Manuscript Submission
All manuscripts should be submitted through the online system of the journal at https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/asujms. Articles submitted in other formats will not be considered.

Aims and Scope of Manuscripts
Aksaray University Journal of Medical Sciences publishes Original Articles on clinical and experimental research related to any area of medicine. Editorials, Letters to the Editor, Invited Review Articles, Case Reports, and Technical Notes on clinical observations may also be considered. By submitting a manuscript to this journal, authors accept that their manuscript may be screened for plagiarism against previously published works.

Editorial and Publication Process
The editorial and publication processes of the journal are shaped in accordance with the guidelines of the International Council of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), the Council of Science Editors (CSE), the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the European Association of Science Editors (EASE), and the National Information Standards Organization (NISO). Originality, high scientific quality, and citation potential are the most important criteria for a manuscript to be accepted for publication. Manuscripts submitted for evaluation should not have been previously presented or already published in an electronic or printed medium. The journal should be informed of manuscripts that have been submitted to another journal for evaluation and rejected for publication.

Manuscript Preparation
Manuscripts submitted to the journal will first go through a technical evaluation process where the editorial office staff will ensure that the manuscript has been prepared and submitted in accordance with the journal's guidelines. Submissions that do not conform to the journal's guidelines will be returned to the submitting author with technical correction requests.

Preparation of the Manuscript

• Articles should be double-spaced, font size 12 points, 2.5 cm margins should be left on the sides, prepared in Times New Roman font style in a Microsoft Office Word document on a standard A4 page.

• Articles should be numbered starting from the title page; page numbers should be written in the lower right corner.

Title Page
A separate title page should be submitted with all submissions and this page should include:

• The full title of the manuscript as well as a short title (running head) of no more than 50 characters.

• Name(s), affiliations, highest academic degree(s), and ORCID IDs of the author(s).

• Grant information and detailed information on the other sources of support.

• Name, address, telephone (including the mobile phone number), and email address of the corresponding author.

·        Acknowledgment of the individuals who contributed to the preparation of the manuscript but who do not fulfill the authorship criteria.

Abstract
An abstract should be submitted with all submissions except for Letters to the Editor. The abstract of Original Articles should be structured with subheadings (Objective, Materials and Methods, Results, and Conclusion).

Keywords
Each submission must be accompanied by a minimum of three to a maximum of six keywords for subject indexing at the end of the abstract. The words should be separated by a semicolon (;). The keywords should be listed in full without abbreviations. The keywords should be selected from the National Library of Medicine, Medical Subject Headings database (https://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html).      

Manuscript Types

• Original Articles: The main text of original articles should be structured with Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, and Discussion subheadings. Statistical analysis to support conclusions is usually necessary. Information on statistical analyses should be provided with a separate subheading under the Materials and Methods section, and the statistical software that was used during the process must be specified.

• Review Articles: Reviews prepared by authors who have extensive knowledge on a particular field and whose scientific background has been translated into a high volume of publications with a high citation potential are welcomed. Reviews should describe, discuss, and evaluate the current level of knowledge of a topic in clinical practice and should guide future studies.

• Case Reports: Case reports should include a brief introduction, detailed case presentation, and discussion.

• Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor should be limited to 500 words and should not include an abstract.

• Technical Notes: Technical notes on clinical observations may be submitted.

References
The reference list at the end of the manuscript should be prepared according to the order of citation in the text. References should be indicated in parentheses within the text. If reference numbers are consecutive, a short dash should be placed between the start and end numbers. If the number of authors in a reference is six or fewer, all authors should be listed; if more than six, only the first six names should be written and the rest should be shown as et al. The number of references should not exceed 30.

Example:

• Courtney PM, Boniello AJ, Berger RA. Complications Following Outpatient Total Joint Arthroplasty: An Analysis of a National Database. J Arthroplasty. 2017; 32:1426-30.

• Clohisy J, Beaule P, DellaValle C, Rubash HE. The Adult Hip: Hip Preservation Surgery. Wolters Kluwer, 2014. page:1181-96.