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

2. Manuscripts that are accepted for publication should not have been under consideration or have been published somewhere else. Full responsibility for the articles belongs to the authors. Manuscripts are received by the DergiPark online system, accompanied by a statement indicating the type of publication (e.g., original research paper, review, short communication), a copyright statement to Uludag Bee Journal, and a declaration that the manuscript is not published elsewhere and has not been submitted for publication, with signatures from all authors. Authors should also submit a cover page with their names, Institutional addresses, emails, ORCID numbers, and declarations. No author names and addresses should be given in the main text for the blind review system.

3. Uludag Bee Journal has a continuous model of publishing, and accepted manuscripts are published continuously without issue. 

4. The manuscripts upon acceptance are published online, including color pages, for free of charge. The copyright of published articles belongs 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 the authors for proofreading before publication.

6. Manuscripts are checked by IThentica and Intihal programs, and the ones that are considered acceptable are published. If plagiarism is detected in the manuscript, it will be rejected without review. Additionally, authors should state on the title page that AI has not been used to prepare the manuscript, except for the references.

7. Author’s names, addresses, e-mails, and ORCID numbers are mandatory. The address should start with the department, faculty, and university name, followed by the city and country.

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 preferably not be more than 200 words, with a maximum of 5 keywords, and with Latin names italicized. 

11. Manuscripts should contain numbered lines continuously and arranged as follows: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, References. MS Title, Key Words (bold), Short Abstract (max. 200 words) with 10 pt. The main MS title should be given in bold 14 pt , author names in  12 pt , addresses in  10 pt , and tables and figure legends in  9 pt . 

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 format. Graphs, pictures, and figures should be included in the text as Word documents. The figure legends or explanations for tables should be placed at the top of the tables and below the figures in 9 pt Arial font. Graphics are preferred over tables and should be given on portrait-format pages. Pictures should be given in high quality and the right size to fit the page. It is also necessary to send pictures and graphics in JPEG format to prevent possible changes.

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.

14. Citations must be given in the last name-year format (Keskin et al. 2019, Ozbek 2017) in alphabetical order in the text and references with DOI no. If it is applicable. Sample references should be formatted as follows, and the Webpage address should be provided for all online references, along with the access date and the author's last name, if not specified by the first letter of the subject. During the addition of the references, it is kindly requested to use the "add citation" section in the references section of the Word program in the text in order not to make a difference in the text and in the references section. DOI no. must be given at the end of each reference, and it is kindly requested that there should be no full stop at the end.
References should be given and cited as the example shown below;
Article: Şirin Y, Çakır, HE, Can Z, Yıldız O, Kolaylı S. Investigation of SDS-page electrophoresis usability for Characterization of honey bee venom. Uludag Bee J. 2016;1-10. doi.org/10.31467/uluaricilik.379483
If the number of authors in the article is 6 or fewer, all authors should be indicated; if 7 or more, the first 6 names should be written, and “et al.” should be added. If the journal's abbreviation is available, it should be used as suggested by the journal.
Book: Winston M. The biology of the honey bees. Harvard University Press, London, England, 1987, p.1-15.
Book Chapter: Çakmak, I. Ecological Beekeeping, In “Animal Husbandry in Ecological-Organic Agriculture” Ed. Ak, I., Bora Publications, Bursa, Turkey, p.271-290.
Book Translation: Davila GW, Ghoniem GM, Wexner SD, eds. Seçkin B, Ergen A, Aydur E, İnci K, Translation editors. Pelvic floor dysfunction: A multidisciplinary approach: 1st edition, Ankara: Ortadoğu Advertising and Promotion Publishing Inc.; 2008. p.109-12.
Thesis: Keskin M. Determination and encapsulation of quality parameters of propolis and its extracts. KTU Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Ph.D thesis. Trabzon, 2018, (Access date:20.12.2021), https://tez.yok.gov.tr/UlusalTezMerkezi/tezDetay
Congress, Symposium: Çakmak, İ. Organic beekeeping and bee products. 5th International Eurasian Congress on Natural Nutrition, Healthy Life & Sport, Ankara-Turkey, Book of Proceedings, 02-06 October 2019, p. 1164-1170.
Internet: FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAOSTAT. http:/www..fao.org 2021, (retrieved by: 20.04.2021).
Commission report: NMKL-186.2007. Nordic committee on food analysis. trace elements- As, Cd, Hg, Pb, and elements determination by ICP-MS after pressure digestion. Denmark.

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 in green (statistical) and violet (language) colors.


16. If there is any conflict among authors, reviewers, or editors, the manuscript is withdrawn from the system until the issue is resolved. A new application can be submitted once all outstanding issues have been resolved.

17. 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), The title of the article, author information and addresses, conflict of interest, financial source, ethical statement, author contributions, data availability status, AI declaration should be specified in the cover (title) letter and uploaded to the system. Additionally, the copyright form must be completed and signed by the author (s).

18. The International System of Units and time scale should be used. For example, kg, g, m, km, hour, minute, etc.

19. Digits and percentiles should be rounded, and the parentheses should be used in order. For example; { [( )] }, 10.19%, p<0. 005.

20. If deemed necessary for the articles, supplemental information will be published on the Journal's homepage (http://uadubj.uludag.edu.tr/).

21. In accepted articles, the author(s) may request corrections during the final reading and early phases before the article is published, and finally within the first 5 days of the article being published.