WRITING RULES OF AN ARTICLE

Page size, count and margins

A4 format, Left: 3, Right: 2cm, Top: 3 and Bottom: 2cm.

Page numbers

Page numbers should be given in the middle of the bottom of the page.

Line spaces

Line spacing should be 0 pt (pt) and 1 line space.

Text

It should be written in Times New Roman (TNR) character with 12 points, left and right justified, single-spaced. One character space must be left after the period and comma.

Paragraphs

One line space should be left between each paragraph, and the Tab key should not be used at the beginning of the paragraph. Paragraphs should not be preceded.

Title of the Article

The first letter of each word should be capitalized, centered on the top line of the page, bold, Times New Roman, 14 points.

Authors

There should be 1 line space between the title of the article and the authors, and between the authors and the address. The order of contributions of the authors should be given in superscript. TNR 12 point characters should be used in the writing of the authors and the name/surname should be written in the middle with the first letter capitalized.

Address

Addresses should be centered with TNR 10 pt character, according to the order of contribution of the authors.

Turkish/English Abstracts

After 1 line of space is left from the addresses, the word Abstract should be written in TNR font, 12 points, bold and left aligned. The abstract should be written in TNR font, 12 points. The abstract should contain a minimum of 250 and a maximum of 400 words. One line space should be left between the abstract word and the abstract text. Turkish articles should contain English abstracts and English articles should contain Turkish abstracts. After the Turkish abstract, 2 lines of space are given and the English title of the article should be given. The English abstract of the article should be given by leaving 1 line space after the abstract title. The English abstract should contain a minimum of 250 and a maximum of 400 words.

Keywords

'Keywords' should be written in Times New Roman, 12 font size, with 1 line space left under the Turkish abstract and the English abstract, respectively. A maximum of 6 keywords should be used, keywords should be given in lower case and in alphabetical order with a comma between them.

Main topics

Main Titles should be numbered in order (such as 1. Introduction 2. Material and Methods). All headings should be left aligned, Times New Roman, 12 points, bold and the first letter of each word should be capitalized. One line space should be left before and after the main headings.

Subheadings

Sub-headings should be numbered in order (such as 2.1. Material and method). All sub-headings should be left aligned, Times New Roman, 12 points, bold and only the first letter of the first word should be capitalized. There should be 1 line space between a superscript and a subheading, and a space of 1 line between the subheading and its own text.

Tables

The first letter of the table titles should be capitalized and the other letters should be lowercase. Table numbers should be numbered according to the section they belong to (the first table of the 2nd section should be Table 2.1). The table must have column lines. Line spacing should not be left between the head of the table and the table. The table number and explanation should be justified.

Figures

The first letter of the figure titles should be written in capitals and the other letters should be written in lowercase. Figure numbers should be numbered according to the section they belong to (the first figure of the 2nd section should be Figure 2.1). Line spacing should not be left between the figure and the head of the figure. Figure number and description should be justified.

References in the Text

When citing references in the text, only the surname of the author should be written and the publication date of the document should be specified. Example: (Holtz, 1968) or Holtz (1969). If more than one source is to be cited in the text, a semicolon (;) should be placed between each source. Ex. (Holtz, 1968; Holtz, 1969). If a source with more than two authors is to be cited, give the first author and "et al." should be used.

References

The "References" section should be written in alphabetical order of the surnames of the authors. If there is more than one author, (,) should be used instead of “and” among the authors. The year of the publication should be used in parentheses after the names of the authors and a (.). After the publication year, the publication name and source should be given. The source should be written in italics and the first letter of each word should be capitalized when writing the title of the source. If the source is internet-based, the access date should be used at the end in parentheses and in plain text. If the source is an article or a chapter from a book published in the journal, page numbers should be given at the end of the bibliography. The second and subsequent lines of each reference should be left indented.

Examples:

Gude VG. (2016). Desalination and Sustainability – An Appraisal and Current Perspective, Water Research, 89, 87-106.
Lee H., Tan. TP. (2016). Singapore’s experience with reclaimed water: NeWater, International Journal of Water Resources Development, 32 (4), 611-621.
OECD statistics, (2017). http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/environment/oecd-environmental-outlook-to-2050_9789264122246-en, (Access date: 11.10.2018).
URL-1. https://www.pub.gov.sg/watersupply/singaporewaterstory, (Access date: 3.4.2019).

Ethical principles for publication is necessary to provide high-quality scientific publications, to ensure reader confidence in scientific findings, and to ensure that people's ideas/works are valuable.

Plagiarism
Journal of Sustainable Environment undertakes to publish articles that have not been published elsewhere. Manuscripts found to be plagiarized from an article by the authors, whether published or unpublished, will be subject to plagiarism results. All articles are checked for plagiarism and articles with a high plagiarism rate are rejected.

Duplicate Submission
Articles that are found to be published or under evaluation elsewhere are referred to as duplicate publications. If authors have used their own previously published work or work currently being evaluated as the basis for a submitted article, they are required to cite their previous work and indicate that the article they submitted offers new contributions over previous work.

Citation Manipulation
Articles that are found to contain references whose primary purpose is to increase the number of citations to a particular author's work or to articles published in a particular journal are considered to be citation manipulation and the manuscripts are rejected.

Data Fabrication and Misleading
Articles found to have fabricated or falsified experimental results, including manipulation of images, will be rejected for data generation and falsification reasons.

Inappropriate Author Contribution or Attribution
All authors are expected to have made a significant scientific contribution to the research in the article. Individuals who have made significant scientific contributions, including students and laboratory technicians, are required to be cited as authors.

Slicing of Study
It is inappropriate to divide the results of a study into several articles for the purpose of further publication.

In the event of the above issues, the publisher reserves the right to impose additional sanctions beyond those described above.