Writing Rules

Celal Bayar University Journal of Science (CBUJOS) welcomes authors from all over the world to share their innovative research and findings.
Abstract
In this section, a brief summary of the purpose, main findings, results and innovative aspects of the present study should be written. The abstract should be justified and written in Times New Roman font in 8 font size. The abstract should contain approximately 100-250 words and no abbreviations or excerpts should be used. The number of keywords should be between 3 and 7.

Introduction
In the introduction part; the aim of the study and related literature studies should be given comprehensively. Abbreviations should be defined in parentheses in full at their first occurrence in the text. Differences and / or similarities of the methods and results used in the present study with the methods and results of other studies should be emphasized.
The introduction part should be written in double column, using Times New Roman font and 10 font size. The introduction part should be written with single line spacing and each page page should be numbered. The italics can also be used for emphasis.


Page Format and Layout
Please submit your article prepared according to article template.
Only initial letters of the names and surnames of the authors should be capitalized in Times New Roman font and 10 font size. Affiliations of the authors must be given in order of appearance and each individual affiliation must be given in a separate row. Please clearly indicate the given name(s) and family name(s) of each author in a separate row. Provide the e-mail address of the corresponding author after the affiliations of authors. 8 pt space should be left between the e-mail address of the corresponding author and the line containing the article date information.

Titles
The main title of the article should be in bold Times New Roman font with size equal to 15pt. The initial letters of the article title should be capitalized. All titles should be written in Times New Roman font. The headings of the first level should be in bold type, justified to the left and 10 font size, and the initials of the subheadings in the title should be capitalized. The second, third and fourth level subheadings should be written in the same format.

Fonts
Main text should be written in Times New Roman font and 10 font size, justified. In special cases, bold characters should be used to make a stronger emphasis.

Equations
Equations can be given in separate lines and / or in text if necessary. All equations should be written in MS-Word® and the equations should be expressed in one line as much as possible. The numbers and their related units used in the text should be on the same line and a period should be used as a decimal point separator. If each of the equations is written on a separate line, each equation should be numbered in separate parentheses. Equations should be given in separate cells as indicated in the template; the equation in the first cell should be centered while the equation number in the second cell should be justified to the right. The left and right margins of the cells must be zero. Equations which do not fit in a single line can be expressed in two or more lines.

Figures
All figures (including graphics, photographs, etc.) should be placed on the right side of the manuscript and numbered consecutively according to their appearance in the text. Figures captions with the same numbered should be shown in lower case letters (a, b, c, etc.). If the figure presented is too large to fit in a single column, it can be given to cover two columns. However, the figure that covers the entire page width must be given at the beginning or end of the page. Each figure in the article should contain a “Figure Caption” ve and figure captions should be written under the each figure. Any references to previously published figures should be cited.

Tables
All tables should be added as Word file with the format specified in the template. Tables should be placed next to the relevant text in the manuscript. All tables should be numbered consecutively according to their appearance in the text. “Table Caption” should be placed above the related table. The asterisks given for footnotes, explanations of superscripts and other statistical data should be placed under the related table. If any previously published table is re-cited, the original source should be cited at the end of the Table caption.

Acknowledgment
Acknowledgments should be written in Times New Roman font and 10 font size.
Authors can state the technical assistance, the institutions and / or organizations providing financial support during the realization of the study and their thanks in this section. The names of the institutions and / or organizations providing financial support should be written in full. Since the evaluation of the articles is based on the Double Blind Review Process, the text of “Acknowledgments“ should be added after the acceptance of manuscript for the publication.

References
References should be written in Times New Roman font and 8 font size.
References should be written in Times New Roman font and 8 font size. The full names of the journals in italic should be written. Any citations of published or accepted works for publication should be indicated in square brackets. In references cited with the names of the authors; the number of the reference must also be given in square brackets. For example; Barnaby and Jones [8] obtained a different result. The term of "et.al." should only be used after two authors. References in square brackets in the text should be listed in the order in which they appear in the References section.                                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                                   

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