INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS
The journal is the publication organ of Harran University Faculty of Medicine. Please read the following explanations when preparing an article for our journal. Harran University Faculty of Medicine Journal publishes clinical and experimental studies, letters to the editor, clinical case reports, technical and educational invited reviews, original images with the latest developments in medicine, video disease identification questions and letters to the editor that contribute to medical science and academic studies. Authors are not charged any fee during the article evaluation and publication process.
Acceptance for publication is based on the decision of at least two reviewers and the editorial committee. All kinds of publication rights of the articles accepted for publication belong to the journal. This right is determined with the signature of all authors with a specially designed publication right transfer form. The journal is published 3 times a year. The publication language of the journal is Turkish or English. English abstract is mandatory for Turkish articles and Turkish abstract is mandatory for English articles. The submitted manuscripts must be original and must not have been published in any journal before (Oral presentations and posters presented at scientific congresses are excluded). All kinds of responsibilities (ethical, scientific, legal, etc.) of the articles published in the journal belong to the authors. Articles that do not comply with the Spelling Rules and have a similarity rate of more than 25% in the plagiarism program are not evaluated.

WRITING RULES
Manuscripts submitted for publication should be written in Microsoft Word program. All articles, figures and graphics should be sent electronically. Except for the cover page, the names of the institutions and authors should not be mentioned anywhere in the manuscript.
All manuscripts should be arranged as follows.
1. Title Page
2. Turkish Abstract
3. English Abstract
4. Main Text (Manuscript)
5. Explanations
6. References
7. Tables
8. Figures and pictures
9. Subtitles

The article part (excluding abstract, references, tables, figures and captions) of research review articles should not exceed 4000 words in total, the abstract should not exceed 400 words, references should not exceed 40, and the number of tables and figures should not exceed 10. The limits are summarized in the table below. Case reports should consist of the following sections: Title, English title, Turkish and English abstract, introduction, presentation of the case(s), discussion and references. Case reports should not exceed 8 pages in total. Articles on technical and medical developments and image presentations of original subjects should not exceed 2 pages.

Type	Word limit	Abstract word limit	Limit on the number of tables and figures	Reference limit
Original article	4000*	400	10	40
Case report	2000*		2	10
Letter to the editor	500		2	5
Image presentations	300		2	3
Review **	-		-	-

*Excluding abstract, references, tables, figures and title
**No limit is applied.

PREPARATION OF ARTICLES
The text should be written in a simple and understandable style, adopt a scientific writing style and avoid unnecessary repetitions. The text should be written in Times New Roman 12-point font, double-spaced. Pages should be numbered in the lower right corner.

1 - TITLE PAGE
The title and short title of the manuscript should appear on the cover page. Both titles should be written in Turkish and English. The title of the article should not exceed 100 characters and the short title should not exceed 50 characters. The names, surnames, institutions, e-mail addresses and ORCID ID numbers of all authors who contributed to the study should be clearly written.
If the study has been presented in any congress before, the name of the congress, time (day-month-year and place of the congress) should be indicated.
If the study is derived from a graduate thesis, the date and thesis number (National Thesis Center) should be indicated.
At the bottom of the title page, the name, surname, open address, postal code, telephone and e-mail address of the author to be contacted should be written.

2- FULL TEXT
Full texts to be reviewed by the referees during the evaluation process should be uploaded to the system as a single file. The full text file should consist of the following sections and should be organized in this order.

a) Abstracts
The title of the manuscript should be short, easy to understand and describe the content of the manuscript. Turkish (Abstract) and English (Abstract) abstracts should be preceded by a title in Turkish and English. The abstract should be reflective of the article, important results should be given and their brief interpretation should be made. Abbreviations not explained in the abstract should not be used. The abstract should not exceed 400 words in research review articles and 200 words in case reports.
Abstract should be arranged as follows.
- Aim
- Materials and Methods
- Results
- Conclusions
These sections are not required in review and case report articles.

Keywords: Should be listed below the Turkish and English abstracts. A minimum of three and a maximum of five keywords should be included. Words should be separated from each other with commas (,). English keywords should be given in accordance with "Medical Subject Headings (MESH)" (www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html). Turkish keywords should be given in accordance with Turkish Science Terms (www.bilimterimleri.com).
All measurements should be written according to the metric system (International System of Units, SI). For example: mg/kg, µg/kg, mL, mL/kg, mL/kg/h, mL/kg/min, L/min/, mmHg, etc. Measurements and statistical data should be indicated by numbers unless they are at the beginning of a sentence. Numbers less than nine that do not express any unit should be written in writing.
Abbreviations in the text should be explained in parentheses where they are first used.

b) Main Text
In research articles, the main text should consist of the following sections.
- Introduction
- Materials and Methods
- Results
- Discussion.

Introduction: Information to explain the subject and the purpose of the study is included.
Materials and Methods: The place, time and planning of the study and the elements and methods used should be reported. Data collection, characteristics of patients and individuals, characteristics of the experimental study and statistical methods should be explained in detail.
Results: The data obtained should be presented together with the statistical results.
Discussion: The results of the study should be evaluated by comparing them with the literature.
All spellings should follow Turkish spelling rules and punctuation marks should be appropriate. Abbreviations should be avoided as much as possible, and if abbreviations are used, they should be explained in parentheses at the first mention. References, figures, tables and illustrations should be numbered according to the order in which they appear in the text.

c) References
References should be double-spaced. Source numbers should be given in ( ) before the period at the end of the sentence. If more than one source number is given, "," should be placed between the numbers, and if more than two consecutive source numbers are given, "-" should be placed between the numbers [e.g. (1,2), (1-3)]. If a journal is used as a source: year, volume, issue, start and end pages are given. If a book is used as a source: only the year, beginning and end pages are given. Surnames and initials of the authors should be written in the references. If the number of authors in the references is more than 6, the names of the first 6 authors are written and the names of the following authors are replaced with "et al." in English references and "ve ark." in Turkish references. Journal names should be abbreviated according to Index Medicus. The way of writing references should be like the examples below. Personal opinions and unpublished manuscripts should not be cited as references.
National Library of Medicine (NLM) style (https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html) should be used for in-text and end-of-text citation.
References should be organized in the language in which the manuscript is written and as shown in the examples below.

Articles in journals
Koyuncu I, Gonel A, Kocyigit A, Temiz E, Durgun M, Supuran CT. Selective inhibition of carbonic anhydrase-IX by sulphonamide derivatives induces pH and reactive oxygen species-mediated apoptosis in cervical cancer HeLa cells. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem. 2018; 33(1):1137-49.
The names of national journals published in Türkiye (except indexed ones) should be written in full.
Öztürk İA, Ertürk C, Bilge A, Altay MA, Altay N, Işıkan UE. The Effect of Surgical Treatment Methods on Compartment Pressure in Tibial Fractures. Journal of Harran University Faculty of Medicine. 2017;14(3):160-70.
Supplement
Solca M. Acute pain management: Unmet needs and new advances in pain management. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2002;19 Suppl 25: S3-10.
Unpublished online article
Das RR, Singh M, Naik SS. Vitamin D as an adjunct to antibiotics for the treatment of acute childhood pneumonia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018 Jul 19;7:CD011597. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011597.pub2. [Epub ahead of print] Review.
Books
1) Krogman WM, Iscan MY. The Human Skeleton in Forensic Medicine. Second ed. Springfield Illinois: Charles Thomas Publisher, 1986:189-243.
2) Beard SD. Gaines PA, eds. Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. London: WB Sounders, 1998:319-29.
Chapter from a Book
1) Soysal Z, Albek E, Eke M. Fetal rights. Soysal Z, Çakalır C, ed. Forensic Medicine, Volume III, Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty Publications, Istanbul, 1999:1635-1650.
2) Freidman WF. The intrinsic properties of the developing heart. In: Sonneblick E, Leschi M, Friedman WF, eds. Neonatal Heart Disease. New York: Grunestratton, 1999:21-50.
Internet article
Abood S. Quality improvement initiative in nursing homes: The ANA acts in an advisory role. Am J Nurs [serial on the Internet] 2002 [cited 12 Aug 2002]. Available from: www.nursingworld.org/AJN/2002/june/wawatch.htm
Website
Cancer-pain.org [homepage on the Internet]. New York: Association of Cancer Online Resources [updated 16 May 2002; cited 9 July 2002]. Available from: www.cancer-pain.org
Thesis
Gezer R: Morphological Characteristics of Rugae Palatina and Individual Differences. Master's Thesis, Şanlıurfa: Harran University Institute of Health Sciences, 2016.

d) Remarks
Author contributions, conflict of interest, ethical approval, financial resources (if any), contributing institutions, organizations and individuals should be indicated in this section.
Relationship of interest: If the authors have any relationship of interest, this should be disclosed.
Acknowledgments: This section should include people or institutions that are not mentioned as authors but should be thanked.

e) Tables, Figures, Pictures and Graphics
Tables and figures (drawings, pictures, graphs, micrographs, radiographs, etc.) must be named, numbered in the order of their occurrence in the text and indicated at the end of the relevant sentence where they are mentioned in the text. Tables (Table 1, Table 2, ...) and figures (Figure 1, Figure 2, ...) should be numbered consecutively and Roman numerals should not be used. Tables and figures should be given on a separate page after the references in the main text. Table captions should appear above the table and figure captions should appear below the figure. Explanations of tables and figures and their abbreviations in alphabetical order should be at the bottom. Magnification ratio and technique should be explained in microscopic images. Images should be clear with a minimum resolution of 300 dots per inch (dpi).
The editorial board may make changes it deems necessary without changing the essence of the manuscript.

COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLICATION ETHICS
Manuscripts must comply with the Declaration of Helsinki (https://www.wma.net/what-we-do/medical-ethics/declaration-of-helsinki/). Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with research and publication ethics. Authors should state that they accept the ethical principles in all human clinical trials and that they conduct the research in accordance with these principles. In the Materials and Methods section, they must state that they have obtained approval for each prospective and retrospective study from the ethics committee of the institution where the clinical research is conducted and that they have obtained informed consent from the participants or their guardians; in experimental studies involving animals, they must state that they protect animal rights and that they have obtained approval from the relevant experimental animal ethics committee. The ethics committee approval document must be submitted during the application to the journal regarding the results of experimental studies on humans or experimental animals. The author(s) should inform the Editor on the submission page if there is a commercial connection or an institution that provides financial support for the study; what kind of relationship with the commercial product, drug, company, etc. used. The absence of such a situation should also be stated on a separate page.
For studies requiring ethics committee approval, the Ethics Committee Approval Document must be uploaded to the system during the manuscript submission process and information about the permission (name of the committee, date and number) must be specified in the Materials and Methods section and also in the remarks section after the discussion section of the manuscript.

Research requiring Ethics Committee approval is as follows.
All kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using survey, interview, focus group study, observation, experiment, interview techniques,
Use of humans and animals (including materials/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,
Clinical trials in humans,
Research on animals,
Retrospective studies in accordance with the law on the protection of personal data, (In studies with archival scanning, the permission document obtained from the institution where the study was conducted should also be uploaded to the system when requested).
In the Case Reports-Series, the patient's open identity should not be shared and it should be stated that the "Informed Consent Form" has been obtained from the patient regarding permission for publication.

EVALUATION AFTER REVİEWER REPORT
Authors should write the corrections requested in the reviewer’s report as an answer in the answer section allocated to them. They should also make the necessary changes in the manuscript and resubmit it online by indicating (coloring) them in the manuscript.

FINAL CHECK LIST
1. The Transfer of Publication Rights Form has been completed and signed,
2. Author Contribution Form filled and signed,
3. Title and Short Title written in Turkish and English,
4. The abstract does not exceed 400 words in the article and 200 words in the case report,
5. Turkish and English Keywords (between 3-5),
6. References written in accordance with National Library of Medicine (NLM) style guidelines,
7. Tables and figures are numbered at the end of the main text,
8. Ethics committee approval and "informed consent form" information was added,
9. It was informed that it was not submitted to another journal (letter to the editor),
10. It is double-spaced, written in Times New Roman 12-point font, and the pages are numbered in the lower right corner.