Kocatepe Veterinary Journal Article Submission and Writing Rules


1. Article Submission
Article submission to our journal is made online only through DergiPark. The following documents must be uploaded completely during submission. Submissions that do not comply with the format are sent back to the author.
Cover File: English and Turkish title, author(s) name and surname (author names should be written without titles), information about the institution, project, congress, ethics, etc. should be given. Please click to see the cover file template.
Main Text File: It should contain the English and Turkish title of the article, abstract, introduction, material, method, findings, discussion and conclusion sections. Author and institution information should not be included in this file.
Author_Agreement_Form: Must be signed by all authors and uploaded to the system.
Copyright Transfer Agreement: Must be signed by all authors and uploaded to the system.
Ethics Committee Approval Form: The form approved by the ethics committee must be uploaded to the system.
Similarity Report (iThenticate): The similarity report must be uploaded to the system.
2. Article Types
Publications such as research articles, case reports and letters to the editor are accepted by Kocatepe Veterinary Journal. Priority is given to publications written in English.
Research articles are original scientific articles based on sufficient scientific research, observations and experiments. Articles consist of title, abstract and keywords, introduction, materials and methods, findings, discussion, conclusions and references. The abstract should consist of a maximum of 250 words. The article should not exceed 6000 words, excluding the cover page (title, abstract, keywords) and references. Tables and figures are not included in the limit. The number of references should be a maximum of 50.
Case reports are written presentations of rare important findings encountered in the practices, clinics and laboratories of relevant scientific fields. The titles and abstracts of these articles should be written in full-length original article format (but the abstract should not exceed 150 words), and the remaining sections should be followed by introduction, case history, discussion, conclusion and references. The number of references should be maximum 20 and the text length should not exceed 2500 words in total. Tables and figures are not included in the limit.
Letters to the editor are brief, illustrated presentations of interesting cases or topics of scientific or practical interest.
3. Article Sections

The article should consist of the following sections:
English Title: The first letter of each word in the title must be capitalized. If the title contains prepositions and conjunctions, they should be written in lowercase letters. The title should be written “centered” and Garamond 14 point font should be used. There should be 1.5 line spacing after the title.
Abstract: The abstract section should contain a maximum of 250 words and be written in a single paragraph. A justified writing style should be chosen.
Keywords: Words should be written in alphabetical order, with the first letters capitalized and aligned to the left. Each article should be accompanied by a maximum of 5 keywords. Keywords should be selected from the Turkish Science Terms website (see www.bilimterimleri.com).
Turkish Title: The first letter of each word in the title must be capitalized. If the title contains prepositions and conjunctions, they should be written in lowercase letters. The title should be written “centered” and Garamond 14 point font should be used. There should be 1.5 line spacing after the title.
Abstract: The abstract section should contain a maximum of 250 words and be written in a single paragraph. A justified writing style should be chosen.
Key Words: Words should be written in alphabetical order, with the first letters capitalized and aligned to the left. Each article should be accompanied by a maximum of 5 keywords. Keywords should be selected from the Turkish Science Terms website (see www.bilimterimleri.com).
Introduction: A comprehensive summary of the literature relevant to the study should be presented. At the end of the introduction, the purpose(s) and hypothesis(es) of the study should be clearly stated.
Material and Method: It should be written clearly and concisely, without going into unnecessary details. The statistical analysis method and the software in which the statistics are performed should be specified in detail. Ethics committee approval information regarding animal studies must be provided.
Results: This section should be presented concisely.
Discussion: This section should include an up-to-date interpretation of study results and literature.
Conclusion: In this section, the suitability of the study's hypothesis and purpose should be presented briefly.
Note: Discussion and conclusion sections must be written under separate headings.
References: The writing style of references must be APA. Care should be taken to keep the literature up to date. Article authors are responsible for the accuracy of the sources. If a quote is made from a pre-print publication, it should be stated (in print). If possible, the DOI number of the reference should be provided. Journal names should be abbreviated in accordance with the journal abbreviations in Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed.
4. Spelling rules
• The font must be Garamond.
• Unless stated otherwise, the text must be justified and written in 11-point font.

Publication Policy

Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Journal is a peer-reviewed journal that aims to ensure the highest standards of publication ethics. All parties involved in the publishing act (editors, authors, reviewers and the publisher) must agree on standards of ethical conduct.
Throughout the editorial and article publication processes of our journal; Based on Elsevier recommendations and the Publication Ethics Committee's Code of Conduct and Best Practice for Journal Editors; Basic approaches recommended by international organizations such as the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), World Association of Medical Editors (WAMA), International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) are adopted.

• Kocatepe Veterinary Journal is the peer-reviewed scientific journal of Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and its short name is Kocatepe Vet J.
• Our magazine is published 4 issues a year, in March, June, September and December.
• Articles submitted to our journal must be original. The whole or a large part of the article must not have been published elsewhere or sent elsewhere for evaluation.
• All articles submitted to our journal for publication must be examined using a professional plagiarism program (Ithenticate or Turnitin). The report must be uploaded to the system by the author. Articles with a similarity rate above 20% as a result of the control are rejected or revision may be requested by our editorial board.
• Authors are responsible for the accuracy of all data and results contained in the submitted articles and for any liability that may arise. Our journal editors do not have the authority to decide on the accuracy of the data.
• Submitted articles are checked by our editorship, and if deemed appropriate, they are sent to referee evaluation with a double-blind referee system.
• Articles sent to our journal must be academic studies and in a format that can be reviewed by referees. For this reason, writers must be knowledgeable and experienced in their field.
• The sources used in the article should be stated in the text, and each cited source should be presented in the references section of the article.
• If there are institutions or organizations that provide support to the article, they should be thanked and necessary explanations should be made in the relevant section of the article.
• Authors must include the authors' ORCID numbers, author contributions, conflict of interest and ethics committee information on the title page of the article.
• Authors must accept all responsibilities for the articles they submit to our journal and transfer the copyright to Kocatepe Veterinary Journal. Authors of articles sent to our journal must fill out the "Copyright Transfer Agreement" document, sign it with a wet signature and upload it to the system. Articles of authors who do not submit the Copyright Transfer Agreement with wet signature will not be taken into consideration.
• Personal information such as names and e-mail addresses entered into the Kocatepe Veterinary Journal management system will be used only for the scientific purposes of this journal. This information will not be used for any other purpose and will not be shared with third parties.


Ethical Principles
• Experimental, clinical, pharmaceutical, etc. conducted on animals. All studies are described in the Animal Welfare Act, US Public Health Service Policy on the Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, National Research Council's Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, and Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research and Teaching. must be carried out in accordance with the conditions.
• If animal materials are used in the submitted studies, an approval certificate must be obtained from the "Local Ethics Committee for Animal Experiments". In studies that require an ethics committee decision, the Ethics Committee Approval Certificate must be uploaded to the system at the application stage. For research conducted in other fields, approval documents from the relevant ethics committees must be uploaded during the application. Studies without ethics committee approval will not be evaluated. In addition, information regarding "Ethics Committee Approval" (Board name, date, number and number) and information regarding "Local Ethics Committee approval has been received and ethics committee principles are complied with" must be included in the relevant section on the title page.
• For studies that do not require an ethics committee, authors must declare that no ethics committee approval is required and must upload this document to the system during the application. If the Editor/Editorial Board decides that the study requires Ethics Committee Approval during the preliminary review phase, the article will not be evaluated.
• Written and signed “patient owner consent document” in case reports; For studies such as data collection, survey, etc. that concern public or private institutions, the approval/permission document of the relevant institution/organization must be uploaded during the application.
• The author should not submit his/her article to more than one journal simultaneously for evaluation.
• In order to evaluate the article beyond doubt, editors and referees have the right to request raw data from the author.