Page layout

A4 paper size should be used for the submissions with left, right, bottom margins of 2 cm and a top margin of 3 cm. The text should be both left and right justified and the vertical spacing should be 1 line 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 the first letter of title should be written in capital letters the rest should be written in lowercase letters (12 points) with center alignment. If the language of the article is Turkish, Turkish title and the abstract should be written first and then followed by the English 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 Unpublished works such as researches under preparation or submitted for publication, unpublished results or observations, information via personal communication, reports, lecture notes and seminars should not be referenced.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.

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.

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.

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.

e) Web page: 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.

If web page author is unknown:

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

g) Official Gazette:

Examples:
Resmi Gazete, (1991). Tarım ve Köyişleri Bakanlığının Kuruluş ve Görevleri Hakkında Kanun Hükmünde Kararname, 9.08.1991 tarih 20955 sayılı Resmi Gazete.
Official Gazette, (2011). Gıda, Tarım ve Hayvancılık Bakanlığının Teşkilat ve Görevleri Hakkında 3.06.2011 Tarih ve 639 Sayılı Kanun Hükmünde Kararname, 8/6/2011 tarih ve 27958 mükerrer sayılı Resmi Gazete. 

h) Patents:

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

i) Reports:

j) Technical Notes:

k) Publications that can be guides/procedures:

l) Footnotes: Only on the first page, the e-mail address of the responsible author and, if submitted, part of the work, thesis or project work should be specified as a footnotes.

m) 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.

n) 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.

o) Appendices: All appendixes should be written on separate pages and numbered with Roman numerals.