Manuscript preparation
Language: English
Manuscript types: Original research and reviews
However, we advise the authors to be as concise as possible for the dissemination of the work.
Manuscript format
Writing rules
1. Selcuk Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences publishes original research and compilations in English on the fields of agriculture and food science.
2. If the original research articles are made from the master's and doctoral thesis, it should not be mentioned as a footnote on the article template.
3. The article submitted for publication is taken into consideration by the Journal Editorial Board in accordance with the publication principles. The Journal Editorial Board has the right to decide to return the articles to the author/authors without submitting the articles not found in the journal. In addition, articles that do not comply with the spelling rules or whose language of expression is inadequate will be returned to the author (s) for correction.
4. The evaluated article is accepted for preliminary evaluation by the journal's editorial board. The editorial board has the right to refuse the article if it does not comply with the journal's publication rules. Articles that meet the basic requirements are sent to at least 2 referees who are experts in a particular discipline. A list of corrections/opinions of the articles passed through the peer review is submitted to the author. The corresponding author(s) should upload the corrected and revised article to the system within a maximum of 30 days. Submissions after this time will not be accepted. Then the board of editors makes the final decision (positive or negative) for the publication of the article. Any correction or deletion of the articles accepted for publication doesn't make. The author (s) is responsible for the contents of the published articles.
5. Editorial Board decides whether the manuscript is suitable or not for publication by regarding the reviewer's comments and the sufficiency of revisions made by the author/s.
6. Articles to be published should not have been previously published and broadcast rights should not be given. In addition, the author (s) must comply with the international-national "Scientific Research and Publication Code of Ethics". The journal is not responsible for these issues.
7. Manuscripts should be submitted to the journal by using the online submission system by the corresponding author. All submissions should include the following documents: Authors should transfer article rights with a cover letter in Selcuk Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences.
8. After a manuscript has been accepted for publication, i.e., after referee-recommended revisions are complete, the author will not be permitted to make changes in the manuscript, authors, and Author order.
9. Whole responsibilities of papers included in the journal belong to the author/s.
Image Format
Manuscripts submitted to the journal, in general, should be in the following order: Title, Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussions, Conclusions, Acknowledgements (if needed), and References.
ORCID No: ORCID numbers should be written in the article template for each author in the article. For authors who do not have an ORCID number, they can obtain a number by clicking the link. https://orcid.org/register Title: The title of the manuscript should be short and illustrative.
Author's names and surnames should appear in full form, not as short form. The corresponding author should be denoted by an asterisk mark. Address with E-mail of the corresponding author to whom all correspondence may be sent should be given.
Abstract: Abstracts should provide clear information about the research and the results obtained, and should not exceed 300 words.
Highlights: Insert 2-4 highlights no longer than 85 characters.
Keywords: The author should provide a maximum of 6 keywords in alphabetical order separated with semicolons, not included in the title. The scientific or systematic names of plants and fungi should be italicized. eg. Triticum aestivum; in vitro; in vivo.
Abbreviations / Symbols: Symbols are given by using a paper template. Define all symbols and abbreviations the first time they are used. Abbreviations cannot be used in the paper title. Symbols should be SI units.
Introduction: This section should be explained the problem, and previous studies, especially the most recent publications. The objectives of the study should be clearly given in this section.
Materials and Methods: In this section, all the materials, and analytical and statistical methods and procedures should be explained.
Results and Discussions: In this section, the data and information should be presented using tables or figures. The Editorial Board has the right to decline the manuscript in the event no proper statistical analysis selection or incorrect statistical procedures are used. The findings should be discussed but the author/s should be aware of unnecessary repetitions. Findings should be compared with other previous study literature and reasons for similarities or differences should be defined.
Author Contributions: For research articles with several authors, a short paragraph specifying their individual contributions must be provided. The following statements should be used “Conceptualization, X.X. and Y.Y.; methodology, X.X.; software, X.X.; validation, X.X., Y.Y. and Z.Z.; formal analysis, X.X.; investigation, X.X.; resources, X.X.; data curation, X.X.; writing—original draft preparation, X.X.; writing—review and editing, X.X.; visualization, X.X.; supervision, X.X.; project administration, X.X.; funding acquisition, Y.Y. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.” Please turn to the CRediT taxonomy for the term explanation. Authorship must be limited to those who have contributed substantially to the work reported.
Funding: Please add: “This research received no external funding "or " This research was funded by NAME OF FUNDER, grant number XXX” and “The APC was funded by XXX”. Check carefully that the details given are accurate and use the standard spelling of funding agency names at https://search.crossref.org/funding. Any errors may affect your future funding.
Data Availability Statement: In this section, please provide details regarding where data supporting reported results can be found, including links to publicly archived datasets analyzed or generated during the study. Please refer to the suggested Data Availability Statements in the section “SJAFS Research Data Policies” at https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/selcukjafsci/policy. You might choose to exclude this statement if the study did not report any data.
Acknowledgments: In this section, you can acknowledge any support given which is not covered by the author contribution or funding sections. This may include administrative and technical support, or donations in kind (e.g., materials used for experiments).
Conflicts of Interest: Declare conflicts of interest or state “The authors declare no conflict of interest.” Authors must identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of reported research results. Any role of the funders in the design of the study; in the collection, analysis, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results must be declared in this section. If there is no role, please state “The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results”.
Tables and Figures: All illustrations such as photographs, drawings, graphs, etc. must be labeled “Figure.” The number in order of mention in the text and table should be in text form not shown as an image. It should be presented in table form. Tables and figures, including the caption, title, column heads, and footnotes, must not exceed 16 × 20 cm and should be no smaller than 8 cm in width. Author/s must not duplicate information that is already presented in the figures. Figures and tables should be a good resolution to get high-quality press. Photos contributing study results must have 600 dpi resolutions in 'jpg' format. Author/s must prefer the grey or black font instead of the color. No vertical lines are allowed to use in tables and those tables must be prepared in accordance with the 'Paper Template'. All tables and figures must be cited in the text. They must be numbered consecutively as they are referred to in the text. (Table 1 and Figure 1). Captions of tables and figures must have clear and concise descriptions. Captions of tables and figures, words through the tables or figures, and dip not of the tables or figures must be font sizes of 10, 9, and 8 Times New Roman, respectively. Horizontal and vertical lines must not be included in the figures. However, small letters can be used if statistical comparisons are made. If tables and figures have abbreviations, they should be described just bottom of the tables and figures.
Units: SI (System International Units) must be used. For decimal use, full stop or point must be used instead of commas (e.g., 1.25 instead of 1,25). In units, '/ ' must not be used and there must be one free space between units (e.g., m s-1 must be used instead of m/s; J s-1 must be used instead of J/s; kg m s−2 must be used instead of kg m/s2). There must be one free space between the number and symbol (e.g., 4 kg N ha-1, 3 kg m−1 s−2, 20 N m, 1000 s−1, 100 kPa, 22 °C). There is a special case for degree, minute, and second (°, ′ and ″) symbols. Those symbols must be used just after the number (e.g., 10°, 45', 60"). The abbreviation of liter must be as 'L'. If the symbols are not at the end of the sentence, the full stop must not be used after the symbol.
References
Articles should be prepared according to the Citation System. In the field of science, the Sel footnote or in-text system, whichever is widely used, can be preferred. The link must be given.
In the text, references should be cited by the author's surname and the year of publication, e.g. (Ceyhan 2003), (Ulker and Ceyhan 2008). If citations are made for author/s, only the year of the publication is placed through the brackets, e.g., Ceyhan (2003) or Ulker and Ceyhan (2008). For citations or references with three or more authors, only the first author's surname followed “et al.” (Ceyhan et al. 2008) or Ceyhan et al. (2008). If there is more than one reference in the same year for the same author(s) then 'a, b' letters should be added in alphabetical order, e.g. (Ceyhan et al. 2008a). If there is more than one reference for the same author, a semi-colon is used after the year, e.g. (Ceyhan 2003; 2008; 2012). References cited within the text should be organized in the original language alphabetically (according to the initial author's surname) and in chronological order. The full name of the Journal, without abbreviation, should be written in italics. Abstracts published in proceedings are not cited in the text or in references. Author/s are fully responsible for incorrect citations in the text or in references.
Journal articles:
Ceyhan E (2004). Effects of sowing dates on some yield components and yield of dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cultivars. Turkish Journal of Field Crops 9: 87-95.
Ceyhan E, Harmankaya M, Avci MA (2008a). Effects of sowing dates and cultivars on protein and mineral contents of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Asian Journal of Chemistry 20: 5601-5613.
Ceyhan E, Avci MA, Karadas S (2008b). Line x tester analysis in pea (Pisum sativum L.): Identification of superior parents for seed yield and its components. African Journal of Biotechnology, 7: 2810-281. Doi:
Books:
Kempthorne O (1957). An Introduction to Genetic Statistics. Wiley and Sons, New York, USA. p.104.
Chapters in books
Eteve G (1985). Breeding for tolerance and winter hardiness in pea. In Hebblethwaite PD, Heath MC, Dawkins TCK (Eds), The pea Crop: A Basis for Improvement. Butterworths, London. UK, pp. 131-136.
Anonymous (Unknown Author/s):
TUİK (2012). Agricultural Statistics Summary. Turkish Statistical Institute, Publication No: 3877, Ankara. p.333.
From Internet:
FAO (2013). Production and trade statistics. http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-trade/en/ (access date: 02.10.2013).
Thesis:
Ceyhan E (2003). Determination of some agricultural characters and their heredity through line x tester method in pea parents and crosses. PhD Thesis, Selcuk University (Unpublished), Turkey
Conference Proceedings:
Devos P (1988). Nutritional value of lentils and chickpeas and changes during processing. In: Proceedings of Lentils for Everyone Symposium, 29-30 September 1988; Marmaris, Muğla, Turkey, pp. 174-196.
References must be appeared in the text (including citations in tables and legends) and be listed individually at the end of the manuscript. We recommend preparing the references with a bibliography software package, such as EndNote avoid typing mistakes and duplicated references. Include the digital object identifier (DOI) for all references where available.
Final Checklist
It is hoped that this list will be useful during the final check of the prepared article before it is uploaded to the journal system.
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
The submitted manuscript has not been previously published and has not been submitted to any journals for publication (detailed description in the author's guide).
The article file is in the form of a Microsoft Word (2003 or higher) document file.
The article preparation template was used. The article should be prepared as a double column.
All authors' information on the cover page
The abstract text does not exceed 300 words
Up to 6 keywords written
The length of the figures and tables is a maximum of 16x20 cm for a single-page layout and 8 cm for a double-column layout.
Images were chosen in 600 dpi "jpg" format and color images instead of gray or black
All tables and figures are numbered sequentially throughout the article
References are provided in the text according to the author's guidelines.
References are given in alphabetical order according to the author's descriptions
Units are given in the text according to the author's instructions.
All documents are prepared according to publication ethics rules
Make sure the following items are available:
1. Author information added
• E-mail address
• Full postal address
• Phone number
2. All necessary files have been uploaded.
• Manuscript text
3. The article was "spelled" and "grammarly checked"
4. All references cited in the bibliography are quoted in the text and vice versa.
Submit Manuscript
In the applications made, the account of the corresponding author of the study should be used. All correspondence regarding the application is forwarded to the responsible author by e-mail sent through the journal system.
When uploading the article file, make sure that it does not contain any elements that would reveal the identity of the author due to the double-blind peer-review process.
Files You Need to Upload Separately:
Manuscript Full Text
Manuscript Uploading
The manuscript must be uploaded online through the link given by only the corresponding author by using the Selcuk Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences
Manuscript Submission and Evaluation System. In the manuscript uploading part, the manuscript in pdf file format is uploaded in
'Application Upload'. In addition, the following files must be uploaded:1. Word format (2003 or upper versions) of the manuscript. Some descriptive information such as author names, titles, addresses, and contact information (in Word format).
2. Word file having name-surname and institute and corresponding address of authors.
3. Ethics Committee Approval (if needed).
During the submission, the following commitment is received from the author in electronic form:
1. I am authorized/authorized by co-authors to submit this work to your journal.
2. The manuscript is original, not officially published in another peer-reviewed journal, It has not been evaluated by any other journal and does not infringe any existing copyright or other third-party rights.
3. I/we agree that if the manuscript is editorially accepted for publication, it will be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.
4. Copyright and intellectual property rights of the author(s) or employer(s) of the author(s), if any, are reserved. The author(s) undertake(s) that the publisher is not responsible for any claims or lawsuits to be filed by third parties due to copyright infringement, and that all responsibility belongs to them.
5. The author(s) undertake(s) that there is no criminal or illegal statement in the manuscript, and that no illegal materials and methods are used while conducting the research.
Author's Guide
Authors' Duties and Responsibilities
Authorship and Contribution
Authorship should be limited to those who have made significant contributions to the concept, design, execution, or interpretation of the work. All significant contributors must be listed as co-authors. If there are minor contributors to the work, such as language editing, these should be mentioned in the acknowledgments section. The corresponding author must ensure that all co-authors have seen and approved the final manuscript and agree to submit it for publication. Authors are expected to carefully review the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and to provide the definitive list of authors at the time of original submission. The editor will only consider adding, deleting, or rearranging authors after the manuscript is submitted in exceptional circumstances. All authors must agree to any such addition, removal, or re-editing. Authors take joint responsibility for the work.
Author Change Requests
Adding, deleting, or rearranging the names of authors in the list of authors can only be done before the article is accepted and only if approved by the journal Editor.
If such a change is requested, the Editor requests from the responsible author (a) the reason for the change in the list of authors and (b) written confirmation (e-mail) from all authors that they agree to add it. Only in exceptional circumstances will the editor consider adding, deleting or rearranging authors after the article has been accepted.
Manuscript Writing
Authors of original research manuscripts should address the topic in an authentic way and with an objective discussion. The manuscript should contain sufficient detail and references to allow others to repeat the work. Fraudulent or knowingly false statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.
Originality
The author must provide assurance that the manuscript is original, has not been previously published elsewhere, and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, in another language.
Original Source Use and Citation
Authors should ensure that they are writing completely original works and that if they have used the work or words of others, it is appropriately cited. Privately obtained information, such as in conversations, correspondence or discussions with third parties, should not be used without the express and written permission of the source.
Data Access and Retention
Authors may be required to provide research data supporting their articles for editorial review and/or comply with the journal's open data requirements. Authors should be prepared, where possible, to provide public access to such data and retain such data for a reasonable period of time after publication. Our journal recommends uploading research data to TUBITAK's Aperta Portal.
Multi and Simultaneous Broadcasting
An author should not publish an article containing the same research in more than one journal. Submitting the same article to more than one journal at the same time is unethical behavior. An author should not submit a previously published article for consideration in another journal unless it has been published as an abstract.
Publication of Studies Based on Survey and Interview
For research in all branches of science that requires ethics committee approval (ethics committee approval should be obtained, this approval should be stated and documented in the manuscript. In research that requires ethics committee permission, information about the permission (name of the committee, date, and number) can be found in the method section, as well as on one of the first/last pages of the article; In case of reports, information about signing the informed consent/consent form should be included in the manuscript.
Conflict of Interest
It will cause conflict in the person's work and may impair her/his objectivity significantly or Any financial or other interest that could give an unfair advantage to any person or entity. All financial support resources and the role of sponsors in the study should be explained during the conduct of the research and the preparation of the manuscript. If there is no source of funding, this should also be stated. Examples of potential conflicts of interest that need to be disclosed include consultations, hiring, and grants. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed at the earliest possible stage.
Error Reporting
When an author notices a material error or inaccuracy in their published work, they should notify the journal immediately. It is also the author's obligation to cooperate in retracting or correcting the manuscript if deemed necessary by the editor. If the editor or publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains errors, it is the author's obligation to cooperate with the editor, including notifying the editör.
Image Integrity
It is unacceptable to enhance, darken, move, remove, or add a certain feature in an image. Authors must comply with the policy for graphic images enforced by the journal.
