- All submissions to the Süleyman Demirel University Journal of the Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences must be prepared in accordance with the journal's article template. To access the template, please click here.

- For all submissions to the Süleyman Demirel University Journal of the Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences, a Copyright Transfer and Conflict of Interest Statement Form signed by all authors must be uploaded to the system. To access the relevant form, please click here.

- According to the ULAKBİM decision dated February 25, 2020, “For all branches of science, separate ETHICS COMMITTEE APPROVAL must be obtained for clinical and experimental studies involving humans and animals, this approval must be stated in the article, and must be documented.” To access the Publication Ethics and Ethics Committee Approval Declaration Form, please click here.


Writing Rules for Writers

1. Manuscripts submitted to the journal must be original scientific studies.

2. Only the names of the contributing authors should be included in the manuscripts and situations that are incompatible with ethical principles such as guest authorship, honorary authorship, gift authorship, ghost authorship or artificial intelligence authorship should be avoided.

3. Manuscripts should not have been published before and should not have been submitted to more than one journal at the same time for review.

4. Manuscripts must include appropriate permission and/or bibliography for content taken from another source, even if it is the authors' own previously published study, in accordance with the journal writing rules and ethical principles.

5. Manuscripts must not violate any rights of any person and/or organization, including any intellectual property rights, commercial rights and/or privacy rights.

6. It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure that all content, data and results presented in the manuscripts are unmanipulated and unaltered. In this context, it is necessary that the data in the manuscripts belong to the authors and/or have the necessary permissions for the use, reproduction, distribution, derivation, etc. of these data.

7. If Acknowledgements, Supporting Institution and/or Project Number information is available in the article file, this information must be added to the DergiPark system at the time of article submission.

8. In addition to the manuscript file, "Publication Ethics and Ethics Committee Permission Declaration Form" and "Copyright Transfer and Conflict Declaration Form" documents must be uploaded during the manuscript submission.

9. Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with the Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive and the content and recommendations regarding publication ethics determined by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). In addition, it is expected that absolute importance and attention should be paid to the fact that none of the actions specified under the title of Actions Contrary to Scientific Research and Publication Ethics of the aforementioned directive (click here for the document accessed on 25.05.2024) have been carried out.

10. Upon request, the raw data of the content of the manuscripts should be provided in full and complete.

11. Manuscripts should be prepared as described in the relevant pages of the journal website and as exemplified in the manuscript template.

12. In order for the manuscripts to be reviewed by competent and qualified researchers/experts in the field, these individuals must first be identified. Subsequently, these individuals are invited and if they accept the invitation, the review process begins. All these stages should be understood by the author(s) and it is necessary to be aware that these processes are carried out within a time flow.

Manuscript Submission Process for Authors

1. It is possible to submit manuscripts to the journal only through the DergiPark system and all procedures are carried out only through the DergiPark system. Manuscripts of authors who try to obtain information through other means of communication and/or engage the members of the editorial board in this matter to the extent that it causes discomfort will be returned regardless of the stage they are at.

2. During the manuscript submission process, at least 1 (one) and at most 3 (three) topics most suitable for the manuscript should be selected on the Article Metadata page in accordance with the current UKOD version. For information about UKOD, the relevant page of DergiPark may be examined.

3. During the manuscript submission process, all authors in the manuscript should be added to the DergiPark system in accordance with the explanations on the Authors page in the DergiPark system.

4. During the manuscript submission process, the required Submission Files must be uploaded in accordance with the explanations on the Files page in the DergiPark system. File names should be arranged as shown in the File Type field.

5. During the manuscript submission process, the data requested on the Additional Information page must be added exactly the same as the data in the full text file of the manuscript.

6. During the manuscript submission process, the data shown on the Preview page should be checked and the Submission Checklist should be read and approved. The Notes to the Editor field can be used for information and notes to be sent to the editor.

7. Manuscripts must be prepared as exemplified in the template and as specified in the writing rules. All information of all authors (name, middle name, surname, institutional information, ORCID information, etc.) must be correct and complete. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of this information.

8. Acknowledgements, Supporting Institution and/or Project Number fields can be added to the articles if deemed necessary.

9. Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with the rules of research and publication ethics. For each submission, in addition to the full text file, the "Publication Ethics and Ethics Committee Permission Form" and "Copyright Transfer and Conflict Declaration Form" documents must be signed by all authors and uploaded to the DergiPark system during manuscript submission. In case of missing information/documentation, manuscripts are not reviewed.