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Dr. Ongun Yucesan is currently with the Atılım University Civil Aviation School Avionics department as department chair. He is the graduate of Baskent University in 2000 with BSc EE degree, as well as, Bilkent University MSc EE degree in 2003. He took PhD level courses at University of Missouri Kansas City during years 2003 and 2004. Later on, received PhD degree at the Atılım University MODES program in year 2021. He had time in hands on experience for telecommunication and defense industries arena in the mean time.
Aim & Scope
Journal of Science, Technology and Engineering Research (JSTER),
Aims to provide an advanced information platform for Science, Technology and Engineering professionals.
Journal of Science, Technology and Engineering Research (JSTER), an international, OPEN ACCESS, REFEREED, online journal, provides original research articles and effective communication covering all areas of science, engineering and technology. The primary mission of the journal is to be the leading source of high quality research from all over the world.
An internationally refereed journal accepting articles in all relevant fields of science, technology and engineering research. It is an international OPEN ACCESS, REFEREED, online international academic journal that publishes original articles, research articles, articles from all scientific fields of engineering and technology research and is published twice a year in June and December. JSTER is a bilingual international academic journal accepting TURKISH and ENGLISH as article languages. Our journal, which started publication in 2020, is indexed by international indexes such as Crossref, Google Scholar, Index Copernicus etc.
While publishing studies that include innovation in engineering solutions, we aim to facilitate collaboration and highlight innovation in research and development in all areas of technology and science.
Journal of Science, Technology and Engineering Research (JSTER),
Publishes articles emphasizing research, development and application in science, technology and engineering. All articles are pre-reviewed by an editorial review committee. Contributions must be original, not previously or concurrently published elsewhere, and critically reviewed prior to publication. Articles must be written in English or Turkish, have solid grammar and appropriate terminology.
Contains theoretical and experimental studies and perspective research in the fields of understanding and scientific research of technological projects and engineering applications.
The editorial publication process is carried out under the coordination of the Editorial Board and Scientific Referees.
JSTER publishes the most recent theoretical and experimental studies concerning scientific fields of the technological projects and engineering applications focusing but not limiting on:
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Automation, Computers and Information Technology
- Energy, Sources and Energy Researches
- Renewable Energy Systems
- Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronic
- Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
- Engineering and Management
- Applied Engineering Sciences
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Chemical Engineering.
- Environmental Protection Technologies
- Aeronautical Engineering
- Oil and Gas Engineering Technologies
- Scope and Assessment in Engineering Education
Author Guidelines
Journal of Science, Technology and Engineering Research (JSTER) has a bilingual publication policy, with Turkish and English as the publication languages.
For articles accepted for publication by the Editor assigned to the article, the editor, referees or language editor may suggest corrections to the writing of the article to the Author(s) during the evaluation process of the articles. It is the responsibility of the authors to make these corrections.
Each author submitting an article must have an ORCID number. To obtain a free Orcid number, please visit https://orcid.org/signin.
1- Article Template
Abstract: The novelty and main findings of the study should be emphasized in the abstract. Turkish and English abstracts should be written in Times New Roman font, Italic, 10 point size. It should be noted that the article abstract should be at least 150 and at most 300 words. Turkish and English abstracts should not exceed 1 page each.
*** An English Abstract Page should be prepared for articles in Turkish. The template for the English Abstract is located on the first page of the Turkish article template.
The number of keywords should be at least 3 and at most 5.
Main Text: Times New Roman font and 11 point size should be selected in the main text. Single line spacing should be selected in the writing of the abstract.
A line space should be added between paragraphs.
IMPORTANT!: ARTICLES MUST BE UPLOADED BY DELETING THE AUTHOR NAMES AND INFORMATION AT THE SUBMITTING STAGE.
NOTE: In order to download the article templates, it is necessary to be a member of the Dergipark platform. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/login
Click to download the English Word Template / English PDF Template
We expect that articles related to your topic published in our JSTER journal will be used in your article and given as references.
2- Reference Format
APA format should be selected as the reference format. APA Example:
Pany, C . (2021). Structural Analysis of Metallic Pressure Vessels With Weld Sinkage in the Circumferential Joint. Journal of Scientific, Technology and Engineering Research, 2(1), 4-10. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4586360
In-Text Citations must be in IEEE citation format, indicated by a number enclosed in square brackets, such as [1] or [2, 3], and this number corresponds to the numbered reference list at the end of the document.
3- Author Copyright Form
All authors must sign, scan and upload the copyright form to the system at the article submission stage. Even if the article is accepted, the publication process of the article will not be initiated unless the Copyright Form is uploaded to the system with all authors signing it.
Click to download the Author Copyright Form.
4- Similarity Rate (plagiarism check)
The article file to be sent to JSTER by the authors must be scanned for plagiarism (similarity) using similarity scanning programs and the similarity rate result must be uploaded to the system in PDF format with the phrase "Similarity Report".
Plagiarism scanning must be performed by excluding "quotations, text sections with less than 5 words of overlap and bibliography". The similarity rate in the detailed report obtained as a result of the similarity scan must be at most 15% or less. In addition, the similarity rate from the same work must never exceed 3%. Articles above this rate will be evaluated after achieving a similarity below 15%.
5- Referee Suggestion Form
Two referees from the author's own country and, if possible, two referees from foreign countries should be proposed.
Referee Suggestion Form : Institution, branch, study topics, email address should be provided. (Optional)
Ethical Principles and Publication Policy
JOURNAL PUBLICATION POLICY GENERAL INFORMATION
JSTER aims to contribute to scientific and technological development in the field of engineering by publishing studies in the fields of basic sciences, technology and engineering research within the framework of its journal publication policy. It publishes articles and compilations in Turkish and English. The journal is published twice a year in June and December.
Publication Ethics Statement:
For all parties involved in the process of publishing (authors, Editorial Board, and reviewers), it is necessary to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior.
ETHICS COMMITTEE APPROVAL
Please send your submitted articles by organizing them according to the following items.
Our authors are required to obtain the relevant documents for their studies requiring ethics committee approval and upload them to the system together with their studies.
The name of the committee, date and issue number will be stated in the method section of the article and in the ethics committee approval section on the last page of the article. Researchers who are not university members can also apply to the Ethics Committees in their region.
1. “Ethics Committee Permission” is required for all kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using survey, interview, focus group study, observation, experiment, interview techniques.
2. It must be stated in the articles whether ethics committee permission and/or legal/special permission is required. If these permissions are required, it must be clearly stated from which institution, on which date and with which decision or issue number the permission was obtained.
3. “Ethics Committee Permission” is required for research using humans and animals (including material/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes.
4. If the study requires the use of human or animal subjects, it must be declared that the study was conducted in accordance with international declarations, guidelines, etc.
5. “Ethics Committee Permission” is required for clinical research conducted on humans and research conducted on animals.
6. According to the law on the protection of personal data, “Ethics Committee Permission” is required for retrospective studies.
ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES
JSTER Journal, as a journal aware of the fact that information must be easily accessible for scientific studies to advance, supports the initiative of open access of peer-reviewed journal literature in the Budapest Open Access Declaration and offers all published articles free of charge in an environment where everyone can read and download them.
Peer-reviewed articles are studies that ensure the application of the scientific method and impartiality. The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed journal is an important building block in the development of a consistent and respected information network. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the author and the institutions that support them. In the realization of scientific production, all components of the publication process; publisher, editors, authors, referees and readers must comply with ethical principles.
Ethical issues to consider in publishing:
Ethical Responsibilities of Authors:
• Authorship of the article: Authorship should be limited to those who have made significant contributions to the conception, design, conduct or interpretation of the reported study. Transparency about author contributions is documented in the Copyright and Author Agreement.
• Originality and plagiarism: Authors must ensure that they have written completely original work and that when authors use the work and/or words of others, it is properly cited or quoted.
• Authors may be asked to provide raw data associated with an article for editorial review and should be prepared to provide access to such data.
• Multiple or simultaneous publications: An author should generally not publish papers describing the same research in more than one journal or primary publication.
• Disclosure and conflicts of interest: All submissions must include a disclosure of any relationships that could be considered a potential conflict of interest.
• Fundamental errors in published work: When an author finds a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, they have the obligation to immediately notify the journal editor or publisher and to contact the editor to retract or correct the article.
• Human or animal rights: Ensure that all studies involving human or animal subjects comply with national and international laws and guidelines, confirm that necessary approvals have been obtained, and respect subject confidentiality.
• Authors must ensure the confidentiality and anonymity of the participants while collecting, analyzing, and reporting data. Authors must ensure that all participants in their study have given informed consent for publication.
Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers
• To objectively review the article in a timely manner to contribute to the editor's decision-making process and agree to only evaluate studies related to their field of expertise.
To conduct the evaluation objectively and solely on the content of the study.
To provide guidance that will help improve the quality of the article to be published and to review the study meticulously. To convey their comments to the author in a constructive and polite manner.
• To protect the confidentiality of information provided by the editor and author, to destroy the work reviewed after the evaluation process in accordance with the principle of confidentiality, to notify the editor if there is a situation contrary to blind refereeing and not to evaluate the work.
Editors' Ethical Responsibilities
• To act in a balanced, objective and fair manner in the performance of their duties without discrimination based on gender, religious or political beliefs, or the ethnic or geographical origins of the authors.
• To evaluate the studies submitted to the journal according to their content, not to show any privilege to any author.
• To take the necessary measures to prevent possible conflicts of interest and to evaluate the existing statements, if any.
• In the event of a complaint of ethical violation, to implement the necessary procedures in accordance with the policies and procedures of the journal. To give the authors an opportunity to respond to the complaint, not to hesitate to apply the necessary sanctions regardless of the author of the study.
• To reject the submitted study if it does not comply with the purpose and scope of the journal.
Price Policy
All articles in the "Journal of Science, Technology and Engineering Research -JSTER" (e-ISSN: 2717-8404) are published with an open access model..
The fees to be collected are not for profit purposes and are used as the cost of the Article stationery and secretarial expenses.
Indexes
Journal Boards
Founding Editor
Mehmet BULUT received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, in 2001. He started his career in 1993 as a Research Assistant at Dumlupınar University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
In 1998 and started working as an Automation Engineer (I&C) at Eti Gümüş A.Ş. General Directorate. He took part in the SCADA+PLC conversion studies of the company's control system. He transferred to Electricity Generation Inc. in 2003., He served as Manager of Gölbaşı Technical Control and Laboratories affiliated to the Thermal Power Plants Department in 2007 and as R&D Director between 2008-2013. He served as the coordinator of the “Establishment of Maintenance Management System (BYS) in Thermal Power Plants” project carried out within the R&D Directorate. In 2013, he was appointed as the Head of the newly established Nuclear Power Plants Department During his duty as the Head, he attended the “Leadership and Management for Nuclear Power Programmes” training course organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) within the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) in the USA in 2013. He was appointed as the Advisor to the General Directorate of EÜAŞ in 2015.
He received the Industrial Energy Manager certificate at the end of the course he attended at the EIE (Electrical Affairs Surveying Administration) in 2010. He received EU Basic Training and EU Specialization Training from Ankara University, European Communities Research and Application Center (ATAUM) in 2005 and 2006.
He served as a Member of the Advisory Board (DK) within the TUBITAK-TEYDEB Electrical-Electronic Technologies Group (ELOTEG) between 2019-2022.
He is part-time lecturer at the Electrical-Electronics Engineering and Aircraft Electrical-Electronics Departments of Atılım University.
He is the founding editor of the academic journal “Journal of Science, Technology and Engineering Research (JSTER)” published twice a year on the Dergipark platform.
Editorial Board
Dr. Ayhan Istanbullu received his undergraduate degree (1993) and his Ph.D from the Electronic and Computer Science Education Department of the Gazi University (2003), Turkey. He worked as an instructor at the University of Mugla, in the Department of Electronic and Computer Science Education between 2001 and 2006.. He currently works as an Professor in Computer Engineering Department of Balikesir University, Turkey. ,He has participated in European Remote Radio Laboratory project (EU LdV) and he has acted as project partner (2006-2008). His current research interests include the investigation of information technologies.
Ali Kara received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Hacettepe University, Ankara, in 2002. He was a research assistant/scholar at Polytechnic University (New York University, Brooklyn, NY) from 1999 to 2000, in an industry-sponsored project (Symbol Technologies/Motorola).
In 2000, he joined the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Atılım University, where he held various positions from lecturer to full professor. He was the Director of the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences at Atılım University until 2021.
He was also a consultant and chief researcher (part-time) at TUBITAK BILGEM from 2006 to 2012, where he contributed to some nationwide defense and security projects. He has been actively involved in many state and industry-funded projects since then.
Dr. Kara has published extensively in journals, mostly with his graduate students, and has presented his research findings at relevant conferences. He has also led many research projects in the areas of electromagnetics, wireless communications, radar and electronic warfare systems, and engineering education.
In one project, he led a team of researchers from universities across Europe to develop a Virtual and Remote Laboratory (VRL) platform (ERRL-European Remote Radio Laboratory). This platform was unique at the time and was fully funded by the European Commission. Dr. Kara has five patents to his name.
His research interests lie in a broad range of areas, including wireless communications, electromagnetics, radar and electronic warfare, data-driven techniques in engineering, and engineering education. In recent years, he has focused on the use of artificial intelligence (ML/DL) to solve problems in these areas.
See Ali Kara's Google profile for research publications.
See Ali Kara's Youtube Channel for some of the course recordings.
Web
Associate Prof. Dr. Hijaz Ahmad completed his MS in computational mathematics from the Department of Mathematics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Wah Campus. In 2022, he completed his PhD in Computational and Applied Mathematics from the Department of Basic Sciences and Islamiat, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Pakistan and then he started his Post-doc from Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon. His research work is focused on the development and advancement of numerical techniques for finding the numerical solution of mathematical models in the form of partial differential equations and fractional partial differential equations arising in finance, computational biology, and different disciplines of engineering. He has introduced modified variational iteration algorithm-I and modified variational iteration algorithm-II for the numerical solution of nonlinear partial differential equations and fractional iteration algorithm-I for finding the numerical solution of nonlinear non-integer order partial differential equations. The scope of his research is quite broad, covering numerical analysis, fractional calculus, mathematical biology and mathematical physics. Dr Ahmad is included in the World's Top 2% Scientists 2022, 2023 and 2024 (by Stanford University and Elsevier).
Dr. Ongun Yucesan is currently with the Atılım University Civil Aviation School Avionics department as department chair. He is the graduate of Baskent University in 2000 with BSc EE degree, as well as, Bilkent University MSc EE degree in 2003. He took PhD level courses at University of Missouri Kansas City during years 2003 and 2004. Later on, received PhD degree at the Atılım University MODES program in year 2021. He had time in hands on experience for telecommunication and defense industries arena in the mean time.
Dr. Uneb Gazder is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at University of Bahrain. He finished his BSc (Civil) and ME (Engineering Management) from NED University of Engineering and Technology in 2005 and 2008, respectively. He completed his PhD from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in 2014. He has a specialization in Transportation Planning. His areas of interest include traffic prediction, modeling traveler behavior, traffic safety and pavement materials.
I obtained my B.Sc. Medical Laboratory Technology from the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait University. I then went on to obtain my M.Sc in Medical Microbiology (Molecular Biology) at the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University. I pursued doctoral studies by conducting research in the field of immunology of recurrent miscarriage and received my Ph.D. Biological Sciences (Immunology) from the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.
My teaching and research experience started at the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University from 1994-2010. I joined Gulf University for Science and Technology in the Fall semester of 2010-2024. Currently working as a Full Professor of Biology at Abdullah Al Salem University, Kuwait.
My research area is in Immunology with a special focus on the role of Cytokines in Health and Disease. My main interest is in the roles of cytokines in different complications of pregnancy such as Recurrent Spontaneous Miscarriage, Preeclampsia, Intra-uterine Growth Restriction, and Preterm delivery. I am also involved in immunological studies of other conditions such as Multiple Sclerosis, Dengue Fever, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Hemoglobinopathies, and Cytomegalovirus infections. My current research activity is in the cytokine balance in Asthma and Bone Diseases (Osteoimmunology).
Editor
Mehmet BULUT received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, in 2001. He started his career in 1993 as a Research Assistant at Dumlupınar University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
In 1998 and started working as an Automation Engineer (I&C) at Eti Gümüş A.Ş. General Directorate. He took part in the SCADA+PLC conversion studies of the company's control system. He transferred to Electricity Generation Inc. in 2003., He served as Manager of Gölbaşı Technical Control and Laboratories affiliated to the Thermal Power Plants Department in 2007 and as R&D Director between 2008-2013. He served as the coordinator of the “Establishment of Maintenance Management System (BYS) in Thermal Power Plants” project carried out within the R&D Directorate. In 2013, he was appointed as the Head of the newly established Nuclear Power Plants Department During his duty as the Head, he attended the “Leadership and Management for Nuclear Power Programmes” training course organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) within the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) in the USA in 2013. He was appointed as the Advisor to the General Directorate of EÜAŞ in 2015.
He received the Industrial Energy Manager certificate at the end of the course he attended at the EIE (Electrical Affairs Surveying Administration) in 2010. He received EU Basic Training and EU Specialization Training from Ankara University, European Communities Research and Application Center (ATAUM) in 2005 and 2006.
He served as a Member of the Advisory Board (DK) within the TUBITAK-TEYDEB Electrical-Electronic Technologies Group (ELOTEG) between 2019-2022.
He is part-time lecturer at the Electrical-Electronics Engineering and Aircraft Electrical-Electronics Departments of Atılım University.
He is the founding editor of the academic journal “Journal of Science, Technology and Engineering Research (JSTER)” published twice a year on the Dergipark platform.
Advisory Board
Dr. Ayhan Istanbullu received his undergraduate degree (1993) and his Ph.D from the Electronic and Computer Science Education Department of the Gazi University (2003), Turkey. He worked as an instructor at the University of Mugla, in the Department of Electronic and Computer Science Education between 2001 and 2006.. He currently works as an Professor in Computer Engineering Department of Balikesir University, Turkey. ,He has participated in European Remote Radio Laboratory project (EU LdV) and he has acted as project partner (2006-2008). His current research interests include the investigation of information technologies.
Ali Kara received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Hacettepe University, Ankara, in 2002. He was a research assistant/scholar at Polytechnic University (New York University, Brooklyn, NY) from 1999 to 2000, in an industry-sponsored project (Symbol Technologies/Motorola).
In 2000, he joined the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Atılım University, where he held various positions from lecturer to full professor. He was the Director of the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences at Atılım University until 2021.
He was also a consultant and chief researcher (part-time) at TUBITAK BILGEM from 2006 to 2012, where he contributed to some nationwide defense and security projects. He has been actively involved in many state and industry-funded projects since then.
Dr. Kara has published extensively in journals, mostly with his graduate students, and has presented his research findings at relevant conferences. He has also led many research projects in the areas of electromagnetics, wireless communications, radar and electronic warfare systems, and engineering education.
In one project, he led a team of researchers from universities across Europe to develop a Virtual and Remote Laboratory (VRL) platform (ERRL-European Remote Radio Laboratory). This platform was unique at the time and was fully funded by the European Commission. Dr. Kara has five patents to his name.
His research interests lie in a broad range of areas, including wireless communications, electromagnetics, radar and electronic warfare, data-driven techniques in engineering, and engineering education. In recent years, he has focused on the use of artificial intelligence (ML/DL) to solve problems in these areas.
See Ali Kara's Google profile for research publications.
See Ali Kara's Youtube Channel for some of the course recordings.
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