Editorial Board and Editors of Dokuz Eylul University Maritime Faculty Journal put objections, complaints and withdrawals into process according to the guidelines of COPE.

The Editorial Board and Editors of Dokuz Eylul University Maritime Faculty Journal are always ready to make corrections, to make statements, to withdraw articles or to publish an apology message.

Author(s) can apply for withdrawal of their publication by giving justification in the process of evaluation, online-first or after publication. (Articles in the process of publication cannot be requested for withdrawal.) Authors are required to collaborate with editors in this process. The process should be as follows:

· The corresponding author should fill the Article Withdrawal Form.

· The Article Withdrawal Form should be wet-ink signed by all authors.

· The wet-ink signed form should be scanned and sent to mutad@marmara.edu.tr.

· Editor(s) and Editorial Board of Dokuz Eylul University Maritime Faculty Journal should examine and finalize the process within fifteen days of the form’s arrival.

· Since editors and editorial board of Dokuz Eylul University Maritime Faculty Journal approves the withdrawal, author(s) cannot submit the article (if author’s rights were waived) to any other journal for evaluation.

If the question of any ethic or author’s right infringement, plagiarism raises, the editor(s) and Editorial Board of Dokuz Eylul University Maritime Faculty Journal is responsible to cease the process of publication or to conduct an investigation after publication. The process should be as follows:

· If the editor(s) and Editorial Board of Dokuz Eylul University Maritime Faculty Journal determine any ethical issue, author’s right infringement, fault or plagiarism in an article in the process of publication based on their investigation, they can cease the publication process and report it to the author(s) about infraction in detail.

· If the editor(s) and Editorial Board of Dokuz Eylul University Maritime Faculty Journal determine any ethical issue, author’s right infringement, fault or plagiarism in the process of online-first or after publication based on their investigation, they should proceed the following rules of the withdrawal within fifteen days after their decision.

In a study stated for ethical infraction:

- Abstract and text body will not be removed from the online view but the expression of “Withdrawn” together with its date will be added to the title of article in the Contents and on the online display of the issue in question. The evidential justification of the withdrawn will also be added in the same place.

- The withdrawal of the article will also be announced on the website of the journal.

- In the first published version of the journal, the expression of “Withdrawn: Title of the Article” will be added to the Contents. From the first page onwards, the evidential justification of the withdrawal will be shared with the public.

- These withdrawal justifications will also be reported to the affiliated institutions of the author(s).

- The abovementioned withdrawal justifications will also be reported to all institutions indexing the journal and to the National Library of Turkey in order to make record of it in the index systems and catalogues.

- Finally, the editor(s) and editorial board of Dokuz Eylul University Maritime Faculty Journal can also advise publishing houses and their editorial boards who published materials from the author(s) conducting ethical infringement to ensure their publications as well.

Dokuz Eylul University Maritime Faculty Journal should consider issuing a correction if:

• A small part of an otherwise reliable publication reports flawed data or proves misleading, especially if this results from honest error.

• The Authors list is incorrect (e.g., a contributor has been omitted, or someone who does not meet authorship criteria has been included).

Corrections to peer-reviewed content fall into one of three categories:

• Publisher correction (erratum): to notify readers of a critical error made by journal staff (usually a production error) that negatively impacts the publication record, the scientific integrity of the article, or the reputation of the authors of the journal.

• Author correction (corrigendum): to notify readers of a critical error made by the authors which harm the publication record, the scientific integrity of the article, or the reputation of the authors or the journal.

• Addendum: an addition to the article by its authors to explain inconsistencies, expand the existing work, or update the information in the main work.

The Editor-in-Chief decides whether a correction should be issued, sometimes with advice from reviewers or editorial board members. Editor-in-Charge will contact the authors of the paper concerned with a request for clarification, but the final decision about whether a correction is required and which type rests with the Editor-in-Chief. After being approved by all parties, the correction statement is posted online and published in the next available issue of the journal.