Submissions

Author Guidelines

The Turkish Journal of Agriculture – Food Science and Technology (TURJAF) charges only one publication fee, namely an Article Processing Charge (APC).

The journal does not charge:

• Manuscript submission fees;
• Page charges;
• Charges for colour figures or tables;
• Charges for supplementary materials;
• DOI assignment fees; or
• Manuscript withdrawal fees.

The APC is payable only after a manuscript has successfully completed the peer review process and has been formally accepted for publication.

Payment of the APC has no influence on the editorial evaluation, peer review process, acceptance, or rejection of a manuscript. Editorial decisions are based solely on the scientific quality, originality, ethical compliance, and relevance of the manuscript.

Article Processing Charge (APC)

The APC is charged per accepted manuscript, regardless of the number of pages, figures, tables, or supplementary files.

The applicable APC is determined according to the corresponding author's country, based on the current World Bank Income Classification.

* Country classifications are based on the current World Bank Country and Lending Groups. The applicable APC is determined according to the corresponding author's country at the time of manuscript submission. As the World Bank updates these classifications annually, the most recent classification available at the time of submission will be applied.

The current World Bank country classification is available at:
https://datatopics.worldbank.org/world-development-indicators/the-world-by-income-and-region.html

Discounts and Waivers

TURJAF does not currently offer APC discounts or fee waivers unless otherwise announced by the Editorial Board.

Payment

Payment instructions are sent only after a manuscript has been formally accepted for publication. No payment is requested during manuscript submission, editorial evaluation, or peer review.

The reasons for the publication charge are as follows,

1. DOI application charges,
2. Increasing internet charges, and
3. Personnel expenses of the journal.

A manuscript suggesting that animals have been subjected to adverse, stressful, or harsh conditions or treatment will not be processed for publication unless it has been approved by an institutional animal care committee or the equivalent thereof.

Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology (TURJAF) offers authors;

• Full text of papers available free on-line (open access)
• Fast publication times: your paper will appear online as soon as it is ready.

Submission of Manuscript

Manuscript file template - download

General Format

The authors should pay attention to these subjects:

• Please prepare your submission according to the journal rules.
• Especially, make sure that the references section is prepared according to the rules of the journal.
• Please know that SUBMISSIONS NOT PREPARED ACCORDING TO JOURNAL rules will CAUSE LATE EVALUATION.
• Please make sure that the references in your submission and in the reference section are compatible.
• We recommend that you check your submission carefully in terms of references before submit your submission.
• Please check your submission in terms of similarity index before submit. Please remember that the HIGH SIMILARITY INDEX will cause DECLINE of your submission directly according to journal rules.

Before submission of the new manuscript authors should consider the following general rules for preparation of the manuscript. Please read these instructions carefully and follow the guidelines strictly.

• Fonts: Important – Use Times or Times New Roman 12 point size only (other sizes as specified), and Symbol font for mathematical symbols (in the text and in the figures).
• Justification should be set to full (or left only, if preferred).
• Do not underline: Use italics, bold or bold italics instead.
• Line spacing should be set at 2 (Double).
• Leave a line space between paragraphs and sections.
• Leave a line space between section titles and text.
• Leave only one space after a full stop.
• Manuscripts must be typed on A4 (210 × 297 mm) paper, double-spaced throughout and with ample margins of at least 2.5 cm. All pages must be numbered consecutively.
• Starting with the title page as p.1, the text, which begins with p.2, is to be arranged in the following order: abstract, brief introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, acknowledgements, references, figure legends, tables.
• The first page of the full manuscript must begin with the title of the paper centered on the page in 14 point Bold Title Case (title case means first letter of each main word capitalized), the names of the authors (Initials – followed by a period each – Family Name) with the main author’s name mentioned first, the names and locations of the authors’ affiliations (Title Case), and the e-mail address of the main author.
• The title page must provide the title in English, a short title of not more than 45 characters (including spaces) to be used as running head, up to five topical key words in English for subject indexing, the full postal address of the corresponding author to whom proofs will be sent.
• The title should be brief and should indicate the species studied. Subtitles are not encouraged.
• The abstract should not exceed 300 words, should be one paragraph and should be free of references and abbreviations.
• It should indicate clearly the scope and main conclusions of the paper.
• The introduction should give the pertinent background to the study and should explain why the work was done.
• The materials and methods (or methodology) should give essential details, including experimental design and statistical analysis.
• The results should present the findings of the research. They should be free from discussion. Results should be written in the past tense.
• The discussion should cover, but not simply repeat the new findings and should present the author's results in broader context of other work on the subject interpreting them with a minimum of speculation.
• The acknowledgements should be as brief as possible.

List of References

• The list of references appears at the end of your work and gives the full details of everything that you have cited in the text in alphabetical order by the author’s surname.
• All sources must be referred in a consistent manner. Choose from the list of sources below, the examples given, provide a guide to the format and punctuation you should use.

Starting from 2024, Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology (TURJAF) organizes articles according to APA 7 (2020) rules and requests that studies be prepared according to the latest APA format. Accordingly, examples of in-text and end-of-text bibliography that we use in our journal are given below.

Both the author and the date, separated by a comma, appear in parentheses for a parenthetical citation. When citing multiple works parenthetically, place the citations in alphabetical order, separating them with semicolons. Arrange two or more works by the same authors by year of publication. Place citations with no date first, followed by works with dates in chronological order; in-press citations appear last. Give the authors’ surnames once; for each subsequent work, give only the date.

In-Text Examples

One author (Yalçın, 2021), (Türk, 2020)

Two authors (Coşkun & Başbuğ, 2019), (Uslu & Narlıçay, 2022)

Three or more authors (Takcı et al., 2020), (Şen et al., 2018)

Citing Multiple Works(Adams et al., 2019; Shumway & Shulman, 2015; Yurdakul, 2017)

Citing two or more works by the same authors (Takcı & Kıvrak, 2022a, 2022b, 2023), (Carraway et al., 2013, 2014, 2019)

Reference List Examples

Journal Article

Kivrak, M. B., Turk, S., Takci, A., Bolukbas, B., Agaoglu, R. T., & Coskun, A. (2023). Pulse wave Doppler ultrasound of umbilical cord in experimentally induced pregnancy toxemia in sheep. Research in Veterinary Science, 160(May), 18–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2023.05.004

Lachner, A., Backfisch, I., Hoogerheide, V., van Gog, T., & Renkl, A. (2020). Timing matters! Explaining between study phases enhances students’ learning. Journal of Educational Psychology, 112(4), 841–853. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000396

Online Magazine Article

Gander, K. (2020, April 29). COVID-19 vaccine being developed in Australia raises antibodies to neutralize virus in pre-clinical tests. Newsweek. https://www.newsweek.com/australia-covid-19-vaccine-neutralize-virus-1500849

Authored Book

Kaufman, K. A., Glass, C. R., & Pineau, T. R. (2018). Mindful sport performance enhancement: Mental training for athletes and coaches. American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000048-000

Edited Book Chapter

Zeleke, W. A., Hughes, T. L., & Drozda, N. (2020). Home–school collaboration to promote mind–body health. In C. Maykel & M. A. Bray (Eds.), Promoting mind–body health in schools: Interventions for mental health professionals (pp. 11–26). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000157-002

Dissertation From a Database

Horvath-Plyman, M. (2018). Social media and the college student journey: An examination of how social media use impacts social capital and affects college choice, access, and transition (Publication No. 10937367) [Doctoral dissertation, New York University]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global.

For other reference writing examples, click "https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples".

Abbreviations and Units

Generally, units must be abbreviated according to the International System of Units (SI units). Below you find examples of abbreviations of the most commonly used SI units:Meter: m, Kilogram: kg, Second: s, Minute: min, Ampere: A, square meter: m², cubic meter: m³, Hertz: Hz

Tables, figures & illustrations

• In presenting data, authors should anticipate the limitations set by the size and layout of the journal. Large and complex tables, figures and maps should be avoided in the main paper, but can be included in a data appendix for use by reviewers.
• Figures should be saved in a neutral data format such as JPEG, TIFF or EPS. PowerPoint and Word graphics are unsuitable for reproduction. Please do not use any pixel-oriented programmes. Scanned figures (in JPEG and TIFF formats) should have a resolution of 300 dpi (halftone) or 600 to 1200 dpi (line drawings) in relation to the reproduction size.
• Any tables and figures that are included in the main text of the paper should be numbered separately, in the sequence that they are mentioned in the text.
• Each table and figure should be presented on a separate page of the manuscript, with a brief and self-explanatory title. All text should be clearly legible, and all graphics and legends should be easily distinguished when printed in black and white.
• Tables should be arranged so that each data is in one cell.
• Notes under each table and figure should be used to explain and specify the source of all data shown.

 File Sizes

Manuscripts will be distributed to reviewers via the Web. However, reviewers who use telephone modems may experience unacceptable download delays if the files are too large. A number of simple tricks can be used to avoid unnecessarily large files. Do not scan pages of text. Do not scan printed Figures unless no original digital document exists. If a scanned figure is unavoidable, please use Adobe PhotoShop or a similar program to edit the file and reduce the file size (not necessarily the image size) as much as possible before submission. For example, crop the picture to exclude surrounding "white space." Do not carelessly use colour. Black and white line drawings or gray-scale figures should not be saved as color documents; this will increase file sizes without increasing the information content of the file. Do not use colour unless absolutely needed to convey information.

Manuscript file format

We request to submit article in Microsoft Word format (.DOCX). If you are using another word processor please save final version of the manuscript (using 'Save As' option of the file menu) as a Word document. In this case please double check that the saved file can be opened in Microsoft Word. We cannot accept Acrobat .PDF or any other text files.

Graphs and Tables

• In Turkish articles, all texts, including the title of Graphs and Tables, must be written in English.
• Formatting in tables should be zero, each value should be in a cell
• Graphics must be editable in accordance with the magazine format (they will not be in the form of pictures)