1 Manuscript template: Full title must be in sentence case

2 First AUTHOR1,*, Second AUTHOR1,2

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3 Department, Faculty, University, City, Country
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4 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

5 *Correspondence: zool@tubitak.gov.tr

6 Abstract: This document is a template for use by authors sending manuscripts to the

7 Turkish Journal of Zoology. The title of the manuscript must be written in lower case

8 except for the first word and proper nouns. Author names must be given in full, with

9 surnames (family names) all in capitals. Author addresses must be given in English in the

10 following order: Department, Faculty, University, City, Country, with numbers in

11 superscript after each author name to indicate his/her address. Footnotes must not be used

12 for addresses. The corresponding authors email address must be clearly given, marked

13 with an asterisk. The abstract must not be longer than 200 words and must clearly state

14 the studys purpose and results. The manuscripts title and abstract must not contain

15 mathematical formulae. The abstract must not contain any reference citations. Please

16 provide 3 to 10 key words or phrases must be given that will be useful for retrieval and

17 indexing. The key words must be separated by commas and should not include acronyms.

18 Key words: Zoology, instructions for authors, manuscript template,

19 1. Introduction

20 The Introduction should argue the case for the study, outlining only essential background,

21 and should not include the findings or the conclusions. It should not be a review of the

22 subject area, but should finish with a clear statement of the question being addressed.

23 1.1. Manuscript content

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 1 Authors should use this template when preparing a manuscript for submission to the

2 Turkish Journal of Zoology. The manuscript should be written in Microsoft Word. The

3 text in the relevant sections of the template can be replaced by typing or copying and

4 pasting, or the Styles given in the template can be used. Styles can be applied to selected

5 sections of the text as shown in the Figure.

7 Figure. Styles.

8 Research articles should be divided into the sections listed below. Principal sections

9 should be numbered consecutively (1. Introduction, 2. Materials and methods, etc.) and

10 subsections should be numbered 1.1., 1.2., etc. Do not number the Acknowledgements

11 or References sections. The total number of double-spaced pages of the Abstract,

12 Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, and Discussion must not exceed 16.

13 Manuscripts must be written in English. Contributors who are not native English speakers

14 are strongly advised to ensure that a colleague fluent in the English language or a

15 professional language editor has reviewed their manuscript. Concise English without

16 jargon should be used. Repetitive use of long sentences and passive voice should be

17 avoided. It is strongly recommended that the text be run through computer spelling and

18 grammar programs. Either British or American spelling is acceptable but must be

19 consistent throughout.

20 All manuscripts are checked for their compliance with the Instructions for Authors.

21 Manuscripts not complying with the instructions will not be submitted to referees for

22 evaluation.

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 1 Manuscripts must be double-spaced with 3-cm margins on all sides of the page, in Times

2 New Roman font size 12. Every page of the manuscript, including the title page,

3 references, tables, etc., should be numbered. The manuscript must also have line numbers

4 starting with 1 on each consecutive page.

5 1.2. Symbols, units, and abbreviations

6 In general, the journal follows the conventions of Scientific Style and Format, The CSE

7 Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, Council of Science Editors, Reston, VA,

8 USA (7th ed.). If symbols such as , , , or are used, they should be added using the

9 Symbol menu of Word. Degree symbols () must be used from the Symbol menu, not

10 superscripted letter o or number 0. Multiplication symbols must be used (), not the letter

11 x. Spaces must be inserted between numbers and units (e.g., 3 kg) and between numbers

12 and mathematical symbols (+, , , =, <, >), but not between numbers and percent

13 symbols (e.g., 45%). Please use SI units. All abbreviations and acronyms should be

14 defined at first mention. Latin terms such as et al., in vitro, or in situ should not be

15 italicised. Use hectare instead of acre or decare.

16 1.3. Reference citations

17 References should be cited in the text by the last name(s) of the author(s) and year of

18 publication as shown in the Table.

19 All references cited in the manuscript must appear in the list of references at the end and

20 all references listed in the reference list must be cited in the manuscript. When multiple

21 references are cited in the same sentence, the citations must appear in chronological order

22 from oldest to newest.

Type of reference Examples of citations

Reference with 1 author (Knott, 1987)

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 According to Knott (1987)

Reference with 2 authors (Cochran and Cox, 1957)

Reference with 3 or more authors (Gne et al., 2002)

References by the same author(s) in the

(Jones et al., 2004a, 2004b)
same year

Multiple references cited in the same (Knott, 1987; Gne et al., 2002; Jones et

sentence al., 2004a, 2004b)

1 Table. How to cite references.

2 2. Materials and methods

3 Please provide concise but complete information about the materials and the analytical

4 and statistical procedures used. This part should be as clear as possible to enable other

5 scientists to repeat the research presented. Brand names and company locations should be

6 supplied for all mentioned equipment, instruments, chemicals, etc.

7 3. Results

8 The same data or information given in a Table must not be repeated in a Figure and vice

9 versa. It is not acceptable to repeat extensively the numbers from Tables in the text or to

10 give lengthy explanations of Tables or Figures.

11 3.1. Tables and figures

12 All illustrations (photographs, drawings, graphs, etc.), not including tables, must be

13 labelled Figure. Figures must be submitted both in the manuscript and as separate files.

14 All tables and figures must have a caption and/or legend and be numbered (e.g., Table 1,

15 Figure 2), unless there is only one table or figure, in which case it should be labelled

16 Table or Figure with no numbering. Captions must be written in sentence case (e.g.,

17 Macroscopic appearance of the samples.). The font used in the figures should be Times

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 1 New Roman. If symbols such as , , , or are used, they should be added using the

2 Symbol menu of Word.

3 All tables and figures must be numbered consecutively as they are referred to in the text.

4 Please refer to tables and figures with capitalisation and unabbreviated (e.g., As shown

5 in Figure 2, and not Fig. 2 or figure 2).

6 The tables and figures themselves should be given at the end of the text only, after the

7 references, not in the running text.

8 The resolution of images should not be less than 118 pixels/cm when width is set to 16

9 cm. Images must be scanned at 1200 dpi resolution and submitted in jpeg or tiff format.

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11 Graphs and diagrams must be drawn with a line weight between 0.5 and 1 point. Graphs

12 and diagrams with a line weight of less than 0.5 point or more than 1 point are not

13 accepted. Scanned or photocopied graphs and diagrams are not accepted.

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15 Charts must be prepared in 2 dimensions unless required by the data used. Charts

16 unnecessarily prepared in 3 dimensions are not accepted.

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18 Figures that are charts, diagrams, or drawings must be submitted in a modifiable format,

19 i.e. our graphics personnel should be able to modify them. Therefore, if the program with

20 which the figure is drawn has a save as option, it must be saved as *.ai or *.pdf. If the

21 save as option does not include these extensions, the figure must be copied and pasted

22 into a blank Microsoft Word document as an editable object. It must not be pasted as an

23 image file (tiff, jpeg, or eps) unless it is a photograph. Tables and figures, including

24 caption, title, column heads, and footnotes, must not exceed 16 20 cm and should be no

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 1 smaller than 8 cm in width. For all tables, please use Words Create Table feature, with

2 no tabbed text or tables created with spaces and drawn lines.

4 Tables must be clearly typed, each on a separate sheet, and double-spaced. Tables may

5 be continued on another sheet if necessary, but the dimensions stated above still apply.

6 4. Discussion

7 Statements from the Introduction and Results sections should not be repeated here. The

8 final paragraph should highlight the main conclusions of the study. The Results and

9 Discussion sections may be combined.

10 Acknowledgement and/or disclaimers, if any

11 Names of funding organisations should be written in full.

12 References

13 Do not include personal communications, unpublished data, websites, or other

14 unpublished materials as references, although such material may be inserted (in

15 parentheses) in the text. If the author of a reference is an organisation or corporation, use

16 its name in the reference list (using an abbreviation in the citation, if appropriate); do not

17 use Anonymous. In the case of publications in languages other than English, the

18 published English title should be provided if one exists, with an annotation such as

19 (article in Turkish with an abstract in English). If the publication was not published

20 with an English title, provide the original title only; do not provide a self-translation.

21 References should be listed alphabetically at the end of the text without numbering. All

22 authors should be included in reference lists unless there are 10 or more, in which case

23 only the first 10 should be given, followed by et al.. The manuscript should be checked

24 carefully to ensure that the spellings of the authors names and the years are exactly the

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 1 same in the text as given in the reference list. References should be formatted as follows

2 (please note the punctuation and capitalisation):

3 Journal articles

4 Journal titles should be abbreviated according to Thomson Reuters Web of Science

5 abbreviations.

6 Nadeem MS, Imran SMK, Mahmood T, Kayani AR, Shah SI (2012). A comparative study

7 of the diets of barn owl (Tyto alba) and spotted owlet (Athene brama) inhabiting

8 Ahmadpur East, Southern Punjab, Pakistan. Anim Biol 62: 13-28.

9 zgl O, Ko H (2010). New records from Inner West Anatolia to the Turkish

10 Limoniidae (Insecta, Diptera) fauna. J Entomol Res Soc 12: 45-49.

11 Books

12 Brown C, Laland K, Krause J (2011). Fish Cognition and Behavior. 2nd ed. Oxford, UK:

13 Wiley-Blackwell.

14 Chvla M (2005). The Empidoidea (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. IV. Genus

15 Hilara. 1st ed. Leiden, the Netherlands: Brill.

16 Chapters in books

17 Herrel A (2000). Die Funktion der Zungenfrbung bei Blauzungenskinken (Tiliqua spp.).

18 In: Hauschild A, Hitz R, Shea G, Werning H, editors. Blauzungenskinke: Beitrge zu

19 Tiliqua und Cyclodomorphus. 1st ed. Mnster, Germany: Natur und Tier Verlag, pp. 27-

20 30 (in German).

21 Vassallo AI, Mora MS (2007). Interspecific scaling and ontogenetic growth patterns of

22 the skull in living and fossil ctenomyid and octodontid rodents (Caviomorpha:

23 Octodontoidea). In: Kelt DA, Lessa E, Salazar-Bravo JA, Patton JL, editors. The

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 1 Quintessential Naturalist: Honoring the Life and Legacy of Oliver P. Pearson. 1st ed.

2 Berkeley, CA, USA: University of California Press, pp. 945-968.

3 Conference proceedings

4 Hoch G, Netherer S, Pennerstorfer J, Baier P, Battisti A, Schopf A (2005). Range

5 expansion of the pine processionary moth in Europe II: Activity and survival of

6 Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Lep.: Thaumetopoeidae) during the winter months in an

7 alpine valley. In: Gottschalk KW, editor. Proceedings of 16th US Department of

8 Agriculture Interagency Research Forum on Gypsy Moth and Other Invasive Species

9 2005; 1821 January 2005; Annapolis, MD, USA. General Technical Report NE-337.

10 Newtown Square, PA, USA: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern

11 Research Station, p. 42.

12 Mitchell D, Fuller A, Hetem RS, Maloney SK (2008). Climate change physiology: the

13 challenge of the decades. In: Morris S, Vosloo A, editors. Molecules to Migration: The

14 Pressures of Life. 4th Comparative Physiologists & Biochemists Meeting in Africa; 19

15 25 July 2008; Maasai Mara, Kenya. Bologna, Italy: Medimond Publishing Co., pp. 275-

16 281.

17 Theses

18 Donker SA (2010). Arctic ground squirrels in the Southwest Yukon Territory: evidence

19 for habitat specific demography and source-sink dynamics. MSc, University of British

20 Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

21 Watts AJR (2012). Nutritional status and trophic dynamics of the Norway lobster

22 Nephrops norvegicus (L.). PhD, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.