Article Preparation
Language: Turkish, English
Types of Articles: (1) Systematic review and Meta analysis, (2) Original research (Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed methods) (3) Clinical study; (4) Pilot study, (5) Protocols developed for experimental research study or systematic review, (6) Scale development studies, (7) Case presentation/report
Review articles will not be accepted for publication; reviews invited by the editors will be published. Only systematic reviews and meta-analyses that are prepared and appropriately conducted under PRISMA guidance to provide an Evidence Synthesis will be considered.
However, we advise authors to be as concise as possible for dissemination of the work.
Manuscript Format: doc, docx format
Image Format: PNG/JPNG
Citation Style: APA 6
Author Change: Only processed before the manuscript is accepted. Authors should carefully review the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the final author list at the time of original submission.

Writing rules:
In articles submitted to the journal, we kindly request that you use the following reporting guidelines appropriate to the methodology of your study and indicate them in the articles.
(1) Randomized experiments SPIRIT or CONSORT Extensions
(2) Observational studies STROBE Extensions
(3) Systematic reviews PRISMA Extensions
(4) Study protocols SPIRIT PRISMA-P
(5) Diagnostic studies STARD TRIPOD
(6) Case reports CARE Extensions
(7) Clinical practice guidelines AGREE RIGHT
(8) Qualitative research SRQR COREQ

Page layout
• Texts should be placed on the page in A4 standard, leaving 2.5 cm of space on all edges.
• Footnotes should not be used in studies, explanations should be given in the text.
• Page numbers should be placed at the end and in the middle of the page, starting from the summary page.
• Full line spacing should be used in abstracts and references.
• Line spacing in the main text should be 1.15 lines.
• There should be a 6 pt space between section titles and the text before the title.
• Paragraphs should not be indented and text should be justified.
• Articles submitted to the journal (except case reports) should not exceed 5000 words for the main text, including quotations, excluding abstract, tables and references.
• Case reports submitted to the journal should not exceed 2000 words.
• The abstract should be between 200-250 words and should be prepared in Turkish and English.

Type and characters
• "Times New Roman" type font should be used in the whole text. 
• The Turkish and English title of the article should be written in 14 pt size, with the first letter of each word capitalised, bold and centre-aligned. 
• The title of the Abstract / Abstract should be written in 11 pt size, capitalised, bold and left justified.
• The text of the Abstract / Abstract, including subheadings and keywords, should be written in 9 pt, the first letter of each word should be capitalised and bold.
• In-text headings should not be numbered and should be written in 11 pt, large, bold and left justified.
For example: INTRODUCTION
• In-text subheadings should be 11 pt, the first letter of each word capitalised, bold and left justified. -
The main text should be written in
11 pt size using "Times New Roman" type. - Commas should be used when separating decimal numbers. There should be no space between the % sign and the numbers.
The percentage sign should be written before the number in Turkish articles and after the number in English articles. For example, for Turkish; 38.5%, for English; 38.5%
• ( ), " " and / should be written without a space before and after the sentence / word written inside the sign.
Writing Keywords
• At least three keywords should be written. - Authors should make it a principle to use Turkish Scientific Terms and MeSH
in keyword selection. English keywords should be given in accordance with "Medical Subject Headings (MESH)" (www.nlm.nih.gov). Turkish keywords should be given in accordance with the Turkish Scientific Terms (TBT) (www.bilimterimleri.com).
The manuscript should be submitted in separate files in accordance with the following criteria:
(1) title page; 
(2) main text file; 
(3) tables and figures; 
(4) ethics committee document; 
(5) copyright notice text and authorship consent form,

1. Title Page
• The title should be a short informative one containing keywords, maximum 20 words.
• The title should not contain abbreviations.
• It should be less than 40 characters and should also include a short title.
• Full names and surnames of all authors should be written in CAPITAL LETTERS.
• Institutional information, titles, e-mail addresses and ORCID number of all authors should be written.
• Corresponding author should be indicated and detailed contact information should be included.
• The authorship of all authors should be indicated.
• Acknowledgements (if necessary) can be included on the title page.
• Conflict of Interest statement should be included.
• Financing Statement should be included.
• If available, Clinical Research Registration Number can be written.
• If the article has been previously presented as a paper, the name of the paper, the name of the congress, date and time should be written.

2. Main Text File
• The main text file should not contain any information that can identify the authors as it will be subjected to double-blind peer-review.
• The main text file should include the title of the study, Turkish and English abstract, keywords, main text of the study and bibliography.
• The main text file should be prepared according to the type of research.

Research Articles:
• The abstract of the research article should include the sub-headings of Objective, Method, Results and Practical Use.
• The titles of the research article should be as follows. 
INTRODUCTION
Aim of the research 
METHODS and METHODS
• Type of the research
• Population and sample of the research
• Data collection tools
• Collection of data
• Ethical dimension
• Analysis 
RESULTS 
DISCUSSION
Limitations of the research 
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 
REFERENCES

Case report:
The case presentation should begin with the indication that the "Informed Consent Form" has been obtained and the permission for the use of scales and photographs, if used. 
DISCUSSION
REFERENCES

Systematic Review and Meta Analyses:
• In Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, the abstract should include the sub- headings Aim, Method, Findings and Use in Practice.
• The main texts of Systematic Reviews and Meta Analyses should be structured as follows.
INTRODUCTION 
METHOD
Aim/objectives 
Design
Search strategy 
Search results
Quality and bias Evaluation 
Data extraction
Synthesis 
RESULTS 
DISCUSSION 
CONCLUSION 
REFERENCES

3. Tables and Figures
Tables and figures should be prepared as specified in the General Writing Rules of the journal and should be presented in a separate file, not in the main text file. 
•Table title should be placed above the table (Table 1. Xxxxxx), figure title should be placed below the figure in 10 pt, only the first letter of the title should be capitalised, bold and left justified.
• Tables should be numbered in accordance with the order of transition in the main text and the places where they should be placed should be indicated.
• Tables should be independent and should not be identical to the information in the text and should be complementary. They should not be pasted as images but provided as editable files. Indicators should be brief but comprehensive. Tables, explanations and footnotes should be understandable without reference to the text. All abbreviations should be defined in footnotes. Table titles should be written according to the example of "Table 1. Main characteristics of included studies". Maximum 5 tables and figures should be included.
• Figure and its description should be understandable without referring to the text. The symbols used must have definitions and all abbreviations and units of measurement must be defined.

4. Ethics Committee Certificate
Authors who wish to submit an article to the journal must upload the permissions obtained from the ethics committees for studies conducted in humans or animals. Ethics committee approval is not required for case reports and systematic reviews.

5. Copyright Notice Text and Authorship Approval Form
Authors/authors who want to upload an article to the Journal of Research and Development in Nursing should sign the
Copyright Notice Text and Authorship Approval Form and upload it to the Dergipark system.

6. Similarity Report The
Plagiarism reports are evaluated by the journal. However, authors are advised to check their own manuscripts before submission.

Source Display Style
Articles should be prepared according to APA 6 Citation System. In the discipline, APA 6 footnote or in-text system, whichever is widely used, may be preferred.
https://apastyle.apa.org/6th-edition-resources/ 
In addition, references should be written in "Times New Roman" with 10 pt. The first line should be on the left and the second line should be indented 1.25.

APA (6th Edition) Bibliography Examples
In-text citations
Notation for single author (Bilgili, 2021)
Cited for two authors (Morse & Anderson, 2021) Cited for more than two authors (Jameson et al., 2021).
For more than one citation, alphabetical order should be used (Deliktas Demirci et al., 2021; Fernández-Castillo et al., 2021; Goh et al., 2021; González-Gil et al., 2018; Tan et al., 2006).
Journal article with 2-7 authors; 
Joo, J. Y., & Liu, M. F. (2021). Nurses' barriers to caring for patients with COVID-19: A qualitative systematic review. International Nursing Review, 68(2), 202- 213.
In-text citation: (Joo & Liu, 2021)
Citation in a sentence: Joo and Liu (2021)
Ramus, F., Rosen, S., Dakin, S. C., Day, B. L., Castellote, J. M., White, S., & Frith, U. (2003). Theories of developmental dyslexia: Insights from a multiple case study of dyslexic adults. Brain, 126(4), 841-865.
In-text citation: (Ramus et al., 2003)
In-sentence citation: Ramus et al. (2003) Journal article with 7 or more authors
Rutter, M., Caspi, A., Fergusson, D., Horwood, L. J., Goodman, R., Maughan, B., ... Carroll, J. (2004). Sex differences in developmental reading disability: New findings from 4 epidemiological studies. Journal of the American Medical Association, 291(16), 2007- 2012.
Book
Alpar, R. (2014). Applied statistics and reliability-validity, (3rd edition) Ankara: Detay
Publishing Book Chapter
Phillips S. J. and Whisnant J. P. (1995). Hypertension and stroke. In: J. H. Laragh and B. M. Brenner (Eds), Hypertension: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management (2nd ed., pp. 465-478). New York: Raven Press.

Publication Policy
Journal of Research and Development in Nursing is an academic, peer-reviewed journal published three times a year (April, August and December).
Journal of Research and Development in Nursing is an open access scientific international journal that publishes in accordance with the principles of double-blind refereeing.
Journal of Research and Development in Nursing adheres to national and international standards of research and publication ethics. It complies with the Press Law, the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works and the Directive on Scientific Research and Publication Ethics of Higher Education Institutions.
Journal of Research and Development in Nursing is a publication of the Association for Research and Development in Nursing.
Journal of Research and Development in Nursing has adopted the International Ethical Publishing Principles published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME). It is also committed to comply with the decisions of the Turkish Editors' Workshop.
Journal of Research and Development in Nursing is committed to comply with the decisions of the Turkish Editors' Workshop.
Articles submitted to the Journal of Research and Development in Nursing should be appropriate to the purpose and scope of the journal.
Journal of Research and Development in Nursing conducts a double blind review process. All manuscripts will first be evaluated by the editor for suitability to the journal. Manuscripts deemed appropriate are sent to at least two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the manuscript.
The evaluation of articles submitted to the Journal of Research and Development in Nursing is completed in an average of 3-6 months. Accepted articles are published within 9 months on average.

Declaration on Publication Ethics and Publication Abuse
It is important that all stakeholders (authors, reviewers and editors) involved in the publication process of the journal comply with the standards for ethical principles. The Journal of Research and Development in Nursing adheres to national and international standards on research and publication ethics.
Submitted articles must not have been previously published or submitted to more than one journal simultaneously.
Plagiarism, duplication, false authorship/ denied authorship, research/data fabrication, article slicing, sliced publication, copyright infringement and concealment of conflict of interest are considered unethical behaviors. All articles that do not comply with accepted ethical standards are removed from publication. This includes articles containing possible irregularities and non-conformities detected after publication.
All articles that do not comply with accepted ethical standards will be removed from publication. This includes articles containing possible irregularities and inappropriateness detected after publication.
The Journal of Research Development in Nursing adheres to COPE's Ethical Toolkit for Successful Editorial Practice. The editors of the Journal of Research Development in Nursing will take measures to prevent the publication of manuscripts in which plagiarism, citation manipulation, data falsification, data fabrication, and other research misconduct have occurred. In no case will the Journal of Research Development in Nursing or its editors knowingly allow such misconduct to occur. In the event that the editors of the Journal of Research Development in Nursing become aware of any allegations of research misconduct related to an article published in their journal, they will follow COPE's guidelines regarding allegations. Reviewers should inform the Editor if they suspect research or publication misconduct. The Editor is responsible for taking necessary action in accordance with COPE recommendations.
The Journal of Research and Development in Nursing is committed to following the COPE flowcharts when faced with allegations of misconduct on the following or similar issues. The Journal of Research and Development in Nursing is committed to following the COPE flowcharts when faced with allegations of misconduct in the following or similar areas.
• What to do if a rebroadcast is suspected
• What to do when plagiarism is suspected
• What to do when fabricated data is suspected
• What to do when requesting a change of authorship
• What to do when an undisclosed conflict of interest is suspected
• What to do when unfair or gift authorship is suspected
• What to do when an ethical problem is suspected in an article
• What to do when directly notified of a suspected ethical violation by e-mail, etc.
• What to do when a suspected ethical violation is announced via social media

Research Ethics
The Journal of Research and Development in Nursing observes the highest standards in research ethics and adopts the international research ethics principles defined below. It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure that the articles comply with ethical rules.
• The principles of integrity, quality and transparency should be ensured in the design, review of the design and conduct of the research.
• The research team and participants should be fully informed about the purpose of the research, its methods and its anticipated potential uses, and the requirements and risks, if any, of participating in the research.
• Confidentiality of information provided by research participants and confidentiality of respondents must be ensured. The research should be designed to protect the autonomy and dignity of the participants.
• Research participants should take part in the research voluntarily and should not be under any coercion.
• Harm to participants should be avoided. The research should be planned in a way that does not put participants at risk.
• Research independence must be clear and explicit; any conflict of interest must be disclosed.
• In experimental studies with human subjects, the written informed consent of the participants who decide to participate in the research must be obtained. Consent must be obtained from the legal guardian of children and those under guardianship or with a confirmed mental illness.
• If the study will be conducted in any institution or organization, approval must be obtained from this institution or organization that the study will be conducted.
• In studies with a human element, it should be stated in the “method” section that “informed consent” was obtained from the participants and ethics committee approval was obtained from the institution where the study was conducted.
The Journal of Research and Development in Nursing adopts the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) “Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors” and “Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers” to provide ethical assurance in scientific periodical publishing. In this context, the following points should be followed in the studies submitted to the journal:
1) For research in all disciplines that require ethics committee approval (ethics committee approval must be obtained, this approval must be stated and documented in the article.
2) In studies requiring ethics committee approval, information about the permission (name of the committee, date and number) should be included in the method section and on one of the first/last pages of the article; in case reports, information on the signature of the informed consent form should be included in the article.

Plagiarism
Plagiarism is presenting the ideas, methods, data, applications, writings, figures or works of others as one's own work in whole or in part without citing the owners in accordance with scientific rules.
The Journal of Research and Development in Nursing screens all submitted articles to prevent plagiarism. Studies submitted for review are checked for plagiarism using Turnitin & iThenticate, etc. software. The similarity rate is expected to be less than 20%. The main measure of similarity is the author's compliance with the citation and citation rules. If the similarity rate appears to be 1%, but the citation and citation are not done properly, plagiarism may still be in question. In this respect, citation and quotation rules should be known and carefully applied by the author.

Within the scope of publication ethics of the Journal of Research and Development in Nursing, all stakeholders are expected to carry the following ethical responsibilities.

1. Responsibilities of Authors
• The author must comply with research and publication guidelines.
• All named authors must contribute significantly to the research. There should be no unfair authorship.
• The author should not attempt to publish the same study in more than one journal.
• The author should cite the works used in the writing of the article in full in the bibliography.
• All data in the article must be authentic and original.
• All authors must ensure that retractions and errors are corrected.
• The bibliography list must be complete.
• For research conducted with support, the persons, institutions or organizations providing support and their contributions to the research should be indicated.
• Authors should submit their articles in accordance with the journal's writing rules.

2. Responsibilities of Arbitrators
• Reviewers should not have any conflicts of interest related to the research, the authors and/or the research funders.
• The reviewers' evaluations should be objective.
• The language and style used by the referees should not offend the author.
• Reviewers should ensure that all information regarding submitted manuscripts remains confidential until the manuscript is published.
• Reviewers should notify the editor if they notice copyright infringement or plagiarism in the work they review.
• A reviewer who feels inadequate to review a manuscript or feels that he/she cannot complete the review within the specified timeframe should withdraw from the review process.
• During the review process, reviewers are expected to consider the following points: Does the article contain new and important information? / Does the abstract clearly and properly describe the content of the article? / Is the methodology described in a coherent and understandable way? / Are the interpretations and conclusions supported by the findings? / Are adequate references given to other studies in the field? / Is the language quality adequate?

3. Responsibilities of Editors
• The editor evaluates manuscripts for scientific content without regard to the ethnicity, gender, citizenship, religious beliefs or political opinions of the authors.
• The Editor conducts fair double-blind peer review of manuscripts submitted for publication and ensures that all information about submitted manuscripts is kept confidential before publication.
• The editor informs the reviewers that the manuscripts are confidential and that this is a privileged interaction. Reviewers and the editorial board cannot discuss manuscripts with other people.
• The anonymity of reviewers must be ensured. In certain cases, the editor may share a reviewer's review with other reviewers to clarify a particular point.
• The editor is responsible for the content and overall quality of the publication. It is also his/her responsibility to issue a correction note or retraction when necessary.
• The editor does not allow any conflict of interest between authors, editors and reviewers. The Editorial Board only has full authority to appoint reviewers and is responsible for the final decision regarding the publication of manuscripts in the journal.

Protection of Participants' Personal Data
The Journal of Research Development in Nursing requires that all research involving personal or sensitive data or materials relating to human participants that are not legally available to the public be subject to formal ethical review.

Correction, Retraction, Expression of Concern
Editors may consider publishing a correction if minor errors are identified in the published article that do not affect the findings, interpretations and conclusions. Editors should consider retracting the manuscript if there are major errors/violations that invalidate the findings and conclusions. Editors should consider issuing a statement of concern if there is a possibility of research or publication misconduct by the authors; there is evidence that the findings are unreliable and that the authors' institutions have not investigated the incident; or the potential investigation appears unfair or inconclusive. COPE guidelines regarding correction, withdrawal or expression of concern are taken into account.

Ethical Violation Notifications
Readers can send an e-mail to hemarge@gmail.com if they notice a significant error or inaccuracy in an article published in the Journal of Research and Development in Nursing or if they have any complaints about the editorial content (plagiarism, duplicate articles, etc.).