GENERAL PRINCIPLES

1. The responsible author should submit the article in Microsoft Word (Doc, Docx).

2. The responsible author is responsible for monitoring all the processes of the article.

3. The main section headings should be bold, the first letter should be in capital letters, and the first letter of the first word in the 2nd-degree headings should be significant. If a third-degree title is required, the title should be in italics, and only the first letter of the first word should be capitalized. Articles with fourth-degree titles should not be used in our journal if possible.

4. The main headings and sub-headings should not be numbered.

5. Turkish and English titles of the articles should be short, descriptive, and not more than fourteen words (except prepositions).

6. In the Pre-Control and Evaluation processes, the authors must submit the proposed corrections within 30 days at the latest. Otherwise, the article will be rejected.

7. Please click here to see the article written according to our journal's rules.

Note: The general similarity rate should not exceed 20% except for the bibliography part of the submitted articles. It is necessary to inform the journal editor if the rate specified in the necessary cases is exceeded. All articles submitted to the journal are screened with an authenticated plagiarism program.

8. Except for the Turkish and English titles of the work, all remaining parts should be written on the right side.

9. The text should be written on an A4-size page, 12-font size Times New Roman, and double-spaced.

10. There should be a 3 cm margin on the page's left, right, and top.

11 Text should be written in a single column; all pages should be given a page number.

There is no page limit for publishing an article in our journal.

NAMES SECTION

A double-masked peer reviewer system is applied in our journal. Therefore, the names and addresses of authors should not be given in the main text when loading the Manuscript into the system. Author names and contact information should be written on a separate cover page. The cover page is available in the article submission section of our journal.

ABSTRACT

The article can be written in Turkish and English. English and Turkish abstracts should be written at the beginning of the Turkish manuscripts.

The abstract should contain brief and precise information about the article's purpose, method, and results. Ten font sizes, single line spacing, and a maximum of 300 words should be written. No reference should be made to the "Abstract."

Keywords should be in 10 font sizes, a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 words. Keywords must be separated with a comma (,) sign and should be in lowercase.

INTRODUCTION

The sections of the central part of the study should be written in 14 font sizes in Bold, and the first letter should be capitalized. The article should have an Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion section. The second-level titles should be written on the left, in 12 font sizes, and the first letter of the first word should be capitalized, bold, and numbered. A space must separate a line in the previous paragraph.

FIGURES AND TABLES

In the Turkish article for Figures and Tables," Şekil, "" Tablo, "whereas in The English article "Fig," "Table" should be used (Table 1, Fig 1).

Figure and Table words should be written in bold, and at the end of the description of figures and tables should not have a dot (.)

Figures, graphics, photographs, and the like should be written under Figures and written in 11 fonts. Figures and Tables should be given in the main document in the relevant places, not uploaded as separate files, or should not be added to the end of the text.

Examples

Table 1 Possible effects of genetically modified organisms

Table 2 Methods of tissue culture in tomato plants

Fig. 1 Amount of GMO products in the world

Fig. 2 Countries with the highest number of GM cultivation in the world

CITATION INSIDE THE TEXT

In the text, the author should be numbered. Name and year should not be specified.

Example: Potatoes produced globally are used in many essential areas [1, 2, 3]. Fifty percent of primarily produced potatoes are used for fresh consumption, such as baking, frying, and boiling [4, 5, 6, 7].

REFERENCES

The references section should be written in 10 font sizes and without hanging indentations. In the references section, italics should not be written except in italic words such as "in vivo, in vitro, ex-situ," and species names. References should be written according to the "Chicago style." Besides, there is an endnote style preparing for "International Journal of Life Sciences and Biotechnology." You can prepare your references using that style. You can reach EndNote style by clicking on the endnote at the bottom right part of the main page of the journal.

Examples

Example of an article with one author;

Marakli, S., A Brief Review of Molecular Markers to Analyze Medicinally Important Plants. International Journal of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, 2018. 1 (1): p. 29-36.

Example of an article with two authors;

Kocacaliskan, I. and I. Tailor, Allelopathic effects of walnut leaf extracts and juglone on seed germination and seedling growth. The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology, 2001. 76 (4): p. 436-440.

Example of an article with three authors;

Segura-Aguilar, J., I. Hakman, and J. Rydström, The effect of 5OH-1,4-naphthoquinone on Norway spruce seeds during germination. Plant Physiology, 1992. 100 (4): p. 1955-1961.

Examples of articles with four or more authors;

Arasoglu, T. et al., Synthesis, characterization, and antibacterial activity of juglone encapsulated PLGA nanoparticles. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2017. 123 (6): p. 1407-1419.

Example for the book;

Kocalishkan, I., Allelopathy. 2006, Ankara, Turkey: Our Office Press-In Turkish.

Example for Book Chapter;

Kaya, Y., F.Z. Huyop, and M.F. Edbeib, Genetic Diversity in Plants, Advances in Biosciences, F.Z. Huyop and S. Mohammed, Editors. 2019, Penerbit UTM Press. Malaysia: Malaysia. p. 04-24.