Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine

Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine (JHSM) is a refereed, open access and periodical publication, and also indexed in TR-Dizin ULAKBİM. The articles published according to the journal’s writing rules are accepted through the DergiPark system. All numbers are available at our web address and Dergipark web page (https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/journal/2316/submission/step/manuscript/new) for free. Our aim is to provide high-quality scientific articles for disease’s diagnosis and treatment having appropriate innovations internationally. It is a scientific medical journal published six times (January, March, May, July, September, November) a year. The articles coming as a refereed journal are primarily evaluated in terms of common rules conformity with the standard requirements defined by the Committee of International Medical Journal Editors (accessing www.icmje.org) in biomedical articles. You can access all of the articles published in our journal electronically, read and download from our web site. Our goal is to make sure that your colleagues send the decision and publishing process of publications that we send to you in the shortest possible time. We would like to emphasize that we are always open to suggestions and constructive criticisms to raise the quality of our publication, and that we will show the necessary sensitivity to the statements in this regard.

Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine is a scientific, internationally refereed journal that publishes retrospective /prospective clinical and laboratory studies, interesting case presentations, invited collections, editorial letters, original images, short reports and surgical technical articles about every branch of medicine. The language of the journal is English, articles are accepted in only English. The articles submitted should also have only English Title, Abstract, Keywords. Manuscripts that have been published in another journal or submitted for review or not prepared according to the rules of the journal are not accepted for evaluation.

You can access all of the articles published in our journal electronically, read and download from our website: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/jhsm

PUBLICATION RULES, PUBLICATION POLICY, GENERAL PRINCIPLES, AND SUBMISSION RULES

ARTICLE GENERAL WRITING RULES
All scientific responsibility of the manuscripts belongs to the author(s). The editor, co-editor and publisher do not accept any responsibility for the articles published in the journal.

CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS
Manuscripts should be sent by e-mail by the responsible author.
https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/journal/2316/submission/step/manuscript/new 

ABBREVIATION OF JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine/ J Health Sci Med/ JHSM

EXPRESSION OF ‘‘ARTICLE IS NOT PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE

Each author should indicate to the editor on the presentation page that part or all of the manuscript is not published elsewhere and is not in the process of being evaluated in another journal at the same time. Oral or poster presentations presented at congresses should be indicated on the title page with the name of the congress, place, and date. All responsibility for the articles published in the journal (ethics, scientific, legal, etc.) belongs to the authors.

COPYRIGHT TRANSFER FORM
Copyright Transfer Form can be obtained from the link: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/journal/2316/file/3808/download 
According to the 1976 Copyright Act, all kinds of publication rights of articles accepted for the publication belong to the publisher.

WRITING LANGUAGE CONTROL
The publication language of the journal is English, and the articles are accepted in only English. Articles should be checked by a professional linguist before being submitted. The spelling and grammatical errors in the manuscript are corrected by our English language consultant and editorial committee.

STATISTICS EVALUATION
All prospective, experimental and retrospective research articles should be evaluated in terms of statistics (if required by the statistical expert) and indicated by appropriate planning, analysis, and reporting.

ACCEPTANCE OF PUBLISHING
After the approval of the editors and referees, the publication date of the article is taken into consideration. A Doi number is obtained for each post.

ARTICLE WRITING RULES
Manuscripts are double-spaced with Microsoft Word, and title titles (Abstract, Introduction, Material and Method, Results, Discussion, References, etc.) are written in 12 pt. 2.5 cm space should be written at the top and bottom. The writing style should be Times New Roman. “System International” (SI) units should be used. Figures, tables, pictures, and graphics should be referenced in the text. Abbreviations should be given in parentheses where the word first appears. Articles should be 50% contiguous, a comma should be used in a period (55.78) should be used in English manuscripts. The review should not exceed 4000 words (excluding Abstract, References, and Ethical Declarations), research articles 4000 (excluding Abstract, References, and Ethical Declarations), case reports 2000 (excluding Abstract, References, and Ethical Declarations), letters to the editor should not exceed 500 words (excluding References). Pages should be numbered from the abstract page.

Sections of Manuscript
1. Presentation to the Editor
This is the article that the author of the article sends to the editor of the journal. In this section, it should be noted that part or all of the article is not published elsewhere and is not in the process of being evaluated in another journal at the same time, Material Support and Interest Relationship ”status, language and statistical checks are made.

2. Title Page
The category of the article submitted at the beginning of the page should be indicated (clinical analysis, research article, experimental study, case report, review, etc.). The names and surnames of all authors should be numbered after the superscript and numbered from 1, and they should be added under the names of the institutions, clinics, cities, and countries. On the title page, each author's Orcid ID should be his/her e-mail address. This page should include the Corresponding Author(s), name, full address, telephone and e-mail address information should be added. Oral or Poster presentations presented at congresses should be indicated on the title page by giving the name, place, and date of the congress.

3. Article File
In randomized controlled trials CONSORT criteria must be followed. There should be no names of authors and institutions, only this information should be on the title page.

Title: There should be a short and clear title. It should not contain abbreviations.

Abstract: In research articles; It should be divided into sections of Aim/Introduction, Material and Method, Results/Findings, and Conclusion and should not exceed 400 words. In the review, case reports and the like, Abstract; it should be short and one paragraph, and should not exceed 300 words in reviews and 250 words in case reports.

Keywords: Should be found at the end of the Abstract. A minimum of 3 and a maximum of 6 word should be written. Words should be separated by semicolons. Keywords should be submitted in accordance with Subject Medical Subject Headings (MESH): www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html

Figures, Photographs, Graphics, and Tables: It should be indicated at the end of the sentence where it is mentioned in the text, should not be placed in the text, and should be added to the end of the text after the references. Abbreviations used should be indicated in the description below. If previously printed figures, pictures, tables, and graphics are used, written permission must be obtained and this permission should be stated in the description of figures, pictures, tables, and graphics. The article should be passed by the authors for the academic plagiarism prevention program. The picture/photo should be in jpeg and at least 300 dpi resolution.

Text Sections: The text samples to be sent for publication are as follows.

Editorial Comment/Discussion: It is the evaluation of the original research articles published by the expert other than the authors. It is published before the articles in the journal.
Research Article:

Research Article: Retrospective and prospective, and all kinds of experimental studies can be published. Article Title, Abstract (approximately 400 words; Aim, Material and Method, Results/Findings and Conclusion sections), Introduction, Material and Method, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Ethical Declarations, Acknowledgments (if necessary), References, Tables, Figures (if any).

Review: Can be prepared by invited authors or directly. It can be prepared to include the latest medical literature for any subject that has medical characteristics. Article Title, Abstract (about 300 words, unpartitioned), Main Text, Conclusion, Ethical Declarations, Acknowledgments (if necessary), References, Tables, Figures (if any).

Case Report: These are rare or different articles in diagnosis and treatment. It should be supported with a sufficient number of photographs and diagrams. Abstract (about 250 words; no section; English only), Introduction, Case report, Discussion, Conclusions, Ethical Declarations, Acknowledgments (if necessary), References, Tables, Figures (if any).

Letter to the Editor: The articles that are published in the journal within the last year include a maximum of 500 words containing various opinions, experiences and questions of the readers. There are no Title and Abstract sections. The number of references is limited to 5 (max. 10). It should be indicated which article (number, date) is dedicated and in the end there should be the name, institution, and address of the author. The answer to the letter is given by the editor or the author(s) of the article and published in the journal.

Education: Scientific articles supported by the latest clinical and laboratory applications that send messages to readers on current issues within the scope of the journal. Abstract (about 300 words; no section; and only English), Related Titles, Main Text, Ethical Declarations, Acknowledgments (if necessary), References, Tables, Figures (if any).

Book Evaluations: Evaluations of national or internationally accepted books of current value within the scope of the journal.

Ethical Responsibility/Rules: The protocol of clinical research articles must be approved by the Ethics Committee. In all studies conducted on humans, the “Material and Method” section was approved by the relevant committee or the Helsinki Declaration of Principles (https://www.wma.net/what-we-do/medical-ethics/declaration-of-helsinki/) (Eg: All procedures were carried out in accordance with the ethical rules and the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki). It should be stated in the text that all persons included in the study signed the am Informed Consent Form ”. The articles submitted to the Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine (JHSM) will be deemed to have been conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of Principles, and have received ethical and legal permissions and will not be held responsible. If the “Animal” item was used in the study, the authors stated that in the Material and Method section of the article, they protect the animal rights in their studies in accordance with the principles of Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (www.nap.edu/catalog/5140.html) and that they have received approval from the ethics committees of their institutions. must specify. In case reports, Informed Consent a should be obtained from patients regardless of the identity of the patient. If the article includes the institution (directly or indirectly) providing financial support for the commercial connection or work, the authors; the commercial product used, the drug, the company has no commercial relationship with, or if there is any relationship (consultant, other agreements, etc.), the editor must inform the presentation page. If Ethics Committee Approval is required in the article; the received document should be sent with the article. The manuscript should be submitted to the Academic Plagiarism Prevention Program by the authors. It is the authors' responsibility to ensure that the article complies with the ethical rules.

Financial Support and Interest: At the end of the article, the persons and organizations that support the work, if any, and the relationships of interest of these organizations with the authors, if any, should be indicated. In the absence, “There is no person/organization that supports the study financially and the authors do not have any interest-based relationship” should be written.

Acknowledgments: If any, should be written before references.

References: References should be written according to the order of arrival. If the number of authors in the source is 6 or less, all authors (surname and first name should be the first letter, the names of the authors should be separated by commas) should be specified; (‘’et al”), the name of the article (only the first letter of the sentence and the first letter of the special names will be capitalized), short journal name, year, volume, short page number (15-8, not 15-18) and a space between the punctuation marks. The format used for the manuscript submission should be as specified in Index Medicus (www.icmje.org). The list of references should only include studies that have been published or accepted for publication or have a Doi number.

Journal abbreviations should follow the style used in Cumulated Index Medicus: http://www2.bg.am.poznan.pl/czasopisma/medicus.php?lang=eng. 
The number of references should be limited to 40 in research articles, 60 in reviews, 20 in case reports and 5 (max. 10) in letter to the editor. References should be given in parentheses at the end of the sentence just before the period. For example (4,5). The author (s) is responsible for the accuracy of the references. Importance should be given to the synthesis of domestic and foreign sources.

4. Figures, Graphics, Pictures and Tables Titles
Titles should be written after the references. Each must be submitted as a separate image file (at least 300 dpi resolution, jpg).

Source Writing Examples
Excerpt from the journals;
Cesur S, Aslan T, Hoca NT, Cimen F, Tarhan G, Cifci A. Clinical importance of serum neopterin level in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Int J Mycobacteriol 2014; 3: 15-8 (not 15-18).

Excerpt from the book;
Tos M. Cartilage tympanoplasty. 1st ed. Stuttgart-New York: Georg Thieme Verlag; 2009.

Excerpt from the book, which is the only author and editor;
Neinstein LS. The office visit, interview techniques, and recommendations to parents. In: Neinstein LS (ed). Adolescent Health Care. A practical guide. 3rd ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins; 1996: 46-60.

Excerpt from the book with multiple authors and editors;
Schulz JE, Parran T Jr.: Principles of identification and intervention. In: Principles of Addiction Medicine, Graem AW. Shultz TK (eds). American Society of Addiction Medicine, 3rd ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins; 1998: 1-10.

If the editor is also the author of the chapter in the book;
Diener HC, Wilkinson M (editors). Drug-induced headache. In: Headache. First ed., New York: Springer-Verlag; 1988: 45-67.

Excerpt from PhD / undergraduate thesis;
Kilic C. General Health Survey: A Study of Reliability and Validity. phD Thesis, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Ankara; 1992.

Excerpt from an internet site;
Site name, URL address, author names, access date should be given in detail.

Giving a Doi number;
Joos S, Musselmann B, Szecsenyi J. Integration of complementary and alternative medicine into the family market in Germany: Result of National Survey. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 2011. doi: 10.1093/ecam/nep019

For other reference styles, see “ICMJE Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Sample References”.
Eder I hereby declare that all or part of the material in this study has not previously been published in any place and is not currently being evaluated elsewhere for publication. electronic submissions and all kinds of pre-declarations.

Sponsorship Statement
Authors should declare if any, the roles of sponsors of the study:

1. Design of study
2. Data collection, analysis, and interpretation of the results
3. Writing the report

CHECKLIST/CONTROL LIST
"The checklist must be completed."
What should be in the article;
-Editor to Presentation Page
- Title Page
- Ethical Status
• Conflict of Interest Statement
• Financial Disclosure
• Auhor Contributions
• Orcid numbers and author information should be on this page.
-Main Text
- Copyright Transfer Form

Articles should not contain a Turkish section:
1. Presentation Page to the Editor: It should be written by the responsible author addressed to the editor. Phone and E-mail must be added. The title, short name of the submitted article, Unpublished previously, has not been sent to any journal for review and is the original work of the authors ”should include a Conflict of Interest Statement“.

2. Title Page: English Article titles/Short titles, Authors and Institutions, Corresponding Author's postal address and telephone, Orcid no (mandatory since January 2019) and E-mail addresses of all authors. Special names and lowercase letters should be used in the title.

3. Main Pages of the Article: Article Titles/Short Titles, Abstract, and Keywords, Article Text (To Research Article: Introduction, Material and Method, Results/Findings, Discusssion, Conclusion), Ethical Declarations, Acknowledgments (if necessary), References, Pictures and Figures Titles, and Tables and Figures (if any). This page will not contain author names or institution information.

4. Font: Titles should be “Times New Roman and 12 pt, the other parts of the article should be written with 11 pt, double-spaced line spacing, and 2.5 cm indentation in all areas.

5. Abstract: English abstract should begin with the title ABSTRACT and include the sections “Introduction/Aim, Material and Method, Findings/Results, Conclusion.

6. Keywords: Should be added under the abstract in “Keywords, under English Abstract”. Keywords should be at least 3, at most 6 words/words, separated by commas, and should be MeSH-compliant.

7. Material and Method section should indicate the approval of the Ethics Committee (it is recommended to include the place, date, ethics committee number). In articles that do not require Ethics Committee Approval, it should be stated that the Approval/Permission of the Institution has been obtained (in order to avoid Conflict of Interest). Related documents should be sent on request. It should be noted that the author (s) is responsible for ethical problems. In human studies should be made to the citation to principles of the Declaration of Helsinki (All procedures were carried out in accordance with the ethical rules and the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.).

8. Statistical Terms (such as p, r, α) should not be used in the discussion.

9.  Ethical declarations must be added accordig to the journal format.
ETHICAL DECLARATIONS (SAMPLE)
Ethics Committee Approval: The study was initiated with the approval of the XXXXXXX University Medical Faculty Clinical Researches Ethics Committee (Date: 2014, Decision No: 87).
If there is no need for ethical approval, it should be stated in an appropriate sentence by writing the reason.
Informed Consent: Because the study was designed retrospectively, no written informed consent form was obtained from patients. (Prospektifse uygun cümle: Informed Consent: Written consent was obtained from the patient participating in this study.)
Referee Evaluation Process: Externally peer-reviewed.
Conflict of Interest Statement: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
Financial Disclosure: The authors declared that this study has received no financial support.
Author Contributions: All of the authors declare that they have all participated in the design, execution, and analysis of the paper, and that they have approved the final version.
Acknowledgement (Eğer varsa !!!): Our research’s data was presented in 19. National Surgical Congress as ‘Oral Presentation’ on April 2014.

10. References Representation should be as detailed in the spelling rules. Journal's number, etc. number “(2) is not in the bibliography. In articles with up to six authors, the names of all authors should be written (with the first letter of surname and first name), and for articles with seven or more authors, the first three authors should be cited as et al (et al.). The name of the manuscript should be in the form of sentence usage (except for special names and first letter). The journal should be given a short name. A space must be left between the punctuation marks after the journal name.

11. Tables, Graphics, Pictures, and Figures should be placed under a separate title after the bibliography. Figures/Images (at least 300 dpi resolution, must be jpeg file) and Tables should be submitted as one or more separate files.

12. Copyright Transfer Form: Must be filled in the English. It must be signed by all authors. In the absence of the signature of all authors, the Corresponding Author may take responsibility and sign on behalf of all authors.
13. Acceptable similarity rates: Up to 5% for one-to-one similarity, Maximum 20% for total similarity.

CONTACT
Prof. Aydın ÇİFCİ, MD
Kırıkkale University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, 71450, Yahşihan, Kırıkkale, TURKEY
Phone: +90 318 333 50 00 / 53 33
E-mail: dr.aydin.71@hotmail.com

Prof. Alpaslan TANOĞLU, MD, PhD
University of Health Sciences, Sancaktepe Şehit Profesör İlhan Varank Training and Research
Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology, İstanbul, TURKEY
Phone: +90 216 606 33 00
E-mail: alpaslantanoglu@yahoo.com

Ethical Responsibility/Rules: The protocol of clinical research articles must be approved by the Ethics Committee. In all studies conducted on humans, the “Material and Method” section was approved by the relevant committee or the Helsinki Declaration of Principles (https://www.wma.net/what-we-do/medical-ethics/declaration-of-helsinki/). It should be stated in the text that all persons included in the study signed the am Informed Consent Form ”. The articles submitted to the Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine (JHSM) will be deemed to have been conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of Principles, and have received ethical and legal permissions and will not be held responsible. If the “Animal” item was used in the study, the authors stated that in the Material and Method section of the article, they protect the animal rights in their studies in accordance with the principles of Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (www.nap.edu/catalog/5140.html) and that they have received approval from the ethics committees of their institutions. must specify. In case reports, Informed Consent should be obtained from patients regardless of the identity of the patient. If the article includes the institution (directly or indirectly) providing financial support for the commercial connection or work, the authors; the commercial product used, the drug, the company has no commercial relationship with, or if there is any relationship (consultant, other agreements, etc.), the editor must inform the presentation page. If Ethics Committee Approval is required in the article; the received document should be sent with the article. The manuscript should be submitted to the Academic Plagiarism Prevention Program by the authors. It is the authors' responsibility to ensure that the article complies with the ethical rules. Relationship between Financial Support and Interest: At the end of the article, the persons and organizations that support the work, if any, and the relationships of interest of these organizations with the authors, if any, should be indicated. In the absence, “There is no person/organization that supports the study financially and the authors do not have any interest-based relationship” should be written. Acknowledgments: If any should be written before references.

(For more detail information, see Journal Charge Policy---Click to there the author clarification text about the raider/questionable journals (Council of Higher Education (CoHE)/Yüksek Öğretim Kurumu (YÖK) Criteria).

Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal, which is published 6 issues per year periodically and is indexed in both international indexes and national TR-Dizin/Ulakbim. The journal's expenses have been covered by its own resources and donations so far. In order to (regardless of rejection or acceptance) evaluate the articles as soon as possible and to provide better consultancy and editing services, the article processing fee is requested from the authors who submit articles.

This article submission fee, which is not subject to the condition of acceptance or rejection, is requested after the compliance of the article to the journal scope is checked.

Article submission payment for original articles are 3500 TL (Turkish Liras) or 200 USD (US Dollars), and also review and case report articles submission payment 1750 TL (Turkish Liras) or 100 USD (US Dollars).

No fee will be taken for 'invited reviews', 'short communication', and 'letter to the editor' articles.

Fast-track process: All following processes; evaluation for editorial pre-review, prerequisites check, blind review at least by two reviewers, editorial decision (If there is a third referee evaluation process, the process may take longer); will be concluded within 30 working days (working days: monday to friday).

Fast-track process for original articles are 5500 TL (Turkish Liras) or 320 USD (US Dollars), and also review and case report articles submission payment 2750 TL (Turkish Liras) or 160 USD (US Dollars).

Being a fast-track does not increase the chance of article acceptance. If the article is rejected as a result of the referee evaluation, the fee is not refunded.

Where are the revenues used: Invoices are issued for the fees deposited in our journal and taxes are given. These revenues are used to improve the journals. Professional secretariat, typesetting, design, layout, English language support services are provided. In addition, revenues are used to apply for indexes.



Contact to: mha@medihealthacademy.com

More detailed information in English and Turkish languages is below.

ENGLISH
Eligibility of Submission - Submission Fee or Rejection
(Please pay after reading the text below)

After your article submission process is over;
It will be evaluated whether your article complies with the journal's writing rules and whether it is at minimum proficiency in terms of content.

• If the article is appropriate; you will be notified by e-mail that your position is available and you will be directed to pay the article submission fee,

• If the article is not appropriate; Rejection letter will be sent by e-mail without requesting submission fee.

Author Information About the Predatory (Looting/Shabby) Journal
A. http://www.uak.gov.tr/duyuru/2019E_S%C4%B1kcaSorulanQuestionsveAnswers%C4%B1_141019.pdf
Question 44: Which journals cannot be used in the Associate Professorship Submission Conditions (Declaration)?
Answer: In accordance with the decision taken at the General Assembly of the Council of Higher Education dated 07.03.2019, to be valid for the articles published after 07.03.2019; Journals that demand a fee or additional fee from the author for publication after the acceptance of the article (Loot/Shabby Journals) cannot be used in the associate professorship submission conditions (declaration) since this relationship contains a conflict of interest. However, it should be added to the CV and the list of works.

In this context, the following journals can be used for associate professorship submission requirements (declaration):

a. Journals that receive a fee during the article submission -without the acceptance/rejection condition,
b. Journals that charge a fee to make the relevant article open access, although it works on a subscription basis,
c. Journals that do not charge any fee from the authors during the article printing process.

B. Although the journal in which the article declared in the submission was published formally complies with the above-mentioned "journals that cannot be used in the declaration", candidates claiming that the relevant journal should not be considered within this scope can declare the relevant article by stating their justification.

C. http://portal.dpu.edu.tr/orhan.elmaci/makale_oku/165/yagmaci-dergi-beall-predatory-listesi-ve-tubitak-turkiye-adresli-uluslararasi-bilimsel-yayinlari-tesvik-ubyt-program-journal-list

D. https://beallslist.net/

Article Submission/Processing Fee: 200 USD (3500 TL)