Pre-examined articles are scanned for plagiarism using software such as iThenticate, Turnitin and İntihal.net. If plagiarism/self-plagiarism is detected, the authors are informed. If necessary, the editors can subject the article to plagiarism control at various stages of the evaluation or production process. High similarity rates can cause an article to be rejected before or even after it is accepted. Depending on the type of article, this rate is expected to be less than 20%. Articles with 20% or more similarity will be returned to the authors.

Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with ICMJE-Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (updated in December 2015 - http://www.icmje.org/icmje-recommendations.pdf). Randomized studies should follow CONSORT, observational studies STROBE, diagnostic value studies STARD, animal-based studies ARRIVE, and nonrandomized behavioral and public health studies TREND guidelines.

Articles can only be sent through the Dergipark online article uploading and evaluation system. Articles sent from different channels will not be evaluated.

Submitted articles will be checked for compliance with journal writing rules. Manuscripts that are not prepared in accordance with the writing rules of the journal will be sent back to their authors for correction.

The author(s) must submit the following:

• Copyright Form

• Conflict of Interest Form

• Title Page

• Article file with the names of the authors removed

Copyright Form: It can be downloaded from the system during article submission.

Conflict of Interest Form: It can be downloaded from the system during article submission.

Title Page: A separate cover page must be submitted with all submitted articles.

On this page;
• The title of the article not exceeding 50 characters,
• Authors’ names, institutions, degrees and ORCID numbers
• Detailed information about financial support information and other support resources,
• Corresponding author’s name, address, telephone (including mobile phone), fax number and e-mail address,
• Information about individuals who contributed to the manuscript preparation process but did not meet the authorship criteria.
• Acknowledgements. All individuals who did not meet the criteria for authorship but contributed to the study should be listed in the “acknowledgments/information” section. Examples of these are people who only provide technical support, help with writing, or just provide general support, and financial and material support.

Manuscript File with Names of Authors Removed: The article file in Word format, which does not contain the names of the authors, should be uploaded to the system.

ABSTRACT

All articles must have English abstracts. Abstracts of Original Research articles should be prepared in such a way as to include the subheadings of “Aim”, “Material and Method”, “Results” and “Conclusion”. Abstracts of case reports should be prepared in a way that includes the sub-headings of “Aim”, “Case Report”, “Discussion" and "Conclusion”. Abstracts should not exceed 250 words.

Keywords: All articles should be submitted with 5 keywords. Key words should be written just below the abstract. Abbreviations should not be used as keywords. Keywords should be selected from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) database prepared by the National Library of Medicine (NLM). You can use (www.bilimterimleri.com) for keywords.

Article Types

Original Article: Main text; It should consist of “Introduction”, “Materials and Methods”, “Results” and “Discussion” subheadings. Statistical analysis is often required to support the result. Information about statistical analysis should be written as a separate subtitle in the Material and Method section and the software used should be defined strictly. Units should be prepared in accordance with the International System of Units (SI), which is the international unit system.

Case Report: A limited number of places are reserved for case reports, and only cases with interesting and instructive features, which describe a new method, reflect information that are not included in the books, related to rare diseases that are difficult to diagnose and treat, are accepted for publication. Main text should contain sub-titles of “Introduction”, “Case Report”, “Discussion” and Conclusion”.

Tables and Figures

Tables and figures should be placed within the main text at the relevant points, preferably as close as possible to where they are first mentioned. In addition, high-resolution versions of the figures should be uploaded separately to the submission system as JPEG files for use during the evaluation and publication processes. Figures should not be submitted only as separate files; they should also be placed at the appropriate locations within the main text.

Tables should be numbered according to their order of appearance in the main text, and each table should have a descriptive title. Tables should be prepared in Microsoft Office Word using the “Insert Table” command and arranged in an easy-to-read format. The full forms of abbreviations used in the tables should be provided below the respective tables. The data presented in the tables should not duplicate information provided in the main text but should be supportive of the findings presented in the text.

Pictures, graphics, and photographs should also be numbered according to their order of appearance in the main text, and their descriptive captions (figure captions) should be provided at the end of the main text. When figures consist of multiple panels, all panels should be presented as a single figure and labeled as (a), (b), (c), etc. Bold or thin arrows, arrowheads, stars, asterisks (*), and similar symbols may be used to support the explanations provided in the figure captions. All figures should have a minimum resolution of 300 DPI and minimum dimensions of 100 × 100 mm, and should be clear and of sufficiently high resolution. Figures should comply with the blinding requirements of the manuscript; therefore, no information that could reveal the identity of individuals or institutions should be included in the figures.

All abbreviations used in the manuscript should be defined at their first occurrence in both the main text and the abstract, with the abbreviation provided in parentheses immediately after the full term.

When devices, software, medications, or similar products are mentioned in the main text, all relevant information, including the product name, manufacturer, city, and country, should be provided in parentheses.

Example: Diagnostic Ultrasonography Device (Siemens Healthcare, Germany)

The limitations, barriers, and deficiencies of original research should be addressed in the Discussion section before the concluding paragraph.

References

All references, tables and pictures should be cited in the main text by numbering in the appropriate places in the main text. The most recent and most up-to-date publications should be preferred when citing. The author(s) are responsible for the accuracy of the references.

Journal names should be abbreviated in accordance with the journal abbreviations in Index Medicus/Medline/PubMed. All author names should be listed when there are six or fewer authors.

If there are 6 or more authors, after the first 6 authors are listed, “et al.” should be written. When citing sources in the main text, Arabic numerals should be used in parentheses before the period in the “Vancouver” format.

Ex: ……..in the head and neck region (1-3).

Revisions

When submitting the revision files of the articles, the author(s) should mark the changes they have made on the main text, in addition, they should send their notes on the suggestions put forward by the reviewers in the “Reply to the Reviewers” file. In the Reply to Reviewers file, the author’s reply should follow each referee’s comment and the line numbers where the changes were made should also be indicated. Revised articles should be sent to the journal within 30 days of the decision letter. If the revised version of the article cannot be uploaded within the specified time, the revision option may be revoked. If the author(s) needs additional time for revision, they must submit their extension requests to the journal before the first 30 days expire.

Publication Process

Articles accepted for publication are sent to the language editor for checking in terms of grammar, punctuation and format. After the grammar control is done, the article is submitted to the author’s approval. After the approval of the author, the article is placed in the layout. The typed article is sent back to the author for final approval. Print-ready PDF files of accepted articles are sent to the responsible authors and publication approvals are requested to be sent to the journal within 2 days.