Author Guidelines
Article submission is carried out via the online article submission system on the website. For this purpose, it is necessary to be a member with the registration system. Original research, research note, short research and review articles are published in the journal. The studies to be published in the journal must not have been published in any publication or copyright granted before. All responsibility of the work belongs to its author(s).
The editor of the journal is not responsible for the technical content and printing errors of the works accepted for publication after the "Proof". No article charge fee is paid for the printed works. The studies can be written in any of the Turkish or English languages, in accordance with the spelling rules announced.
All articles submitted to our journal are checked for plagiarism through iThenticate and/or Turnitin programs at the pre-review stage. The similarity rate in the plagiarism report created after the plagiarism check should be at most 30%. Articles with a similarity rate above this rate will be rejected.
All articles considered should including certain academic standards. The article included in the editorial process is submitted to the opinion of at least two reviewer who are experts in the subject to be reviewed in terms of scientific content by the editor/field editor. In case of disagree in the reviewer's views, another reviewer's opinion can be consulted for the final decision. In order for the articles submitted for publication to be published in the journal, they must be deemed appropriate in terms of scientific content and form and accepted by the reviewers.
AUTHORS GUIDELINES
Manuscripts submitted for publication in our journal must be prepared in accordance with the journal's writing guidelines. Manuscripts that do not comply with the writing guidelines are returned to the authors without being reviewed by the peer reviewers.
When submitting an article to our journal, the Title Page and Article Template must be submitted in separate files. Information such as author names and institutions must not be included in the text.
Articles should be prepared with Microsoft Word or Latex. Tables and figures should be added directly to the study, close to where they are shown.
Template (.tex, .pdf, .cls, .bib, .bst, .png) file should be used for manuscripts to be prepared with LaTeX. Both the .tex file and the .pdf file created with the LaTeX template should be uploaded to the system, and the files should be in .pdf in the "Main Text" section.
Title Page
On the title page; the title, article type, and author information should be included. the title page must be uploaded to the system as a separate file from "Main Text".
The title of the article should be short, concise and informative, and should writing using 12 pt, bold letters, the letter of the first word in uppercase, the others in lowercase, centered. Latin names such as breed and species names should be shown in italics. The title should be arranged according to the primary language.
On the title page, the name and surname of the authors in the article should be given and the responsible author should be specified. In addition, e-mail addresses of all authors, ORCID information and the institution (University, Faculty, Institute, Department etc.) of all authors, city, country respectively, should be written. (In the articles presented in Turkish, attention should be paid to the address information given in Turkish).
In addition, on the title page, financial explanation, ethics committee approval/permissions, acknowledgment and conflict of interest information should be given (this information will be placed in before the sources after the conclusion section at the time of publishing the article).
Funding/Financial Disclosure: It should be clearly stated whether the study/investigation is supported by any institution and/or organization.
Ethics Committee Approval and Permissions: If the article requires the permission of the ethics committee, the board, date and number of permissions should be clearly stated under this heading. For studies requiring ethics committee approval and their details, please check the Ethical Principles and Publication Policy
If the article does not require ethics committee permission, the statement "The study does not require ethics committee permission or any special permission" should be included. In addition, DECLARATION FORM must be signed by the responsible author and uploaded to the system at the article submission stage.
Conflict of Interests: The author(s) must indicate the presence/absence of any conflict of interest in this section (for example, if there is no conflict of interest, the statement “There is no conflict of interest” may be used).
Authors Contribution: "Authors contributed equally to the study" or "1st author contributed 60%, 2nd author contributed 40%." etc. expressions such as should be included.
Acknowledgments: Thesis, the project etc. if data obtained from sources were used, it should be clearly stated. Apart from these, people and/or institutions and organizations may also be thanked.
Main Text
The main text should be prepared in a single file, separate from the title page. The main text should not contain author names and should start with title of manuscript. The main text should be written using 1.15 line spacing, justified, Times New Roman, 11 pt.
The main text should be arranged as "Abstract and Keywords, Introduction, Article Body and References". If necessary, the Article Body can be edited as "Material and Method, Findings, Discussion, Conclusion," or "Preliminary Information, Results/Discussion and Results". In some cases, "Results and Discussion", "Discussion and Conclusion" sections can be organized together. Headings should be written on a separate line and only initials should be capitalized. Title or subtitles should not be numbered.
Abstract and Keywords: The abstract should be concise and short, including the purpose, scope and conclusion of the study, and should not exceed 250 words. Any abbreviations, references or equations should be used in the abstract. In Turkish manuscripts, "Abstract" should be included after "Öz", and in English manuscripts, "Öz" should take place after "Abstract".
Keywords should be written using a carriage return right after the abstract. There should be at least 3 and at most 6 keywords containing the purpose of the directory. Turkey Science Terms address may be preferred in keyword selection.
Tables and Figures
Tables and figures should be placed in the text. When deemed necessary, tables and figures should be loaded into the system separately from the files section.
If some or all of the tables and figures in the article have been published elsewhere before, they must be cited. It is the responsibility of the author(s) to obtain the necessary permission from the copyright for the reuse of the tables and figures and to submit them to Sinop University Journal of Natural Science.
Tables: Reference should be made to the relevant table in the text. Tables should be prepared using Times New Roman font and at least 11 font size. Tables should be numbered as 1, 2, and 3, and each table should have a heading that summarizes the data. Table text and title should be written in italics.
Figures: Reference should be made to the relevant figure in the text. Figures should be show with the figure number as Figure 1, 2, 3, etc. and each shape should have a heading that summarizes the data. Figure text and title should be written in italics. EPS (preferred format for diagrams), TIFF (LZW compression resolution, resolution at least 300 dpi), PNG (preferred format for photographs or images), JPEG (preferred format for photographs or images, 300 dpi) file extensions can be used in the figures.
Units of Measure and Abbreviations: Abbreviations in the text should be explained in parentheses at the first mention. Scientific data should be used according to the International System of Units (Systeme International d 'Unites, SI). In numerical data, a period should be used instead of commas (3.57, not 3.57). In the expression of units, for example, not mg.ml-1, but mg/mL should be used, as well as ppm and ppb, mg/kg and μg/kg, respectively, may be preferred. The statistical analysis results should be included in the discussion and the probability should be indicated with capital letter and italic “P”, leaving no space after P (e.g. P<0.05). Special characters in the text should be made using the symbol and equation tab.
In-text Citation: If the works and/or expressions of others are used in the work, it should be made sure that it is cited correctly and appropriately. The cited references should be numbered in square brackets according to the order in which they are given in the text.
Okçu [1] or Mitchell [2]…
Engez and Ergönül [3] or Gamon and Pearcy 4
Asefa et al. [5] or Straser et al. [6].
References
The list of references should be complete and numbered in the order given in the text. Plagiarism and false data should not be included. APA 7 style should be used for reference.
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