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Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 6/30/25

Year: 2025

Journal of Landscape Research and Practices (JOLARP) is an international, scientific, peer-reviewed, open access journal. It's aim is to share the results of high quality research as well as good planning and design practices on landscapes in general and in the field of Landscape Architecture in particular with scientific world.

Original research articles, high quality review articles and articles describing good planning and design practices either in English or in Turkish are accepted for the journal. Priority is given to research articles. Original research articles are expected to contain theoretical and experimental results. In the review articles, it is expected that scientific, technological and current developments on a specific subject are reflected by using an extensive bibliography. Articles describing good planning and design cases are expected to explain planning and design approaches and concepts and also unique aspects of these studies.

General article layout

Articles should be written in accordance with the ARTICLE TEMPLATE and will eventually look like the SAMPLE ARTICLE. Articles should be written on A4 paper with 11-point Arial font, 1.2 line spacing, and aligned on both sides. 3 cm space should be left at the top of the page, 2 cm space should be left on the right, left and bottom. Paragraph indentation should be set as 1 cm. The pages of the article should be numbered. The article should not be longer than 20 (twenty) pages, including the “References” section.

The article title, author and institution information, Turkish and English summaries should fit on the first page. Turkish summaries of articles by foreign authors will be written by the journal’s language editors.

All section titles within the article, except for ‘References’, should be numbered consecutively. The first letter of the words should be capitalized. Main headings should be 11 point bold; subheadings should be 11 point, normal and italic. Section headings should be used at most at level 3. A 10 nk space must be left before all headings.

Article Title

The article title will be written between the lines in the template. It should be written in Arial 12 points, bold, capital letters and centered. It should be short and comprehensive and should not exceed 15 (fifteen) words.

Author name and institution information

No information about the authors should be given in the article’s text. Information about the authors will be added by the journal editors if the article is accepted.

Abstract

A Turkish “Abstract” should be provided (if the article is in English, the English abstract must be provided first). The abstract should be given with a blank line after the underline of the section where the article title and author information will be included. No space should be left between the abstract title and the text. The abstract of the article should be given in a single paragraph, there should be no indentation at the beginning of the paragraph, the text should be aligned on both sides, 1.2 line spacing, and Arial 10-point normal font. The abstract should not exceed 250 words, and should summarize the purpose, method and results of the study.

Keywords

A minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 keywords that are directly related to the content of the study and will facilitate indexing should be written under the abstract without leaving any space. Keywords must be different from the words in the title. The first letter of the first keyword must be capitalized, the other letters and all other keywords must be written in lower case. Arial 10-point and normal font must be used. Keywords must be separated from each other with commas.

Abstract

After the keywords, the English title of the article (Turkish title if the article is in English) should be given. It should be written in Arial-12 point, bold, capital letters, italic font and centered.
Abstract should be given in English (in Turkish if the article is in English) with a single line space after the title. There should be no space between the abstract title and the text. The abstract should be given in a single paragraph, there should be no indentation at the beginning of the paragraph, the text should be aligned on both sides, 1.2 line spacing, and in Arial 10-point italic font.

Keywords should be written below the abstract without leaving any space. The first letter of the first keyword should be capitalized, the other letters and other keywords should be written in lower case. Arial 10-point and italic font should be used. Keywords should be separated from each other with a comma. In English abstracts, conjunctions such as "of, at, on, in, and" should not be used in keywords.

Information at the bottom and top of the page

These sections will be filled in by the Journal administration.

Introduction

The subject of the study should be summarized, information on the subject should be given with reference to previous studies, and issues requiring knowledge generation or planning and design solutions should be emphasized. Finally, the purpose of the study should be clearly stated.

Materials and Methods

The material used, the methods applied, the criteria considered, the experimental designs or sampling methods applied, and statistical analyses should be clearly explained, supported by references. In articles on good planning and design studies, original planning and design approaches and design concepts should be explained.

Findings

The findings should be given with the help of figures and tables and based on statistical analyses. All data in figures and tables should be avoided in the text, and important data should be emphasized. Sentence and expression repetitions should be avoided in the narrative. When necessary, findings can be given under subheadings. A maximum of 3rd level subheadings can be used.

Discussion and Conclusion

The findings should be compared with previous studies in terms of similarities and contrasts, and the information gap they fill should be emphasized. The results and any suggestions should be presented.
Authors may present the discussion and conclusion as separate headings if they wish. The discussion section can be given under subheadings according to the structure of the study.

Acknowledgements

If necessary, the individuals who contributed to the study or article and the supporting institutions (with project numbers, if any) should be indicated. For example: This study was supported by [Institution Name] with [Project Name or Number].

Ethics statement

This section should be included at the end of every research that requires ethics committee approval. “This research has been approved by the ethics committee of xxxxxxxxxxxx with document number xxxxxxxxx dated xxxxxxxxxxxx.”

Figures and Tables

Photographs, graphs, figures, diagrams and similar should be called "Figure" whereas numerical values are called "Table". All figures and tables should be numbered within themselves and should be given after the reference in the closest place to the reference in the article. Figures or tables should be preferred in a way that the reader can understand the data in the best way, and similar data should not be presented in two different ways. If necessary, tables and figures can be presented to cover two columns.

There should be a 10 nk space before and after the names of figures and tables. Figure and table captions should be short and descriptive. Table captions should be placed above the tables, left aligned (centered if given to include both columns) and in Arial 10-point italic font. Figure names should be placed below the figures, centered and in Arial 10-point italic font. A minimum of 8-point font should be used in figure and table insets and footnotes.

The texts within the tables should be left-aligned, and the digits should be right-aligned, in normal font style. Decimal digits in the tables should be aligned along the column.

Photos should be in 600 dpi resolution and in JPEG format. There should be no vertical lines in the tables.

If abbreviations are used in figures and tables, their explanations should be provided immediately below them.

Units

The International System of Units (SI) should be used in articles. CLICK HERE to access SI units. A point, not a comma, should be used as a decimal separator (e.g 1.25 instead of 1,25).

Abbreviations and Symbols

Abbreviations should not be used in the article title, section headings and subheadings. Necessary abbreviations should be given in parentheses where the concepts are first mentioned. The universal rules of the relevant field should be followed in the use of abbreviations and symbols.

Latin Names

If a Latin name is used in the article title, the reference to the author should not be given. In the abstract and in the text of the article, the Latin names should be given in full and with the author's names where they are first mentioned. The internationally accepted abbreviations should be used where they are used later. (Example: Lupinus varius (L.) in the first use, L. varius in subsequent uses). All Latin names should be written in italics.

Formulas

Formulas in articles should be called “Equality”, numbered, when necessary, the number should be shown right-justified in parentheses next to the formula, and equations should fit on a single line as much as possible. Equalities in mathematical form should be written using the Equation Editor and should not be written elsewhere and pasted into the text of the article in jpeg format.

References

All sources cited in the text must be indicated in the References section. Both in the text and in the list of sources, references must be cited according to APA 6 Reference Notation. The list of sources must be arranged alphabetically according to the author's surnames, must be indented 1 cm, and Arial 9-point font must be used.

In-text reference examples:

In the case of a single author:

1. According to Fuller (1982), information is increasing exponentially today and the time attributed to the half-life of information is getting shorter every day.

2. Information is increasing exponentially today and the time attributed to the half-life of information is getting shorter every day (Fuller, 1982).

In the case of two authors:

1. Fuller and Shaw (1982) stated that information is increasing exponentially today, and the time attributed to the half-life of information is getting shorter every day.

2. It is argued that knowledge is increasing exponentially today and the time attributed to the half-life of knowledge is getting shorter and shorter (Fuller and Shaw, 1982).

In the case of three or more authors:

1. Fuller et al. (1982) stated that knowledge is increasing exponentially today, and the time attributed to the half-life of knowledge is getting shorter and shorter.

2. It is argued that knowledge is increasing exponentially today and the time attributed to the half-life of knowledge is getting shorter and shorter (Fuller et al., 1982).

If more than one source is to be cited in the same place, the sources should be given in chronological order, those with the same date should be given in alphabetical order and separated by a semicolon (;).

        Example: (Fuller et al., 1982; Metcalf, 2006)

If more than one publication of the same author with the same date is to be cited, the letters a, b, c are added to the end of the dates and the dates are separated by a comma without repeating the author's name.

        Example: (Fuller, 1982a, 1982b)

If a group/legal entity (such as an association, company, government agency) is mentioned as the author, the name information regarding this group should be given clearly and understandably in the citations within the text. The group name can be abbreviated in some cases. If the group name is long, if the abbreviation is understandable to everyone, or if there is an abbreviation already known for the name, both the open and abbreviated forms can be used in the first use, and only the abbreviation can be used in subsequent uses. The words “Anonymous” or “Anonymous” should not be used for the group/legal entity.

        Example:

First citation:
(The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye [TÜBİTAK], 2024)
Second and subsequent citations: (TÜBİTAK, 2024)

If the citation is made within a sentence:

First citation: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK, 2024)
Second and subsequent citations: TÜBİTAK (2024)

References section examples:

In the References section, all works cited in the article should be given alphabetically (by the authors' surnames) and in the original language. No abbreviations should be used in reference names.

Article:

For articles in journals: Authors, (Year). Title of the article (The first letter of the word is lowercase). Full and clear name of the journal in which it was published (normal, italic), Volume (Issue): Page range. DOI address

If journal articles have a DOI number, it should be added to the end of the reference. Articles without a DOI number, if included in the database, should end the reference after specifying the page range. In other words, the reference of articles in the database that do not have a DOI should be given as if they were a printed journal article. If there is a URL for articles from an online journal that does not have a DOI number and is not considered part of the database, it should be added to the end of the reference.

        Examples:

Acar, C. and Acar, H. (2020). Biophilic landscape approaches and green infrastructure in urban spaces: The Singapore example. Peyzaj, 2(1): 33-45.

Yılmaz, T. (2009). Planting possibilities depending on physical structure in valleys, Ankara Büyükesat Valley example. Ankara University Journal of Environmental Sciences, 1(1): 1-12. doi: 10.1501/Csaum_0000000006

Solecka, I., Raszka, B. and Krajewski, P. (2018). Landscape analysis for sustainable land use policy: A case study in the municipality of Popielów, Poland. Land Use Policy, 75, 116-126. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.01.021

Book or report:

Book or report titles are written in italics and only the first letter of the first word in the title or subtitle is capitalized.

Lyle, J.T. (1999). Design for human ecosystems. Washington: Island Press.

Atik, M., Ortaçeşme, V., Göktürk, R.S., Yıldırım, E., Sayan, M.S., Sönmez, S. (2010). Determination of the Effects of Recreational Activities on Vegetation and Soil in Olympos-Beydağları National Park. (Project No. TÜBİTAK ÇAYDAG 107Y100).

Translation book:

Fasla, G.W.R. (2020). From Concept to Form in Landscape Design, (E. O, Trans.). İstanbul: Literatür Publications.

Book chapter:

Uzun, O. (2014). Basic methodological approaches in landscape planning. In G. Çetinkaya, O. Uzun (Eds.), Landscape Planning (pp. 51-83). İstanbul: Birsen Publishing House.

Zegerek Altunbey, P., & Ortacesme, V. (2023). The Importance of green infrastructure practices in urban areas in the context of global climate change. In M.E. Başar, İ. Acar Ata (Eds). Pioneer and Contemporary Studies in Architecture, Planning and Design (pp. 193-222). İzmir: Duvar publishing.

Electronic resources with DOI numbers:

If there is a DOI number that is matched with the content, it should be given in the citation. When giving a DOI number in the citation, the structure doi:xxxxxxxxx is used. If a DOI number is given in the citation, there is no need to provide access information to the content.

        Example:

Chan, H. F., Guillot, M., Page, L., and Torgler, B. (2015). The inner quality of an article: Will time tell? Scientometrics, 104, pp. 19-41. doi:10.1007/s11192-015-1581-y

Electronic resources without DOI numbers:

If there is no DOI number that is matched with the content, the URL information for the journal or publisher's homepage should be given. If the article is accessed from a private database, verification from the web is required.

        Example:

Al, U. and Doğan, G. (2012). Citation analysis of theses of the Department of Information and Document Management at Hacettepe University. Turkish Librarianship, 26, 349-369. Access address: http://www.tk.org.tr

Internet sources:

The title of the article is in italics, only the first letter of the first word is capitalized, the rest are in lower case if they are not proper nouns. Access date: Day Month Year, link of the article.

        Example:

Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services. (2020). Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services Accessibility Guide. Access date: 12.04.2024, https://www.aile.gov.tr/media/65613/erisebilirlik_kilavuzu_2021.pdf

Theses:

Altuntaş, A. (2017). Determination of landscape quality objectives at local scale: Antalya Aksu example. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Akdeniz University Institute of Science, Antalya.

Full text congress/symposium book:

For the papers included in the proceedings book:

Kılıçaslan, Ç, Denerel, S.B. and Birişçi, T. (2011). A research on the examination of the public outdoor spaces of Bergama city in terms of equipment elements: Çamlı Park example. International Bergama Symposium Proceedings Book, (pp. 7-9), İzmir.

For the papers published in the journal:

Duckworth, A. L., Quirk, A., Gallop, R., Hoyle, R. H., Kelly, D. R., & Matthews, MD (2019). Cognitive and noncognitive predictors of success. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 116(47): 23499– 23504. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1910510116

The journal Landscape Research and Practices (JOLARP) has been prepared by taking into account the guidelines and policies published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) as open access while establishing the ethical duties and responsibilities listed below. The ethical responsibilities of editors, authors and the publisher are listed below.

DUTIES OF EDITORS

Impartiality and Independence

Editors evaluate the publications submitted to the journal by considering their academic qualifications (importance and contribution to the field of the study, originality, appropriateness of findings and methods and clarity of language) and their compliance with the scope of the journal. Gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religious belief, political thought or institution of employment are not taken into account in the evaluation of the publications. Government policies or the policies of any external institution are not taken into account in the evaluation of the publications. The only criterion in the evaluation of the publications is the compliance of the publication with the scope of the journal. The race, gender, religious belief, political philosophy and / or institution of employment of the authors absolutely do not play a role in the decision-making process.

The journal and its editors are responsible for evaluating publications only in terms of their academic quality, i.e. importance in their field, originality of the article, validity of the research and clarity of language. The journal editor has full authority to determine the entire content of the journal and when it will be published.

Confidentiality

Editors and the editorial team cannot share any information about a submitted publication with anyone other than the author(s), referees, assistant editors and the publisher. The decision to meet with the aforementioned persons belongs solely to the Editor.

Conflicts of interest

Editors and members of the editorial board cannot use information contained in studies in the publication process (including their own studies and ongoing studies) for their own interests without the explicit consent of the author(s).

Editors will assign another member of the editorial board to conduct the preliminary review and evaluation stages of the publication(s) in cases where there is a conflict of interest arising from competitive, collaborative or other relationships/connections with any of the authors, companies or institutions.

Publication decisions

Editors and the publisher send all submitted works to at least two expert referees for evaluation. After the review process is completed, the Chief Reviewer decides which works to publish, considering the accuracy of the work in question, its importance to researchers and readers, referee reports, and legal regulations such as defamation, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The Editor-in-Chief may also seek advice from other editors or reviewers when making this decision.

Ensuring publication integrity

The Editor, together with the Publisher, ensures that any reported unethical conduct will be investigated, even if years have passed since the date of publication. Journal editors will follow COPE procedures in such suspected cases. Following the investigation, if unethical conduct is proven, they should publish a statement indicating that there was an error, inconsistency, or misdirection related to the relevant publication.

REVIEWER DUTIES

Contribution to publication decisions

Blind review processes directly affect the quality of academic publications. The review process is conducted with the principle of triple-blind review. Reviewers cannot communicate directly with authors; evaluations and review reports are sent through the journal management system. During this process, evaluation forms and reviewer reports are sent to the author(s) via the editor. Triple-blind reviewing helps editors make decisions in dialogue with authors. At the same time, authors have the opportunity to develop their work by obtaining important information about their work.

Immediacy

A referee who is invited to conduct a peer review should inform the editor as soon as possible whether he/she will be a referee for the relevant study.

Confidentiality

Studies sent to referees for evaluation should be considered as confidential documents. Studies should not be shown to others and their content should not be discussed. If necessary, referees may seek advice from other colleagues with the permission of the Editor-in-Chief. The Editor-in-Chief can only grant this permission under exceptional circumstances. The confidentiality rule also covers those who refuse to serve as referees.

Principle of Impartiality

Authors should not be subject to personal criticism during the evaluation process. Evaluations should be made objectively and in a way that will contribute to the development of the studies.

Citation

Reviewers are responsible for informing the authors of any citations that are not cited in the study. Reviewers should pay particular attention to works that are not cited in the field or to citations that conflict with similar works. Reviewers should inform the editors if they notice any publications that are similar to any previously published work or information.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

Reviewers should not accept to evaluate any work or part of a work submitted for evaluation if they have any collaborative relationship with any author, company or institution whose work they are assigned to evaluate, and they should inform the editors of the situation.

Reviewers may not use unpublished works or parts of works submitted for evaluation in their own work without the written consent of the author(s). Information and ideas obtained during the evaluation should be kept confidential by the referees and should not be used for their own benefit. These rules also apply to individuals who do not accept the role of referee.

DUTIES OF AUTHORS

Reporting

In original research studies, the author(s) must clearly state how the study was conducted and its importance, and present the results objectively. The study should be described in detail to enable other researchers to conduct similar studies, and the necessary resources that can be used should be specified. Review articles should be accurate, objective, and comprehensive, and editorial opinions and other subjective ideas should be clearly stated. Untrue or intentionally misrepresented statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Data access and storage

Authors should make the raw data of their research (if the data is suitable for presentation) and the editorial edition of their articles publicly available upon request. If necessary, authors should keep their data accessible to other researchers for at least 10 years after the publication date of their study (preferably through an institutional or corporate data repository or a data center). However; the confidentiality of the participants should be protected and their legal rights regarding their personal information should be taken into consideration.

Originality and plagiarism

Authors should only publish their original work and properly cite the sources and data they use. They should also cite other publications that are effective in determining the quality of their work. There are different types of plagiarism: presenting another researcher's work as their own, copying a part of another researcher's work without citing the work or using it in a different way as if it were their own, or claiming the results of another study as your own. Plagiarism in any form is against publishing ethics and is unacceptable.

Every submitted article is scanned for plagiarism using a similarity detection software. In this scan, the bibliography and citations are not included. Every article with a scan result of 20% or more is rejected without further action and is not accepted again even if changes are made. For editors, 20% is not a criterion; they reserve the right to reject the article and/or request corrections if they see any problem.

Multiple, duplicate or simultaneous submissions / publications

Articles containing the same study in essence should not be published in more than one journal or other publication organs. Therefore, authors should not submit a study previously published in another journal for evaluation to another journal. Submitting an article to more than one journal at the same time is an unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

If certain conditions are met, it may be possible for some articles (such as clinical guidelines, translations) to be published in several journals. Authors and editors of the relevant journals must agree that the study can be published in another journal. The data and discussions of the study published in a second journal should be the same as in the previously published journal. The first journal published must be cited.

Authorship Definition

Authors are deemed to have taken all responsibilities related to the publication. For this reason, only those who meet the authorship criteria should be considered as authors of the study. These criteria can be listed as follows: (I) having made significant contributions to the content, design, data collection process or analysis / interpretation of the study (II) having made an intellectual contribution to the creation and editing of the content (III) having seen, approved and accepted the final version of the study. Individuals who have made significant contributions to the study (such as technical assistance, writing and editing assistance, and support) but do not meet the authorship criteria should not be listed as authors; these individuals should be included in the "Acknowledgements" section after their written permissions have been obtained. Obtaining the written permissions they have obtained. The corresponding author guarantees that all authors who have contributed to the study are included in the author list and that these authors have seen the final version of the study and approved that there is no problem in its publication.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Authors should declare at the earliest possible stage (usually by submitting a disclosure form at the time of submission and adding a statement to the article) that they have no conflicts of interest that could influence the results of the study or the interpretations. Potential conflicts of interest may be financial, such as grants, educational scholarships and other payments, memberships, employment, consultancy, stock ownership, expert opinion grants or patent-licensing agreements, or non-financial, such as personal or professional affiliations, memberships, information or opinions related to the study. All financial sources related to the study (including the grant number or other reference number, if any) should be stated.

Citing sources

Authors should always state appropriately the sources they use in the study and the sources they refer to when deciding on the nature of the study. Information obtained personally (conversations, correspondence or interviews with third parties) should not be used without written permission from the source. Authors should not use personal documents such as referee documents or grant applications without the written permission of their owners

Human and animal rights

If the study involves chemical substances or methods and equipment that may cause various harms when used, these substances, methods and equipment should be clearly stated in the article. If the study involves subjects and guinea pigs, the authors should perform all procedures performed in the study in accordance with the relevant laws and institutional guidelines and should have received the approval of the relevant committees / organizations. There should also be a statement regarding these in the article. Authors should also state that the necessary permissions have been obtained for studies conducted on humans. The confidentiality rights of the participants should not be violated.

Peer review process

Authors are obliged to participate in the peer review process and respond to the editors' requests regarding raw data, explanations and ethical approval document, patient consent and copyright permissions as soon as possible.

If the reviewers have decided to "correct and resubmit", the authors should systematically make all the corrections requested from them and resubmit their work before the deadline.

Basic errors in published works

It is primarily the author(s)'s duty to find a significant error or inaccuracy in a published work. If such a problem occurs, the author(s) are obliged to immediately notify the editors or publisher of the journal and, in cooperation with the editor/publisher, to correct the error (typographical error) or to retract the publication. If the editor(s) or publisher learn from a third party that the work contains a significant error or inaccuracy, the authors are obliged to immediately correct or retract the article, or to prove the accuracy of the work to the journal editors.

DUTY OF THE PUBLISHER

In case of ethical violation

JOLARP will take the necessary measures to clarify the situation and change the article in question in case of alleged or proven scientific misconduct, false publication or plagiarism. This will be done in agreement with the editors of the issue in question.

The measures to be taken include, but are not limited to, stating that there is a typographical error, providing an explanation and, in very serious cases, retracting the article. JOLARP undertakes the necessary measures to prevent the publication of articles that contain academic misconduct.

Access to journal content

The publisher undertakes to provide open access to the journal; therefore, it is deemed to have accepted the duty to make all parts of the published content permanently and freely accessible to the academic community worldwide. The publisher does not charge any material or moral fees for the processing of the articles during the submission process and for their printing. The publisher undertakes to make the journal content available for continuous and free use.

Archiving and Preserving Publications

The publisher uses Lockss to archive and preserve online content through Dergipark.

Journal of Landscape Research and Practices (JOLARP) does not charge any fees for submission, evaluation and publication of articles. Authors do not pay article processing or submission fees for the studies they submit to the journal.

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