The aim of Journal of Kırıkkale University Faculty of Medicine (KÜTFD) is to transfer the latest developments and new information in the field of science by publishing clinical and experimental research, review articles, case reports and letters to the editor in the health field; enhance scientific communication and knowledge accumulation by providing a discussion platform for scientists and to contribute to the field of science.
The scope of KÜTFD includes original research, reviews (upon invitation), case reports, and letters to the editor in the health field (medicine, dentistry, health sciences, etc.). The journal publishes three issues per year (April, August, and December) and is indexed in the ULAKBİM TR INDEX as a "peer-reviewed and periodical" electronic journal. Articles are accepted in Turkish or English.
Research article | Review article | Case reports | Letter to the editor | |
Sections | Title | Title | Title | Title |
Word limit | ||||
Main text* | 3000 | 4000 | 1000 | 500 |
Abstract | 150-300 | 100-200 | 100-200 | - |
Keywords | 3-5 | 3-5 | 3-5 | - |
Short title | ≤6 | ≤6 | ≤6 | - |
Number of references | ≤40 | ≤60 | ≤20 | ≤15 |
* Main text excluding title, abstract (Turkish and English), keywords, references, tables, figures
Title Page:
It must be prepared properly to the title page format of the journal. The example of the title page is available at the address https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/kutfd on the “Required Forms” tab at the bottom of the page.
a) The title of the text must be concise and explanatory (Turkish and English ≤150 letters),
b) The title must be short and it must contain a maximum of 6 words (Turkish and English, ≤50 letters),
c) All authors should be written with their full names and affiliations according to the order in the manuscript (in the language of publication),
d) The ORCID numbers of all authors must be written,
e) The address, mobile phone number and e-mail address of the corresponding author must be provided.
Abstract:
Abstracts to be written in Turkish and English should comply with the word count according to the article type. For research articles, the abstract should consist of aim, material (patients) and method, results and conclusion sections; for case and review articles, each section should be written as separate paragraphs without using headings. The English abstract must be written as “Abstract: Objective, Material and Methods, Results, Conclusion“. As far as possible, abbreviations should not be used in the abstract, references should not be given, and tables and figures should not be addressed. Since it will be used in electronic publishing, there should be taken great care to the abstract.
Keywords
Turkish keywords to be written to reflect the essence and main titles of the scientific article should be selected in accordance with the Turkish Scientific Terms (https://www.bilimterimleri.com/), and English keywords should be chosen in accordance with Index Medicus Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) (www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html). Keywords must not be given in the English and Turkish abstract. English keywords must be titled as “Keywords". Turkish and English keywords must match and must be given in the same order. The first keyword must start with a capital letter, and after a comma, the other keywords should start with a lower case letter.
Main text
The article’s text consist of introduction, materials (patients) and methods, results and discussion. Word limits are presented in the table. In the Introduction section, the aim and necessity of the study should be underlined, only the necessary references should be used and entire literature should not be reviewed.
In the Materials (patients) and methods section, the choice of experimental or clinical sample should be defined and the sources of the methods, including statistical methods, should be remarked/indicated. In experimental studies, it should be stated that the research on humans or animals was conducted in compliance with the standard ethical rules/guidelines, and also the name, date and number of the ethics committee approval should be given. In the case reports, the statement that informed consent form has been received from participants should be included. Statistical methods should be explained in detail, and randomisation and software details should be given.
In the Results section, the significant results of the study should be explained with text, tables and figures, and the data should not be repeated in the text and tables.
In the Discussion section, the significant remarks and results of the study should be emphasized and should be compared to similar studies. The paragraph(es) of the discussion should summarize the results of the article. There should not be a separate Conclusion title.
Case reports should consist of introduction, case reports and discussion. Rewiev articles should consist of introduction, subtitles about the topic and conclusion.
Letter to the editor should not consist an abstract.
Abbreviations and acronyms (internationally recognisable) used in the article should be written clearly in the first place they are used and the shortened form should be shown in parentheses and the shortened form should be used throughout the text.
Declarations
In accordance with the language of manuscript, at least the following 4 headings must be in the order given in the declarations section at the end of the main text: Conflict of interest (whether or not a conflict exists), researchers’ contribution rate (scientific contribution and responsibility), and funding (all kinds of financial support)/ acknowledgements (for those who contributed to the manuscript such as technical support, writing and editing, data collection, analysis, etc.; however, do not fully meet the authorship criteria) and ethical committee approval or informed consent information must be indicated. For case reports, a consent form should also be attached.
Turkish example
Çıkar Çatışması Beyanı: Yazarlar arasında herhangi bir çıkar çatışması bulunmamaktadır.
Katkı Oranı Beyanı: Anafikir/Planlama: YK,AA; Analiz/Yorum: YK,AA; Veri Sağlama: YK,AA; Yazım: YK,AA; Gözden Geçirme ve Düzeltme: YK,AA; Onaylama: YK,AA
Destek / Teşekkür Beyanı: Çalışmada hiçbir kurum ya da kişiden finansal destek alınmamıştır. Araştırmaya katılan öğrencilere teşekkür ederiz.
Etik Kurul Onamı: ….. Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi girişimsel olmayan klinik araştırmalar etik kurul kurulundan onay alınmıştır (Karar no: ….., Tarih: …..).
English example
Conflict of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
Funding and Acknowledgment: No financial support was received from any institution or person.
Researchers’ Contribution Rate Statement: Concept/Design:YK, AA; Analysis/Interpretation: YK, AA; Data Collection: YK, AA; Writer: YK, AA; Critical Review: YK, AA; Approver: YK, AA
Ethics Committee Approval: The study protocol was approved by the ….. University Clinical Research Ethics Committee (Date:…… , Number: …..)
REFERENCES
References should be numbered according to the order in the text. References in the manuscripts should be numbered in brackets and at the end of the sentence. They should be sorted by seperating with “comma” without leaving a space between them. When 3 or more consecutive references are written, the first and last references should be written and a “-” sign should be placed between them, for instance [(7,19,21-26)]. Checking references is essential and authors might be contacted for a full text of the reference. The maximum number of references for every article type has been given in the table. In References, punctuation marks should be paid attention, and references should be written simple as shown below:
Article from periodical: In References, if the number of authors is six or less, (all) author(s) surname (double names are adjacent) and name initials (comma between them), if the number of authors is more than six, the first three names should be written and ‘”et al.” (no comma before) should be added in English or ‘’ve ark.’’ in Turkish, and a full stop should be added. Then, the title of the manuscript should be written in sentence order (Capitalise only the initial letter and proper names); if there are punctuation marks such as ".", "?" or ":" in the title, the following sentence should also start with a capital letter. Later, the name of the journal should be written in italic form ( www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/journals or in accordance with Turkish Medical Index) and should be ended with a full stop. Thereafter, year, volume, issue number (if any, additional issue will be specified) and page numbers (first and last pages, S and page number if it is an additional issue) should be added. There should be no spaces in front and back of the punctuation marks. If the journal is electronic, the electronic edition date should be added after the page number (Epub 2010 Apr 19) and should be written according to the following example below;
Examples:
Ide M, Morimitsu T, Ushisako Y, Makino K, Fukiyama M, Hayashi A. The significance of stapedial reflex test in facial nerve paralysis. Acta Otolaryngol Suppl. 1988;446(2):57-63.
Williams J, Edgil D, Wattleworth M, Ndongmo C, Kuritsky J. The network approach to laboratory procurement and supply chain management: Addressing the system issues to enhance HIV viral load scale-up. Afr J Lab Med. 2020;9(1):1022. Epub 2020 Aug 13.
Nomura K, Vitti M, de Oliveira AS, et al. Use of the Fonseca’s questionnaire to assess the prevalence and severity of temporomandibular disorders in Brazilian dental undergraduates. Braz Dent J. 2007;18(2):163-167.
Book: Author(s) surname and initials of name(s), title of the book(initial letters are capitalised), edition number (short), place of publication, publisher, publication year, respectively; a full stop should be placed between them.
Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Pfaller MA. Medical Microbiology. 5th ed. London. The Mosby Company, Wolfe Publications Ltd., 2005.
A chapter in a book: Surname and initials of the chapter author(s). The name of the chapter in sentence order. In: Surname(s) initials of the book editor(s), ed(s). The title of the book (initial letters capitalised), edition number (short), place of publication, Publisher, publication year should be given in order, with a full stop between them; after publication year, ":" should be inserted and the first and last page numbers should be written with a "-" mark between them and a full stop should be placed at the end.
Dahl MV. Granuloma annulare. In: Fitzpatrick TB, Eisen AZ, Wolff K, Freedberg IM, Austen KF,eds. Dermatology in General Medicine. 4th ed. New York. McGraw-Hill Inc, 1993:1187-1191.
Electronic book or book section: Written as a book or a book chapter, ebook ISNN or doi, Publisher, publication year, page numbers
Website: The order should follow as ‘’Name of the site, Access date: Access address’’. World Health Organization (WHO). Accessed date: 11 March 2010 / Erişim tarihi: 11 Mart 2010: http://www.who.int.
Conference proceedings: The order should follow as ‘’ Authors’ surnames and initials. Title of the proceeding. Surnames and initials of the editors. Title of the congress. Title of the congress book; congress date, where it has been arranged, country. Publishing place of the book: Publisher; year. Page number.’’
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, eds. 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.
Thesis: The order should follow as “Author’s surname and the initial of the name. Title of the thesis. Name of the city where the thesis has been prepared. Where it has been prepared (University); year.’’
Bal ZÇ. Solunum sistemi örneklerinde Moraxella catarrhalis sıklığı (tez). İstanbul. İstanbul Üniversitesi İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi; 1993.
Tables:
Tables should be numbered with Arabic numerals in the order they appear in the text. Each table should have a title on the same page and should be written in bold and with the symbol (:).
The title of the table, for instance, “Table 1: Sentence Order” should be placed above the table and a full stop should not be placed at the end. Abbreviations and other explanations in the table should be shown as footnotes below the table. Also, texts in the table should be written in sentence order. Decimal numbers in tables, abstracts and main text (Turkish and English) should be separated with a full stop“.” (61.71; 1.19). However, numbers with 4 or more digits are written in groups of three to be counted from the end and a full stop is placed between them: 4.567, 326.197, 49.750.812, 28.434.250.310.500 etc.
Non-standard abbreviations should be explained in the footnotes. For instance, “BMI: Body mass index, FPG: Fasting plasma glucose” (space and capital letter after colon). Symbols such as *, †, ‡, §, ||,¶ , **, ††, ‡‡ can be used for footnotes.
Images, figures, graphics, etc:
The images taken meticulously must be in jpeg, tiff, or png format, with a pixel size of at least 500x400 and a resolution of at least 300 dpi. Images, figures, graphics, etc. must be numbered in the order of their appearance in the text, it must be ensured that they are cited, and figure captions must be specified.
In the title of the figure, for instance, “Figure 1: Sentence Order” should be placed under the figure and a full stop should not be placed at the end. In Turkish publications, figure can be used as an image or a graphic. If the authors of the manuscript want to publish previously published quoted texts, tables, figures, graphs, images, etc, they must obtain written permission from the right holder and authors, and this should be indicated.
Contact Information:
Kırıkkale Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
Kırıkkale Üni Tıp Derg Yayın Koordinatörlüğü Yenişehir Mahallesi, İbn-i Sina Caddesi, No:4, Yahşihan KIRIKKALE, TÜRKİYE
E-mail:kutfd@kku.edu.tr
Ph:+90 318 3335066
Web address: https://kutfd.kku.edu.tr
https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/kutfd
With the decisions taken by Ulakbim TR Dizin, ‘’Ethics Committee Approval’’ is required for the Studies to be published after 2020. In the articles that will be uploaded to our journal, ‘’Ethics Committee Document’’ must be uploaded, as well. If your article is in a category that does not require ethics committee approval, you must indicate this in your article text.
Studies Requiring Ethics Committee Permission
1. Any type of studies conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data from participants using surveys, interviews, focus group work, observation, experiment and interview techniques.
2. Use of humans and animals (including material/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,
3. Clinical research conducted on humans,
4. Research conducted on animals,
5. Retrospective studies in accordance with the law on the protection of personal data.
Also;
It is required to state that
*Copyright regulations are complied with for the ideas and the art works used, permission from the right holders are taken for using the scales, surveys and photographs belonging to the others, and ‘1Informed Consent Form” is taken for case reports.
* Retrospective ethics committee approval is not required for the articles that used research data before 2020, those that were produced from master’s/doctoral studies (which must be stated in the article), or those that were submitted to the journal for publication before the year specified above, were accepted but have not been published yet. Please state in the declaration form that your work has this situation.
* In case reports, information regarding the signing of informed consent/assent form must be included in the article.
Our journal does not demand any fee during submission and processing stages.
This Journal is a Publication of Kırıkkale University Faculty of Medicine.