General Information
IYYU Journal of PhytoPharmacy is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research articles, case reports (limited number), reviews and letters to the editor in the fields of Pharmacy Sciences and in this context mainly Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry, Ethnopharmacology, Biotechnology, Toxicology, Aromatherapy, Phytotherapy, Biochemistry, Plant Tissue Culture, Biological and Pharmacological activities. The responsibility of the articles belongs to the authors.
The journal is published in 3 issues per year, January – May – September. With the proposal of the editors and the approval of the advisory board, additional special issues can also be organised under the responsibility of an assigned temporary editor focused on a specific topic.
The language of the journal is Turkish and English. Turkish publications must include an abstract in English. For English-language publications, Turkish abstracts are added by the authors or, if this is not possible, by the editorial board.
General Publication Principles
Submitted manuscripts should be appropriate to the purpose and scope of the journal. Original, unpublished manuscripts that are not in the evaluation process in another journal and whose content and submission have been approved by each author are accepted for evaluation.
Manuscripts submitted to the journal are first checked by technical support for compliance with the journal spelling rules. Manuscripts that are not prepared in accordance with the journal spelling rules are sent back to the authors with technical correction requests. Manuscripts that are judged to be in accordance with the journal writing format are evaluated in terms of scope. If the manuscripts
do not comply with the instructions for authors or are outside the scope of the journal, they may be rejected by the editor without peer review. Manuscripts that are suitable for the scope of the journal are sent to double-blind referees. The approval of at least two referees is required for a manuscript to be accepted for publication. The referees are asked for their opinions on whether the manuscript is suitable for publication. If revisions are requested by the referees, the manuscript is sent to the author again. When the referees request some changes in the study and the author(s) do not agree with this, they can withdraw the article. Authors who accept the changes should mark the changes
they have made on the main text when submitting the revision files of their manuscripts, in addition, they should send their notes on the suggestions put forward by the referees in the "Reply to Referees" file. Each referee comment should be followed by the author reply and the line numbers where the changes were made should also be indicated. Revised manuscripts should be sent to the journal within 30 days following the decision letter. If the revised version of the manuscript is not uploaded within the specified period, the revision option may be cancelled. If authors need additional time for revision, they should submit their extension requests to the journal before the end of the first 30 days. After the revisions suggested by the referee are completed, the manuscripts are re-evaluated by the Editorial Board and published.
The Editor and the Editorial Board have the right to request changes, and the publication is held until the requested changes are made. In the event that all or part of a submitted text is to be published elsewhere, it is obligatory to inform the editors. After the manuscript is submitted to the Journal for publication, none of the author names can be deleted from the author list, a new name cannot be added as an author, and the order of authors cannot be changed without the written permission of all authors. Print-ready PDF files of accepted manuscripts are sent to the corresponding authors, and they are requested to submit their publication approval to the journal within 2 days.
Application
IYYU Journal of PhytoPharmacy has a fully online article submission and online review system. A separate cover page should be sent with all submitted manuscripts. The title page should contain the following information.
Title page;
Turkish and English titles of the article
Authors names, institutions, ORCID numbers, academic titles, e-mail and correspondence addresses
Corresponding author name, address, telephone (including mobile phone and e-mail address).
Publication Types and Rules
Manuscripts should be sent as a Word document with 12 font size, 1.5 line spacing, Times New Roman font. Manuscripts should not be sent in PDF format. Page numbers should be added in the lower right corner and line numbers should be indicated for each page.
Manuscripts with a similarity score (iThenticate result) exceeding 25% will be returned to the authors. Resubmission of the same manuscript without reducing the similarity score will result in rejection of the manuscript. For manuscripts with a similarity score above 50%, the
authors future submissions are always treated with scepticism and may not be considered for publication.
Original Research: Research articles should consist of a maximum of 4000 words, should not be longer than 20 pages, should contain a maximum of 45 references, and should contain a maximum of 10 figures (5) and tables (5) in total. The Turkish and English abstract should contain a maximum of 250 words.
Review: Review articles should be written with support from published original articles. The review article should consist of maximum 6000 words, should not be longer than 40 pages, should contain maximum 80 references, should have an abstract of maximum 200 words, should not contain more than 15 figures (10) and tables (5) in total.
Letter to the editor: In this type of article, important parts, overlooked aspects or missing parts of a previously published article are discussed. It should be short and concise. It should not exceed one printed page. It should contain a maximum of 500 words and 4-5 references. The number of authors should not be more than 3. All suggestions of the author should be supported by scientific data. Abstract should not include keywords, tables, figures, pictures and other visuals. The main text should be without subheadings. The volume, year, number, page numbers, article title and authors
names of the publication about which the letter is written should be clearly stated, written in the reference list and cited in the text.
Case report: The case report should consist of a maximum of 1500 words, include a maximum of 20 references, have an abstract of 200 words, not include tables, and include a maximum of 15 pictures in total. The main text should consist of Introduction, Case presentation and Discussion.
Article Content:
Cover page: Turkish/English title of the manuscript, names and surnames, ORCID numbers, academic titles, institutions, e-mail and correspondence addresses of all authors. Corresponding author should be indicated. If the research has been previously presented as a
paper (oral or poster) in a scientific meeting, this information should be stated as a footnote with the name and date of the meeting.
Article Title: The Turkish title of the manuscript should be short, clear and fully reflects the content. In addition, a short title not exceeding 50 characters including letters and spaces should be added. The English title of the manuscript should be in full agreement with the Turkish title.
Abstract: A structured abstract is required for original research and meta-analyses. Abstracts of original research articles should be prepared to include the subheadings Materials and Methods, Results and & Conclusion. Turkish and English abstracts should contain 200-250 words. It should not include reference, figure and table numbers. In addition, abbreviations should not be used unless necessary. Turkish and English abstracts should be compatible.
Keywords / key words: It should be under the abstract. It should contain 2-6 keywords in Turkish and English. Keywords should be separated from each other with commas (,). Turkish and English keywords must be compatible with each other.
Abbreviations: Abbreviations should not be used in abstracts and titles unless necessary. Abbreviations used in the journal should be defined in the text and written in brackets when first used.
Main text: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion.
Introduction: The purpose and importance of the study should be emphasized in the introduction. The introduction should be supported with references. Materials and Methods: The design and setting of the study, the description of the tools and materials used, the statistical analysis method used should be specified. should be given as statistical significance value. Findings: It should include the results of the study and the results of statistical analyses. Tables, figures or graphs can be used in this section. Discussion: The findings obtained should be interpreted and compared with similar studies.
Conflict of interest: If there is no conflict of interest between the authors, the statement “There is no conflict of interest” should be included. If there is a conflict of interest, it should be stated in the “Conflict of Interest Declaration” form.
Ethics Committee: Ethics Committee Approval and number should be given in the text, indicating the name of the institution that gave ethical approval. In case presentations, patient consent must be obtained. Acknowledgements and Support: It should be written in a separate section before the reference section. Acknowledgements to persons, grants, funds, etc. should be stated in this section.
References:
The latest and most recent publications should be preferred when citing. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the references. The main source should be used as a reference as much as possible.
References should be numbered consecutively according to the order of occurrence in the text.
References in the text should be indicated with Arabic numerals [1,2,3…] in square brackets.
References to accepted but not yet published articles should be labelled as “In Press”.
Abbreviations should not be used in journal names.
References should be identified according to APA style and depending on the type of study as follows.
Examples of reference writing are given below.
Journal Articles:
Author, A. A. (Date of Publication). Title of article: Capital letter to start subtitle. Journal title, Volume (issue), page range.
Example: Servi, H., Vatansever, C., Dogan, A., & Majeed, V. (2020). Antibacterial activity and essential oil composition of Calendula arvensis L. International Journal of Secondary Metabolite, 7(4), 229-236.
If the number of authors is more than five, after the names of five authors, “et al.”; for foreign language publications For Turkish publications, it should be indicated as “et al.”.
Example: Ducki, S., Rennison, D., Woo, M., Kendall, A., Chabert, J. F. D., et al. (2009). Combretastatin-like chalcones as inhibitors of microtubule polymerisation. Part 1: Synthesis and biological evaluation of antivascular activity. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 17(22), 7698- 7710.
Example: Üstüner, H., Nasırcılar, A. G., Servi, H., Maviş, M. E., Çağatay, N. U., et al. (2023).
Chemical composition of endemic and endangered Gypsophila pilulifera produced by in vitro micropropagation method. Industrial Crops and Products, 195, 116489.
Books and monographs:
Author, A. A. (year of publication). Title of the Study: Capital letter to start subtitle. Publisher. Example: Brownson, R. C., Baker, E. A., Deshpande, A. D., & Gillespie, K. N. (2018). Evidence- based public health. Oxford university press.
Book Chapter:
Example: Tile, M., Helfet, D. L., Kellam, J. F., & Vrahas, M. (1995). Fractures of the pelvis and acetabulum (pp. 210-218). Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins.
Conference proceedings:
Example: Şen, E., Şahin, N., Kul, A. A., Tandoğan, M., Servi, H., et al. (2018). The essential-oil composition of Crocus pestalozzae Boiss. from Istanbul. Facta Universitatis, Series: Physics,
Chemistry and Technology, 16(1), 168.
Theses
Example: Kaya, Ş. (2017). In vitro propagation of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) plant balcı variety by tissue culture (Master's thesis, Institute of Science and Technology).
Websites: .edu, .org or websites accepted by institutions should be used. Care should be taken not to use sites such as .net, .com.
Example: Fast facts. National Osteoporosis Foundation website.
http://www.nof.org/osteoporosis/diseasefacts.htm. Accessed August 27, 2007.
Preparation of Tables
Table titles (maximum 10 words) should appear above the table and descriptions (maximum 250 words) should appear below the table.
Tables should be prepared using the "Insert Table" command in Microsoft Office Word file and should be organised in an easy-to-read manner.
Tables should be numbered consecutively and in the order of occurrence in the text.
Each table should be cited in the text (e.g. Table 1, Table 2, etc.).
Findings given in tables and graphs should not be repeated in the text.
Some parts of the table may be emphasised by the use of superscripts, numbering, letters, symbols or bold text, and explanations of such expressions should be given below the table.
Commas should not be used for numeric values.
Colour and shading should not be used.
Preparation of Figures/Graphics/Pictures
Figures/Graphics/Pictures should be numbered according to the order in which they first appear in the text and should be uploaded in this order.
Images, graphics and photographs (in TIFF or JPEG format) should be uploaded as separate files.
Images should not be submitted in a Word document or in the main document.
Figures/Graphics/Pictures must be loaded in the correct direction.
Figure/Graphic/Pictures titles (maximum 15 words) and descriptions (maximum 250 words) should be written at the bottom of the image.
As with the rest of the article, images should be blinded. For this reason, the information about people and organisations in the images should also be blinded.
The minimum resolution of the images should be 300DPI.
To avoid problems in the evaluation process, all submitted images must be clear in resolution and large in size (minimum dimensions 100×100 mm).
It is the responsibility of the author(s) to obtain permission from the copyright holder to reproduce figures (or tables) previously published elsewhere. For all figures to be open access, authors must obtain permission from the rights holder if they wish to include images published elsewhere in non-open access journals. The permission must be indicated in the figure legend and included in the original source reference list. The permission must be submitted to the Editorial Board at the application stage.
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