Scientific Journal of Mehmet Akif Ersoy University

Techno-Science aims to publish high-quality research and review articles in the fields of engineering and life sciences, with 2 issues per year. Techno-Science is a multidisciplinary journal covering all fields of basic science and engineering. The journal is involved in both experimental and theoretical studies on the subject area of basic science and engineering. The main purpose of the journal is to convey the latest developments in science and technology to relevant scientists and readers. The journal also includes both experimental and theoretical studies in the field of basic science and engineering.

Techno-Science Journal publishes research and literature studies in applied science and technology fields such as:

• Physics
• Biology
• Mathematics
• Statistics
• Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
• Environmental Sciences and Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
• Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• Computer Science and Informatics
• Material Sciences and Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Food Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Aerospace and Space Sciences
• Architecture
• Health Sciences
• Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Business Administration
• Economics
  
  

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:

1.     Paper title, list of authors

2.     The type of your paper: original scientific paper (1.01), review scientific paper (1.02) or short scientific paper (1.03).

3.     A declaration that your paper is unpublished work, not considered elsewhere for publication.

4.     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?

5.     We kindly ask you to suggest at least two reviewers for your paper and give us their names and contact information (email).

Every manuscript submitted to the Techno-Science undergoes the course of the peer-review process.

THE FORMAT OF THE MANUSCRIPT

The manuscript should be written in the following format:

·       A title, which adequately describes the content of the manuscript.

·       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.

·       4-6 significant key words should follow the abstract to aid indexing.

·       An Introduction, which should provide a review of recent literature and sufficient background information to allow the results of the article to be understood and evaluated.

·       A Theory or experimental methods used.

·       An Experimental section, which should provide details of the experimental set-up and the methods used for obtaining the results.

·       A Results section, which should clearly and concisely present the data using figures and tables where appropriate.

·       A Discussion section, which should describe the relationships and generalizations shown by the results and discuss the significance of the results making comparisons with previously published work. (It may be appropriate to combine the Results and Discussion sections into a single section to improve the clarity).

·       Conclusions, which should present one or more conclusions that have been drawn from the results and subsequent discussion and do not duplicate the Abstract.

·       References, which must be cited consecutively in the text using square brackets [1] and collected together in a reference list at the end of the manuscript.

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 Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering 2 square brackets. The tables should each have a heading. Tables should not duplicate data found elsewhere in the manuscript.

Acknowledgement of collaboration or preparation assistance may be included before References. Please note the source of funding for the research.

REFERENCES

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 or. non-German titles must be translated into English with the added note (in language) at the end of reference. Examples follow.

Journal Papers:

Surname 1, Initials, Surname 2, Initials (year). Title. Journal, volume, number, pages, DOI code. Journal titles should not be abbreviated. Note that Journal Title is set in italics.

[1].    Gungor, A. (2010). Simulation of emission performance and combustion efficiency in biomass fired circulating fluidized bed combustors. Biomass and Bioenergy vol. 34, no. 4 p. 506-514, DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2009.12.016.

Books:

Surname 1, Initials, Surname 2, Initials (year). Title. Publisher, place of publication. Note that the Title of the Book is italicized.

[2].    Groover, M.P. (2007). Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken.

Chapters in Books:

Surname 1, Initials, Surname 2, 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:

Surname 1, Initials, Surname 2, Initials (year). Paper title. Proceedings title, pages. Note that the Proceedings Title is italicized.

[4].    Li R.T.H., Chung S.H. (2008). Digital boundary controller for single-phase grid-connected CSI. IEEE 2008 Power Electronics Specialists Conference, p. 4562-4568.

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

Standard-Code (year). Title. Organisation. Place. Note that the Title of the Standard is italicized.

Surname 1, Initials, Surname 2, Initials (year). Patent No. Place of publication: Publisher. Note that Patent no. is set in italics.

[6].    Tsukahara, E., Takurou, K. (2015). U.S. Patent No. 9010288. Shizuoka: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

www pages:

Surname, Initials or Company name. Title, from http://address, date of access. Note that the www address is italicized.

[7].    Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, from http://www.mehmetakif.edu.tr, accessed on 2018-05-01.

Reports:

Surname 1, Initials, Surname 2, 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.

EXTENDED ABSTRACT (SHORT SCIENTIFIC PAPER)

By the time the paper is accepted for publishing, the authors are requested to send the extended abstract (approx. one A4 page or 3.500 to 4.000 characters).

ARTICLE PROCESSING CHARGE (APC)

The journal doesn’t have Article Processing Charge (APC) or any submission charges.

DIGITAL DATA REQUIREMENT

Main article submission file should be in editable data format, preferably .doc/.docx. The size of the document should not exceed 10 MB, if it does, the upload process will NOT be successful. Large size of the document is usually due to the size of figures, so we suggest you save them under smaller resolution in article file and upload original figures as supplementary file.

Due to a large number of papers that are submitted, we only consider reviewing submissions that are in accordance with the guidelines above.

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Scientific Journal of Mehmet Akif Ersoy University (Techno-Science) is a double-blind peer-reviewed and open access international journal published by Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University. The first issue of the Techno-Science was published in 2018.Techno-Science accepts only English language manuscripts. Techno-Science publishes high quality original papers in the fields of Engineering and Sciences. 

The journal aims for a publication speed of 60 days from submission until final publication. Techno-Science aims to publish extensive and reliable information on current developments, innovative technologies and discoveries about science and technology. Papers will be freely accessible online without any subscriptions and restrictions to researchers worldwide. Our publication ethics and publication malpractice statement is mainly based on the Code of Conduct and Best-Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), 2011).

Editors' responsibilities
Publication decisions
The editor is responsible for deciding which of the papers submitted to the journal will be published. The editor will evaluate manuscripts without regard to the authors' race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy. The decision will be based on the paper’s importance, originality and clarity, and the study’s validity and its relevance to the journal's scope. Current legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism should also be considered.

Confidentiality
The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted paper will not be used by the editor or the members of the editorial board for their own research purposes without the author's explicit written consent.

Reviewers' responsibilities
Contribution to editorial decisions The peer-reviewing process assists the editor and the editorial board in making editorial decisions and may also serve the author in improving the paper.

Promptness Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and withdraw from the review process.

Confidentiality
Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be disclosed to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

Standards of objectivity
Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgment of sources
Reviewers should identify cases in which relevant published work referred to in the paper has not been cited in the reference section. They should point out whether observations or arguments derived from other publications are accompanied by the respective source. Reviewers will notify the editor of any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and conflict of interest
Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions associated with the papers.

Authors' duties
Reporting standards
Authors of original research reports should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Data access and retention
Authors could be asked to provide the raw data of their study together with the paper for editorial review and should be prepared to make the data publicly available if practicable. In any event, authors should ensure accessibility of such data to other competent professionals for at least ten years after publication (preferably via an institutional or subject-based data repository or other data center), provided that the confidentiality of the participants can be protected and legal rights concerning proprietary data do not preclude their release.

Originality, plagiarism and acknowledgment of sources
Authors will submit only entirely original works, and will appropriately cite or quote the work and/or words of others. Publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work should also be cited. The similarity report should be uploaded in PDF format by using a plagiarism software which determines the similarity rates such as iThenticate/Academic Paradigms, LLC-Check For Plagiarism/Grammarly-Plagiarism Checker. The report must be not exceeded the rate of 20%.


Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication
In general, papers describing essentially the same research should not be published in more than one journal. Submitting the same paper to more than one journal constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. Manuscripts which have been published as copyrighted material elsewhere cannot be submitted. In addition, manuscripts under review by the journal should not be resubmitted to copyrighted publications. However, by submitting a manuscript, the author(s) retain the rights to the published material. In case of publication they permit the use of their work under a CC-BY license [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode], which means material subject to Copyright and Similar Rights that is derived from or based upon the Licensed Material and in which the Licensed Material is translated, altered, arranged, transformed, or otherwise modified in a manner requiring permission under the Copyright and Similar Rights held by the Licensor.

Authorship of the paper
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. The corresponding author ensures that all contributing co-authors and no uninvolved persons are included in the author list. The corresponding author will also verify that all co-authors have approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest
All authors should include a statement disclosing any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that may be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental errors in published works
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and to cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper in form of an erratum.

References
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). (2011, March 7). Code of Conduct and Best-Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. Retrieved from http://publicationethics.org/files/Code_of_conduct_for_journal_editors_Mar11.pdf

Open Access Statement
International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education (IJATE) adheres to the Budapest Open Access Initiative and defines its Open Access policy according to the definition developed in the original BOAI:

By “open access” to [peer-reviewed research literature], we mean its free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself. The only constraint on reproduction and distribution, and the only role for copyright in this domain, should be to give authors control over the integrity of their work and the right to be properly acknowledged and cited. [See, http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai-10-recommendations]

IJATE views open-access to academic publications and research as an immutable part of academic endeavor. The publisher recognizes the essence of public good provided by the journal and hence accepts its responsibility as a public service to academic and intellectual betterment.

The publisher is committed to the open access to all academic endeavor and as such, accepts its duty to make published content permanently available and freely accesible by all sections of worldwide academic community. The publisher does not charge any pecuniary fees for processing, submission, and publication of manuscripts. The publisher commits to the free and universal access to its published content in perpetuity.

The publisher via its host providing institution Dergipark uses Lockss for the archiving and preservation of its online content.

All copyright, re-publishing and re-using rights, all intellectual property rights, without any exception, belongs to the authors of the published manuscript.

Publishing , downloading and reading of articles is free of charge and also no article processing and publishing charges.