For the submissions starting with 2022, Research Ethics Committee Approval is needed for the following items:
• Researches conducted in qualitative or quantitative approaches which require data collection from the participants using survey, interview, focus group study, observation, and/or experiment techniques,
• Using humans or animals (including material/data) with experimental or other scientific aims,
• Clinical researches on humans,
• Researches on animals,
• Retrospective studies in accordance with the law on the protection of personal data. 16.02.2021
Kind regards,
Editor in Chief
Associated Professor Ümit Doğan Üstün