Guide for Authors

CONTENT
 

• Title
• Abstract
• Keywords
• Main Text
• Introduction
• Materials and Methods
• Results
• Discussion
• Citing in Text
• Abbreviations
• Footnotes
• Acknowledgments
• Funding Source
• Author Contributions
• Data Availability Statement
• Conflicts of Interest/Competing Interests
• Compliance with Ethical Standards
• References
• Copyright Form
• Suggesting Reviewers
• Reviewing Process 
• Publication Fee

Thank you for your interest in the Tethys Environmantal Science. You can submit your manuscript or track your submission via Editorial Manager for online submission and manuscript tracking. We look forward to handling your submission.
In order to allow swift consideration of your work, Tethys Environmantal Science  has relaxed some aspects of manuscript formatting until a manuscript is resubmitted following review and provisional acceptance for publication. Therefore, please carefully follow these instructions to avoid unnecessary delay and possible rejection of your paper.
The aim and scope of Tethys Environmantal Science is to publish exciting, high quality science that addresses fundamental questions in Environmantal Science. The Author declares that the manuscript is original and has not been published elsewhere in any form, that it has not been submitted to any journal/proceedings and that it will not be submitted to any other journal/proceedings. To verify originality, your article may be checked by the originality detection service  Crossref Similarity Check. In the iThenticate and Turnitin Similarity Reports, a maximum overall similarity score of an M&S must be less than 20% without References. The Author is responsible for the research and results described in the paper If it is accepted for publication in the Tethys Environmantal Science. If the article is a joint work of several authors (co-authors), the Author who submits the article declares that any person named as author (co-author) of the Article is aware of the requirements of this agreement and has agreed to being so named. The Author warrants that the article does not infringe upon any copyright, contains no libelous or otherwise unlawful statements and does not otherwise infringe on the rights of others.  The Author transfers the copyright for this publication/article to the Publisher.  The Author licenses to the Publisher the right to distribute the Article as a part of Tethys Environmantal Science.

Authors must follow the national and international ethical standards for all kind of experiments (both on human beings, and on animals).

Preparation of Manuscript

Manuscripts must be submitted in electronic version only, as well as the original figures and tables.

Authors are recommended to use their ORCID ID when submitting an article for consideration or acquire an ORCID ID via the submission process.

The text of the manuscript should be single-spaced throughout and with 2,5 mm left and right and 1,25 top and bottom margins, including References, Tables and Figures on A4 paper format using a standard font (e.g. MS Word, Times New Roman, 12 punts).  In order to facilitate the review process, line numbers should be inserted throughout the manuscript.

During the submission, authors must upload a “Graphical Abtract” or “Visual Abstract” representing the body of the article. This is a single, concise, pictorial and visual summary of the the article. The graphical abstract should be designed to give readers an immediate understanding of the take-home message of the article. The format of the graphical abstract must be one page of “jpg” or “Power Point” file. 

The structure of the manuscript

1. Title 
2. Abstract
3. Keywords
4. Introduction
5. Materials and Methods
6. Results
7. Discussion
8. Acknowledgments
9. Funding Source
10. Author Contributions
11. Data Availability Statement
12. Conflicts/Competing of Interests
13. Compliance with Ethical Standards
14. References

 

1. Title

A concise and informative title should be given, and the title should be in sentence format. The title should be in lower case form. Below the title; authors full name, authors affiliations, and mark "*" by corresponding author. The e-mail address of the corresponding author author must be placed. The address of every author’s primary affiliation (university, research institute, etc.) must be given in full. Ideally, no more than one address per author should appear. 

2. Abstract

The abstract should not exceed 250 words in research papers, the abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references.

3. Keywords

Please provide 3 to 5 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.

Main Text

The main text comprises 4. Introduction, 5. Materials and Methods, 6. Results, 7. Discussion episodes. Items 6^th and 7^th can be done together as "Result and Discussion", then, there is no need for "Discussion" again. 

• For submission in MS-Word format, Table and Figures must be embedded within the text using Arabic numbers, e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2, Table 1, Table 2 etc., in order of appearance.
• One line space must be given before and after Tables and Figures in the text.
• The preferred position of tables and figures in the text should be indicated in the left-hand margin. 
• Figure captions and table headings should be sufficient to explain the figure or table without needing to refer to the text.
• Figures and Tables not cited in the text should not be presented.
• Photographs (only in JPEG format) should have a resolution of 600 to 1200 dpi (line drawings) in relation to the reproduction size.
• Only high-contrast photographic material is suitable for reproduction.
• Figures and Tables must be limited to an essential minimum, at most 9 for each.  
• There should not be a line inside the table, but there should be line at the top and bottom side of the Tables. 
• Figure captions should be in Times New Roman font and 12 point font size.
• There should not be a line at main outline of the Figure. 
• Original contributions should not exceed 15 manuscript pages, all single-spaced.
• Authors must obtain permission from the copyright owner or cite the author to use any figure, table or map that has previously been published.
• At the end of Discussion, a Conclusion should be included. 
• The Authors should include a statement on the welfare of animals in the Materials and Methods as Compliance with Ethical Standards if the research involved animals when submitting a paper.
• The author will be held responsible for false statements or failure to fulfill the above-mentioned statement.

Citing in text

Articles cited in the text should be referred to as follows: By the surname of the author(s) with year of publication in parenthesis. Example: Charvalho and Turan (2018).

If both are in parenthesis, no punctuation separates the name(s) of the author and the year of publication. Example: (Carvalho and Turan, 2017).

If there are more than two authors only the senior author’s name is given. Example: (Carvalho et al., 2017).

Abbreviations

Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.

Footnotes

Footnotes can be used to give additional information, which may include the citation of a reference included in the reference list.

Footnotes to the text are numbered consecutively; those to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data).

8. Acknowledgments

Authors can thank any help obtained during the research and indicate funding with Grant number.

9. Funding Source

You are requested to identify who provided financial support for the conduct of the research and/or preparation of the article and to briefly describe the role of the sponsor(s). If the funding source(s) had no such involvement then this should be stated.

10. Author Contributions

For transparency, we encourage authors to designate with an author statement outlining their individual contributions to the paper.

11. Data Availability Statement < /p>Authors should provide a data availability statement with the submission. Followings are few examples of such statements:

• The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in [repository name] at [doi], reference number [reference number].
• The data supporting the findings of this study are available within the article [and/or] its supplementary materials.
• The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author, [initials].
• Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analysed in this study.

12. Conflicts of Interest/Competing Interests

Any existing conflicts of interest/competing interest should be given here.

If no conflict/competing exists, the authors should state: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. 

13. Compliance with Ethical Standards 

The studies  involving humans and/or animals rights  must have been approved by the appropriate institutional and/or national research ethics committee and performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals should have been followed. Therefore, additional declarations for articles that report the results of studies involving humans and/or animals are required. For this reason, during the submission, the authors are asked to include the following statements in a separate section entitled “Compliance with Ethical Standards” to declare whether the results of study involve humans and/or animals rights.

 

If no, the authors declare that  the results of study do not involve humans and/or animals rights.

If yes, the corresponding author should fill Statement for the Ethics Committee Approval Form (given below) and submit it during M&S submission. 

The Editors reserve the right to reject manuscripts that do not comply with the above-mentioned guidelines. The author will be held responsible for false statements or failure to fulfill the above-mentioned guidelines.

14. References

References should be listed in alphabetical order according to the name of the first author.

Use the Following Examples for Arranging the References:

Journal

Uyan, A., Turan, C., Doğdu, S., Gürlek, M., Yağlıoğlu, D., Sönmez, B. (2024). Genetic and Some Bio-Ecological Characteristics of Lessepsian Lizardfish Saurida lessepsianus from the Northeastern Mediterranean Sea. Tethys Environmental Sciences, 1(1), 1-16.

Vella, N., Vella, A., Mifsud, C. (2017). First scientific records of the invasive Red Swamp Crayfish, Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852) (Crustacea: Cambaridae) in Malta, a threat to fragile freshwater habitats. Natural and Engeenering Sciences, 2(2), 58-66. 

Book

Nairn, A.E., Ricou, L.E., Vrielynck, B., Dercourt, J. (Eds.). (2013). The Tethys Ocean (Vol. 8). Springer Science & Business Media. 

Avise, J.C. (2012). Molecular markers, natural history and evolution. Springer Science & Business Media.

Turan, C. (2007). Atlas of marine bony fishes of Turkey. Nobel Publishing House.

Book Chapter

Beisner, B.E., Thackeray, S.J. (2024). Ecology and Functioning of Zooplankton Communities. In Weltzels Limnology (pp. 587-620). Academic Press.

Turan, C. (2015). Biogeography and Distribution of Mugilidae in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, and North-East Atlantic. Biology, Ecology and Culture of Grey Mullets (Mugilidae). A Science Publishers Book. CRC Press, USA, 116-127.

 
Proceedings paper

Ibrahım, S., El-Gnainy, A., Imam, N., Fadel, A., Abouzied, A. (2017). Effect of gamma rays on nutritive value and vibrio alginlyticus of pufferfish (Lagocephalus sceleratus) Fillets. In: Book of Abstract.  International Symposium on Pufferfish, 13-14 October 2017, Bodrum, Turkey. p.13.

Theses

Yağlıoğlu, D. (2011). Colonization and genetic changes of Indo-Pacific origined species in the Mediterranean. Mustafa Kemal University, Institute of Science. Hatay, p 135.

Translation
Laplace, P. S. (1951). A philosophical essay on probabilities. (F. W. Truscott & F. L. Emory, Trans.). New York, NY: Dover. (Original work published 1814).

Websites
Froese, R., & Pauly. D. (Eds). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (02/2024).

Organizations

FAO. (2006). Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005, FAO Forestry Paper 147. Available at: ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/008/a0400e (28.05.12). 

Copyright Form

After acceptance of the manuscript, the "Copyright Form"  must be filled in completely and signed by the corresponding author on behalf of all authors, and attached with the revised M&S. 

Suggesting reviewers

During the M&S submission in the Editorial Manager Sytem, corresponding author can submit names of potential reviewers with their affiliations and email addresses. However, Editor/Editorial Board Members may select one of the suggested reviewers or all reviewers other than the suggested reviewers from our own reviewer resources.

Reviewing Process

Editor-in-Chief/Editor/Editorial Board Members dealing with the manuscript may return any unreviewed manuscript that falls outside the journal’s policy or scope.

 

Publication Fee

Tethys Environmental Science does not require any processing and publication fee. 

Forms 

 

• Download the Copyright Form :   WORD DOWNLOAD
• Statement for the Ethics Committee Approval Form : WORD DOWNLOAD
• Ethical Principles and Publication Policy :  WORD DOWNLOAD