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Trakya
Univ J Sci
Instructions
to Authors
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Scope
Trakya University Journal of Science publish original reports, reviews and short communications in various fields of basic and applied sciences written in one of the two languages (Turkish or English) and publishing two times a year (June and December or supplement issue, if necessary). Manuscript submitted to Our Journal is not under consideration by another journal and not published previously. All the responsibility of the content of article belongs to the authors.
Manuscript
Presentation
Authors, should be submit 3 folds of manuscript including copyright
release form (It can be obtain from editor or journal web site)
with signatures of authors and IBM PC diskette (3.5”) or CD. Manuscripts
should be written with word processing program Word 98 (or newer
versions), font style Times New Roman, size 12 pt,
1.5 spaced with ample margins (with margins of 3 cm) and
single sided on white A4 standard paper and submitted for publication
as four complete copies with a diskette or CD containing article. Leaving
adequate margins on all sides to allow reviewers marks. Manuscripts
should not exceed 10 pages (min. 1.5 spaced and 11 pt), should
be easily understandable and supplied with clear explanation. Unnecessary
explanations and details of routine procedures should be avoided. After
the manuscript was accepted for publication, i.e., after referee-recommended
revisions are completed, the author will not be permitted to make any
new additions to the manuscript. The general appearance of the manuscript
should be as fallows;
Title: Should be short but informative and should be reach the middle.
Author(s): The complete, unabbreviated names should be place under the title and complemented by full addresses at the bottom of the first page. Address of authors(s) must be write full, avoid abbreviations. Telephone, fax and e-mail address of correspondence author must be write under the title of the manuscript.
Abstract and Key words: Turkish and English abstracts should be written within 200 words (max) and 4-6 key words (in alphabetical order) should be given below abstract. The main headings and subtitles (below) must be clear and not numbered. Use SI (Systeme International) unit and abbreviations. If using the other abbreviations, please indicate it one time appeared first in the text.
Introduction: The purpose of the study and notable studies up the date should be presented.
Materials and Methods: Experimental methods and procedures should be described with clear and brief explanations. Techniques using by authors can repeatable by the other researchers.
Results: This section contain only findings, no writing comment. Results can be support by tables, figures, graphics etc., if necessary.
Discussion: Unnecessary repetition should be avoided in the discussion. Results can compare with other studies and discuss similarity and distinction.
Acknowledgements: Should be as the short as possible. Aknowledgements should be grants, funds, peoples reviewing the manuscript, and it must be placed before the references.
References: Please do not use unpublished data. (Examples: Unpublished workshops and reports, lesson notes, articles in preparation or submitted to a journal for publication, unpublished data or observations and personal communications, etc.). But MSc and PhD thesis can be use as references. References may be given as alphabetical order of last names. References in the text: Example: Barnett (1999) or Barnett et al. (1999).
The method of citation should be as follows:
Periodicals: Name of the author(s) with their initials, title of papers, title of the periodical abbreviated according to the international abstract list of journals, volume number, first and last page numbers, and year of publication.
Example: KLICH MA. Morphological studies of Aspergillus section Versicolores and related species. Mycologia. 85: 100-107, 1993.
Book, section of a book, encyclopaedia, or thesis: Name of the author(s) with their initials, title of publication, name of the editor (if any), first and last page numbers, the publisher, place of publication and of year of publication.
Example:
BARNETT HL, HUNTER BB. Illustrated Genera of Imperfect Fungi, 4th
Ed. 218 pp. APS Press, The American Phytopathological Society.
Section in the book: Name of the author(s) with their initials, title of publication, name of the editor (if any), first and last page numbers, the publisher, place of publication and of year of publication.
Example: KLICH MA, CLEVELAND, TE. Aspergillus systematics and the molecular genetics of mycotoxin biosyntesis. pp. 425-434, 2000. [Eds: RA SAMSON, JI PITT. Integration of Modern taxonomic methods for Penicillium and Aspergillus classification. 510 pp. Harwood Academic Publishers. Singapore].
Congress, Symposium: Name of the author(s) with their initials, title of publication, name of the congress, title of the booklet, volume number (if necessary), page number, year and place of the congress.
Example: Yazicioglu M, Asan A, Ones U, Vatansever U, Sen B, Ture M, Bostancioglu M, Pala O. Indoor Airborne Fungal Spores and Home Characteristics in Asthmatic Children From Edirne Region of Turkey. AAAAI (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunolgy) 58th Annual Meeting. March 1-March 6, 2002, New York, USA.
Internet: If author(s) obtained some information from internet, should be write full web address in the reference section.
References: not numbered in the text and references section. Example: x species in springs and lakes in Poland (CZECZUGA and MUSZYNSKA, 2001).
If there three or more authors, references should be given in the text such as: ... many new water fungi determined in some studies (WONG et al., 1998) or WONG et al. (1998) indicated that ...
Footnotes: Footnotes should be avoided if possible, but if necessary, should be short and never containing any important part of the work and should be numbered consecutively by superscripts.
Figures and Tables: All illustrations not including tables (photographs, drawings, graphs, etc.) must be labelled as "Figure". The proper position of each table and figure must be clearly indicated in the paper. All tables and figures must be numbered consecutively throughout the paper (Table I, Figure -1) and must have a caption or legend.
Appendices: All appendices must be typed on separate sheet and should be numbered consecutively with capital Roman numerals. Authors when submit the four folds manuscripts for publication, should be indicate and guarantees the manuscript has not been published previously and it is not under the review in the other journals.15 reprints are supplied free of charge and their sending to correspondence author after published the manuscript.
Manuscripts mailed two specialists for review. But, Editorial Board of Trakya Univ J Sci can reject automatically insufficient manuscripts. After review procedures, Editorial Board of Journal will be take a decision for accept or reject of the manuscripts. Manuscripts should be sent to below address. For more information, please visit our Journal website:
http://fbe.trakya.edu.tr and/or contact the editor:
Address:
Assist. Dr. Kamil KAHVECİ Associate Editor
Trakya
Universitesi
Fen Bilimleri Enstitusu
Güllapoglu Yerleşkesi 22030
EdirneTURKEY
Edirne
Tel
: +90 284 2358230
Fax : +90 284 2358237
e-mail : kamilk@trakya.edu.tr