Ziraat Fakültesi Dergisi

Journal of Agriculture Faculty (JAF) aims to publish the advancements in science and technology related to fundamental and applied agricultural sciences as well as the results of scientific research conducted in alignment with sustainable development goals. Additionally, JAF seeks to enhance the integration of all relevant stakeholders, including scientists, researchers, and local cultivators engaged in agriculture, by disseminating these findings online.

JAF EDITORIAL BOARD

Journal of Agriculture Faculty (JAF) accepts high-quality original research articles that present new information and innovative practices in all areas of fundamental and applied agricultural science, provided that these works have not been previously published or are not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Additionally, the journal welcomes original research articles related to the fields of Biology, Forestry, Food Science, Genetics, and Environmental Science.

Journal of Agriculture Faculty (JAF) accepts reviews that provide insights related to any topic within fundamental and applied agricultural science, as well as the multidisciplinary integration of agriculture. Research articles may be written in either Turkish or English; however, the abstract must be presented in both languages. Submitted manuscripts will be evaluated by at least two double-blind peer reviewers prior to acceptance. The authors bear full scientific and ethical responsibility for their works.

For all scientific disciplines, separate ETHICS COMMITTEE APPROVAL must be obtained for clinical and experimental studies involving human and animal subjects, requiring approval to be documented and explicitly stated in the manuscript at the submission stage. After undergoing a preliminary review by the editorial board, submitted articles will be processed for peer review if deemed suitable in accordance with the journal's general publishing policy, scope, and objectives. The editorial board will make a decision on the publication of the manuscript after receiving feedback from at least two reviewers with expertise related to the subject matter. The review period for referees is set at one month. If a response is not received within this period, a new reviewer will be appointed.

JAF EDITORIAL BOARD

Journal of Agriculture Faculty (JAF) of the Isparta University of Applied Sciences

Submission Guidelines

Documents to be uploaded to the system with the article:

1. Title Page
2. Copyright Transfer Form
3. Ethics Commitee Decision Form

• The manuscript text should be formatted with 2.5 cm margins on all sides, double line spacing, and consecutive page and line numbering. Before and after each paragraph, the "Spacing" settings in the "Line and Paragraph Spacing" options should be set to zero (0) for "Before" and "After."
• Please use Calibri (10pt) as the preferred font for the manuscript text. The main headings should be written in bold with the first letter of each word capitalized. Subheadings should have only the first letter of the first word capitalized and be written in italics. All manuscripts submitted to the journal must be prepared following the journal's writing guidelines, as outlined below.

Note:

1- Ethics committee approval is required for research articles involving surveys or animal experiments.

2- A similarity report from İntihal.net is mandatory for manuscript submission. For more information about İntihal.net, visit https://intihal.net.

• Title
  The English title should be written in 14 pt (bold and centered) lowercase letters (only the first word of the title is capitalized) and in plain text. The Turkish title should be written in 12 font size and centered.
  Note: No information about the names and institutions of the authors should be written. Author and institutional information should be uploaded to the system as a separate file as Title Page Information.

• Abstract
  Please note that the abstract should not exceed 200 words in Turkish and 250 words in English. The text must be concise, and realistic and adhere to the relevant Turkish and English writing conventions. This section should provide a brief overview of the research project, including its objective and a summary of the key findings. Please note that the abstract must be written in both Turkish and English.

• Keywords
  Please provide a minimum of three and a maximum of five keywords in both Turkish and English immediately following the abstract. These keywords should adhere to the respective writing conventions. The keywords should be listed in alphabetical order, with the first letter of the first word capitalized and all subsequent words in lowercase. Please include the keywords below in both the Turkish and English abstracts.

• Introduction
  This section should set out the objectives of the study and provide sufficient background information on the topic. It should not include an extensive literature review or a summary of results. The purpose of the study should be mentioned at the end of the introduction. Each paragraph should be separated from the previous one by a single blank line.

• Material and Method
  Please provide a comprehensive explanation of the methods used in the study, with references provided where necessary. If additional information needs to be presented under subheadings within this section, please ensure that the first letter of the first word in each subheading is capitalized and that the remaining text is in lowercase.

• Results and Discussion
  The authors may choose to present the Results and Discussion sections together or as separate headings. Please refer to the sections labeled 'Results' and 'Discussion'. The results should be presented clearly and concisely, with the inclusion of figures and tables where necessary. When information needs to be presented under subheadings in the results section, the first letter of the first word should be capitalized, with the remaining text in lowercase. The results of the study should not be repeated in the discussion section. Instead, the significance of these results should be explained by comparing them with existing literature in the field. It is not necessary to cite or discuss extensively any published literature.

• Conclusion
  This section should present the main outcome derived from the key findings of the study, along with any relevant recommendations.

• Acknowledgements
  Acknowledgment notes should be presented under a separate heading before the references section. They should not be added as footnotes on the title page or in any other form. Institutions and organizations providing financial support for the research, as well as individuals or entities offering assistance during the writing process, should be acknowledged here. If the article is derived from a project or thesis, it should also be mentioned in this section.

• Author Contributions (The title should be added after the article is accepted)
  In this section, the contribution percentages of all authors to the work should be stated in Calibri font, 10-point, double line spacing, and left and right justified. This section must be completed, even for single-author works.
  Examples of terms that can be used for the declaration:
  Conceptualization
  Methodology
  Software
  Validation
  Formal Analysis
  Investigation
  Resource/Material/Instrument Supply
  Data Curation
  Original Draft
  Writing Review and Editing
  Visualization
  Supervision, Observation, Advice
  Project Administration

• Example of Author Contribution Declaration:
  Author's Name: Research, Original Draft Writing.
  Author's Name: Research, Validation, Review and Editing.
  Author's Name: Resource/Material/Instrument Supply, Supervision, Observation, Advice.

• Conflict of Interest
  In this section, the author's conflict of interest statement related to the work should be provided in Calibri font, 10-point, double line spacing, and left and right justified. Please complete this section. If no conflict of interest exists, the following statement should be included:

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

• Ethics Committee Approval
  If the study is categorized as requiring "Ethics Committee Approval" (see: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/sduzfd/policy), the relevant document details must be provided in Calibri font, 10-point, double line spacing, and left and right justified. This section must be completed in full. If no ethics committee approval information is available, the following statement should be included:

As the authors of this study, we confirm that we do not have any ethics committee approval.

• Title Page Information
  Title: Please provide a title for the document. The title should be concise and informative. In information retrieval systems, titles are commonly used, so it is advisable to avoid abbreviations and formulas in the title itself.
  Author Names and Affiliations: Please provide the names of the authors and their affiliations. Please provide the full names of the authors, including first and last names, without abbreviations. The authors' professional affiliations should be provided with their surnames followed by a superscript in lowercase letters. Additionally, the ORCID numbers for each author should be listed after the affiliation address.
  Corresponding Author: Please direct all correspondence related to the publication process to the corresponding author. All correspondence during the publication process should be directed to the corresponding author. Accordingly, the corresponding author should be indicated with a superscript, followed by their email address and up-to-date contact information.

• Equations and Formulae
  Please ensure that all equations are numbered in sequence within the text. Subscripts and superscripts must be legible. Please note that equations should be numbered consecutively on the right-hand side, within parentheses. Should an equation be included in the text, it should be placed in a single-line table with hidden borders and two cells. The equation should be centered in the left cell and the equation number should be aligned to the right and sized to fit only the number in the right cell. Please find below examples of equations.
  Please find below an example of an equation layout:

This configuration guarantees accurate alignment and clarity for both the equation and its corresponding number.

• Figure
  The figure title should be brief and descriptive of the figure. When using images, the image files should be in an acceptable format (TIFF or JPEG, EPS or PDF, or MS Office files), and the resolution quality should be good. Maps must have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. Figures and images should be numbered in the order they appear in the text.

• Table
  Tables should be prepared as editable text in MS Office files. Tables can be placed either next to the relevant text in the article, at the end, or on separate pages. They should be numbered consecutively according to their appearance in the text, and any notes related to the table should be placed below the table body. In the text, tables should be presented with their names and descriptions, as shown in the examples below.
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• In tables and text, decimal notation should be indicated with a dot(.). Comma (,) should not be used in decimal writing. (It should be 2.19, 2.19 is wrong notation)
• Example: 

• Table Numbering and Description
  In table numbering and descriptions, a period should be used after the number and everything up to (and including) the period should be written in bold. The table numbering and description should be placed above the table. There should be one line of space before and after the table, separating it from the preceding and following paragraphs. The text within the table should be legible. If necessary, the table can be added in a single column at the top or bottom of the page. The table content and headings should be no smaller than 8-point font.

• References for Text and Reference Section
  Every reference cited within the text must also be included in the reference list according to APA format (and vice versa). Unpublished results and personal communications should not be included in the reference list. To enhance the discoverability and ensure high-quality peer review of the research, online links (e.g., Scopus, CrossRef, PubMed) to cited sources can be provided. For web references, the full URL and the date of last access must be included. If more information (e.g., DOI, author names, dates, reference to a published work) is available, it should also be provided.

Within the manuscript text:

• Single author: Authors Surname, Year (Somogyi, 2021)
  Two authors: Both authors' surnames and the publication year should be included in the citation (Somogyi and Zhao, 2021)
  Three or more authors: Only the first author's surname, followed by "et al.," and the publication year should be included in the citation. (Zhao et al., 2021)
  Direct citations (or in parentheses) can be made. Citation groups should be listed in chronological order.
  Examples: (Somogyi, 2020a, 2020b, 2019; Somogyi and Zhao, 2018; Zhao et al., 2017)… Parker et al. (2021) have recently shown…

• Within the Reference list:
  Reference to a journal publication

Gharibi, S., Tabatabaei, B. E. S., Saeidi, G., & Goli, S. A. H. (2016). Effect of drought stress on total phenolic, lipid peroxidation, and antioxidant activity of Achillea species. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 178(4), 796-809. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-015-1909-3

• Reference to a journal publication with an article number

Önder, S., Tonguç, M., Güvercin, D., & Karakurt, Y. (2020). Biochemical changes stimulated by accelerated aging in safflower seeds (Carthamus tinctorius L.). Journal of Seed Science, 42, e202042015. https://doi.org/10.1590/2317-1545v42227873 

• Reference to a book

Selzer, P. M., Marhöfer, R. J., & Koch, O. (2008). Applied bioinformatics: An introduction (2nd. ed.). Springer, Heidelberg, Germany.

• Reference to a chapter in an edited book

Mettam, G. R., & Adams, L. B. (2009). How to prepare an electronic version of your article, in Jones BS, Smith RZ (eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age (pp. 281-304). E-Publishing Inc.

• Reference to a Website

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 2019. Statistical data for safflower agriculture. Access date: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QC

Publication Period
Journal of Agriculture Faculty (JAF) published second times a year (June and December)

Publication Ethics
The ethical duties and responsibilities listed below in the Journal of Agriculture Faculty (JAF) of the Isparta University of Applied Sciences were prepared by taking into account the guidelines and policies published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) as open access. With the ULAKBİM decision dated February 25, 2020, “For all branches of science, separate ETHICS COMMITTEE APPROVAL must be obtained for clinical and experimental studies on humans and animals that require an ethics committee decision, and this approval must be stated and documented in the article.” The authors must pay attention to this issue. Publications that do not meet this condition will not be accepted.

Authors' Ethical Responsibilities
Author(s) who submit a manuscript to Isparta University of Applied Sciences Journal of Agriculture Faculty (JAF) are expected to comply with the following ethical responsibilities:

• The manuscripts submitted by the author(s) are expected to be original. In cases where the author(s) benefit from or use other articles or differentiated sources (online or printed books, technical reports, symposium Proceedings, or open-source software, etc.) they must refer to and/or cite them completely and accurately.
• People who do not contribute intellectually to the content of the manuscript should not be indicated as co-authors.
• Any situations and relationships that may constitute a conflict of interest, when submitted manuscript for publication should be disclosed.
• Metafile data regarding their articles may be requested from the author(s) within the framework of the evaluation processes, and in such a case, the author(s) should be ready to present the expected data and information to the editorial board and scientific board.
• Author(s) must have a document showing that they have the rights to use the data used, that they have the necessary permissions for the research/analysis, or that the consent of the experimental subjects has been obtained.
• If the author(s) discover a mistake or error in their published, early appearance, or evaluation work, they are obliged to inform the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor in the correction or retraction process.
• Authors cannot have their work in the application process of more than one journal at the same time. Each application can be started after the previous application is completed. Authors should not submit to the Journal of Agricultural Sciences (JAF) a manuscript that has been submitted to another journal or is under consideration by another journal.
• It is not possible to propose changes to the author's responsibilities of a work that has started the evaluation process (such as adding an author, changing the order of authors, or removing authors)

General Duties and Ethical Responsibilities of Editors
The editorial boards and associate editors of the Journal of Agriculture Faculty (JAF) of the Isparta University of Applied Sciences are expected to adhere to the following ethical responsibilities, which are based on the guides "COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors," published as open access by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
In general, editors are responsible for each study published in the Journal of Agriculture Faculty (JAF) of the Isparta University of Applied Sciences. In this regard, the editors are tasked with the following responsibilities:

• Meeting the knowledge demands of both readers and authors.
• Promoting the journal's continuous growth and development.
• Implementing processes to enhance the quality of published studies. 
• Upholding and supporting freedom of expression. 
• Ensuring adherence to principles of academic integrity. 
• Maintaining strict compliance with intellectual property rights and ethical standards. 
• Acting with transparency and clarity in matters requiring corrections or explanations.

Relationships with Readers
In the decision process, editors should consider the knowledge, skills, and expectations of readers, researchers, and reviewers. Editors are responsible for ensuring that published studies are original and contribute meaningfully to the existing body of literature. Furthermore, editors should proactively engage with feedback from researchers and reviewers, providing clear and informative responses.

Relationships with Authors
Editors should make decisions based on the significance, originality, validity, clarity of expression, and alignment of the study with the journal's aims and scope, whether positive or negative.
Studies that fit the journal's scope and do not present significant problems should proceed to the reviewing process.
Unless a study has a significant issue, editors should not disregard favorable recommendations from reviewers.
New editors should not alter decisions made by previous editors regarding a study unless there is a substantial problem.
The "Double-Blind Peer Review and Evaluation Process" must be transparently published, and editors should work to prevent any deviations from the defined processes.
Editors should provide a detailed "Author Guide" that includes all aspects authors might need to know. This guide should be updated periodically.
Authors should receive clear, informative, and explanatory notifications and feedback from the editors.

Relationships with the Editorial Board
Editors should ensure that all editorial board members follow the processes following the editorial policies and guidelines. Editors should inform the editorial board members about editorial policies and keep them informed of developments. Furthermore, Editors should educate new editorial board members about editorial policies and provide them with the information they need.
In addition to the above, editors;

• Ensure that editorial board members evaluate the work impartially and independently.
• Identify new editorial board members who can contribute and are suitable.
• Send potential publications that are in line with the editorial board members' areas of expertise for evaluation.
• Integrate should with the editorial board regularly.
• Organize meetings with the editorial board at regular intervals to develop editorial policies and the journal.

Relationships with the Journal Owner and Publisher
The relationship between the editors and the publisher is based on the principle of editorial independence. According to the written contract between the editors and the publisher, all decisions taken by the editors are independent of the publisher and the journal owner.

Editorial and Blind Reviewing Processes
Editors are responsible for implementing the "Blind Reviewing and Evaluation Process" policies included in the journal publication policies. In this context, editors ensure that the evaluation process of each study is completed fairly, impartially, and on time.

Quality Assurance
Editors are responsible for the publication of each article published in the journal following the journal publication policies and international standards.

Protection of Personal Data
Editors are responsible for ensuring the protection of personal data regarding the subjects or images included in the evaluated studies. They are responsible for rejecting the study unless the explicit consent of the individuals used in the studies is documented. In addition, editors are responsible for protecting the individual data of the authors, reviewers, and readers.

Ethics Committee, Human and Animal Rights
Editors are responsible for ensuring the protection of human and animal rights in the evaluated studies. In cases where there is no ethical committee approval for the subjects used in the studies and no permission for experimental research, the researcher is responsible for rejecting the study.

Precautions Against Possible Misconduct and Abuse Of Duty
Editors are obliged to take precautions against possible misconduct and abuse of duty. In addition to conducting a meticulous and objective investigation into the determination and evaluation of complaints regarding this situation, sharing the findings on the subject is among the responsibilities of the editor.

Ensuring the Integrity of Academic Publications
Editors must ensure that any errors, inconsistencies, or misleading judgments in the studies are promptly corrected.

Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
Editors are obliged to protect the intellectual property rights of all published articles and to defend the rights of the journal and the author(s) in the event of possible violations. In addition, editors are obliged to take the necessary precautions to ensure that the content in all published articles does not violate the intellectual property rights of other publications.

Constructiveness and Openness to Discussion
The journal should take into consideration convincing criticisms of the works published and should display a constructive attitude towards these criticisms.
Editors should give the author(s) of the criticized studies the right to reply.
Editors should not ignore or exclude studies with negative results.

Complaints
Editors are obliged to carefully examine complaints from authors, reviewers, or readers and respond in an enlightening and explanatory manner.

Political and Commercial Concerns
The journal owner, publisher, and no other political and commercial elements affect the independent decision-making of the editors.

Conflicts of Interest
Editors; take into consideration the conflicts of interest between the author(s), reviewers, and other editors and ensure that the publication process of the works is completed independently and impartially.

Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers
The evaluation of all studies with "Blind reviewing" directly affects the quality of the publication. This process provides trust with the objective and independent evaluation of the publication. The İSUBÜZFD evaluation process is carried out with the principle of double-blind reviewing. Reviewers cannot directly contact the authors, and evaluations and comments are communicated through the journal management system. During reviewing process, reviewer comments on evaluation forms and full texts are communicated to the author(s) through the editor. In this context, reviewers who evaluate studies for our journal are expected to have the following ethical responsibilities:

• They should only accept the evaluation of studies related to their field of expertise.
• They should evaluate impartially and confidentially.
• If they think they are faced with a conflict of interest during the evaluation process, they should refuse to review the study and inform the journal editor.
• Following the principle of confidentiality, they should destroy the studies they have reviewed after the evaluation process. They can only use the final versions of the studies they have reviewed after they are published.
• They should make the evaluation objectively and only regarding the content of the study. They should not allow nationality, gender, religious beliefs, political beliefs, and commercial concerns to affect the evaluation.
• The evaluation should be done constructively and politely. They should not make derogatory personal comments that include hostility, slander, and insult. They should perform the work they accept to be evaluated on time and follow the above ethical responsibilities.

Publisher's Ethical Responsibilities
The Journal Board of Directors acts with the awareness of the following ethical responsibilities:

• Editors are responsible for all processes of the studies submitted to the journal. Within this framework, editors are the decision-makers regardless of economic or political gains.
• Publisher undertakes to create independent editorial decisions.
• The publisher protects the property and copyright of every article published in the Journal of Agriculture Faculty (JAF) of the Isparta University of Applied Sciences and assumes the obligation to keep a record of every published copy.
• The publisher has the responsibility to take measures regarding all kinds of scientific misconduct, citation ganging, and plagiarism related to editors.

If You Encounter an Unethical Situation
If you encounter unethical behavior or content in our journal other than the ethical responsibilities mentioned above, please report it via the e-mail addresses in the contact section.

Article Processing Charge (APC) and Fee Policy
No publication fee is charged to the author or institution under any conditions.
No APC is charged for articles sent to the Journal of Agriculture Faculty (JAF) of the Isparta University of Applied Sciences and accepted articles are published as open access.

Advertisement and Sponsorship
Journal of Agriculture Faculty (JAF) of the Isparta University of Applied Sciences does not accept any advertisements or sponsorships and does not include them on its publication page.

Plagiarism Policy
Articles sent to the Journal of Agriculture Faculty (JAF) of the Isparta University of Applied Sciences are checked for plagiarism, excluding sources, with the “Turnitin” software, which is available for personal use by the authors. In the checks, the similarity rate must be 20% or less.

No APC is charged for articles sent to Journal of Agriculture Faculty (JAF) of the Isparta University of Applied Sciences and accepted articles are published as open access.
No royalty fee is paid to authors.