of the article.

Changes to authorship
Authors are strongly advised to ensure the correct author group, the Corresponding Author, and the order of authors at submission. Changes of authorship by adding or deleting authors, and/or changes in Corresponding Author, and/or changes in the sequence of authors are not accepted after acceptance of a manuscript. All author names will be published exactly as they appear on the accepted submission. Authors are advised to make sure that the names are present and correctly spelled, and that addresses and affiliations are current. Authors are strongly recommended to use their ORCID ID when submitting an article for consideration or acquire an ORCID ID via the submission process.

Authorship issues or disputes
In the case of an authorship dispute during peer review or after acceptance and publication, the Journal will not be in a position to investigate or adjudicate. Authors will be asked to resolve the dispute themselves. If they are unable the Journal reserves the right to withdraw a manuscript from the editorial process or in the case of a published paper raise the issue with the authors’ institution(s) and abide by its guidelines.

Policy and Process
The below procedure applies to appeals to editorial decisions, complaints about the failure of processes such as long delays in handling papers, and complaints about publication ethics. The complaint should in the first instance be handled by the Editor-in-Chief responsible for the journal and/or the field editor who handled the paper. If they are the subject of the complaint please approach the publishing contact and send an email to destek@dergipark.org

Complaint about scientific content (e.g., an appeal against rejection)
The Editor-in-Chief or the field editor considers the authors’ argument, the reviewer reports and decides whether (a) the decision to reject should stand, (b) another independent opinion is required, and (c) the appeal should be considered. The complainant is informed of the decision with an explanation if appropriate. Decisions on appeals are final and new submissions take priority over appeals.

Complaint about processes (e.g., time taken to review)
The Editor-in-Chief together with the field editor will investigate the matter. The complainant will be given appropriate feedback. Feedback is provided to relevant stakeholders to improve processes and procedures.

Competing Interests
Authors are requested to disclose interests that are directly or indirectly related to the work submitted for publication. Interests within the last 3 years of beginning the work (conducting the research and preparing the work for submission) should be reported. Interests outside the 3-year time frame must be disclosed if they could reasonably be perceived as influencing the submitted work. Disclosure of interests provides a complete and transparent process and helps readers form their own judgments of potential bias. This is not meant to imply that a financial relationship with an organization that sponsored the research or compensation received for consultancy work is inappropriate.

Plagiarism
Authors are required to conduct a similarity check to their work against millions of other published scholarly articles, books, conference papers, dissertations, other academic content, and billions of web pages to ensure its originality. using software (e.g., iThenticate, Turnitin). Authors are required to present a similarity check report not exceeding 15% similarity. The handling editor will also use a manual examination of the matching text to make a judgment about identifying if plagiarism has occurred or not.

Copyright
• Copyright laws and treaties in practice must be considered. The materials depend on copyright (e.g. tables, figures, or large quotations) should be used with the necessary permission and acknowledgment note.
• The submitted manuscript should have a direct contribution of all authors. In this respect, the "author" has a duty to make a significant contribution to the conceptualization and design of the research, to obtain, analyze or interpret the data, to write the article, or to review the content critically. All individuals designated as authors must meet all listed criteria, and each individual meeting the above criteria should be cited as an author. The name order of the authors should be a common decision.
• All authors must confirm the authors’ order by signing the Copyright Agreement Form.

Suspected Malpractice

The Journal is aware that there are two distinct errors. Errors could be due to negligence (for example statistical errors) or honest errors which are part of the normal course of doing research. It is therefore important to treat potential cases with care as academic careers could be at risk. The Journal notes the following fundamental ethical issues and procedures including data fabrication or falsification, duplicate submission or publication, and plagiarism (duplication of text or figures). 

We follow the below steps when encountering possible misconduct.

• Treat all potential misconduct cases confidentially
• Keep records of written communication including the allegation and the evidence of the complainant
• Raise the issue with the accused (co-)author in a timely manner
• Assess what exactly has happened transparently.