ISTANBUL KENT UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCES (IKUJHS)
1. Istanbul Kent University Journal of Health Sciences (IKUJHS), publishes original research papers, review articles and case reports on all aspects of health sciences.
2. IKUJHS is an open access, peer-reviewed journal which has been published online three times a year; in March, July and November.
3. The journal accepts articles written in Turkish and English. Authors should confirm that all the work in the submitted manuscript is original and to acknowledge and cite content reproduced from other sources. The authors should obtain the written consent of the copyright-holder to reproduce any content (pictures, schemes, figures etc) from other sources (journals, books); and the authors should provide the editor with the permission.
To verify originality, your article will be checked by the plagiarism detection software iThenticate.
Authors are responsible for the language quality in their article, and is strongly recommended to have your manuscript checked by a native speaker or an English language specialist before
submission, in order to ensure that the language is acceptable.
4.EDITORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES: The Editor is responsible for deciding which of the papers submitted to the journal should be published. The editor may confer with the members of the Editorial Board or reviewers in making this decision. The editor may reject a manuscript without additional opinions if it is deemed to be (a) inappropriate as to subject matter or format; (b) of poor quality; or (c) of inadequate significance. This decision, based primarily on the manuscript as submitted, should take into account the editor’s assessment of the possible impact of revisions by the author.
Editor should endeavor to select reviewers who possess appropriate expertise and exercise sound judgment. All manuscripts are generally submitted to 2-3 reviewers and supplementary material may be included to facilitate the review process. Editor then should ensure that the reviewers understand their responsibilities, including those regarding confidentiality and the timely preparation of an unbiased review. Members of the editorial board will usually be called upon for advice when there is disagreement among the reviewers or between reviewers and authors, or when the editors feel that the manuscript has not received adequate consideration by the reviewers.
The Editor should provide the corresponding author with a copy of the reviewers’ comments regarding a manuscript. Before forwarding a reviewer’s comments to an author, the editor may delete any inappropriately harsh language or personal attacks included in the review. The need for these deletions should be brought to the attention of the reviewer. Such language or attacks should not influence the editor's decision regarding the manuscript, although it may require the editor to seek input from an additional reviewer.
The editor should correct errors in a manuscript if they are detected before publication or publish corrections if they are detected afterwards. All notices of correction or retraction must be published prominently in the journal in which the original report appeared and contain the full bibliographic reference to the original article or abstract. It should also be listed in the contents page and be prominently labeled (e.g., erratum, retraction, or apologia).
The editor is under no obligation to reconsider a manuscript she/he has rejected. However, an editor may offer the authors an opportunity to respond to criticisms and/or to prepare a revised version. In this case, the editor should permit the authors a reasonable but limited period of time in which to do so.
The editor should hold authors to a high standard with regard to the citation of appropriate literature, emphasizing the use of initial, peer-reviewed references whenever possible. However, an editor should not encourage authors to cite the editors’ journal merely to enhance that journal’s reputation.
The editor should handle submissions for sponsored supplements or special issues in the same way as other submissions, so that articles are considered and accepted solely on their academic merit and without commercial influence.
The Editor and the members of the Editorial Board must not disclose any information about a submitted paper to anyone other than the authors of the paper, reviewers, potential reviewers, and the publisher, as appropriate.
In the case where authors have a conflict of interest, the editor may request that the authors include a statement to this effect in the manuscript before it can be reviewed or accepted for publication.
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted paper will not be used in the own research of the Editor or the members of the Editorial Board without the express written consent of the author.
Procedures for Dealing With Unethical Behaviour
Misconduct and unethical behaviour may be identified and brought to the attention of the editor and publisher at any time, by anyone. Whoever informs the editor or publisher of such conduct should provide sufficient information and evidence in order for an investigation to be initiated. All allegations should be taken seriously and treated in the same way, until a successful decision or conclusion is reached.
The editor should gather evidences, while avoiding spreading any allegations beyond those who need to know. Minor misconduct might be dealt with without the need to consult more widely and the author should be given the opportunity to respond to any allegations. The editor should inform the author or reviewer where there appears to be a misunderstanding or misapplication of acceptable standards as a warning to future behaviour.
Serious misconduct or a case of plagiarism comes to light after a paper is published; these cases might require that the employers of the accused be notified. The editor should make the decision whether or not to involve the employers, either by examining the available evidence itself or by further consultation with a limited number of experts. The editor should inform the author, the head of the author’s and reviewer’s department and funding agency, abstracting & indexing services and the readership of the publication concurrently with formal retraction or withdrawal of the publication from the journal. The editor should lay a formal embargo on contributions from an individual for a defined period.
Standards of Objectivity
The editor should act in a balanced, objective and fair way while carrying out their expected duties, without discrimination on grounds of gender, sexual orientation, religious or political beliefs, ethnic or geographical origin of the authors.
The editor should adopt and follow reasonable procedures in the event of complaints of an ethical or conflict nature, in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Society where appropriate to give authors a reasonable opportunity to respond to any complaints. All complaints should be investigated no matter when the original publication was approved. Documentation associated with any such complaints should be retained.
5. AUTHORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES: Authors should confirm/assert that the manuscript as submitted is not under consideration or accepted for publication elsewhere and if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, including electronically without the written consent of the copyright-holder. Where portions of the content overlap with published or submitted content, to acknowledge and cite those sources. Additionally, authors should provide the editor with a copy of any submitted manuscript that might contain overlapping or closely related content.
Authors should confirm that all the work in the submitted manuscript is original and to acknowledge and cite content reproduced from other sources. The authors should obtain the written consent of the copyright-holder to reproduce any content (pictures, schemes, figures etc) from other sources (journals, books); and the authors should provide the editor with the permission.
To verify originality, your article will be checked by the plagiarism detection software iThenticate.
Authors should maintain accurate records of data associated with their submitted manuscript, and to supply or provide access to these data, on reasonable request. Where appropriate and where allowed by employer, funding body and others who might have an interest, to deposit data in a suitable repository or storage location, for sharing and further use by others.
Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects
Authors should ensure that any studies involving human or animal subjects conform to national, local and institutional laws and requirements and confirm that approval has been sought and obtained where appropriate. Authors should obtain express permission from human subjects and respect their privacy. Unless the authors have written permission from the patient (or, where applicable, the next of kin), the personal details of any patient included in any part of the article and in any supplementary materials (including all illustrations and visual elements) must be removed before submission.
When reporting experiments on human subjects, authors should indicate, in methods section whether the procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 2008, http://www.wma.net/ en/30publications/ 10policies/b3/17c.pdf. Manuscripts that report the results of experimental investigation with human subjects must include a statement that informed consent was obtained after the procedure(s) had been fully explained. In the case of children, authors are asked to include information about whether the child's assent was obtained in addition to that of the legal guardian.
When reporting experiments on animals, authors should indicate whether the institutional and national guides for the care and use of laboratory animals were followed as in "Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals" (www.nap.edu/ catalog/5140.html). The authors must mention in the methods section of the manuscript that they had performed the study in accordance with above-mentioned rules and, in the case of humans, emphasize that they had received informed consent from the participants.
6. AUTHORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES: All responsibilities of the articles belong to their authors; the opinions expressed in the articles are the author(s)'s own opinions and are not related to the journal. All authors agree that KENT UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCES and ISTANBUL KENT UNIVERSITY have no responsibility for contents of articles.
The corresponding (submitting) author is solely responsible for communicating with the journal and with managing communication between coauthors. Before submission, the corresponding author ensures that all authors are included in the author list, its order has been agreed by all authors, and that all authors are aware that the paper was submitted. The responsibility for all aspects of manuscript preparation rests with the authors. Extensive changes or rewriting of the manuscript is not the responsibility of the Editors.
Any addition, deletion or rearrangement of author names in the authorship list should be made only before the manuscript has been accepted and only if approved by the journal Editor. To request such a change, the Editor must receive the following from the corresponding author: (a) the reason for the change in author list and (b) written confirmation (e-mail, letter) from all authors that they agree with the addition, removal or rearrangement. In the case of addition or removal of authors, this includes confirmation from the author being added or removed.
7. AUTHORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES: The authors should accept that the copyright of the accepted article is transferred to KENT UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCES. Therefore in single-authored articles, the copyright agreement indicating the approval of the author herself/himself, and in multi-authored articles, the copyright agreement indicating the approval of each author must be uploaded at submisison stage.
The authors retain the following rights -In all of the following circumstances, complete reference must be given to indicate that the article has been published by KENT UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCES:
All rights suspended out of the scope of copyright; i.e. patent.
Author’s right to use the entire or a part of the manuscript in his/her future studies such as books and academic lectures (excluding publications in scientific journals).
The right to use the Pre-print or Accepted Authors Manuscript for Personal Use, Internal Institutional Use and for Scholarly Posting; and the Published Journal Article for Personal Use and Internal Institutional Use.
No versions of the Article can be used for Commercial Purposes.
No royalties are paid to authors.
8. AUTHORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES: Since double blind refereeing is applied in our journal, author information is not included in the article file. Therefore a cover page should be prepared for each article, including the full title of the article in Turkish and English, author names, institutions, ORCID IDs, and corresponding author's contact information. Cover page should be uploaded separately.
9. AUTHORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES: The upper limit of The similarity rate of a submitted work is 20%. Please set The filtering options of similarity detection program as follows: Bibliography excluded, Quotes excluded, Limit match size to 5 words.
Please do not include the Other filtering options available in the program menu .
9. AUTHORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES: The IKUJHS only considers manuscripts that describe experiments which have been carried out under approval of an institutional or local ethics committee. Before the conclusion section, under a separate heading (Ethics), the authors should state that ethics committee approval has been obtained. Providing an ethical committee aproval is entirely the responsibility of the author. The journal accepts the author's statement as basis.
10..AUTHORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES: Integrated Copyright Transfer Agreement Form ( https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/journal-file/32675 ) will be signed by all authors and should be uploaded to the system by the corresponding author. Articles will not be evaluated without the presence of these forms.
10. REVIEWERS’ RESPONSIBILITIES: The reviewer should contribute to the decision-making process, and to assist in improving the quality of the published paper by reviewing the manuscript objectively.
The reviewer receives an invitation to review a manuscript at a time when circumstances preclude prompt attention to it, the reviewer should decline the invitation in a timely manner. The reviewer should submit his/her evaluation of the manuscript in a timely manner.
The reviewer should consider the quality and significance of the experimental and theoretical work, the completeness of the description of methods and materials, the logical basis of the interpretation of the results, and the exposition with due regard to the maintenance of high standards of communication. Reviews should include constructive suggestions for revision, including, if appropriate, indication of where statements may require additional reference to the published literature.
The reviewers should comment tactfully. Harsh language and personal attacks on the authors are unacceptable; they also may call into question the validity of the reviewer's comments.
An individual who is asked to review a manuscript and who feels inadequately qualified to judge that manuscript should return the manuscript promptly without review and advise the editor of the circumstances.
The reviewer should maintain the confidentiality of any information supplied by the editor or author. The reviewer should not retain or copy the manuscript.
The Reviewer should not use any information, arguments, or interpretations contained in a manuscript under consideration to advance their research unless the information has been made publicly available through another source, such as an abstract or a presentation at a meeting, a stock offering, or a new article.
The reviewer should not communicate with authors about a manuscript under consideration. Likewise, authors should not initiate such a communication with a reviewer but instead should communicate only with the editor. If an author persists in attempting to communicate with a reviewer, that reviewer should notify the editor.
The reviewer should be aware of any potential conflicts of interest (financial, institutional, collaborative or other relationships between the reviewer and author) and to alert the editor to these, if necessary withdrawing their services for that manuscript.
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