Attention authors (It must be read before paper preparation and submission!)
1- Authors are solely responsible for the originality of the article they submit for evaluation. Furthermore, authors agree that they have not submitted, and will not submit, their article to any other journal(s) during the evaluation process.
2- Following the initial review, articles may be RETURNED to the authors by the editor/section editor, along with a justification, if deemed necessary.
3- The "peer review" process for articles begins with the sending of referee invitations to expert academics in the field, as determined by the section editors. Once the referees accept the invitations, the articles are put under review. The fact that the status appears as "peer review" does not mean the review process has begun.
4- The Editorial Board makes its decision on the status of articles based on at least two qualified reviewer reports, considering the editor's opinion. If necessary, it may continue the peer review process by sending invitations to additional reviewers. Originality, contribution to literature and technology, presentation, narrative style, and consistency are essential requirements for the continuation of the evaluation process and acceptance for publication at the final decision stage.
5- Articles for which no response is received to peer review invitations after one month are RETURNED to the authors by decision of the Editorial Board to prevent any inconvenience to the authors. Therefore, authors who decide to submit their articles to the Pamukkale University Journal of Engineering Sciences for evaluation are deemed to have accepted that their articles may be RETURNED after one month due to the reason stated above.
6- During the article review process, documents (the article itself/revised versions, responses to reviewers, all of in .docx format) uploaded by authors to the DergiPark system should not contain any information (name-surname, institution) about the author(s). Furthermore, the footer of the uploaded files (in the "Relevant Persons" section on the right side of the screen when you click the "Information" tab under the "File" tab in the Word menu) should not contain any information about the author(s).
7- Authors must ensure that the information (name, surname, institution) they enter the DergiPark system when submitting their articles matches the information they will use when the article is published. Furthermore, authors must be registered with DergiPark using their current information. For example, a name entered as "Cömert" or "Ayşe" during system login should not be changed to "Comert" or "Ayse" on the article after the acceptance stage to ensure English language compatibility. The initial entry into the system should be "Comert" or "Ayse". The information entered the DergiPark system is considered primary.
8- Research articles can be written in Turkish or English, and their total length should not exceed 8000 words. Review articles, however, may only be written in English. The word count for review articles, excluding references, should be between 7500 and 20000 words (including figures and tables). The number of references must be at least 80, and at least 40% of the references must be from publications within the last seven years (from the date the article was submitted to the journal).
9- Similarity reports for articles are generated and uploaded to the system by our journal; for research articles, the similarity thresholds are applied as 20% for the entire article and 3% for individual sentences. For review articles, the similarity thresholds are applied as 30% for the entire article and 5% for individual sentences. Articles that do not meet these thresholds are RETURNED to the authors without going through the peer review process. Therefore, authors are advised to check whether their articles meet the relevant thresholds before uploading them to the system.
10- Authors may submit their articles for evaluation in a single-column format. For the publication of ACCEPTED articles after the evaluation process, authors are responsible for uploading their articles to the system in the format of the 📝 Article_Template_Accepted.docx created by the journal.
Documents that must be uploaded in ENGLISH to the DergiPark system for the First Submission Article (For articles written in TURKISH, CLICK HERE)
The author(s) must upload the following documents to the article submission system:
- Title Page (in .docx format)
- Author Statement (in .pdf format)
- 📝 Article_Template_Initial_Submission.docx (full text in .docx format, without author information)
Writing rules for articles written in English (For articles written in TURKISH, CLICK HERE)
The first page:
- “Title of Manuscript” that reflects the context of the manuscript
- Abstract: It must be structured with Context, Objective, Method, Results, and Conclusion parts, consisting of at least 350 words and at most 450 words.
- Key Words—It must be at least 3 words and at most 6 words.
- Graphical Abstract
A graphical abstract should be provided that reflects the content of the article at a glance, with a resolution of at least 300 dpi. Text within the graphical abstract (if any) should be in CALIBRI font type and of a readable size. The graphical summary should be of reasonable size and, when formatted in a 2 column article format, should not exceed 1.2 columns in width and should be understandable.
Other Pages:
I. INTRODUCTION
The background, purpose, and contribution of the article should be presented fluently and supported by up-to-date sources.
II. METHOD
The method(s) used or proposed for solving the problem that forms the core of the article should be presented.
III. RESULTS and DISCUSSION
The findings should be presented, discussed, and compared with existing methods.
IV. CONCLUSION
A brief description of the problem to be solved, an interpretation of the results obtained, an explanation of the contribution to solving the problem, a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of the method, and suggestions for future research should be introduced without repeating the Abstract section.
AUTHOR STATEMENT
Plagiarism Check—The article was scanned with iThenticate and found to be compliant with the journal's plagiarism policy. (iThenticate scan will be performed by the journal secretariat!)
Conflict of Interest—This article does not have any conflict of interest with any person or organization. (it must be declared in submission!)
Ethics Committee Approval—If this does not apply to the article, it should be stated as "Ethics committee approval is not required for this article. (it must be declared in submission!). If it does apply, details of this approval must be stated in the article, after it is accepted for publication.
Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools—Artificial intelligence cannot be used for content generation, literature review, analysis, evaluation, etc., in the preparation of the article. However, if it is used for grammar and spell checking, the artificial intelligence tool used must be specified. (it must be declared in submission!)
Funding—It should be stated after the article is accepted.
Data Availability—It should be stated after the article is accepted.
CRediT Author Contribution—It should be stated after the article is accepted. The roles of the authors contributing to the article should be assigned in accordance with CRediT definitions.
Acknowledgment—It should be stated after the article is accepted.
Note: Example writings related to Author statement can be found in the 📝 Article_Template_Accepted.docx
REFERENCES
References to be used in article must be written formats presented in the 📝 Article_Template_Accepted.docx .
It is recommended that previous studies related to the topic of this article, published in the Pamukkale University Journal of Engineering Sciences (PAJES) in previous years, also be considered.
APPENDIX
Appendices (if any) must be given after the Reference section.
Main Headings and Subheadings
The article should be written using a maximum of three heading types.
I. MAIN HEADING
It is recommended that the main headings (such as I, II, etc.) be followed by a paragraph of at least one line, and then, if any, primary subheadings (such as A, B, C, etc.) should be given.
A. Primary subheading
It is recommended that the primary subheadings (such as A, B, etc.) be followed by a paragraph of at least one line, and then, if any, secondary subheadings (such as 1, 2, 3, etc.) should be given.
1. Secondary subheading
Equations and Variables
- Equations must contain mathematical expressions consisting of variables and operators written in the equation editor; definitions/words in the sentence form should not appear in the equation.
- The equation variables in the text should be written using the equation editor.
- Equations must be referred to in text through their numbers.
Figures and Tables
- Figures should be created at 300 dpi resolution, saved as image files, and then inserted into the text using the Insert -> Pictures option in the Word menu.
- The text within the figure should be legible and its size should not exceed the text size.
- Graphics and illustrations should not be screenshots.
- Equations and equation variables within a table should be written in the equation editor. Algorithms should be presented in table format.
Figure 1. Figure caption (it should be given under figure)
Table 1. Table caption (it should be given above Table)
- Figure/Table taken from or rearranged from a reference must be cited in the Figure/Table caption.
- Figures and Tables presented in the article must be cited within the text. Vague expressions such as "in the following figure/table/equation" should not be used.
