Writing Rules

The authors are cordially invited to submit their articles online in Microsoft Office Word format with a cover letter to the Toros University Journal of Food, Nutrition, and Gastronomy.

“Toros University Journal of Food, Nutrition, and Gastronomy” which started to be published in 2022 is an academic journal that carries out an international double-blind reviewing process that accepts original research articles, review articles, technical notes, and book reviews published twice a year, in June and December. All manuscripts are evaluated by the editor or section editors, editorial board and reviewers. The language of the journal is English. Turkish manuscripts are also included.

“Toros University Journal of Food, Nutrition and Gastronomy” (E-ISSN: 2979-9511) aims to contribute to the knowledge of science by publishing national and international scientific studies in the field of food, nutrition, dietetics, and gastronomy. The journal is an open access, free of charge, international peer-reviewed e-journal.

The journal emphasizes scientific research in food science, food technology, food chemistry, food microbiology, food engineering, food quality control, nutrition and dietetics, food and beverage culture from ancient times to the present, new trends in gastronomy, gastronomy tourism and product development in gastronomy science.

All manuscripts submitted for publication are evaluated by the editor or section editors, editorial board and reviewers.

 Authors must demonstrate that the article is original (with less than 20% similarity in the iThenticate report). The full text should be added to plagiarism tools excluding references list.

 If the article is derived from another source, name, institution, date and address of the original source should be specified.

 The editorial board can make alterations in the content and format of the article with permission of the authors.

 If there are previously published excerpts, tables, pictures, etc. in the article author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owner and authors and state this in the article. The author(s) is(are) responsible for obtaining the necessary permissions.

 Compliance of the articles with scientific and ethical rules is the responsibility of the authors.

It is important that submitted articles are prepared in accordance with the rules stated below. For articles prepared without considering these rules, the reviewing process will not be started.

1. The submitted article should not contain any information about the authors. The corresponding author should prepare each author's name, title, institution information, full addresses, e-mail addresses, and ORCIDs as a second file other than the article file in the AUTHOR INFORMATION FORM and submit it.

2. COPYRIGHT TRANSFER FORM and PLAGIARISM REPORT (iThenticate) signed by all authors should be attached while submitting the article. The review process will not be started for articles if any of these files are missing and not prepared properly.

3. Toros University Journal of Food, Nutrition and Gastronomy requires that all research involving "human" and/or "animal" elements be in compliance with the provisions and principles of the Declaration of Helsinki (2013 revision), the Council of Higher Education Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive (dated 29.08.2012 and numbered 2012.18.946), the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (www.nap.edu/catalog/5140.html), the Regulation on the Working Principles and Procedures of the Animal Experiments Ethics Committees of the Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs (dated 15 February 2014 and numbered 28914) and the Regulation on Clinical Research on Pharmaceuticals and Biological Products of the Ministry of Health (dated 13.04.2013 and numbered 28617). In such studies, authors must clearly state in the “Materials and Methods, Ethical Aspects of the Research” sections of their articles that the study was conducted in accordance with these rules and that they received approval from their institution’s ethics committees (with the committee name, date and number). The ethics committee decision must be uploaded as an attachment.

In addition, in studies involving a “human” element, authors must state in the “Materials and Methods - Ethical Aspects of the Research” section that “Informed Consent” was obtained from the research participants. For individuals who do not have decision-making capacity (e.g. children, unconscious patients, etc.), information must be provided that informed consent was obtained from the participant’s parents or first-degree responsible persons.

Example: This study obtained ethical approval from the Ethics Committee of ......... University with decision number …, reference number ..., and dated ../../202.... Written/verbal informed consent was obtained from all participants before initiation.

4. All files should be prepared in Microsoft Office Word format.

5. Articles can be in Turkish or English.

6. Manuscripts should be prepared in a single column format.

7. All texts should be prepared in 12-point Times New Roman font. The reference list, abstract, extended abstract (only for articles written in Turkish) should be 1 spaced and 1.15 spaced in the main text. Text should not contain indented paragraphs and paragraphs should be clarified by leaving 1 line (6pt) space. In the references list, 1 line (6pt) space should also be left between the references. (Paragraph-Indent and Spacing-Space-Before-0, After-6 pt in Office).

8. All margins of the page should be 2.5 cms.

9. The total length of any submitted article should not exceed 25 (A4) pages.

10. Line numbers must be added (Layout-Line numbers-Continuous in Microsoft Office Word). No footer, header or page number should be included.

11. In the article that does not include the author names; title, abstract, keywords, extended abstract in English if the language of the article is Turkish, main text (introduction and purpose, materials and methods, findings, discussion, conclusion, author contribution, conflict of interest, funding support if any and acknowledgment information), references and appendices should be included.

12. The title of the article should be centered above the abstract and only the first letter of the first word and proper names should be capitalized. The title should be written in Times New Roman, bold, 12 points.

13. Articles should include Turkish and English abstracts and should be on separate pages in the main text file. Turkish and English abstracts should be at least 150 and at most 250 words long for all article types. In articles written in English, the Turkish abstract should come after the English abstract, and in articles written in Turkish, the English abstract should be followed by an English abstract and then an extended English abstract of at least 1000 and at most 1200 words.

In research articles, the Abstract and abstract sections should be structured under the following subheadings: Objective, Material and Method, Results, and Conclusion. However, in reviews and case reports, summaries should be written in an unstructured manner.

The first line of the paragraphs in the abstract text should be left-aligned and should not be indented. In addition, no references should be given in the abstracts and no abbreviations should be included.

14. Extended abstracts may contain figures, tables, formulations or pictures. Also, graphical abstract can be added. The extended abstract should include all the subtitles of the main text (introduction and aim, materials and method, results, discussion and conclusion). In the extended abstract of the review articles, the method of the literature review (which databases are used, what kind of sources are accessed, etc.), the aim and the general trend of the results should be briefly stated. Level 1, level 2, level 3 headings can be applied as needed (item 16). In-text citations should be made in accordance with the reference writing rules (in the next section), and the references should be the same as the main text.

15. At the end of the abstracts (Turkish and English), there should be at least three and at most five keywords selected in accordance with MESH-Medical Subject Headings (https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/search). The first letter of the first keyword should be capitalized, the first letter of the other keywords should be lowercase, a comma should be used between words, and a period should be placed after the last word.

16. Titles

Title Naming

• Level 1 Headings: (name of the article, abstract, introduction, materials and method, results, discussion and conclusion, references, appendices)

Centered, Bold and Words Begin with Upper Case, Continue with Lower Case Characters.

• Level 2 Headings:

Lean to the Left, Bold, Words Begin with Upper Case, Continue with Lower Case Characters

• Level 3 Headings:

Indented (1.25 cm), bold; the first word begins with upper case and continue with lower case and the rest is with lower case.

• Level 4 Headings

Indented (1.25 cm) bold, italic; the first word begins with upper case and continue with lower case and the rest is with lower case.

• Level 5 Headings

Indented (1.25 cm), italic; the first word begins with upper case and continue with lower case and the rest is with lower case.

Headings should not be numbered.

← One line should be left blank between sections and following level 1 headings.

17. Tables and Figures:

All tables, figures and graphics should be titled and numbered. The titles of tables and figures should be written on the tables or figures, aligned to the left, 12 pt, Times New Roman font, and lowercase letters other than the first letter of the first word. Information on tables or figures or references, if any, should be written under the table in 10-point Times New Roman font

Tables can be prepared smaller than the font used throughout the text. Figures or pictures must have sufficient resolution.

Tables and graphics should be added directly.