ARTICLE PREPARATION

Articles should be prepared in accordance with the ICMJE (Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals) (updated in December 2015 - http://www.icmje.org/icmje-recommendations.pdf) standards.

Authors should;

• For randomized research studies, CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials)
• For observational original research studies, STROBE (Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology), STARD (the Standards for Reporting Diagnostic Accuracy), PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses)
• For non-randomized behavioral and public health evaluations, TREND (Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Non-randomized Designs) guidelines should be used as a basis.
Articles can only be submitted through the journal's online article submission and evaluation system https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/maunsbd. Articles sent through any other medium will not be evaluated.

Articles will first enter a technical evaluation process where the editorial staff will ensure that the article has been prepared and submitted in accordance with the journal's guidelines. Articles that do not comply with the journal's guidelines will be returned to the relevant author with requests for technical corrections.
The quality and clarity of the language used is very important. A text that is ready for publication must be submitted. If the publication language does not comply with the journal standards, the article may be requested to be edited. Muş Alparslan University Journal of Health Sciences uses Turkish and US English.
Article Types

Original Article
A type of article that provides new information based on original research. The main text of the article should be structured with the subheadings Introduction, Materials and Methods, Findings, Discussion, and Conclusion. The main text (excluding the abstract, material-method section, references, tables, and figure legends) is limited to 5,000 words. It should include an unstructured abstract of maximum 250 words. The reference limit is 50, the table limit is 5, and the figure limit is 6.

Review articles
Two types of reviews are accepted for publication in the Muş Alparslan University Journal of Health Sciences: traditional reviews and systematic reviews. Traditional reviews prepared by authors with extensive knowledge in a specific field and widely accepted scientific background are welcomed.

Traditional reviews: These reviews are prepared by authors with extensive knowledge in a specific field and widely accepted scientific background. These authors may even be invited by the journal. The review should describe, discuss and evaluate the current level of knowledge on a topic in the field of health sciences and guide future studies. The main text should include Introduction, Subheadings, and Conclusion sections. It should include an unstructured abstract of maximum 250 words. The main text is limited to 5,000 words. The reference limit is 50, the table limit is 5, and the figure limit is 6.

Systematic reviews: Systematic and unbiased scanning of original studies published in a field in accordance with specified criteria to find an answer to a research question prepared on a specific topic, evaluating the validity of the studies found and combining them by synthesizing them. Meta-analysis is optional. Systematic reviews will be considered as original articles. Details of expectations for systematic reviews can be found in the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions, available at http://training.cochrane.org/handbook. It should include an unstructured abstract of no more than 300 words. The main text should include Introduction, Materials and Methods (data sources, study eligibility criteria, participants, interventions, etc. and statistical analysis), Findings, Discussion, and Conclusion sections. The main text is limited to 5,000 words. The number of references will depend on the scope of the topic being reviewed, but should not exceed 60. The limit for tables is 5, and the limit for figures is 6.

Letter to the Editor
A paper discussing important observations, overlooked aspects or details missing from a previously published article. Noteworthy articles on topics within the scope of the journal, especially educational cases, may also be submitted as a “Letter to the Editor”. The abstract should not include tables, figures or other media. The article in question should be cited appropriately. The text should be unstructured and limited to 1,500 words. No more than 10 references will be accepted.

Author Information and Title Page
Submissions should be submitted as a separate “author information and title page”, which should include:
 Full title of the article and a short title of no more than 50 characters
 Name(s), institutions, ORCID ID numbers of the author(s) and highest academic degrees of the author(s)
 Supporting funds or other information (specified in the template)
 Name, address, telephone and email address of the corresponding author
 Name(s) of the author(s) who contributed to the preparation of the article but did not

Abstract
A Turkish and English abstract is required for all submissions except for letters to the editor. Articles must include an unstructured abstract of no more than 250 words.

Keywords: At least three and up to six keywords (in Turkish and English) must be included in each submission for subject indexing at the end of the abstract. Keywords must be listed in full, without abbreviation. It is recommended that keywords be selected from the National Library of Medicine, Medical Subject Headings database (https://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html).

Introduction
Create a context or background that emphasizes the nature and importance of the problem. State the specific purpose of the study or observation, the research objective, or the hypothesis being tested. Cite only directly relevant references. Do not include data or results from reported studies.

Material-Method
The rules that apply to all scientific research apply to survey studies and the following must be followed:
For survey studies:
 Study location and design (Time/time interval of the study must be specified.)
 Type of research
 Population (The population of the study and the sample, if selected, must be clearly stated. If selected, how the sample size was calculated and which sample selection method(s) were used must be specified. The study must be based on the data of the number of participants required for scientific validity.)
 Survey (The sections of the survey and how many questions it consists of must be explained.)
 Data collection (The data collection method of the study must be written and how the data was collected must be explained. When collecting data, permission must be obtained from the participants to participate in the study.)
 Statistical analysis (Which statistical methods were used for which analyses must be clearly stated.)
 Ethics committee approval (Name of the ethics committee, approval date, regulation number) In addition, administrative permission must be obtained from the relevant authorities for works that require administrative permission.

For clinical and laboratory studies:
 Study location and design
 Ethics committee approval (name of ethics committee, approval date, regulation number)
 Patients and data collection
 Diagnostic criteria
 Definitions (if necessary for diseases, interventions or data collection)
 Inclusion criteria
 Exclusion criteria
 Clinical, surgical and laboratory examinations
 Statistical analysis

Statistical Analysis
A detailed description of the statistical analyses performed should be provided under a separate subheading in the material-methods section. The description of the statistical analyses performed should be included in the Material-Methods section. This section should detail the following:
 Data collection: Information on how the data were collected. Details of the sampling strategy, power and sample size calculation, inclusion/exclusion criteria should be specified.
 Data processing: Information on how the raw data was processed prior to data analysis, such as identifying outliers, normalization, data transformation, etc.
 Summarizing the data: Information about the data values ​​as the results of the analysis (e.g., values ​​are expressed as Mean±SD or Median [1st, 3rd quartile]). It may also be useful to briefly touch on selected summary statistics.

 Assumptions: Information about how statistical assumptions were tested (e.g., histograms and Q-Q plots were examined, the Shapiro-Wilk test was used to assess data normality, the Levene test was used to test for homogeneity of variance, etc.).

 Hypothesis testing and modeling: Information about the statistical methods used and the purpose (e.g., a two-sided independent samples t test was used to compare C-peptide levels in diabetic and nondiabetic patients, a linear regression model was applied to adjust for multiple variables, etc.).

 Software: Information about any statistical software used in data analysis (e.g., analyses were performed using SPSS version 15.0 (Chicago, IL) or IBM SPSS version 20.0, etc.).
Statistical modeling (e.g., regression analysis, classification, clustering, linear models, etc.) requires significant effort and the steps used should be described in detail. What were the results of the univariate analysis? What criteria were used to select the variables included in the multivariate analysis? How did the final model fit the data? What was the goodness of fit of the selected model? Finally, model validity should be described to determine the validity of the constructed model.

Tables
Tables should be embedded in the main text. They should be numbered in the order they appear in the main text. An explanatory title should be placed above the tables. Abbreviations used in tables should be defined in footnotes below the table, even if they are defined in the main text. Tables should be created using the “insert table” command of word processing software and should be designed to be easy to read. The data presented in the tables should not be a repetition of the data presented in the main text, but should support the main text.

Figures
Figures, graphs, and photographs should be uploaded embedded in the main text. Graphs and photographs should also be submitted as separate files in JPEG format through the article submission system. When there are figure subunits, the subunits should not be combined to create a single image. Each subunit should be submitted separately through the submission system. Images should not be labeled to indicate figure subunits (a, b, c, etc.). Thick and thin arrows, arrowheads, stars, asterisks, and similar markings may be used in images to support the figure legend. Like the rest of the submission, figures should be blinded so that they do not contain any information that could identify a person or institution. The minimum resolution of each submitted figure must be 300 DPI. To avoid delays in the evaluation process, all figures submitted must have a clear resolution and a large size (minimum dimensions: 100x100 mm).

Other Points to Consider
 All acronyms and abbreviations used in the article must be defined at first use, both in the abstract and in the main text. The abbreviation should be given in parentheses following the definition. Units should be prepared in accordance with the International System of Units (SI). When a drug, device, hardware or software program or other product is mentioned in the main text, the name of the product, the manufacturer/copyright holder of the product (not just the seller), the city and country of the company (including the region), should be given in parentheses in the following format: “Discovery St PET/CT scanner (General Electric Co., Boston, MA, USA)”

 All references, tables and figures should be cited in the main text and numbered in the order they appear in the main text.

 Limitations, drawbacks and deficiencies of the original articles should be stated in the Discussion section before the conclusion paragraph.

 Except for figures and tables, numbers from one to three should be written in words unless used as a unit of measurement.

 Contrary to English grammar rules, in Turkish, a comma (,) is used as a decimal point and a period (.) is used for every third digit to the left of the decimal point.

References
References should start on a separate (new) page according to the order of occurrence in the text. APA 7 style should be used in writing references (https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/). Examples are also provided below.
The editorial team may ask authors to cite recently published related articles (preferably within the last 10 years) in their articles.
A digital object identifier (DOI) number should be provided if a pre-print publication is being cited.
Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the sources.
References should start on a separate (new) page. APA 7 style should be used in writing references (https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/).
It should be written in Times New Roman font, 9 point and aligned on both sides, 1.0 line spacing, with 0 before and after paragraph values, without indentation.
A space should be given between references, with a value of 6 after paragraphs.
All sources cited in the text should be included in the “References” list.
When citing sources in the text, the authors’ surnames and publication dates are used. Examples are given below.
If more than one work is cited at the end of a sentence, the sources should be listed according to publication date and should be given in alphabetical order for publications from the same year.
Single source at the end of a sentence;
…….…. (Freeberg, 2019).
……...... (Grady et al., 2019).
…….. (Jerrentrup et al., 2018).
…… (National Institute of Mental Health, 2018).
Multiple source at the end of a sentence;
………………………….. (Hare & O’Neill, 2000; Jerrentrup et al., 2018; Freeberg, 2019; Grady et al., 2019).
Source citing within a sentence; Freeberg (2019) ……..…, Grady et al. (2019) ……….…, Jerrentrup et al. (2018) ………….. Hare and O’Neill (2000) ……….…, National Institute of Mental Health (2018) …..…..
Quote from the book
Jackson, L. M. (2019). The psychology of prejudice: From attitudes to social action (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association.
Sapolsky, R. M. (2017). Behave: The biology of humans at our best and worst. Penguin Books.
Svendsen, S., & Løber, L. (2020). The big picture/Academic writing: The one-hour guide (3rd digital ed.). Hans Reitzel Forlag.
Excerpt from Book Chapter
Aron, L., Botella, M., & Lubart, T. (2019). Culinary arts: Talent and their development. In R. F. Subotnik, P. Olszewski-Kubilius, & F. C. Worrell (Eds.), The psychology of high performance: Developing human potential into domain-specific talent (pp. 345–359). American Psychological Association.
Dillard, J. P. (2020). Currents in the study of persuasion. In M. B. Oliver, A. A. Raney, & J. Bryant (Eds.), Media effects: Advances in theory and research (4th ed., pp. 115–129). Routledge.
Thestrup, K. (2010). To transform, to communicate, to play. The experimenting community in action. In E. Hygum & P. ​​M. Pedersen

Revisions
When submitting a revised version of the article, the author must upload an annotated copy of the main document that answers any questions raised by the reviewers and indicates where the changes can be found (each reviewer’s comments, followed by the author’s response and the line number of the changes). Revised manuscripts must be submitted within the specified number of days of the decision letter. If the revised version of the article is not submitted within the given time frame, the revision option may be withdrawn. The submitting author(s) may request an extension if they believe additional time is needed. Accepted manuscripts are edited for grammar, punctuation, formatting and clarity.

Publication Process
The stages of publication are as follows;

Uncorrected manuscript: Final, accepted but unedited and uncorrected PDF of the manuscript
Preprint manuscript: Final revised version of the manuscript after editing and typesetting.

Final publication: The final revised version will appear in an issue of the journal and will be added to the journal website. A DOI will be assigned to the article at the time of posting to the journal website. To speed up the publication process, we ask authors to complete proofreading as quickly as possible.

Submission Checklist
Please use this list and the instructions below to prepare your manuscript, and do a final check before submitting to ensure timely review.

Format the text
Text should be typed in 12-point Times New Roman font. Main headings should be typed in 14-point boldface. Subheadings should be typed in 12-point boldface. Text should be justified. A single space should be left at the end of each sentence. Boldface should not be used for emphasis in the text. Use a single hard return to separate paragraphs. Tabs or indents should not be used to begin a paragraph. Hyphenation, headers, or footers should not be used. Page numbering should be used. US English should be used.
Make sure the following elements are present
Authors and Title page:
• Font
• Title
• Short title
• All author names and institutions
• Contact information for the author designated as the corresponding author (full mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address)
• Papers presented orally or as posters must include the name, date, and location of the event.
• Financial or other support for the study
Main text:
• Title
• Abstract
• Keywords
• Text with required subheadings
• References (make sure they are written according to journal rules.)
Figures and tables:
• Numbered according to the text citation.
• Labels, titles, and abbreviations must be descriptive.
• Check that all figure and table designations match appropriately in the text.

Make sure the following forms are properly completed and submitted:
1. Copyright Transfer Form
2. Similarity report (maximum 20%)