Page layout
A4 paper size should be used for the submissions with left, right, bottom margins of 3 cm and a top margin of 4 cm. The text should be both left and right justified and the vertical spacing should be 1 lines with no blank lines between paragraphs. Times New Roman fonts should be used in the whole document with a font size of 12 points.
Title of the Article
Title should be short, explanatory and should be written in capital letters (12 points) with center alignment. In the published articles, the English title and the abstract should be written first and then followed by the Turkish title and the abstract.
Authors
Initial(s) of the author(s)’s first name(s) should be written with capital letters and the rest should be written in lowercase letters, surname(s) should be written in capital letters. Author(s)’s name(s) should be written with center aligned text (12 points). Superscripted numbers (1, 2 ...) should be used following the author(s)'s name(s) to indicate the address(es). The responsible author should be indicated by an additional superscripted star symbol (*) following his/her name. Full address(es) of the author(s) should be written just below the author(s)’s name(s) in lowercase letters (10 points, center aligned), the responsible author's e-mail address should be footnoted (10 points). Author(s)’s name(s) should not include any academic titles.
Abstract and Keywords
- Turkish and English abstracts should be limited to 250 words. 4-6 keywords should be given below the abstracts in lowercase (12 points). Repetition of the title should be avoided in the keywords.
- An additional shortened title of the article to be used in the page headers should be given.
Section Titles
- Main section titles should be written in Times New Roman fonts (12 points) with left justification. Titles should be written in bold uppercase letters and should be numbered starting from the introduction part.
- Subsection titles should be written in Times New Roman fonts (12 points) with uppercase initials.
The article should be composed of Abstract, Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussions and Conclusions main sections followed by References part (and additional Recommendations and Acknowledgements sections if necessary).
References
- Unpublished works such as; researches under preparation or submitted for publication, unpublished results or observations, information via personal communication, reports, lecture notes and seminars should not be referenced. An unpublished but printed thesis study can be used a reference.
- References part should have single line spacing and should be written in 10 points fonts.
Citation
References should be cited between “ ( ) ” in the text. Enumeration should follow the citation order an alphabetical sort.
Format of the references section is given below:
a) Article: Surname(s) of the author(s) should be written first with uppercase initials and be followed by the uppercase initial of the first name after a single space. Authors should be separated with commas. Following the author(s), year of publication (between parentheses), article title, name of the journal (in italic with uppercase initials) and the volume number should be given, if exists issue number and the page numbers should follow.
Example: Balık, İ., Çubuk, H., Çınar, Ş., (2009). Population structure, growth, mortality and estimated stock size of the introduced tench, Tinca tinca (L.), population in Lake Beyşehir, Turkey. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 25: 206-210.
b) Book: Author's surname, first name's initial, year of publication (between parentheses), book title (in italic), (translator and/or editor if exists), volume and edition numbers (if exists), number of pages, place of publication, publisher.
Example: Maden S. (2006). Diferansiyel Denklemler. Birinci baskı, s. 358, Ankara, Sözkesen Matbaacılık.
c) Part of a Book: Author’s surname, initial of the first name, year of publication, section or chapter title, title of the book, editor(s) (between parentheses), page numbers, place of publication, publisher.
Example: Nelson D.W., Sommers, L. E. (1982). Organic Matter. In “Methods of Soil Analysis Part 2. Chemical and Microbiological Properties 2nd Ed.” ( A.L. Page, R,H, Miller& D.R. Keeney, eds), Agronomy. No: 9, s. 574-579, Madison, Wisconsin.
d) Conference or Symposium: Author(s)'s surname(s) followed initial of the first name, date, title of the proceeding, name of the conference or symposium, volume number, page number, place of the conference or symposium.
Example: Dizy, J., Bhave, A., Ooi, D., Soyhan, H.S. 2016. Bringing and combustion characteristics within IC engine simulation and optimization work-flow, 5th International Conference on Fuels, Fire and Combustion in Engineering, İstanbul, TURKEY.
e) Internet: When a source on internet is cited (except for the works also published in journals), the full address path of the internet site should be given in the references section.
f) Web page: Author's surname, first name's initial, (publication or preparation date of the web page.
URL: Example: URL-1, Robotics at Boston Dynamics, Streim D.,(2008) 21.10.2008 http://www.bostondynamics.com/content/sec.php?section=robotics
g) Thesis: Author's surname, first name's initial, year of publication, thesis title, thesis degree, place of publication (university).
Example: Pehlivan, E.F. (2016). Biodiesel pilot fueled natural gas engine simulation using stochastic reactor model (in Turkish), Master of Science Thesis, Karadeniz Technical University.
Brakora, J.L. (2012). A Comprehensive Combustion Model for Biodiesel-Fueled Engine Simulations, PhD Thesis, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
h) Patents: Kitchen, “Combustion Improver Fuel Additive”. US Patent No: 4, 585, 462. April 29, 1986.
ı) Footnotes: E-mail address of the responsible author should be footnoted and if the presented work is a part of a proceeding, thesis or a project then it should be indicated as a footnote (only on the first page).
j) Figures and Tables: Illustrations apart from the tables, such as; photographs, plots, drawings and graphics should be given as “Figure”s. These images should be clear and suitable for the offset printing technique. All tables and figures should be referenced in the text, they should be numbered (Table 1., Figure 1.) and should have headers/captions with proper explanations. Size of the figures and the tables should be determined considering the page size.
Figure numbers and captions should be given below the figure, while the table headers should be written above the table.
k) Equations (Formulas): All equations should be numbered. Equation numbers should be shown between parentheses and placed on the right side of the equation with right justification. 10 point fonts should be used for the equations, main characters and the variables should be in italic while the numbers and the mathematical expressions should be given in normal fonts.
l) Appendices: Each appendix should be given on a separate page and should be numbered with roman numbers.
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