Types of Paper
Original research papers; review articles; short
communications; letters to the editor. Original
research papers; original
full-length research papers which have not been published previously and should
not exceed 7500 words or 25 manuscript pages (including tables and
illustrations). Review articles; on topical subjects and up to 10,000 words or
25 manuscript pages (including tables and figures). Short communications; describing
work that may be of a preliminary nature (preferably no more than 3000 or 10
manuscript pages including tables and figures). Letters to the Editor; should be included on matters of topical
interest and not exceeding 2000 words or 10 manuscript pages including tables
and figures)
Preparation of Manuscripts
Papers must be written in English or Turkish.
Prepare your text using a word-processing software and save in “.doc” or “.docx” formats.
Use a 12-point font (Times New Roman), including the references, table headings
and figure captions, double-spaced and with 25 mm margins on one side of A4
size paper throughout the manuscript. Use 25 mm margins on all sides. The text
should be in single-column format and the as simple as possible and
double-spaced with wide margins on one side of white paper. In particular, do
not use to hyphenate words. The names of genera and species should be given
in italics and, when first mentioned in the text, should be
followed by the authority. Manuscripts must be structured in the following
order;
Title page
·
Title
·
Author names, ORCID ID
and affiliations
·
Corresponding
author’s e-mail
Main text
·
Title
without Author’s information (***both English and Turkish titles are required for Turkish articles)
·
Abstract
(***both English and Turkish abstracts are required for Turkish articles)
·
Keywords
·
Introduction
·
Material and
Methods
·
Results and
Discussion (*** This section may be divided by subheadings or may be combined
depending upon the nature of manuscript and the type of study.
·
Conclusion
·
Acknowledgement
(if required)
·
References
Tables and Figures with captions (on appropriate
location in the text)
And appendices (if any).
Title Page
The title page should be included;
·
The first
names and surnames of the authors (The corresponding author should be
identified with an asterisk. All other Authors affiliation addresses
should be identified with superscript Arabic numbers
· ORCID ID
·
Authors
affiliation addresses of the each authors
·
The e-mail
address of the corresponding author
Main Text
·
Abstract (max.
500 words. References and abbreviations should be avoided)
·
Keywords (between
3 and 6 keywords)
·
Articles
must be structured in the conventional format such as Introduction, Material and
Methods, Results, Discussion (or Results and Discussion), Conclusion,
Acknowledgments and References.
·
The first
line of each paragraph must be indent. Do not put a blank line between
paragraphs.
·
Use italics
for emphasis.
·
Use only SI
(international system) units.
Acknowledgement
Keep these to the absolute minimum and placed
before the reference section.
References
Citation in text; Please ensure that each reference cited in the text is also present in the
reference list. Cite literature in the text in chronological, followed by
alphabetical order like these examples (Şimşek, 2018; Şimşek and Demirci, 2018; Şimşek et al., 2018. For Turkish articles; Şimşek, 2018; Şimşek ve Demirci, 2018; Şimşek ve ark., 2018). If the cited reference is the subject of
a sentence, only the date should be given in parentheses. Formatted like this
examples: Kale (2012); Can and Yılmaz (2014); Kılıç et al. (2019)
·
Single
author: the author’s name and the year of publication;
·
Two authors:
both author’s names and the year of publication;
·
Three or
more authors: first author’s name followed by et al. and the year of
publication
Citation in the reference list; References
should be listed first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically
at the end of the article. More than one reference from the same author(s) in
the same year must be identified by the letters a, b, c, etc. placed after the
year of publication.
The citation of articles, books, multi-author
books and articles published online should conform to the following examples:
Article:
Demirci, A. (2007). The evaluation of a red
shrimp Plesionika martia (Decapoda: Pandalidae) in North-East
Mediterranean Trawl Fishery. Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences,
24(1): 93-96.
Şimşek, E. & Demirci, A. (2018). Barotrauma
treatment effects on survival rates for some discarded fish by trawl fishery. Fresenius
Environmental Bulletin, 27(7): 4867-4873.
Demirci, S., Özyılmaz, A., Öksüz, A., Nadir, R.
S. & Şimşek, E. (2018). Otolith chemistry of Champsodon nudivittis
(Ogilby, 1895) and Nemipterus randalli (Russell, 1986) in Iskenderun
Bay, Turkey. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 34(5):
1131-1135.
Book:
Brown, C., Laland, K. & Krause, J. (Eds.)
(2011). Fish cognition and behavior. 2nd ed. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. 472
p.
Chapter:
Langston, W. J. (1990). Toxic effects of metals
and the incidence of marine ecosystems. In: Furness, R.W.
(eds.), Rainbow heavy metals in the marine environment. CRC Pres., New York.
p. 102-122.
Vassallo, A.I. & Mora, M.S. (2007).
Interspecific scaling and ontogenetic growth patterns of the skull in living
and fossil ctenomyid and octodontid rodents (Caviomorpha: Octodontoidea). In:
Kelt, D.A., Lessa, E., Salazar-Bravo, J.A., Patton, J.L. (eds.), The
Quintessential Naturalist: Honoring the Life and Legacy of Oliver P. Pearson.
1st ed. Berkeley, CA, USA: University of California Press, 945-968.
Thesis and Dissertation:
Şimşek, E. (2018). Trol
balıkçılığında ıskartanın yaşama ihtimalini etkileyen faktörlerin analizi.
Doktora tezi, İskenderun Teknik Üniversitesi, Hatay, Türkiye, 101 s.
Şimşek, E. (2018). Analysis of the factors
affecting the discard fate for trawl fishery. Ph. D. Thesis, Iskenderun Technical University, Hatay, Turkey, 101 pp. (In Turkish).
Conference Proceedings:
Demirci, A., Şimşek E., Demirci, S., Akar, Ö.
& Bayraktar, O. (2018). Recreational fishing competitions in Turkey. International
Ecology 2018 Symposium, Kastamonu, Turkey Proceedings Book, 505-506.
Institution Publication:
FAO, (2016). The State of World
Fisheries and Aquaculture: Contributing to food security and nutrition for all.
Rome. 200 pp.
Report:
FAO, (2018). Report of the ninth session
of the Sub-Committee on Aquaculture. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture
Report No. 1188. Rome, Italy.
Internet Source:
Froese, R.
& Pauly, D. (Eds.) (2018). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic
publication. Retrieved on January 11, 2018 from http://www.fishbase.org.
Tables
Tables, numbered in Arabic, should be on the
appropriate location in the text with a short descriptive title at the top.
Place footnotes to tables below the table body and indicate them with
superscript lowercase letters (or asterisks for significance values and other
statistical data). Avoid vertical rules. The data presented in tables do not
duplicate results described elsewhere in the article.
Figures
All illustrations should be labeled ‘Figure’ and
numbered in consecutive Arabic numbers, Figure 1, Figure 2 etc. in the text. If
panels of a figure are labeled (a , b, etc.) use the same case when referring
to these panels in the text. Drawings reproduced with a high quality laser printer
are preferred. Photographs, 1f used, should be of good contrast and printed on
glossy paper. Figures, which are recommended for electronic formats such as
PNG, JPEG. TIFF (min. 300 dpi) should be also arranged in available dimensions.
All figures or tables should be presented in the body of the text. Use the
Times New Roman font for all figures and tables. Font sizes should be from 9 to
12 points.