Izmir Kâtip Celebi University Faculty of Health Sciences Journal is the publication of Izmir Kâtip Celebi University Faculty of Health Sciences. It is published three times a year (January-May-September). It is a peer-reviewed journal that is published in English as of October 24, 2025. The journal publishes current studies in the form of original research, reviews, case reports, and scientific articles in the form of editorial comments/discussions in the field of health sciences. User registration is required to submit and monitor the work via the Dergipark website ( https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ikcusbfd ).

Studies submitted to the journal for publication should not have been previously published in a journal or accepted for publication or evaluated. Studies presented at the congress or symposium should be indicated on the title page of the article. English articles should be understandable and faultless. Submitted articles must be arranged according to the journal rules and ready for printing.
The responsibility of the ideas advocated in the articles belongs to the author. The copyright of the published articles belongs to the journal and can not be transferred, even partially, without the permission of the journal. The articles included in the evaluation are primarily examined by the editorial board in terms of scientific content and compliance with ethical standards. Similarity and plagiarism checks are made for the submitted articles. Articles found to be plagiarized are immediately rejected.

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
İzmir Katip Çelebi University Faculty of Health Sciences Journal accepts the principle of compliance with the provisions and principles within the scope of Helsinki Declaration (2013 revision), Higher Education Council Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive (dated 29.08.2012, numbered 2012.18.946), Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, www.nap.edu/catalog/5140.html, Regulation on Working Procedures and Principles of the Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs Animal Experiments Ethics Committees (dated February 15, 2014, numbered 28914), Ministry of Health Regulation on Clinical Research of Medicines and Biological Products (13.04.2013 date, 28617 number) in all studies involving "human" and/or "animal".
İzmir Katip Çelebi University Faculty of Health Sciences Journal, Helsinki Declaration (2013 revision), Higher Education Council Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive (dated 29.08.2012, numbered 2012.18.946) in all studies involving "human" and/or "animal", Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, www.nap.edu / catalog / 5140.html, Regulation on the Working Procedures and Principles of Animal Experiments Ethics Committees of the Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs (dated 15 February 2014, 28914), accepts the principle of compliance with the provisions and principles within the scope of the Regulation on Clinical Research of Medicines and Biological Products (13.04.2013, number 28617).
In the presence of such researches, the authors must state in the "Materials and Methods, Ethical Aspects of the Researcher" sections of the article that they conducted the study in accordance with these principles and that the approval was obtained from the ethics committees of their institutions (name of the board, date and issue number).
The authors must state that they receive "Informed Consent" from their research participants in the "Materials and Methods, Ethical Aspects of the Research" sections of all studies involving the "Human" element. It should be noted that informed consent has been obtained from parents/first-degree responsible individuals on behalf of individuals who are not capable of making decisions (children, unconscious patients, etc.).

AUTHOR CONTRIBUTION
An "author" is considered to be an independent intellectual contributor to a published work and must meet the following four criteria:
1. Make significant contributions to the conceptual or design stages of the study or to the collection/processing, analysis, or interpretation of data,
2. Make important intellectual / conceptual critical arrangements regarding the preparation of the study draft or the content.
3. Author must approve the work ready for publication,
4. Acknowledge responsibility for all of the work, ensuring that questions regarding the accuracy and integrity of any part of the work are properly investigated and resolved.
Names stated as authors must be of authorship; The names of those of this nature should be reported sequentially in the study. Click for the author contribution form ( https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/journal-file/20564).

AUTHOR RESPONSIBILITY-DISCLAIMER
If any financial (cash-in-kind) support has been provided to the submitted research, the authors should explain whether there is a relationship of interest with the institutions providing this support, if any (institution/organization, type of support) and should indicate at the bottom of the title page. No fee/compensation is paid for the articles published in the journal. The editorial board acknowledges that the author (s) undertake that they will not send their articles to another journal until the evaluation process is completed.
The authors are responsible for the compliance of the manuscript with rules such as ethical, scientific, and legal. "The Manuscript Copyright Transfer Form" in the manuscript tracking system must be filled in and signed by all authors and uploaded to the submission system. Click for “The Manuscript Copyright Transfer Form”.   https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/journal-file/20567

GENERAL RULES FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE MANUSCRIPT

• Manuscript to be submitted to the journal should be prepared according to the spelling rules of the journal. The length of the manuscript should not exceed 6000 words except the title page, abstract, references, tables/figures/images.
• Templates should be used in preparation of the manuscripts; you can find the template for original article from here, systematic review from here, case presentation from here, and review from here.
• Standard abbreviations should be used in the text and they should be written without abbreviation where they are mentioned first. In the abbreviations at the beginning of the paragraph, the full name of the abbreviations should be written.
•  If drug names are used in the text, the generic names of the drugs should be written in their original form.
• Units of measurement should be given in accordance with the metric system; for example, it should be written as "mg", without a dot. If it gets afformative, it should be separated with ('). Laboratory measurements should be reported in the US; Systéme International: SI.
• Statistical data such as Cronbach Alpha and p values should be three-valued, and for decimal numbers, "dot" should be used in English texts. (Sample writing style for English texts: Cronbach alpha = 0.545, p = 0.002).
• Additional information such as scales and questionnaires used in the study can be added as a separate Word file.
• Full-text English articles that have been pre-checked are passed through a language check. In case of need, a certificate or document proving that it has passed the English language control is requested. 

MANUSCRIPT SECTIONS

Title and Author Information Page

Title and author information page should be given on a single page, separate from the main text. You can find the template for title page from here. The recommended article title length is 10-12 words. Abbreviations should not be used in the title. The running title should not exceeding 50 characters, excluding spaces.

The authors' names, surnames (in capital letters), e-mail addresses, institutions, ORCID numbers; for corresponding author, telephone, and e-mail address should be written. This information should only be given on the title page and not within the manuscript.

Main Text File

• Research Article: The research article should consist of Abstract, Introduction, Objective, Material and Method, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Contribution to the Field, and References if any and Table / Figure / Picture. In studies requiring ethics committee and institutional permission, information about the permission (name of the board, date, and number) should be included in the subheadings of "Material and Method, Ethical Aspect of the Study".  Ethics committee approval must be uploaded to the journal park system during article submission. The research article should be organized according to the template that can be downloaded from here. Research articles have reference limit of 50.
• Case Reports: These are articles that present and discuss the characteristics of one or more cases that have scientific features and importance from clinical evaluation, observation, or any other perspective. Case reports include Title Page,  Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Case Report, Discussion, Conclusion, Contribution to the Field, Ethical Aspect, References, Table / Figure / Picture. Main text subheadings are arranged as required by the content of the text. Case reports can be supported by photographs and flow charts. Expressions stating that the necessary permissions have been obtained for the photos and flowcharts should be indicated. Statements stating that the informed consent form was signed should be included in the subheadings of "Materials and Methods, Ethical Aspects of the Study". Case consent form in case reports must be uploaded to the journal park system during article submission. The case report should be arranged according to the template that can be downloaded from here. Case reports have reference limit of 50.
• Systematic Review Article: The systematic review article should consist of Abstract, Introduction, Objective, Material and Method, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Contribution to the Field, and References if any and Table/Figure/Picture. The systematic review article should be organized according to the template that can be downloaded from here. Systematic review articles have reference limit of 80.
• Review Article: These are the articles in which original ideas that address important theoretical or practical problems related to their subject are produced and discussed. The main text of the review; It includes Abstract, Introduction, Conclusion, Contribution to the Field, Resources, and Table / Figure / Picture sections; Main text sub-headings are arranged as required by the text content. The review article should be organized according to the template that can be downloaded from here. Review articles have reference limit of 50.

Although the subtitles to be included in the main text file vary according to the article type, they should be structured in the format described below.

Abstract

English and Turkish abstracts should be included under the title of the abstract.  Abstract length can not be below 150 words and above 250 words. Subheadings of the Abstract section in research articles; Objective, Material and Method, Results, and Conclusion should be structured with subtitles for  and English. Abstracts should be written without structuring in reviews and case reports. There should be at least three and at most five keywords at the end of the abstracts.

Keywords should be written according to MESH-Medical Subject Headings (https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/search). Except for the first keyword, the first letter of all other keywords should be written in lowercase, a comma should be used between the words and a period should be placed after the last word. In the summary text section, the first line of the paragraphs should be left-justified and not indented. The abstract should not include references and abbreviations. 

Main Text

The main text should be written in "Segoe UI" font with 9 punto.  In the upper right corner of the manuscript page, the "running title" that introduces the article to the reader should be written with the first letter in capital and the others in lowercase (Xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx). All headings should be numbered based on order and level. Main headings should be written in bold. For studies requiring ethical approval, there must be a "Ethical Aspects of the Research" subheading in the materials and methods section. You can find the examples below.

1. Introduction
1.1. Subheading (if any) (Second Level Heading)
1.1.1. Secondary Subheading (if any) (Third Level Heading)
"In this section, the basic information related to manuscript and rationale of the manuscript should briefly be mentioned by using subheadings when needed."
At the end of the introduction, the aim of the study and research questions or hypotheses should be written.

2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Subheading (if any) (Second Level Heading)
2.1.1. Secondary Subheading (if any) (Third Level Heading)
“This section is used in research articles and case reports”
Using the subheadings in this section, the type of the research, place where the research was conducted, the population/sample of the research, data collection tools, measurements/ intervention/procedure (if the research is an experimental or quasi-experimental study), evaluation of the data and statements indicating compliance with research and publication ethics should be included. In studies requiring ethics committee and institutional permission, information about the permission (name of the ethics committee, date, and number) should be included. It should be stated that informed consent of participants was obtained. It should be stated that informed consent was obtained from parents/first-degree responsible individuals on behalf of individuals who are not capable of making decisions (children, unconscious patients, etc.).

2.2. Ethical Aspects of the Research

This section is used for research articles and case reports. For studies requiring ethics committee approval and institutional permission, details regarding the approval (committee name, date, and decision/protocol number) must be included in this section. It must be stated that informed consent was obtained from the research participants. For individuals lacking decision-making capacity (e.g., children, unconscious patients), it must be stated that informed consent was obtained from their parents or legal guardians.

3. Results/Case Report
3.1. Subheading (if any) (Second Level Heading)
3.1.1. Secondary Subheading (if any) (Third Level Heading)
This section is used for research articles and case reports. In this section, the findings of the study should be presented systematically in a way to answer the research questions or hypothesis by using subheadings if needed. If necessary, the text should be supported by using tables and figures. In the Results section, descriptive statistics (number, percentage, mean, standard deviation, etc.), the statistical tests used, test, and probability (p) values should be written clearly. Statistical data such as Cronbach Alpha and p values should be given by using three decimals, and "points" should be used in English texts for expressing decimals. (sample for writing style for English texts: Cronbach alfa= 0.545, p=0.002).

4. Discussion
4.1. Subheading (if any) (Second Level Heading)
4.1.1. Secondary Subheading (if any) (Third Level Heading)
This section is used for research articles and case reports. In this section, the findings of the study should be discussed together with the results of the relevant national and international studies by using subheadings if needed. This section should include a discussion of original findings, not a general review.

4.2. Limitations
“Limitations“ section should be placed under the discussion section and should be numbered accordingly. 


5. Conclusion and Recommendations
The research results should be summarized and recommendations should be made in line with the results obtained. Authors should not cite or refer to other authors, tables, and figures in this section.

6. Contribution to the Field
The present/future contributions of the study to the relevant field should be stated.

TABLES

The number of tables must be limited to five. Editor approval is required for submissions exceeding five tables. The table number and title must be placed on a separate line above the table. A period must follow the table number (e.g., Table 1.). The table title should be written in sentence case (only the first letter of the first word capitalized, the rest lowercase). 8-point font should be used throughout the entire table. Tables must not contain vertical lines. Every table must be cited in the main text. Internal table text should be centered, use single line spacing, and be in 8-point font. Table footnotes or descriptions must be added on a separate line below the table and use single line spacing. If a table is taken from another source, the source must be cited as a footnote beneath the table. If previously published tables are included in the manuscript, the author must obtain written permission from the copyright holder and original authors. This permission must be acknowledged in a footnote beneath the table (in the explanatory notes). Small tables may be placed normally within the text as shown in the draft. Medium-sized tables should be inserted using the 'Insert' tab in Word: Select 'Shape' (or 'Text Box'), paste the table inside the box, and then use the 'Shape Format' tab to select the 'Position' option for placing it in the center bottom of the page. Larger tables should be provided separately at the end of the manuscript.

FIGURES, GRAPHS, AND IMAGES

The total number of Figures, Graphs, and Images must also be limited to five. Editor approval is required for submissions exceeding five. Each figure, graph, or image must be provided on a separate page with a sequential number and title located below the item. The caption should be left-justified, in 8-point font, and written in sentence case (only the first letter of the first word capitalized). If the caption exceeds one line, the second line must start aligned with the beginning of the first line (hanging indent) and use single line spacing. The source for any adapted or reproduced tables, figures, or images must be indicated in a footnote beneath the item. Figures must be in a digital format (jpg, png, or tiff) with a minimum resolution of 600 dpi. Figures, graphs, or images must be uploaded to the system as a single MS Word file, with each item placed on a separate page. If the manuscript contains previously published figures, graphs, or images, the author is obliged to obtain written permission from the copyright holder and original authors, and this permission must be explicitly stated in the article.

Acknowledgment

The author(s), if they see it necessary, can write a short acknowledgment in a few sentences to people whose contributions do not meet the status of authorship, but were deserved to be mentioned. Herein, the contributions of the people who are acknowledged (for example, financial or equipment support, technical assistance) should clearly be stated (eg: "scientific consultancy", "draft revision", "data collection", "participation in the clinical trial"). Acknowledgments should appear on the title page and not in the main text.

REFERENCE WRITING STYLES

Citing within the Text

"National Library of Health (NLM) Reference Writing Style" is used for indicating the references. Each reference in the text should be numbered in the order as it appears in the manuscript, should be indicated at the end of the relevant sentence in round brackets and a period should be placed at the end of the parenthesis. If several resources are to be displayed at the same time, the resources are sorted from small to big, and separated by commas (1, 2, 5, 8).

Unpublished reports, abstracts, lecture notes, and personal opinions cannot be cited as references.

In consecutive references, the date order should be from old to new. In other words, a small number should be assigned to the old dated one.

If there are three or more consecutive references, it should be shown by putting "-" between the references (1-4 instead of 1, 2, 3, 4,).
Sample:
……… endothelins have been shown to be released in a variety of hypoxia and/or ischemia states (64–66).

If the author is cited, references should be given right after the author's name:
Sample:
......... Miller and Seals (47) and Harvey (24), reported that in 26% of children with unexplained bacterial infections .....

If a reference in another publication is cited and that reference is unavailable, only the cited publication is shown as the reference, and the unavailable reference is indicated by name:
Sample:
........ as Barman et al. (15) stated, Reis et al. reported that sympathoinhibitory neurons were in the caudal ventrolateral medulla.

When citing studies with two authors, the word "and" should be placed between the author's surnames:
Sample:
......... The method suggested by Goodman and Gilman (6) was used.

When a work with more than two authors is cited, it should be written as "and friends" or "et al." abbreviation should be used after the first author's surname:
Sample:
......... Merahi et al. (21) reported that similar results were obtained under different types of operations.

In figures and tables which are taken from another publication, the source should be cited in accordance with the procedure used in the text: After the source figure or table explanation, the names of the authors (reference number), the word "from" and the phrase "taken" are added as a sentence or only by giving the literature number of the relevant source. In the explanation of these figures and tables, a statement should be added that permission has been obtained from the original authors.
Sample:
Figure 4. EEG images of the sleep-wake periods (taken from Nosjean et al. (45))
Figure 4. EEG images of the sleep-wake periods (45)

Web pages should be indicated by giving a sequence number when citing, however, the addresses of the web pages used should be given in the references together with the access date (month, day, year). Since such documents are updated frequently, it is recommended to write the latest update date if it is certain. The web pages used should contain information from scientific publications, organizations supervised by scientific boards, and publications of state, university and public institutions. In this context, official websites of international and national scientific committees with proven reliability such as "WHO" and "TÜBİTAK", and preferably websites with ".gov", ".edu", ".org" should be used. Sites with commercial content or sites of private persons and organizations, along with magazine sites should not be used.
Sample:
The Spelling Guide of the Turkish Language Association can be accessed from the internet address (43).
According to the data on the Ministry of Health's website (8) accessed on 10 May 2007, cancer ranks second among diseases that cause death.

Reference Writing

The reference list should include all the references cited in the text. The journal titles should be abbreviated in the style of NLM Catalog. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog?Db=journals&Cmd=DetailsSearch&Term=currentlyindexed%5BAll%5D).
Our journals' endnote reference style can be downloaded from here.

Books

Printed Book

• Jenkins PF. Making sense of the chest x-ray: a hands-on guide. New York: Oxford University Press; 2005. 194 p
• Eyre HJ, Lange DP, Morris LB. Informed decisions: the complete book of cancer diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. 2nd ed. Atlanta: American Cancer Society; c2002. 768 p.
• Iverson C, Flanagin A, Fontanarosa PB, Glass RM, Glitman P, Lantz JC, Meyer HS, Smith JM, Winker MA, Young RK. American Medical Association manual of style. 9th ed. Baltimore (MD): Williams & Wilkins; c1998. 660 p.

Electronic Book

• Merlis M, Gould D, Mahato B. Rising out-of-pocket spending for medical care: a growing strain on family budgets [Internet]. New York: Commonwealth Fund; 2006 Feb [cited 2006 Oct 2]. 23 p. Available from: http://www.cmwf.org/usr_doc/Merlis_risingpoopspending_887.pdf 

Book with an Unknown Author 

• Advertising in the Western Cape. Cape Town: ABC Publishers; 1990. 150 

Reprinted Book

• Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2002. 180p.
  

Book Chapter

• Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, editors. The genetic basis of human cancer. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2002. p. 93-9.
  

Journal Articles
Journal Article with 1-6 Authors (If there is no DOI number)

        All authors must be cited.

•  Salpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL. Solid-organ transplantation in HIV-infected patients. N Engl J Med. 2002 Jul 25;347(4):284-7.

Journal Article with 1-6 Authors (If there is DOI number)
        All authors must be cited.

• Tüzün EH, Eker L, Aytar A, Daşkapan A, Bayramoğlu M. Acceptability, reliability, validity and responsiveness of the Turkish version of WOMAC osteoarthritis index. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2005 Jan;13(1):28-33. DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2004.10.010.
  

Journal Article with 7 or More Authors (If there is no DOI number)

         The first 6 authors should be indicated, and if the article is in Turkish  "ve ark.",  if the article is in English "et al." should be added at the end.

• Öztürk Y, Ceylan S, Okyar Baş A, Uçan A, Çakır A, Kaya ZI, et al. A retrospective analysis of all-cause mortality after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in a single center. Clin Sci Nutr. 2023;5(3):106-10. 
  

Journal Article with 7 or More Authors (If there is DOI number)
       The first 6 authors should be indicated, and if the article is in Turkish "ve ark.", if the article is in English "et al." should be added at the end.

• Muscaritoli M, Arends J, Bachmann P, Baracos V, Barthelemy N, Bertz H, et al. ESPEN practical guideline: Clinical Nutrition in cancer. Clin Nutr. 2021 May;40(5):2898-2913. DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2021.02.005.
  

Electronic In-press Articles

• Bar DZ, Atkatsh K, Tavarez U, Erdos MR, Gruenbaum Y, Collins FS. Biotinylation by antibody recognition-A novel method for proximity labeling. BioRxiv 069187 [Preprint]. 2016 [cited 2017 Jan 12]. Available from: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/069187v1
  

Theses
Printed Theses

•  Borkowski MM. Infant sleep and feeding: a telephone survey of Hispanic Americans [dissertation]. [Mount Pleasant]: Central Michigan University; 2002. 500p.
•  Overlock JA. The relationship between balance and fundamental motor skills in children five to nine years of age [master’s thesis]. [Corvallis]: Oregon State University; 2004. 111 p
• Gün F. Hemiplejik serebral palsili çocuklarda 'çocukların el becerileri değerlendirmesi (ÇEBD)' ve 'çocuk el beceri anketi'nin (ÇEBA)' türkçe'ye uyarlanması, geçerliliği ve güvenilirliği [master’s thesis]. [Ankara]: Hacettepe Universitesi; 2019. 95 p.

Electronic Theses

• Bianchi M. Multiscale fabrication of functional materials for regenerative medicine [dissertation on the internet]. Bologna (IT): University of Bologna; 2011. [cited 2019 Dec 7]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22881-0
  

Electronic Report / Document

• Department of Health. Creutzfeldt Jakob disease: guidance for healthcare workers [homepage on the Internet]. c2003 [updated 2003 Mar 23; cited 2003 Nov 9]. Available from http://www.doh.gov.uk/pdfs/cjdguidance.pdf
• İzmir Halk Sağlığı Müdürlüğü. Sağlık Bakanlığı Yoğun Bakım Ünitelerinin Standartları. İzmir; 2007. Available from: http://www.ihsm.gov.tr/indir/mevzuat/genelgeler/G_13082007_1.pdf 
  Website
  
• eatright.org [Internet]. Chicago: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; 2016 [cited 2016 Dec 27]. Available from: https://www.eatright.org/. 
  

For more detailed information about NLM Writing Style;

• Patrias K. Citing medicine: the NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers [Internet]. 2nd ed. Wendling DL, technical editor. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2007 - [updated 2015 Oct 2; cited Year Month Day]. Available from: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/citingmedicine
  

For the writing of the manuscripts, programs as EndNote (https://endnote.com/), and Mendeley (https://www.mendeley.com/?interaction_required=true), etc. can be used.