Current Journal of Medical Research

The Journal of Current Medical Research (CJMR) aims to promote communication among all branches of medical research worldwide. Thus, it is targeted to contribute to the development of a multidisciplinary perspective on current medical problems. The journal publishes original studies in the field of medicine. The target audience of the journal is physicians and academicians working in all disciplines in the field of health. CJMR ​​journal publishes clinical and experimental original research in all fields of medicine, rare case reports, invited reviews on special and current medical issues, and letters to the editor.

Articles written in both Turkish and English are evaluated for publication.  Total of three issues are published in a year.

The Journal of Current Medical Research is the official publication of Izmir Katip Celebi University Faculty of Medicine. The publication languages ​​of the journal are Turkish and English. The journal is internationally peer-reviewed scientific journal and  published three issues a year (in April, August and December). CJMR is open access and free. The CJMR ​​journal publishes original clinical and experimental research in all fields of medicine, rare case reports, invited reviews on special and current medical issues, and letters to the editor.

Submission Control List

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

    • The submitted manuscript must not have been previously published or submitted for consideration to any journal for publication (detailed explanation is given in the Author's Guide).
    • The submission file must be prepared using OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF or WordPerfect.
    • References must be written in accordance with writing rules. URLs should be provided for references where available.
    • Main text must be written with single-spaced, 12-font size, Times News Roman style and justified paragraphs.
    • The expressions that want to be emphasized should be shown in italics.
    • Tables should be presented on a different page after the references.
    • Pictures and Figures must be uploaded to the system separately in JPEG/TIFF format with a resolution of at least 300 dpi.
    • If the size of the sent file is too large, the system may not receive it. In such cases, you can divide the article and send the other parts as an additional file, one by one.
    • Title page, Copyright Transfer Form and ICMJE Potential Conflicts of Interest Disclosure Form have to be uploaded separately.
    • Ethics committee approval document and plagiarism report must be uploaded separately

Author Guideline

In order to submit an article to the Current Journal of Medical Research, the authors should carefully read the following information. The files must be prepared in accordance with the format. Manuscripts that are not prepared in accordance with the format will not be evaluated.

ORCID information of all authors included in the article must be indicated on the title page.

In addition, all authors should fill in the names of the institutions, their e-mail addresses.

Articles that do not meet this requirement will not be considered. ORCID knowledge acquisition is detailed in the author's responsibilities section.
ORCID ID must be written as full web address. (Ex: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3620-1261.).  

The Current Journal of Medical Research is open access and free of charge in line with the Budapest open access policy. No subscription fee, publication fee or similar payment is requested for accessing the resources. Articles in this journal can be used as long as the author and original source are cited. No permissions are required from authors or publishers.

ARTICLE PREPARATION

Manuscripts can only be submitted through the journal's online submission and evaluation system.

Manuscripts sent to the journal will first be subjected to a technical evaluation process and their compliance with the journal's guidelines will be checked by the copy editors

Authors are required to submit the following during the initial submission:

    • Cover Letter
    • Title Page
    • Copyright Transfer Form
    • ICMJE Potential Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form (should be completed by all contributing authors)
    • Ethics committee approval document
    • Plagiarism report

Articles must be written in Times New Roman format, 9 pt in the abstract, 10 pt in the tables, 12 pt in the main text, single-spaced (each side 2.5 cm). Abbreviations should be written as SI (Standard Index). Authors are required to upload their article files to the system in six sections. Details on these are presented below.

1- Ethics Committee Report and Statement

If experimental animals were used in the research, the research have to be approved by the ethics committee and the relevant document must be uploaded to the system. For studies conducted with information and documents without using animals, but by collecting data within the framework of academic and ethical rules, the permission or ethical declaration form obtained from the relevant institutions and organizations must be filled and uploaded to the system.
To avoid potential conflicts of interest, the "International Council of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) Potential Conflicts of Interest Disclosure Form" must be completed. 

2-Copyright Transfer Form

When submitting an article, authors should send the wet signed version of the Copyright Transfer Form to the system in PDF format.

3- ICMJE Potential Conflicts of Interest Disclosure Form

When submitting a manuscript, authors must include the ICMJE Potential Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form in the system.

4- Plagiarism Report

The plagiarism report obtained through Turnitin, intihal.net, iThenticate or similar software must be uploaded to the system when submitting the article.

5- Article Title Page

The title of the article (in Turkish and English), the full name of the authors, their addresses, titles, e-mail addresses and ORCID IDs of all authors must be written. Authors with different addresses are written with superscript numbers (1, 2, 3, etc.) and the corresponding author should be indicated with an asterisk (*) as follows.

Esra Meltem Koc^*a, Ioannis Nikolakakis^b, Amgad Rabie^c, Geisa Sorezina Dolci^d, Erwin Martinez Faller^e

Izmir Katip Celebi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Izmir, Turkey

* usucan@gmail.com

*At the end of the title page, each author's contribution to the study should be stated separately and in detail.

*The statement of the author responsible for the conflict of interest should be stated at the end of the title page.

*If the study is being funded, this information should be shared on the title page.

*If the article has been presented in a congress/symposium before, this detail should be stated as shown on the title page.

6- Article Main Text File

In this section, Turkish and English titles, abstract, keywords and other parts of the article should be prepared in the following order. Author name, institution, e-mail information, etc. should not be included in the main text file. In the file name, the name and surname of the author, the name of the institution where he works, etc. information should not be included. The name of the file must be the same as the article title. Manuscripts that do not meet this requirement will not be considered.

Title (Turkish and English)

Short title Summary (Turkish and English)

Abstract (Turkish and English)

Keywords (Turkish and English)

Introduction

Materials and Methods

Results

Discussion

Conclusion

Acknowledgement

References

Tables

Figure legends

When sub-headings that are need to be opened under the main headings, they must be written in italics and only the first word should start with a capital letter. For example;

    Statistical analysis

    Application material and data

Short title: It should be written with a maximum of 50 characters and placed in the header section.

Abstract: Abstracts in Turkish and English to be written in original research should not exceed 250 words and should be arranged in separate sections: Purpose, purpose of the study; Materials and Methods, how the study was conducted; Results, statistically significant main findings; Conclusion, possible implications. In case report and review, summaries should be prepared as unstructured without subtitles.

Keywords: Turkish and English 5 keywords should be written. Only the first letter of the first word of the keywords should be capitalized.

Introduction: This section should be written by citing directly related articles with sufficient knowledge. At the end of this section, the hypothesis and purpose should be clearly stated.

Materials and Methods: A separate section should be added for the description of materials and methods. If more than one method is used, this section should be subdivided. Unless a new and/or modified method is used, the methods should be referenced. Any change made on these methods should be clearly defined.

Results: Findings should be presented as Tables, Figures or Graphics. The text should mainly include important findings.

Discussion: The results of the study should be discussed directly with relevant references. This section can also be divided into subsections.

Conclusion: This section should clearly state the main results of the research. Results should not be repeated.

Acknowledgments: This part of the article should be mentioned on the title page. Financial or other support should be written. If the work has previously been presented as an abstract at a conference, it should be noted in this section.

References: References should be numbered according to the order of use in the text, their numbers should be indicated in parentheses at the end of the sentence in the text or immediately after the author's name. Journal names must be abbreviated as used in Index Medicus. If the number of authors is more than six, after the first three names, “et al.” must be written. Manuscripts that have been accepted for publication but are in print can be cited in the references using the phrase "in press".

    • Journal article: Koc EM, Aksoy H, Baser Ayhan D, Artantas Baydar A, Kahveci R. Evaluation of clinical practice guideline quality: comparison of two appraisal tools. Int J Qual Health Care. 2020 Dec     15;32(10):663-670. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzaa129..

    • Book: Sadler TW. Langman's Medical Embryology, 5th ed., William and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1985. p.224-226.

    • Book Chapter: Elmas M, 2009. Fluid Electrolyte treatment, In: Veterinary Drug, Ed; Yazar E, Third edition, Nobel Press, Istanbul, Turkey, pp; 175-197.

    • Web page: World Health Organization. Drinking water [Internet]. Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2015 Jun [cited 2018 Jul 20]. Available from:     http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs391/en/

    • Thesis: Ho SH. Preventative risk modelling and mapping of Murray Valley encephalitis virus and dengue virus in Western Australia [master’s thesis]. [Perth (AU)]: University of Western Australia;     2015.

 Tables: Tables should be presented at the end of the manuscripts, on a different page after the references. Tables should not be transferred from another application (Excel, PowerPoint, Acrobat, etc.) by copying and pasting. Tables should be made with the Create table option in the Word file to be uploaded to the system. Otherwise, there will be shifts in the rows and columns of your tables during typesetting.

Pictures and Figures: Since all figures, photographs, graphics, and diagrams are considered as figures, they must be uploaded to the system individually in their original size, 300 dpi resolution (visuals should have contrast and clarity to see color and details), and in JPEG/ TIFF format. Figure numbers should be indicated in the text with Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3 ...). Figure texts should be placed in the main text file, right after the references, together with the figure numbers.

ARTICLE TYPES AND FEATURES

Original Research: Original research articles are prospective, retrospective and original scientific articles based on all kinds of experimental studies and observations. Abstracts should not exceed 250 words and should be structured with the following subtitles: Purpose, Materials and Methods, Results and Conclusion. The main text should be structured with the following subtitles: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion. The main text should not exceed 3500 words, excluding the abstract, references, tables and figure captions.
Review: Review articles are comprehensive analyzes written based on the authors' extensive experience and publications in the topics of review. All review articles will also be peer-reviewed before being accepted. The abstract should be written as unstructured. The author has the privilege to define subsections in the article. Subheadings should be written in italics and only the first letter should be capitalized.

Letter to the Editor: This type of article discusses important parts, overlooked or missing parts of a previously published article. Articles that may attract the attention of the readers on the subjects covered by the journal, especially on educational cases, can also be presented in the form of "Letter to the Editor". Readers can also submit their comments on the published article in the form of a "Letter to the Editor". Abstract, Keywords and Tables, Figures, Pictures and other media should not be included. The text must be unstructured. The commented article should be quoted appropriately in this article.

Case Report: Case reports are articles that present and discuss clinical evaluations and features of one or more cases of scientific importance. They are rare articles that differ in diagnosis and treatment. It should be supported with a sufficient number of photographs and diagrams.

Table 1. Limitations for each article type

REVISIONS

When submitting a revised version of an article, the author should submit an annotated copy of the main document, including how and where to find each questions raised by reviewers (each reviewer's comment, followed by the author's response and any changes made). Revised manuscripts must be submitted within 20 days from the date of the decision letter. If the revised version of the article is not submitted within the given time, the revision option may be canceled. If the author(s) believe that additional time is required, they should request this extension before the first 20-day period expires.

Accepted manuscripts are edited by copying in terms of grammar, punctuation, and format. Once an article's publication process is complete, it is published online on the journal's web page before being included in its scheduled issue as a preprint publication. A copy of the accepted manuscript in PDF form is sent to the responsible author and a proofreading is requested and publication approval is requested within 3 days.

Copyright Regulation

When submitting an article, the corresponding author should send the Copyright Transfer Form to the system in PDF format.

Privacy Statement

Names and e-mail addresses on this journal site will be used for the stated purposes of the journal. They will not be used for any other purposes.

If experimental animals were used in the research, the research have to be approved by the ethics committee and the relevant document must be uploaded to the system. For studies conducted with information and documents without using animals, but by collecting data within the framework of academic and ethical rules, the permission or ethical declaration form obtained from the relevant institutions and organizations must be filled and uploaded to the system.

To avoid potential conflicts of interest, the "International Council of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) Potential Conflicts of Interest Disclosure Form" must be completed.

The Journal of Current Medical Research is open access and free of charge.