Publication Evaluation Policy
Before submission to our journal, articles must undergo a plagiarism check by the author through “intihal.net” for ethical compliance.

This requirement does not include papers presented at scientific meetings and published as abstracts; however, in such cases, the name, date, and location of the conference where the paper was presented must be specified. If the article includes previously published material such as quoted text, tables, or images, the author must obtain written permission from the copyright holder and acknowledge this in the article.

In international indexes and databases, the English name of Tıp Fakültesi Klinikleri Dergisi is “Journal of Medical Clinics.”

The format of the articles should be prepared according to the “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publications” rules (www.icjme.org).

The scientific and ethical responsibilities of the articles belong to the authors, while the copyright belongs to Istanbul Aydın University. Authors are responsible for the content of the articles and the accuracy of the sources. Authors must submit the consent form indicating the transfer of publication rights (Authorship Contributions, Publication Rights Transfer, Financial Assistance, and Acknowledgment-Acceptance Permission Form) to the journal editorial office properly filled out. This form can be accessed from the journal’s website (http://www.iautipklinikleri.com). By signing and submitting this document to the journal, all authors guarantee that the submitted work has not been published in or is under review for publication in another journal, and they declare their scientific contribution and responsibility. After this stage, new authors cannot be added to the article, and changes cannot be made to the order of author names.

For experimental, clinical, and drug research submitted for publication in Journal of Medical Clinics that require approval from an Ethics Committee, an Ethics Committee Approval Report in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration is necessary. https://www.wma.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/DoH-Oct2013-JAMA.pdf)

In experimental animal studies, authors must declare that they have protected animal rights in accordance with the “Guide for the care and use of laboratory animals” (http://oacu.od.nih.gov/regs/guide/guide.pdf) and obtain Ethics Committee Approval from their institutions. The Ethics Committee approval and “Informed Consent Form” must be explicitly stated in the “Materials and Methods” section of the research (along with the ethics approval number). The compliance of articles with ethical rules is the responsibility of the authors. 

During the evaluation process, if deemed necessary, the editor may request a copy of the Ethics Committee approval from the authors

Articles will be checked for plagiarism, misleading information, and duplicate publication during the evaluation process, and sanctions will be applied if unethical situations are detected. Sanctions will be determined in accordance with the rules of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). In addition, to prevent plagiarism, all articles undergo plagiarism screening using plagiarism detection software before publication.

Principles of Research and Publication Ethics
In scientific papers sent to TFK, the guidelines related to the Scientific Research and Publication Ethics of Higher Education Institutions, the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and the International Standards for the Authors and Authors of the Committee should be taken into attention. Plagiarism, forgery in the data, misleading, repetition of publications, divisional publication and individuals who do not contribute to the research are among the authors are unacceptable practices within the ethical rules. Legal actions will be taken in case of any ethical irregularity related to this and similar practices.

a)Plagiarism: Placing the original ideas, methods, data, or works of others, partly or completely, without making reference to the scientific rules, is dealt with in the context of plagiarism. In order to avoid plagiarism, the authors should refer to the scientific rules in a manner that is appropriate and should pay attention to the references of all scientific papers in their research.

b)Forgery of Data: The use of data that does not exist or is modified in scientific research is data in the scope of forgery. Authors should analyze their data in accordance with ethical rules and without exposing them to a change in validity and reliability during the process.

c)Detortion: Changing the records or data obtained from the study, showing the devices or materials that are not used in the research as used, changing or shaping the research results according to the interests of the people and organizations that are supported are considered within the scope of distortion. The authors should be honest, objective and transparent in the information they provide in relation to the research process. They should avoid violating the rules of ethics.

d)Repetition: Presenting the same publication as separate publications without referring to the previous publications is considered within the scope of repetition of publications. The responsibility for the publication of the publications submitted for evaluation in another place or in the evaluation process belongs to the authors. The authors should refrain from repeating the original and original research and they should pay attention to submit their original and original research.

e)Divisional Publication: The results of a research are discussed in the scope of dissemination and disseminating the results of the research in a way that disrupts the integrity of the research and disseminating it in more than one way, and publishing these publications as separate publications. The authors should consider the integrity of the research and avoid the divisions that will affect the results.

f)Authorship: The inclusion of people who do not contribute to the research or not to include the people who have contributed is considered within the scope of unfair writing. All authors should have contributed sufficiently to the planning, design, data collection, analysis, evaluation, preparation of the research and finalization of the research.

Ethics Committee Approval

"Ethics Committee Approval" is required for the following researches. An approved “Ethics Committee Approval ” must be obtained from the institution where the author of the article is located. Researches requiring from the Ethics Committee Approval are as follows:

Any kind of researches carried out with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using questionnaire, interview, focus group works, observation, experiment, interview techniques,

· Usage of humans and animals (including material / data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,

· Clinical researches on humans,
· Researches on animals,
· Retrospective studies in accordance with the Law on Protection of Personal Data,

Also;

· Stating that “Informed consent form” has been taken in the case reports,
· Obtaining and specifying the permission of the owners for the use of scales, questionnaire, and photos belonging to others,
· Stating that copyright regulations are obeyed for the ideas and works of art used.

In these articles, “Ethics Committee Approval ” should be stated in the article. The articles should include the statement that Research and Publication Ethics are complied with.