Hastane Öncesi Dergisi

The aim of the journal is to provide publication of multidisciplinary scientific studies related to disaster and emergency management, which have begun to mature relatively late in the academic field of our country, and to contribute to the accumulation of knowledge in this field in our country which has a high level of disaster.

Pre-Hospital Journal, which covers the disaster and emergency services; scientific and research articles on emergency and disaster management, pre-hospital emergency health services, emergency medicine, emergency nursing, occupational health education, forensic medicine, fire and civil defense services, security services, occupational health and safety, case reports, current reviews and It is a multi-disciplinary publication which includes translation writings.

STUDY CATEGORIES TO BE ACCEPTED IN THE JOURNAL

A.     Research Articles; It consists of field studies, basic or clinical research, conducted on issues that are in line with journal policy.

Abstract should be prepared separately in Turkish and English languages ​​and should not exceed 300 words.

At the top of the Abstract (Abstract Title should be used), there should be the title of the study, content should be composed of the subheadings “Objective”, “Materials and Methods”, “Results” and “Conclusion. Turkish and English abstracts should contain at least 3 and 6 words at the bottom of the abstract. Full text; It consists of “Introduction”, “Objective”, “Materials and Methods”, “Results”, “Discussion”, “Study Limitations” and “Conclusion”. Full text just below the "References" should take place. The study should not exceed 10000 words in total.

The points to be considered in the content of research articles;

The main text of the study should consist of the following sections

Introduction; It should consist of three paragraphs. In the first paragraph, brief information about the subject of the study should be given, in the second paragraph, there should be a discussion topic that triggered the study, and in the last paragraph the purpose of the study should be included.

Aim; The aim and hypothesis of the research or research questions should be written.

Materials and Methods; Methods of study, population and sample, analysis methods, statistical programs used, measurement and evaluation methods should be included.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria should be included in the sample.

Findings; This section should be given to the findings of the study, the results should take place or literature review. Findings should consist of demographic characteristics and findings that test the study hypothesis and should not include findings that will not be included in the discussion section. Findings should be supported by tables and graphs.

Discussion; In this section, main and side results of the study are given. The results obtained are compared with similar results in the literature. Discussion topics irrelevant to the study results and not supported by the findings section should not be included.

Limitations; restrictive factors encountered in the study process should be mentioned in this section with a few sentences.

Result; The main conclusions of the study and the effects of the conclusions on existing practices should be included in this section with two paragraphs. Conclusion sentences incompatible with the purpose, subject and findings of the study should not be included. 

B.     Review Articles; In accordance with the Journal policy issues, and supported by the current international literature are scientific studies. The study should consist of abstract and full text sections.

Abstract (Abstract should be used) should be prepared separately in Turkish and English languages and should not exceed 200 words. The full text consists of “Introduction”, “Study Subheadings” and “Result”. Full text just below the "Resources" should take place. The study should not exceed 4000 words in total.

C. Case Reports; The aim of this course is to evaluate the cases that are encountered in the field of emergency services, supported by scientific knowledge and data, and which have education and information dimension. The study should consist of abstract and full text sections.

Abstract (Abstract should be used) should be prepared separately in Turkish and English languages and should not exceed 100 words. The full text should consist of “Introduction”, “Case Report” and “Discussion”. “References. Should appear just below the full text. The study should not exceed 2000 words in total.

D. Translation Articles; Covered by the publication of the Pre-Hospital Journal, the articles published in related scientific journals include shortened translations of important and current studies in terms of emergency services. Transcripts should be accompanied by a copy of the original article and permission letter.

E. Letter to the Editor; The developments that are requested to be announced to the wider masses about the developments that occur within the scope of the pre-

hospital journal can be sent to the editor in a letter format.

1.Pre-Hospital Journal (PHJ) is a national refereed scientific journal that works with a double-blind referee evaluation system and provides open access to readers. The journal is published twice a year: Fall (October-November) and Spring (March-April). Special numbers can be omitted if necessary.

2. In the studies that will be sent to the journal for evaluation, care must be taken the Turkish spelling rules.

3. Article submitted to the journal should not have been published in another journal, submitted for publication or accepted for publication. The name, place and date of the meeting should be indicated as a footnote in the papers that were presented and not published in any scientific meeting. 

4. Articles submitted to the Journal of Prehospital, editor and assistant preliminary examination is taken in terms of form and content by editors, in general, it is worth being judged and published in the journal are then sent to referees. The article is sent to 2 (two) referees related to the field. Which article is sent to which referees is decided according to the referees 'and articles' interests. No information is given to the authors about the identity of the referees evaluating the article, and to the referees about the identity of the submitted article. The referee reports are confidential.

5. Article sent from the two arbitrators are queued to be published article reported the case of a positive opinion. The article is not published under any circumstances in case of negative feedback from both referees. If two referees give different opinions, the article is sent to a third referee; it is decided to publish or not to publish according to the third referee's response. According to the reports from the referees, it is decided whether the article should be published (acceptance), corrected, added or removed, or not (rejected) and this decision will be notified to the author or authors.

6. If the referees give their opinion in the direction of correction, the author is applied and the author is asked to complete and send the necessary corrections. No changes can be made to the articles sent for correction, other than the requests of the referees and the editor. Corrected articles are not published unless they are corrected within the time specified by the author or authors.

7. No fee is paid to the authors for the articles published in the journal. The articles submitted to the journal for publication are not sent back, whether they are published or not. However, the articles requested correction can be sent back to ensure the correction.

8. The opinions and scientific responsibilities in the articles belong to the author or authors and do not link the Pre-Hospital Journal. If the articles are accepted for publication, the Pre-Hospital Journal will have all the publishing rights. In case the decision would have transferred the study to be published in the Journal of Prehospital broadcast rights to the authors.

9. By the author of the article and the following values of the layout must be made in an appropriate manner:

Paper Size: A4 Vertical (Horizontal pages should not be included in the article)

Top Margin: 3 cm

Bottom Margin: 3 cm

Left Margin: 3 cm

Right Margin: 3 cm

Font: Times New Roman

Font Size: 12 in title, 11 in text, 10 in abstracts and 9 in footnotes

Paragraph Spacing: First 6 pt - then 0 pt

Paragraph Indent: First Line 1.25 cm in text, Hanging 0.4 cm in footnotes.

Line Spacing: 1 in 1.5 footnotes in the text.

Main headings (first level) should be written in 14 pt, bold and capitalized. Subheadings (second level) under the main headings should be 12 pt, bold and the first letters uppercase. Other titles (third level) under the subtitles should be written in 12 font size, bold, and initial letters are lowercase.

There should not be any space before the point at the end of the sentence and the sentence should be started by leaving a space after the point.

There should be no spaces before the comma and there should be a space between the words in the sentence.

Comma must be used when separating decimal numbers.

It should be written without a space between the percent sign (%) and numbers. The percent sign should be written before the number in Turkish articles and after the number in English articles. (  ), “” And / sign should be written without a space before and after the sentence / word.

Numbers or letters should not be used for itemizations in the text.

Various statistics; For example, italics should be displayed when variance analysis values (F, t, z), correlation (R, r) and other statistical indicators are reported.

All units used must be "System International" (SI) units. Generic names of drugs should be used. Trade name should not be used.

Abbreviation should not be used in title or abstract. Abbreviations should be made where the relevant words are first used in the text and the number of abbreviations should be as low as possible. No source should be specified in the Summary section.

Table titles should be given on the table and the first letter of the words should be capitalized (Ex: Table 1: Factors Affecting Patient Safety).

Figure / graphic titles should be given below the figures / graphics, should be written in italics and the first letter of the words should be lowercase (Example: Figure 1: Miller's mastery pyramid for clinical evaluation).

ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE AUTHORS
The author(s) who submit a study to the Journal of Pre-Hospital are expected to comply with the following ethical responsibilities:
• The articles submitted by the author(s) are expected to be original. If the author(s) benefit from or use other works, they are required to cite completely and accurately.
• Persons who do not contribute to the content intellectually in the creation of the article should not be specified as authors.
• Situations that may constitute a conflict of interest of all articles submitted for publication should be disclosed.
• If there is an institution that provides financial support for commercial connection or work at any stage; The authors have to explain to the editor that they have no commercial relationship with the commercial product and drug used, or how they are related, if any.
• Raw data regarding the articles can be requested from the author(s) within the framework of the evaluation processes. In such a case, the data expected from the author(s) should be ready to present the information to the editorial board and scientific committee.
• The author(s) must have a document showing that they have the right to use the obtained data, the necessary permissions for the research/analysis, or the consent of the experimented subjects.
• In the event that the author(s) notices an error in the published or under review article, they have an obligation to cooperate with the editor in informing, correcting or withdrawing the articles.
• An article published in another journal cannot be submitted to the Pre-Hospital Journal. Articles cannot be included in the application process of more than one journal at the same time. Each application can be started following the completion of the previous application.
• Changing the author responsibilities of a work whose evaluation process has begun (such as adding an author, changing the order of authors, removing an author) cannot be proposed.

Copyright

In order for a journal article to be submitted for publication, the article must not have been published in another journal before and has not been evaluated for publication elsewhere. Articles and texts published in this journal are copyrighted by their authors, except for commercial purposes and cited.

ETHICAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EDITORS
Editors and field editors must have the following ethical duties and responsibilities on the basis of the "COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" guidelines published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

General duties and responsibilities of editors;
Editors are responsible for all studies published in the Journal of Pre-Hospital and are obliged to implement the "Blind Refereeing and Evaluation Process" in the journal publication policies.
There are also the following role and responsibilities:
• Continuously ensure the development of the journal.
• Make efforts to meet the information needs of readers and authors.
• Should support freedom of thought.
• Ensure academic integrity.
• Must carry out business processes without compromising intellectual property rights and ethical standards.
• Show clarity and transparency in terms of publication on issues that require correction or explanation.
• Carry out processes aimed at improving the quality of the studies published in the journal.
• Should make an effort on dynamically updating the referee pool.
• Should work to develop of a wide range of referee pool
• Should respond any complaints enlighteningly and explanatorily by carefully examining complaints from referees, readers or authors.
• The journal owner, publisher and any other political and commercial element should not affect the independent decision-making of the editors.
• The editors; considering the conflicts of interest between the author(s), referees and other editors, should ensure that the publication process of the studies is completed independently and impartially.

The Duties and Responsibilities of Editors Towards Authors:
• They should make positive or negative decisions based on the original value of the articles, their importance, the clarity of the narrative and the objectives of the journal.
• It should take the studies that are suitable for the scope of the publication to the pre-evaluation stage as long as there are no significant problems and should not ignore the positive referee recommendations.
• Newly appointed editors should not change the decisions made by the previous editor(s) for the work unless there is a significant problem.
• The " Blind Refereeing and Evaluation Process" must be published and editors should prevent any problems from the processes defined.
• To consider whether there is a conflict of interest between the author(s) and the referees.
• To prevent unkind and unscientific assessments.
• Informative notification and return should be provided to the author (s).

The Duties and Responsibilities of Editors Towards Referees:
• Determine the referees in accordance with the working subjects.
• Provide the information and guidance that referees will need during the evaluation phase.
• Keep the identity of referees confidential in the context of blind refereeing.
• Should encourage referees to evaluate the articles in an impartial, scientific and objective way.
• Determine practices and policies that improve the performance of referees.

The Duties and Responsibilities of The Editors Towards the Editorial Board;
• Editors must ensure that all editorial processes proceed in accordance with publication policies and guidelines.
• Inform the members of the editorial board about the publication policies.
• Ensure that the members of the editorial board evaluate the work impartially and independently.
• The editorial board should determine its members in a way that can contribute to the field.
• The editorial board should submit the studies for evaluation in accordance with the members' specialty
• The editors should interact regularly with the editorial board.
• Should periodically organize meetings with the editorial board for the development of publication policies and the journal.

The duties and responsibilities of editors towards readers:
• Editors should make decisions based on the expectations of all readers, researchers and practitioners for the knowledge, skills and experience they need.
• Editors should take into account feedback from readers and provide descriptive and informative feedback.

Publisher relations with the editor:
The relationship between editors and publisher is based on the principle of editorial independence. All decisions taken by editors are independent of the publisher and the journal owner.

Quality assurance:
The editors are responsible for the publication of each article published in the journal in accordance with the journal publication policies and international standards.

Protection of personal data:
• Editors are obliged to ensure the protection of personal data related to subjects or images in the evaluated studies.
• Editors are tasked with refusing to work unless the explicit consent of the individuals used in the studies is documented.
• In addition, editors; is responsible for protecting the individual data of the author, referee and readers.

Ethics committee, human and animal rights:
• Editors are obliged to ensure the protection of human and animal rights in the studies evaluated.
• Editors are responsible for refusing to work in the absence of ethics committee approval for subjects used in studies and permissions for experimental research.
• Authors should comply with the ethics standards of the relevant committee and the Helsinki Declaration regarding medical research on humans when conducting and reporting experimental research on human beings.

Prevention against possible misconduct:
• Editors are obliged to take precautions against possible misconduct.
• In addition to conducting a rigorous and objective investigation into the identification and evaluation of complaints against this situation, it is the editor's responsibility to share the findings.

Protection of intellectual property rights:
• Editors are obliged to protect the intellectual property rights of all published articles and to defend the rights of the journal and the author(s) in possible violations.
• In addition, editors are obliged to take the necessary measures to ensure that the contents of all published articles do not violate the intellectual property rights of other publications.

Plagiarism
Studies submitted to the Journal of Pre-Hospital are screened with Turnitin plagiarism program. Excluding the bibliography and references, as a result of the search made for the main text of the article, the similarity with other texts should not exceed 15% without citing the source. At rates between 10% and 30%, the author may be contacted and requested to correct the situation. However, the article is rejected for similarities without references exceeding 30%.

The journal considers the following conditions to be plagiarism:
• Trying to publish someone else's work as your own,
• To use sentences or ideas as a whole from someone else's work without citation,
In citations, not to show sentences in quotation marks or to specify them with a smaller spelling size, even though they should be used,
• Not to give the source correctly or to mislead the source in the citations,
• To change the author's statements and/or to include them in the study, using them in different words, without citing them in quotes.

Ethical Responsibilities of Referees
Evaluation of all studies with "Blinding Refereeing" directly affects the quality of publication. This process provides confidence through objective and independent evaluation of the publication. The evaluation process in the Pre-Hospital Journal is carried out with the principle of double-sided blind refereeing. Referees cannot contact the authors directly, evaluations and comments are communicated through the dergipark management system. In this process, referee comments on evaluation forms and full texts are forwarded to the author(s) through the editor.

Referees must have the following ethical responsibilities:
• Referees should only agree to evaluate studies related to their area of expertise.
• Should make the evaluation in impartiality and confidentiality.
• If the referee thinks that he or she is facing a conflict of interest during the evaluation process, he should refuse to evaluate.
• In accordance with the privacy policy, they should destroy the studies they are examining after the evaluation process. It can only use final versions of the studies they review only after they are published.
• It should objectively make the evaluation only in relation to the content of the study. It should not allow nationality, gender, religious beliefs, political beliefs and commercial concerns to influence the evaluation.
• It should make the assessment in constructive and gentle language. It should not make derogatory personal comments that are hostile, defamatory and insulting.
• Referees should carry out the work they agree to evaluate on time and in the above ethical responsibilities.

Ethical Principals of The Publisher
The Association for Standardization and Accreditation in Paramedic Education (PESAD) is the publisher of the Pre-Hospital Journal. PESAD bears the following ethical responsibilities:
• It determines the editor and editorial board from areas that comply with the journal policies and from people with sufficient academic experience.
• It does not intervene in the subjects in the areas of responsibility of the editors, editorial boards and referees, especially the evaluation processes of the studies submitted to the journal, and provides an independent and impartial working environment.
• It is responsible for taking measures related to all kinds of scientific misconduct and plagiarism related to editors.

If You Encounter an Unethical Situation
If you encounter any unethical situations or other unethical behavior or content mentioned above in the Pre-Hospital Journal, please report it to hastaneoncesidergisi@gmail.com.

JOURNAL POLICY
• Pre-Hospital Journal (HOD) is a national peer-reviewed scientific journal that offers open access to readers. The journal is published twice a year, the fall (October-November) and Spring (March-April). Special numbers can be published when necessary.
• No fees are charged for the studies submitted to the journal for publication.
• Turkish writing rules should be taken care of in the studies to be sent to the journal for evaluation.
• Manuscripts submitted to the journal should not have been published in another journal before, sent for publication or accepted for publication. In the articles presented and not published in any scientific meeting, the name, place and date of the meeting should be indicated as footnotes.
• The articles submitted to the Pre-Hospital Journal are pre-examined by the editors and assistant editors in terms of structure and content, deciding whether they are worth publishing in the journal and then sent to the referees. The article is sent to 2 (two) referees related to the field. It is decided which article to send to which referees according to the interests of the referees and the articles. The authors are not informed about the identities of the referees evaluating the article and the referees are not informed about who owns the submitted article. Referee reports are confidential.
• In the case of positive opinions from the two-referee sent to the article, the article is set to be published. In case of negative opinions from two referees, the article is not published in any way. If the two referees report different views from each other, the article is sent to a third referee; The third referee decides to publish or not publish according to the answer to give. According to the reports from the referees, the publication of the article is determined to publish (accept), correction, add or remove (rejection), and this decision is reported to the authors.
• Authors can withdraw their work at any stage of the evaluation process.

JPH is an online-only Open Access journal distributed free of charge. JPH does not charge any fee for submission or publication from authors.