Writing Rules

Writing rules

1. The authors are responsible for the opinions expressed in the articles.
2. The author (s) of the works accepted for publication should upload the copyright form of each of them to the system with electronic, digital or wet signature (scanned). 

You can download the Copyright form here.

3. The author (s) declares that the study is original, that it has not been sent to another journal for publication, that it has not been published before, that the principles recommended in the Helsinki Declaration for human and animal studies are complied with, the scale, questionnaire, inventory, test etc. used. They accept that they take full responsibility for obtaining permission from the owner for the use of measurement tools and that they are responsible for the thoughts expressed in the articles, and that they have given the publication rights of the study to the “Journal of Natural Life Medicine”.
4. In research that requires an ethics committee, the authors should express it in the material and method section.
5. Tables and figures should be included in the required section of the article. Tables and figures should not be uploaded as separate files. If a different file is to be sent to the editor or referees, the file can be sent separately from the main text or communicated via e-mail.
6. Tables and figures should be cited in the text.
7. Quotations made in graphics and designs should be stated.
8. Authors should declare that there is no conflict of interest before the bibliography (references) section.
9. There is no word limitation in all types of writing (except summary).
10. All studies should be cited according to APA (6th version).
11. The editor-in-chief of the journal can evaluate the submissions and decide whether to publish them or to reject them without the need for a referee process.
Preparing the Article
Structure
Research Article: ABSTRACT: Objective, Method, Findings, Conclusion. INTRODUCTION, METHOD, FINDINGS, DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION, Research limitation (if any), Acknowledgments (if any), Conflict of Interest Declaration, Financial Disclosure. 

Case Report: ABSTRACT, Introduction, Case Report, Discussion
Discursive Article: ABSTRACT: Objective, Design, Method, Result. 1. Introduction, 2.Materials and Methods, Conclusion
Systemic Review: Objective, Methods (including data sources, study selection and data extraction), Findings, Conclusion
Letter to the Editor

Attachments (as appropriate); table (s) with subtitles (on separate pages); figures; figure titles (as a list).

Word Limits
There is no word limit for articles in this journal.
Style Guidelines
Please use double quotation marks, except when "quotation is in" quotation marks ". Please note that long quotations must be indented without quotes.
General Style
Authors are asked to take into account that the journal can be read by different target audiences. Please avoid using terms that are meaningful only to the local or national target audience, or give a clear explanation where this is unavoidable. However, articles that reflect the characteristics of a social and cultural system are acceptable. Some specific points on this topic include:
1. Authors should use clear and concise language. Language and grammar should be consistent with Fowler's use of English; The spelling and meaning of the words should match the Webster Dictionary. If English is not your native language, please make sure the article is reviewed by your native language. Comprehensive rewriting of the text will not be done by the editorial staff.
2. Latin terminology, including microbiological and species nomenclature, should be written in italics.
3. Use the standard convention for human and animal genes and proteins: italics for genes and regular font for proteins and upper case for human and lower case for animal related ones.
4. Prefer "USA" to "America" ​​and "United States of America". Instead of "England" and "United Kingdom", "UK" may be preferred.
5. Please use double quotation marks, except where "quotation marks are in" quotes ".
6. Punctuation marks of common abbreviations must follow the rules: “eg”; "so"; "etc.". Note that such abbreviations should usually not be followed by commas or (double) periods / periods.
7. Only the first letter of their title, subtitles and proper names begin with a capital letter. Similarly, the first letter of article titles belonging to journals in the references begins with a capital letter.
8. All abbreviations for national agencies, exams and others should be explained at first use in text or references. Abbreviations can then be used if appropriate, eg. "The work of the Performance Evaluation Unit (PDB) in the early 1980s ..." followed by the reference "The successful work of PDB ..." (Ministry of National Education [MEB] 1989a) ".
9. Brief biographical details of important national figures should be outlined in the text, unless it is clear that the person concerned will be internationally recognized. Some suggested editorial comments in a typical text are indicated below in square brackets:
"H.E. From the time of Armstrong [19. The transition from constructivism to intuition in the design of [British] science courses until the [1960s] associated curriculum development work with the Nuffield Foundation in the 19th century.
10. The preferred local (national) usage for ethnic and other minorities should be used in all articles. For the USA, "African-American", "Hispanic", and "Native American" are used, e.g. "African-American presidential candidate Jesse Jackson…"; For England, "Afro-Caribbean" (not "West India") should be used as in the examples.
11. Numbers in the text should take the following formats: 300, 3000, and 30000 (not 30,000). Spell numbers below ten unless used with a unit of measure, e.g. nine pupils but 9 mm (do not use dots (dots) in teams). Use the form 0.05 (not .05, × 05, or 0 × 05) for decimal numbers. Fonts should use "%" (not "per cent").
12. The appendices should come before the references and after the acknowledgements. The style of the header is shown in the following example: "Appendix C: Random network generator". Figures and tables in appendices should continue in their numbering order from the central part of the text. Sections in annexes should be numbered, e.g. C.1, C.2. Equations in the appendices should be numbered, for example, (C 1), (C 2). If there is only one appendix, it is called "Annex" and not "Annex A".
Formatting and Templates
The article can be submitted in Word format. Figures, tables and graphics should be loaded in the text.
As of 2024, all studies submitted to our journal must be cited according to APA (6th edition).
Forms of Citation in Article
Single author article in periodicals
Author, H. (2023). A new oxidative stress indicator: Effect of 5-hydroxytryptophan on thiol-disulfide homeostasis in exercise. Nutrition, 1(10), 9-12. doi:xx.xxxxxxxxxx
Article with two authors in periodicals
Kayacan, Y. and Author, H. (2019). A new oxidative stress indicator: Effect of 5-hydroxytryptophan on thiol-disulfide homeostasis in exercise. Nutrition, 63, 114-119. doi:xx.xxxxxxxxxx
Articles with three to seven authors in periodicals
Kayacan, Y., Author, H., Cerit, G. (2019). A new oxidative stress indicator: Effect of 5-hydroxytryptophan on thiol-disulfide homeostasis in exercise. Nutrition, 63, 114-119. doi:xx.xxxxxxxxxx
Articles with more than seven authors in periodicals
Çak, H. T., Karabekiroğlu, K., Kültür, E. Ç., Tarakçıoğlu, M. C., Kaya, R., Say, G. N., …Varol, F. (2015). The relationship between psychiatric symptoms and postpartum depression and infantile colic in expectant mothers and fathers: A multicenter follow-up study. Turkish Journal of Psychiatry, 26(2), 87-98. doi:xx.xxxxxxxxxx
For the book:
Baigneres, T., Junod, P., Lu, Y., Monnerat, J., & Vaudenay, S. (2006). A classical introduction to cryptography exercise book. Springer science & business media.
Book chapter (Chapter)
Yıldırım, A. and Şimşek, H. (2000). Planning qualitative research. In Qualitative research methods in the social sciences (2nd ed.) (pp. 49-91). Ankara: Seçkin Publications.
In-Text References to References
For the journal:
References to works by a single author. Contains the author's surname and date information. Example: According to Kayacan (2024)…. or ….(Kayacan, 2024)
References to works by two authors. Each reference must include the surnames of both authors. Example: According to Kayacan and Author (2024) …. or …..(Kayacan and Author, 2024)
Submissions with three, four and five authors. Example: First reference: (Kayacan, Author, Cerit, Erel, and Kaleli, 2024). Next post: (Kayacan et al., 2024)
Submissions with six or more authors. Example: Author et al. (2024) states… or… (Yazar et al., 2024).
References with legal authors
First reference at the end of the sentence: (Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council [TÜBİTAK], 2013), Second and subsequent references: (TÜBİTAK, 2013).
First reference in a sentence: Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council (TÜBİTAK, 2013), Second and subsequent references: TÜBİTAK (2013).
References to the same author for multiple publications
For different years: (Kayacan and Author, 2023, 2024). For the same year: (Kayacan and Author, 2024a, 2024b).
Multiple references in the same brackets (Yazar and Kayacan, 2013; Şencan, 2003; Tonta, 2010)
References to a specific section of a resource
(Kayacan, 2013, p. 42), (Yazar, 2012, Chapter 4), (Cerit, 2012, Table 1).
In the book text: Baigneres et al. (2006, p.21).
Internet Resources
In periodicals accessed over the internet, if a digital object identifier, in other words a DOI (digital object identifier) number, is available for the publication, it should be given in the bibliography. If DOI is not available, the internet address must be specified.
Internet periodicals
İlbaş, Ç. (2004). Bombers of the cyber world. PiVOLKA, 3(13), 5-6. http://www.elyadal.org/pivolka/13/siber.html
Control List:
1) Author details. All authors of an article must indicate their full names and affiliations on the cover page. Please include ORCiDs and social media handles (Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn) if applicable. An author's email address will need to be identified as the corresponding author, as typically displayed in PDF and online articles. The authors' affiliations are the organizations where the research was conducted. If any named co-authors change membership during the peer-review process, the new membership may be given as a footnote. Please note that no changes can be made to the membership once your article has been accepted.
2) Recommended format and titles for the research article: ABSTRACT: All types of writing should include a structured abstract of no more than 250 words. The ABSTRACT should include the following headings: Objective, Method, Findings and Conclusion. After the ABSTRACT, the main text format in the research article should consist of INTRODUCTION, METHOD, FINDINGS, DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION. Any limitations of the article should be briefly stated after the conclusion. If any, the acknowledgement text should be stated before the references. Any funding used during the research must be displayed (after the acknowledgement text). A review article should be structured: objective, methods (including data sources, study selection, and data extraction), findings, and conclusion. The article should be written in an informative style that allows its use without revision, provide essential details of the research findings without further reference to the text, and avoid generalizations and unnecessary information.
3) Graphical summary (optional). This is an image to give readers a clear idea of the content of your article. It should be no more than 525 pixels wide. If your photo is narrower than 525px, please place it on a 525px-wide white background to preserve its dimensions. Save the graphic summary as .jpg, .png or .tiff. Please do not include it in the manuscript; save it as a separate file labelled Graphical Summary1.
4) Video: You can include a video summary in your article.
5) Keywords: At most five keywords. About title selection and search engine optimization, choose your keywords carefully to make your article more discoverable
6) Financing details. Please provide all the details required by the funding and donor institutions as follows:
For single agency/institution grants: This work was supported by [Supporting agency or agency] under grant [number xxxx].
For multiple agency/institution grants: This work was supported by [Supporting agency/institution #1] under grant [number xxxx]; [Supporting agency/organization #2] under grant [number xxxx]; and Grant supported [Supporting agency/entity #3] under [number xxxx].
7) Statement of conflict of interest: This is to acknowledge any financial claim or benefit arising from your research's direct practices. Authors should accept this at the time of submission.
8) Data availability notification. If a dataset is associated with the article, please provide information on where to find data supporting the results or analyses presented. It should include the hyperlink, DOI or other persistent identifier associated with this dataset(s) whenever possible.
9) Data accumulation. If you choose to share or open the data underlying the work, please put your data in a recognized repository before or at the time of submission. You will be asked to provide the dataset's DOI, pre-allocated DOI, or other persistent identifier.
10) Supplementary online material. Supplementary material can be a video, dataset, file set, audio file, or anything else that supports (and relates to) your article. We publish additional materials online.
11) Figures. Figures must be high quality (1200 dpi for correct size drawing, 600 dpi for grayscale, and 300 dpi for colour). Shapes must be provided in one of our preferred file formats: EPS, PS, JPEG, TIFF, or Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX). Files are acceptable for shapes drawn in Word. Do not use any format other than these.
12) Tables. Tables should present new information rather than copy what is in the text. Readers should be able to interpret the table without referencing the text.
13) Equations. If you submit your manuscript as a Word document, please ensure that the mathematical equations and symbols are editable.
Using Third-Party Materials in Your Article
You must obtain the necessary permission to reuse third-party materials in your article. Use of short sections of text and certain other types of material is generally permitted on a limited basis for criticism and review without official permission. Suppose you wish to include any material in your article that you do not own the copyright, and this unofficial agreement does not cover that. In that case, you must obtain written permission from the copyright holder before submitting it.
Submitting Your Article
This journal uses the DERGİPARK Submission Portal to manage the submission process. The Submission Portal lets you see your submissions in Dergipark's journal portfolio in one place.
Please note thatJournal of Natural Life Medicine uses Turnitin to scan for non-original material. By submitting your article to our journal, you agree to the originality checks during the peer review and copying processes. When you accept, we recommend keeping a copy of your Accepted Paper.
Broadcasting Fees
There are no submission fees, publication fees, or page fees for this journal.
Questions
If you have any questions, visit our contact website or contact the relevant email addresses.
Email addresses for contact: kayacan@gmail.com & drh.yazar@gmail.com
English Drafts

Research Article: ABSTRACT: Objective, Method, Findings, Conclusion. INTRODUCTION, METHOD, FINDINGS, DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION, Research limitation (if any), Acknowledgments (if any), Conflict of Interest Declaration, Financial Disclosure.
Case Report: ABSTRACT, Introduction, Case Report, Discussion
Discursive Article: ABSTRACT: Objective, Design, Method, Result. 1. Introduction, 2.Materials and Methods, Conclusion
Systemic Review: Objective, Methods (including data sources, study selection and data extraction), Findings, Conclusion
Letter to the Editor

NOTE: Discursive Article: It includes topics such as a new invention, definition, or method. It must contain further clinically or practically usable information. For example, a design may be patented or defined as a utility model.