Instructions to authors
“International Journal of Tokat Medical Sciences”, formerly known as “Gaziosmanpaşa University Faculty of Medicine Journal”, publishes research, case reports, reviews and letters to the editor in the field of health. The journal is published three issues a year.
The written language of the journal is Turkish and English (Full text is accepted in both languages). Turkish articles must comply with the Turkish dictionary and spelling guide of the Turkish Language Association. English articles are carefully examined by the journal editorial board for grammatical rules and spelling errors.
Our journal receives and follows articles through the Dergipark System. With this system, which allows authors to be followed quickly and easily, the follow-up and evaluation of articles by our journal can also be fast and easy. For submitted articles; No fee is charged at any stage for submission, evaluation or publication.
The evaluation of manuscripts submitted to our journal is based on independent, impartial, double-blind referee reports. Submitted manuscripts are rigorously evaluated by members of the Editorial Board for their originality, methodology and the importance of the topic under discussion. This is followed by impartial double-blind peer review by two or more independent experts in the field. Submitted manuscripts are first evaluated by at least two advisory board members whose names are kept confidential. Then, the reviews of the articles completed by the advisory board are discussed in the editorial board. The reviewers are not aware of the identity of the authors and the authors are not aware of the identity of the reviewers. For all submissions, the Editorial Board is the final authority in the decision-making process.
More detailed information about the refereeing process, the responsibilities of referees, and the responsibilities of editors towards referees can be found under Ethical Principles and Publication Policy.
Ethical Rules
It is under the heading of ethical principles and publication policy.
Similarity Rules
“International Journal of Tokat Medical Sciences” (formerly “Gaziosmanpaşa University Faculty of Medicine Journal”) evaluates all submissions through the journal's similarity system (https://intihal.net/). In this review, the article should not have any unacceptable similarity to data previously published elsewhere, even if the previous sentences and statements are the authors themselves.
Authorship Criteria
All names included as authors in articles submitted to the “International Journal of Tokat Medical Sciences” (formerly “Gaziosmanpaşa University Faculty of Medicine Journal”) must meet the authorship rules recommended by ICMJE (www.icmje.org).
Authorship conditions recommended by ICMJE (www.icmje.org) are listed as follows:
1. Have made a significant contribution to the concept/design of the study, or to the collection, analysis and interpretation of data for the study;
2. Having drafted the article or made critical reviews of important intellectual content;
3. Having reviewed and approved the final version of the article before publication;
4. Agree to be responsible for all aspects of the work to ensure that questions regarding the validity and accuracy of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
An author must meet these four (4) criteria, take responsibility for the parts he/she contributed to the work, and be able to identify which parts of the work other authors contributed to. Responsibility for all articles sent to our journal belongs to the authors.
In all articles submitted to the “International Journal of Tokat Medical Sciences” (formerly “Gaziosmanpaşa University Faculty of Medicine Journal”), authors must comply with the above-mentioned authorship rights. The corresponding author and all other authors included in the article must sign the Copyright Transfer Form stating that they approve the article sent through the Dergipark system.
Fee Policy
“International Journal of Tokat Medical Sciences” (formerly “Gaziosmanpaşa University Faculty of Medicine Journal”) does not charge a fee for any article submitted.
Preparation of Manuscripts
All articles submitted to the “International Journal of Tokat Medical Sciences” (formerly “Gaziosmanpaşa University Faculty of Medicine Journal”) must be prepared in accordance with ICMJE (https://www.icmje.org/icmje-recommendations.pdf) criteria. Articles can only be submitted via the journal's online article upload and evaluation system in the Dergipark system. Articles sent from other places are not taken into consideration.
Articles should be written on a computer file on a page of standard A4 size, with approximately 2.5 cm of space on the right and left edges, "Times New Roman" character, 12 point font and 1.15 line spacing.
Authors are required to upload the article's Main Text (without the author's name, institution/organization name, in completely blind main text), Title Page and Copyright Form (signed by the author(s)) to the online article system during the first submission.
In the main text of the article
(i) Turkish and English titles,
(ii) Turkish and English abstracts (The abstract should not exceed 250 words. In the Turkish abstract, the titles should be listed as: Aim, Material and Method, Results, Conclusion, Keywords.
In the English summary, the titles should be listed as: Objective, Material and Methods, Results, Conclusion, Keywords) ;
(iii) Introduction;
(iv) Materials and Methods;
(v) Findings;
(vi) Discussion;
(vii) There are bibliography sections.
It is preferred to indicate the materials and methods, findings and discussion sections with subheadings when necessary (the title should be italicized and bold in subheadings). In accepted articles, conflict of interest, financial support, persons or institutions to be thanked, if any, author contributions and ethics committee statement are added before the references. Heading numbering should not be used in sections and subheadings. The title page will be uploaded to the system as an additional file in table form. (Author names (title, first name, surname), institutions where the author(s) work, contact addresses, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address and ORCID numbers). The institution where the corresponding author works, contact information and ORCID information should be included in this file. The authors' contributions to the study will also be stated in this file. "Copyright Transfer Form": This form must be signed by all authors and uploaded to the system.
Research article: These are original scientific articles based on scientific research, studies, observations and experiments.
These articles should include
(i) Abstract (Turkish and English)
(ii) Introduction,
(iii) Materials and methods,
(iv) Results,
(v) Discussion and
(vi) References subheadings.
Case Reports: Our journal contains a limited number of case reports and only rare cases are included.
Case reports should include
(i) Abstract (Turkish and English)
(ii) Introduction,
(iii) Case presentation,
(iv) Discussion and
(vii) References subheadings.
Letters to the Editor: This is the definition given to texts written for informational purposes that do not comply with the standard article rules of the journal. It is a communication tool both between the author of the article and the reader, and between the editor. Opinions or comments about another article published in our journal can be expressed through a Letter to the Editor. Letters in this form are sent to the author of the article they are about and asked if they would like to provide additional comments or answers.
Tables and Figures
Tables should be added to the main article file after the references. Each table should be on a separate page. There should be an explanatory/descriptive title above each table. Abbreviations used in the table should be defined below the table. These explanations under the table should be given in alphabetical order. Figures, graphs and photographs should be added to the main article file after the tables. Thick and thin arrows, stars, asterisks and similar signs can be used in the images. Descriptive information in figures, graphics and photographs should be given under the relevant figure, graphic or photograph.
As in the rest of the article, figures, graphics, pictures and tables should be blinded. For this reason, institutional information in figures, graphics, pictures and tables should be deleted and any persons in the picture should not be recognized.
References
"National Library of Health (NLM) Citation Writing Style" is used to display the references of "International Journal of Tokat Medical Sciences" (formerly known as "Gaziosmanpaşa University Faculty of Medicine Journal"). They should be arranged in parentheses according to the order in which they are mentioned in the article. (example: ...as previously defined (1)”). If several sources are to be shown at the same time, the sources are listed in parentheses from smallest to largest number and separated by commas (1, 3, 7, 10). In consecutive references, it should be shown as (1-5) rather than (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). In consecutive references, the date order is from oldest to newest, that is, the lower number should be given to the oldest one. If it refers to any author, it should come immediately after the reference author's name. “Beck (1), Öztürk (2)”. Unpublished results, personal opinions, and unreachable web pages should not be cited as sources here. Reviewers must cite only studies from which they directly draw; References whose existence cannot be verified will be requested from the authors during publication preparation.
Writing the references
All sources are listed in the order they are cited in the text. The list under the bibliography heading should include all references in the text. Since our journal uses the "National Library of Health (NLM) Reference Writing Style", all abbreviations in the references must comply with the NLM Catalogue. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog?Db=journals&Cmd=DetailsSearch&Term=currentlyindexed%5BAll%5D).
When there are six or fewer authors (articles with 1-6 authors), all authors must be written individually.
1. Gevrek F, Akyörük A, Kara M, Katar M, Erdemir F. Investigation of the sperm aquaporin molecules expression in fertile and infertile men. Ann Med Res. 2023;30(8):893-898.
2. Dumanlı A, Görgülü A, Seyrimez Ö, Aydın S, Gencer A. Diş Kliniğinde Tedavi Sırasında Tehlikeli Diş Aspirasyonu. Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi. 2023; 15(3): 89-94.
When there are more than six (6) authors, the sixth author is followed by "et al." in Turkish sources. For English sources, “et al.” abbreviation should be added.
1. Kölükçü V, Balta MG, Tapar H, Karaman T, Karaman S, Ünsal V, ve ark. Etomidate alleviates ovarian ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2024;30(6):375-381.
Book:
1. Öztürk MO, Uluşahin A. Mental health and disorders. 10th Edition. Nobel Medical Bookstores: Ankara, 2024; p:291-342.
Thesis:
Unpublished Thesis
Aydın S. Metacognitive beliefs and processes in patients with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and bipolar disorder type-1 with psychotic features. Unpublished Specialization Thesis. Gaziosmanpaşa University Faculty of Medicine, 2022.
Çağlar ÖF. The effect of reflective functions and emotional expression on treatment response and side effects of antidepressant type drugs. Unpublished Specialization Thesis. Gaziosmanpaşa University Faculty of Medicine, 2022.
Published Thesis
Özsoy F, Kuloğlu MM. Evaluation of metacognitive functions in patients with major depressive disorder and panic disorder. JCM. 2017; 7(1): 42-49.
Article in electronic format:
World Health Organisation. Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention (EPP) [Internet]. 2024. [31.07.2024]. Link: https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/378271/9789240097124-eng.pdf?sequence=1.
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