Submitted articles must consist of four separate files: “Cover Page”, “Manuscript Template" , “Plagiarism Report”, and “Copyright Transfer Form". Please refer to the Author Guide section for the Writing Guide.

ARTICLE EVALUATION PROCESSES
Articles submitted to the Journal of Erciyes Agriculture and Animal Science must be original and not previously published anywhere (except for articles presented at scientific meetings and only published as abstracts) or submitted for publication elsewhere. If original research articles are derived from master's or doctoral theses, authors must state this in the acknowledgments and information section of the article. The author(s) are responsible for all aspects of the scientific content of articles published in the journal. Review articles are limited to a maximum of 5 articles per issue.
ARTICLE SUBMISSION
Articles to the Journal of Erciyes Agriculture and Animal Science Journal are submitted via https://dergipark.org.tr

ARTICLE REVIEW PROCESSES
Blind Peer Review
All articles submitted to the Journal of Erciyes Agriculture and Animal Sciences are reviewed using a double-blind peer review process, with the identities of both the authors and the reviewers kept confidential. Therefore, author information should not be included when uploading the article. Author information should be provided in a separate file on the cover page.

Review
Articles submitted to the Journal of Erciyes Agriculture and Animal Sciences for review are pre-reviewed by the Editor-in-Chief in accordance with the publication guidelines. The Editor-in-Chief reserves the right to return articles to the author(s) without sending them for pre-review if they are deemed unsuitable for publication. Articles submitted to the Journal of Erciyes Agriculture and Animal Sciences are pre-reviewed by assistant editors according to the publication guidelines, writing rules, and ethical guidelines specified on our Dergipark page. Articles that do not comply with any of these rules are resent to the authors for correction. If the author fails to make corrections to the Erciyes Journal of Agriculture and Animal Sciences' publication principles, writing rules, and ethical guidelines within 20 days, the article may be rejected. Articles that pass the preliminary review stage are sent to the evaluation stage by the assistant editors. If the submitted article is deemed to have a satisfactory scientific content and adherence to the Journal of Erciyes Agriculture and Animal Sciences' publication principles, writing rules, and ethical guidelines, it is sent to the field editor for evaluation, taking into account the recommendation of our advisory board. The field editor may reject articles with weak scientific content and those that do not comply with ethical guidelines, or, if the scientific content is strong and compliance with ethical guidelines is accepted, it will be sent to at least two expert reviewers for review in terms of format, content, originality, and contribution to international literature and science/technology. The field editor may also send the article to a language editor and a statistics editor for review. Furthermore, articles that do not comply with writing rules or have inadequate language are returned to the author(s) for correction. Authors are advised to have their English articles reviewed by a linguist before submitting them. Articles that meet the specified requirements and are deemed suitable for peer review are sent to at least two or more reviewers for consideration. Authors must propose at least three potential reviewers who are experts in the relevant field and not from the same institution as the author(s). Reviewers are given 15 (fifteen) days to accept the article for review and 20 (twenty) days to complete their review. During this period, revisions made by the reviewers are sent to the editor, who then sends them to the author. After making the revisions, the author must complete the editing process by marking the corrected areas and uploading the article file and the response to the reviewers' comments file. After this process, the article goes to the editor's review. The editor sends the article to any reviewers who wish to see the revisions. After receiving the reviewers' feedback, the editor informs the editor-in-chief of their decision regarding the article. The author(s) are solely responsible for the scientific content of the articles to be published in the journal. The "Copyright Form" must be signed by all authors and uploaded as a separate attachment by the corresponding author to the journal's online submission system along with the article. All authors must be registered in the DergiPark system, and when uploading the article to the system, the names of all authors, their institutional addresses, email addresses, and ORCID ID numbers must be entered completely in the metadata section. If any of the authors are not registered in the DergiPark system, the article will be pending and editor assignment cannot be completed. In addition, the abstract and references of the article must be entered in the metadata section. If any of the aforementioned information is missing, the article will be returned to the corresponding author for completion. For human survey and animal experimental or clinical studies, ethical committee approval must be obtained, this approval must be stated in the article, and the ethics committee report must be attached when the article is submitted. Authors cannot be added or changed after the article has been accepted. Articles requiring revision after peer review will be electronically sent to the author(s) via the DergiPark system. Authors must consider the reviewers' comments and explain each comment and criticism individually. They must also prepare a detailed explanation if they disagree with the reviewers' criticisms. Corrections to articles that have passed the peer review process must be uploaded to the system along with a list of corrections within 30 days at the latest to complete the article revision process.

Bibliography Writing Style (APA 6.0 Version)
The journal uses the APA (6.0) style as the bibliography writing guideline, and authors are expected to prepare their articles in accordance with the following bibliography writing guidelines. Authors should definitely read the bibliography writing guidelines and publication principles before submitting their articles and prepare their articles according to these rules and principles. For more detailed information on citation, you can click here. American Psychological Association. (2012). APA style guide to electronic references (6th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Retrieved from: https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4210512

Editing
The article accepted during the evaluation phase reaches this stage. During this process, the article is formatted according to the journal. First, the formatted version of the article is sent to the authors. Authors check the final version of the article and report any corrections to the editing editors. The revised article is sent to the typesetting stage.

Withdrawal of Articles
Articles submitted to the Erciyes Journal of Agriculture and Animal Sciences cannot be withdrawn during the writing review stage or after acceptance for publication. If the article is not in one of these stages, the corresponding author must submit a request signed by all authors, scanned and sent as a PDF to the Dergipark system during the author processing or to the journal's email address (erciyestarimvehayvanbilimlerid@gmail.com). The editor-in-chief and assistant editors of the Journal of Erciyes Agriculture and Animal Sciences will notify the corresponding author after approving the withdrawal request. Authors cannot submit their work to another journal for review until the withdrawal request is approved.

Article Layout and Typesetting Stage
Articles under editing are prepared according to the Journal of Erciyes Agriculture and Animal Sciences typesetting format. Before the article is officially published, a PDF proof copy of the accepted article is sent to the corresponding author for review. The corresponding author is asked to review the proof copy and approve its publication within a certain period (usually 2 days). This is an important step in the publication process, as it allows the author to catch any errors or make final changes before the article is published.
Once the revision process is complete, the article is published online as an "early view article," meaning it is made available to readers before its planned publication in the journal's issue. This allows readers to access the latest research as soon as it is published.

DOI Number Assignment and Publication Stage
After the typesetting and author checks of the article are completed, a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) number is obtained, and the article is placed on our journal page as an early view or published article for all users to see.

Gönderilen makaleler “Kapak Sayfası”, “El yazması şablonu”, “İntihal Raporu” ve “Telif Hakkı Devir Formu” olmak üzere dört ayrı dosyadan oluşmalıdır. Yazım Kılavuzu için Yazar Rehberi bölümünü inceleyebilirsiniz.

Erciyes Tarım ve Hayvan Bilimleri Dergisi'ne hakem değerlendirmesi için gönderilen makaleler, yayın kılavuzuna uygun olarak Baş Editör tarafından ön incelemeye tabi tutulur. Baş Editör, yayına uygun bulunmayan makaleleri ön incelemeye göndermeden yazar(lar)a iade etme hakkını saklı tutar. Erciyes Tarım ve Hayvan Bilimleri Dergisi'ne gönderilen makaleler, Dergipark sayfamızda belirtilen yayın kılavuzu, yazım kuralları ve etik kurallara göre yardımcı editörler tarafından ön incelemeye tabi tutulur. Bu kurallardan herhangi birine uymayan makaleler, düzeltme için yazarlara tekrar gönderilir. Yazar, Erciyes Tarım ve Hayvan Bilimleri Dergisi'nin yayın ilkelerine, yazım kurallarına ve etik kurallarına ilişkin düzeltmeleri 20 gün içinde yapmazsa, makale reddedilebilir. Ön inceleme aşamasını geçen makaleler, yardımcı editörler tarafından değerlendirme aşamasına gönderilir. Gönderilen makalenin bilimsel içeriğinin tatmin edici olduğu ve Erciyes Tarım ve Hayvan Bilimleri Dergisi'nin yayın ilkelerine, yazım kurallarına ve etik yönergelerine uyduğu tespit edilirse, danışma kurulumuzun tavsiyesi de dikkate alınarak, değerlendirme için alan editörüne gönderilir. Alan editörü, zayıf bilimsel içeriğe sahip ve etik yönergelere uymayan makaleleri reddedebilir; ancak bilimsel içeriği güçlü ve etik yönergelere uygunluğu kabul edilebilir ise, format, içerik, özgünlük ve uluslararası literatüre ve bilim/teknolojiye katkı açısından en az iki uzman hakeme inceleme için gönderilebilir. Alan editörü ayrıca makaleyi bir dil editörüne ve bir istatistik editörüne de inceleme için gönderebilir. Ayrıca, yazım kurallarına uymayan veya yetersiz dil içeren makaleler düzeltme için yazar(lar)a iade edilir. Yazarların İngilizce makalelerini göndermeden önce bir dilbilimciye incelettirmeleri önerilir. Belirtilen şartları karşılayan ve hakem değerlendirmesine uygun görülen makaleler, değerlendirme için en az iki veya daha fazla hakeme gönderilir. Yazarlar, ilgili alanda uzman ve yazar(lar)la aynı kurumdan olmayan en az üç potansiyel hakem önermelidir. Hakemlere makaleyi incelemeye almak için 15 (on beş) gün ve incelemelerini tamamlamak için 20 (yirmi) gün süre verilir. Bu süre zarfında, hakemler tarafından yapılan düzeltmeler editöre gönderilir ve editör de bunları yazara iletir. Düzeltmeler yapıldıktan sonra, yazar düzeltilen alanları işaretleyerek ve makale dosyasını ve hakemlerin yorumlarına verilen yanıt dosyasını yükleyerek düzenleme sürecini tamamlamalıdır.Bu işlemden sonra makale editörün incelemesine gönderilir. Editör, revizyonları görmek isteyen tüm hakemlere makaleyi gönderir. Hakemlerin geri bildirimlerini aldıktan sonra editör, makale hakkındaki kararını baş editöre bildirir. Dergide yayınlanacak makalelerin bilimsel içeriğinden yalnızca yazar(lar) sorumludur. " Telif Hakkı Formu   tüm yazarlar tarafından imzalanmalı ve makale ile birlikte ilgili yazar tarafından derginin çevrimiçi gönderim sistemine ayrı bir ek olarak yüklenmelidir. Tüm yazarlar DergiPark sistemine kayıtlı olmalı ve makale sisteme yüklenirken tüm yazarların adları, kurumsal adresleri, e-posta adresleri ve ORCID kimlik numaraları meta veri bölümüne eksiksiz olarak girilmelidir. Yazarlardan herhangi biri DergiPark sistemine kayıtlı değilse, makale beklemede kalır ve editör ataması tamamlanamaz. Ayrıca, makalenin özeti ve referansları meta veri bölümüne girilmelidir. Yukarıda belirtilen bilgilerden herhangi biri eksikse, makale tamamlanması için ilgili yazara iade edilir. İnsan araştırmaları ve hayvan deneyleri veya klinik çalışmalar için etik kurul onayı alınmalı, bu onay makalede belirtilmeli ve makale gönderilirken etik kurul raporu eklenmelidir. Makale kabul edildikten sonra yazarlar eklenemez veya değiştirilemez. Hakem değerlendirmesinden sonra revizyon gerektiren makaleler, DergiPark sistemi üzerinden yazar(lar)a elektronik olarak gönderilecektir. Yazarlar, hakemlerin yorumlarını dikkate almalı ve her yorum ve eleştiriyi ayrı ayrı açıklamalıdır. Hakemlerin eleştirilerine katılmıyorlarsa da ayrıntılı bir açıklama hazırlamalıdırlar. Hakem değerlendirme sürecini geçen makalelerdeki düzeltmeler, makale revizyon sürecini tamamlamak için en geç 30 gün içinde düzeltme listesiyle birlikte sisteme yüklenmelidir.