The articles submitted for publication in the journal should be written double-spaced with 12-point Times New Roman font, leaving a 3-cm margin at the edges, and printed on single sides of A4 pages. Abbreviations should be written clearly, followed by an explanation in parentheses when they are first mentioned. Unconventional abbreviations should not be used. Numerical data between 1 and 10 in the article should be written as text (.... after five days ......) while 10 and higher numbers should be written as numbers. However, numbers between 1 and 10 with a descriptive should be written as numbers (e.g., 1 year) while numbers at the beginning of sentences (Fifteen years ago ......) should be written as text. There is no special limit to the number of words in original research and review articles. Case presentations should be limited to 1000 words not including the Abstract and should contain a minimum number of figures, tables and references. Views on various topics or the articles published in the journal can be written and a reply can be requested from the authors. Letters to the editor should contain a maximum of 1000 words with no tables or figures and should be signed by all the authors. The editor makes the decision on whether they are published in the journal. The date, subject and speakers of medical scientific meetings can be announced in the journal. Articles should be arranged in the order listed below.

Title Page: The Turkish and English title of the article, the authors' names, functions (academic titles) and contact information (e-mail, telephone) and also the sending institution and supporting institution, if any, should be specified. The "ORCID" information with international validity should be provided for all authors. The location and date should be declared if the text has previously been presented at a meeting. The name, surname, address, telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address of the corresponding author must also be clearly stated on this page.

Abstract: The abstracts should be prepared in Turkish and English on a separate page and each should not exceed 250 words including the titles for each language. The abstract should be designed to reflect the article and briefly provide significant results and a short analysis. All abbreviations should be explained and references must not be used in the abstract. Turkish and English abstracts should be in sections structured as follows: Amaç/Objective; Yöntem(ler)/Method(s); Bulgular/Results; Sonuç(lar)/Conclusion(s).

Key Words: Turkish and English key words should be provided in accordance with the “Index Medicus: Medical Subject Headings” standards. (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/authors.html) 3 to 10 key words should be included under the Turkish and English abstracts of all articles. It should be kept in mind that key words are the most important element in finding a document.

Sections: Introduction, material and method (design of the study, selection and identification of the cases, technical information, statistics, etc.), results, discussion and conclusion sections should be present in original research articles and introduction, case presentation and discussion sections should be present in case reports. Following these sections, “acknowledgements” can be added for those contributing to the preparation of the study or the article. Acknowledgements should be placed at the end of the article before the references. Statements of gratitude for personal, technical and equipment help are included in this section.

References: The references should be numbered and listed under the title References at the end of the article according to their order in the text. They should be written in parentheses inside the text. No inconsistency should be present between the list of references and their order in the text. References that are used through another reference without the original are not numbered and given in parentheses if necessary. The author(s) are responsible for the accuracy of the references. All references should be stated in the text. References should be given as in the following examples. All authors should be stated and “et al.” should not be used. The names of the journals should be in abbreviated form in accordance with Index Medicus. Abbreviation should not be used for journal names not included in Index Medicus.

Examples for Writing of References:

For Journals

Muzaale AD, Massie AB, Wang MC, Montgomery RA , McBride MA , Wainright JL, Segev DL. Risk of end-stage renal disease following live kidney donation. JAMA 2014; 311:579-86.

For Books

Chabner ba, Longo DL: Cancer Chemotherapy and Biotherapy: Principles and Practice, 5th ed. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2011.

For chapters taken from books

Goadsby PJ. Pathophysiology of headache. In: Silberstein SD, Lipton RB, Dalessio DJ, eds. Wolff ’s headache and other head pain. 7th ed. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2001:57-72.

For conference papers

Christensen S, Oppacher F. An analysis of Koza’s computational effort statistic for genetic programming. In: Foster JA, Lutton E, M iller J, Ryan C, Tettamanzi AG, editors. Genetic programming. EuroGP 2002: Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Genetic Programming; 2002 Apr 3-5; Kinsdale, Ireland. Berlin: Springer; 2002. p. 182-91.

For online articles

U.S. Renal Data System. USRDS 2007 annual data report. Bethesda, MD: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 2007 (http://www.usrds.org/atlas07.aspx).

For journal annexes

Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Acute Kidney Injury Work Group. KDIGO clinical practice guideline for acute kidney injury. Kidney Int Suppl 2012;2:1-138.

The above-mentioned examples are used for Turkish references not included in the Index Medicus, but the journal names are written without abbreviation.

Tables: Tables should come after references and each table should be on a separate page. Tables should be numbered with Roman numerals according to their order in the text. Table titles should be short and simple and the title should be placed at the top of the table. Table details and abbreviations should be included at the bottom of the table. Each table must be referred to in the text.

Figures: Should be placed on a page separate from the text. The figures should either be drawn or photographed professionally or sent digitally in photo quality. In addition to the versions of the figures suitable for printing, the electronic files should be sent as a highresolution electronic image such as JPE G or GIF and the authors should check the image quality of these files on the computer screen before sending. Symbols, arrows, and letters should contrast with the background. The magnification and staining techniques used in microscopy images must be specified. If a human image is used, either the person should not be recognized in the picture or written permission should be obtained. (See ethics section) The figure and image legends should be placed at the bottom together with Arabic numerals (1,2,3,....). The figures should be numbered according to their order in the text. The location of the figures should be specified in the text. Each figure should be referred to in the text. Colored figures can be printed if deemed necessary by the Editor or if the author meets the additional cost.

Sending Articles to the Journal: The articles should be sent as an electronic file written in Microsoft Word 2003 and above versions together with the “Copyright Transfer Form” and a cover letter stating that the article is sent for publication and specifying the relevant Akdeniz Medical Journal section (original research, case presentation, collected studies).  The author will be notified of the receipt of the article with an article number. This article number will be used in all correspondence. The following order should be used in the articles and each part should start with a new page:

1. Title page
2. Abstract
3. Text
4. Acknowledgements
5. References
6.Tables and Figures.

All pages should be numbered consecutively. The Akdeniz Medical Journal accepts articles sent as three printed copies or in the form of an electronic article on a CD and/or as an e-mail attachment. Electronic mail saves time and postal fees and the electronic form of the article provides advantages during the evaluation process. The articles should be sent online according to the instructions in the related parts of the Akdeniz Medical Journal website (https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/akd) and the peer-review procedure will proceed as specified. A checklist is provided below for authors to make sure that there everything is complete before sending their articles.

Final Checklist:

1. Cover letter to editor; a) Category of the article, b) Statement specifying that the article has not been sent to another journal, c) Any relationship with a sponsor or commercial company (specify if present), d) A statement specifying that a statistical check was performed (for research articles), e) That the text of the article was checked for any language-related errors

2.Copyright transfer form

3. Permission statement if any previously published document (text, figure, table) is used

4. If a human factor is used, the “material and methods” section should include statements on compliance with the HELSIN KI Declaration principles and should mention that ethics committee approval and “informed consent” from the patients have been obtained.

5.If an animal factor is used, compliance with the “Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals” principles should be stated in the "material and methods" section.

6. Cover page including a) Turkish and English title of the article (preferably a single line) b) The authors and their institutions c) Correspondence address of all authors, work phone number, mobile phone number, E-mail addresses (this information should only be in the original copy of the article and not in the other three copies.)

7. Abstracts: 250 words (Turkish and English)

8. Key words: 3 to 10 in number (Turkish and English)

9. Acknowledgements

10. References

11. Tables – Figures