Instructions to Authors
Scientific Journal of Mehmet Akif Ersoy University (Techno-Science) is an international, scientific, open-access periodical published in accordance with independent, unbiased, and double-blinded peer-review principles. The journal is the official publication of the Bucak Faculty of Computer and Informatics, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, and it is published biannually in June and December. The publication language of the journal is English and continues publication since 2018.
Techno-Science aims to contribute to the literature by publishing high-level scientific articles in both experimental and theoretical research, primarily in the fields of computer science and information technology, as well as in basic science and engineering disciplines. The journal publishes original research and review articles that are prepared in accordance with ethical guidelines. It also encourages studies that promote the integration of informatics with other disciplines.
The target audience of the journal consists of scientists, experts, and professionals who are interested in or actively engaged in following the latest developments in science and technology.
The editorial and publication processes of the journal are shaped in accordance with the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the European Association of Science Editors (EASE), the International Council of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), and National Information Standards Organization (NISO). The journal conforms to the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (doaj.org/bestpractice).
Originality, high scientific quality, and citation potential are the most important criteria for a manuscript to be accepted for publication. Manuscripts submitted for evaluation should not have been previously presented or already published in an electronic or printed medium. The journal should be informed of manuscripts that have been submitted to another journal for evaluation and rejected for publication. The submission of previous reviewer reports will expedite the evaluation process. Manuscripts that have been presented in a meeting should be submitted with detailed information on the organization, including the name, date, and location of the organization.
Manuscripts submitted to Techno-Science will go through a double-blind peer-review process. Each submission will be reviewed by at least two external, independent peer reviewers who are experts in their fields in order to ensure an unbiased evaluation process. The editorial board will invite an external and independent editor to manage the evaluation processes of manuscripts submitted by editors or by the editorial board members of the journal. The Editor in Chief is the final authority in the decision-making process for all submissions.
An approval of research protocols by the Ethics Committee in accordance with international agreements (World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki “Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects,” amended in October 2013, www.wma.net) is required for experimental, clinical, and drug studies. If required, ethics committee reports or an equivalent official document will be requested from the authors.
For manuscripts concerning experimental research on humans, a statement should be included that shows the written informed consent of patients and volunteers was obtained following a detailed explanation of the procedures that they may undergo. Information on patient consent, the name of the ethics committee, and the ethics committee approval number should also be stated in the Materials and Methods section of the manuscript. It is the authors’ responsibility to carefully protect the patients’ anonymity. For photographs that may reveal the identity of the patients, signed releases of the patient or of their legal representative should be enclosed.
All submissions are screened by a similarity detection software (iThenticate by CrossCheck).
In the event of alleged or suspected research misconduct, e.g., plagiarism, citation manipulation, and data falsification/fabrication, the Editorial Board will follow and act in accordance with COPE guidelines.
Each individual listed as an author should fulfil the authorship criteria recommended by the ICMJE. The ICMJE recommends that authorship be based on the following 4 criteria:
1. Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND
2. Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; AND
3. Final approval of the version to be published; AND
4. Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
In addition to being accountable for the parts of the work he/she has done, an author should be able to identify which co-authors are responsible for specific other parts of the work. In addition, authors should have confidence in the integrity of the contributions of their co-authors.
All those designated as authors should meet all four criteria for authorship, and all who meet the four criteria should be identified as authors. Those who do not meet all four criteria should be acknowledged in the title page of the manuscript.
Techno-Science requires corresponding authors to submit a signed and scanned version of the authorship contribution form (available for download through https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/journal-file/32141 ) during the initial submission process in order to act appropriately on authorship rights and to prevent ghost or honorary authorship. If the editorial board suspects a case of “gift authorship,” the submission will be rejected without further review. As part of the submission of the manuscript, the corresponding author should also send a short statement declaring that he/she accepts to undertake all the responsibility for authorship during the submission and review stages of the manuscript.
Techno-Science requires and encourages the authors and the individuals involved in the evaluation process of submitted manuscripts to disclose any existing or potential conflicts of interests, including financial, consultant, and institutional, that might lead to potential bias or a conflict of interest. Any financial grants or other support received for a submitted study from individuals or institutions should be disclosed to the Editorial Board. Cases of a potential conflict of interest of the editors, authors, or reviewers are resolved by the journal’s Editorial Board within the scope of COPE and ICMJE guidelines.
The Editorial Board of the journal handles all appeal and complaint cases within the scope of COPE guidelines. In such cases, authors should get in direct contact with the editorial office regarding their appeals and complaints. When needed, an ombudsperson may be assigned to resolve cases that cannot be resolved internally. The Editor in Chief is the final authority in the decision-making process for all appeals and complaints.
When submitting a manuscript to Techno-Science, authors accept to assign the copyright of their manuscript to Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University. If rejected for publication, the copyright of the manuscript will be assigned back to the authors. Techno-Science requires each submission to be accompanied by a Copyright Agreement Form (available for download at https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/journal-file/32140 ). When using previously published content, including figures, tables, or any other material in both print and electronic formats, authors must obtain permission from the copyright holder. Legal, financial and criminal liabilities in this regard belong to the author(s).
Statements or opinions expressed in the manuscripts published in Techno-Science reflect the views of the author(s) and not the opinions of the editors, the editorial board, or the publisher; the editors, the editorial board, and the publisher disclaim any responsibility or liability for such materials. The final responsibility in regard to the published content rests with the authors.
MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
The manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with ICMJE-Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (updated in December 2017 - http://www.icmje.org/icmje-recommendations.pdf). Authors are required to prepare manuscripts in accordance with the CONSORT guidelines for randomized research studies, STROBE guidelines for observational studies, STARD guidelines for studies on diagnostic accuracy, PRISMA guidelines for systematic reviews and meta-analysis, ARRIVE guidelines for experimental animal studies, TREND guidelines for non-randomized studies, and COREQ guidelines for qualitative studies.
Manuscripts can only be submitted through the journal’s online manuscript submission and evaluation system, available at https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/sjmakeu . Manuscripts submitted via any other medium will not be processed.
Manuscripts submitted to the journal will first go through a technical evaluation process where the editorial office staff will ensure that the manuscript has been prepared and submitted in accordance with the journal’s guidelines. Submissions that do not conform to the journal’s guidelines will be returned to the submitting author with technical correction requests.
Authors are required to submit the following forms during the initial submission:
• Copyright Agreement Form,
• Author Contributions Form
AUTHOR GUIDELINES
All manuscripts must be in English. Pages should be numbered sequentially. The maximum length of contributions is 10 pages (short manuscripts should be less than 4 pages). Longer contributions will only be accepted if authors provide justification in a cover letter which must be added at submission as a supplementary file.
Please add a cover letter as a supplementary file stating the following information about the submitted paper:
- Paper title
- The type of your paper: original scientific paper (1.01), review scientific paper (1.02) or short scientific paper (1.03).
- Confirming that “the paper is unpublished work and not under consideration for publication in another journal”.
- Including disclosure of any commercial or financial involvement.
- Confirming that the statistical design of the research article is reviewed.
- Confirming that last control for fluent English was done.
- Confirming that journal policies detailed in Information for Authors have been reviewed.
- Confirming that the references cited in the text and listed in the references section.
- State the value of the paper or its practical, theoretical and scientific implications. What is new in the paper with respect to the state-of-the-art in the published papers?
- We kindly ask you to suggest at least two reviewers for your paper and give us their names and contact information (email).
Preparation of the Manuscript
Manuscripts can be submitted in a free format, provided that the writing rules are followed during the initial submission. Upon acceptance, authors are expected to prepare the articles in accordance with the journal template.
Manuscripts prepared in Microsoft Word must be converted into a single file before submission. Please start with the title page and insert your figures (schemes, graphics, etc.), tables in the main text.
Title (should be clear, descriptive and not too long)
Full Name(s) and Surname (s) of author(s)
ORCID ID for all author (s) (http://orcid.org/)
Address (es) of affiliations and e-mail (s)
Complete correspondence address and e-mail
Abstract: An Abstract should not exceed 250 words. The Abstract should state the principal objectives and the scope of the investigation, as well as the methodology employed. It should summarize the results and state the principal conclusions.
Key words (indexing terms), normally 4-6 items
Introduction
Material and Methods
Results and Discussion
Conclusion
Compliance with Ethical Standard
Conflict of interests: When you (or your employer or sponsor) have a financial, commercial, legal or professional relationship with other organizations or people working with them, a conflict of interest may arise that may affect your research. A full description is required when you submit your article to a journal.
Ethics committee approval: Ethical committee approval is routinely requested from every research article based on experiments on living organisms and humans. Sometimes, studies from different countries may not have the approval of the ethics committee, and the authors may argue that they do not need the approval of their work. In such situations, we consult COPE’s “Guidance for Editors: Research, Audit and Service Evaluations” document and evaluate the study at the editorial board and decide whether or not it needs approval.
Financial disclosure: If there is any, the institutions that support the research and the agreements with them should be given here.
Acknowledgment: Acknowledgments allow you to thank people and institutions who assist in conducting the research.
References
Manuscript Types
Original Research Articles: This is the most important type of article since it provides new information based on original research. The main text should contain Introduction, “Materials and Methods”, “Result and Discussion”, "Conclusion" and "References" sections.
Statistical analysis to support conclusions is usually necessary. Statistical analyses must be conducted in accordance with international statistical reporting standards. Information on statistical analyses should be provided with a separate subheading under the Materials and Methods section and the statistical software that was used during the process must be specified.
Units should be prepared in accordance with the International System of Units (SI).
After the Conclusion section and before references list, information regarding conflict of interest, financial disclosure, ethics committee approval and acknowledgement are given. This information is to be provided in the author form which must be submitted together with the manuscript.
Conflict of interests: When you (or your employer or sponsor) have a financial, commercial, legal or professional relationship with other organizations or people working with them, a conflict of interest may arise that may affect your research. A full description is required when you submit your article to a journal.
Ethics committee approval: Ethical committee approval is routinely requested from every research article based on experiments on living organisms and humans. Sometimes, studies from different countries may not have the approval of the ethics committee, and the authors may argue that they do not need the approval of their work. In such situations, we consult COPE’s “Guidance for Editors: Research, Audit and Service Evaluations” document and evaluate the study at the editorial board and decide whether or not it needs approval.
Financial disclosure: If there is any, the institutions that support the research and the agreements with them should be given here.
Acknowledgment: Acknowledgments allow you to thank people and institutions who assist in conducting the research.
Review Articles: Reviews prepared by authors who have extensive knowledge on a particular field and whose scientific background has been translated into a high volume of publications with a high citation potential are welcomed. These authors may even be invited by the journal. Reviews should describe, discuss, and evaluate the current level of knowledge of a topic in researches and should guide future studies. The main text should start with Introduction and end with "Conclusion" and "References" sections. Authors may choose to use any subheading in between those sections.
After the Conclusion section and before references list, information regarding conflict of interest and acknowledgement are given. This information is to be provided in the author form which must be submitted together with the manuscript.
Conflict of interests: When you (or your employer or sponsor) have a financial, commercial, legal or professional relationship with other organizations or people working with them, a conflict of interest may arise that may affect your research. A full description is required when you submit your article to a journal.
Acknowledgment: Acknowledgments allow you to thank people and institutions who assist in conducting the research.
Short Communication: This type of manuscript discusses important parts, overlooked aspects, or lacking parts of a previously published article. Articles on subjects within the scope of the journal that might attract the readers’ attention, particularly educative cases, may also be submitted in the form of a “Short Communication” Readers can also present their comments on the published manuscripts in the form of a “Short Communication”. The main text should contain Introduction, “Materials and Methods”, “Result and Discussion”, "Conclusion" and "References" sections.
After the Conclusion section and before references list, information regarding conflict of interest, financial disclosure, ethics committee approval and acknowledgement are given. This information is to be provided in the author form which must be submitted together with the manuscript.
Conflict of interests: When you (or your employer or sponsor) have a financial, commercial, legal or professional relationship with other organizations or people working with them, a conflict of interest may arise that may affect your research. A full description is required when you submit your article to a journal.
Ethics committee approval: Ethical committee approval is routinely requested from every research article based on experiments on living organisms and humans. Sometimes, studies from different countries may not have the approval of the ethics committee, and the authors may argue that they do not need the approval of their work. In such situations, we consult COPE’s “Guidance for Editors: Research, Audit and Service Evaluations” document and evaluate the study at the editorial board and decide whether or not it needs approval.
Financial disclosure: If there is any, the institutions that support the research and the agreements with them should be given here.
Acknowledgment: Acknowledgments allow you to thank people and institutions who assist in conducting the research.
Units standard SI symbols and abbreviations should be used. Symbols for physical quantities in the text should be written in italics (e.g. v, T, n, etc.). Symbols for units that consist of letters should be inplain text (e.g. ms-1, K, min, mm, etc.).
Abbreviations should be spelt out in full on first appearance, e.g., variable time geometry (VTG). Meaning of symbols and units belonging to symbols should be explained in each case or quoted in a special table at the end of the manuscript before References
Figures must be cited in a consecutive numerical order in the text and referred to in both the text and the caption as Fig. 1, Fig. 2, etc. Figures should be prepared without borders and on white grounding and should be sent separately in their original formats.
Pictures may be saved in resolution good enough for printing in any common format, e.g. BMP, GIF or JPG. However, graphs and line drawings should be prepared as vector images, e.g. CDR, AI. When labeling axes, physical quantities, e.g. t, v, m, etc. should be used whenever possible to minimize the need to label the axes in two languages. Multicurve graphs should have individual curves marked with a symbol. The meaning of the symbol should be explained in the figure caption.
Tables should carry separate titles and must be numbered in consecutive numerical order in the text and referred to in both the text and the caption as Table 1, Table 2, etc. In addition to the physical quantity, e.g. t (in italics), units (normal text), should be added in two square brackets. The tables should each have a heading. Tables should not duplicate data found elsewhere in the manuscript.
REFERENCES
Techno-Science complies with the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) reference style for referencing and quoting. A reference list must be included using the following information as a guide. Only cited text references are included. Each reference is referred to in the text by a number enclosed in a square bracket (i.e., [3] or [2] to [6] for more references). No reference to the author is necessary.
References must be numbered and ordered according to where they are first mentioned in the paper, not alphabetically. All references must be complete and accurate. All non-English titles must be translated into English with the added note (in language) at the end of reference. Examples follow.
Journal Papers:
Author1 Last Name, Initials., & Author2 Last Name, Initials. (Year). Article title. Journal Name, Volume(Issue), page range. https://doi.org/xxxx Journal titles should not be abbreviated. Note that Journal Title is set in italics.Journal titles should not be abbreviated. Note that Journal Title is set in italics.
[1]. Williams, S. K., & Martinez, T. J. (2020). Exploring cognitive development in early childhood. Developmental Psychology, 56(2), 250-265. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000908
Books:
Author1 Last Name, Initials., & Author2 Last Name, Initials. (Year). Title. Publisher, place of publication. Note that the Title of the Book is set in italics.
[2] Johnson, L. M., & Thompson, R. A. (2021). Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing. John Wiley & Sons, London.
Chapters in Books:
Author1 Last Name, Initials., & Author2 Last Name, Initials. (Year). Chapter title. Editor Surname 1, Initials, Editor Surname 2, Initials (ed(s).), Book title. Publisher, place of publication, pages. Note that the Book title is italicized.
[3]. Carbone, G., Ceccarelli, M. (2005). Legged robotic systems. Kordić, V., Lazinica, A., Merdan, M. (eds.), Cutting Edge Robotics. Pro literatur Verlag, Mammendorf, p. 553-576.
Proceedings Papers:
Author1 Last Name, Initials., & Author2 Last Name, Initials. (Year). Paper title. Proceedings title, pages. Note that the Proceedings Title is italicized.
[4]. Davis, K. P., & Roberts, L. M. (2023). Digital boundary controller for single-phase grid-connected CSI. IEEE 2008 Power Electronics Specialists Conference, pp. 4562-4568.
Dissertations and Theses:
Author Last Name, Initials. (Year). Dissertation title. Proceedings title, pages. Note that the title is italicized.
[4]. Nguyen, P. T. (2020). The impact of social media on adolescent behavior (Doctoral dissertation). University of Somewhere.
Standards:
Standard-Code (year). Title. Organisation. Place. Note that the Title of the Standard is italicized.
[5]. BS EN 14214:2012+A1 (2014). Liquid petroleum products - Fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) for use in diesel engines and heating applications - Requirements and test methods. The British Standards Institution. London.
Patents:
Patent-Code (Year). Title. Organisation. Place. Note that Patent no. is set in italics.
Author1 Last Name, Initials., & Author2 Last Name, Initials. (Year). Patent No. Place of publication: Publisher.
[6]. Tsukahara, E., Takurou, K. (2015). U.S. Patent No. 9010288. Shizuoka: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Websites:
Surname, Initials or Company name. Title, from http://address, date of access. Note that the www address is italicized.
[7]. Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Retrieved from http://www.mehmetakif.edu.tr, accessed on 2018-05-01.
Government Publications
Government name (Year). Title, Retrieved from http://address, date of access. Note that the www title is italicized.
U.S. Department of Education. (2019). Annual report on education statistics. Retrieved from https://www.ed.gov/annual-report-2019, accessed on 2019-08-02.
Reports:
Surname, Initials(year). Title of the Report (Report No: XXX). Place of Publication: Publisher. Note that Title of the Report is set in italics.
[8]. Yager, J. (2000). Practice guidelines for the treatment of patients with eating disorders (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.
REVISIONS
When submitting a revised version of a paper, the author must submit a detailed “Response to the reviewers” that states point by point how each issue raised by the reviewers has been covered and where it can be found (each reviewer’s comment, followed by the author’s reply and line numbers where the changes have been made) as well as an annotated copy of the main document. Revised manuscripts must be submitted within 30 days from the date of the decision letter. If the revised version of the manuscript is not submitted within the allocated time, the revision option may be canceled. If the submitting author(s) believe that additional time is required, they should request this extension before the initial 30-day period is over.
Accepted manuscripts are copy-edited for grammar, punctuation, and format. Once the publication process of a manuscript is completed, it is published online on the journal’s webpage as an ahead-of-print publication before it is included in its scheduled issue. A PDF proof of the accepted manuscript is sent to the corresponding author and their publication approval is requested within 2 days of their receipt of the proof.
Submission Checklist
• Cover letter to the editor
o Paper title
o The type of your paper: original scientific paper (1.01), review scientific paper (1.02) or short scientific paper (1.03).
o Confirming that “the paper is unpublished work and not under consideration for publication in another journal”.
o Including disclosure of any commercial or financial involvement.
o Confirming that last control for fluent English was done.
o Confirming that journal policies have been reviewed.
o Confirming that the references cited in the text and listed in the references section.
o State the value of the paper or its practical, theoretical and scientific implications. What is new in the paper with respect to the state-of-the-art in the published papers?
o We kindly ask you to suggest at least two reviewers for your paper and give us their names and contact information (E-mail).
• Copyright Agreement Form
• Author Form
• Permission of previously published material if used in the present manuscript
• Title page
o The type of the manuscript
o The title of the manuscript in English
o Short title (running head) in English
o All authors’ names and affiliations (institution, faculty/department, city, country), e-mail addresses
o Corresponding author’s email address, full postal address, telephone and fax number
o ORCIDs of all authors.
Manuscripts can be submitted in a free format, provided that the writing rules are followed during the initial submission. Upon acceptance, authors are expected to prepare the articles in accordance with the journal template.
• Main Manuscript Document
o The title of the manuscript in English
o Abstracts in English (250 words).
o Keywords: 4 - 6 words both in English
o Main article sections (including all tables and figures)
o Financial support (if any, please specify)
o Conflict of interest (if any, please specify)
o Acknowledgment (if any, please specify)
o Final remarks (if any, please specify)
o References
