Before submitting your article, please carefully read the author guidelines, ethical principles, and publication policy.

Manuscript Submission and Review Process

• Manuscript submission is conducted online by clicking the "Submit a Manuscript" button on the journal's DergiPark page.

• Submitted manuscripts must not have been published previously, submitted exclusively to this journal, and not under consideration elsewhere.

• The articles to be published in this journal must be within the rules of scientific ethics. Authors, reviewers, and editors are expected to adhere to the international guidelines and best practices established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), and the Council of Science Editors (CSE).
  

• All submissions undergo double-blind peer review by at least two reviewers, where the identities of both authors and reviewers are concealed from each other to ensure an impartial and objective assessment. Reviewers are expected to provide constructive, thorough, and timely evaluations, adhering to principles of academic integrity, methodological rigor, and ethical standards. Editors make final decisions based on reviewer reports and academic assessment. Editors act in accordance with the above mentioned international guidelines in cases of fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, duplicate publication, or other ethical breaches. Additional reviewer input or advisory evaluation may be sought if deemed necessary. Authors are required to monitor and respond to all notifications and requests throughout the peer review and editorial process via the online system.

Language of Writing: The language of writing should be Turkish and/or English, and the text of the article should be written in an understandable, simple, and fluent style with technical expressions in the relevant field. Unnecessary and well-known information, and unnecessary sources should be avoided; previously published data, formulas, and results should be cited and quoted properly.

• The study must comply with the rules of grammar. In the article, attention should be paid to the use of punctuation marks, spelling of words, and abbreviations; a clear and simple way of expression should be followed, and unnecessary information that goes beyond the aim and scope should not be included. Valid scientific methods should be followed in the preparation of the article, and information such as the subject, aim, scope, reason for preparation, etc. of the study should be given sufficiently and in a certain order.

• Nomenclature, abbreviations, signs and symbols should comply with international standards; authors are required to use the International System of Units (SI). Abbreviations specific to the article or used in the related field should be indicated in parentheses at the first mention.
  

• Genus and species names should be written in italics.

File Format: It is preferred that articles should be written using MS Word program (with .doc or .docx extension), not exceeding fifteen (15) pages for research articles and twenty (20) pages for review articles.

• In the journal, "Aptos" font is used; all formatting details are specified in the following journal templates.

Title Page 

Click to download the appropriate title page template for your article language:

Title Page Template (EN)

Başlık Sayfası Şablonu (TR)

Journal of Integrative and Anatolian Medicine employs a double-blind peer review system. Through this system, the identities of both authors and reviewers remain mutually anonymous; to ensure impartiality and fairness throughout the evaluation process. Accordingly, at the time of submission, the title page containing all required information must be uploaded separately from the main manuscript. The main manuscript must not include the author's name, institutional affiliation, or any other identifiable information. Strict adherence to this requirement is essential for the double-blind peer review process to be valid.

The title page must include the following information:

• Article type

• Article language

• Article title: The title should be informative and concise (in both Turkish and English).
  

• Running title: A short version of the title, limited to a maximum of 60 characters

• Author information (for each author): Full name, affiliation(s) (i.e., department [if applicable], institution, city, and state/country), and ORCID iD

• Corresponding author: Clear indication of the corresponding author and contact details are required.

• Author contributions: All authors must clearly specify their individual roles in the preparation of the article.

• Declaration of interests
  

• Funding statement

• Ethics committee approval (if applicable): Ethics committee approval for this study was obtained from the [Name of Ethics Committee] (Date: …, No: …). Ethics committee approval must also be stated in the "Materials and methods" section of the article and uploaded to the DergiPark system.

- Consent to participate (if applicable): All research involving human participants requires that freely given, informed consent is obtained from each participant prior to inclusion in the study. A clear statement confirming that informed consent has been obtained must be included in the "Materials and methods" section of the article.

- Consent to publish (if applicable): For case reports or any article that includes identifiable patient data, photographs, or other materials, authors must obtain written informed consent for publication from the patients or their legal guardians. The consent form must clearly indicate that the patient understands that their personal data and/or images may be published in a scientific journal and made publicly accessible online. A clear statement confirming that written informed consent has been obtained must be included in the "Materials and methods" section of the article. The consent form must be available to editors upon request.

• Acknowledgements (if applicable)
  

International author(s) are not required to submit Turkish title, abstract, and keywords; the editorial board will provide support in this regard.

Main Manuscript

Click to download the appropriate main manuscript template for your article language:

Main Manuscript Template (EN)

Ana Makale Şablonu (TR)

Title: Each article should have a title in both Turkish and English. They should be short, clear and adequately reflect the content of the article, written with first letter capitalized.

Abstract and Keywords: The abstract should reflect the purpose, scope and results of the study. It should be at least 100 and at most 250 words, and keywords of at least 3 and at most 6 words should be written below the abstract. It is recommended that Turkish keywords be provided according to "Türkiye Bilim Terimleri (TBT)" and English keywords according to "Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)".

• The title, abstract and keywords should be written in both Turkish and English. International author(s) are not required to submit Turkish title, abstract, and keywords; the editorial board will provide support in this regard.

Main Headings: They should be written with first letter capitalized; left justified and bold. Without numbering; make your research article structured as Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion or Results and discussion, and Conclusion. In review articles, the main headings other than Introduction and Conclusion sections are left to the discretion of the author(s).

Figures, tables, maps and photographs should not extend beyond the text area and, if necessary, may be placed on separate pages. All figures, illustrations, and photographs must be submitted in high resolution to ensure publication quality. Figures and tables should be numbered and titled in Turkish and/or English according to their content. Numbers and titles should be centered, placed below figures and above tables, and written in sentence case (with only the first letter of the sentence capitalized). Figure and table captions must be numbered consecutively (e.g., Figure 1., Figure 2., …; Table 1., Table 2., …).

References: The APA 7th edition citation style is used for in-text citations and references list. Authors are responsible for ensuring that all references are complete and accurate. The reference list should be ordered alphabetically. If a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) is available, it must be included in the reference list entry and presented as an active hyperlink in the format. Click here for more information about APA style citation.

Reference Format Examples for APA 7th Edition:

Note on number of authors

• If a source has 1-20 authors, list all of them with an ampersand (&) before the last.
• If a source has 21 or more authors, list the first 19, insert an ellipsis (...), and then the final author.

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Article

• Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of the article. Title of the journal, volume(issue), page range. https://doi.org/xxxxx

> Ali, S. I., Gopalakrishnan, B., & Venkatesalu, V. (2017). Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Properties of Achillea millefolium L.: A Review. Phytotherapy Research, 31(8), 1140–1161. https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.5840

Book

• Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of the book (Xth ed.). Publisher.

> Panini, S. R. (2021). Medical biochemistry: An essential textbook (2nd ed.). Thieme.

Book chapter

• Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the book chapter. In B. B. Editor (Ed.), Title of the book (pp. xx–xx). Publisher.

> Zeleke, W. A., Hughes, T. L., & Drozda, N. (2020). Home–school collaboration to promote mind–body health. In C. Maykel & M. A. Bray (Eds.), Promoting mind–body health in schools: Interventions for mental health professionals (pp. 11–26). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000157-002

Conference proceedings

• Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the paper. In B. B. Editor (Ed.), Title of the proceedings (pp. xx–xx). Publisher.

> Cismas, S. C. (2010). Educating academic writing skills in engineering. In P. Dondon & O. Martin (Eds.), Latest trends on engineering education (pp. 225-247). WSEAS Press.

Thesis/dissertation

• Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the thesis (Publication No. #) [Type of Thesis/Dissertation, Name of the institution]. Name of the database. URL (if available)

> Kabir, J. M. (2016). Factors influencing customer satisfaction at a fast food hamburger chain: The relationship between customer satisfaction and customer loyalty (Publication No. 10169573) [Doctoral dissertation, Wilmington University]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.

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In-Text Citation for APA 7th Edition:

• 1–2 authors: All authors' last names and the year of publication are included.
  > (Yılmaz & Kaya, 2020)

• 3 or more authors: Only the first author's last name is included, followed by "et al." and the year of publication.
  > (Yılmaz et al., 2020)

Plagiarism Policy

• Journal of Integrative and Anatolian Medicine, in accordance with the international publication standards, requires plagiarism check to ensure the integrity of all work. In this context, the editorial board will review both the Turkish and English versions of manuscripts for plagiarism.
  

• Plagiarism check is performed using intihal.net software. The journal accepts manuscripts with a maximum similarity index of 20%. Submissions exceeding this threshold are returned to the author(s) for revision.

• Once plagiarism is detected, the similarity reports are carefully examined; the matches with correct references and cross-references are sorted. Any remaining matching errors are then identified and presented to the editorial board. The board decides on a final course of action in the light of plagiarism report. The manuscript may be returned to the author(s) or the author(s) may be asked to correct the errors mentioned in the report.