Bozok Veterinary Sciences

Purpose

In Bozok Veterinary Sciences, by publishing original research articles, case reports, reviews, short papers and letters to the editor with current and original value prepared in the fields of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Veterinary Preclinical Sciences, Veterinary Basic Sciences, Food Hygiene and Technology, Animal Science and Animal Nutrition. It is aimed to contribute to national and universal science. 

Scope

Bozok Veterinary Sciences is the scientific publication of Yozgat Bozok University and is published twice a year, in June and December. The abbreviated name of the journal is Bozok Vet Sci. Bozok Veterinary Sciences, which will start its publication life in 2020, will be published as a peer-reviewed and scientific periodical.

WRITING RULES
The responsibilities of the articles belong to their authors.
In order for the submitted manuscript to be published, it must be approved by the advisors appointed by the editorial board.
No fee or compensation is paid for the articles published in the journal.
Unaccepted manuscripts and their appendices will not be returned unless otherwise stated.
The publication languages of the journal are Turkish and English.
At the beginning of the publication, the Turkish “Abstract” and the English “Abstract” sections should be included. The abstract section should not exceed 200 words.
A plain and understandable writing language should be used in the text, a scientific writing style should be adopted, unnecessary repetitions should be avoided and abbreviations should be defined where they are first used.
If accepted for publication in Bozok Veterinary Sciences, the "Copyright Form - Copyright Transfer Agreement", which includes the declarations regarding the transfer of all kinds of publication rights, must be signed by the responsible author and sent in pdf format.
Responsibility for the "ethics committee approval" of the studies submitted to the journal belongs to the authors. However, the Editor reserves the right to request an ethics committee document from the authors when necessary.
All authors in the article are required to upload the ORCID ID (Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier) registration number information, which is a scientific researcher identification system, to the system at the time of submitting the article. ORCID ID registration can be done free of charge at http://orcid.org.
The author specified in the correspondence address; He/She is responsible for all correspondence, changes to the article (including the number and order of the author) and correction of the printing proof of the articles accepted for publication.


Electronic submission: Manuscripts should be submitted fully electronically in order to speed up the publication review process.
Studies to be published; It should be written in Microsoft Word 6.0 or higher, in Times Roman font, 12 points, double-spaced, with 3 cm margins on all sides of the page, and with line numbers starting from the first page.
Information about the authors in the study should be presented separately from the "Title Page" and "Main Document". It should be preferred that the original research and review articles should not exceed 16 pages, the literature list should not exceed 30 if possible, and the number of figures and tables should not exceed 8. Short papers and case reports should not exceed 10 pages.
Manuscripts sent to Bozok Veterinary Sciences should be arranged in the following order (Title, Abstract, Text, References, Tables and Figures), Tables and Figures should be indicated on separate pages.
Studies submitted to the journal should consist of an Abstract(TR-ENG), Abstract (TR-ENG), Introduction, Material and Method, Results, Discussion and Conclusion, and References. Introduction, Material and Method, Results, Discussion and Conclusion sections should be numbered (1. Introduction, 2. Material and Method, 3. Findings, 4. Discussion and Conclusion). Sub-headings should be numbered sequentially as 1.1., 1.2.,. The references section should not be numbered.


Title: The title should be short, clear, in all capital letters and appropriate for the text. Especially in the electronic submission, only the title of the article (without giving the author and institution address) should be written. This method is applied to ensure that the articles are evaluated impartially by experts.


Abstract: In Turkish articles, there should be an abstract in Turkish and English. Turkish abstracts are also required for English articles. The abstract should not be longer than 250 words; should include the purpose, material and method, findings and conclusion. 4-6 keywords should be given under the abstract. Turkish keywords should be given in accordance with "Turkish Science Terms (TBT)" (See http://www.bilimterimleri.com). English keywords should be given in accordance with "Medical Subject Headings (MESH)" (See http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html).


Text: In research articles; Introduction, Material and Method, Results and Discussion and Conclusion sections, in case reports; There should be an Introduction, Case Report, Discussion and Conclusion sections. Chapter titles should be written in lowercase letters with the first letter capitalized. "Systeme International (SI)" units should be used in manuscripts. The summary prepared for the review articles should consist of information about the subject of the review and the purpose of the review. The review article should start with "Introduction", continue with subheadings to be determined by the author/s, and should be completed with "Conclusion" and "References".


Symbols, units and abbreviations: Our journal accepts the system specified by Scientific Style and Format, The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, Council of Science Editors, Reston, VA, USA (7th ed.). Symbols such as ×, µ, η, or ν should be selected from the MS Word symbol list and used. To display the degree (°) symbol; It should not be done by showing the letter "O" or the number "0" as a superscript, it should be preferred to use from the symbol menu. Symbol menu (×) should be used, not the product letter “x”. Numbers, units, and mathematical symbols (+, –, ×, =, <, >) should be followed by a space (e.g. 3 kg), not a percent sign (e.g. 45%). Latin et al., in vitro or in situ terms should not be shown in italics.
References: References should be indicated in the text with numbers in parentheses. If more than one source is to be cited, it should be stated in the same parenthesis, eg (3,5,7-11). Reference should be made in the text for each of the sources in the literature list. In references with more than five authors, "et al." suffix should be used, and it should be written in the following systematic, paying attention to the punctuation marks and spelling rules.


If the source is a periodical; Durmuş İ, Demirtaş ŞE, Can M, Kalebaşı S. Determining egg consumption habits in Ankara. Tavukçuluk Araştırma Dergisi 2007; 7: 42-45 (article in Turkish with English abstract).
Aslam B, Wang W, Arshad MI, Khurshid M, Muzammil S et al. Antibiotic resistance: a rundown of a global crisis. Infection and Drug Resistance 2018; 11: 1645-1658. doi: 10.2147/IDR. S173867.

If the source is a chapter from the edited book; Gay CC, Besser TE. Escherichia coli septicemia in calves. Gyles CL. eds. In: Escherichia Coli in Domestic Animals and Humans. Wallingford: CAB International, 1994; pp.75-90.

If the sourcebook; Varley H, Gowenlock AH, Bell M. Practical Clinical Biochemistry. Fifth Edition. London: William Heinemann Medical Books Ltd, 1984; p. 685.


If the source is an edited book; Constable PD, Hinckliff KW, Done SH, Grunberg W. Veterinary Medicine. Eleventh Edition. London: W.B. Saunders Company, 2017; p.57.


If the source is the congress notice; Kirbas A, Degirmencay S., Kilinc AA, Eroglu MS. Increased cardiac troponin-I concentration and cardiac enzyme activities in neonatal calves with sepsis. Second International Veterinary Internal Medicine Congress. October, 11-13, 2019; Ankara-Türkiye


If the source is thesis; : Kırbaş A. Elâzığ, Samsun, Sivas, Tokat ve Yozgat illerindeki sığır ve koyunlarda Kırım Kongo Kanamalı Ateş virüs enfeksiyonunun seroprevalansının araştırılması, Doktora tezi, Fırat Üniv Sağ Bil Ens, Elâzığ 2009; s.1-2. (thesis in Turkish with an English abstract).


Web-based access should not be cited as a source.


Tables; After the references part, each table should be given on a separate page. Only the first letters of table titles should be capitalized. Table headings should be above the table and numbered as Table 1. (Table 1.). Inside and side guidelines should not be used in tables. Descriptive information and explanations should be placed below the tables.


Figures; every picture, graphic, and drawing; should be accepted as figures and written like Figure 1. (Figure 1.), each one should be given on a separate page. Descriptive information and explanations should be placed under the figure and the figure's name. Pictures must be at 300 dpi resolution.

The prepress proof of the publication is sent to the corresponding author and it is requested to be checked and returned to the journal within three days.

For each publication, the relevant issue of Bozok Veterinary Sciences is sent to the corresponding author. PDF-type full-text files of the articles can be accessed from the journal's web page.

Publication Ethics

Sources used in the article; The source used first in the text should be numbered 1. It should also be presented with this numbering in the references section of the article.
If there are institutions or organizations that provide support to the research that is the subject of the article, a superscript asterisk should be placed at the end of the article title, and the necessary explanation should be made in the footnotes of the first page of the article.
The articles sent to the journal for publication are checked with an appropriate program in terms of similarity with the articles published in different journals and various internet resources. Articles with 20% or more similarity as a result of the control are rejected.
Articles found to be using fake data in any way will be rejected.
Articles previously published in another journal are not taken into consideration.
The legal responsibility arising from the content of the work published in the journal belongs entirely to the author(s).
Works submitted for publication cannot be returned whether published or not.
The legal obligations of the journal, which is the content of the journal, belong to the authors.
In order for any article made within the borders of Turkey and converted into an article on diseases accepted as compulsory to be reported by the Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to be evaluated in the journal, the permission letter obtained from the Ministry must be submitted to the editorial office together with the article.

Ethical Principles

For studies on clinical and experimental animals that require an ethics committee decision, ethics committee approval should be obtained for studies conducted in all disciplines, this approval should be determined and documented in the article.
Under this heading, the referee, author and editor should be informed about ethical rules under separate headings.
Scientific studies based on animal experiments sent to Bozok Veterinary Sciences Journal for publication; In the Materials and Methods section of the article, the statement “Approval of the Local Ethics Committee has been obtained” or “The principles of the Local Ethics Committee have been complied with” should be included. If the approval of the Local Ethics Committee has been obtained, the Author(s) should indicate the institution and approval number from which the ethics committee approval has been obtained.

Studies submitted to the journal should not have been published anywhere before. Our journal follows a free publication policy. Our journal is open-access and published online.

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