ADU Journal of Science and Engineering

Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators, Mathematics Education, Development of Science, Technology and Engineering Education and Programs

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emrah HİĞDE AYDIN ADNAN MENDERES ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ ORCID Profile

0000-0002-4692-5119

Science and Mathematics Education

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Korhan GÜNEL Aydın Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi, Fen Fakültesi, Matematik Bölümü, Uygulamalı Matematik ABD. ORCID Profile

0000-0002-5260-1858

Machine Learning, Numerical Solution of Differential and Integral Equations, Mathematical Optimisation, Applied Mathematics

Aim & Scope

Aydın Adnan Menderes University Journal of Science and Engineering Sciences (ADUFMBD) aims to share and discuss the knowledge and skills of researchers in science and technology in national and international literature. Our journal is a peer-reviewed, scientific electronic journal published at least twice a year by Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences. It can also be published as a "Special Issue" with the decision of the editorial board. The journal includes research articles on experimental and theoretical advances in science and engineering sciences, including analytical and numerical solutions.

Aydın Adnan Menderes University Journal of Science and Engineering accepts original and innovative research and review articles that will contribute to science in the field of natural sciences and engineering. Turkish and English publications are included in the journal. It is the sole responsibility of the responsible author to ensure that the article to be published in the journal has not been published elsewhere before and to obtain the approval of all authors in the article.

Writing Rules

WRITING RULES

Submitted articles must consist of three separate files: "Cover Page", "Blind Article" and "Copyright Transfer Form".

1. The article must be uploaded to the Dergipark system in a Microsoft Word file by the responsible author.

2. The article should contain the following sections:

If the work is an original research article or technical note and written in Turkish; It should consist of Turkish Title, Turkish ABSTRACT, Turkish Keywords, English Title, English ABSTRACT, English Keywords, Highlights, INTRODUCTION, MATERIAL AND METHOD, FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (if any), Conflict of Interest, Author Contribution and REFERENCES sections and should be arranged in order.

If the work is an original research article or technical note and written in English; the main section titles should consist of English Title, English ABSTRACT, English Keywords, Turkish Title (not mandatory), Turkish ABSTRACT (not mandatory), Turkish Keywords (not mandatory), Highlights INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS AND METHODS, RESULTS AND DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (If any), Conflict of Interest, Author's Contributions, REFERENCES.

In review articles, material, method and findings sections should not be taken into consideration.

Second-degree and third-degree subheadings can be added under the first-degree headings (main section headings).

3. Main section (First degree) headings should be written in bold and all capital letters, second-degree headings should be bold and the first letters of the words should be capitalized, the others should be lowercase, third-degree headings should be written in bold and only the first letter of the first word should be written in capital letters and all other words should be written in all lowercase letters.

4. A 6 pts space should be left before and after first-level headings. For subheadings, there should only be a 6-point space between the previous line and the subheadings line. There should be no spaces after the subheading.

5. Main headings and subheadings should not be numbered.

6. The Turkish and English title of the article should be short, and descriptive, the first letters of the words should be capitalized, other words should be lowercase, and should not exceed fourteen words (excluding prepositions). Mathematical formulas should not be in the article title.

7. Cover Page: Author names and addresses should never be given in the main text of the work uploaded to the system due to the blind peer-review process. Only information about the author should be written on the cover page. Therefore, a cover page should be created for the article and include the following items;

• Cover page, Research field, Article type, Section of the article prepared for citation, Turkish and English title, Turkish and English abstract, Turkish and English keywords, Turkish and English Highlights, Author address information, Author ORCID ID numbers, Corresponding author information, Author Contributions, Conflicts of Interest and Acknowledgments and Disclosure (optional) sections. (Must include Congress Declaration or Thesis Citation and Ethics Committee Approval, if any.)

• The article type must be stated on the cover page; research article, review or technical note.

• The article title should be as short and descriptive as possible, all words in the title should start with capital letters (except conjunctions), be written in bold font and be placed in the middle of the page. Abbreviations should never be used in the article title.

• Abstract length should be limited to a maximum of 300 words and at least 100 words, including spaces.

• All authors' full names should be written clearly and no academic titles should be used.

• The cover page must include institutional information (name of the institution, address, postal code, city and country) of all authors.

• ORCID ID number and e-mail information of all authors should be given on the cover page.

• Authors should be marked with the markers "1" "2" "3" in the upper right corner of the author's name and at the beginning of each institution.

• Additionally, the author responsible for correspondence should be stated in the article, marked with "*" and contact information (phone, fax and e-mail) should be given.

• Titles should not be used in author names.

RULES ABOUT PAGE LAYOUT

1. The article should be written on an A4 size page, in 12-point Times New Roman font, with 1.15 cm line spacing and in a single column. The text size can be reduced so that the summary and abstract on the first page of the article do not overflow onto the second page.

2. There should be a space of 1.5 cm at the top of the page, 1.5 cm at the bottom, 1.9 cm on the left and 1.6 cm on the right.

3. Lines on all pages, including references, figures, and tables, should be numbered consecutively in the left margin, starting with the first page.

4. The Turkish and English titles of the work should be centered on the page, the rest should be written justified, and a 1 cm indent should be left at the beginning of the paragraphs.

5. Original research articles should not exceed a maximum of 13 pages in total, including tables, figures and references, review articles should not exceed a maximum of 15 pages, and technical notes should not exceed a maximum of 5 pages. Articles exceeding these page limits will not be taken into account.

ARTICLE SECTIONS

Abstract and Keywords Sections

1. Preparing an abstract for all article types (original research articles, review or technical notes) is mandatory.

2. It should be in the form of a single paragraph with Turkish "ABSTRACT" and English "ABSTRACT" sections, and each section should not exceed 300 words and be at least 100 words. The abstract should present the relevant results in a concise but understandable form and include the purpose of the study, method, results obtained and recommendations. No references should be made in the abstract.

3. After the summary section, Keywords should be given, at least 3 and at most 6 words that best describe the study, if possible not used in the title, and best describe the content of the article. Keywords: Only the first letter of the first keyword is capitalized and the other keywords are all lowercase. It should be written in letters, keywords should be separated by a comma (,) and other words should be written in order of importance, leaving a space of one character. Priority should be given to choosing keywords from "Turkish Science Terms" (http://www.bilimterimleri.com/).

Highlights

Highlights are writing in a few words at least three and at most five important features of the article that help increase its findability through search engines. It should also cover new results of the research and new methods used during the study (if any). He/she should include terms in highlights that he/she knows readers will search for online. There should be no attempt to capture all the ideas, concepts, or results of the research, as highlights should be brief. It should be compatible with Turkish highlights.

For example;

Highlights

• Chrysanthemum pollen can be used for up to 4 days by keeping it at +4°C

• River flow rate was estimated using the ANFIS method.

• Their inhibitory effects on hCA I, hCA II, and AChE enzymes were determined.

Introduction

In this part, the subject of the study should be given, the theoretical framework and justification of the study should be presented, the reason for the study should be explained, the hypotheses to be tested should be stated, and the purpose of the study should be given. Extensive discussion of relevant literature should be included in the discussion of results, not in the introduction. The purpose of the study should be clearly stated in the last paragraph of the introduction section.

Material and Method

The materials used in the study, basic details of the methods used, experimental design and statistical analysis should be presented in this section. A clear description or specific reference should be given for all biological, analytical and statistical analyzes used in the study. If any changes have been made to analyzes previously introduced or used by other researchers, the changes should be explained. The treatments and measurements made should be clearly described. The methods used should be supported by previously published references. Statistical models and analysis methods should be stated clearly and completely.

Findings and Discussion

The findings and discussion sections of research articles should be written under the same title. In this section, the findings obtained from the study should be given in this section, supported by figures and tables. The discussion should clearly and concisely evaluate the results in terms of biological mechanisms. The findings should not be repeated in the discussion; the findings should be discussed using the results of other research on similar subjects. The discussion should be integrated with the research findings of other relevant studies to reveal whether the tested hypotheses are accepted or rejected. The contribution and importance of the results to science should be emphasized. Results should be interpreted without unnecessary repetition.

Conclusion

In order to avoid repetition, the numerical results of the study should not be given to the fullest extent possible in the findings section and should be presented in tables or graphs. In this section, the remarkable results of the study should be briefly given in a concrete way. Conclusions should be separate from the discussion and written in the past tense. Additionally, forward-looking suggestions and opinions related to the study results can be stated.

Author Contributions

In this section, the authors' contributions to the article should be stated for each author.

Author A: Planned and designed the study.

Author B: Collected and analyzed data.

Author C: Conducted the statistical analysis of the study and wrote the article.

Conflicts of Interest Statement

The corresponding author(s) must inform the editor of any possible conflicts of interest that may affect the interpretation of the data. Authors must declare whether there is any financial support or relationship that could create a conflict of interest. (The authors declare no conflict of interest.)

Thanks and Information (optional)

In this section, the projects for which the study is supported, if any, should be stated. For example, “This study was supported by Aydın Adnan Menderes University Scientific Research Projects Coordination.” Additionally, individuals and organizations that indirectly contributed to the study should also be stated. If permission has been received from companies or other institutions to carry out the study, it should be stated in this section. Acknowledgments should be as short and comprehensive as possible.

References

References should be arranged according to APA (7.0) style. All articles cited in the text should be included in the references list. The list of references should be arranged alphabetically, taking into account the author's surnames. References in the text should be written on an author-year basis and in year order (Gülçin et al., 2018; Türkan, 2019; Türkan and Atalar, 2021). Literature from the same year but by different authors should be listed alphabetically (Aras et al., 2021; Türkan and Atalar, 2021; Xu, 2021). If more than one source published by the same author in the same year is used, the source should be indicated with letters such as a, b, c after the year of publication. It is recommended not to use web-based resources as much as possible. Authors should not cite unpublished results or personal communications. Footnotes should be avoided, and if they are absolutely necessary (which do not contain important sections of the study), they should be written briefly on the page where they are used, separated by lines and asterisked.

D-REFERENCES IN THE TEXT

1. If the article sent to our journal is written in Turkish; (Surname, year) for one author, (Surname and Surname, year) for two authors, (Surname et al., year) for three or more authors;

2. If the article sent to our journal is written in English; It should be written as (Surname, year) for one author, (Surname & Surname, year) for two authors, (Surname et al., year) for three or more authors.

3. If more than one source is to be cited, the citations should be separated by (;) and listed alphabetically (Gülçin et al., 2018; Türkan, 2019).

4. If it is a source whose author is unknown, it should be given as (Anonymous, Year) in articles written in Turkish and as (Anonymous, Year) in articles written in English.

E - REFERENCES SECTION

1. The References section should have a font size between 10 and 12 points, and a one cm hanging indent should be left on the second line and subsequent lines of each reference. Journal names should not be abbreviated. All references should be given in alphabetical order.

General: Alignment (Justify), Outline Level (Body Text),

Indent: Right-Left (0 cm), Custom (hanging), Value (1 cm),

Spacing: Before (0 pt) and After (6 pt), Line spacing (1.15 lines).

2. The names of the journal and congress in which the source was published and the names of the unit in which the thesis was published should be written clearly (without abbreviations) and the source spellings should be as follows;

In the references section, references should be listed alphabetically. Sample references are given below.

Bibliography Display for Books

Full text book

Jackson, L. M. (2019). The psychology of prejudice: From attitudes to social action (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000168-000

Edited book

Torino, G. C., Rivera, D. P., Capodilupo, C. M., Nadal, K. L., & Sue, D. W. (Eds.). (2019). Microaggression theory: Influence and implications. John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119466642

References Display for Articles Published in Academic Journals

Single author articles

Pinus, A.G. (2021). Abstract Relations Between Functional Clones. Algebra and Logic, 60(4), 279-283. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10469-021-09652-w

Stolk, C.C. (2017). An improved sweeping domain decomposition preconditioner for the Helmholtz equation. Advances in Computational Mathematics, 43, 45–76 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10444-016-9475-y

Articles with two authors

Walk, M. and Papp, G. (1991). Self-consistent electron state calculations on bond-centered impurities in silicon. Acta Physica Hungarica, 70, 333–339. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03054146

Articles with three authors

Yılmaz, B., Köse, E. and Korkut, Ş. (2008). A research on the reading habits of Hacettepe University and Bilkent University students. Turkish Librarianship, 23, 22-51. Access address: http://www.tk.org.tr/

References for Oral Presentations

Conference proceedings published in journals

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

Conference proceedings published as books

Kushilevitz, E. and Malkin, T. (Eds.). (2016). Lecture notes in computer science: Vol. 9562. Theory of cryptography. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49096-9

References Display for Theses

Holmquist, S. (2007). An Examination Of The Effectiveness Of The Adomian Decomposition Method In Fluid Dynamic Applications. [Doctoral dissertation, University of Central Florida]. EBSCO Open Dissertations.

References Display for Institutional Reports

If only the institution name is specified:

National Cancer Institute. (2019). Taking time: Support for people with cancer (NIH Publication No. 18-2059). BASE. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. https://www.cancer.gov/publications/patienteducation/takingtime.pdf

If author names are specified:

Stuster, J., Adolf, J., Byrne, V., and Greene, M. (2018). Human exploration of Mars: Preliminary lists of crew tasks (Report No. NASA/CR-2018-220043). National Aeronautics and Space Administration. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20190001401.pdf

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND PUBLICATION POLICY

ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF AUTHORS, EDITORS AND REVIEWERS

PUBLICATION ETHICS

The publication processes of Aydın Adnan Menderes University Journal of Science and Engineering (Aydın Adnan Menderes University JSE) are based on the production, development and sharing of information impartially using the scientific method. Aydın Adnan Menderes University JSE observes the principles of transparency, confidentiality and accountability within the framework of ethical rules in the entire national and international dissemination process of information. In addition, it aims to continuously improve all processes in an efficient and competitive structure with a quality-oriented approach. Aydın Adnan Menderes University JSE follows the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity.

• Peer-reviewed articles are studies that require scientific methods and ensure impartiality.

• Aydın Adnan Menderes University JSE users (publisher, editors, author(s), reviewer(s), field editors, and readers must comply with the ethical principles of our journal in all transactions.

• In this context, Aydın Adnan Menderes University JSE's publication ethics and open access policy,

o International Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and

o in line with the guidelines and policies published in open access by the Council of Science Editors (CSE) (For example, the "Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE)" Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors; "Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors” and “COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors”) require that all components of the publication process comply with ethical principles.

• In addition, the journal's editorial and publication processes comply with the rules of the Turkish Council of Higher Education regulations and follow up on suspected cases of research and publication abuse.

These ethical rules and responsibilities are summarized below. All authors/reviewers are expected to read and understand the ethical policy of Aydın Adnan Menderes University JSE before submitting/evaluating the article.

ETHICAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PUBLISHER

Aydın Adnan Menderes University JSE's editorial board consists of academicians who are experts in their fields from various countries and universities. Members of the Editorial Board are appointed considering the scientific branches of science, and the members are appointed according to the editors-in-chief and editorial board members' own requests. The heads of the editorial board and, depending on the situation, one or more deputy editors-in-chief and field editors are determined. A new member is appointed to replace the departed member. Depending on the subject of the article, the editor may, when necessary, send an article to faculty members who are not members of the Editorial Board for review as field editors.

Aydın Adnan Menderes University JSE takes all necessary measures to clarify a situation regarding any article, to make changes to the article in question, or to allege or prove that the work contains any scientific misconduct, fraudulent publication, plagiarism or close cooperation with the editors. Aydın Adnan Menderes University JSE, together with the editors, will take appropriate steps to prevent the publication of the article in which any abuse occurs and will not allow such abuse or knowingly allow such abuse to occur under any circumstances. Aydın Adnan Menderes University JSE is responsible for responding to all claims or doubts raised by readers, reviewers or other editors. In such a case, the relevant article is evaluated by the journal and necessary explanations are made.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD OF EDITORS

Aydın Adnan Menderes University JSE Editorial Board is responsible for every article applied to Aydın Adnan Menderes University JSE, and even all processes after its publication, and the Editorial Board knows this responsibility. This responsibility includes considering only the public interest in decisions made on issues related to the journal; It requires making decisions independently, without considering personal gain. The relationship between the publisher and the Editorial Board is based on the principle of independence; all decisions taken by the editors are independent of the publisher and other persons and organizations.

The Editorial Board strives to constantly improve the Journal and increase the quality of its publication. It also ensures the determination and implementation of journal policies such as publication, blind review process, evaluation process, and ethical principles. The Editorial Board protects the copyright of the authors of articles published in Aydın Adnan Menderes University JSE and is responsible for taking measures regarding intellectual property rights, unscientific-unethical behavior, plagiarism, and citation fraud during the article and journal publication process. The Editorial Board prepares a "Writing Rules" containing the information requirements of the author(s) and a "Reviewer evaluation guide" containing the information that the reviewers will need during the evaluation phase, and updates it when necessary. The Editorial Board determines policies that motivate reviewers and author(s) and keeps the records of each article and correspondence related to the journal electronically.

ETHICAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EDITORS AND FIELD EDITORS

Editors and field editors of Aydın Adnan Menderes University Journal of Science and Engineering Sciences, "Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE) Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors"; "Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "COPE Best Practice" "Guidelines for Journal Editors" must have the ethical duties and responsibilities specified in these guides, in line with the guidelines and policies published in open access. These duties and responsibilities are summarized below.

• Editors strive to meet the information needs of reviewers, author(s), researchers, practitioners and readers, to provide feedback when necessary, and to act following the principles of openness in matters requiring correction and clarification during the publication process.

• When deciding to publish articles, editors take care to ensure that the articles are original and contribute to the scientific literature, readers, researchers and practitioners.

• When making positive or negative decisions about articles, editors take into consideration the original value of the articles, their contribution to the field, the validity and reliability of the research method, the clarity of expression, and the purpose and scope of the journal.

• Editors take the submitted articles to the preliminary evaluation stage as long as there are no serious problems, take into account the positive reviewer suggestions, and do not change the decisions made by the previous editor(s) unless there are serious problems.

• Editors implement the blind peer-review and evaluation process policies that are among the journal's publication policies, keep the identity information of the reviewers confidential, and ensure that each article is evaluated impartially and within due time.

• Editors send articles by taking into account the field editors and reviewers' areas of expertise, and support unbiased and independent evaluations.

• Editors are responsible for guiding the reviewers during the article evaluation process and providing the information they request.

• The editor is obliged to conceal the identity information of the author and reviewer due to blind peer-review process.

• Editors are responsible for taking precautions against relationships and conflicts of interest that may arise between the author(s), reviewers and third parties in order to complete the impartial and independent evaluation processes of the articles.

• Editors seek to ensure that the reviewer pool is constantly updated and consists of a wide range.

• Editors must take into account the opinions and suggestions of the advisory board about the articles.

• The decisions editors make about the article should be independent of the journal owner and the publisher.

• Editors are responsible for observing the journal publishing principles, journal objectives and international standards in the articles to be published in the journal.

• Editors are responsible for not transferring the personal information of the article author(s) to third parties without their consent.

• Editors prevent peer-review process that do not comply with academic etiquette and are not scientific.

• Editors ensure that journal publication processes are carried out following publication policies and guidelines, inform those in charge of the developments in publication policies during the process, and prepare training programs when necessary.

• Editors communicate effectively with everyone involved in the publication process and hold meetings at regular intervals.

• Editors ensure the protection of personal data in the articles evaluated. They protect the individual data of authors, reviewers and readers.

• Editors pay attention to the protection of human and animal rights in articles. They care about documenting the explicit consent of the participants of the article. The ethics committee approval of the participants of the article is responsible for rejecting the article when they do not have permission for experimental research.

• Editors take precautions against abuse of power. When there are complaints about abuse of power, it conducts an objective investigation and shares the relevant findings.

• Editors ensure that errors, inconsistencies or misguidance in articles are corrected.

• Editors protect the intellectual property rights of published articles and defend the rights of the journal and the author(s) in case of violation.

• They also take the necessary precautions to ensure that the content of the published articles does not violate the intellectual property rights of other publications. They check the originality and similarity.

• Editors take into account consistent criticisms of the articles published in the Journal and give the author(s) of the criticized articles the right to respond.

• Editors also consider studies containing negative results.

• Editors are responsible for providing clear and informative answers to complaints from reviewers, authors and readers.

• If situations such as manipulation, distortion and use of fabricated data are detected in the data used in the articles, the article will be rejected.

• Our journal has the right to request output files of the analysis results from the authors, based on the feedback given by the editor and/or reviewers.

ETHICAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF REVİEWERS

In the Aydın Adnan Menderes University JSE article evaluation process, a two-way blind peer-review principle is applied in which the author(s) do not know the reviewers and the reviewers do not know the authors. The reviewers cannot communicate directly with the authors. Article evaluation forms, notes on the text and correction requests are forwarded to the author(s) by the editors through the journal management system. Reviewers who will evaluate the articles applied to Aydın Adnan Menderes University JSE must bear the following ethical responsibilities.

• Reviewers must agree to evaluate only articles related to their expertise.

• Reviewers must make the evaluation impartially and confidentially.

• Reviewers should destroy the articles sent to them after the evaluation process and use them only after they are published.

• Nationality, gender, religious belief, political belief and commercial concerns should not compromise the impartiality of the evaluation.

• When reviewers realize that there is a conflict of interest, they must refuse to evaluate the article and inform the editors.

• Reviewers should constructively make the evaluation, following academic etiquette. Personal comments and expressions that contain insults, slander and hostility should be avoided.

• Reviewers must evaluate the article they have accepted to evaluate within the required time.

ETHICAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF AUTHORS

• Author(s) cannot follow the process for the same article in two journals at the same time. When the process is completed in one journal and the article is rejected, the article can be sent to the other journal. An article published in another journal cannot be sent to Aydın Adnan Menderes University Journal of Science and Engineering.

• Author(s) must prepare and submit their work original to Aydın Adnan Menderes University Journal of Science and Engineering.

• The author(s) must accurately and completely cite the sources they used while writing the article, in line with ethical principles.

• The names of people who did not contribute to the article should not be written as authors, and changing the author order of an article applied for publication, removing or adding authors should not be recommended.

• If there is a need for operations such as adding authors, changing the author order, or removing authors to an article whose evaluation process has started in the Aydın Adnan Menderes University Journal of Science and Engineering, an application can be made to the journal management with the approval of all Author(s). The journal management reviews the application and notifies the responsible author of the decision.

• People who have a conflict of interest regarding the article applied for publication must notify the editors and explain.

• During the evaluation process, the editor, reviewer and field editor may request information or raw data from the author(s) regarding their articles. Therefore, the author(s) should have the information or raw data of their articles ready to present.

• The author(s) must document that they have received permission to use the data they use in their articles, permissions for research and analysis, or the approval of the participants on whom they conducted research.

• When the author(s) notice an error regarding their article, which is at the evaluation and early appearance stage or published electronically, they must contact the editor to inform, correct or withdraw.

• The author(s) have received ethics committee approval for research that requires collecting data through quantitative or qualitative methods such as experiments, surveys, scales, interviews, observations, focus group studies, which require ethics committee decision; The name of the ethics committee, decision date and number should be stated in the "Ethical Approval" section of the candidate article, and the document showing the ethics committee decision should be uploaded to the system together with the application of the article.

• The author(s) must present evidence in the article that they have paid attention to ethical principles during the data collection process (such as obtaining permission from others to use their documents such as scales, surveys, photographs).

• Articles must state that research and publication ethics and copyright regulations for intellectual and artistic works are complied with.

• If the research was conducted on human and animal subjects, it should be stated that the research was carried out in accordance with international declarations, guidelines, etc.

• Ethics committee approval is not required from the author(s) for review articles. However, in articles that do not require an ethics committee decision, it should be stated in the "Ethical Approval" section of the article that an ethics committee decision is not required.

• Each article submitted for evaluation for publication is checked for plagiarism by assistant editors using iThenticate software.

• If the similarity index (SI) of the article is over 20%, excluding the Reference sections, and the single source similarity rate is over 5%, it is sent back to the relevant author to reduce it below these rates.

• If plagiarism is proven after publication of the relevant article, the article will be immediately withdrawn and removed from the website. In such a case, the articles of the relevant authors will be considered unsuitable for publication in the Aydın Adnan Menderes University Journal of Science and Engineering for five years.

• If errors or inaccuracies are found about the article in any of the pre-checking, evaluation, editing and publication stages, the author(s) must inform the journal management to correct or withdraw the article.

REPORTING ANY SITUATION THAT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH ETHICAL PRINCIPLES TO THE EDITOR

In case of behavior that does not comply with the ethical principles regarding editors, reviewers, authors at Aydın Adnan Menderes University JSE, or an unethical situation regarding an article in the evaluation process, in early view or published, it should be reported via e-mail to fbedergi@adu.edu.tr

AYDIN ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PUBLICATION POLICY

Open Access Policy

Articles published in Aydın Adnan Menderes University Journal of Science and Engineering are available in full text as open access on our journal page. We think that this situation will contribute more to science.

Privacy Statement

The articles published on the website of Aydın Adnan Menderes University Journal of Science and Engineering and the confidential information of the articles under evaluation will be used only for the stated purposes of the journal. It will not be made available for any other purpose or for the use of other persons.

Evaluation Policy

In all evaluation stages of articles sent to Aydın Adnan Menderes University Journal of Science and Engineering, the identities of the article authors and the reviewers who evaluate the article are hidden by double blind peer-review process. Two positive reviewer reports are required for articles to be published.

The publication review process of the studies submitted to Aydın Adnan Menderes University Journal of Science and Engineering is expected to be completed in 6 months. However, this period does not include the period during which the editor or reviewers ask the author(s) to edit and the time during which the author(s) completes the editing. Corrections cannot be made to a published article. However, if the author requests correction, a short correction text may be published in the issue following the correction request.

Publication Fee

In accordance with Aydın Adnan Menderes University JSE Publication Rules, article submission and publication fees are not charged from authors. Article submission to our journal is free.

Archiving

All articles published by Aydın Adnan Menderes University JSE are archived on the DERGİPARK system as full text, the contents of the journal, cover page and full issue files, and are made available to all users.

Advertising and Sponsorship

Aydın Adnan Menderes University JSE does not accept any advertisements or sponsorships and does not include them on its broadcast page.

Plagiarism policy

Articles sent to Aydın Adnan Menderes University JSE are checked for plagiarism, excluding sources, with the "iThenticate Plagiarism Detection" software, which is available for personal use by the Author(s). In the checks carried out, the similarity rate must be below 20% (excluding Sources) and the single source similarity rate must not exceed 5%.

Studies requiring Ethics Committee Permission/legal/special permission

In accordance with Aydın Adnan Menderes University JSE publication rules, in studies that require Ethics Committee Permission/legal/special permission, the statement indicating where, in what scope, on which date and issue number the Ethics Committee Permission was obtained must be stated in the article when submitting the article to the Journal.

Research requiring Ethics Committee permission is as follows.

• All kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require collecting data from participants using survey, interview, focus group study, observation, experiment and interview techniques.

• Use of humans and animals (including materials/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,

• Clinical studies conducted on humans,

• Research conducted on animals,

• Retrospective studies in accordance with the personal data protection law,

Moreover;

• Obtaining and specifying permission from the owners for the use of scales, surveys and photographs belonging to others,

• Stating that copyright regulations are complied with for the ideas and artistic works used

Copyright Transfer Agreement

Author(s) in all articles sent to Aydın Adnan Menderes University JSE are required to sign the "Copyright Transfer Agreement", the content of which is stated below. This contract text should be downloaded on the article submission page, signed by all Author(s), scanned in PDF format and uploaded to the system.

1. All broadcasting rights belong to Aydın Adnan Menderes University JSE,

2. It complies with the writing and publication rules specified by the journal,

3. The article is original and has not been previously published in Turkish or a foreign language at home or abroad, or is not under evaluation for publication,

4. Scientific and ethical responsibility belongs to us, if the other Author(s) cannot be reached; I accept and declare that all Author(s) are aware of the study and that I assume the responsibilities of the other Author(s) as the first author of the article.