LYCUS WRITING GUIDELINES
General Rules
1. The articles must be written in Word format, using the Times New Roman font. Except for Greek quotations, the entire text must be produced in a single typeface.
2. The main text must be 11 pt; abstract, footnotes, and catalogue 9 pt; bibliography 10 pt, and all must be written with single line spacing.
3. In A4-sized manuscripts, margins must be 3 cm from the left and top, and 2 cm from the right and bottom of the page.
4. The main title, in the language in which the text is written, must be 12 pt, plain, centered with initial capitals, and bold. The title in a foreign language must appear on the line immediately below the main title, 11 pt, italic, centered with initial capitals, and bold.
5. Below the title, the name(s) of the author(s) must be centered, in 10 pt and bold. Author names must be indicated with an asterisk (*) and in the corresponding footnote the author’s academic title, the name of the institution, address, e-mail address, and ORC-ID number should be given.
6. Below the author names, an abstract of no more than 200 words but not fewer than 100 words must be provided. The abstract should contain brief and explanatory information regarding the aim, content, and results of the study. Below the abstract, a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 6 keywords must be provided. Keywords are separated by commas; only proper nouns begin with a capital letter. For studies written in a foreign language, abstracts in both the language of the text and Turkish must be provided; for studies written in Turkish, abstracts in both the language of the text and English must be included.
7. Subheadings within the text must be 11 pt, bold, with only the initial letter of each word capitalized.
8. The entire study, including abstract, bibliography, and figures, must not exceed 40 pages, and page numbers must be added to the lower right corner. In studies exceeding this limit, the discretion of the editors will be taken into consideration.
9. Articles are evaluated according to the principle of double-blind peer review (in cases of need, a third reviewer may be consulted), selected in line with the editors’ recommendations. For texts evaluated independently of the author’s identity, the reviewers’ requested corrections and comments are conveyed to the author. The author is deemed to have undertaken to make the changes, corrections, and additions requested by the reviewers.
10. The scientific responsibility for the published texts belongs to the author(s). These studies do not directly or indirectly reflect the opinions of the Lycus Journal.
Formatting and Style Principles
1. The bibliography must appear at the end of the article. Figures, if any, follow the bibliography.
2. Abbreviations should be avoided as much as possible; only the following abbreviations are permitted: Dr, ed., eds, fig., figs, pl., pls, tr. (trans.).
3. Dates
‘AD’ and ‘BC’ must precede the year and no period should be used.
Example: AD 425; BC 330–300.
Cultural periods must be written with capital letters (e.g., Late Bronze Age, Archaic Period).
Year ranges: 480–….
4. Numbers
Numbers from one to ten must be written in words; however, if they precede a unit, numerals must be used (e.g., 2mm).
Ordinal numbers from first to tenth must be written in words (e.g., BC first century).
Numbers above ten must be written in numerals (e.g., AD 11th century), but if at the beginning of a sentence they must be written in words.
Number ranges: 48–49, 148–49, 1148–49.
5. Measurements
The metric system must be used.
Unit abbreviations must be as follows:
m metre, cm centimetre, mm millimetre, km kilometre,
ha hectare, l litre.
No period should follow abbreviations and no space should exist between the number and the unit (e.g., 10m, 20.5cm).
6. Cardinal Directions
Initial letters should not be capitalized, and abbreviations or hyphenated forms should not be used (e.g., güneybatı; not Güneybatı, SW, or güney-batı).
7. Parentheses
Where necessary, square brackets should be used within round parentheses.
8. Italics
Italic use should be kept to a minimum.
It may be used for emphasis on a single word or expression.
Uncommon foreign terms should be written in italics (e.g., Hofhaus, bothros), but not for commonly used terms (e.g., polis, spolia).
9. Quotations
Single quotation marks ‘ ’ must be used for short quotations; double quotation marks “ ” must be used for quotations within quotations.
Quotations exceeding four lines must be separated into a paragraph.
10. Footnotes
For scientific content, in-text citations should be used instead of footnotes. Explanatory footnotes may be used only when necessary.
References
In-text Citations
Single author: (Şimşek 2013: 201–05, fig. 3, pls 16–18)
Two authors: (Söğüt, Sezgin 2008: 113–24)
Three or more authors: (Duman et al. 2016: 13–15)
Multiple sources (in chronological order): (Şimşek 2013: 201–05; Duman et al. 2016: 13–15; Söğüt, Sezgin 2008: 113–24)
Personal communication: (Francesco D’Andria, personal communication June 2020)
Ancient and historical authors’ names must not be abbreviated.
Arabic numerals should be used for book/chapter/line numbers. Titles of works must be in italics.
Example of ancient/historical author citation: (Herodotus Histories 7.195)
If necessary, the edition used must be indicated in the bibliography.
Accepted abbreviations may be used for standard corpora; the full reference must be given in the bibliography.
Examples in the text: CIL 8.12296; SEG 28.1218; IG II² 2326, IG XII.3 333; LGPN 13.535
Bibliography
• The bibliography must include only works cited in the text.
• It must be arranged alphabetically by author surname (C/Ç, I/İ, O/Ö, S/Ş, U/Ü are ordered together).
• For book titles, traditional rules of capitalization apply; for other languages, their own conventions must be followed.
• In article titles, only proper nouns begin with a capital letter.
• All author names must be given in full; et al. must not be used.
• Journal names must not be abbreviated; volume numbers must be in Arabic numerals.
• Place of publication and publisher must be indicated.
• For U.S. cities, a two-letter state code should be used only if there is risk of confusion (e.g., Cambridge MA).
• Place names must be written in the form commonly used in international scholarship (e.g., Munich, not München).
Figures and Tables
1. Each figure/table must be submitted as a separate file and clearly identified with the author’s surname.
2. Figures must be numbered in a single continuous sequence; they must not be divided as figures/plates.
3. Tables must also be numbered in a continuous sequence.
4. Each figure/table must have a caption and, if necessary, copyright permission information.
5. Maps and plans must include a north arrow and scale. Object photographs must include a scale.
6. Text appearing on figures must conform to the terminology used in the article.
Photographs
• Minimum 300 dpi, RGB mode, in jpeg or tiff format.
Drawings
• Drawings must be prepared in vector format (PDF/EPS/SVG) or in raster format with at least 600 dpi (TIFF/PNG/JPEG); must include scale and north arrow; must be suitable for single-column (8.1 cm) or full-page (16.7 cm) width; must be simple, with white background and terminologically consistent with the text.
Tables
• Tables must be submitted in Word or Excel format.
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