Author Guidelines
Journal of Circular Economy and Green Development (JCEGD) is a broad-scope, multi-disciplinary open access journal of planning and development studies. An international, peer–reviewed journal, JCEGD seeks to explore all aspects of circular economy and green development - positive and negative - through analysis of the phenomenon in all its many aspects. The journal provides a wide-reaching platform for the exchange of ideas and information among urban planners, policy makers, economists, development scholars, social scientists and more.
TYPES OF ARTICLES
Full length articles
Short communications
Opinion pieces
Case studies
Review articles
SUBMISSION
Our online submission system guides you stepwise through the process of entering your article details and uploading your files. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revision, is sent by e-mail.
PREPARATION
Title Page
• Title. Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.
• Author names and affiliations. Please clearly indicate the given name(s), family name(s) and ORCID ID of each author and check that all names are accurately spelled. You can add your name between parentheses in your own script behind the English transliteration. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name and, if available, the e-mail address of each author.
• Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. This responsibility includes answering any future queries about Methodology and Materials. Ensure that the e-mail address is given and that contact details are kept up to date by the corresponding author.
• Present/permanent address. If an author has moved since the work described in the article was done, or was visiting at the time, a 'Present address' (or 'Permanent address') may be indicated as a footnote to that author's name. The address at which the author actually did the work must be retained as the main, affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes.
Highlights
• Highlights should be submitted in a separate editable file in the online submission system. Please use 'Highlights' in the file name and include 3 to 5 bullet points (maximum 85 characters, including spaces, per bullet point).
Manuscript File
• Manuscript File uploaded by the authors to the system should not contain any information about the authors. Manuscript File must uploaded in editable format (.doc, docx, LaTeX, etc) and the total length of manuscript must not exceed 25 pages (A4). The manuscript must include the followings: Title, Abstract, Keywords under the abstract, JEL codes, introduction, main text, conclusion, references and appendix. The manuscript language is English.
• Each manuscript must include abstract, no more than 300 words. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. For this reason, References should be avoided, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s). Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.
• Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 6 keywords, using American spelling and avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of'). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.
• Abstract, keywords and JEL codes must be written in Times New Roman 10 font size and single spaced.
• The main texts should be written in Times New Roman 12 font size and single spaced. The first line of the paragraph should be shifted by 1,25 cm from the left margin. Paragraph spacing after a single paragraph (6 nk) should be given.
• All the headlines, set in the midst, should be written in bold, in Times New Roman 12 font size and 1,5 spaced.
• Headings and subheadings must be numbered 2., 2.1., 2.1.1. as etc decimally with bold letters. All headings should be written in bold but only the first letters of the subtitles should be capital. Spacing before and after a heading (6 nk) should be given.
• All the tables, figures and graphs must be headlined and sequentially numbered. The titles of the tables and figures should be placed above the table or figures, and references belonging to table or figure should be under them. The headline must be written in Times New Roman 12 font and with bold letters. References for the tables (figure of graph) must be below the table (figure or graph) with a font size of 11 font.
• Equations should be numbered consecutively and equation numbers should appear in parentheses at the right margin. All formulas in the manuscript must be prepared and numbered using the formula.
• Acknowledgments
Contributions from anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed, with permission from the contributor, in the Acknowledgments section.
• Funding
All funding sources should be provided in the Acknowledgments section. Authors have the responsibility to accurately state their funder designation. For further details, please check the Open Funder Registry for the correct nomenclature: https://www.crossref.org/services/funder-registry/
• Conflict of Interest Statement
Authors should provide a conflict of interest statement. For details on what to include in this section, see the section ‘The Ethical Responsibilities of Author(s)’ in the ETHICAL RULES. Authors should ensure they liaise with all co-authors to confirm agreement with the final statement.
• Data Ethics Statement
Authors might be asked to submitt the raw data of their study together with the manuscript for editorial review unless they are confidential. If there exists any restrictions on the dissemination of the data, authors should state that the research data is confidential. In the case of a requirement of an ethical approval regarding the use of their data, auhtors should also include an ethical declaration.
• References
Citation in text
Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract must be given in full. Unpublished results and personal communications are not recommended in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text. If these references are included in the reference list they should follow the standard reference style of the journal and should include a substitution of the publication date with either 'Unpublished results' or 'Personal communication'. Citations in text must be done according to the APA Style. In text citations, the author’s last name and the year of publication (and page number of the publication if necessary) for the source must appear in the text:
i. If the last name of the author is used, the publication date should be written in parenthesis.
Guliyev (2022) agree that…
ii. If there are two authors, last names of both of the authors should be written.
Guliyev and Ahmadov (2022) mention about…
iii. If there are more than two authors, cite only the surname of the first author followed by “et al.”
… by Guliyev et al. (2022)
iv. If an author has more than one publishment in the same year, different symbols (i.e. a,b,c..) must be used with the years.
…result of the studies made by Guliyev et al (2022a)
Reference list
References list should be APA style and arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters 'a', 'b', 'c', etc., placed after the year of publication.
Reference to a journal publication:
Guliyev, H. (2023). Determinants of ecological footprint in European countries: Fresh insight from Bayesian model averaging for panel data analysis. Science of The Total Environment, 169455. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169455.
Reference to a book:
Moran, A., & Toner, J. (2017). A critical introduction to sport psychology (3rd ed.). Routledge.
Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
Scerri, M., & Presbury, M. (2022). The power of words: A case study of service language in an Australian five-star hotel. In S. M. Perry (Ed.), Case based research in tourism, travel, hospitality and events (pp. 117-133). Springer. https://doi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4671-3_7
Reference to a website:
Powertech Systems. (2015). Lithium-ion vs lead-acid cost analysis. Retrieved from http://www.powertechsystems.eu/home/tech-corner/lithium-ion-vs-lead-acid-cost-analysis/. Accessed January 6, 2016
Plagiarism
All manuscripts submitted to JCEGD are reviewed through Turnitin software before publishing. The maximum acceptable similarity rate is 15%. Manuscripts should be uploaded with an Turnitin report. Manuscripts which exceed these limits are analyzed in detail and if deemed necessary returned to the authors for revision or correction, if not they could be rejected to be published if any plagiarism or unethical behavior is detected.
