Journal of Health Systems and Policies

Journal of Health Systems and Policies (JHESP) is the publication of Istanbul Medipol University Health Systems and Policies Application and Research Center. It is published in order to follow the developments in the field of Health Systems and Health Policies, to create qualified resources, and to contribute to the international development of qualified academic/scientific publications in this field.

Journal of Health Systems and Policies (JHESP) includes qualified research and results, scientific reviews, compilations, and observation articles in subjects such as health services, medical sciences, health sciences, health informatics, health care management, public health, especially health systems and policies. Scientific publications sent to the journal are published twice a year, in June and December.

The publication rights of academic articles sent to JHESP, which has an open access policy, belong to the journal. These articles cannot be published, reproduced, or used in another publication without the permission of the journal administration.

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

Articles should be prepared using "MS Office - Word 2010" or a newer version and using the journal's article template on A4 paper size. There is no page limit for articles, but they should be kept as short as possible. Authors should write in clear and concise English, utilizing editing services if necessary. Page margins should be as follows: Top: 2.5 cm, Bottom: 2.5 cm, Left: 2.5 cm, and Right: 2.5 cm. Text should be written with double line spacing and in 12-point font. Preference should be given to the "Times New Roman" font.

Tables: Tables should be short and as simple as possible. Each table's title should clearly indicate the nature of the content and be placed above the table.

Figures: All figures should be clear and easily readable. Captions should provide enough detail to interpret the figures without reference to the text and should be placed below the figure.

Tables and Figures should be included within the main text and numbered consecutively at the end of the relevant sentence, enclosed in parentheses. For example, ... (Table 1: ) or ... (Figure 1: ). If abbreviations and/or symbols are used in the table or figure, they should be explained at the top of the table or figure using a 10-point font.

Article Title: Times New Roman 16 point, Bold font, 2 nk

Author Information: Times New Roman 12 point, Bold font, 2 nk

Text Font Size: Times New Roman 12 point, 2 nk

Footnote Font Size: Times New Roman 12 point, 1 nk

Table and Figure font size: Times New Roman 10-12 point

Table and Figure Naming: Times New Roman 10 point

Manuscript Organization

Title Page: The title of the manuscript should reflect the purposes and findings of the work in order to provide maximum information in a computerized title search.

Authors' Names and Affiliations: The authors' full first names, middle initials, last names, and affiliations with addresses at the time of work completion should be listed.

ORCID ID: In research submitted to the journal, a policy is in place requiring authors to provide their ORCID identifiers to verify their identities and prevent ambiguity. This policy aims to identify the contribution of each author to the research and enhance the credibility of publications. Authors must create an ORCID account and provide this identifier to the journal before submitting their articles. This practice makes it easier to identify authors' work and ensures reliability in scientific communication.

Abstract and Keywords: Articles of all types must have an abstract. The maximum length of the abstract should be 400 words, organized in a the findings-oriented format in which the most important results and conclusions are summarized.

After the abstract, a section of keywords has to be given. Keywords should be at least 3, maximum 5.

Within the scope of “Ethics Committee Approval” , ethics committee approval must be obtained for studies requiring an ethics committee decision, this approval must be specified and documented in the method section of the article (name of the committee, date and number). Otherwise, your articles will not be evaluated.

The article is expected to be written in a scientific language. This involves bringing together evidence-based information and logical arguments from different disciplines, starting with an introduction that articulates the purpose of the article and discusses opinions related to it. The introduction should generally appeal to all readers. Technical terms, symbols, and abbreviations should be defined when first used in the article.

Original Research articles should include the following:

• Introduction
• Methodology
• Results
• Discussion and Conclusions
• Ancillary Information. (If necessary)

For review articles, these sections are not required: Methodology, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Submitted manuscripts must be original and not previously published, nor under consideration for publication elsewhere. By submitting a manuscript, the authors implicitly affirm that it has been approved by all authors, if any, and explicitly or implicitly by the responsible authorities at the institute where the work was carried out. While there are no page limits, authors are encouraged to keep their research concise. Authors should use clear and concise English, possibly utilizing editing services if necessary. The responsibility for the scientific quality, language, and style of the articles published in the journal lies with the authors.

Permissions

Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or texts previously published elsewhere in the journal must obtain permission from the copyright holders for both print and online formats and provide evidence of this permission when submitting their work. Therefore, it is necessary to support the material included in the submitted research and reference the relevant work in the references section. Research submitted without such evidence will be assumed by the authors to have obtained the necessary permissions.

Abbreviations
Abbreviations used in the research should be fully defined when first mentioned and subsequently used consistently.

Footnotes

Footnotes may be used to provide additional information that can include a citation from the reference list. However, they should not solely consist of a reference citation and should never contain bibliographic details of the reference. Additionally, they should not include any figures or tables. Footnotes in the text are numbered consecutively; those in tables are indicated by superscript lowercase letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data).

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments should be placed before references to express gratitude to individuals, grants, funds, etc. The names of funding organizations should be fully specified. If the study is part of a project, trial, or thesis and the relevant numbers are not provided in the methods section, they should be mentioned in the acknowledgment section (e.g., trial number for clinical research, Dissertation number from Yüksek Öğretim Kurumu, etc.).

Include pertinent information in the order listed immediately before the references.

• Corresponding Author Information: Provide telephone numbers and email addresses for each of the designated corresponding authors.
• Present/Current Author Addresses: Provide information for authors whose affiliations or addresses have changed.
• Author Contributions: Include statements such as "These authors contributed equally."
• Acknowledgment: Authors may acknowledge the conflict of interest, people, organizations, financial supporters in this section.

References and Notes

References should only include published or accepted works that are cited in the text. Footnotes or endnotes should not be used in place of the reference list. Editors or reviewers may request revisions if they have concerns about the use of cited references, following necessary reviews. References should be listed alphabetically. Our journal follows APA 7 rules for formatting articles and requires submissions to be prepared according to the latest APA format. Accordingly, examples of in-text and end-text references used in our journal are provided below.

Journal Article

Edwards, A. A., Steacy, L. M., Siegelman, N., Rigobon, V. M., Kearns, D. M., Rueckl, J. G., & Compton, D. L. (2022). Unpacking the unique relationship between set for variability and word reading development: Examining word- and child-level predictors of performance. Journal of Educational Psychology, 114(6), 1242–1256. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000696

Newspaper Article

Stobbe, M. (2020, January 8). Cancer death rate in U.S. sees largest one-year drop ever. Chicago Tribune.

Blog Post

Ouellette, J. (2019, November 15). Physicists capture first footage of quantum knots unraveling in superfluid. Ars Technica. https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/study-you-can-tie-a-quantum-knot-in-a-superfluid-but-it-will-soon-untie-itself/

Authored Book

Kaufman, K. A., Glass, C. R., & Pineau, T. R. (2018). Mindful sport performance enhancement: Mental training for athletes and coaches. American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000048-000

Edited Book Chapter

Zeleke, W. A., Hughes, T. L., & Drozda, N. (2020). Home–school collaboration to promote mind–body health. In C. Maykel & M. A. Bray (Eds.), Promoting mind–body health in schools: Interventions for mental health professionals (pp. 11–26). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000157-002

Report by a Government Agency References

National Cancer Institute. (2019). Taking time: Support for people with cancer (NIH Publication No. 18-2059). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. https://www.cancer.gov/publications/patient-education/takingtime.pdf

Report by a Group Author
World Health Organization. (2014). Comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/113048/WHO_NMH_NHD_14.1_eng.pdf?ua=17

Report by Individual Authors
Winthrop, R., Ziegler, L., Handa, R., & Fakoya, F. (2019). How playful learning can help leapfrog progress in education. Center for Universal Education at Brookings. https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/how_playful_learning_can_help_leapfrog_progress_in_education.pdf

Press Release

American Psychological Association. (2020, March 2). APA reaffirms psychologists’ role in combating
climate change [Press release]. https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2020/03/combatingclimate-change

Conference Presentation References

Evans, A. C., Jr., Garbarino, J., Bocanegra, E., Kinscherff, R. T., & Márquez-Greene, N. (2019, August 8–11). Gun violence: An event on the power of community [Conference presentation]. APA 2019 Convention, Chicago, IL, United States. https://convention.apa.org/2019-video

Conference Proceeding References

Duckworth, A. L., Quirk, A., Gallop, R., Hoyle, R. H., Kelly, D. R., & Matthews, M. D. (2019). Cognitive and noncognitive predictors of success. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 116(47), 23499–23504. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910510116

Dissertations

Bozgöz, A. (2017). Evaluation of the Treaty of Kadesh from the perspective of peace education in the 6th-grade social studies course and according to student views [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. Necmettin Erbakan University.
Miranda, C. (2019). Exploring the lived experiences of foster youth who obtained graduate level degrees: Self-efficacy, resilience, and the impact on identity development (Publication No. 27542827) [Doctoral dissertation, Pepperdine University]. PQDT Open.

Dissertation From a Database

Horvath-Plyman, M. (2018). Social media and the college student journey: An examination of how social media use impacts social capital and affects college choice, access, and transition (Publication No. 10937367). [Doctoral dissertation, New York University]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global.

Data Set

O’Donohue, W. (2017). Content analysis of undergraduate psychology textbooks (ICPSR 21600; Version V1) [Data set]. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. 

Webpage

Chandler, N. (2020, April 9). What’s the difference between Sasquatch and Bigfoot? howstuffworks. https://science.howstuffworks.com/sciencevsmyth/strangecreatures/sasquatchbigfootdifference.htm

Webpage on a News Website

Machado, J., & Turner, K. (2020, March 7). The future of feminism. Vox. https://www.vox.com/identities/2020/3/7/21163193/international-womens-day-2020

Webpage With a Retrieval Date

Center for Systems Science and Engineering. (2020, May 6). COVID-19 dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Johns Hopkins University & Medicine, Coronavirus Resource Center. Retrieved May 6, 2020, from https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

Research Reports

Eliasson, G., Fölster, S., Lindberg, T., Pousette, T., & Taymaz, E. (1990). The knowledge based information economy (IUI Working Paper No. 256). Research Institute of Industrial Economics. https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/95060/1/wp256.pdf

Law/Regulation/ International Convention/ Court Orders

Çocuk Hakları Sözleşmesi. (1995, January 27). https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/22184.pdf

Lisansüstü Eğitim ve Öğretim Yönetmeliği. (2016, April 20). http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2016/04/20160420-16.htm

Intext citations should include the surname of the author(s), and year of the source, respectively. In the articles written by 2 authors, between the names of the authors “&” should be used if the article. When referring an article that is written by 3 or more authors, the surname of the first authors should be written first, and then; “et al.” should be used.

• Works by a single author: (Etay, 1999).
• Works by 2 authors: (Tozan & Esen, 2018).
• Works by 3 or more authors: (Hayran et al., 2009).
• Citing more than one source: (Schumpeter, 1934; Wood, 2005; Aydın & Özen, 2018)
• Citing whole source: (Drucker, 1995).
• Reference to secondary sources: (Freud, 1901, as cited in Bonomi, 1998)

You may use the Microsoft Word template to prepare your manuscript.

Submission Checklist

Please check the following items before submitting your article and ensure their accuracy before submission.

(+) The article should be prepared in accordance with the journal template and rules.
(+) The article file should be uploaded in Word format.
(+) The ethics committee document should be uploaded. (If you think an ethics committee document is not required for your study, please fill out a document stating this.)
(+) The copyright file should be uploaded.
(+) The conflict of interest statement should be uploaded.
(+) Author information should be complete.
(+) Authors' ORCID information should be provided.

• Authors should not submit any work that has been previously published elsewhere or is under consideration for publication by JHESP.
• Authors are responsible for the scientific and ethical compliance of their work. By submitting their work to the journal, authors are deemed to have committed that the work is original, has not been previously published elsewhere, and is not being considered for publication elsewhere, in another language.
• Contributing authors and sources should be appropriately acknowledged and cited in the references section. All individuals who contribute to the work but do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in the "acknowledgements" section. Authors should take care to only acknowledge those who provided technical support, assistance in writing, or financial support.
  
• All authors should have direct academic and scientific contributions to the submitted work, and the order of names should be determined by mutual agreement.
  
• Alterations to author responsibilities for a study that has already entered the review process (such as adding authors, changing the order of authors, or removing authors) should not be proposed.
  
• Authors should accurately cite the sources used in the writing of their work in accordance with ethical principles.
  
• JHESP may request information or raw data from authors during the review processes, and authors should be prepared to provide the requested data and information.
  
• If authors notice any errors in their work during the review and early viewing stages or after the work has been electronically published, they should contact the editorial board to initiate notification, correction, or retraction processes.

The Editorial Board of the Journal of Health Systems and Policies (JHESP) commits to full compliance with the following ethical values:

• The Editorial Board pledges to actively strive to enhance and improve the quality of the journal.
• The Editorial Board supports the freedom of expression for authors.
• The Editorial Board commits to taking necessary measures to prevent scientific and ethical misconduct such as plagiarism and citation fraud.
• The Editorial Board has the final decision regarding the publication of academic works submitted to the journal. Factors such as quality, timeliness, originality, and contribution to the field are taken into account when determining which works to publish.
• The Editorial Board is responsible for ensuring the proper conduct of the publication process for all works submitted to the journal. In this context, it is necessary for the Editorial Board to make independent decisions considering public interest.
• The Editorial Board guarantees that all information regarding submitted works will remain confidential until the work is published.
• The Editorial Board is obligated to protect and defend the intellectual property rights of published works and take necessary measures to ensure that published works do not infringe upon the intellectual property rights of others. Conducting plagiarism checks and ensuring originality are among the responsibilities of the Editorial Board.
• When making decisions regarding works, the Editorial Board should consider the originality, contribution to the field, validity and reliability of the research method, clarity of expression, and the purpose and scope of the work. The Editorial Board cannot consider the race, ethnicity, gender, beliefs, or thoughts of the authors for any reason.
•  The Editorial Board should evaluate the works in terms of grammar rules.
• The Editorial Board pledges to provide explanatory and informative notifications and feedback to authors.
• The Editorial Board determines and implements policies regarding publication, blind peer review, evaluation process, and ethical principles.
• Blind peer review, which is the most commonly used method to ensure high quality in scientific publications, is an important strategy adopted to conduct the evaluation process objectively. According to the double-blind peer review strategy, authors submitting manuscripts to the journal cannot access information about which reviewers will evaluate their manuscripts. Similarly, reviewers evaluating manuscripts do not know which author(s) they are evaluating. In other words, the identities of authors and reviewers during the evaluation process are kept confidential, ensuring the objectivity of the evaluation process.
• Two reviewers are assigned by the article section editor(s) to evaluate the content of the works and the expertise of the reviewers. At this stage, all reviewer evaluation reports are submitted electronically and anonymously. The names of the reviewers are not disclosed by the journal to maintain the integrity of the double-blind peer review process. Upon request, a written document confirming their contribution as reviewers may be provided to the reviewers. Authors cannot directly communicate with reviewers, and evaluations and reviewer reports are transmitted to responsible authors through the journal management system. During this process, evaluation forms and reviewer reports are transmitted to responsible authors through the editor.
• Double-blind peer review helps editors interact with authors. Authors have the opportunity to improve their work through the critiques in the reviewer reports, and editors play an important role in this dialogue.

The reviewers of the Journal of Health Systems and Policies (JHESP) commit to full compliance with the following ethical values:

• Reviewers commit to evaluating only the works related to their own areas of expertise. If a reviewer lacks sufficient knowledge about the subject of the work or deems it impossible to provide timely feedback, they must inform the Editorial Board as soon as possible.
• Reviewers contribute to the decisions made by the Editorial Board regarding the works they evaluate. If necessary, they communicate with the authors through the Editorial Board for the improvement of the work. The confidentiality of reviewers is essential during this process.
• Reviewers are responsible for evaluating academic works submitted for review impartially and confidentially. Within this framework, they cannot share or use the information in the work with others without the explicit permission of the author before it is published.
• If reviewers detect any copyright infringement or plagiarism in the work submitted for review, or if they notice any similarity with previously published work or information, they must inform the Editorial Board as soon as possible.
• At the end of the evaluation process, reviewers are obliged to convey their views based on scientific criteria through the "Reviewer Evaluation Form." If a "Reviewer Evaluation Form" that does not comply with these conditions is identified, the editorial board may contact the reviewer for review and correction.
• Reviewers are responsible for completing their evaluations within the specified timeframe.
  
  

All expenses for the journal are covered by Istanbul Medipol University. JHESP; does not charge for submission, processing, publishing, or any other process. All processes of publishing are free of charge.
No fee is charged from the author or institution under any name.
Within the scope of the journal; No fee is charged from the author or institution under any name, including application fees, editorial processing fees, article processing fees, page fees, color fees.