AIMS AND SCOPE
Journal
of Gazi University Health Sciences Institute (GUHES) is the publication organ of the Gazi
University Institute of Health Sciences, and is published as an online
open access journal, three times a year.
GUHES publishes
qualified clinical and experimental research, case reports and letters to the
editor about health sciences; medicine, dentistry, nutrition, dietetics,
nursery, audiology, biochemistry, microbiology, phsiology, pharmacy and all the
other fields in health sciences.
GUHES
provides open access to scientific publications. Immediately after the
publication of the journal, the full texts of the articles can be accessed free
of charge. No publication fee is charged from the authors for the
publications in GUHES.
The
manuscripts submitted for publication must not be published elsewhere or should
not be under review by another journal at the time of submission. Previous
studies in congresses are accepted provided that this is indicated. If the
manuscript contains some of the topics in a previously published article of the
author (s), this should be stated and a copy of the previous article should be
sent along with the new article.
All articles
sent to the journal are scanned with iThenticate.
Submissions exceeding 20% score are returned to
authors. The Editor or Editorial Board Member has the
authority to not publish, refuse, publish or reject the manuscripts that do not
comply with the publication requirements. The Editor or Editorial Board Member
submits the letter she/he deems appropriate to the consultant (s) for review.
If necessary, correction may be requested from the author (s). Request for
correction from the author does not mean that the manuscript will be published.
These corrections must be completed and sent to the journal within
15 days at the latest. Otherwise, it is considered a new application.
The responsible author is informed of the acceptance or rejection of the
manuscript.
Ethical,
scientific and legal responsibility of the manuscripts published in the journal
belong to the author (s) and do not reflect the views of the Editors and
Editorial Board members.
*No
copyright is paid for the articles published in the journal.
LANGUAGE
The written language
of the journal is English.
Authors
may wish to apply Gazi
University Akademik Writing Center for English Language
Editing service.
ETHICAL RULES
The Journal
of Gazi University Health Sciences Institute publishes articles that comply with ethical
and scientific standards. The authors are responsible for the compliance of the
articles with the ethical rules. For all prospective studies, Ethics Committee
approval should be obtained from the institution where the study is conducted
and should be stated in the manuscript. Case reports; due to ethical and legal
rules, care should be taken to protect the privacy of the patient. The
patient's identity should not be printed without the written informed consent of
the patient (or his/her legal guardian).
Journal of Gazi University Health
Sciences Institute recalls the necessity of observing the
generally accepted ethical rules in the studies conducted with experimental
animals. The approval of the Ethics Committee must be uploaded to the system
together with the article.
G.Ü.
Health Sciences Institute Ethical
Considerations
COPYRIGHT
Upon acceptance of an
article, for the
publication of the manuscript, all authors are asked to sign the Transfer
of Publication Rights Form.
"We, the authors with the names below,
declare that we are actively involved in the planning, conducting and analyzing
of data as well as the writing of this article and we accept all responsibility
for this work. Our article is a valid study. This article has not yet been
published, nor is it currently being reviewed by another journal, and we also
guarantee to send all data related to the article to the editors. In the event
that the Journal
of Gazi University Health Sciences Institute evaluates and publishes this article, we
hereby declare that we have transferred all of our copyrights to the Journal of Gazi University Health
Sciences Institute . As
authors, we declare that Journal
of Gazi University Health Sciences Institute authors, editors and editorial board have no
responsibility for any claims or claims filed by third parties for copyright
infringement. Furthermore, we undertake that we have no criminal offenses or
unlawful statements in the article, that no material and method is used in the
course of the investigation, that we have obtained all legal permits and that
we have acted in accordance with the ethical rules.”
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The author
(s), in the presence of the institution providing financial support for
commercial connection or work; used in commercial product, pharmaceutical,
company etc. should notify the Editor on the presentation page of how he/she
has a relationship.
Any
financial support from National (BAP, TUBİTAK, etc.) or International
organizations (EU, NIH, etc.) should be indicated clearly.
CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST
STATEMENT
Conflict-of-interest
statement should be included at the end of the manuscript.
HIGHLIGHTS
Highlights should consist of a short collection of
bullet points (maximum of 5 points – 120 characters) that convey the most
critical findings of the article.
GRAPHICAL
ABSTRACT
The graphical abstract is the visual
scheme of the manuscript that summarizes the study and allows the readers to easily identify the
article’s essential message. It will appear at the top of the online version of the
article. The graphical abstract should be 300 dpi and minimum 531 x 1328
pixels (TIFF, EPS or PDF)
MANUSCRIPT FORMAT
Original articles:
Original
articles should not exceed 3500 words
and should include “Abstract, (Maximum
250 words), Introduction, Materials
and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgements (where
appropriate) and References”.
Case Reports:
Case
reports should be arranged as “Abstract, Introduction, Case Presentation,
Discussion, References”. Case reports should not exceed 1500 words and abstracts maximum 250 words.
The Letter to the Editor
The
Letter to the Editor may be written to include a table or figure and not
exceeding 750 words in relation to published texts or professional subjects. In
addition, the right to answer letters related to the texts published in the
journal is given.
Review articles
Review
article should not exceed 2500 words
and abstracts maximum of 250 words.
The
following format should be followed for the articles to be published in the
journal.
a)
The text should be written in Times New Roman 12 pt.,
with 1.5 line spacing, normal margins (1inch = 2.54 cm spacing for all four
sides)
b)
Pages should be numbered at the bottom and centered,
starting with the title page.
c) The article should include the
following sections:
Title, Authors,
Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results,
Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgements (if any), References, Figure Captions,
Tables (with headings
and descriptions), Appendix (if any).
The corresponding author should be identified with an asterisk and footnote.
The Title Page
The
title page includes title, running head, authors names, institutional
affiliation, and author note (which includes grant/funding information and a
full correspondence address).
Article
Title (12 Points, bold, each word capitalized, centered )
A maximum of 20 words, should be
clearly defining the content of the manuscript.
Names of the
Authors and Affiliations
Full name(s) and surname(s) of each of the author
should be indicated correctly. The
authors' affiliation addresses should be indicated below the names with a
lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front
of the appropriate address. Full postal address of each author and the e-mail
address should also be indicated.
Corresponding
author: Corresponding author who should handle the
correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication
should be indicated. The e-mail address should
be given and the contact details should be up to date.
Abstract
The abstract
should not exceed 250 words and should be written in English. It should
contain, aim, materials and methods, results
and conclusion parts within the text. The aim of the study, the operations,
observational and analytical methods the and main results should be indicated. The
references should not be used in the abstract.No abstract is required for the
letter to the editor.
Keywords
A maximum of 5 keywords which
clearly represents the manuscript should be indicated.
Statistical
methods
The applied statistical methods
should be stated in the Materials and Methods section.
References
The references should be written
according to APA 6.0 criteria. (https://www.apastyle.org/)
In-text
citations
·
In text citations consist
of the surname(s) of the author(s) and the year of publication. (Halliwell, 2018)
Journal citations
One or
two authors: (Surname, year)
·
(Miller, 2018)
·
(Walker, 2009; Rody & Mahoney, 2010)
Three,
four, or five authors: (Surnames, year)
·
First citation (Sharp,
Aarons, Wittenberg, & Gittens, 2007)
·
Subsequent citations (Sharp
et al., 2007)
Six or
more
·
(Mendelsohn et al., 2010)
Journal
citation examples
Ø Within the text : (Goger, Parlatan, Basan, Berkkan,
Ozden, 2007)
Ø In the references: Goger N. G., Parlatan H. K., Basan
H., Berkkan A., Ozden, T. (2007). Quantitative determination of azathioprine in
tablets by H-1 NMR spectroscopy. Journal of Pharmaceutical and
Biomedical Analysis, 21(3),
685-689.
Ø Within the text : (Berry, Henson & Shanks, 2006)
Ø In the references: Berry, C. J., Henson, R. N. A.,
& Shanks, D. R. (2006). On the relationship between repetition priming and
recognition memory: Insights from a computational model. Journal of
Memory and Language, 55, 515–533. doi:10.1016/j.jml.2006.08.008
Book
citations
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of work. Location: Publisher.
Book
citation example:
Ø Watson, J.
(1998), Engineering Education in Japan After the Iwakura Mission, I. Nish
içinde, The Iwakura Mission in America and Europe: A New Assessment (s.
108-112), Surrey: Japan Library.
E-book:
Author, A. (date). Title of book.
Retrieved from http://xxxxxxxxx
USADA (2019). Nutrition Guide. Retrieved from https://www.usada.org/wp-content/uploads/Nutrition-Guide.pdf
Book Chapter:
Author, A. (Year). Title of chapter.
In B. B. Editor (Ed.), Title of book (pp. x–xx). Location: Publisher.
Online book chapter:
Author,
A. (date). Title of chapter. In E. Editor (Ed.), Title of book (pp. x–xx). Retrieved from
http://xxxxxxxxx
Thesis:
Karataş A (2000). Molecular biology and genetics of dipeptide
biosynthesis: the system is an essential component of quorum sensing global
regulation. PhD, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
Online
resources:
Author, A. (date). Title. Retrieved
from http://xxxxxxxxx
Creating a reference list
·
A reference list is arranged alphabetically by the last name of
the author. References should not be numbered.
·
When a reference has no author, it can be cited by its title,
and included in the alphabetical list using the first significant word of the
title.
·
When citing more than one item with
the same author, the items should be listed chronologically, starting with the
earliest publication.
·
Each reference should appear on a
new line.
·
Each reference should start with
a hanging indent as in the following
example:
Morawska,
A., & Sanders, M. R. (2006). Self-administered behavioral family
intervention for parents of toddlers: Part I. Efficacy. Journal of
Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74(1), 10-19.
doi:10.1037/0022-006X.74.1.10
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements could be stated
when appropriate.
Tables
Tables
should be complementary to the text, and should not contain repeated
information in the text. Tables should be numbered with Arabic numbers. A short
and descriptive title should be written on the top of the table. The
abbreviations in the table should be explained immediately below the table.
Figures
·
Place a caption below each
figure describing its contents and defining any abbreviations used in the
figure. Figures,
pictures, graphics and photographs should all be referred to as Figures and should
be added to the system as a separate .jpg or .gif file (approximately 500x400
pixels, 8 cm wide and at least 300 dpi resolution). Figure subtitles should be
written with Arabic numbers and should be shown in parentheses in the text corresponding
to the figures. When using symbols, arrows or letters pointing to specific
parts of the figure, they should be described in the subtitle.
*When
using figures published elsewhere, the author must have obtained permission and
document it.
Units and Abbreviations
All
measurements must be written according to the metric system (International
System of Units, SI). (Example: mg, kg, g, mL, h, mL, min, mmHg, etc.)
*Abbreviations
in the text should be explained in parenthesis where they were first used.
*Generic names should be used in
writing drugs.
* For further details refer to APA
6.0 Style. (https://www.apastyle.org/)
MANUSCRIPT TEMPLATE
* The
manuscript template could be used for the general format. (TEMPLATE)
CHECKLIST BEFORE SUBMISSION
ü ð The manuscript is in fit within the Aims
& Scope of GUHES.
ü ð The study is novel and has not been published previously in any
journal
ü
ð Ethical
consent has been obtained for animals and/or humans where necessary.
ü
ð The
manuscript fits in the format of the journal. (3500 words, Times New Roman,
12
points, 1.5 line spacing, margins 1 inch)
ü
ð
Journal titles (max. 20 words),
abstracts (max 250 words) and
keywords (max 5
words)
(English and Turkish )
ü ð Tables and figures labelled (all in
the given format)
ü ð References in APA 6.0 format
ü ð Transfer of Publication Rights Form
SUBMISSION
Submission
of manuscripts to Journal
of Gazi University Health Sciences Institute is done through DERGIPARK online system. (DERGIPARK GUHES)
ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING
REVIEW POLICY
A
peer review system involving at least two reviewers is used to ensure high
quality of manuscripts accepted for publication.
The
Journal of Gazi University Health
Sciences Institute operates
a single blind review process. All the manuscripts will be initially assessed
by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable for
publication will be sent to a minimum of two independent experts
for reviewer process to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor
is responsible for the final decision regarding to the acceptance or rejection
of all the articles sent for publication.
CONTACT
GAZI
UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Emniyet
Mah.Abant.Sok. No:10/2 E Blok Kat
:9
Yenimahalle
/ANKARA
Tel :
03122023387 -03122023390
Faks : 0 03122028220
E-mail : guhes@gazi.edu.tr
Web: http://guhes.gazi.edu.tr