ECER (Early Childhood Education Researches) adopts the principles of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) ve COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) "Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers" to establish ethical assurance in scientific periodicals.

In line with the decisions taken by Ulakbim TR Index, Ethics Committee Permission is required for studies to be published starting from 2020. If ethics committee permission is not required for your study, you must download the declaration form stating that it does not require Ethics Committee Permission from HERE and upload it to the system.

In this context, the following points should be followed in the studies submitted to the journal:
• Ethics committee approval must be obtained for research conducted in all disciplines that require ethics committee approval, and this approval must be stated and documented in the article.
• In studies that require ethics committee permission, information about the consent (committee name, date and issue number) should be included in the method section.

Studies that require the approval of the Ethics Committee are as follows:

• All kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches require data collection from the participants using survey, interview, focus group work, observation, experiment, and interview techniques.
• The use of humans and animals (including material/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,
- Clinical studies on humans
- Research on animals.
- Retrospective studies by the law on the protection of personal data,
Moreover;
• Indicating that an "informed consent form" was received in case reports,
• Obtaining and specifying permission from the owners for the use of scales, questionnaires, photographs belonging to others,
• Indication of compliance with copyright regulations for the intellectual and artistic works used.