Author Guidelines
Thank you for choosing to submit your paper to us. These instructions will
ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review,
production and publication smoothly. Please take the time to read and follow
them as closely as possible, as doing so will ensure your paper matches the
journal's requirements.
Turkish Journal of Biodiversity is an international, double blind peer-reviewed
journal publishing original research. Please see the journal's Aim and
Scope for information about its focus and peer-review policy.
Authors can prepare and submit their manuscripts for
the review process in Turkish or English. The manuscript should be written with
clear and simple sentences. Manuscripts should be prepared in
accordance with the sample article format.
Review process: When a manuscript
is received by the Editor, he/she will have it reviewed by at least two peers
qualified to evaluate the manuscript. The editor normally asks the reviewers to
complete the review within 15 days. However, the reviewing process may take
longer, depending on the length of the manuscript and reviewers' responses.
Page charge: There is no mandatory page charge for submission, publishing and processing in Turk
J Biod.
Publication Frequency: The The Turkish Journal of Biodiversity is a biannual (to be issued in June and December) journal.
Open Access Policy: This journal provides immediate open access to its content on
the principle that making research freely available to the public
supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Submission Process
All manuscripts must be submitted electronically via the Internet to the Turkish
Journal of Biodiversity through the online system for Dergipark journals. You will be guided
stepwise through the creation and uploading of the various files.
Papers are accepted for publication on the understanding that they have not
been published and are not going to be considered for publication elsewhere.
Authors should certify that neither the manuscript nor its main contents have
already been published or submitted for publication in another journal. The
copyright release form must be signed by the corresponding author on behalf of
all authors and must accompany all papers submitted. Please see the form for
additional copyright details. After a manuscript has been submitted, it is not
possible for authors to be added or removed or for the order of authors to be
changed. If authors do so, their submission will be cancelled. Manuscripts may
be rejected without peer review by the editor-in-chief if they do not comply
with the instructions for authors or if they are beyond the scope of the
journal. After a manuscript has been accepted for publication, i.e. after
referee-recommended revisions are complete, the author will not be permitted to
make changes that constitute departures from the manuscript that was accepted
by the editor. Before publication, the galley proofs are always sent to the
authors for corrections. Mistakes or omissions that occur due to some
negligence on our part during final printing will be rectified in an errata
section in a later issue. This does not include those errors left uncorrected
by the author in the galley proof. The use of someone else’s ideas or words in
their original form or slightly changed without a proper citation is considered
plagiarism and will not be tolerated. Even if a citation is given, if quotation
marks are not placed around words taken directly from another author’s work,
the author is still guilty of plagiarism. Reuse of the author’s own previously
published words, with or without a citation, is regarded as self-plagiarism. All
manuscripts received are submitted to iThenticate®, a plagiarism checking
system, which compares the content of the manuscript with a vast database of
web pages and academic publications. Manuscripts judged to be plagiarised or
self-plagiarised, based on the iThenticate® report or any other source of
information, will not be considered for publication.
Preparation of Manuscript
Style and format: Manuscripts should be double-spaced with
3-cm margins on all sides of the page, in Times New Roman font. Every page of
the manuscript, including the title page, references, tables, etc., should be
numbered. All copies of the manuscript should also have line numbers starting
with 1 on each consecutive page. Manuscripts must be written in English or
Turkish. Contributors who are not native English or Turkish speakers are
strongly advised to ensure that a colleague fluent in the language or a
professional language editor has reviewed their manuscript. Concise English
should be used. Repetitive use of long sentences and passive voice should be
avoided. It is strongly recommended that the text be run through computer
spelling and grammar programs. Either British or American spelling is
acceptable but must be consistent throughout. To speed up processing, authors
are strongly recommended to use the manuscript template file provided.
Symbols, units, and abbreviations: In general, the journal follows the
conventions of Scientific Style and Format, The CSE Manual for Authors,
Editors, and Publishers, Council of Science Editors, Reston, VA, USA (7th ed.).
If symbols such as ×, µ, η, or ν are used, they should be added using the
Symbols menu of Word. Degree symbols (°) must be used from the Symbol menu, not
superscripted letter o or number 0. Multiplication symbols must be used (×),
not the letter x. Spaces must be inserted between numbers and units (e.g., 3
kg) and between numbers and mathematical symbols (+, –, ×, =, <, >), but
not between numbers and percent symbols (e.g., 45%). Please use SI units. All
abbreviations and acronyms should be defined at first mention. Latin terms such
as et al., in vitro, or in situ should not be italicised.
Italicisation: Generic names and all ranks below are
italicised. Book and journal titles are also in italics, as well as diagnoses
in Latin and Latin abbreviations (such as sp. nov., comb. nov., nom. illeg., et
al.). “subsp.”, “ser.”, “var.”, “cv.” and “f.” (for forma or filius) are not
italicised, nor are names above the rank of genus. The abbreviation “ssp.”
should be avoided and replaced by “subsp.” (for subspecies) to prevent
confusion with the abbreviation spp. (= species in plural). As a general rule
abbreviations are discouraged.
Deposition of voucher specimens and GenBank numbers: Authors of new taxa are required to deposit type specimens in national or
international public museums or collections, preferably ones listed in the
Index Herbariorum that are provided with a corresponding acronym. Authors are
also advised to request registration numbers of deposited sequences in GenBank
in advance of the submission of papers to avoid unnecessary delay of
publication. Descriptions of species can also be linked to other sources such
as the Encyclopedia of Life. For fungi MycoBank numbers need to be provided.
Manuscript content: Research articles should be divided into
the following sections. Principal sections should be numbered consecutively (1.
Introduction, 2. Materials and methods, etc.) and subsections should be
numbered 1.1., 1.2., etc. Do not number the Acknowledgements or References sections.
The total number of double-spaced pages of the Abstract, Introduction,
Materials and methods, Results, and Discussion must not exceed 20.
Title and contact information: The first page should contain the full
title in sentence case not exceeding 15 words, the full names (last names
fully capitalised) and affiliations (in English or Turkish) of all authors
(Department, Faculty, University, City, Country), and the contact e-mail
address for the clearly identified corresponding author.
Turkish and English Abstract: The abstract should provide clear
information about the research and the results obtained, and should not exceed
300 words. The abstract should not contain citations.
Key words: Please provide no more than 6 key words
or phrases to enable retrieval and indexing. Acronyms should be avoided.
Introduction This should argue the case for your study, outlining only
essential background, and should not include the findings or the conclusions.
It should not be a review of the subject area, but should finish with a clear
statement of the question being addressed.
Materials and methods: Please provide concise but complete
information about the materials and the analytical and statistical procedures
used. This part should be as clear as possible to enable other scientists to
repeat the research presented. Brand names and company locations should be
supplied for all mentioned equipment, instruments, chemicals, etc.
Results: The same data or information given in a
Table must not be repeated in a Figure and vice versa. It is not acceptable to
repeat extensively the numbers from Tables in the text or to give lengthy
explanations of Tables or Figures.
Discussion: Statements from the Introduction and
Results sections should not be repeated here. The final paragraph should
highlight the main conclusions of the study. The Results and Discussion
sections may be combined.
Acknowledgements and/or disclaimers, if any Names of funding organisations
should be written in full.
References: References should be cited in the text by
the last name(s) of the author(s) and year of publication with a comma between
them: for example, (Eminağaoğlu, 2018) or (Eminağaoğlu &
Yüksel, 2017). If the citation is the subject of the sentence,
only the date should be given in parentheses: “According to Eminağaoğlu (2018) or Eminağaoğlu and Yüksel (2018)…” For citation of references with
3 or more authors, only the first author’s name followed by et al. (not
italicised) should be used: (Eminağaoğlu et
al., 2012), (Eminağaoğlu, Yuksel et al., 2015) or (Eminagaoglu, Yuksel, Begen et al., 2015). If there is more than one reference in the same
year for the same author, please add the letters a, b, etc. to the year: (Eminağaoğlu et al., 2015a, 2015b). References should be listed in the text chronologically, separated by
semicolons: (Eminağaoğlu, 2018; Eminağaoğlu et
al., 2012; Eminağaoğlu et
al., 2015a, 2015b). Do not include personal communications,
unpublished data or other unpublished materials as references, although such
material may be inserted (in parentheses) in the text. In the case of
publications in languages other than English, the published English title
should be provided if one exists, with an annotation such as “(article in
Turkish with an abstract in English)”. If the publication was not published
with an English title, provide the original title only; do not provide a
self-translation. References should be listed alphabetically at the end of the
text without numbering. All authors should be included in reference lists
unless there are 10 or more, in which case only the first 10 should be given,
followed by ‘et al.’. The manuscript should be checked carefully to ensure that
the spellings of the authors’ names and the years are exactly the same in the
text as given in the reference list.
References should be formatted as follows
(please note the punctuation and capitalisation):
Journal articles
Erenler R, Meral B, Sen O, Elmastas M,
Aydin A, Eminagaoglu O, Topcu G (2017). Bioassay-guided isolation,
identification of compounds from Origanum
rotundifolium and investigation of their antiproliferative and antioxidant
activities. Pharmaceutical Biology 55(1): 1646–1653. DOI:10.1080/13880209.2017.1310906.
Eminagaoglu O, Ozcan M (2018). Morphological and anatomical studies of
the newly recorded Rhus chinensis Mill. (Anacardiaceae) from Turkey. Bangladesh
Journal of Plant Taxonomy 25(1): 71-78. DOI:10.3329/bjpt.v25i1.37183.
Books
Güner A, Aslan S, Ekim T, Vural
M, Babaç MT (eds) (2012). Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). İstanbul:
Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını, 1290p.
Eminağaoğlu Ö (ed) (2015).
Artvin'in Doğal Bitkileri. İstanbul: Promat, 456p.
Chapters in boks
Davis PH, Mill RR, Tan K (1988).
Scorzonera L. In: Davis PH, Mill RR, Tan K, (eds). Flora of Turkey and the
East Aegean Islands (Supplement 1), Vol. 10. Edinburgh: Edinburgh
University Press, pp. 169-170.
Ekim T, Terzioğlu S, Eminağaoğlu
Ö, Coşkunçelebi K (2014). Turkey. In: Solomon J, Schulkina T, Schatz GE (eds), Red List of the Endemic Plants of Caucasus: Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia, and Turkey. Monographs in Systematic Botany
from the Missouri Botanical Garden (MSB), Saint Louis : 125. Missouri Botanical
Garden Press.
Conference proceedings
Eminağaoğlu Ö, Akyıldırım Beğen H
(2017). A research on medicinal and aromatıc plants of Kılıçkaya (Yusufelı,
Artvın) village and its surroundings. In: Şekercioğlu N, Gezici S (eds).
Proceedings of The Second Japan – Turkey International Symposium on
Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, 11–12 September 2017; Artvin, Turkey,
pp. 26.
Theses
Yüksel E (2016). Kalimet Vadisi
(Arhavi) Flora ve Vejetasyonu. Phd, Artvin Çoruh University, Artvin, Turkey.
Çelik A (2017). Artvin İli Hatila
Vadisi ve Çevresindeki Caradidae Familyası Üzerine Çalışmalar. MSc, Artvin
Çoruh University, Artvin, Turkey.
Web sites (no print version):
IPNI (2015). International Plant
Name Index. Published on the internet. https://www.ipni.org/. Downloaded on 12
January 2018.
IUCN (2018). The IUCN Red List of
Threatened Species. Version 2018-2. http://www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on
14 December 2018.
PL (2013). The Plant List. Version 1.1. http://www.theplantlist.org. Downloaded on 10 December 2018.
Tables and Figures: All illustrations (photographs, drawings,
graphs, etc.), not including tables, must be labelled “Figure.” Figures must be
submitted both in the manuscript and as separate files. All tables and figures
must have a caption and/or legend and be numbered (e.g., Table 1, Figure 2),
unless there is only one table or figure, in which case it should be labelled
“Table” or “Figure” with no numbering. Captions must be written in sentence
case (e.g., Macroscopic appearance of the samples.). The font used in the
figures should be Times New Roman. If symbols such as ×, µ, η, or ν are used,
they should be added using the Symbols menu of Word. All tables and figures
must be numbered consecutively as they are referred to in the text. Please
refer to tables and figures with capitalisation and unabbreviated (e.g., “As
shown in Figure 2…”, and not “Fig. 2” or “figure 2”). The tables and figures
themselves should be given at the end of the text only, after the references,
not in the running text. The resolution of images should not be less than 118
pixels/cm when width is set to 16 cm. Images must be scanned at 1200 dpi
resolution and submitted in jpeg or tiff format.
Graphs and diagrams must be drawn with a line weight between 0.5 and 1
point. Graphs and diagrams with a line weight of less than 0.5 point or more
than 1 point are not accepted. Scanned or photocopied graphs and diagrams are
not accepted. Charts must be prepared in 2 dimensions unless required by the
data used. Charts unnecessarily prepared in 3 dimensions are not accepted.
Figures that are charts, diagrams, or drawings must be submitted in a
modifiable format, i.e. our graphics personnel should be able to modify them.
Therefore, if the program with which the figure is drawn has a “save as”
option, it must be saved as *.ai or *.pdf. If the “save as” option does not
include these extensions, the figure must be copied and pasted into a blank
Microsoft Word document as an editable object. It must not be pasted as an
image file (tiff, jpeg, or eps) unless it is a photograph. Tables and
figures, including caption, title, column heads, and footnotes, must not exceed
16 × 20 cm and should be no smaller than 8 cm in width. For all tables, please
use Word’s “Create Table” feature, with no tabbed text or tables created with
spaces and drawn lines. Please do not duplicate information that is already
presented in the figures. Tables must be clearly typed, each on a separate
sheet, and double-spaced. Tables may be continued on another sheet if
necessary, but the dimensions stated above still apply.
Correspondence Address: Manuscripts can only be submitted through
our online system. Other correspondence may be directed to: E-mail:
turkbiod@artvin.edu.tr or Turkish Journal of Biodiversity, Artvin Çoruh
Üniversitesi, Seyitler Yerleşkesi, 08000, Artvin, Turkey.