Instructions for Authors
Bartin University International
Journal of Natural And Aplied
Sciences) (JONAS) publishes
in English or Turkish, full-length original research papers and review articles
on advances about the journal topics with quality references. Original articles
are priority given for publication process, and JONAS editorial boards decides
publication process or if manuscript is published or not. Editorial boards can
take advices from various experts about manuscript topics if they need to
scientific advice on it. JONAS prefers the manuscripts in English or Turkish.
The manuscripts must be prepared as taking into account to the formats given
below:
Symbols, units, and abbreviations:
In general, the journal follows the
conventions of Scientific Style and Format, The CSE Manual for Authors,
Editors, and Publishers, Council of Science Editors, Reston, VA, USA (7th ed.).
If symbols such as ×, µ, η, or ν are used, they should be added using the
Symbols menu of Word. Degree symbols (°) must be used from the Symbol menu, not
superscripted letter o or number 0. Multiplication symbols must be used (×),
not the letter x. Spaces must be inserted between numbers and units (e.g., 3
kg) and between numbers and mathematical symbols (+, –, ×, =, <, >), but
not between numbers and percent symbols (e.g., 45%). Please use SI units. All
abbreviations and acronyms should be defined at first mention. Latin terms such
as et al., in vitro, or in situ should not be italicized.
Figures and Tables:
All
Table/Figures must be drawn with virtual mediums. They should sequentially be
numbered, and the title of Fig. and Tab. should be put in the middle of the
line. A blank line should be put before Tab. or Fig. and a cite in the text
should be made to each one.
Manuscript content:
Research
articles should be divided into the following sections. Principal sections
should be numbered consecutively (1. Introduction, 2. Materials and methods,
etc.) and subsections should be numbered 1.1., 1.2., etc. Do not number the
Acknowledgements or References sections. The total number of double-spaced
pages of the Abstract, Introduction, Materials and methods, Results and
Discussion must not exceed 16.
Page Style and Formats:
Manuscripts
to be published in JONAS should be prepared on A4 size format (210 x 297 mm).
It should be written justified on left and right, and margins on the page should
be edited as 3 cm for upper and lower sides, and 2.5 cm for right and left
sides. Manuscripts should be written with 10 font size and Arial-bold for the
main title and subtitle, and text in the manuscripts should be written with 10
font size and Time News Roman and single interlinear space at MS Word. A line
space between paragraphs should be left, and head line should not. Any special
formats (header, footer, heading, etc.) in the manuscripts should not be used.
Manuscript Titles:
Titles
should be written with the large letters, in the middle of the page and 16 font
sizes. The title should be shortened.
Author Names:
Author
Names should be left to two line spacing after manuscript title, and authors’
surnames and first names should be in capital and small letters, respectively
and be with Time News Roman style in the middle of the page.
Abstract and Keywords:
For
manuscripts in Turkish, abstract should not exceed 250 words and extended English summary should be between 300-500 words and should include the sections of introduction, material and
method and the results. For manuscripts in English abstract should not exceed 250 words, and briefly explains rationale, goals, methods, results and conclusions
of the study. 14 font sizes should be used. Keywords with 3-6 words should be
included at the end of the abstract.
Introduction:
Two blank lines should
be left after Abstract, and introduction should be covered the case for your
study, outlining only essential background, and should not include the findings
or the conclusions. It should not be a review of the subject area, but should
finish with a clear statement of the question being addressed.
Materials and methods:
Please
provide concise but complete information about the materials and the analytical
and statistical procedures used. This part should be as clear as possible to
enable other scientists to repeat the research presented. Brand names and
company locations should be supplied for all mentioned equipment, instruments,
chemicals, etc.
Results and Discussions:
The
same data or information obtained was detail given, but they must not be
repeated in a Figure or Table. The data obtained in the manuscript should be
discussed in this section. The final paragraph should highlight the main conclusions
of the study. The Results and Discussion sections may be combined.
Acknowledgements:
Names
of funding organizations should be written in full.
Citations:
Citations
to other publications should be mentioned in the text by using surname of the
author and year. Publications having two authors should be cited by giving with
“&” between the surnames of the authors and publications having more than
two authors should be cited by giving only the surname of the first author with
"et al.". Cited publications should be listed alphabetically in the
References according to the surnames of the first authors.
Single author
Çelikyay
(2015)....or.…(Çelikyay, 2015).
Double authors
Çeikyay
& Bollukcu (2016)....or …(Çelikyay & Bollukcu, 2016).
More than two authors
Souza
et al. (2015)….or…..(Souza et al., 2015)
More than one author consecutively
Çelikyay
(2015), Palta & Bollukcu (2016) and Açıksöz et al. (2017)....or …(Palta,
2005; Çelikyay & Bollukcu, 2016; Çelikyay et al., 2007).
References published in the same year
(Palta,
2015a; 2015b)
References with unknown publishers
(Anonymous,
2016)
Web references
“URL-1,
2015” in the text,
“URL-1,
2015, website” in References.
The
manuscript should be checked carefully to ensure that the spellings of the
authors’ names and the years are exactly the same in the text as given in the
reference list. References should be formatted as follows (please note the
punctuation and capitalization):
Articles: Journal
titles should be abbreviated according to ISI Web of Science abbreviations.
Journal articles: Journal
titles should be abbreviated according to ISI Web of Science abbreviations.
Articles
Siqueira, J. O., Hubbell, D.
H. & Mahmud, A. W. (1984). Effect of liming on spore germination and germ
tube growth and root colonization by Vesiculer-Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi. Plant and Soil, 76(1), 115-124.
Books
Dole,
J. M. & Wilkins, H. F. (2005). Floriculture: Principles and Species. 2nd
ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA: Prentice Hall.
Sarıbaş,
M. (1993). Kavak Yetiştiriciliği,
İnkılap Kitapevi, Teknografik Matbaacılık A.Ş. İstanbul.
Chapters in books
Cook,
E. Shiyatov, S. & Mazepa, V. (1990). Estimation
of the mean chronology. In: Cook E, Kairiukstis LA, editors. Methods of dendrochronology:
Applications in the environmental sciences. 1st ed. Boston, MA, USA: Kluwer,
pp. 123-132.
Conference proceedings
Dobermann,
A. (2007). Nutrient use efficiency – measurement and management. In: Krauss A,
Isherwood K, Heffer P, editors. Proceedings
of the IFA International Workshop on Fertilizer Best Management Practices,
7–9 March 2007; Brussels, Belgium. Paris, France: International Fertilizer
Industry Association, pp. 1-28.
Thesis
Palta,
Ş. (2012). Bartın yöresi çayır-mera
alanlarında bulunan Gramineae familyasına ait bitkilerde Arbusküler Mikorizal
Fungusların (AMF) varlığının ve ekolojik özelliklerinin belirlenmesi. Ph.D.
Thesis, Bartin University, Bartin, Turkey.