WRITING RULES
A- GENERAL PRINCIPLES
1. The article should be sent by the corresponding author as a Microsoft Word file.
2. The language of authorship is ENGLISH.
3. The work should consist of an original research article and a technical note; the main sections should be: Title, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgments (if any), and References.
4. Main section titles are bold and all capitalized; 2nd degree titles are bold and the first letters of the words are uppercase and the others are lowercase; 3rd degree titles should be bold and only the first letter of the first word should be written in capital letters and all other words should be written in lowercase letters.
5. A 1.15 line spacing should be used before and after the main headings. In subtitles, only 1.15 line spacing space should be left between the previous line. No space should be left after the subtitle.
6. The title of the article in English should be short and descriptive, the first letters of the words should be capitalized, other words should be small and not more than fifteen words (excluding prepositions). Mathematical formulas should not be in the article title.
7. Main Headings and subheadings should be numbered.
B- RULES FOR PAGE LAYOUT
1. The text should be written on A4 size page with 12 font size, Times New Roman font, 1.15 cm line spacing. The font size can be reduced so that the summary and abstract on the 1st page of the article do not extend to the second page.
2. Margins are 2 cm above the page, 2 cm below, 2 cm to the left and 2 cm to the right.
3. Turkish and English titles should be centered on the page, the rest should be written justified, and 1 cm indent should be left at the beginning of the paragraph.
4. The total number of pages should not exceed 20 pages in original research articles and 7 pages in technical notes. Articles that exceed these page limits will not be considered for publication.
5. Article samples written according to the spelling rules of our journal can be accessed by clicking the links below.
RESEARCH ARTICLE
C- ABSTRACT, KEY WORDS, ABSTRACT, KEYWORDS SECTIONS
1. The "ABSTRACT" section should contain a minimum of 100 and a maximum of 250 words.
2. Keywords should be written with a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 6 words following the abstracts. In keywords, the initial letter of the keyword must be capitalized. Words should be separated by commas (,) and a space should be left and other words should be written.
D-FIGURES AND SCHEDULES
1. All Figures and Charts should be given on the potrait page style. If the table does not fit on the portrait page style, the Table can be divided into 2 parts and shown as a continuation Table. landscape page style should not be used.
2. "Figure" and "Table" should be used for Figures and Charts (Table 1., Figure 1.). In addition, Figure 1., Table 1. should be written in bold. Explanations and footnotes of the Tables and Figures should be given under the Table and should be written in 8 to 10 font size, and the sentence should not end with with “full stop” at the end of the sentence.
3. Figure should be placed centered on the page. Tables should be placed centered on the page. There should be no vertical lines in the charts.
4. Table titles should be 10 points, left-aligned and above the Table, and the content of the Table should be at least 9 points. Figures, graphics, photographs and etc. should be under the figure with the title "Figure" and left-aligned 10 point font size. Figure and Table should be given in the relevant places in the main document; they should not be uploaded as separate files or added to the end of the text.
E- EQUATIONS
1. Equations should be numbered and the equation number should be shown in parentheses based on the side of the equation and to the right. The main characters and variables should be italic, numbers and mathematical expressions should be plain, with the controls in 12 points. If reference is made in the text, "Equation 1." (The model for… is given in Equation 1). Microsoft Word program should be used in mathematical formulas and other additional programs should not be used.
F- REFERENCES IN THE TEXT
Manuscripts submitted to our journal must be prepared in accordance with the APA (American Psychological Association) 7th edition guidelines.
If the author’s name is not part of the sentence, the citation should be placed at the end of the sentence in parentheses.
Single author;
(Surname, Year) → (Kayalı, 2025)
Two authors;
(Surname & Surname, Year) → (Kayalı & Yalçın, 2025)
Three or more authors;
(Surname et al., Year) → (Kayalı et al., 2025)
Same author, same year;
(Surname, Yeara) → (Kayalı, 2025a), (Surname, Yearb) → (Kayalı, 2025b)
Same author, same year – combined citation;
(Surname, Yeara, Yearb) → (Kayalı, 2025a, 2025b)
When citing multiple sources in a single parenthesis, citations should be separated by semicolons and listed from oldest to most recent (Surname, 1977; Surname et al., 2013).
If the author’s name is part of the sentence;
Single author;
Surname (Year) followed by the rest of the sentence.
Two authors;
Surname and Surname (Year) followed by the rest of the sentence.
Three or more authors;
Surname et al. (Year) followed by the rest of the sentence.
Same author, different years;
Surname (Year, Year) followed by the rest of the sentence.
Same author, same year;
Surname (Yeara, Yearb) followed by the rest of the sentence.
Corporate author;
Organization Name (Year) followed by the rest of the sentence.
Direct quotations;
Surname (Year, p. page number) followed by the rest of the sentence.
G- UNITS AND NUMBERS
1. For numbers, only the dot (.) should be used as the decimal separator (20.23 instead of 20,23),
2. “/” Sign should not be used for units, it should be made exponential by leaving a space (g L-1 instead of g / L).
3. For very large numbers, it should be separated by three spaces (such as 100 000.85 instead of 100000.85).
H- REFERENCES SECTION
All references must be prepared in accordance with the APA (7th edition) guidelines.
The references section should be written in 12-point font, left-aligned, with a hanging indent of 1 cm applied to the second and subsequent lines of each reference.
All references must be listed in alphabetical order.
Multiple works by the same author published in the same year should be distinguished using lowercase letters (e.g., 2025a, 2025b).
Journal titles, conference names, and thesis-awarding institutions must be written in full (no abbreviations).
Journal Articles;
Surname, A. A. (Year). Title of the article. Journal Title, volume(issue), page range. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy
Kayali, Y. (2015). Investigation of diffusion kinetics of borided AISI P20 steel in a microwave furnace. Vacuum, 121(3), 129–134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2015.08.006
Atlı, İ. S., & Çiftçi, H. (2025). Investigation of Hydrophobicity in Calcium Stearate-Epoxy Based Composite Materials. Journal of Materials and Mechatronics: A, 6(1), 214-225. https://doi.org/10.55546/jmm.1665380
Kayali, Y., Yalçin, M. C., & Buyuksagis, A. (2023). Effect of electrospark deposition coatings on surface hardness and corrosion resistance of ductile iron. Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, 62(3), 483-496. https://doi.org/10.1080/00084433.2022.2119039
Books;
Surname, A. A. (Year). Title of the book. Publisher.
Callister, W. D., & Rethwisch, D. G. (2020). Materials science and engineering: An introduction (10th ed.). Wiley.
Totten, G. E. (2016). Steel heat treatment handbook (2nd ed.). CRC Press.
Edited Books;
Editor, E. E. (Ed.). (Year). Title of the book. Publisher.
Kou, S. (Ed.). (2019). Welding metallurgy (2nd ed.). Wiley.
Totten, G. E., & MacKenzie, D. S. (Eds.). (2003). Handbook of aluminum. CRC Press.
Book Chapters;
Surname, A. A. (Year). Title of the chapter. In Title of the book (pp. xx–xx). Publisher.
Porter, D. A., Easterling, K. E., & Sherif, M. Y. (2009). Phase transformations in steels. In Phase transformations in metals and alloys (pp. 299–340). CRC Press.
Chapters in Edited Books;
Surname, A. A. (Year). Title of the chapter. In E. E. Editor (Ed.), Title of the book (pp. xx–xx). Publisher.
Kou, S. (2019). Solidification phenomena in welding. In S. Kou (Ed.), Welding metallurgy (2nd ed., pp. 123–158). Wiley.
Theses;
Surname, A. A. (Year). Title of the thesis [Master’s thesis / Doctoral dissertation, University Name].
Yalçın, M. C. (2017). Optimization of sintering conditions depending on doping in BiNaTiO3 and KNaNbO3-based piezoelectric ceramics [Master’s thesis, Afyon Kocatepe University].
Yalçın, M. C. (2024). Investigating the effects of B and Mo additions on the mechanical and physical properties of FeNiMnCrCoTi0.1 high entropy alloy [Doctoral dissertation, Afyon Kocatepe University].
Conference / Symposium Proceedings;
Published in conference proceedings;
Surname, A. A. (Year). Title of the paper. In Title of the proceedings (pp. xx–xx). Publisher.
Lee, S., Park, J., & Kim, H. (2019). Additive manufacturing of titanium alloys. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing (pp. 112–118). Springer.
Published in a journal;
Surname, A. A. (Year). Title of the paper. Journal Title, volume(issue), pages. DOI
Silva, R., & Costa, J. (2018). Optimization of machining parameters for aluminum alloys. Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 34(2), 301–306. https://doi.org/10.xxxx/xxxxx
Unpublished oral presentation;
Surname, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of the presentation [Conference presentation]. Conference name, Location.
Yılmaz, A., & Demir, M. (2022, October 14). Microstructural evolution of borided steels [Conference presentation]. International Conference on Materials Engineering, Ankara, Türkiye.
Unpublished poster presentation;
Surname, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of the poster [Poster presentation]. Conference name, Location.
Kaya, H. (2021, September 22) Wear behavior of plasma-nitrided steels [Poster presentation]. Materials Science Congress, İzmir, Türkiye.
Corporate Publications;
Organization Name. (Year). Title of the topic. URL / DOI
World Steel Association. (2022). Steel statistical yearbook 2022. https://worldsteel.org/steel-by-topic/statistics/
National Institute of Standards and Technology. (2021). Mechanical properties of metals. https://www.nist.gov/materials
Standards;
Standards Organization. (Year). Standard number: Title of the standard. Publisher.
ASTM International. (2021). ASTM E8/E8M-21: Standard test methods for tension testing of metallic materials. ASTM International.
International Organization for Standardization. (2020). ISO 15614-1: Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials. ISO.
Web Sources;
If a publication year is available;
Title of the page. (Year). URL
An overview of cast iron types. (2020). https://dokumhane.net/kutuphane/dokme-demir-turlerine-genel-bir-bakis/
If no publication date is available;
Title of the page. (n.d.). Retrieved Month Day, Year, from URL
An overview of cast iron types. (n.d.). Retrieved February 16, 2020, from https://dokumhane.net/kutuphane/dokme-demir-turlerine-genel-bir-bakis/
I- UPLOADING THE ARTICLE ON THE SYSTEM
1. When submitting an article, author's name (s), addresses and e-mail should be written clearly in the Cover Page and should not be shortened.
2. The author's names and addresses should not be given in the main text during the sending of the work to system due to the blind referee, and should not be implied in anyway. It should only be written on the Cover Page.
3. While submitting the article, Copyright Transfer Agreement, (ethical committee document, if needed) should be signed and uploaded to the system.
4. All authors of the article should fulfill and sign The Declaration of The Conflict of Interest. The fulfilled and signed declaration of the conflict of interest should then be scanned and uploaded to the system during the initial manuscript submission. The declaration of the conflict of interest can be found in https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/journal-file/23804.
5.All authors of the article should fulfill and sign The Declaration of Author Contribution. The fulfilled and signed declaration of author contribution should then be scanned and uploaded to the system during the initial manuscript submission. The declaration of author contribution can be found in https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/journal-file/23805.
6. All responsibility of the work belongs to the authors. Articles should be prepared in accordance with the international scientific ethical rules, which we have mentioned on this page. In addition to the above-mentioned Research and Publication Ethics Statement, The Research and Publication Ethics Declaration Form signed by the responsible author should be uploaded as an additional file at the submission stage.
7. Tables and Figures should not be loaded as supplementary files and should be given in the main document.
8. Plagiarism report (iThenticate will be used) must be loaded. Plagiarism should be below 25 %. in total, and should not exceed 5 % in each source.