Uludag Bee Journal

The aim of the journal is to publish in general solitary and social bees and particularly honey bees and the environment that these species are in close relations. The honey bees and solitary bees are an important part of food chain of the ecosystem and ecological balance and honey bees are economically important for humans also. The journal also contributes to the research data flow among researchers on international level.

Generally, wild bees including solitary and social bees and environmental relations are in the scope of the journal. Also, plants and other organisms that bees, particularly honey bees and environmental factors that are in close relations and studies related to these areas are covered.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

1. Uludag Bee Journal publishes original research, review articles, short notes, and methodology studies, but original research articles are highly preferred. The main publishing language is Turkish, however, articles in English are also acceptable.

2. Manuscripts that are accepted for publication should not been under consideration or have been published somewhere else. Full responsibility for the articles belongs to the authors. Manuscripts are received by DergiPark online system with a statement of the type of publication, such as original research paper, review, short communication and statement of copyright to Uludag bee journal and statement that ms is not published elsewhere or submitted for publication with signatures from all authors. Authors should also submit a cover page, with author names, Institutional addresses, e-mails, Orcid no.

3. Uludag Bee Journal is published twice a year in May and November.

4. The manuscripts upon acceptance are published online including color pages for free of charge. The copyright of published articles belong to the journal. 

5. Manuscripts are sent to three referees and evaluations are made according to referee comments by subject editors. The double-blind review is applied. MS should be sent without author names and addresses and this information should be sent in a separate file (Title of the MS, author names, addresses, ORCID No. and Copyright statement). The MS is published if it is accepted after referee review and is sent to authors for proofreading before publication.

6.  Manuscripts are checked by IThentica and Intihal programs and the ones that are considered acceptable published. If plagiarism is determined for the manuscript, then these are rejected without review.

7. Author’s names, addresses, e-mails, and ORCID no. are mandatory.

8. Manuscripts should be sent in Word and pdf format. Manuscripts must be prepared in a Word 6.0 version or higher, A-4 page layout, 1.5 spacing, in Arial 10 pt font, with 2 cm left and right margins, and 4 cm top and bottom margins.

9. Abbreviations should only follow after the full words are given at the beginning of the manuscript.

10. The short abstract should be in the same language as the manuscript, preferentially not more than 200 words, with a maximum of 5 keywords, and with Latin names italicized. The extended abstract should be at least 400 words, should be written in simple language, and organized as the following: the goal of the study, materials, and methods, results, and conclusion. Extended abstracts should be given in English and will be translated to Turkish by Editors. Turkish abstract can be added by using Google translator in the Dergipark system and this can be corrected by the journal editors. Non-Turkish speakers can upload both short abstract and extended abstract in English, and also can add short abstract in English for the Turkish section.

11. Manuscripts should contain numbered lines continuously and arranged as follows: Title in English, Title in Turkish, (done by editors for non-Turkish Speakers), Key Words (bold), Short Abstract (bold), (Extended abstract in Turkish), Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, References, with  10 pt.  The main MS title should be given as in bold 14 pt, author names 12 pt., addresses in 10 pt, tables and figure legends in 9 pt.  Authors and affiliations with authors’ e-mail addresses, ORCID no. and copyright statement should be given in a separate file as a title page.

12. Pictures (photos and drawings) should be named and the exact position of each picture should be indicated in the Text. The pictures should be sent in Jpeg or Tiff, graphs, pictures, and figures should be sent in Word format in the text. The figure legends or explanations for tables (may be added in Turkish also by editors as 8 pt) should be given on the top of tables and below the figures with 9 pt Arial font. Graphics are preferred over tables and should be given on portrait formatted pages.

13. If manuscripts are produced from a Master's thesis, Ph.D. dissertation, or financed Project, then this should be stated in the Acknowledgments section of the MS.

14. Citations must be given in the last name-year format (Özbek 2017, Keskin et al.) with DOI no. if it is applicable and full references should be listed alphabetically at the end of the MS. Sample reference should be as follows and the Webpage address should be given for all online references along with an access date.

References should be given as "APA" and cited as the example shown below...

Şirin, Y., Çakır, HE., Can, Z., Yıldız, O., Kolaylı, S. 2016. The Investigation of Usage of SDS-Page Electrophoresis in Identification of Honey Bee Venom. U. Arı D. - U. Bee J. 16(2): 49-56, doi.org/10.31467/uluaricilik.379483

15. Reviewers' suggestions or corrections should be made with different colors in the manuscript such as reviewer 1-red, reviewer 2-blue and reviewer 3- yellow. Technical editors' suggestions will be made by green and purple or violet color.

16. The title of the MS must be uploaded with capital letters and the Turkish title and abstract (using Google translator) can be added by the corresponding author and will be checked in detail by editors.

17. The statements of Source of Finance, Contributions of all Authors, Ethical issue and Conflict of Interest should be added to the cover (author) page.

18. Manuscript should be submitted as three parts; Main Text (title and the main body of the text with tables and graphs embedded, without author names and addresses), Copyright Statement (with signatures and other info), Cover Page (Author page: title, author name and addresses, source of finance for the study, author contribution and declaration of conflict of interest, ethical issue and etc.).

To Authors:
Manuscripts that are sent to the Uludag Bee Journal must be original and should have not been published (except abstract) or under consideration elsewhere. The MS should be scanned by the ITheticate and Intihal program and the similarity should not be over 20%. The ones over 20% are returned to the corresponding author. An agreement statement is required from all authors about the names, order, and copyright issues which are confirmed by a signature. After the MS evaluation process is started or after it is accepted, name addition, deletion, or order changes are not allowed.

Manuscripts that are sent to the Uludag Bee Journal will be checked for proper journal formatting by statistical, technical, and language editors. Suitable manuscripts are sent to three reviewers in the field for evaluation and then returned to the corresponding author. The author can either make the necessary changes or withdraw their manuscripts. A double-blind referee system is used to process the manuscripts. A manuscript that requires major revisions is sent back to the reviewers for approval after revisions. A final decision about the submitted manuscript is made according to reviewers’ suggestions bearing in mind that the majority opinion will have a greater weight in the decision. All suggestions should be considered by the corresponding author in order to produce a final edition of the manuscript. Finally, The editor in Chief will read the manuscript and finalize it. After the page layout process, the manuscript is sent back to the corresponding author for the final check, before it is published. Accepted manuscripts are not allowed to be withdrawn. No manuscript process and open access publication fee are required. 

For studies that required ethics committee approval (the name of the board, number, date, and etc.) it should be stated in the method, on the first and the last page of the ms.

To Reviewers:
Reviewers are requested to review the manuscripts in detail and objectively. Reviewers are evaluated by the journal editors at the end of each year. If needed new reviewers are added and some reviewers are deleted from the referee pool. Reviewers who are determined to be proficient or above average will continue to be in the reviewer pool.

To Editors:
The goal of our journal is to improve the quality level of published articles and subsequently increase the number of citations of the journal. Therefore, the journal quality and editors will be evaluated at the end of each year by the journal owner “the Bursa Uludag University Beekeeping Development-Application and Research Center-AGAM” and advisory board. If necessary editors will be changed to improve the quality of our journal.

Uludag Bee Journal does not charge fees for article submission, refereeing, article publishing, and open access processes.