Rules

GENERAL RULES

In Advances in Geomatics (AIG), scientific studies within geomatics (see Aim and Scope) are evaluated. Articles can be published in English. Manuscripts sent to the journal are not returned, even if they are not published. The opinion expressed in the articles in the journal belongs to the authors. The copyrights of the studies in the journal are transferred to the journal by the author. You can download the copyright transfer form by clicking here.

SPELLING RULES

  • Advances in Geomatics publishes studies written in English in the field of geomatics.
  • Authors should not have published or sent their articles to another journal for publication.
  • The relevant editor can make the spelling corrections if it’s necessary.
  • Authors should add not less than 150 words, no more than 250 words, Abstract at the beginning of the study. Besides this, keywords should not exceed 5 words.
  • All legal responsibility for the articles belongs to their authors.
  • It is recommended that the scientific studies to be submitted should be in the range of a minimum of 4000 and a maximum of 9000 words, including references.
  • Articles to be published in the journal are subjected to iThenticate similarity/plagiarism scanning. The similarity percentage must be less than 30% without bibliography.

APA

Authors must arrange the citations and bibliography of their articles according to APA citation principles.

STYLE

  • Page structure must be 3 from the left, 2 from the right, and 2.5 cm from the bottom and top.
  • Authors must use Calibri or Times New Roman fonts in 11-point size and 1.5 line spacing.
  • In tables and graphics, single line spacing should be 10-point size.
  • The author(s) should write their name and surname in capital letters and just below the title, institution, department, e-mail address, and ORCID number.
  • When the authors use block quotations, the entire quote should be inside a tab (1.25cm). When the quote is completed, the source should be given (Author, year).

STRUCTURE

In APA style, the text is divided into parts. These parts are:

  • Title
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Data and Method
  • Results
  • Discussion and Conclusion
  • References
  • Appendix

The title is written with only the first letters capitalized. The article must have an abstract not exceeding 150 and a maximum of 250 words. The title of the abstract should be written as “ABSTRACT”. In addition, the maximum number of keywords should be included in the article.

INTERMEDIATE RAILS

  • 1st level titles: Centered, Bold, Initials Uppercase The Rest Small
  • 2nd level titles: Left justified, Bold, Initials Uppercase Rest Small
  • 3rd level titles: A tab inside, Bold. Only the first letter of the title is capitalized, the rest is small, with a period at the end.
  • 4th level titles: A tab inside, Bold, Italic. Only the first letter of the title is capitalized, the rest is small, with a period at the end.
  • 5th level titles: One paragraph inside, Italic. Only the first letter of the title is capitalized, the rest is lowercase, with a period at the end.

CITATION (In the text)

In the text, authors can make citations in different ways, such as:

  • Smith (1998)… quotes (p. 108).
  • … was applied (Williams & Brown, 2006).

As the Advances in Geomatics, we adopt the principle of writing the names of the authors and the publication year of the work in in-text citations. If the source does not comprise pages (for example, if it is an article taken from the internet), authors should specify the cited part in the paragraph (Author, Year, paragraph X), and the order of the paragraph should be written instead of x.