INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

 

Journal of Tekirdag Agricultural Faculty (JTAF) publishes at least three issues a year, preferably in January, May and September. The journal welcomes original research and review papers in all aspects of agricultural science. If articles are prepared from a thesis of any kind (MSc, PhD), this should be indicated as a footnote in the first page. Submission of a paper is taken to mean that results have not been published or not being considered for publication and its copyright has not been reserved by other publishers. Author(s) are responsible for fraud or inaccuracy in the published papers. Acceptance date of a paper by the Editorial Board is the criterion in the publication order.

 

Author(s) are asked to submit 4 copies of printout together with the signed Copyright Agreement Form (CAF) certifying that the manuscript has not been published or not being considered for publication elsewhere. All authors of multi-authored papers should also sign the CAF and agree to its submission. All figures, photographs and tables should be electronically accessible. Authors are requested to transfer the amount of 50 YTL (New Turkish Liras) or 30 € to the given bank account (AKBANK Tekirdaπ Branch, Branch code no:121, Account no: 0139687) for the use of postage expenses and send the proofs along with the initial submission. However, the charge is not paid back in case the author(s) withdraw the paper or Editorial Board reject the paper in accordance with the referees’ comments.

 

Checklist before the submission:

-          A cover letter indicating that the paper is submitted to the JTAF

-          4 complete set of clearly legible manuscript, one is original and the other three may be copied

-          A CD or a diskette containing nothing else other than the full set of manuscript

-          Bank proof of the charge transfer

-          CAF signed by the author(s) (it may be obtained either from the Editorial Office of accessible from http://www.trakya.edu.tr/Fakulte/ziraat/Turkce/dergi/index.htm

Manuscripts should be prepared using Microsoft Word format (98 or above version), Times New Roman of 12 points, double-spaced, not exceeding 20 printed pages of A4-sized paper including references, figures and tables. 3-cm-wide empty area should be made on the top, bottom, left and right hand side of each page. No title such as Dr., Prof., etc. before the name of the author(s) is added. Each page should be numbered consecutively and line-numbered. The work should be in concise and clear Turkish or English.

 

The content of the manuscript should be organized into the following order: Cover page, English title, English abstract, Turkish title, Turkish abstract, Introduction, Material and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions, Acknowledgement (optional) and References.

 

                Cover page: The Cover page contains Title, author(s) name(s), addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail numbers. Corresponding author should also be indicated in this page.

 

                Title: Title should be concise short and appropriately informative and should not exceed 15 words.

 

                Abstract and Keywords: Abstract should not exceed 200 words. The word ‘Abstract’ or ‘Φzet’ should not be typed on the top of the abstracts. 4 - 6 keywords not contained in the title are listed beneath the abstract to define the work best and assist searching techniques.

 

                Introduction: It should briefly contain context, the previous major contributions to the field, rationality for the work and aim.

 

                Material and Methods: Material and Methods are given under the same heading. Newly introduced or modified methods should be such clearly explained that researchers can easily repeat the work.

 

                Results and Discussion: The results should be clearly presented and supported by figures and tables where appropriate. A summarising table is preferable to the tables presenting full detail of statistical analysis. All results should be discussed but unnecessary repeats should be avoided. Similarities and differences between the obtained and previous results should be indicated and queried.

 

                Conclusions: Contribution of the research results to the field practically and theoretically is given in this section together with the recommendations.

 

Acknowledgement: This is optional and should be as short as possible.

 

References: References are arranged alphabetically according to the last name of the first author and in the original language of the publication.  References are given in the form:

 

Journal articles: Last name of the author, initials, year of publication, title of article, title of journal, volume number, page numbers.

 

Klich, M.A. 1993. Morphological studies of Aspergillus section Versicolores and related species Mycologia. 85: 100-107.

 

McDonald, M., I. Mila and A. Scalbert, 1996. Precipitation of metal ions by plant polypheneols: Optimal conditions and origin of precipitation. J. Agric. Food Chem. 44: 599-606

 

Whole book: Last name of the author, initials, year of publication, title of book (name of the editor(s), translator, etc.), volume number, publication number, publisher, place, page numbers.

 

Baenett, H.L.and B.B.Hunter, 1999. Illustrated Genera of Imperfect Fungi 4th. Ed., APS Pres, The American Phytopathological Society, St.Paul, Meinesota, USA, 218 p.

 

                Chapter in a book: Last name of the author, initials, year of publication, title of chapter, title of book (name of the editor), publisher, place, page numbers.

 

Klich, M.A. and T.E. Cleveland, 2000. Aspergillus systematics and the moleculer genetics of Mycotoxin biosyntesis. In: Integration of Modern Taxonomic Methods for Penicillium and Aspergillus Classification. (Ed(s): R.A.Samson and J.I.Pitt). Harwood Academic Publishers. Singapore. pp:425-434

 

Congress/symposium article: Last name of the author, initials, year of the meeting or publication of the proceeding, title of article, title of meeting, title of proceeding, volume number, place of meeting, date of meeting, page numbers.

 

Arύkan, S., G. Saπύroπlu, S. Yύldύz ve D. Turgut, 1994. Bazύ hayvan yemlerinden izole edilen funguslar ve bunlarύn όrettiπi toksinlerin biyolojik φlηόm metodu ile saptanmasύ. XII.Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi. Molekόler Biyoloji, Genetik ve Mikrobiyoloji Seksiyonu Bildiriler kitabύ, Cilt V. Edirne, 25-27 Mayύs 1994, s. 48-54

 

Thesis: Last name of the author, initials, year, title of thesis, type of thesis (Ph D, M Sc), Institute or university thesis was obtained, number of pages.

               

Dikmen, έ. 1968. Zeytin Ηeliklerinin Kφklendirilmesi άzerine Araώtύrmalar. Yόksek Lisans Tezi Ege άniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitόsό, 98 s.

 

Internet: The full address of the site the information is provide (except electronic journals) must be given.

 

How to cite a reference in the text is as follow: References are cited in the text by author and date ……..substance may cause atmospheric pollution (Landen, 2002) and if the article is 2 co-authors names are linked by ‘and’ (Landen and Bruce, 2002) or Bruce (2002) stated that…………if the information is reported. If the article is 3 or more co-authors, the first name is followed by ‘et al.’ (Landen et al., 2002)/ Landen et al. (2002). References are cited chronologically in case of citing more than one reference for the same statement (Cochran, 1961; Landen, 2002). More than one articles of the same author in the same year are differentiated using ‘a’, ‘b’ and so on…(Landen 1998a; Landen 1998b).

 

Names of all authors should be, no matter how many, are written in the References list (i.e. ‘Landen et al. 2002’ is not justified).

 

Figures and Tables: All graphs, line drawings and photographs except tables should be classified into ‘Figure’. Photographs, figures and graphs must be of highest quality with the full range of tones appropriate to an offset press. All Tables and Figures must be numbered with Arabic numerals and each must be cited in text and given just after the citation. Figures’ and Tables’ captions and explanations must be self-explanatory, brief and clear. Figures and Tables must be within the page margins. Those who submit a manuscript in Turkish should also provide captions to Figures and Tables in English just below the Turkish captions.

 

Units and abbreviations: Authors are requested to use the International System of units (Systθme International d’Unitιs). Abbreviations and symbols must be defined when they are used first in the text. No abbreviation is applied in the Title of the paper.

 

Mathematical formulae: Formulae should be numbered and the number of each equation should be aligned to the left margin of the page within a bracket.

 

Poorly prepared manuscripts not obeying the instructions are returned to the author(s) for revision and re-submission. Each Manuscript is reviewed by two sound referees on the field and Editorial Board of the journal decides whether the paper is suitable for publication in accordance with the referees’ comments.

 

Hard copies of Published article itself separately or the containing issue is mailed to the authors. Electronic submission through e-mail is also possible providing that the signed CAF is safely reached to the Editorial office later on. For further information: http://www.trakya.edu.tr/Fakulte/ziraat/Turkce/dergi/index.htm

COPYRIGHT AGREEMENT FORM

 

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Corresponding author

 

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