Acta Materialia Turcica First Issue Editorial Board

Year 2017, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 0 - 0, 28.12.2017

Mehmet Emre Aköz

Abstract

Content

Article structure


General guidelines for online submission:

Elsevier can accept text files in most standard word-processing formats but
Microsoft Word is preferred.

All online submissions must be accompanied by a covering letter detailing
what you are submitting. Please indicate the author to whom correspondence
should be addressed (in the case of multiple authors) and include a contact
address, telephone/fax numbers for the corresponding author and e-mail
addresses for all authors.

Length of papers

Published articles are normally less than 10 printed pages; this approximately
equals a typewritten paper of 20 double-spaced pages plus a typical number of
figures (8 or so). Use double spacing and minimum 1-inch (3 cm) margins, and 12
pt font size standard fonts.

Pagination

Please ensure that your manuscript is paginated, as this will help both editors
and reviewers to process it promptly.

Subdivision - numbered sections

Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections
should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, ...), 1.2, etc. (the abstract is not
included in section numbering). Use this numbering also for internal
cross-referencing: do not just refer to 'the text'. Any subsection may be given
a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line. As a
general guideline, the preferred order for sections is: abstract, introduction,
experimental, results, discussion, conclusion, acknowledgements, references,
appendices.

Introduction

Provide a critical assessment of the literature relevant to the problem at
hand, delineating unresolved issues. State clear objectives to explain how this
study will take the field forward.

Experimental

Provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced. Methods already
published should be indicated by a reference: only relevant modifications
should be described.

Error bars:

Error bars are required on all experimental and calculated data points with an
explanation in the text as to how the errors were determined.

SI Units

SI units should be used throughout.

Theory/calculation

A Theory section should extend, not repeat, the background to the article
already dealt with in the Introduction and lay the foundation for further work.
In contrast, a Calculation section represents a practical development from a
theoretical basis.

Results

Results should be clear and concise.

Discussion

Should develop cogent explanation for the results and explore their
significance. In the case of computational studies, results should be compared
with information available from published experimental work, if possible.

Conclusions

The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions
section, which should stand alone.

Appendices

If there is more than one appendix, they should be identified as A, B, etc.
Formulae and equations in appendices should be given separate numbering: Eq.
(A.1), Eq. (A.2), etc.; in a subsequent appendix, Eq. (B.1) and so on.
Similarly for tables and figures: Table A.1; Fig. A.1, etc.

Essential title page information


• Title. Concise and informative. Titles are often
used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations, acronyms and
formulae where possible.

• Author names and affiliations. Where the family name
may be ambiguous (e.g., a double name), please indicate this clearly. Present
the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the
names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter
immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address.
Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name
and, if available, the e-mail address of each author. Author
names may not be added after a paper has been accepted.

• Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who will
handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also
post-publication. Ensure that phone numbers (with country and area
code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal
address. Contact details must be kept up to date by the corresponding author.

• Present/permanent address. If an author has moved
since the work described in the article was done, or was visiting at the time,
a 'Present address' (or 'Permanent address') may be indicated as a footnote to
that author's name. The address at which the author actually did the work must
be retained as the main, affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are
used for such footnotes.


•It is not necessary to submit the title page as a separate document. However,
if this option is chosen, please also include title page information at the
beginning of the text document.

Abstract


An abstract is required for all papers. The abstract should indicate the
content of the paper, and should describe the main conclusions. An effective
abstract is brief and normally less than 250 words. Abstracts should not exceed
300 words. References should be avoided, but if essential, they must be cited
in full, without reference to the reference list.

Graphical abstract

Graphical abstracts are not accepted for this journal.

Keywords


Immediately following the Abstract, provide a maximum of 5 keywords which
appropriately represent the contents of the paper.

Abbreviations


Define abbreviations and acronyms when they first appear in the article. Ensure
consistency of abbreviations throughout the article.

Acknowledgements

Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article before
the references and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a
footnote to the title or otherwise. List here those individuals who provided
help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance or
proof reading the article, etc.).

Math formulae

Please submit math equations as editable text and not as images. Present simple
formulae in line with normal text where possible and use the solidus (/)
instead of a horizontal line for small fractional terms, e.g., X/Y. In
principle, variables are to be presented in italics. Powers of e are often more
conveniently denoted by exp. Number consecutively any equations that have to be
displayed separately from the text (if referred to explicitly in the text).

Artwork

Electronic artwork
General points

• Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing of your original artwork.

• Embed the used fonts if the application provides that option.

• Aim to use the following fonts in your illustrations: Arial, Courier, Times
New Roman, Symbol, or use fonts that look similar.

• Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text.

• Use a logical naming convention for your artwork files.

• Figures and captions to illustrations should be submitted on the same page.

• Size the illustrations close to the desired dimensions of the published
version.

• Submit each illustration as a separate file.

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Formats

If your electronic artwork is created in a Microsoft Office application (Word,
PowerPoint, Excel) then please supply 'as is' in the native document format.

Regardless of the application used other than Microsoft Office, when your
electronic artwork is finalized, please 'Save as' or convert the images to one
of the following formats (note the resolution requirements for line drawings,
halftones, and line/halftone combinations given below):

EPS (or PDF): Vector drawings, embed all used fonts.

TIFF (or JPEG): Color or grayscale photographs (halftones), keep to a minimum
of 300 dpi.

TIFF (or JPEG): Bitmapped (pure black and white pixels) line drawings, keep to
a minimum of 1000 dpi.

TIFF (or JPEG): Combinations bitmapped line/half-tone (color or grayscale),
keep to a minimum of 500 dpi.
Please do not:

• Supply files that are optimized for screen use (e.g., GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG);
these typically have a low number of pixels and limited set of colors;

• Supply files that are too low in resolution;

• Submit graphics that are disproportionately large for the content.

Color artwork

Please make sure that artwork files are in an acceptable format (TIFF (or
JPEG), EPS (or PDF), or MS Office files) and with the correct resolution. If,
together with your accepted article, you submit usable color figures then
Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge, that these figures will appear
in color online (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites) regardless of whether or
not these illustrations are reproduced in color in the printed version. For color
reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from
Elsevier after receipt of your accepted article. Please
indicate your preference for color: in print or online only.

Figure captions

Ensure that each illustration has a caption. Figures and captions should be
submitted on the same page. A caption should comprise a brief title (not
on the figure itself) and a description of the illustration. Keep text in the
illustrations themselves to a minimum but explain all symbols and abbreviations
used.

Tables


Please submit tables as editable text and not as images. Tables can be placed
either next to the relevant text in the article, or on separate page(s) at the
end. Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the
text and place any table notes below the table body. Be sparing in the use of
tables and ensure that the data presented in them do not duplicate results
described elsewhere in the article. Please avoid using vertical rules.

References


All references to other papers, books, etc., must be given at the end of the
paper. They should be numbered in sequence starting at the beginning of the
paper. The numbers (in brackets) should appear in the text at the appropriate
places.

Citation in text

Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the
reference list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract must be
given in full. Unpublished results and personal communications are not
recommended in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text. If these
references are included in the reference list they should follow the standard
reference style of the journal and should include a substitution of the
publication date with either 'Unpublished results' or 'Personal communication'.
Citation of a reference as 'in press' implies that the item has been accepted
for publication.

Web references

As a minimum, the full URL should be given and the date when the reference was
last accessed. Any further information, if known (DOI, author names, dates,
reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given. Web references
can be listed separately (e.g., after the reference list) under a different
heading if desired, or can be included in the reference list.

Data references

This journal encourages you to cite underlying or relevant datasets in your
manuscript by citing them in your text and including a data reference in your
Reference List. Data references should include the following elements: author
name(s), dataset title, data repository, version (where available), year, and
global persistent identifier. Add [dataset] immediately before the reference so
we can properly identify it as a data reference. The [dataset] identifier will
not appear in your published article.

Reference style
Text: Indicate references by number(s) in square brackets in
line with the text. The actual authors can be referred to, but the reference
number(s) must always be given.

Example: '..... as demonstrated [3,6]. Barnaby and Jones [8] obtained a
different result ....'
List: Number the references (numbers in square brackets) in
the list in the order in which they appear in the text. Please
include all author names. Please include article titles of all cited articles
as in the following examples.
Examples:

Reference to a journal publication:

[1] J. van der Geer, J.A.J. Hanraads, R.A. Lupton, The art of writing a
scientific article, J. Sci. Commun. 163 (2010) 51–59.

Reference to a book:

[2] W. Strunk Jr., E.B. White, The Elements of Style, fourth ed., Longman, New
York, 2000.

Reference to a chapter in an edited book:

[3] G.R. Mettam, L.B. Adams, How to prepare an electronic version of your
article, in: B.S. Jones, R.Z. Smith (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age,
E-Publishing Inc., New York, 2009, pp. 281–304.

[dataset] [4] M. Oguro, S. Imahiro, S. Saito, T. Nakashizuka, Mortality data
for Japanese oak wilt disease and surrounding forest compositions, Mendeley
Data, v1, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/xwj98nb39r.1.

Keywords

Gebze Technical University, Materials Science

References

• Gebze Technical University