Artuklu International Journal of Health Sciences

Artuklu International Journal of Health Sciences (AIJHS) is the publication of Mardin Artuklu University and aims to disseminate effective applications, studies, and research in different fields of health sciences at national and international levels by transforming them into scientific publications and to contribute to the field of science.

Artuklu International Journal of Health Sciences (AIJHS) provides a qualified area where academics in the fields of Medicine and Health Sciences will have the opportunity to publish and share their scientific studies and benefit from it as a resource. Our journal accepts academic, scientific, and research-based articles (research articles, reviews, case reports, letters to the editor) related to all fields of health sciences for consideration. The studies to be sent to AIJHS upon publication must not have been previously published, published electronically, and sent to another journal for publication.

All manuscripts sent to our journal are first evaluated by the editorial board in terms of compliance with the journal's publication policies. The articles deemed appropriate are sent for peer review. The journal reviewers, which the editors will consider as the main element in the selection of manuscripts, are selected from external independent persons who are experts in their fields.

Our journal is international, double-blinded, peer-reviewed, and open access, and it is published three times a year, in April, August and December.

Articles submitted for publication in our journal should be prepared in accordance with the Artuklu International Journal of Health Sciences (http://www.icmje.org/icmje-recommendations.pdf) "Writing Rules", based on the "Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals" guide.

Accordingly, the authors;

CONSORT (https://www.elsevier.com/__data/promis_misc/CONSORT-2010-Checklist.pdf) for randomized controlled trials
STROBE (https://www.strobe-statement.org/fileadmin/Strobe/uploads/checklists/STROBE_checklist_v4_combined.pdf) for observational research studies,
STARD (https://www.equator-network.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/STARD-2015-checklist.pdf) for diagnostic accuracy related studies,
PRISMA (http://prisma-statement.org/PRISMAStatement/Checklist) for systematic review and meta-analysis studies or BLACK (file:///C:/Users/g%C3%B6zde/Downloads/modified_downsandblack.pdf),
ARRIVE (https://www.nc3rs.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Guidelines/NC3Rs%20ARRIVE%20Guidelines%20Checklist%20%28fillable%29.pdf) for experimental animal studies,
For non-randomized community behavior studies, they are required to prepare articles in accordance with TREND (https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?type=supplementary&id=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0152697.s002) guidelines.
Writing Rules



Form and Structure

Manuscripts submitted to the journal should be written in Microsoft Word program, on A4 paper size, on a page with 2.5 cm margins from all sides, in Times New Roman character, 12 points, double-spaced, in a single column and justified on both sides. The article should be written in a clear and understandable language, in Turkish or English. Except for the cover page, every page of the article should be numbered. Page numbers should be indicated at the bottom center, starting from the page on which the main text begins.

Symbols and Abbreviations

In Turkish articles, the spelling guide of the Turkish Language Association should be used. Instead of foreign words, Turkish words should be used as much as possible. Abbreviations can be used in the text, but in their first use, abbreviations should be used in parentheses following the explanations of the abbreviations. For the International System of Units (SI) abbreviations of measurement units to be used in clinical and laboratory studies, http://jn.nutrition.org/content/120/1/20.full.pdf the address can be used.

Cover Letter

The cover letter should include a description of the importance of the work and whether it has been published in any language, including the abstract, and whether the article is being considered for publication elsewhere.

Cover Page

A separate title page containing the following information should be prepared and sent with the other files:

The full title of the article (in Turkish and English),
The short title of the article, with a maximum of 50 characters,
All authors' names and surnames, academic titles, ORCID numbers, institution they work for, work phone-GSM, e-mail and correspondence addresses,
Name-surname, telephone (including GSM number) and e-mail and correspondence address of the author responsible for communication,
Information about other support resources,
A letter of appreciation for individuals who contributed to the preparation of the manuscript but did not fulfill the authorship criteria.
Abstract

Each article should contain an informative summary not exceeding 250 words in Turkish and English. Abbreviations should not be used in the abstract. Summary; The research should be structured in such a way as to include the introduction, purpose, material and method, findings and conclusion sections. The Turkish and English abstracts must fully reflect the entirety of the article and must be compatible with each other in terms of content and language. The summary of the review article should briefly reflect the main points of the article. Turkish and English abstracts should contain a minimum of 100 and a maximum of 250 words.

Keywords

Keywords should be written in Turkish and English at the bottom of the abstract page, at least 3 and at most 5, and separated from each other by commas. Turkish keywords to Turkish Science Terms (TBT); ( www.bilimterimleri.com) and English keywords should be given in accordance with "Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)" (www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html).

Main Text

The types of articles to be accepted for publication in the journal are research articles, reviews, case reports and letters to the editor.

Research Article: In this section, there are studies on basic or clinical research written in scientific format that present original researches in the field of Health Sciences and their results. These articles may include randomized controlled trials, observational studies, descriptive studies, diagnostic accuracy studies, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, nonrandomized behavioral and public health intervention trials, experimental animal trials, or any other clinical or experimental study. Such articles should not exceed 3500 words and should be written in accordance with ethical rules. Research Articles should be structured as Abstract (the abstract will be on a separate page), Introduction, Materials and Methods, Findings, Discussion, Conclusion and Suggestions, and References. In addition, "Acknowledgements" (if any), "Source of Financial Support" (if any) and "Author's Contribution", which must be specified, should be added before the references.
Review Articles: These are the studies in which the discussions on the subject and the views of the author/authors are put forward by using the national and international literature, in line with the current literature information on a certain subject in the field of Health Sciences and on the needed issues. Reviews should be structured as abstract (the abstract will be on a separate page), Topics, Conclusion and Suggestions, and References. Apart from these titles, it may also consist of different sub-titles of its own.
Case / Case Reports: These are the studies that include cases that are rare on a particular subject, differ in diagnosis, treatment and care, or include significant clinical experience in the field. It should be supported by a sufficient number of photographs. Such articles should be written in accordance with ethical rules. Case Reports should be structured as abstract (the abstract will be on a separate page), Introduction, Case Report, Discussion, and References.
Letter to the Editor; It is in the form of letters written to the editor for opinions, criticisms, contributions, questions about previously published articles in the journal or for experiences and thoughts on a different subject. The Letter to the Editor does not have Title and Summary sections. Such articles should not exceed 1000 words and should be written in accordance with ethical rules. The number of resources is limited to 10. The Name of the Article, the Number and Date of Publishing, and the Name, Institution and Address of the person who wrote the letter should be given.
Introduction

In this section, up-to-date information about the article should be given. The claims that constitute the subject of the study should be formed by taking into account the studies made in the past and should provide a clear explanation for the targeted question.

Materials and Methods

In this section, the place and time of the research, its universe and sample, data collection tools and methods, the ethical aspect of the research, statistical analyzes, and data evaluation should be given in detail.

Results

This section should include the research findings. Findings should be explained without comment. Data given in one table or figure should not be repeated in another table or figure and within the text. Tables, figures, graphics, and photographs should be sent in a separate file with their titles in the order of use, specifying their location in the text.

Argument

The explanations in the introduction and findings section should not be repeated in this section. The results obtained should be discussed with the relevant, up-to-date literature.

Conclusion and Recommendations

The results obtained as a result of the study and the relevant recommendations in line with these results should be stated.

Limitations

Study limitations, if any, should be stated.

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgments should be given in this section for all academic and/or technical assistance (Statistical Analysis, English/Turkish Evaluation) that contributed to the preparation of the manuscript but did not fulfill the authorship criteria.

Conflict of Interest

Authors should identify all potential conflicts of interest in the article, including financial, advisory, institutional, and other relationships that may lead to a conflict of interest. If there is no conflict of interest, this should also be clearly stated. In cases where there is no conflict of interest, the sentence below should be written:

“There is no conflict of interest in this study.”.

Financial Support

This section should specify details of the funds received for the study, in particular the funding. If there is no financial support, the sentence below should be written:

“No financial support was received in this study.”

Ethics Committee Approval

For studies that require ethics committee approval, the name, number, and date of the ethics committee received should be stated in the Materials and Methods section. If deemed necessary for research, a copy of the "Ethics Committee Approval Certificate" should be sent. For studies that do not require ethics committee approval, the sentence below should be written:

“Ethics committee approval is not required for this study.”

Authorship Contribution

The authors who contributed to the study should be indicated by using their names and surnams's initials letters. Moreover, in which part of the study, including the idea/scope, design, supervision/consulting, data collection and/or processing, analysis and/or interpretation, literature review, writing of the article, critical reviewand references this contribution was made should also be indicated. For example;

YY: Research design
AB: Literature Review
LB: Data Collection and Analysis
YY, AB, LB: Manuscript Writing and Final Checks
References in the Text

References should be numbered according to the order in the text and should be written in accordance with the APA 6 (https://www.tk.org.tr/APA/apa_2.pdf) style. In articles written in Turkish with more than two authors, “et al.”, in articles written in English, it should be stated as “et al”. References in the text should be shown with Arabic numerals at the end of the sentence and in parentheses. References should be listed, with each reference used in the text correctly numbered.
If more than one source is cited, the references should be: (3,7,15-19).
Personal experiences, unpublished publications, congress abstracts, theses and other unpublished materials should not be cited as sources.
Bibliography Writing

References should be numbered in the References section at the end of the text, in the order they appear in the text. If the number of authors is 6 or less, the names of all authors should be written, if there are more than 6, the first 6 authors should be written, and the others should be written as "et al."
Abbreviations of journal names should be made in accordance with ISI Web of Science.
Resources

Reference writing examples are as follows:

Periodicals / Journals

Singh AK, Kari JA. Metabolic syndrome and chronic kidney disease. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2013; 22(2):198-203.
Bovio G, Montagna G, Brazzo S, Piazza V, Segagni S, Cena H. et al. Energy balance in haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients assessed by a 7-day weighed food diary and a portable armband device. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2013; 26(3):276-85.
Book

Turkish: Gezmen Karadağ M, Çelebi F, Ertaş Y, Şanlıer N. Geleneksel Türk mutfağından seçmeler: besin öğeleri açısından değerlendirilmesi, 1.baskı, Detay Yayıncılık, Ankara 2014

English: Murtagh J. John Murtagh’s General practice. 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney 2007.

Book Section

Turkish: Sütlaş PN. İnmeli hastada nutrisyonel destek tedavisi. Editör: Saka B, Cankurtaran M. Yaşlıda Malnutrisyon ve Tedavisi, 1. baskı, Bilimsel Tıp Yayınevi, Ankara 2013 s:359-79.

English: Acar Tek N. Nutritional care and management of sarcopenia. In: Kaptanoğlu A.Y editor. A Current Perspective on Health Sciences, published by Rotipo Romania 2014 p:710-727.

Online Resources

WHO, UNICEF. Planning guide for national implementation of the Global strategy for infant and young child feding. World Health Organization 2007. Date: 08.04.2015. Available:http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/43619/1/9789241595193_eng.pdf?ua=1

Tables, Figures, Pictures and Graphics

Tables, figures, graphics and pictures will be placed at appropriate places in the text.
All tables and figures should be numbered sequentially according to the order of occurrence in the text. Table and figure captions should be written with the first letter capitalized (for example, Figure 2) and no abbreviations should be used (for example, Figure 2).
When the width of the images is set to 8 cm, their resolution should not be less than 18 pixels/cm. Pictures should be scanned at 300 dpi resolution and sent in jpeg format.
Other Issues to Consider

Materials and Methods, Results, and Discussion sections should be written with relevant subtitles.
Sub-titles should be used up to the third degree at most.
Main headings should be written in bold and left-aligned in all capital letters, second-degree headings should be written in bold and left-aligned with the first letter capitalized, third-degree headings should be written in bold with the first letter capitalized, and then the article should be continued by placing a colon.
TAB key should not be used for paragraph separation and manual spaces should not be left.
Research articles and reviews up to 15 pages (excluding title page, abstracts, references, tables and figure legends), case reports up to 8 pages (including title page, titles, abstracts, references, tables and figure legends), and letters to the editor at most should be no more than 2 pages (including references).
References should be from recent years and the number of references should be a maximum of 40 for research articles, a maximum 50 for reviews, a maximum 20 for case reports, and a maximum of 10 for letters to the editor.
The Maximum number of tables should be 4 and the number of figures should be a maximum of 6.
All articles should be carefully checked for Turkish and English grammar and spelling rules.
The final version of the article should be carefully examined, especially for spelling and formatting errors.
Correspondence Address

Articles can be submitted by sending your works to the email address provided below.

E-mail: aijhs@artuklu.edu.tr

Address: Mardin Artuklu Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Kampüs Yerleşkesi, Diyarbakır yolu üzeri 5. km, Artuklu / Mardin

Artuklu International Journal of Health Sciences is a peer-reviewed journal and its publication processes are based on the impartial production, development, and sharing of information produced by scientific methods in accordance with ethical and scientific standards. The ethical, scientific, and legal responsibility of the articles published in the journal belongs to the author(s) and does not reflect the views of the editors and editorial board members.

Manuscripts submitted for publication in the journal must not have been previously published elsewhere or sent for publication. Studies that have been presented in congresses before should be mentioned in the "Cover Letter". If the article includes some of the topics in a previously published article by the author(s), this should also be stated in the "Cover letter" and a copy of the previous article should be uploaded to the journal page along with the new reference files.

The names of people, institutions, or organizations that do not meet the authorship criteria but contributed to the study can be included in the "Acknowledgements" section. In studies supported by research projects (BAP, BAKA, European Union, Tübitak, etc.), the project name, number, and supporting institution/organization should be stated in the text.

“Ethics Committee Approval” required for all prospective and retrospective studies, whether interventional or non-interventional on humans or animals, should be obtained and the date (Day.Month.Year) of the Ethics Committee Approval should be stated in the “Materials and Methods” section of the manuscript. When deemed necessary, a copy of the "Ethics Committee / Commission Approval" should be sent to the journal.

All research protocols with humans are subject to the “World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki” (Ethical Principles for medical research involving human subjects; Access: https://www.wma.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/) 11/DoH-Oct2013-JAMA.pdf) should be appropriate. For experimental studies in humans, a statement should be included stating that the volunteers signed a written informed consent form with a detailed description of the procedures performed.

In experimental animal studies, authors should state that the procedures followed to comply with animal rights in the “Guidelines for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals” (Access:http://oacu.od.nih.gov/regs/guide/guide.pdf). In studies conducted on animals, it is obligatory to obtain permission from the "Animal Experiments Local Ethics Committee" and to send a copy of the relevant document to the journal when deemed necessary.

Publication Ethics

Artuklu International Journal of Health Sciences publication ethics and open access policy has been established in line with the guidelines and policies published by the Publication Ethics Committee in "Committee on Publication Ethics" (COPE).

Our journal has the right to request the output files of the analysis results from the authors according to the evaluations made by the editorial board and/or the reviewers. If the data used in the studies are distorted, manipulated, or used in fabricated data, our journal will inform the institution where the article author is working, through official ways, and the article will be rejected.

Publisher's Ethical Responsibilities

The Editors and Editorial Board of Artuklu International Journal of Health Sciences act with the awareness of the following ethical responsibilities:

Artuklu International Journal of Health Sciences editors are responsible for all processes of the studies submitted to the journal, regardless of economic or political gains. They undertake to create an independent editorial decision.
Artuklu undertakes to keep a record of every published copy by protecting the property and copyright of every article published in the International Journal of Health Sciences.
It has the responsibility to take precautions against all kinds of scientific abuse, citation fraud, and plagiarism regarding the editors.
Editors' Responsibilities

Artuklu International Journal of Health Sciences Editors (Editor, Assistant Editors, Field Editor, Editorial Board) are responsible for each article submitted to the Artuklu International Journal of Health Sciences, including all the processes after its publication. The responsibilities of the Artuklu International Journal of Health Sciences editors are as follows:

Considering only the public interest in the decisions made about the journal; to decide independently
To take all decisions independently of the publisher and other individuals and organizations, in accordance with the relationship between the Publisher and the Editors based on the principle of independence,
To strive for the continuous development of the journal and the improvement of its publication quality,
To determine and implement journal policies such as publication, blind reviewing, evaluation process, ethical principles,
Ensuring that all published articles are evaluated by qualified reviewers appropriately (including statistical evaluation when necessary),
To protect the copyright of the authors of the articles published in the journal,
To take relevant precautions on intellectual property rights, unscientific-unethical behaviours, plagiarism, and citation gangs during the publication process of articles and journals,
To prepare the "Author's Guide", which aims to meet the information needs of the author(s), and the "Reviewer's Guide" containing the information that the reviewers will need during the evaluation phase,
To keep the records of each article and correspondence about the journal electronically or in print,
To determine policies that motivate reviewers-authors when necessary.
Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers

Artuklu International Journal of Health Sciences is conducted with the principle of double-blinded reviewing. In this system, where the reviewers do not communicate directly with the authors, and the reviewers forward the article evaluation forms, notes on the text, and correction requests to the authors via the journal management system through the editor. In this context, the reviewers who will review the articles submitted to the Artuklu International Journal of Health Sciences are expected to have the following ethical responsibilities:

Agreeing to evaluate only studies related to the field of expertise,
To assess with impartiality and confidentiality,
Destroying the studies they have examined after the evaluation process, as per the confidentiality principle, since they can only use the final versions of the studies they have reviewed after they have been published,
Refusing to evaluate the article when they understand that there is a conflict of interest, informing the journal editor,
Making the evaluation objectively only regarding the content of the study,
Not allowing nationality, gender, religious beliefs, political beliefs, and commercial concerns to affect the evaluation,
To conduct the assessment constructively and courteously, in accordance with academic etiquette. Avoiding insulting, hostile personal comments,
To carry out the work they have accepted for evaluation within the given time and with the ethical responsibilities above.
Ethical Responsibilities of Authors

The publication processes implemented in Artuklu International Journal of Health Sciences aim at the development and distribution of information impartially and respectably. The processes implemented in this direction are directly reflected in the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support the authors. All stakeholders of the process (authors, readers, and researchers, publisher, reviewers and editors) must comply with the standards for ethical principles.

The author(s) applying for an article to the Artuklu International Journal of Health Sciences are expected to comply with the following ethical responsibilities:

Studies submitted to the journal are expected to be original. To cite completely and accurately if the author(s) benefit from or use other works,
Not specifying as authors those who do not contribute intellectually to the content in the creation of the work,
Not requesting to change the author order of an article applied for publication, to remove an author, to add an author, etc.,
To explain the situations and relationships that may constitute a conflict of interest, if any, of all the works submitted for publication,
In case information or raw data about their articles are requested from the author(s) during the evaluation process; the authors are ready to present the expected data and information to the editorial board and scientific committee,
To have a document showing that they have the right to use the data used, the necessary permissions for research/analysis, or that the test subjects' consent has been obtained,
Informing the journal editor or publisher, in case of noticing a mistake or mistake regarding his/her published, early view or evaluation stage work, and cooperating with the editor in correction or withdrawal processes,
Not to include studies in the application process of more than one journal at the same time,
Not submitting a study published in another journal to Artuklu International Journal of Health Sciences.
Plagiarism and Unethical Behaviors

According to the Interuniversity Board Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive, actions against scientific research and publication ethics are as follows:

Plagiarism: To present the original ideas, methods, data or works of others as one's own work, in whole or in part, without attribution in accordance with scientific rules,
Forgery: Using non-existent or falsified data in scientific research,
Distortion: To falsify research records or data obtained, to present devices or materials that are not used in the research as if they were used, to falsify or shape the research results in line with the interests of the people and organizations that receive support,
Republishing: Presenting duplicate publications as separate publications for academic appointments and promotions,
Slicing: To present these publications as separate publications in academic appointments and promotions by dissecting the results of a research in a way that violates the integrity of the research and in an inappropriate way, and publishing it in more than one issue,
Unfair Authorship: Including people who have no active contribution among the authors or not including those who do, changing the order of authors in an unjustified and inappropriate way, removing the names of those who contributed actively from the work in subsequent editions, using his influence to include his name among the authors, although he has no active contribution,
Not specifying the people, institutions or organizations that support them and their contributions in the publications made as a result of the research carried out with support,
Using the thesis or studies that have not yet been presented or defended and accepted as a source without the permission of the owner,
Not complying with patient rights in their publications,
To violate the provisions of the relevant legislation in human biomedical research or other clinical research,
To share the information contained in a work assigned to review with others before it is published without the express permission of the author,
To misuse the resources, places, facilities and devices provided or allocated for scientific research,
To publish the data obtained without the explicit consent of the participants in surveys and attitude studies conducted within the scope of a scientific study or, if the research will be conducted in an institution, without obtaining the permission of the institution,
In research and experiments; to harm animals and the ecological balance, not to obtain written permissions from the authorized units before starting the work, to carry out studies contrary to the provisions of the legislation or international conventions to which Turkey is a party, regarding relevant research and experiments,
Failure to comply with the obligation of researchers or authorities to inform and warn those concerned about possible harmful practices related to scientific research,
Not to use the data and information obtained from other individuals and institutions in scientific studies, to the extent and in the manner permitted, not to comply with the confidentiality of this information and not to ensure its protection.
Reporting Situations That Do Not Comply With Ethical Principles

In case of encountering any behavior or content in Artuklu International Journal of Health Sciences regarding Editors, Reviewers, Authors other than those mentioned or mentioned above, that does not comply with ethical principles, it should be reported to aijhs@artuklu.edu.tr via e-mail.

Access to all articles published in the Artuklu International Journal of Health Sciences is an open-access and can be accessed online and free of charge. We do not charge any article processing fee or publication fee from the authors who will publish articles in our journal.

It is published within the scope of Artuklu International Journal of Health Sciences Open Access Policy. This is an open access journal, meaning all content is freely available to the user or institutions. Users are permitted to read, download, copy, print, search or link the full text of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without prior permission from the publisher or author.