Bandırma Onyedi Eylül Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri ve Araştırmaları Dergisi

Manuscripts intended for publication must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the conditions specified in the journal’s author guidelines and publication principles. Submitted manuscripts are initially subjected to a preliminary review in terms of form and content. Manuscripts deemed appropriate in form and content are submitted by the editor to the editorial board. Works approved by the editorial board are evaluated by at least two referees. The evaluation process by the referees generally takes 4 to 8 weeks. In the case of receiving one positive and one negative report from the referees, the manuscript is sent to a third referee if deemed appropriate by the Journal Editor. Based on the evaluation reports from the referees, the Journal Editorial Board decides whether to publish the manuscript, request corrections or additional information from the author(s), or not to publish it.

PUBLICATION PRINCIPLES

1. Manuscripts submitted to Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University Journal of Health Sciences and Research must have been published anywhere and must not currently be under consideration for publication elsewhere
2. Articles written in either Turkish or English are accepted for publication in the journal. The responsibility for the scientific and linguistic quality of the published works belongs to the author(s).
3. Not only manuscripts submitted by academicians but also those submitted by researchers and practitioners will be considered for evaluation.
4. Studies previously presented at conferences, which have not been published as full text, but only as abstracts, may be accepted for the publication evaluation process, provided this is indicated in the study.
5. Manuscripts must be submitted sent to our journal electronically. To submit manuscripts online via the journal website and to track the stage of the manuscript during the peer-review process, authors must register and log in to the journal system. Personal information provided on the journal's website will only be used solely for the purposes stated by the journal and will not be accessible for any other purpose or to any third party.
6. Authors are informed about the peer-review process of manuscripts submitted to Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University Journal of Health Sciences and Research through the system, and the evaluation reports can be easily tracked by the authors via the system.
7. When, submitting a manuscript, the file uploaded to the system must nıt contain author information. Author details should be uploaded separately as a “Title File”. Additionally, ORCID numbers must be included in the identity information file. All uploads must be in Word format. Submissions not made in accordance with the journal guidelines will not be considered for evaluation.
8. The journal operates on a double-blind peer-review basis. The identity of the authors is kept confidential in manuscripts sent to referees. For manuscripts originating from our university, no referees from within the same university are assigned. For manuscripts from outside the university, at most one referee from our university may be assigned if necessary.
9. Author(s) submitting an article to Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University Journal of Health Sciences and Research are deemed to have accepted the journal’s referee evaluation conditions and process.
10. Manuscripts that do not comply with the journal's scope, spelling or grammar rules are returned to the author/s without being sent to the referees by Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University Journal of Health Sciences and Research after preliminary examination. Authors may be requested to make any necessary changes regarding the form and content of pre-evaluated manuscripts.
11. During the layout process, the author(s) are required to respond submissions made for control and correction purposes within the specified timeframes. Manuscripts for which the author(s) do not respond within the specified times will be postponed for evaluated in the next issue.
12. Manuscripts for which the evaluation process is has been completed are arranged according to the submission date and published in the relevant issue of the journal. Upon request, a letter of acceptance is sent to the author(s) for manuscripts accepted for publication.
13. Based on the reports received from the referees, a decision is made regarding the publication of the manuscript, requesting corrections, additional information, or abbreviations from the author(s) within the framework of the report, or not publishing it, and this decision is communicated to the author(s) through the system. The author(s) notify the journal editorial office after completing the changes requested by the referees.
14. All publication rights of articles accepted and published in the journal, in both print and electronic media, belong to Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University Journal of Health Sciences and Research.
İf the article is accepted for publication by Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University Journal of Health Sciences and Research, the author(s) agree that its will be released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC), which permits third parties to share and adapt the material for non-commercial purposes only, with appropriate attribution to the original work.
15. At the beginning of the evaluation process, the journal's Copyright Transfer Form signed by the authors, must be uploaded to the system for all articles. No royalties are paid to the author(s) for the works published in the journal. For articles accepted for publication or published, the author (s) transfer the copyright directly to Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University Journal of Health Sciences and Research, without requiring any procedure.
16. The opinions expressed in the articles published in the journal, as well as the responsibility for their content, belong to the author(s).
17. Articles accepted for publication or published may not be reproduced or republished in any form without the written permission of Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University Journal of Health Sciences and Research. However, they may be quoted provided that the source is properly cited.
If the article submitted is supported by any institution or derived from a thesis, this information must be clearly in the manuscript.
18. The submitted manuscript must be checkhed using a plagiarism program  and the plagiarism report must be uploaded to the system. The similarity rate must below 20%.
19. Articles in the pre-evaluation phase may be withdrawn by their author(s). Articles in the peer-review phase may be withdrawn, due to reasons such as delays in the evaluation process of the submitted manuscript, upon a written request by the author(s) and with the approval of the journal’s Editorial Board. However, once the peer-review process has started, the article cannot be withdrawn or submitted to another journal. Authors may not submit their articles to another journal without obtaining approval for the withdrawal request for studies whose copyrights have been transferred to the Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University Journal of Health Sciences and Research.
20. Article Rejection; Manuscripts that are not accepted for publication are returned with justification. A maximum of 15 days is granted for manuscript for which revisions that are requested during the pre-control phase and a maximum of 30 days is granted for manuscript for which revisions are requested after the evaluation. If these periods are exceeded, the manuscript is rejected.

Ethical Responsibility

Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University Journal of Health Sciences and Research considers the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) International Standards for Editors and Authors when evaluating the compliance of submitted scientific articles with research and publication ethics. Compliance with national and international ethical guidelines and approval from the relevant ethic committees are essential for research conducted on humans or animals, and ensuring the compliance with ethical rules is the responsibility of the authors. In studies conducted on humans, the Journal adheres to the principles set forth in the "Declaration of Helsinki", the "Good Clinical Practices Guide" and the "Good Laboratory Practices Guide" and accepts compliance with the relevant regulations of the Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Health. In the MATERIALS and METHODS section of the manuscript, authors must state that they have obtained the "Informed voluntary consent" approved by the relevant ethics committee and signed by the individuals who participated in the study. If an ethics committee approval document is required, it must be scanned and uploaded to the system at the tiem of manuscript submission and should also be stated in the Materials and Methods section and included on the first or last page of the manuscript. In case reports, information regarding the receipt of informed consent or a consent form must be included in the manuscript.

Research that requires ethics committee approval;
1. All kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from the participants by using survey, interview, focus group work, observation, experiment, interview techniques,
Use of humans and animals (including material/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes, Clinical studies in humans,
2. Animal studies,
3. Retrospective studies in accordance with the personal data protection law

Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University Journal of Health Science and Research Author Guidelines

Font and Page Layout

1. Articles should be prepared according to the headings in the Main Text Template (https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/journal-file/35768).
The entire article should be justified, and the heading and paragraph entries should be left-justified. Manuscripts submitted to the journal must be prepared using 11-point Times New Roman font with Turkish character support. A spacing of 6 nk should be left after each paragraph. The entire manuscript must be justified on both sides, while the title and paragraph indents should be aligned to the left.

Preparation of the Article
Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with APA 7 formatting guidelines. Review articles must not exceed 15 pages, and research articles must not exceed 20 pages (excluding the abstract, tables, figures/graphs, and references). In submitted manuscripts, the total number of tables, graphs, and figures must not exceed five. In addition, manuscripts must be submitted as two separate Microsoft Word files titled TITLE and MAIN TEXT. These files:

A. Title page

In the title file, the full title and the short title of the manuscript must be provided in both Turkish and English. The short title must not exceed six words.
The title and author information page must be prepared on a single page, separate from the main text, in accordance with the Title Page template (https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/journal-file/35769)

In addition, the ORCID registration numbers (https://orcid.org/) of all authors, the type of manuscript (original research, case report, review, etc.), the authors’ names (only the initial of the first and last name should be capitalized), their affiliated institutions and departments, academic degrees and contact information (currently usedwork phone number and e-mail address; additionally, the mobile phone number of the corresponding author) must be included. The institutional address of the authors should be indicated in its shortest form under of the author names. If the authors are affiliated with different institutions, the names and institutions should be indicated by superscript numbers placed at the end of the author names.

In tThe submitted manuscript title file must also include information on Presentation at the Congress or Symposium, Production Status from the Thesis Study, Acknowledgments (if any), Ethical Considerations of the Research (Ethics committee approval for this study was obtained from the……. Ethics Committee. (Date:......and Decision No:.....), Author Contribution, Conflict of Interest Statement, Financial Support Statement.

The Author Contribution section must include the following subheadings: “Concept/Idea”, “Design”, “Supervision/Consultancy”, “Analysis and/or Interpretation”, “Literature Review”, “Manuscript Writing”, “Critical Review”. For each subheading, the contributing author(s) must be indicated using only the initials (capital) of the first and last names (capitalized).

B. Main text file

The main text file must not contain any information that identifies the authors.

Article Text

3. Font Types of Manuscript
Manuscript submitted to the journals for publication must fall into the following categories and be prepared in the specified formats.

Research Article: The main text should include the following sections: Turkish and English Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, and References. The Material and Method section must include the type (design) of the study, the research population and sample, data collection tools, ethical considerations of the research, and data analyses procedures Original research articles must be between 4,000 and 5,000 words, excluding the abstract, tables, figures, and references. A maximum of 40 references may be used, and the total number of tables and figures must not exceed five.

Systematic Review: Systematic reviews are considered within the scope of the research articles. For a review article to be defined as systematic, the processes of identifying and selecting studies to be included in the review and synthesizing study data must be followed. Systematic review studies submitted to the Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University Journal of Health Sciences and Research must be prepared with headings similar to those of research articles and uploaded to the system accordingly.

In systematic reviews and meta-analysis studies submitted to the journal, the author(s) must use standard checklists demonstrating compliance with the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses) statement (http://www.prisma-statement.org/) must be able to provide these checklists upon request.

Systematic Review / Meta-analysis:
Systematic review and meta-analysis manuscripts must consist of the following sections: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and References. In the introduction section, the rationale and purpose of the systematic review should be explained in line with the literature, and the objective or research question of the study should be stated using the PICOS (participants, interventions, comparisons, results, and study design).

In the method section of the systematic review the following subheadings must be included; Research Design, Inclusion Criteria, Exclusion Criteria, Research Population and Sample, Data Analysis. Systematic reviews must not exceed 5,000 words, excluding the abstract, tables, figures, and references, and a maximum of 50 references may be used. The total number of tables and figures must not exceed five.

Review Article:
It should be prepared either directly or by invited authors and should includ up-to-date sources on any topic related to health sciences. The main text should include the following sections: Turkish and English Abstract, Introduction, Subheading Related to the Subject, Conclusion and References. Review articles should be between 4,000 and 5,000 words, excluding the references list. A maximum of 40 references may be used, and the total number of tables and figures must not exceed five.

Case report:
It should briefly describe the case. The manuscript must include the following sections: Introduction, Case Report, Discussion, Conclusion and References.

4. Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the spelling guide and writing rules of the Turkish Language Association (TDK). Turkish dictionaries should be used as much as possible instead of foreign words. When uncommon words in Turkish are used, their foreign language equivalents may be provided in parentheses at the first occurrence.

Title:
5. Turkish and English titles must be written above the Turkish and English abstracts in capital letters, centered, in Times New Roman font, 11-point size, bold, with 1.5 line spacing.

Summary and Keywords

All submitted manuscripts must include Turkish and English abstracts. Abstracts of research articles must include the following sections: Aim, Material and Method, Results and Conclusion, along with Keywords. The English Abstract must onsist of sections “Aim, Material and Method, Results, Conclusion”.

Turkish and English abstracts should be written in italics. Abbreviations must not be used in the abstract section of the manuscript, and this section must not exceed 200 words.

Key words should be selected according to Turkish Science Terms (TBT) or Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). The first letter of the each keywords must be capitalized, keywords must be separated by commas (,), and they must be aligned to the left.

Abstracts of Systematic Reviews must include the following sections: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, and Keywords.
Abstracts of Review Articles must fully reflect the content and be structured to convey Introduction, Aim, Development, and Conclusion.
Abstracts of Case Reports must briefly describe the case and be written with the following sections: Introduction, Case Report, Discussion, and Conclusion.

Abstracts and Keywords must be written in Times New Roman font, 11-point size, and in italics. Only the titles of these sections must be in bold.

Main Text and Chapter Titles

The main text must be written using Times New Roman font, 11-points size and justified. The first lines of each paragraphs should be indented 1 cm. In the manuscript, only the main headings should be written in capital letters, and only the first letter of the subheadings should be capitalized.

Tables, Figures and Charts

9. Tables and figures in articles should be presented where they are used in the text, not at the end of the text. Vertical tables should be used, should include upper and lower lines and intermediate lines as necessary. Unnecessary horizontal and vertical lines should be avoided. Tables should be numbered with Arabic numerals, and the table title should be placed above the top line of the table, justified to the left. Tables, figures and graphics should be presented in a sequentially numbered manner (Table 1, Table 2, Figure 1, Figure 2, Graphic 1, Graphic 2) at appropriate places in the text. Each table, figure or graphic should have a title. Table titles should be above the table, while figure names should be below the figure, in Times New Roman, 11 points, bold. After the table, figure or graphic, the text should include the number, followed by a single point, and the name of the table, figure or graphic. There should be paragraph spacing (then 6 pt) between the table, figure or graphic. Tables can also be used horizontally if needed. The text in tables, figures and graphics should be in 10 points. References should be given under tables, figures or graphics in 9 points.

10. Tables should not be included in the text as software program output; the author(s) should present bring the results into tables form themselves. Tables should be arranged to fit A4 paper size as much as possible. Figures should not be computer software output; they should be in the form of drawings or illustrations and should not exceed A4 paper size.

In-text Citation

11. Citations should be made in accordance with the APA 7th edition (American Psychological Association) citation format, using the conjunction method in the text. When citing sources in the text, the authors’ surnames and publication year should be indicated. For example, (Çetinoğlu, 2002); (Elinç, 2001).
If more than one work is cited at the end of a sentence, these sources should be parentheses in chronological order, with semicolons (;) separating them.

For example: ... (Bozok, 2008; Mert, 2009; Özer et al., 2010).

Single-author studies
If the author’s surname is mentioned in the sentence, it is sufficient to include only the publication date only in parentheses after the name. For example, Turkish article: Aydın (2019) or (Aydın, 2019). English article: Wegener (2007) or (Wegener, 2007).

Studies by two authors
When citing studies with two authors, the surnames of both authors should be included. For example, in Turkish articles, Yamak and Maraş (2019) or (Yamak and Maraş, 2019); Sun & Harlow (2019) or (Sun & Harlow, 2019) in English articles.

Studies with three, four, and five authors
When citing studies with three to five authors for the first time, all authors’ surnames should be included. For example, in-text first impressions in Turkish articles (Borgström, Nerfeldt, & Friberg, 2019) or Borgström, Nerfeldt, & Friberg, (2019); In English articles (Borgström, Nerfeldt, & Friberg, 2019) or Borgström, Nerfeldt, & Friberg, (2019)

In subsequent citations to the same source, only the first author’s surname followed by “et al.” should be used. For example (Yılmaz et al., 2019).

Studies with six or more authors
In citations studies with six or more authors, only the surname of the first author should be included in both the first and subsequent citations, followed by “et al.” For example (Waterman et al., 1993).

More than one work by the same author with the same date
If more than one work by the author(s) published in the same year is cited, symbols such as (a, b, c) should be added the publication year to differentiate the references. For example (Özkan, 2015a) or (Özkan, 2015b).

No Author / Institutional Author
If there is no individual author, the name of the institution should be used instead. When cited for the first time in the text, the full name of the institution should be given; for subsequent citations within the same text, the abbreviation can be used. The institution’s name should be presented in the language used in the bibliography.

For example; (American Academy of Pediatrics [AAP], 2019) / (AAP, 2019)

References

References should be placed at the end of the article in 11-font, in alphabetical order, taking into account the surnames of the authors. Paragraph spacing before and after each source should be (6 pt). If more than one work of the author/s in the same year has been used, these studies should be distinguished by adding letters such as (a, b, c) after the publication year. The bibliography should be arranged as shown below.

Article in a Printed Journal
Author Surname, First initial (s). (Year). Article title. Journal Name (Open, First Letter of Each Word Capitalized and Italic), Volume number no (italic) (issue number), page number. doi:xxx
Ferguson, S. (2014). Nurses are essential players in all health and policy arenas. International Nursing Review, 61 (2), 297–298. doi: 10.1111/inr.12127.
Numminen, O. H., Leino-Kilpi, H. (2007). Nursing students' ethical decision-making: A review of the literature. Nurse Education Today, 27, 796-807. doi:10.1016 /j.nedt.2009.07.013

If there are more than six authors in an article, an ellipsis is added after the sixth author, followed by the name of the last author. No more than seven names should be included:

Miller, F. H., Choi, M. J., Angeli, L. L., Harland, A. A., Stamos, J. A., Thomas, S. T., … Rubin, L. H. (2009). Web site usability for the blind and low-vision user. Technical Communication, 57 (2), 323-335. doi: 10.1234/xxx

Books
Printed book:
Author's surname, Author's initials. (Year). The title of the book. (Print number). Place of Publication: Publisher.
Cushing, P. T. (2005). Counseling as an art: The creative arts in counseling. Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.
Orhunbilge, N., Albayrak, A.S., Bayyurt, N. (2006). Applied multivariate statistical techniques. Istanbul: Avcıol Publishing.

Book with printed editor:
Sprinthall, N. A., Mosher, R. L. (Eds.). (1978). Value development as the aim of education. Schenectady, NY: Character Research Press.
Baykal, Ü., and Turkmen, E. (Eds.). (2014). Nursing services management. (1st Edition). Istanbul: Akademi Publishing House; 352-383.

Chapter from the edited book:
Kalish, C. W. (2000). Children's thinking about truth: A parallel to social domain judgments? In M. Laupta (Ed.), Rights and wrongs: How children and young adults evaluate the world (pp. 6–22). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Statement

Verbal or Poster Statement:

Author's surname, Author's initials. (Year month). The title of the oral or poster paper. Poster or oral presentation, Name of the Organization, Location.

Aba, Y.A., Ataman, H. (2015, October). Genetic diagnosis and the role of the nurse in preimplantation. Oral presentation, International Integrated Health Care Congress, Istanbul.

Theses
Author's Surname, Author's Initials. (Year). The name of the thesis. (Unpublished Master's/PhD Thesis). Name of Institution, Location of Institution.

Arslan, E. (2018). Evaluation of the views of health personnel working in health institutions about the management of diversity: An example of a public hospital. (Unpublished Master's Thesis). Istanbul Aydın University Institute of Social Sciences, Istanbul.

Institution Publication

SPO (2003) Economic Report, SPO Publications No: 2003-77, Ankara.

Electronic Source

Author Surname, First letter(s). (Year). Article name. Journal name, Volume no, page no-page no. Access Date days. moon. year, Access internet address.
World Health Organization. (2018). WHO recommendations on home-based records for maternal, newborn and child health. Access date: 04.07.2019, https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/274277/9789241550352eng.pdf?ua=1

13. In cases not specified in writing, the issues adopted in scientific writings will be taken into account.

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy


Publication Policy
The Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University Journal of Health Sciences and Research publishes original research, systematic reviews, meta-analysis, case reports review articles, editorial comments, and letters to the editor in all fields of nursing, nutrition and dietetics, physiotherapy and rehabilitation, child development, midwifery, gerontology, health management, social work and health sciences.

Open Access Policy
Due to the role of sharing information in the advancement of science, the Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University Journal of Health Sciences and Research provides open access to the full text of all articles published the journal, which can be read and downloaded free of charge via the DergiPark Directory. No fee is charged from the author(s) during or after the publication application to our journal.

Review and Acceptance Process of Articles
The Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University Journal of Health Sciences and Research is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed, periodical, open access journal published electronically three times a year (April-August-December) by the Faculty of Health Sciences of Bandırma Onyedi Eylül Universit
Manuscripts submitted to our journal for evaluation must have been published, accepted for publication, or be under consideration elsewhere. The responsibility for published and under-reviewed works belongs to the author (s). The copyrights of the published works belong to the Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University Journal of Health Sciences and Research. Works that are appropriate in form and content are submitted by the editor to the Editorial board. Works approved by the editorial board are sent to at least two referees for evaluation. Based on the evaluation reports from the referees, the journal editorial office decides whether to publish the studies, request corrections or additional information from the author(s), or reject them. In cases where one positive and one negative report is received, the study may be sent to a third referee if approved by the Journal Editor. Suggestions from the referees and the Editorial Board are forwarded to the author(s); the author(s) make the necessary revisions and uploads revised version to the system. This process between the referees and the author(s) is conducted under double-blind conditions, keeping identities confidential. The final decision regarding the acceptance or rejection is made by the editor. The approval of the author(s) is obtained for the final version of the article approved for publication. This process typically takes approximately 4 to 8 weeks. No fee is charged for publication or after publication in our journal.

Correction and Withdrawal Processes
Articles in the pre-evaluation phase can be withdrawn by their authors. In the peer-review phase, in cases such as delays in the evaluation process of the submitted manuscript, etc. Aauthors who wish to withdraw their article and have it published elsewhere must submit a written application. Authors may withdraw their articles from the journal after the application is approved by the journal Editorial Board.

Plagiarism Policy of Journal
During the file upload process, authors are required to upload the similarity report obtained using a suitable plagiarism detection program to the system along with other files. Articles with a similarity rate exceeding 20% are considered plagiarism and are rejected.

ETHICS POLICY
It is aimed that all stakeholders (authors, editors, referees, publishers, and readers) a scientific study contribute to the proper advancement of science. Compliance with scientific ethical principles is essential in studies prepared for this purpose goal.
These ethical principles are based on the guidelines prepared by COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics), and some of them are presented below, with suggestions for adoption by stakeholders.

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
Ensure the accuracy of the data related to the study, maintain organized research records, and to be able to provide access to this data upon a request.
• Ensure that the submitted article is not published or under consideration accepted elsewhere, and complete the Copyright Transfer Form.
• If the content overlaps with published or submitted work, acknowledge this conflict and provide proper citations, if necessary, supply the editor with a copy of any work with similar content, and obtain permission to reproduce or use any material from other sources, show giving appropriate attribution.
• Ensuring compliance with national and international laws and guidelines for all studies involving human or animal subjects (e.g., WMA Declaration of Helsinki, NIH Policy on the Use of Laboratory Animals, EU Directive on the Use of Animals), confirm that necessary approvals have been obtained, and respect subject privacy. Indicate the relevant ethics committee approvals and research details in the "Materials and Methods" section of the study.
• Obtain "informed consent" from patients, regardless of patient identity, and ensure patient privacy is protected.
• In case of any conflict of interest, disclose it to the editor and publisher; publish an erratum, addendum or correction, or withdraw the work if deemed necessary.
• Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the sources used during article preparation. Cite the sources within the article and at the end, in accordance with ethical principles.

Ethical Duties and Responsibilities of Editors
• Strive for the continuous development of the journal and the improvement of its publication quality.
• Act in a balanced, objective, and fair manner in performing duties, without discrimination based on gender, religious or political beliefs, or the ethnic or geographical origin of authors.
• Evaluate submissions to the journal according to their content, giving no special privilege to any author.
• Take the necessary measures to prevent potential conflicts of interest and evaluate declarations, if any.
• Determine and implement journal policies regarding publication, blind peer review, the evaluation process, and ethical principles.
• Ensure that all published articles are evaluated by appropriately qualified referees.
• Protect the copyright of the authors of the articles published in the journal
• Implement the necessary procedures the journal's policies in cases of ethical violation complaints. Allow the authority to respond to the complaint and the apply necessary sanctions, regardless of authotship.
• Reject submissions that are not suitable for the purpose and scope of the journal.

Ethical Responsibilities of Referees
• Review the article promptly and objectively, and agree to consider only studies related to the area of expertise to contribute to the editor's decision-making process.
• Evaluate the study objectively based on its content, without consideration of religious, political, or economic interests.
•Conduct assessment with impartiality and maintain confidentiality
• Provide guidance to improve the quality of the article and examine the study meticulously. Convey comments to the author in a constructive and professional manner.
• Protect the confidentiality of information provided by the editor and the author, destroy the study after the evaluation process in accordance with confidentiality principles, and notify the editor if any violation of blind peer review occurs.
• Be aware of potential conflicts of interest (financial, institutional, collaborative, or other relationships between authors) and alert the editor; withdraw from the review if necessary.
• Complete the assessment within the agreed timeframe.
• Submit the evaluation using the “Referee Evaluation Form” within the designated period.

Publisher's Ethical Responsibilities
• The publisher, as a stakeholders in a scientific study, should act within the scope of all these ethical principles.
• The publisher is obliged to use its communication power impartially and to direct the target audience correctly.
• Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University Faculty of Health Sciences provides open, electronic, and free access to the journal via the journal website. It protects the property and copyright of all published works and undertakes the task of archiving every published item.
• Individuals should not hesitate to contact the publisher when they encountering an unethical situation.

Wage Policy
Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University Journal of Health Sciences and Research does not charge any fee for submitting, evaluating and publishing articles. All issues of the journal can be accessed free of charge at https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/boneyusbad.