3.1 Format-free submission — your paper, your way

ADENJ operates format-free submission. At initial submission you do not need to follow a journal template, apply a specific citation style, or adjust fonts, headings, or page layout. Prepare the manuscript in the form you find most natural and submit it as a single editable file (Word).

A small number of requirements do apply at submission. They exist for double-blind review, screening, and indexing — not for appearance:

• Two files. An anonymised main document (no author names, affiliations, or self-revealing acknowledgements) and a separate, non-anonymised title page carrying the full title; all authors with affiliations, ORCID iDs, and e-mail addresses; the corresponding author’s contact details; and the declarations listed in §3.7.
• English title, abstract, and keywords for every manuscript, in either language. The abstract is 150–250 words, self-contained, without citations, and states the problem, the method, the principal quantitative results, and the conclusion. Provide 4–6 keywords. Turkish-language manuscripts additionally include the Turkish title, abstract, and keywords.
• Continuous line numbers and page numbers.
• SI units (non-SI units may appear in parentheses where operationally conventional, e.g. flight level, knots).
• Figures and tables numbered, legible, and cited in the text. They may be embedded near their citation or gathered at the end of the file — both are acceptable at this stage.
• References complete and verifiable in any consistent style, with a DOI for every source that has one.
• ORCID iDs are mandatory for all authors.

Manuscripts meeting these conditions are reviewed exactly as the author formatted them. Manuscripts whose language or presentation impedes review may be returned without evaluation.

3.2 Submission and originality

• Manuscripts are submitted only through the DergiPark system at dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/adenj. Submissions by e-mail are not processed.
• The manuscript must be original, must not have been published previously, and must not be under consideration elsewhere. Preprints deposited on a recognised server (e.g. arXiv, TechRxiv) are acceptable and must be declared with their DOI.
• All authors must have read and approved the submitted version and must meet the ICMJE authorship criteria.
• Manuscripts derived from a thesis, dissertation, or conference paper must state this explicitly on the title page, including the institution, year, and — for conference papers — the extent of new material.

3.3 Language

• The primary language of the journal is English. Manuscripts in Turkish are also accepted.
• Every manuscript, in either language, must include an English title, English abstract, and English keywords. This is a condition of the journal’s international indexing strategy and is not waived.
• English manuscripts may use British or American spelling, applied consistently. Authors who are not native speakers are strongly advised to have the text professionally edited before submission.

3.4 After acceptance: the formatting stage

Formatting to the journal’s published style is required only after acceptance (or, where the handling editor requests it, together with a major revision). At that stage authors:

• transfer the manuscript into the ADENJ manuscript template — [ADENJ Manuscript Template – English (.docx)] or, for Turkish manuscripts, [ADENJ Makale Şablonu – Türkçe (.docx)]. The template defines the page layout, fonts, headings, and caption styles; LaTeX users submit source files reproducing the template layout;
• convert the references to APA style (7th edition) as described in §3.5;
• supply production-quality figures (minimum 300 dpi for photographs; vector formats .pdf, .eps, .svg preferred for plots; legible at single-column width) and editable tables (no images of tables);
• type all equations with an equation editor (not images), numbered consecutively;
• add a nomenclature list where the manuscript uses more than ten symbols;
• obtain and upload written permission for any reproduced material, citing the source in the caption.

The editorial office checks the formatted version before typesetting. Reasonable formatting queries do not delay publication.

3.5 References

At submission, any consistent citation style is acceptable (§3.1). The published version of the article uses APA style (7th edition):

• In-text citations are author–date: (Alper & Oguz, 2016); add page numbers when quoting: (Alper & Oguz, 2016: 955).
• The reference list is ordered alphabetically by the first author’s surname.
• DOIs must be supplied for every source that has one. References without DOIs must include a complete, verifiable citation.
• Unpublished and non-retrievable sources (personal communications, internal reports without a public identifier) are cited in the text or a footnote, not in the reference list.
• Excessive self-citation and citations that do not support the accompanying statement will be queried by the editors and may be required to be removed.

Examples

Alper, A., & Oguz, O. (2016). The role of renewable energy consumption in economic growth: Evidence from asymmetric causality. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 60, 953–959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2016.01.123  

Groover, M. P. (2007). Fundamentals of modern manufacturing: Materials, processes, and systems (3rd ed.). John Wiley & Sons. 

Chen, L., & Dupont, P. (2024, September). Digital twin architecture for turbine health monitoring. In Proceedings of the 34th International Congress of the Aeronautical Sciences (pp. 221–232). Florence, Italy. 

European Union Aviation Safety Agency. (2024). Certification Specifications CS-25 (Amendment 28). https://www.easa.europa.eu

3.6 Similarity screening

Every submission is screened with iThenticate. The overall similarity index, excluding the reference list and quotations, must be below 20 %, with no single source exceeding 5 %. Manuscripts above these thresholds are returned or rejected without review. Text recycled from the authors’ own earlier publications is treated as plagiarism unless properly quoted and cited.

3.7 Mandatory declarations

The following statements are required on the title page and are reproduced in the published article. A submission lacking any of them is returned as incomplete.

• Author Contributions — using the CRediT taxonomy (conceptualisation, methodology, software, validation, formal analysis, investigation, resources, data curation, writing – original draft, writing – review and editing, visualisation, supervision, project administration, funding acquisition).
• Conflict of Interest — all financial, institutional, and personal relationships that could be perceived as influencing the work, including defence-industry employment, consultancy, and shareholdings; or an explicit statement that none exist.
• Funding — funder name, programme, and grant number; or a statement that no external funding was received.
• Ethics Committee Approval — for any study collecting data from human participants (survey, interview, focus group, observation, experiment) or using animals: the name of the committee, the approval date, and the decision number, stated both in the Methods section and on the title page. Studies not requiring approval must say so and give the reason.
• Data Availability — where the data supporting the findings can be obtained, or the legal, contractual, or security reason why they cannot be shared.
• Use of Artificial Intelligence — any use of generative AI or AI-assisted tools in the preparation of the manuscript, with the tool, version, and purpose specified. AI tools cannot be listed as authors.
• Classified and Export-Controlled Content — a statement that the manuscript contains no classified, restricted, or export-controlled information and that the authors have obtained any institutional release approval required (see the Ethical Principles and Publication Policy).

3.8 After submission

• Manuscripts are first checked by the editorial office for scope, completeness, anonymisation, and similarity. This pre-check normally takes up to 10 days. Formatting is not assessed at this stage beyond the requirements of §3.1.
• Manuscripts passing the pre-check are assigned to a Section Editor and sent to at least two independent external reviewers under double-blind review. A first decision is normally returned within 8 weeks.
• Revisions must be returned within 30 days (minor) or 60 days (major), accompanied by a point-by-point response letter and a version with changes marked. Later resubmissions may be treated as new submissions.
• Accepted manuscripts are formatted by the authors as described in §3.4, then copy-edited and typeset; authors receive proofs and must return corrections within 5 days. Only typographical corrections are possible at proof stage.
• Accepted articles are published online as soon as they are ready (“online first”) and are then assigned to the next issue.

3.9 Copyright, licence and fees

• Authors retain the copyright of their work.
• Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence, permitting reuse with proper attribution.
• During submission, authors confirm that they have read and accept the Copyright and Licence Agreement published on the journal website. This acceptance is recorded electronically by the submission system; no separate signed form is required.
• ADENJ charges no submission, processing, publication, page, or colour fees, and access is free for all readers.

3.10 Submission checklist

☐ Anonymised main document and separate non-anonymised title page, as two files 

☐ English title, abstract (150–250 words), and 4–6 keywords (plus Turkish equivalents for Turkish manuscripts) 

☐ ORCID iD for every author 

☐ Continuous line and page numbers; SI units 

☐ Figures and tables numbered, legible, and cited in the text 

☐ References complete and consistent, with DOIs where available (any style) 

☐ All declarations in §3.7 on the title page 

☐ Copyright and Licence Agreement read and accepted in the submission system

 ☐ Ethics committee document uploaded where applicable 

☐ Permissions for reproduced material uploaded where applicable

Downloads

• ADENJ Manuscript Template – English (.docx):  — required after acceptance; authors are welcome, but never required, to use it at submission.
• ADENJ Makale Şablonu – Türkçe (.docx):  — for Turkish-language manuscripts, required after acceptance.
• ADENJ Title Page Template (.docx): — covers all the declarations in §3.7; its use is optional but recommended.

The Copyright and Licence Agreement is published on the journal website and is accepted electronically during submission — no form needs to be downloaded or signed. All declarations (conflict of interest, AI use, classified/export-controlled content, and the others listed in §3.7) are made on the title page.