Turkish Journal of Maritime and Marine Sciences

This Journal publishes studies on Maritime and Marine Sciences subjects.

Our Journal covers various topics of marine technology production and development such as; aquatic ecosystems and populations, marine pollution, fisheries, aquaculture, genetics and biotechnology studies, geological, biological, physical and chemical oceanography studies, naval architecture and marine engineering subjects, offshore systems, underwater and coastal structures, renewable energy generation together with maritime transportation, maritime management and logistics, underwater archaeology and maritime history subjects.

Page layout

A4 paper size should be used for the submissions with left, right, bottom margins of 3 cm and a top margin of 4 cm.  The text should be both left and right justified and the vertical spacing should be 1 lines with no blank lines between paragraphs.  Times New Roman fonts should be used in the whole document with a font size of 12 points.

Title of the Article

Title should be short, explanatory and should be written in capital letters (12 points) with center alignment. In the published articles, the English title and the abstract should be written first and then followed by the Turkish title and the abstract.

Authors

Initial(s) of the author(s)’s first name(s) should be written with capital letters and the rest should be written in lowercase letters, surname(s) should be written in capital letters. Author(s)’s name(s) should be written with center aligned text (12 points). Superscripted numbers (1, 2 ...) should be used following the author(s)'s name(s) to indicate the address(es). The responsible author should be indicated by an additional superscripted star symbol (*) following his/her name. Full address(es) of the author(s) should be written just below the author(s)’s name(s) in lowercase letters (10 points, center aligned), the responsible author's e-mail address should be footnoted (10 points). Author(s)’s name(s) should not include any academic titles.

Abstract and Keywords

1. Turkish and English abstracts should be limited to 250 words. 4-6 keywords should be given below the abstracts in lowercase (12 points).  Repetition of the title should be avoided in the keywords.
2. An additional shortened title of the article to be used in the page headers should be given.

Section Titles

1. Main section titles should be written in Times New Roman fonts (12 points) with left justification. Titles should be written in bold uppercase letters and should be numbered starting from the introduction part.
2. Subsection titles should be written in Times New Roman fonts (12 points) with uppercase initials.

The article should be composed of Abstract, Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussions and Conclusions main sections followed by References part (and additional Recommendations and Acknowledgements sections if necessary).

References

1. Unpublished works such as; researches under preparation or submitted for publication, unpublished results or observations, information via personal communication, reports, lecture notes and seminars should not be referenced. An unpublished but printed thesis study can be used a reference.
2. References part should have single line spacing and should be written in 10 points fonts.

Citation

References should be cited between “ ( ) ” in the text. Enumeration should follow the citation order an alphabetical sort.

Format of the references section is given below:

a) Article: Surname(s) of the author(s) should be written first with uppercase initials and be followed by the uppercase initial of the first name after a single space. Authors should be separated with commas. Following the author(s), year of publication (between parentheses), article title, name of the journal (in italic with uppercase initials) and the volume number should be given, if exists issue number and the page numbers should follow.

Example: Balık, İ., Çubuk, H., Çınar, Ş., (2009). Population structure, growth, mortality and estimated stock size of the introduced tench, Tinca tinca (L.), population in Lake Beyşehir, Turkey. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 25: 206-210.‏   

b) Book: Author's surname, first name's initial, year of publication (between parentheses), book title (in italic), (translator and/or editor if exists), volume and edition numbers (if exists), number of pages, place of publication, publisher.

Example: Maden S. (2006). Diferansiyel Denklemler. Birinci baskı, s. 358, Ankara, Sözkesen Matbaacılık.

c) Part of a Book: Author’s surname, initial of the first name, year of publication, section or chapter title, title of the book, editor(s) (between parentheses), page numbers, place of publication, publisher.  

Example: Nelson D.W., Sommers, L. E. (1982). Organic Matter. In “Methods of Soil Analysis Part 2. Chemical and Microbiological Properties 2nd Ed.” ( A.L. Page, R,H, Miller& D.R. Keeney, eds),  Agronomy. No: 9, s.  574-579, Madison, Wisconsin.

d) Conference or Symposium: Author(s)'s surname(s) followed initial of the first name, date, title of the proceeding, name of the conference or symposium, volume number, page number, place of the conference or symposium.

Example: Dizy, J., Bhave, A., Ooi, D., Soyhan, H.S. 2016. Bringing and combustion characteristics within IC engine simulation and optimization work-flow, 5th International Conference on Fuels, Fire and Combustion in Engineering, İstanbul, TURKEY.

e) Internet: When a source on internet is cited (except for the works also published in journals), the full address path of the internet site should be given in the references section.

f) Web page: Author's surname, first name's initial, (publication or preparation date of the web page.

URL: Example: URL-1, Robotics at Boston Dynamics, Streim D.,(2008) 21.10.2008 http://www.bostondynamics.com/content/sec.php?section=robotics

g) Thesis: Author's surname, first name's initial, year of publication, thesis title, thesis degree, place of publication (university).

Example: Pehlivan, E.F. (2016). Biodiesel pilot fueled natural gas engine simulation using stochastic reactor model (in Turkish), Master of Science Thesis, Karadeniz Technical University.

Brakora, J.L. (2012). A Comprehensive Combustion Model for Biodiesel-Fueled Engine Simulations, PhD Thesis, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

h) Patents: Kitchen, “Combustion Improver Fuel Additive”. US Patent No: 4, 585, 462. April 29, 1986.

ı) Footnotes: E-mail address of the responsible author should be footnoted and if the presented work is a part of a proceeding, thesis or a project then it should be indicated as a footnote (only on the first page).

j) Figures and Tables: Illustrations apart from the tables, such as; photographs, plots, drawings and graphics should be given as “Figure”s. These images should be clear and suitable for the offset printing technique. All tables and figures should be referenced in the text, they should be numbered (Table 1., Figure 1.) and should have headers/captions with proper explanations. Size of the figures and the tables should be determined considering the page size.

Figure numbers and captions should be given below the figure, while the table headers should be written above the table.

k) Equations (Formulas): All equations should be numbered. Equation numbers should be shown between parentheses and placed on the right side of the equation with right justification. 10 point fonts should be used for the equations, main characters and the variables should be in italic while the numbers and the mathematical expressions should be given in normal fonts.

l) Appendices: Each appendix should be given on a separate page and should be numbered with roman numbers.

Turkish Journal of Maritime and Marine Sciences (TRJMMS) / Ethical Principals and Publication Policy:

• Turkish Journal of Maritime and Marine Sciences (TRJMMS) is an international, refereed, multidisciplinary scientific and technology journal that has been published at least 2 times a year since 2015. Turkish Journal of Maritime and Marine Sciences (TRJMMS) it is committed to provide a platform where highest standards of publication ethics are the key aspect of the editorial and peer-review processes.
• The editorial process for a manuscript to the Turkish Journal of Maritime and Marine Sciences (TRJMMS) consists of a double-blind review, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process.
• If the manuscript is accepted in the review stage of the Editorial Process then, the submission goes through the editing stage, which consists of the processes of copyediting, language control, reference control, layout and proofreading. Reviewed articles are treated confidentially in Turkish Journal of Maritime and Marine Sciences (TRJMMS).
• Papers submitted to Turkish Journal of Maritime and Marine Sciences (TRJMMS) are screened for plagiarism with the iThenticate plagiarism detection tool. In case that the editors become aware of alleged or proven scientific misconduct, they can take the necessary steps.The editors have the right to retract an article whether submitted to Turkish Journal of Maritime and Marine Sciences (TRJMMS) or published in Turkish Journal of Maritime and Marine Sciences (TRJMMS).
• Following the completion of the editing stage, the manuscript is then scheduled for publication in an issue of the Turkish Journal of Maritime and Marine Sciences (TRJMMS). The articles which are submitted to Turkish Journal of Maritime and Marine Sciences (TRJMMS) to be published are free of article submission, processing and publication charges. The accepted articles are published free-of-charge as online from the journal website. The articles that are accepted to appear in the journal are made freely available to the public via the journal’s website.
• Turkish Journal of Maritime and Marine Sciences (TRJMMS) has chief editor, section editors and an editorial board. Turkish Journal of Maritime and Marine Sciences (TRJMMS) has an open access policy which means that all contents are freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful research purposes.
• Publication ethics of the Turkish Journal of Maritime and Marine Sciences (TRJMMS) are mainly based on the guidelines and recommendations which are published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Council of Science Editors (CSE) and Elsevier’s Publishing Ethics for Editors statements. It must be obeyed research and publication ethics in the article submitted by authors.

There are no submission fees, publication fees or page charges for this journal.