Publication Policy

The first issue of Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi was published in July 2017. The issues of peer-reviewed (double-blinded) scientific journal are published in January, May and September in 3 issues in English and / or Turkish.

Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi adopts the open access journal policy. For this reason, it has adopted the principle of contributing to the support of science in this sense by offering all the content it publishes directly to open access.This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.This is in accordance with BOAI definition of open access. In addition, no fees are charged at any stage for the articles sent to our journal.

Article Evaluation Process

Article submission and evaluation of the manuscript by members of the editorial board are conducted electronically. If the article has previously published quotations, tables, and pictures, the author(s) must obtain written permission from the original author(s) of the article and state it in the article. Papers presented at scientific meetings are accepted provided that they are stated in the article. Besides, published abstracts in special issues of journals should be provided as detailed information. The Editorial Board evaluates the timeliness of the manuscript, its contribution to the practices and the conformity of the manuscripts with the journal writing rules within 15 working days. Manuscripts that do not comply with the rules of the journal are returned to the responsible author for correction. Manuscripts that comply with the rules of writing are sent to at least 2 reviewer after the editor's control. The names of the authors and reviewers are not kept open to each other at any stage (double-blind peer review). Articles approved by the reviewers may be published but the final decision on the publication of the manuscript is up to the editors. Necessary corrections in terms of meaning and spelling rules can be made by editors and reviewers. After the manuscript is submitted to the journal, none of the authors can be deleted from the list of authors, nor can any names be added as authors and the author’s order cannot be changed. For the manuscript to be published, the approval of the manuscript is obtained through the final form. The responsible author shall be notified of the number and number of journals in which the manuscript will be published. This evaluation process covers all types of articles submitted to the journal.

Plagiarism Policy

Plagiarism means taking parts of the others study completely or partially and using them without citing reference. In addition, even if the citing is indicated, it cannot be quoted partially or completely from a study. The fact that the articles belong to the authors does not change this situation. All studies submitted to our journal are subjected to  iThenticate plagiarism screening before the reviewer evaluation. Although there is no definite percentage, articles with plagiarism of 25% or more are returned to the authors.

Ethical Responsibility (Ethics committee approval of the studies MUST be uploaded to the system as a separate file)

The manuscripts submitted to the journal for publication should not have been previously published, accepted for publication and/or not evaluated in another journal. The papers presented at the congress or symposium should be indicated on the title page. Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi is based on the International Council of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), and Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), which guides for authors, reviewers, and editors. In the method section of experimental research on humans, there should be a sentence indicating that volunteers or patient’s consent was obtained after explaining the procedures applied to them. Author(s), should indicate that the provisions of the principles are observed such investigations; the Declaration of Helsinki (2013 revision), Yükseköğretim Kurulu Bilimsel Araştırma ve Yayın Etiği Yönergesi (dated 29.08.2012, 2012.18.946 numbered), guide Laboratory Animals Care (Guide for the care and use of Laboratory Animals), Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee of the Ministry of  Water Affairs and Forestry Regarding the working principles of (15 February 2014 dated, numbered 28914), the regulation on clinical trials of pharmaceutical and biological products, Ministry of Health (13.04.2013 date, 28617 number). In the material-method section of the article, the date/number of the approval of the Ethics Committee should be written. It should be stated that informed consent was obtained from the participants. Individuals who are not qualified to make decisions (children, unconscious patients, etc.) informed consent should be obtained from parents/first-degree relatives of the participants. It is necessary to declare in writing at the bottom of the title page whether any financial support has been received for the submitted research and whether there is a conflict of interest. No fee/provision is paid for articles published in the journal. The editorial board accepts that the author(s) have committed that they will not submit their articles to another journal until the evaluation process has been completed. Articles on ethics, scientific, legal, etc. compliance with the rules is the responsibility of the authors.

All articles published or accepted for publication in Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.