Seatific Journal

• Aquaculture and Fishing
• Construction
• Coastal Development
• Design
• Electrical Equipment
• Emissions
• Energy
• Hydrodynamics
• Social Aspects
• Logistics
• Machinery and Control
• Marine Engines
• Marine Environment
• Materials
• Navigation
• Noise
• Manoeuvrability
• Off-Shore
• Port Operations
• Propulsion
• Protection of the Environment
• Renewable Energy
• Safety
• Seakeeping
• Ship Resistance
• Shipyards
• Stability
• Structures

Terms of Submission

Papers must be submitted on the understanding that they have not been published elsewhere and are not currently under consideration by another journal or any other publisher. The submitting author is responsible for ensuring that the article's publication has been approved by all the other coauthors. It is also the authors' responsibility to ensure that the articles emanating from a particular institution are submitted with the approval of the necessary institution. Only an acknowledgment from the editorial office officially establishes the date of receipt. Further correspondence and proofs will be sent to the author(s) before publication unless otherwise indicated. It is a condition of submission of a paper that the authors permit editing of the paper for readability. All enquiries concerning the publication of accepted papers should be addressed to seatific@yildiz.edu.tr

Title and Authorship Information

The following information should be included

• Paper title
• Full author names
• Full institutional mailing addresses
• Abstract

The manuscript should contain an abstract. The abstract should be self-contained and citation-free and should not exceed 200 words. An abstract showing the novelty and main findings of the study should be written in the abstract section. The number of keywords should be between 3-5.

Introduction

Seatific Journal aims to encourage and publish research studies about the challenges and opportunities associated with considerable numbers of understandings in the marine science’s sector. Besides, Seatific Journal also aims to reach out to relevant audiences by publishing the latest scientific and technological developments. Seatific Journal, is published periodically and regularly. Scope of the journal covers national, international and local studies regarding shipping and marine sciences. This section should be succinct, with no subheadings.

Materials and Methods

This part should contain sufficient detail so that all procedures can be repeated. It can be divided into subsections if several methods are described.

Results and Discussion

This section may each be divided by subheadings or may be combined.

Conclusion

Articles include Acknowledgments, Data Avability Statement, Author's Contribution, Conflict of Interest, Ethics sections after the conclusion section.

Acknowledgments

All acknowledgments (if any) should be included at the very end of the paper before the references and may include supporting grants, presentations, and so forth.

Data Availability Statement

It is stated that the published publication includes all graphics and data collected or developed during the study.

Author’s Contributions

All authors' contributions to the article are indicated.

Conflict of Interest

Authors must declare that they have no potential conflicts of interest regarding the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.

Ethics

It should be noted that there was no ethical issues in publishing the article.

References

Journal Article

Grady, J. S., Her, M., Moreno, G., Perez, C., & Yelinek, J. (2019). Emotions in storybooks: A comparison of storybooks that represent ethnic and racial groups in the United States. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 8(3), 207–217. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000185

If a journal article has a DOI, include the DOI in the reference.

Journal article with an article number

Jerrentrup, A., Mueller, T., Glowalla, U., Herder, M., Henrichs, N., Neubauer, A., & Schaefer, J. R. (2018). Teaching medicine with the help of “Dr. House.” PLoS ONE, 13(3), Article e0193972. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193972

If the journal article has an article number instead of a page range, include the word “Article” and then the article number instead of the page range.

Journal article with missing information

Missing volume number

Stegmeir, M. (2016). Climate change: New discipline practices promote college access. The Journal of College Admission, (231), 44–47. https://www.nxtbook.com/ygsreprints/NACAC/nacac_jca_spring2016/#/46

Missing issue number

Sanchiz, M., Chevalier, A., & Amadieu, F. (2017). How do older and young adults start searching for information? Impact of age, domain knowledge and problem complexity on the different steps of information searching. Computers in Human Behavior, 72, 67–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.02.038

Missing page or article number

Butler, J. (2017). Where access meets multimodality: The case of ASL music videos. Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, 21(1). http://technorhetoric.net/21.1/topoi/butler/index.html

Retracted journal article

Joly, J. F., Stapel, D. A., & Lindenberg, S. M. (2008). Silence and table manners: When environments activate norms. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34(8), 1047–1056. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167208318401 (Retraction published 2012, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38[10], 1378)

Book

Jackson, L. M. (2019). The psychology of prejudice: From attitudes to social action (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000168-000

Sapolsky, R. M. (2017). Behave: The biology of humans at our best and worst. Penguin Books.

Svendsen, S., & Løber, L. (2020). The big picture/Academic writing: The one-hour guide (3rd digital ed.). Hans Reitzel Forlag. https://thebigpicture-academicwriting.digi.hansreitzel.dk/

Edited Book

Hygum, E., & Pedersen, P. M. (Eds.). (2010). Early childhood education: Values and practices in Denmark. Hans Reitzels Forlag. https://earlychildhoodeducation.digi.hansreitzel.dk/

Kesharwani, P. (Ed.). (2020). Nanotechnology based approaches for tuberculosis treatment. Academic Press.

Torino, G. C., Rivera, D. P., Capodilupo, C. M., Nadal, K. L., & Sue, D. W. (Eds.). (2019). Microaggression theory: Influence and implications. John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119466642

Republished book, with editor

Watson, J. B., & Rayner, R. (2013). Conditioned emotional reactions: The case of Little Albert (D. Webb, Ed.). CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. http://a.co/06Se6Na (Original work published 1920)

Book published with new foreword by another author

Kübler-Ross, E. (with Byock, I.). (2014). On death & dying: What the dying have to teach doctors, nurses, clergy & their own families (50th anniversary ed.). Scribner. (Original work published 1969)

Several volumes of a multivolume work

Harris, K. R., Graham, S., & Urdan T. (Eds.). (2012). APA educational psychology handbook (Vols. 1–3). American Psychological Association.

Chapter in an edited book

Aron, L., Botella, M., & Lubart, T. (2019). Culinary arts: Talent and their development. In R. F. Subotnik, P. Olszewski-Kubilius, & F. C. Worrell (Eds.), The psychology of high performance: Developing human potential into domain-specific talent (pp. 345–359). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000120-016

Chapter in an edited book, reprinted from another book

Bronfenbrenner, U. (2005). The social ecology of human development: A retrospective conclusion. In U. Bronfenbrenner (Ed.), Making human beings human: Bioecological perspectives on human development (pp. 27–40). SAGE Publications. (Reprinted from Brain and intelligence: The ecology of child development, pp. 113–123, by F. Richardson, Ed., 1973, National Educational Press)

Report with Individual Authors References

This page contains reference examples for reports with individual authors.

Baral, P., Larsen, M., & Archer, M. (2019). Does money grow on trees? Restoration financing in Southeast Asia. Atlantic Council. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/does-money-grow-on-trees-restoring-financing-in-southeast-asia/

Stuster, J., Adolf, J., Byrne, V., & Greene, M. (2018). Human exploration of Mars: Preliminary lists of crew tasks (Report No. NASA/CR-2018-220043). National Aeronautics and Space Administration. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20190001401.pdf

Report by a Government Agency References

This page contains a reference example for a report by a government agency.

National Cancer Institute. (2019). Taking time: Support for people with cancer (NIH Publication No. 18-2059). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. https://www.cancer.gov/publications/patient-education/takingtime.pdf

Conference Paper in Print

Jang, S. (2019, August 8–11). Deconstructing the opposition of natural/arbitrary in Coleridge’s theory of language [Paper presentation]. NASSR 2019: Romantic Elements, Chicago, IL, United States.

Conference Proceedings

Author Surname, First Initial. Second Initial. (Year). Conference paper title. In Editor First Initial. Editor Surname (Ed.), Proceedings Book Title (pp. page range of paper). Place of Publication: Publisher. Armstrong, D. B., Fogarty, G. J., & Dingsdag, D. (2007). Scales measuring characteristics of small business information systems. In W-G. Tan (Ed.), Proceedings of Research, Relevance and Rigour: Coming of age: 18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (pp. 163-171). Toowoomba, Australia: University of Southern Queensland.

Thesis

Author, A. A. (date). Title of doctoral dissertation or master's thesis (Doctoral dissertation or Master's thesis). Available from Name of database. (Accession or Order No.)

Pflieger, J. C. (2009). Adolescents' parent and peer relations and romantic outcomes in young adulthood (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global database. (UMI No. 3371229)

Preparation of Figures

Upon submission of an article, authors are supposed to include all figures and tables in the PDF file of the manuscript. Figures and tables should not be submitted in separate files. If the article is accepted, authors will be asked to provide the source files of the figures. Each figure should be supplied in a separate electronic file. All figures should be cited in the paper in a consecutive order. Figures should be supplied in either vector art formats (Illustrator, EPS, WMF, FreeHand, CorelDraw, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.) or bitmap formats (Photoshop, TIFF, GIF, JPEG, etc.). Bitmap images should be of 300 dpi resolution at least unless the resolution is intentionally set to a lower level for scientific reasons. If a bitmap image has labels, the image and labels should be embedded in separate layers.

Preparation of Tables

Tables should be cited consecutively in the text. Every table must have a descriptive title and if numerical measurements are given, the units should be included in the column heading. Vertical rules should not be used.

Proofs

Corrected proofs must be returned to the publisher within 2-3 days of receipt. The publisher will do everything possible to ensure prompt publication. It will therefore be appreciated if the manuscripts and figures conform from the outset to the style of the journal.

Authorship Criteria

All persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship, and all those who qualify should be listed. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content. One or more authors should take responsibility for the integrity of the work as a whole, from inception to published article.

Authorship credit should be based only on; (1) substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data, (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, and (3) final approval of the version to be published. Conditions 1, 2, and 3 must all be met. Acquisition of funding, the collection of data, or general supervision of the research group, by themselves, do not justify authorship. All others who contributed to the work who are not listed as authors should be named in the acknowledgments, and their contribution should be described. Authorship of multicenter trials is attributed to a group. All members of the group who are named as authors should fully meet the above criteria for authorship. Group members who do not meet these criteria should be listed, with their permission, in the acknowledgments. Financial and material support should also be acknowledged.

All statements and opinions expressed in the manuscripts published in Seatific Journal reflect the views of the author(s). All liability for the advertisements rests with the appropriate organization(s). The Editor-in-Chief, and Kare Publishing do not accept any responsibility for claims made in articles or advertisements.

Copyright Statement

The author(s) agrees that:

• The manuscript submitted is his/her/their own original work, and has not been plagiarized from any prior work,
• all authors participated in the work in a substantive way, and are prepared to take public responsibility for the work,
• all authors have seen and approved the manuscript as submitted,
• the manuscript has not been published and is not being submitted or considered for publication elsewhere,
• the text, illustrations, and any other materials included in the manuscript do not infringe upon any existing copyright or other rights of anyone.

Seatific Journal (Yildiz Technical University) will publish the content under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license that gives permission to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format other than commercial purposes as well as remix, transform and build upon the material by providing appropriate credit to the original work.

The Contributor(s) or, if applicable the Contributor’s Employer, retain(s) all proprietary rights in addition to copyright, patent rights.

Open Access Policy

Seatific Journal is an open access publication.

All content published in the journal is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) 4.0 International License which allows third parties to use the content for non-commercial purposes as long as they give credit to the original work. This license allows for the content to be shared and adapted for non-commercial purposes, promoting the dissemination and use of the research published in the journal.

All published content is available online, free of charge at https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/seatific.

Copyright Policy

A Copyright Agreement, which includes an Acknowledgement of Authorship, must be submitted with all manuscripts. Authors, by signing this agreement, consent that if their article is accepted for publication by Seatific Journal, it will be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). This license permits third parties to share and adapt the content for non-commercial purposes, provided they appropriately credit the original work. Authors must obtain permission from copyright holders to use any previously published material such as figures, tables, or any other content in both print and electronic formats. Authors bear the legal, financial, and criminal liabilities related to copyright infringement. The copyright of their work published in the Seatific Journal remains with the authors.

Authors retain the copyright and commercial rights of their published work in the Seatific Journal.

Self-Archiving Policy

Authors retain the right to self-archive their work on their institutional or personal websites, as well as in open access repositories, after publication. It is expected that authors will appropriately acknowledge the original publication and include the DOI number when sharing their articles. Additionally, authors are requested to provide a link from the deposited version to the URL of the publisher's website. This requirement ensures that the online published version on the publisher's website is recognized as the definitive version of record, maintaining the integrity and authenticity of the scientific record.

Publication Fee Policy

The Seatific Journal is funded by Yıldız Technical University. Authors are not required to pay any fees during the evaluation and publication process.

Peer Review Process

Manuscripts submitted to Seatific Journal will go through a double-anonymized peer review process where both authors and reviewers are anonymous to each other. Each submission will be reviewed by at least two external, independent peer reviewers, who are experts in their fields, in order to ensure an unbiased evaluation process.

Submissions will first go through a technical evaluation process during which the editorial office staff will ensure that the manuscript is prepared and submitted in accordance with the journal’s guidelines.

Submissions that do not conform to the journal’s guidelines will be returned to the authors with requests for technical corrections.

Submissions that conform to the journal’s guidelines will be assigned to the Editor in Chief, who will assess each submission’s suitability to the journal in terms of scope and quality. Submissions that are not suitable for the journal can be rejected at this stage.

For papers that are suitable for the journal, the Editor in Chief will work with Associate Editors, who will recruit reviewers for the manuscript. Once assigned, Associate Editors can decide to reject a manuscript, continue with the peer review process, or request revisions before further peer review.

Associate Editors will submit their recommendations, which are based on reports submitted by the reviewers, to the Editor in Chief. Revised manuscripts will be reassessed by the Associate Editors, who will aim to work with the original reviewers to make a new recommendation.

The Editor in Chief is the final authority in the decision-making process for all submissions.

In the event of delays, authors will be informed of the reason for the delay and given the opportunity to withdraw their manuscript.

Once the peer review process is completed, the authors will receive anonymous peer review reports along with the editorial decision on their manuscript. Peer review reports will not be posted publicly in any medium. The submitted material is considered confidential and must not be used in any way until after its publication. If it is suspected that a reviewer has appropriated an author’s ideas or data, the Editorial Board will handle the matter in accordance with the relevant COPE guideline.

Authors can recommend peer reviewers during submission. The handling editor is the sole authority to decide whether or not recommended peer reviewers will be invited to evaluate the manuscript.

Peer reviewers are required to adhere to the principles of COPE's Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers, and these guidelines provide a framework for reviewers to follow in order to ensure the integrity and fairness of the peer review process. The Editorial Board follows COPE’s relevant flowchart to minimize peer review manipulation. If there is suspicion of peer review manipulation after publication, the Editorial Board will follow the appropriate flowchart of COPE.

Potential peer reviewers should inform the Editor of any possible conflicts of interest before accepting an invitation to review a manuscript. Informing the editor of any potential conflicts of interest allows them to make an informed decision about whether or not to invite the potential reviewer to participate in the review process. It also helps to ensure the integrity and transparency of the review process.

Communications between Editors and peer reviewers contain confidential information that should not be shared with third parties.

To ensure an equitable peer review process, Seatific Journal will recruit external editors for manuscripts submitted by the Journal’s editorial board members. External editors will be selected based on academic qualifications and peer review experience. We uphold the confidentiality of external editors and reviewers to preserve impartiality. Reviewers and external editors are asked to disclose any potential conflicts of interest, promoting transparency and a reliable evaluation process.

Revisions

Authors of manuscripts requiring either a “minor revision” or a “major revision” will receive a decision letter from the Editor in Chief. This letter will include the suggestions of the reviewers and editors along with a deadline for submitting the revised and updated manuscript.

When submitting a revised version of a paper, authors must include a detailed “Response to the Reviewers” that addresses each issue raised by the reviewers point by point, indicating where in the manuscript the changes have been made (each reviewer’s comment is followed by the author’s reply and the line numbers where changes have been implemented), as well as an annotated copy of the main document.

Revised manuscripts must be submitted within the timeframe specified in the decision letter. If the revised manuscript is not submitted within this period, the option to revise may be withdrawn. If authors require additional time, they should request an extension before the initial deadline expires.

Publication Ethics

The Seatific Journal is committed to adhering to the guidelines and core practices set forth by several organizations, including the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (a joint statement by COPE, DOAJ, OASPA). These guidelines are designed to promote transparency, integrity, and best practices in scholarly publishing. Adherence to these standards ensures that the research published by the journal is of high quality and meets the ethical standards of the scientific community.

Authors are encouraged to use the EASE Ethics Checklist for Authors to ensure their manuscripts comply with ethical standards.

Plagiarism and Ethical Misconduct

All submissions are screened multiple times during the peer-review and/or production processes using similarity detection software (Crossref Similarity Check powered by iThenticate).

When discussing work by others (or your own previous work), ensure that you correctly cite the material in every instance.

Authors are strongly advised to avoid any form of plagiarism and ethical misconduct, which include but are not limited to:

Citation Manipulation: The practice of artificially inflating citation counts through methods such as excessive self-citation, excessive citation of articles from the same journal, or the inclusion of honorary or stacked citations.

Self-Plagiarism (Text-Recycling): The practice of reusing sections or sentences from one's previous publications without proper citation. This is considered plagiarism as it involves using previously published work without proper attribution.

Salami Slicing: The unethical practice of dividing one significant piece of research into several smaller parts and publishing them as separate articles, which can mislead regarding the novelty and significance of the research.

Data Fabrication: Adding data that never occurred in the gathering of data or experiments. This is considered a serious form of research misconduct, presenting false information as real.

Data Manipulation/Falsification: Altering research data to misrepresent the research findings. This includes manipulating images, omitting inconvenient results, changing data points, etc., and is considered a form of research misconduct.

In the event of alleged or suspected research misconduct, such as plagiarism, citation manipulation, or data falsification/fabrication, the Editorial Board will follow the appropriate COPE flowcharts to ensure that the allegations or suspicions are handled in a fair, transparent, and consistent manner.

Authorship

Being an author of a scientific article primarily indicates a person who has made a significant contribution to the article and shares responsibility and accountability for that article. To be recognized as an author of a scientific article, researchers should meet the following criteria:

• Making a significant contribution to the work in one or more of the following phases: research conception or design, acquisition of data, analysis, and interpretation.
• Drafting, writing, or revising the manuscript.
• Agreeing on the final version of the manuscript and the journal to which it will be submitted.
• Taking responsibility and accountability for the content of the article.

Contributions not included in the authorship criteria should be acknowledged in the Acknowledgment section.

In addition to being accountable for the parts of the work they have conducted, authors should also be able to identify which co-authors are responsible for other specific parts of the work. This ensures that all authors' contributions are accurately and appropriately acknowledged. Authors may use the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) to provide information about individual contributions at the time of submission. It is expected that all authors agree on their individual contributions as communicated by the corresponding author. The authors’ contribution statement will be published with the final article and should accurately reflect contributions to the work.

Furthermore, authors should have confidence in the integrity of their co-authors' contributions. This means trusting that their co-authors have conducted the research ethically and responsibly, and that the data and results presented in the manuscript are accurate and reliable.

Individuals who do not meet all four of the authorship criteria should not be listed as authors on the manuscript. However, they can be acknowledged on the title page of the manuscript for their contributions to the research. This recognizes the contributions of these individuals and provides transparency about who was involved in the research.

If the editorial board suspects a case of ghost, honorary, or gift authorship, the submission will be suspended, and the relevant COPE flowchart and COPE Policy on authorship and contributorship will be followed.

Change of Authorship

Any requests for changes to authorship, such as the removal or addition of authors, or changes in the order of authors, should be submitted to the editorial office along with a letter stating the reasons for the change. This letter must be signed by all authors, including any who are to be removed.

The journal’s Editorial Board will handle all requests for changes to authorship in a consistent and transparent manner, following the relevant COPE flowchart guidelines. These procedures are in place to protect the integrity of the research and the reputation of all involved authors.

Declaration of Interests

Authors must disclose any relationships or interests that could inappropriately influence or bias their work. This disclosure should be made through the online submission system while submitting their manuscript.

The Seatific Journal also requires and encourages individuals involved in the peer review process of submitted manuscripts to disclose any existing or potential competing interests that might lead to potential bias.

The Editorial Board will handle cases of potential competing interests of editors, authors, or reviewers in accordance with the relevant COPE flowcharts.

Financial Disclosure

Seatific Journal requires authors to disclose any financial support they received to conduct their research. This information should be included in the funding statement, which must be provided when the manuscript is submitted to the journal.

The funding statement should include the names of any granting agencies, the grant numbers, and a description of each funder's role in the research. If the funder had no role in the research, this should also be stated in the funding statement. This information is crucial for readers to understand the potential biases and conflicts of interest that may exist in the research.

The Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Manuscript Preparation

Seatific Journal adheres to the guidelines set forth by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) regarding the use of AI and AI-assisted technology in manuscript preparation. Authorship involves tasks that can only be performed by humans. Authors are responsible for ensuring the originality of the article and possessing the necessary qualifications for authorship. While AI can be used for language corrections during the writing process, this usage should be explicitly stated in the article. AI cannot be included as an author because it is crucial to maintain the originality and quality of the article.

Post-Publication Corrections and Ethical Misconduct Handling

All requests for post-publication corrections are subject to editorial review. The editorial board will assess the request to determine whether a correction is necessary and appropriate. The decision to issue a correction will be based on the nature of the error, its potential impact on the article, and the availability of supporting evidence. The editorial board may consult with the authors, reviewers, and other experts as needed to make an informed decision. If a correction request is approved, the article will be corrected in the journal's archive.

The Editorial Board reviews cases in accordance with journal policies and COPE guidelines.

If allegations of misconduct are reported directly by whistleblowers, the Editorial Board will follow the relevant COPE flowchart. The journal will act in accordance with COPE's flowchart on how to respond to whistleblowers when concerns about a published article are raised on a social media site.

In some instances, an ombudsperson may be appointed to resolve claims that cannot be settled internally.

To investigate potential ethical misconduct more efficiently and effectively, the editorial board may share information with other editors-in-chief. If communication with the editor-in-chief is necessary, the editorial board will adhere to the relevant COPE recommendations.

If necessary, the journal may also contact institutions to inform them of suspected misconduct by researchers and provide evidence to support these concerns, following COPE guidelines throughout the process.

In the event of ethical misconduct concerns, the editors will conduct an investigation according to COPE guidelines. Should the investigation confirm the concern, the editors may issue a retraction notice. This notice will be published in the journal, and the article's record will be updated to reflect the retraction. Although retracted, the article will remain in the journal's archives but will be clearly marked as retracted. Additionally, the article's record will be updated in relevant indexes to reflect the retraction.

Appeals and Complaint

The editorial board of the journal is responsible for addressing appeals and complaints in accordance with the guidelines and recommendations of the COPE. If an author has an appeal or complaint, they should contact the editorial office directly to discuss their concerns. The editorial board will review the case and make a decision based on COPE guidelines.

The editor-in-chief has the final authority in the decision-making process for all appeals and complaints. In some cases, an ombudsperson may be assigned to resolve claims that cannot be resolved internally. It is important to note that the journal follows a fair and transparent process for handling appeals and complaints, with the goal of preserving the integrity of the scientific record.

Withdrawal Requests

Withdrawal requests for an article are reviewed by the editorial board of the journal. To request the withdrawal of an article, authors must send a letter signed by all co-authors stating their request and the reasons for withdrawal to the journal editor. The editorial board will then review the request and make a decision based on the reasons provided by the authors. If the request is approved, the article will be withdrawn from the journal, and the authors will be notified of the decision. Authors are advised not to submit their work to another journal for evaluation until the withdrawal request has been approved, to avoid any potential conflicts of interest or duplication of publication.

Preprint Policy

Seatific Journal does not consider preprints as prior publication, allowing authors to present and discuss their findings on a non-commercial preprint server before submitting their work to the journal.

However, authors must inform the journal of the preprint server deposition of their article, along with its DOI, during the initial submission process.

If the article is accepted and published in the journal, it is the responsibility of the authors to update the archived preprint and link it to the published version of the article. This ensures that readers can easily access the most up-to-date and accurate information.

Permission Policy

The journal’s content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). Under this license, users are allowed to share, adapt, reproduce, and distribute the journal’s content for non-commercial purposes, provided that they give appropriate credit to the original author and the journal.

Disclaimer

The statements or opinions expressed in the manuscripts published in the journal reflect the views of the author(s) and not those of the editors, editorial board, or publisher. The editors, editorial board, and publisher are not responsible for the content of the manuscripts and do not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure that their work is accurate and well-researched. The views expressed are their own. The editors, editorial board, and publisher provide a platform for the authors to share their work with the scientific community.

The Seatific Journal is funded by Yıldız Technical University. Authors are not required to pay any fees during the evaluation and publication process.