Manuscript Submission Overview
Types of Publications
Developments and Experiments in Health and Medicine requires that authors publish all experimental controls and make full datasets available where possible (see the guidelines on Supplementary Materials and references to unpublished data).
Manuscripts submitted to Developments and Experiments in Health and Medicine should neither be published previously nor be under consideration for publication in another journal.
Developments and Experiments in Health and Medicine accepts to use the “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication” standards prepared by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors-ICMJE (http://www.icmje.org/recommendations).
Authors are advised to follow the CONSORT guidelines for randomized trials, STROBE for observational studies, STARD for diagnostic/prognostic studies, PRISMA for systematic reviews and meta-analyses, ARRIVE for preclinical studies with experimental animals, TREND for non-randomized behavioral and community health interventional studies, and CARE guidelines for case reports. These reporting guidelines are available on the EQUATOR network (www.equator-network.org/home/) and on the National Library of Medicine-NLM “Research Reporting Guidelines and Initiatives” website (www.nlm.nih.gov/services/research_report_guide.html).
The main article types are listed below. Requirements for different types of articles are as follows:
- Research article: These are original research manuscripts. The work should provide a substantial amount of new information. Full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. The structure should include a structured abstract, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, conclusion(s) (if appreciated), acknowledgement (if applicable), and references sections. The abstract should be structured as follows: objective(s), methods, results, conclusion(s). The length of the article should not exceed 3750 (250 abstract + 3500 body) words excluding the references, figures and tables. The article should include the most recent and relevant references in the field. Up to 45 references can be stated.
- Case reports: Should contain a non-structured abstract and three to five keywords both in Turkish and English, introduction, case presentation, discussion, conclusion(s) (if appreciated), acknowledgment (if applicable), and references sections. The length of the article should not exceed 1650 words (150 abstract + 1500 body) excluding the references, figures and tables. Case reports should optimally be accompanied by relevant figures to document findings. Up to 20 references can be provided. Informed consent should be obtained from the patients to report their cases. The Journal keeps the right to ask for original signed informed consents.
- Review articles: These manuscripts will only be considered when invited by the Editorial Board. Reviews should critically assess the current knowledge of the field. A non-structured abstract both in Turkish and English is needed. The length of the article should not exceed 5250 words (250 abstract + 5000 body) excluding the references, figures and tables. Up to 100 references can be provided.
- Letters to the Editor: Letters should be less than 750 words. No abstract is required for articles to be evaluated under this title. Three to five keywords both in Turkish and English should be provided. Up to 5 references should be stated. If the submitted letter is discussing an article published in the Developments and Experiments in Health and Medicine, it should be submitted at most within 4 months after the publication of the main article. Letters will also undergo peer review.
- Insights and Images: Submissions to the Insights and Images section should be of high-quality clinical pictures, radiology or surgical images that provide insight to the diagnosis or pathophysiology of a clinical problem or a solution. Text should be a succinct short clinical vignette or description and a brief discussion of the most relevant new information, such as a differential diagnosis, management, pathophysiology, or genetic basis. A non-structured abstract both in Turkish and English is needed. The length of the article should not exceed 1750 words (250 abstract + 1500 body) excluding the references, abstract, figures and tables. Up to 20 references can be provided. Informed consent should be obtained from the patients to report their cases. The Journal keeps the right to ask for original signed informed consents.
Submission Process
Manuscripts should be sent through the online submission system: (https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/@tipdergisi)
The submitting author, who is generally the corresponding author, is responsible for the manuscript during the submission and peer review process. The submitting author must ensure that all eligible co-authors have been included in the author list (read the criteria to qualify for authorship) and that they have all read and approved the submitted version of the manuscript.
The "DEHM Assignment Form" should be signed and dated by all authors and sent along with the manuscript during the submission process.
To submit your manuscript, register and login to the submission website. All co-authors can see the manuscript details in the submission system, if they register and log in using the e-mail address provided at the time of manuscript submission.
Developments and Experiments in Health and Medicine follows a double-blind reviewing procedure which means the author will remain anonymous to the reviewers throughout peer review. It is the responsibility of the author to anonymize the manuscript and any associated materials. Author names, affiliations and any other potentially identifying information should be removed from the manuscript text and any accompanying files (such as figures of supplementary material). Authors should avoid citing their own work in a way that could reveal their identity.
Although not mandatory, the Journal's editorial board welcomes reviewer suggestions who are expert in the relevant field with. Developments and Experiments in Health and Medicine also enables the authors to exclude reviewers. The names of proposed and excluded reviewers should be provided in the submission system, not in the cover letter.
All articles sent to the journal are evaluated by the Editorial Board in terms of their conformity with the scope of the journal and the writing rules. Editors may decide to reject the article or send it back to the author(s) for correction before sending it to the advisor's evaluation.
DEHM Submission Checklist
Revisions
Developments and Experiments in Health and Medicine is a double-blind journal and articles are sent to at least two expert advisors on the relevant subject. Developments and Experiments in Health and Medicine aims to inform the author(s) about the evaluation result within 6-8 weeks after the article is sent to the journal. The editor may request revision of the article, considering the advisors' suggestions. Revision should be completed within 30 days. If the revised version of the article is not sent to the journal on time, the article will be evaluated as a new application.
When your manuscript reaches the revision stage, you will be requested to format the manuscript according to the journal guidelines. When submitting a revised version of a paper, the author must submit a detailed “Response to reviewers” that states point by point how each issue raised by the reviewers has been covered and where it can be found (each reviewer's comment followed by the author’s reply) as well as a clear copy of the main document. The authors are required to copy the changes they make in the main text and other components of the article into the response letter.
Revised manuscripts must be submitted within 30 days from the date of the decision letter. If the submitting author(s) believe that additional time is required, they should request an extension before the initial 30-day period is over.
The final decision (acceptance/rejection) regarding the article is notified to the author by the editor. All authors accept the editor's corrections without changing the basic meaning.
Manuscript Preparation
Accepted Formats
During the preliminary evaluation of the articles, it is checked whether they comply with the determined journal writing rules. Articles that do not comply with the spelling, reference and bibliography rules are sent back to the authors and the article is requested to be prepared according to the spelling rules and sent to the Journal.
Articles should be written in Microsoft Word format (doc or docx extension) in Times New Roman font, 12 points and 1.5 line spacing. Footnotes should be written in 9 points and single line spacing.
Manuscript pages should be numbered consecutively, beginning with the abstract page.
Abbreviations should be standard and used just in necessary cases, after complete explanations in the first usage. Avoid abbreviations in the title and abstract.
Footnotes should be indicated with numbers and should be placed at the end of the page.
Headings;
• The main title of the article should be in capital letters and bold,
• Subheadings should be in bold and only the first letter should be capitalized,
• Section headings should be in italics, only the first letter should be capitalized.
• All headings should be left-justified and unnumbered.
Paragraphs should be adjacent to each other and indented 1 tab.
Quotations, if short, should be in double quotation marks within the text; if 40 words or more, they should be in blocks and indented 1 tab from the right and left. In quotations, the font, point size and line spacing used in the main text are valid. In block quotations, the line spacing should be 1.
Single-digit numbers should be indicated with letters, and larger numbers with numbers.
In additions to abbreviations made in lower case letters, the pronunciation of the word should be considered; in additions to abbreviations made in upper case letters, the pronunciation of the last letter of the abbreviation should be considered.
Dates should be indicated with numbers, and an apostrophe should be used for the additions they receive. (For example, 1990s, 2003)
In texts, explanatory notes should be given as footnotes, not endnotes.
The editorial office reserves the right to edit the submitted manuscripts in order to comply with the Journal’s style. In any case, the authors are responsible for the published material.
All submitted manuscripts must be "spell checked" and "grammar checked." The manuscripts should be written in proper English (American or British usage is acceptable, but not a mixture of both). Concerning manuscripts that are in the acceptance process, if the Journal feels the submitted manuscript has major grammatical and spelling errors, the Editor may request the author(s) to improve the English of their work to minimize potential grammatical or spelling errors while still conforming to accurate scientific English standards. Therefore, to continue with the article process, the authors should use / employ the English Language Editing service and provide a valid certificate.
Cover Letter
A cover letter must be included with all manuscripts. This letter may be used to emphasize the importance of study and its contributions to existing knowledge.
Any prior submissions of the manuscript to Developments and Experiments in Health and Medicine must be acknowledged. If this is the case, it is strongly recommended that the previous manuscript ID is provided in the submission system, which will ease your current submission process.
All cover letters are required to include the following statements:
1. We confirm that neither the manuscript nor any parts of its content are currently under consideration for publication with or published in another journal.
2. All authors have approved the manuscript and agree with its submission to Developments and Experiments in Health and Medicine.
3. In the case of acceptance of the manuscript, the copyright will be transferred to the Developments and Experiments in Health and Medicine.
The names of proposed and excluded reviewers should be provided in the submission system, not in the cover letter.
Potential Reviewers
To assist with a prompt, fair review process, authors are encouraged to enter the names, departments, institutions, and e-mail addresses (institutional e-mail accounts, not gmail, yahoo, hotmail, etc.) of 5 potential reviewers in Notes to Editor section. Potential reviewers must have the appropriate expertise to evaluate the manuscript, be outside the authors' institution(s), and have no known potential conflicts of interest. It is recommended that at least one of the reviewers be a foreign reviewer. Ultimately, the editors reserve the right to choose reviewers.
Title Page
A separate Title Page should be submitted, containing the following:
1. A concise and informative title of the article in Turkish and English
2. A running title of no more than 45 characters (including spaces) in Turkish and English
3. The name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s)
4. Complete mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address of the corresponding author
5. If available, the 16-digit ORCID of the author(s)
6. Any conflict of interest and sources of funding should be included on the title page of the manuscript with the heading “Conflicts of Interest and Source of Funding:”. If there is no conflict of interest, this should also be explicitly stated as none declared.
7. Acknowledge all forms of support, with the heading “Acknowledgements:”. If there are no acknowledgements, this should also be explicitly stated as none declared.
Author Affiliation: All authors should list their current affiliation and the affiliation where most research was carried out for the preparation of their manuscript. We recommend adding as primary the affiliation where most of the research was conducted or supported. It is very important that author names and affiliations are correct. Incorrect information can mean a lack of proper attribution or incorrect citation and can even lead to problems with promotion or funding. After the publication of an article, updates or corrections to the author’s address or affiliation may not be permitted.
Independent Researcher: If one or all the authors are not currently affiliated with a university, institution or company, or have not been during the development of the manuscript, they should list themselves as an “Independent Researcher”.
Title Page Template
Abstract and keywords
Abstract should be structured for Research articles providing the objective of the study, methods, results, and conclusion(s). Case Reports, Review articles, Insights and Images should include an abstract summarizing the content in a single paragraph. Letters to Editors do not require an abstract. Structured or non-structured abstracts should be both in Turkish and English. Preferably, abbreviations should not be mentioned in the abstract. Number this page as page 1.
Keywords are used for indexing purposes; each article should provide three to five keywords both in Turkish and English. English keywords should be selected from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).
Introduction
The introduction should provide a short background to previous studies and possible gaps in the literature. The purpose of the study, its place in literature, and the research question should be clearly stated.
Materials and methods
How the research was conducted, the methods used, and the data collection techniques should be explained in detail (including: controls, inclusion and exclusion criteria, etc.) and may be separated into subsections. Repeating the details of standard techniques is best avoided. The software used for statistical analyses and description of the actual method should be mentioned. Authors who used AI technology to conduct the study should describe its use in the methods section in sufficient detail to enable replication of the approach, including the tool used, version, and prompts where applicable.
Information on ethics committee approval and informed consent should be provided within the Methods section of the main text.
Results
The results of the study should be presented clearly based on your own findings and supported with tables and figures. The results should be organized according to their importance.
All p-values should be reported as exact values and rounded to three decimal places (e.g., p = 0.003). If p < 0.001, it should be reported as "p < 0.001" rather than "p = 0.000." Non-significant p-values (e.g., p > 0.05) should not be interpreted as evidence supporting the null hypothesis. Instead, they should be described as "not statistically significant," and confidence intervals should be reported.
Discussion
Discussion should challenge the findings of the study with other available evidence in the literature. It should emphasize the new and important aspects of the study and the conclusions that follow them. Possible mechanisms or explanations for these findings should be explored. The limitations, drawbacks, or shortcomings of the study and the implications of the findings for future research or clinical practice should be explored.
Conclusion(s)
Conclusion(s) should state the main result(s) of the study and recommendation that the author(s) has (have) reached. Such results and recommendations should be derived from the researcher’s own study and the results of other studies should not be stated in this section.
Tables and Figures
Tables, figures and graphics must be cited in the order in which they appear in the text, using Arabic numerals as Table1, Table2 and Figure1, Figure2.
Tables: Tables should be simple and should not duplicate information in the text of the paper. They should be uploaded as a separate file. A descriptive title should be provided for all tables and the titles should be placed above the tables. Abbreviations used in the tables should be defined below by footnotes (even if they are defined within the main text). The font of the table abbreviations should be "Times New Roman" with a size of "10". Tables should be created using the “insert table” command of the word processing software.
Figures: Figures and figure legends should be submitted separately from the main document. Each of them should have its own legend and description. Type legends and descriptions for figures on a separate page at the end of the manuscript. When there are figure subunits, the subunits should not be merged to form a single image. In the subunits of the image, the image name should be numbered as 'a, b, c' and should not be located on the figure. Like the rest of the submission, the figures too should be blind. Any information within the images that may indicate the institution, or the patient should be removed. Markings on images such as arrows and circles should be put in place for specific sections of the pathology figures and radiographs.
For radiographic films, scans, and other diagnostic images, as well as pictures of pathological specimens or photomicrographs, send high resolution figures in JPEG or .TIFF format with a resolution of at least 300 dpi. Line art (forest plots, graphs, etc) should be submitted in TIFF or PNG format at a resolution of at least 600 dpi.
Supplementary materials
Supplementary materials such as movie clips, questionnaires, etc. may be any format, but it is recommended that you use common, non-proprietary formats where possible.
Acknowledgment
If there are any technical, general, financial, and material support or contributions that need acknowledging but do not justify authorship, they can be cited at the end of the text before references as Acknowledgment. Use of AI for writing assistance should be reported in the acknowledgment section.
References
References should be numbered consecutively in the order they are referred to within the main text in Vancouver style. Alphabetical order is not required. References should be indicated in parentheses at the end of the sentence. There should be no inconsistency between the list of references and their inclusion in the text. The author(s) are responsible for the accuracy of the references. All sources should be indicated in the text. The abbreviation of journal names should be in accordance with Index Medicus. A journal not indexed in Index Medicus should be written without abbreviation.
For the references credited to more than six authors please provide the name of the first six authors and represent the remaining authors by the phrase “et al.”
The numbers of references should preferably not exceed 45 for research articles, 100 for reviews, 20 for case reports, and 5 for letters to editor.
References should be shown as in the following examples.
Journal Article: Pugazhennthi S, Khandelwai RL. Insulin-like effects of vanadate on hepatic glycogen metabolism in nondiabetic and straptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Diabetes 1990;39:821-827.
Journal article in electronic form: Morse SS. Factors in the emergence of infectious diseases. Emerg Infect Dis [serial online] 1995 Jan-Mar [cited 1996 Jun 5];1(1):[24 screens]. Available from: URL: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/eid.htm
Monograph in electronic form: CDI, clinical dermatology illustrated [monograph on CD-ROM]. Reeves JRT, Maibach H. CMEA Multimedia Group, producers. 2nd ed. Version 2.0. San Diego: CMEA; 1995.
Complete Book: Ravel R. Clinical Laboratory Medicine. Fourth Edition. Chicago: Yearbook Medical Publishers Inc, 1984; 265-281.
Turkish Book: Yazıcı O. İki uçlu duygudurum bozuklukları ve diğer duygudurum bozuklukları.Psikiyatri Temel Kitabı (ı) içinde Ed: C Güleç, E Köroğlu, Hekimler Yayın Birliği, Ankara 1997; 429-448.
Compilation Book: Elevitch FR, Hicks GP, Microprocessors and computers in the clinical laboratory, In:Tietz NW, ed. Fundamental of clinical chemistry, third edition. Philadelphia: W.B.Saunders, 1987; 254-265.
Chapter in Book: Phillips SJ, Whisnant JP. Hypertension and stroke. In: Laragh JH, Brenner BM, editors. Hypertension: pathophysiology, diagnosis and management. 2nd ed. New York: Raven Press; 1995. p. 465-478.
If the author is an organization: The Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Clinical exercise testing. Safety and performance guidelines. Medl Aust 1996; 164-228.
If no author is specified: Cancer in South Africa (editorial). S Afr Med 1994; 84-115
Web page: http://www.wma.net/e/policy/b3.htm (Erişim tarihi 26 Haziran 2010).
Not: Referencing AI-generated material as the primary source is not acceptable.
Correction of Errata
The Journal will publish an erratum when a factual error in a published item has been documented.
Journal Archiving
To guarantee long-term digital preservation, all articles published in the MHMS are archived by the DergiPark in ULAKBİM Dergi Sistemleri (UDS), the free digital repository of biomedical and life science scholarly publications. In this context, all articles published in the MHMS are open to access at MEDIAJ DergiPARK and mediajdergi.com.
Article Withdraw
The author has the right to withdraw the article while it is in new submission status. If the article is in lower roles or has at least 1 reviewer review, the author can request a withdraw with the approval of the editor. If the editor does not respond to the request within 15 days, the article will be automatically withdrawn.
During the production process, the author will only be able to send request, and the 15-day period will not apply. With this feature, a withdraw card has also been added to the editor panel. Withdraw requests can be viewed from this card.
For further information, please contact the Editorial Office.
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