JAMER is a free-access, fully electronic, peer-reviewed journal published three times a year by Kayseri City Education and Research Hospital. It accepts articles in both Turkish and English. The journal aims to publish original, up-to-date basic research and clinical reports across all fields of medicine and related health sciences. JAMER places high priority on studies evaluating the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions and the assessment of new techniques and methods. The journal publishes Original Articles, Case Reports, Commentaries, Review Articles, Editorials, Letters to the Editor, and Correspondence.
Research Articles
Present new and important basic and clinical information, extend existing studies, or provide a novel approach to a traditional subject. The manuscript should consist of the following sections: Title, Authors and their affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Ethical Considerations, Conflict of Interest, Financial Disclosure, Author Contributions, Acknowledgments, References, Figure Legends, Figures (up to 5), and Tables (up to 5). For research articles, the main text should not exceed 5,000 words, and the number of references should not exceed 40.
Case Reports
Provide case studies of interest, new ideas, and techniques. A case presentation should include the following sections: Title, Authors and their affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Case Report, Discussion, Conclusion, Ethical Considerations, Conflict of Interest, Financial Disclosure, Author Contributions, Acknowledgments, References, Figure Legends, Figures, and Tables. For case reports, the main text should not exceed 1,500 words, with a maximum of three figures and/or three tables. The number of references should not exceed 20.
Review Articles
The Editorial Board invites authors who have previously published papers in a specific area to write a review article. A review article should include the following sections: Title; Authors and their affiliations; Abstract; Keywords; Introduction; Main Sections with headings in bold and sentence case; Subsections (if any) with italicized headings, numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals; Conclusion; Ethical Considerations; Conflict of Interest; Financial Disclosure; Author Contributions; Acknowledgments; References; Figure Legends; Figures; and Tables. For review articles, the main text should not exceed 5,000 words. There is no limitation on the number of references.
Letters to the Editor
Letters are published at the discretion of the Editorial Board. They should be brief and directly related to the published article to which they refer. Letters must be limited to 500 words of text, include no more than one table, and cite no more than five references.
Commentaries
A commentary consists of the following sections: Title, Authors and their addresses, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Discussion, Conclusion, Ethical Considerations, Conflict of Interest, Financial Disclosure, Author Contributions, Acknowledgments, References, Figure Legends, Figures, and Tables. Manuscripts should be limited to 2,000 words of text.
PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS
The manuscript should be prepared in accordance with the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, as established by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (www.icmje.org).
Manuscripts must be submitted in .doc format and should be prepared according to the aforementioned word and reference limits, as well as other related guidelines.
Language
Manuscripts should be written in clear and concise English or Turkish.
Title Page
The title page must be submitted as a separate file. It should include: (i) the title of the article in both Turkish and English, which should be concise yet informative; (ii) the running title; (iii) the full names of each author; (iv) the institutional affiliation or the name of the department(s); and (v) the full postal address, email address, and telephone numbers of the corresponding author. Do not use abbreviations, commercial names, or trademarks in article titles.
Abstract
All articles must include abstracts in both Turkish and English. The abstract should clearly state the purpose of the study, main findings, and principal conclusions in no more than 250 words, organized under the separate headings: Aim, Materials and Methods, Results, and Conclusion. Abstracts for case studies and reviews should be unstructured and limited to 200 words. Foreign authors are not required to submit a Turkish abstract, as the Editorial Board will provide it on their behalf.
Keywords
Authors must include 3 to 5 keywords from the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)’s Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) on the title page of their manuscripts. Keywords in Turkish should be provided according to Turkey Science Terms (TBT) (https://www.bilimterimleri.com/). The keywords must be separated by commas.
Main Text
The names of the authors and their affiliations should not be included in the file containing the main text. Additionally, remove any other information that could identify the authors to the reviewers. The text should be prepared using MS Word documents. All text must be written in Times New Roman font, size 12, and double-spaced. The article should be divided into sections with the following headings: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, and Discussion.
(i) The Introduction should clearly state the purpose of the article and summarize the rationale for the study. Include only strictly relevant references, and limit this section to approximately one page.
(ii) The Materials and Methods section should clearly describe the selection of observational or experimental subjects. Provide references to established methods, including statistical analyses. When reporting experiments involving human subjects, indicate whether the procedures were conducted in accordance with ethical standards. Information about the approval of the Ethics Committee should be included in this section. Provide details on randomization. Manuscripts reporting the results of randomized trials should be prepared according to the CONSORT flow diagram, which shows the progress of patients throughout the trial (http://www.consort-statement.org/).
Statistical methods should be explained in detail in the Materials and Methods section.
(iii) Results must be concise and presented in a logical sequence within the text, tables, and figures or illustrations. Data should not be repeated both in the text and in the tables or figures/illustrations.
Figures and images should be submitted as separate files in Tagged Image File Format (.tiff) or Joint Photographic Experts Group Format (.jpeg). The resolution of the figures should be at least 600 dpi. Text, tables, and figures should not be saved as MS PowerPoint files. Figure legends should provide sufficient information to be understood independently of the main text. If a figure has been previously published, the original source must be cited. Symbols in the figures should be clearly visible at the specified sizes, and the font size of any characters should be between 8 and 10 points. In graphs, the labels for both the abscissa and ordinate axes should be provided along with their respective units.
Since the journal is published electronically, color photographs are accepted. Tables should be submitted as separate Microsoft Word documents, not as images. Tables must be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals in the order they appear in the text. Each table should have a brief, explanatory title above it, along with the table number. Explanations should be placed below the table as footnotes. Each column in the table should have a clear, descriptive heading.
(iv) The discussion section emphasizes the new and important aspects of the study and presents your conclusions. Relate your observations to other relevant studies. The length of the discussion should be proportional to the other sections.
(v) The conclusion section should highlight the importance of the article by emphasizing its contribution to the existing literature.
Disclosure:
Authors should disclose any financial support or relationships that may present a conflict of interest in this section, if applicable.
Ethical Considerations and Informed Consent: Informed consent from the patients in the case reports must be obtained either in person or through their legal guardian. A printed copy of the consent should be retained is available on the journal’s website.
Conflict of Interest: Any support or relationship that may create a conflict of interest must be disclosed.
Financial disclosure: Information about the person, institution, or organization providing financial support should be included.
Author Contributions:
Acknowledgments: Mention any contributors, institutions, or organizations involved.
REFERENCES
Vancouver referencing style should be used for all references. References must be cited in numerical order according to their first mention in the text and enclosed in parentheses at the end of the sentence. In the main text of the manuscript, references should be cited using Arabic numerals in parentheses, for example: (1), (2).
----A study by Karademir et al. (3) illustrates this format.
Journal titles should be abbreviated according to the journal abbreviations listed in Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed.
Abbreviations should not be used for journals not indexed in Index Medicus. There must be no discrepancies between the reference list and the order of citations in the text.
Authors are responsible for the accuracy of all references. When there are six or fewer authors, all should be listed. If there are seven or more authors, list the first six followed by “et al.”
The reference styles for different types of publications are presented in the following examples:
Journal Article Format:
Author(s) – Family name and initials. Title of article. Abbreviated journal title. Publication year; volume(issue): first page-last page.
---Rose ME, Huerbin MB, Melick J, Marion DW, Palmer AM, Schiding JK, et al. Regulation of interstitial excitatory amino acid concentrations after cortical contusion injury. Brain Res. 2002;935(1-2):40-46. *Optional:* If a journal uses continuous pagination throughout a volume (as many medical journals do), omit the month and issue number.
---Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL. Solid-organ transplantation in HIV-infected patients. N Engl J Med. 2002;347:284-287.
Issue with supplement:
Shen HM, Zhang QF. Risk assessment of nickel carcinogenicity and occupational lung cancer. Environ Health Perspect 1994; (102 Suppl 1):275–282.
Books:
(i) Personal Author(s);Author(s) – Family name and initials (no spaces between initials). Title of book. Edition if later than 1st ed. Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication.
----Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2002.
(ii) Editor(s), compiler(s) as author:
----Dionne RA, Phero JC, Becker DE, editors. Management of pain and anxiety in the dental office. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 2002.
(iii) Author(s) and editor(s):
----Breedlove GK, Schorfheide AM. Adolescent pregnancy. 2nd ed. Wieczorek RR, editor. White Plains (NY): March of Dimes Education Services; 2001.
(iv) Chapter in a book:
---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. 93-113.
(v) Organization(s) as author: American Occupational Therapy Association, Ad Hoc Committee on Occupational Therapy Manpower. Occupational therapy manpower: a plan for progress.
--- Rockville (MD): The Association; 1985 Apr. 84 p.
Dictionary and similar references:
----Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary. 29th ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders; 2000. Filamin; p. 675.
Dissertation:
----Borkowski MM. Infant sleep and feeding: a telephone survey of Hispanic Americans [dissertation]. Mount Pleasant (MI): Central Michigan University; 2002.
Conference Paper
----Christensen S, Oppacher F. An analysis of Koza’s computational effort statistic for genetic programming. In: Foster JA, Lutton E, Miller J, Ryan C, Tettamanzi AG, editors. Genetic programming. EuroGP 2002: Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Genetic Programming; 2002 Apr 3-5; Kinsdale, Ireland. Berlin: Springer; 2002. p. 182-191.
Conference Proceedings
----Harnden P, Joffe JK, Jones WG, editors. Germ cell tumours V. Proceedings of the 5th Germ Cell Tumour Conference; 2001 Sep 13–15; Leeds, UK. New York: Springer; 2002.
Internet:
----Cancer-Pain.org [Internet]. New York: Association of Cancer Online Resources, Inc.; c2000-01 [updated 2002 May 16; cited 2002 Jul 9]. Available from: http://www.cancer-pain.org/.
For other types of resources, please visit https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html.