Information for Authors

Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration (BMRE) is an Open Access international, peer-reviewed journal publishing high-quality, original research. Please see the journal's Aims & Scope for information about its focus and peer-review policy.

Open Access means you can publish your research so it is free to access online as soon as it is published, meaning anyone can read (and cite) your work.

Please note that this journal only accepts and publishes manuscripts in English. Turkish translation is under the publisher’s responsibility.

BMRE accepts the following types of articles: original papers, reviews, and book reviews.

Language

Manuscripts must be written in English in a clear and concise manner. Any author who is not fluent in idiomatic English is urged to seek assistance with manuscript preparation prior to submission. Reviewers are not expected to correct grammatical errors and any deficiency in this area may detract from the scientific content of the paper and result in acceptance delays or rejection.

Types of Articles

The journal seeks to publish four types of contributions in the form of original articles, short communications, reviews, and mini reviews.

Original articles: Articles which represent in-depth research in various scientific disciplines.
Short notes: Should be complete manuscripts of significant importance. However, their length and/or depth do not justify a full-length paper. The total number of figures and tables should not exceed 4. The number of words should be = 3,000
Review articles: Should normally comprise less than 10,000 words; contain unstructured abstract and includes up-to-date references. Meta-analyses are considered as reviews. Special attention will be paid to the teaching value of review papers.
Mini reviews: These are reviews of important and recent topics that are presented in a concise and well-focused manner. The number of words is limited to 5,000 words.

Before Submission

Publication and authorship

Before submission, during revision, the final version was accepted for publication, and any significant changes incorporated during the proofing stage, the author evaluated and agreed on all versions of the article.
The journal editor has no authority to resolve authorship disputes or determine the order of authors. The name order of the authors on an article is an important tool for giving credit to individuals who have made substantial contributions to the work.
The list of references, financial support information, no plagiarism, no fraudulent data, and the forbidden to publish the same research in more than one journal policies are the responsibility of the author.

Please make sure that the manuscript meets the criteria below:

Your manuscript is an original work and has not been published or is currently under review with another journal or Conference Proceedings.
our work meets all the Research Ethics.
The English of the manuscript is acceptable and it should be free of grammatical and spelling errors.
The manuscript should be edited according to the Manuscript Template (https://bulletin.mta.gov.tr/page/show/16.html).
Your figures are of acceptable quality and uploaded as separate files.
Your references are formatted correctly and numbered as they appear in the text. Please show the reference style.
Only manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet the aims & scope of the journal will be reviewed.
Manuscripts must conform to the guidelines of the journal shown below. Submissions that don't adhere to these guidelines will be rejected or returned to the Author prior to the peer review process.
Authors must declare all potential interests in a ‘Conflicts of interest’ section, which should explain why the interest may be a conflict. If there are none, the authors should state “The author(s) declare(s) that there is no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this paper.” Submitting authors are responsible for co-authors declaring their interests.
Authors must declare current or recent funding (including for article processing charges) and other payments, goods, or services that might influence the work. All funding, whether a conflict or not, must be declared in the ‘Acknowledgments’.

Preparation of Manuscripts

Authors should submit their manuscripts to the editorial office as word files (word 2007 or higher) via the online Manuscript Tracking System.
The text of the manuscripts to be sent for the first review with the request to be published in the Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration should be written in A4 (29.7 x 21 cm) size, word format, Times New Roman 10 pt., normal with 2.0 line spacing.
At the bottom, top, left and right of the page 2.5 cm indent must be left. Formulas that require the use of special letters and symbols should be presented in computer media.
In all subtitles, the initials of all words must be capital. First-degree headings to be used in the article should be written in Times New Roman, 10 pt., bold, and left aligned by giving numbers. Secondary headings should be written in Times New Roman, 10 pt., normal font, and left aligned by giving numbers. Third-degree headings should be written in Times New Roman, 10 pt., italic font, and left-aligned by giving numbers. Fourth-order headings should be written in Times New Roman, 10 pt., italic, aligned to the left, without giving numbers, and the text should continue after the title without a colon and a paragraph (see example article: (www.bulletin.mta.gov.tr).

One blank line should be left after paragraphs in the text.

Paragraph headings should be written 0.5 mm indentation.

The text must be in a single-column format with justified margins. Use bold face, italics, subscripts, and superscripts where appropriate.

To avoid unnecessary errors, the authors are strongly advised to use the "spell-check" and "grammar-check" functions of their word processing software.

Use continuous line numbering throughout the text and all manuscript pages must be numbered. Use the equation editor or Math Type for equations.

Use the table function to make tables.

Use the decimal system of heading with no more than three levels, for instance, 1., 2., 2.1, 2.1.1, …etc.

The manuscripts submitted to be published in the Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration should be prepared in ENGLISH in accordance with the Publishing Rules of the Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration, and submitted via electronic application at https://bulletin.mta.gov.tr/page/show/3.html.
The manuscript must not have been previously published partially or completely elsewhere (except in abstract form).
In the submitted manuscript, the number of figures and tables should be given in proportion to the main text in a ratio of 1/3.
Corresponding author is asked to suggest at least three referees for the evaluation of the manuscript. (The proposed referees and the authors should not have any joint work within the last two years).
Manuscripts that do not comply with the Publishing Rules for the Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration in terms of quality and form are directly returned without being examined in terms of content.
Manuscripts deemed appropriate in terms of format are sent to at least two expert referees for review by the Editorial Board of the Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration.
Authors should make the referee corrections and suggestions sent to them within 20 days and upload to the system.
Comments from referees are evaluated by the Editors and associated editors. Manuscripts deemed necessary to be corrected are sent back to the authors with a request for correction. Whether the suggested corrections have been made or not is checked by the Editorial Board.
In the revision proposals given by the editors and referees, if there are suggestions that are not accepted by the author and have not been corrected, a report explaining the reason for rejecting these suggestions by the author should be sent to the Editorial Board together with the corrected copies.
After the last control at the printing stage, the pre-print of the manuscript is sent to the authors in pdf format and the printing control is requested.
Articles, not accepted for publication are not returned to the authors, for the unpublished articles, a letter is written to the responsible author indicating the reason for rejection.

Online Submission

Manuscripts submitted with the request for publication in the Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration should not exceed 30 pages, including all illustrations. Articles exceeding 30 pages can be published if deemed appropriate by referees and editors.

By using the web-page https://bulletin.mta.gov.tr/ , registration must be completed. Then, the online submission process could be done by using login under the submit your paper step.

Initial evaluation

All submitted manuscripts will be checked by the Editorial Office to determine whether they are properly prepared and whether they follow the ethical policies of the journal. All submitted manuscripts are screened for potential plagiarism via iThenticate software. Manuscripts that do not fit the journal's ethics policy or do not meet the standards of the journal will be rejected before peer review. Incomplete manuscripts not prepared in the advised style will be sent back to authors without scientific review. After these checks, the Editorial Office will consult the journal’s Editor-in-Chief to determine whether the manuscript fits the scope of the journal and whether it is scientifically sound. Manuscripts with insufficient priority for publication will be rejected promptly. Please write your text in good English. The Editor reserves the right to reject a manuscript on the grounds of insufficient language quality. Reject decisions at this stage will be verified by the Editor-in-Chief.

Submission Declaration and Verification

Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract, a published lecture, or an academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, including electronically without the written consent of the copyright holder. To verify originality, all manuscripts submitted to BMRE are screened using Crossref Similarity Check Powered by iThenticate to identify any plagiarized content.

Article structure

The manuscript should be compiled in the following order:

Title, Abstract, Keywords
Introduction
Material and methods (Experimental or Methodology or Patients and methods)
Main body of the Article
Results
Discussion (Results and discussion can be combined in one section)
Conclusion
Acknowledgment(s)
Conflicts of Interest
References
Tables
Figures

Title: The title should reflect the subject of the article as briefly, clearly and adequately as possible. Subjects that are not sufficiently covered in the article should not be included in the title. The first letter of the title should be capitalized and the other words should be in lowercase letters (except for proper names) in Times New Roman, 12 pt. and bold.
Authors and affiliations: The first name of the authors should be in lowercase (except the first letter), and the surname should be in capital letters and without any title. Only the name of the organization should be specified in the occupational address after the name and surname of the authors (position should not be specified). ORCID number should be taken from www.orcid.org and placed under the address. In articles written by more than one author, numbers should be placed on surnames of the authors, the address information should be included in the bottom line with a single line spacing. In this section, the corresponding author of the article should be indicated by using an asterisk (*), and the corresponding author's e-mail, telephone, and other contact information must be provided. Abbreviations should not be used in writing the author's name and address. Addresses should be given in Turkish publications and in English in English publications.

Abstract

Abstract should be written at a level that can be understood without referring to the other parts of the article.

The abstract should be organized as a brief presentation of the sections in the article, reflect the purpose of the article, be informative, and should be written in a way to emphasize new data and results on the subject.
Short and simple sentences should be used in writing the abstract.
In the abstract, there should not be any reference to other parts and illustrations of the article or to other articles.
Information not mentioned in the main text should not be included in the abstract.
The abstract should not exceed approximately 200 words and should be written as a single paragraph.
Abstract should be written in Times New Roman, 10 pt., normal text with single line spacing.
"ABSTRACT" should not be placed for the articles to be included in the "Brief Notes" section.
The English abstract should be given under the heading "ABSTRACT".

Keywords

In order to facilitate searches, 5 keywords that will indicate the general content of the article should be selected and specified in this section. Words used in the title should not be repeated. Keywords should be separated with a comma, the first letter of each keyword should be in the capital.

Introduction

In this section, the necessary information for preparatory and facilitative to understand the article such as the purpose of the study, its location, methods of study, and previous reviews on the subject should be given.
If an unusual way is followed in naming, classification, and abbreviations within the text of the manuscript, its reason should be stated in this section.
Each of the topics to be included in this section can create a separate paragraph or a subtitle can be given for each of them when necessary (e.g. method, material, terminology and etc.).
his section can again be used when reminder information is needed to facilitate the understanding of the article (e.g. statistical information, formulas, experimental or application methods and etc.).

Material and methods (Experimental or Methodology or Patients and methods)

This part should contain sufficient detail that would enable all procedures to be repeated. It can be divided into subsections if several methods are described. Authors should be as concise as possible in experimental descriptions. The experimental section must contain all of the information necessary to guarantee reproducibility. Previously published methods should be indicated by a reference and only relevant modifications should be described.

Main Body of Article

Constitutes the main body of the article.
In this section, the data, findings, and opinions that are intended to be transferred to the reader on the subject are mentioned.
The data used in other parts of the article such as "Abstract", "Discussions", "Results" originate from this part.
Care should be taken not to deviate from the purpose stressed in the "Introduction" section of the article when dealing with the topics. Information that does not contribute to the achievement of the purpose of the article or that is not used to reach the conclusion should not be included.
All data used in this section and all opinions put forward should be proven by the findings obtained from the studies or based on a source by reference.
The way and method to be followed in handling the topics vary according to the characteristics of the topics covered.
Subject headings in necessary numbers with different stages should be used in this section.

Results and Discussion

They should be combined. The study results should be clear and concise. Restrict the use of tables and figures to depict data that is essential to the message and interpretation of the study. The results should be presented in a logical sequence in the text, tables and illustrations. The discussion should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. Include in the discussion the implications of the findings and their limitations, how the findings fit into the context of other relevant work, and directions for future research.

Conclusion(s)

The main conclusion(s) of the study should be presented in a short conclusion statement highlighting the goals of the study and its importance. State new hypotheses when warranted. Include recommendations when appropriate.

Acknowledgment(s)

All acknowledgments (if any) should be included at the very end of the manuscript before the references. Anyone who made a contribution to the research or manuscript, but who is not a listed author, should be acknowledged (with their permission).

Conflicts of Interest

Authors must declare all relevant interests that could be perceived as conflicting. Authors should explain why each interest may represent a conflict. If no conflicts exist, the authors should state this. Submitting authors are responsible for co-authors declaring their interests.

References

In this section, only the documents mentioned in the article should be included incomplete.

Abbreviations should be avoided in naming the publications and journals.
The mentioned documents should be written in Times New Roman and 9 pt.
The first line of the references should be written as justified to the left margin of the page, and the other lines should be written by giving a hanging indent value of 1.25.
The references should be listed in alphabetical order, taking into account the surnames of the authors.
If one author has more than one work in the same year, lowercase alphabet letters should be used right after the year of publication and the letters should be italic (e.g. Saklar, 2011a, b).
If more than one document of the same author is cited, first his / her single-name publications in chronological order, then double-names according to the second author's surname in chronological order, and then multi-names according to the alphabetical order of the authors' surnames and publication year should be given.

For example:

Corradini, C. 2007. The conodont genus Pseudooneotodus Drygant from the Silurian and Lower Devonian of Sardinia and the Carnic Alps (Italy), Bollettino-Societa Paleontologica Italiana 46 (2/3), 139-148.

Corradini, C., Corriga, M. G. 2010 Silurian and lowermost Devonian conodonts from the Passo Volaia area (Carnic Alps, Italy), Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 49 (3), 237-253.

Corradini, C., Corriga, M. G., 2012. Pridoli – Lochkovian conodont zonation in Sardinia and the Carnic Alps: implications for a global zonation scheme, Bulletin of Geosciences 87 (4), 635-650.

Corradini, C., Serpagli E. 1999. A Silurian conodont biozonation from late Llandovery to end Pridoli in Sardinia (Italy), In Serpagli (Ed.), Studies on conodonts: Proceedings of the 7th European Conodont Symposium, Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 37 (2-3) (1998), 255-273.

Corradini, C., Corriga, M. G., Männik, P., Schönlaub, H. P. 2015. Revised conodont stratigraphy of the Cellon section (Silurian, Carnic Alps), Lethaia 48 (1), 56-71.

Corradini, C., Leone, F., Loi, A., Serpagli, E. 2001.Conodont Stratigraphy of A Highly Tectonised Silurian-Devonian Section in The San Basilio Area (Se Sardinia, Italy), Bollettino Della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 40 (3), 315-323, 1 Pl.

Corradini, C., Pondrelli, M., Serventi, P., Simonetto, L. 2003.The Silurian cephalopod limestone in the Monte Cocco area (Carnic Alps, Italy): conodont biostratigraphy, Revista Española de Micropaleontologia 35 (3), 285-294.

If documents of different authors with the same surname are mentioned, they should be written in alphabetical order, considering their first names.
If the document is in a periodical publication (if it is an article), information about the document is given in the following order: Authors ' surname, first letters of the authors' first names. Year of publication. The name of the article. The name of the publication in which the article was published, volume number and/or issue number with the first letters in the capital, the numbers of the first and last page of the document. Punctuation marks like comma and etc. after journal names should not be used.
In the examples below, the information about the mentioned documents is organized according to different document types, taking into account the punctuation marks.

For example:

Gürsoy, M. 2017. Munzur Dağları Alt Miyosen çökelleri mollusk topluluğu ve paleoekolojisi (Doğu Anadolu, Türkiye). Maden Tetkik ve Arama Dergisi 155, 75-99.

Pamir, H. N. 1953. Türkiye’de kurulacak bir Hidrojeoloji Enstitüsü hakkında rapor. Türkiye Jeoloji Bülteni 4, 1, 63-68.

Robertson, A. H. F. 2002. Overview of the genesis and emplacement of Mesozoic ophiolites in the Eastern Mediterranean Tethyan region. Lithos 65, 1-67.

If the document is a book: authors' surnames, authors' first names. Year of publication. Title of the book with capital letters. The name of the publishing organization or the name of the publication in which the document was published, the volume and/or issue number, and the total number of pages of the book should be specified, respectively.

For example:

Einsele, G. 1992. Sedimentary Basins. Springer Verlag, 628.

Ketin, İ., Canıtez, N. 1956. Yapısal Jeoloji. İTÜ, 308.

Meriç, E. 1983. Foraminiferler. Maden Tetkik ve Arama Genel Müdürlüğü Eğitim Serisi, 26, 280.

If the document is published in a book containing the articles of various authors, the usual order for the document included in a periodical publication is followed until the end of the document title. Then the editors' surnames and initials and the abbreviation of the editor word "Ed." is written in parentheses. Then, the title of the book in which the document is located is written with the first letters in capital letters. Name of the publishing organization. The place of publication, the volume number of the publication in which the document was published, and the numbers of the first and last pages of the document should be written.

For example:

Anderson, L. 1967. The latest information from seismic observations. Gaskell, T. F. (Ed.). The Earth's Mantle. Academic Press. London, 335-420.

Göncüoğlu, M. C., Turhan, N., Şentürk, K., Özcan, A., Uysal, S., Yalınız, K. 2000. A geotraverse across northwestern Turkey. Bozkurt, E., Winchester, J. A., Piper, J. D. A. (Ed.). Tectonics and Magmatism in Turkey and the Surrounding Area. Geological Society of London. Special Publication, 173, 139-162.

If it is desired to specify the name of a book in which the writings of various authors are collected as a document; following the surnames and names of the book's editors, in parentheses the "Ed." statement is written. Year of publication. Title of the book with capital letters. The name of the publishing organization or the name of the publication in which the document was published, the volume and/or issue number, and the total number of pages of the book should be specified.

For example:

Gaskel, T. F. (Ed.). 1967. The Earth's Mantle. Academic Press, 520.

If the document is "published abstract", information about the document is given in the following order: Authors' surnames, authors' first names. Year of publication. Name of the document (paper). The name, date and place of the meeting where the paper is published, and the first and last page numbers in the book containing the abstract should be written.

For example:

Öztunalı, Ö., Yeniyol, M. 1980. Yunak (Konya) yöresi kayaçlarının petrojenezi. Türkiye Jeoloji Kurumu 34. Bilim Teknik Kurultayı, 1980, Ankara, 36.

Yılmaz, Y. 2001. Some striking features of the Anatolian geology. 4. International Turkish Geology Symposium, 24-28 Eylül 2001, Adana, 13-14.

If the mentioned document has not been published like report, lecture notes and etc., the word "unpublished" should be written at the end of the information about the document in parentheses after the information about the document is given in the usual order for the document in a periodical publication.

For example:

Akyol, E. 1978. Palinoloji ders notları. EÜ Fen Fakültesi Yerbilimleri Bölümü, 45, İzmir (unpublished).

Özdemir, C., Biçen, C. 1971. Erzincan ili, İliç ilçesi ve civarı demir etütleri raporu. Maden Tetkik Arama Genel Müdürlüğü, Rapor No: 4461, 21, Ankara (unpublished).

For unpublished courses, seminars and similar notes, the course organizer after document name. The place of the meeting. Title of the book and relevant page numbers should be given.

For example:

Walker, G.R., Mutti, E. 1973. Turbidity facies and facies associations. Society for Sedimentary Geology Pacific Section Short Course. Annaheim. Turbitides and Deep Water Sedimentation, 119-157.

If the document is a thesis; author's surname, initial of the author's first name. Year of publication. Name of the thesis. The type of the thesis, the university where it was given, the total number of pages, its province and the word "unpublished" are written in parentheses.

For example:

Akıllı, H. 2019. Polatlı-Haymana (Ankara) civarı sıcak sularının izotop jeokimyası (δ18O, δD, 3H, δ13C, δ34S, 87Sr/86Sr) ve ana iz element bileşimleri ile incelenmesi. PhD Thesis, Ankara University, 255, Ankara (unpublished).

Argun Aktan, Ö. 2019. Marmara Denizi Batı Kıta Sahanlığı Yüzeysel Çökellerinde Jeojenik ve Antropojenik Ağır Metal Zenginleşmesine Yönelik Araştırmalar (Şarköy Kanyonu, KB Türkiye). MSc Thesis, Ankara University, 179, Ankara.

Anonymous works should be arranged according to the publishing institution

For example:

MTA. 1964. 1/500.000 ölçekli Türkiye Jeoloji Haritası, İstanbul Paftası. Maden Tetkik ve Arama Genel Müdürlüğü, Ankara.

For the documents that are in print, no date is put after the name of the author, the name of the article and the source to be published should be specified and the word "in print" and/or "in review" should be written at the end (in parentheses).

For example:

Ishihara, S. The granitoid and mineralization. Economic Geology 75th Anniversary (in press).

Information downloaded from the Internet should be given in the form of the name of the institution, its web address, and the date on which the web address was accessed. Turkish references should be given directly in Turkish and should be written in Turkish characters.

For example:

ERD (Earthquake Research Department of Turkey). http://www.afad.gov.tr. 3 March 2013.

While citing the source, the original language should be adhered to, and the title of the article should not be translated.

Figures

All of the drawings, photographs, plates and tables used in the article are referred to as "illustrating".
Illustrations should be used when their use is unavoidable or when they make the subject easier to understand.
In the selection and arrangement of the format and size of the illustrations, an attitude should be made to prevent loss of space as much as possible considering the page length and layout of the bulletin.
The number of illustrations used should be proportional to the size of the text.
All illustrations should be submitted in separate files regardless of the text.
Abbreviations should not be used in illustration explanations in the text and should be numbered in the order of mention within the text.
Photographs and plates must be submitted as a computer file in which all details can be seen for the examination of the article, with EPS, TIFF, or JPEG extension and at least 300 dpi resolution.
Drawings and photographs other than the plate to be included in the article are evaluated together as "Figure" and numbered in the order of mention in the text.
The figures should be prepared in computer considering the dimensions of a single column width as 7.4 cm or double column width as 15.8 cm. The figure area with its caption should not exceed 15.8x21 cm.
While preparing the figures, unnecessary details should not be included and care should be taken not to use more space than necessary for the transfer of information.
In figure descriptions, a space should be left after the word "Figure" is written, and the number is given in the usual sequence number, followed by a hyphen (-) and space again, and a description of the relevant figure should be written. If the figure legend exceeds the bottom lines, the following lines should be written after the "Figure 1-" statement alignment. Figure descriptions should be created as follows, without exceeding the edges of the figure and justified on both sides.

For example:

Figure 1- The district of Sandıklı (Afyon); a) geological map of the southwest, b) the general vertical section of the study area (Seymen, 1981), c) Turkey's most important neotectonic structures (modified from Koçyiğit, 1994).

Drawings should be drawn in the computer properly, clean and with care.
The use of thin lines that may disappear when minimized in figures should be avoided.
Symbols or letters used in all drawings should not be less than 2 mm (7 pt.) in Times New Roman.
All standardized symbols used in the drawings should preferably be explained in the drawing, if they are too long then they should be explained in the figure below.
Bar scale should be used in all drawings and the north direction should be indicated on all maps.
The name of the author, description of the figure, figure number should not be included in the drawing.
Photographs should reflect the aims of the subject and should be in adequate numbers.
Figures should be framed.

Plates

Plates should be used in cases where multiple photographs are required to be printed together on special paper.
Plate dimensions must be equal to the size of the bulletin's usable area of the page.
Figure numbers should be written under each of the figures on the plate and a bar scale should be used.
Original plates must be attached to the final copy to be submitted in the case of acceptance of the manuscript.
Figures and plates should be numbered among themselves and independently. Figures should be numbered with Latin numerals and plates with Roman numerals (eg Figure 1, Plate I).
There should be no explanation text on the figures inside the plate.

Tables

All tables should be arranged in word format and should be prepared in Times New Roman.
Tables should not exceed the size of 15x8 cm together with the table caption.
Table explanations should be created without exceeding the edges of the figure and justified as in the example below.

For example:

Table 1- Hydrogeochemical analysis results of geothermal waters in the study area.

Funding Statement

Authors must state how the research and publication of their article were funded, by naming financially supporting body(s) (written out in full) followed by associated grant number(s) in square brackets (if applicable), for example: “This work was supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [grant numbers xxxx, yyyy]; the National Science Foundation [grant number zzzz]; and a Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant”. If the research did not receive specific funding but was performed as part of the employment of the authors, please name this employer. If the funder was involved in the manuscript writing, editing, approval, or decision to publish, please declare this.

Nomenclature and Units

Abbreviations must be in the accepted international or national form. Unusual nomenclature and abbreviations that are not standardized in the article should be avoided. In cases where it is deemed necessary to use such nomenclature and abbreviations, the way and method followed should be explained.
There should not be a dot between the initials of the words used in standard abbreviations (such as MTA, DSİ).
Abbreviations of geography aspects should be made in English (N, S, E, W, NE and etc.).

The word group to be abbreviated should be written clearly where it is mentioned the first time and the abbreviation should be given in parentheses, then only the abbreviated form should be written throughout the article.

Systems with international validity (m, inch, etc.) should be used as the unit of measure. Decimals should be separated with commas in Turkish articles and with a period in English articles.
The names of figures, plates and tables in the article should not be abbreviated. For example, "As seen in the generalized stratigraphic section of the region (Figure 1) …….".

Stratigraphic Nomenclature

Stratigraphic nomenclature should be done in accordance with the Stratigraphical Classification and Nomenclature Rules prepared by Turkey Stratigraphy Committee (TSC). (https://www.mta.gov.tr/v3.0/sayfalar/birimler/belgeler/Stratigrafi_adlama_kurallari.pdf )
Attention should be paid to the use of formation names accepted (formalized) by the TSC. If the formation name used is official, the letter "F" should be capitalized, and if it is informal and plural, the letter "f" should be written in lowercase. For example; Bostancı Formation (formal), Kaynarca formation (unofficial), Baltalimanı, Trakya and Tarlaağızı formations (plural).

Chronostatigraphic and Geochronologic Nomenclature

"International Chronostratigraphic Chart" (https://stratigraphy.org/chart) , which is updated annually by the International Stratigraphic Committee, should be taken into consideration in chronostratigraphic and geochronological nomenclature.
Position within a chronostratigraphic unit can be expressed in adjectives indicating the position, for example: lower, middle, upper and etc. When using these adjectives, it should be decided whether the lower, middle and upper distinction is formal/informal in the International Chronostratigraphic Chart.

For example:

lower Miocene, Upper Holocene and etc.

When stating the time where a geochronological unit is, temporal adjectives such as; early, middle, late and etc. are used. When using these adjectives, the International Chronostratigraphic Chart should be taken into consideration to decide whether the adjectives begin with capital or lowercase letters.

For example:

early Miocene, Late Holocene etc.

Paleontological Nomenclature and Spelling of Fossil Names

Original names of fossils should be used.

For example:

Nummulites with limestone

Fossil genus and species names are written in italics, cf., aff. and gr. etc. expressions are written as normal (perpendicular). When writing fossil names for the first time, the surnames of the people who identify them and the year in which they were first defined should be written. In later uses, the surnames and the year in which they are defined may not be written. The surnames and dates of identifiers coming at the end of the fossil names are not references, they should not be included in the mentioned documents.

For example:

Alveolina aragonensis Hottinger, 1960 not a reference.

Alveolina cf. aragonensis Hottinger, 1960 not a reference.

Alveolina aff. aragonensis Hottinger, 1960 not a reference.

Alveolina gr. aragonensis Hottinger, 1960 not a reference.

After the first use of the same genus in the text is written clearly, it can be abbreviated as in the example so that it will not be confused with another genus in later use.

For example:

Alveolina aragonensis, A. polathensis, A. ellipsoidalis etc.

If the date is in parentheses after the person describing it after the name of the fossil in the text, this is a reference and should be included in the mentioned documents.

For example:

Alveolina aragonensis Hottinger (1960) is a reference.

The following rules should be taken into account when writing the systematic paleontologic section.

a. First of all, genus, species and subspecies to be identified should be written in hierarchical order like the order, upper family, family type species and so on. Later, the species to be described should be written together with the surnames and dates of the people who defined the subspecies name. If there is a photograph of the described fossil, the plate or figure with the photograph should be added under the fossil name. The names of the authors listed here are not references, so they are not included in the reference.

Proofs

One set of page proofs (as PDF files) will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author. Please use this proof only for checking the typesetting, editing, completeness, and correctness of the text, tables, and figures. We will do our best to get your article published quickly and accurately. Therefore, it is important to ensure that all of your corrections are sent back in one communication within 48 h. proofreading is solely your responsibility. Note that the publisher may proceed with the publication of an article if no response is received.

Revised manuscripts

Revised manuscript:

Clarifying the changes you have made since the original submission by using the "Track Changes" option in Microsoft Word. Upload this as a "Revised Article with Changes Highlighted" file.

Response to reviewers:

Type the specific points made by each reviewer. Include your responses to all the reviewers' and editors' comments and list the changes you have made to the manuscript. Upload this document as a "Response to reviewers" file.

Revised manuscript (clean copy):

Upload a clean copy of your revised manuscript with names, which does not show your changes. Upload this as your "Manuscript" file.

After acceptance

Upon acceptance, your article will be exported to production to undergo typesetting. Once the typesetting is complete, you will receive the proofs.

Peer Review

The journal is devoted to peer-review integrity with the highest standards of review. Each received manuscript is initially evaluated for suitability to the journal by the editor. Manuscripts are rejected by the editors if they are insufficiently original, have serious scientific flaws, need extensive improvement in the language, or do not fall within the aims and scope of the journal. Manuscripts deemed suitable are sent to a minimum of two external peer reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. This journal operates a single-blind review process (the names and information of the reviewers are hidden from the author). Editors will make a decision based on the reviewers’ reports and authors are sent these reports along with the editorial decision on their manuscript. Authors should note that even in light of one positive report, concerns raised by another reviewer may fundamentally undermine the study and result in the manuscript being rejected.

Complying with Ethics of Experimentation

Please ensure that all research reported in submitted papers has been conducted in an ethical and responsible manner, and is in full compliance with all relevant codes of experimentation and legislation. All original research papers involving humans, animals, plants, biological material, protected or non-public datasets, collections or sites, must include a written statement under an Ethics Approval section including the following:

The name of the ethics committee(s) or institutional review board(s) involved.
The number or ID of the ethics approval(s).

Supplementary materials

Authors can publish online supplementary files along with their articles or book chapter. Each supplementary file should include an article title, journal name, authors' names, affiliations, and email address of the corresponding author. supplementary files will be published as received from the authors without any conversion, editing, or reforming.

Article Publishing Charge

Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration does not charge any fee or subscription fee for the printed and electronic versions of the journal, and any publication fee or similar payment for authors.