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Journal of Engineer and Machinery  (ISSN: 1300-3402) is an international, peer reviewed journal and started publishing in 1957 by UCTEA Chamber of Mechanical Engineers. Since then, the journal aimed at disseminating the latest developments in all areas of industrial engineering and at bridging the gap between theory and practice.

CURRENT PUBLICATION PLAN

Journal of Engineer and Machinery is published as 4 issues per year. In addition to these issues, Special Issues determined by the decision of the Editorial Board may be published optionally.

EVALUATION PROCESS

All research articles submitted are evaluated by at least 3 reviewers. During this evaluation, the tercih Closed Review ”process is preferred and both authors and referees are prevented from accessing each other's information through the article file. As a result of the evaluation process, the final decision about the article is made depending on the opinions of the editorial board.

OPEN ACCESS POLICY

Journal of Engineers and Machinery provides open access to the content of the journal by adopting the principle that providing scientific research to the public free of charge will increase the global sharing of knowledge.

PRICING POLICY

All manuscripts that have been completed and accepted by the peer review process are published online without any submission and / or evaluation fees.

TYPES OF ARTICLES

The original “Research Articles” and lem Reviews teki prepared in Turkish and English languages ​​are accepted by the Journal of Engineers and Machinery.

Plagiarism Control

All articles submitted since January 2019 are checked using IThenticate® plagiarism detection software. In accordance with the similarity report produced by the software, the editorial board decides whether the article should be considered for referees or rejected directly.

Ethical rules for all articles submitted to our journal are deemed to have been accepted by the author (s).

COMPLAINT POLICY

Complaints about any published material are received for 12 months from the date of initial publication. In case of any complaints, the authors should be notified by e-mail to the journal publication office with the reasons for the complaints.

TRANSFER OF COPYRIGHT

the copyright of all ARTICLES has been transferred to the Journal of Engineers and Machinery. In this context, the Dev Copyright Transfer Form alanmış signed by the authors should be made together with the manuscript.

ISSN: 1300-3402

• ABOUT ENGINEERS AND MACHINERY JOURNAL AND ITS WRITING PRINCIPLES

Engineer and Machinery Journal is a vocational and technical publication that is published on a quarterly basis and aims at providing our country’s industry, society, and disciplines and colleagues who are members of Chamber with their scientific, technicaL and vocational knowledge needs, as well as to contribute to their scientific, and technical development. The English and Turkish articles on mechanical engineering field with the following qualities written in the format stated below are accepted to ‘’Engineers and Machinery Journal’’. Research Article: It must reflect an authentic research with its findings and results. The research must contribute to science. Literature Review Article: They must review an adequate number of scientific articles, summarize and evaluate the subject according to current knowledge and technological level, and compare their findings before interpreting them.

PRESENTATION FORMAT

1 The whole article (text, tables, equations, drawings) must be typed and arranged on computer and delivered as ready for publication. The article must be written on an A4 (210x297 mm) paper, via Word MS, in 10 font size (heading must be in 15 font size) of Times New Roman with single space.

2. Articles including their drawings and tables must not exceed 25 pages and short papers must not exceed 4 pages.

3. Articles must be sent via registration on Online Article Management System (OMYS). The uploaded article must be named as “article_the first 2 or 3 words of the title of article’’. The articles uploaded on OMYS should not contain any information about the author. The information about the author must be presented in a separate cover page, which must be also uploaded on the system. The cover page must demonstrate the name of the article and contact information of the author (name, surname, address, e-mail, academic title if there is one).

4. The article must be written in a plain language and style. It must comply with the spelling rules of the language used; third-person singular and deponent verbs must be used, whereas; inverted sentences must not be employed.

5. The title of the article must be clear and as short as possible (100 characters to the maximum) and also reflect the content. The first letters of English titles must be in capitals and titles must be written according to grammatical rules.

6. Chapters must be arranged in the following order: (i) abstract and keywords (in Turkish), (ii) abstract ve keywords (in English), (iii) main text, (iv) symbols, (v) acknowledgment (if necessary), and (vi) references.

7. Abstract must briefly define the objective, scope, method, and results of the study and must not exceed 100 words. At least three English and Turkish keywords must be provided. The first page must include the title in both Turkish and English, the abstract, and keywords; the main text must start from the second page.

8. The titles of chapters and sub-chapters must be numbered (TS 1212 ISO 2145).

9. Symbols must be employed according to international use; each symbol must be defined at their first use in the text; at the end of the article (before References), all symbols used must be listed in alphabetical order (Latin Alphabet first, Greek alphabet second).

10. Equations must be numbered and these numbers must be indicated in parantheses at the end of line.

11. Photographs must be scanned, and transferred to computers in jpeg format with a solution of 300 dpi at least. Drawings, tables, and photographs must be integrated into the text; eahc of them must be given a number and title; numbers and titles must be written under drawings (figures) and photographs, and above tables.

12. Only SI units must be used in articles.

13. As required by ethnical rules, citations must be presented in quotes and its reference must be demonstrated via a reference number.

14. Acknowledgments must be as brief as possible and state the people and institutions having contributed to the study.

15. References must be numbered via brackets in the text; in the list of references, they must be indicated according to their order in the text. The references must include the following information: If reference is an article: Author’s surname, initial of his/her name., other authors. year. ‘’full title of the article,’’ name of the journal, volume, issue, start and end page. If reference is a book: Author’s surname, initial of his/her name., other authors. year of publication. name of the book, volume number (if available), editor (if available), publication or ISBN no, publishing house, place of publication. If reference is an paper: Author’s surname, initial of his/her name., other authors. year. ‘’name of the paper,’’ name of the conference, date, place. If reference is a thesis: Author’s surname, initial of his/her name., other authors. year. ‘’name of the thesis,’’ degree, presented institution, city. If reference is a report: Author’s surname, initial of his/her name., other authors. year. name of the report, type of the report, publication number, name of the institution, place of publication. If reference is a website: Author’s surname, initial of his/her name., other authors. year. ‘’name of the article,’’ internet address, last date of access.day.month.year

References
* Wager E, Kleinert S (2011). “Responsible Research Publication: International Standards for Authors”. A position statement developed at the 2nd World Conference on Research Integrity, Singapore, July 22-24, 2010. Chapter 50 in: Mayer T & Steneck N (Eds) Promoting Research Integrity
in a Global Environment. Imperial College Press / World Scientific Publishing, Singapore (pp 309-
16). (ISBN 978-981-4340-97-7) [Link]
** Homes I (2013). “COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers”. (http://publicationethics.org/files/
Ethical_guidelines_for_peer_reviewers_0.pdf) [Link]
***Kleinert S, Wager E (2011). “Responsible Research Publication: International Standards for Editors”. A position statement developed at the 2nd World Conference on Research Integrity, Singapore, July 22-24, 2010. Chapter 51 in: Mayer T & Steneck N (Eds) Promoting Research Integrity in a
Global Environment. Imperial College Press / World Scientific Publishing, Singapore (pp 317-28).
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PUBLICATION ETHICS and MALPRACTICE STATEMENT

Engineer and Machinery, accepts only the original works which means the submission should be the product of a new solution approach or should provide a new viewpoint to an existing information. A submitted work must not be published in any other journal in any language and must not be under evaluation in any platform. All the works should be prepared by considering the general ethical guidelines provided by the COPE. Depending on COPE’s recommendations and general publication requirements, Authors, Peer Reviewers, and Editors must adhere to the following international standards:

International Standards for Authors

• The research being reported should have been conducted in an ethical and responsible manner and should comply with all relevant legislation.
• Researchers should present their results clearly, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation.
• Researchers should strive to describe their methods clearly and unambiguously so that their findings can be confirmed by others. Researchers should adhere to publication requirements that submitted work is original, is not plagiarised, and has not been published elsewhere.
• Authors should take collective responsibility for submitted and published work.
• The authorship of research publications should accurately reflect individuals’ contributions to the work and its reporting.
• Funding sources and relevant conflicts of interest should be disclosed.
  

International Standards for Peer Reviewers

• Peer Reviewers should only agree to review manuscripts for which they have thesubject expertise required to carry out a proper assessment and which they can assess in a timely
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• Peer Reviewers should respect the confidentiality of peer review and not reveal any details of a manuscript or its review, during or after the peer-review process, beyond those that are released by the journal
• Peer Reviewers should not use information obtained during the peer-review process for their own or any other person’s or organization’s advantage, or to disadvantage or discredit others
• Peer Reviewers should declare all potential conflicting interests, seeking advice from the journal if they are unsure whether something constitutes a relevant interest
• Peer Reviewers should not allow their reviews to be influenced by the origins of a manuscript, by the nationality, religious or political beliefs, gender or other characteristics of the authors, or by commercial considerations
• Peer Reviewers should be objective and constructive in their reviews, refrainingfrom being hostile or inflammatory and from making libellous or derogatory personal comments
• Peer Reviewers should acknowledge that peer review is largely a reciprocal endeavour and undertake to carry out their fair share of reviewing and in a timely manner
• Peer Reviewers should provide journals with personal and professional information that is accurate and a true representation of their expertise
• Peer Reviewers should recognize that impersonation of another individual during the review process is considered serious misconduct
  

International Standards for Editors

• Editors are accountable and should take responsibility for everything they publish.
• Editors should make fair and unbiased decisions independent from commercial consideration and ensure a fair and appropriate peer review process.
• Editors should adopt editorial policies that encourage maximum transparency and complete, honest reporting.
• Editors should guard the integrity of the published record by issuing corrections and retractions when needed and pursuing suspected or alleged research and publication misconduct.
  
• Editors should pursue reviewer and editorial misconduct.
• Editors should critically assess the ethical conduct of studies in humans and animals.
• Peer reviewers and authors should be told what is expected of them.
  
• Editors should have appropriate policies in place for handling editorial conflicts of interest
  

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